ESC MICHAELMAS 2023 TERM CALENDAR

ESC MICHAELMAS 2023 TERM CALENDAR

All events will take place in the Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR 

Tuesday 10 October, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES
The unmixing of peoples 
Lea Ypi (London School of Economics) 
Discussant: Marilena Anastasopoulou (Pembroke College, Oxford) 
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
In cooperation with SEESOX 

Wednesday 11 October, 5pm
SEESOX PANEL DISCUSSION  
Schengen enlargement: Are Bulgaria and Romania second-class EU Member States? 
Eli Gateva (DPIR, Oxford); Sophie in’t Veld (MEP, European Parliament, online); Dragos Tudorache, (MEP, European Parliament) 
Chair: Jonathan Scheele (SEESOX) 
To attend online, please register with Zoom

Tuesday 17 October, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
The challenge of participatory democracy in post-national Europe 
Aliénor Ballangé (Deakin Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
Chair: Paul Betts (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 

Wednesday 18 October, 5pm
ESC SEMINAR
Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology 
Anu Bradford (Columbia University) 
Chair: Hartmut Mayer (Europeaum, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 October, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
Does financial assistance mitigate rural backlash? The case of the Common Agricultural Policy in France 
Diane Bolet (University of Essex) 
Discussant: Katja Salomo (Dahrendorf Post-doc Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford; Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)) 
Chair: Tim Vlandas (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Wednesday 25 October, 5pm
SEESOX BOOK DISCUSSION 
Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe: The Social Life of Asia Minor Refugees in Piraeus 
Renée Hirschon (St Peter’s College, Oxford) 
Discussants: Robin Cohen (Kellogg College, Oxford); Basak Kale (Middle East Technical University (METU)) 
Chair: Michael Llewellyn Smith (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
To attend online, please register with Zoom

Tuesday 31 October, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
From the securitisation of migration to the dehumanisation of refugees: A threat to liberal democracy 
Franck Duvell (Osnabrück University); Başak Kale (Middle East Technical University, (METU)) 
Discussant: Catherine Briddick (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
In cooperation with SEESOX

Monday 6 November, 12:30pm
ESC LUNCHTIME SEMINAR
The making of the Samoa Agreement: Insights from the negotiations between the EU, Africa and the ACP states 
Maurizio Carbone (University of Glasgow)
Discussant: Eli Gateva (DPIR, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Light lunch provided

Tuesday 7 November, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES
The Helsinki Process: Past and future 
Juhana Aunesluoma (University of Helsinki); Richard Davy (Author); Kai Hebel (Leiden University) 
Chair: Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford)
To attend online, please register with Zoom

Tuesday 14 November, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
Rural Europe as a Challenge for Contemporary History 
Anette Schlimm (Weizsacker Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
Chair: Paul Betts (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Tuesday 21 November, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
Rethinking the Eastern Mediterranean in a volatile world 
Alexander Clarkson (Kings College London); Constantinos Filis (American College of Greece); Manal Shehabi (Faculty of Middle Eastern Studies, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
To attend online, please register with Zoom 
In cooperation with SEESOX

Wednesday 22 November, 5pm
SEESOX SEMINAR
The invisible minorities of the Balkans: Challenges and prospects
Evangelos Areteos (MOHA Research Center; ELIAMEP); Sara Kuehn (University of Vienna); Giorgos Mavrommatis (University of Thrace, Greece)
Chair: Ceren Lord (DPIR, Oxford) 

Tuesday 28 November, 5pm
ESC CORE SEMINAR SERIES 
The curse of the Empire: Russia’s war against Ukraine 
Gwendolyn Sasse (Nuffield College, Oxford); Martin Schulze Wessel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
Chair: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 
In association with RESC