Hilary 2019 Term Calendar
Hilary 2019 Term Calendar
Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in the Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
SEESOX Seminar Series
In the context of our flagship Diaspora Project, the SEESOX Hilary term Seminar Series this year will address the field of comparative diaspora studies. The seminar series will focus on relations between homelands and diasporas in South East Europe and beyond, from a social sciences perspective and following conceptual and empirical discussions. Indicative themes to be addressed include, diasporas and ethnic conflicts, diasporas and political participation, diasporic contested identities, the impact of economic remittances, South East and Southern European migrants in the UK in the context of Brexit, diasporas and homeland illiberalism.
Every Wednesday at 5 p.m.
The abstracts are available here
Week 1
Wednesday 16 January, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Diaspora entrepreneurs and contested states
Maria Koinova (University of Warwick)
Discussant: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 2
Wednesday 23 January, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Transnational citizenship: Views of Serbia’s active diaspora
Tena Prelec (University of Sussex)
Discussant: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Ezgi Basaran (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 3
Tuesday 29 January, 12:30
The inter-generational memories of the democratic transition in post-junta Greece
Kostis Kornetis (Santander Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Barry Colfer (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
In association with the ESC
Light lunch provided
Wednesday 30 January, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Contested diasporic identities in times of crisis: The Other Bulgaria in the UK
Elena Genova (University of Nottingham)
Discussant: Manolis Pratsinakis (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Chair: Mehmet Karli (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 4
Wednesday 6 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Fragmented communities: Diaspora politics in the UK’s Turkish-speaking community
Mustafa Cakmak (Keele University)
Chair: Foteini Kalantzi (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 5
Wednesday 13 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Social protection and return migration: The Albanian-Greek migration corridor
Zana Vathi (Edge Hill University)
Discussant: Biao Xiang (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Chair: Manolis Pratsinakis (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Thursday 14 February, 17:00
Book presentation
How to lose a country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Ece Temelkuran (Journalist and Author)
Discussants: Ceren Lord (School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies), Murat Belge (St Antony's College, Oxford), Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford)
Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 6
Wednesday 20 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Gendering remittances: Women’s empowerment in Albania
Julie Vullnetari (University of Southampton)
Discussant: Emre Eren Korkmaz (St Edmund Hall, Oxford)
Chair: Alev Ozkazanc (Fellow, St Antony’s, Oxford)
Week 7
Tuesday 26 February, 12:20
Securitisation of migration in post-2000 Greece
Foteini Kalantzi (A. G. Leventis Research Officer, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Kostis Kornetis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
In association with the ESC
Light lunch provided
Wednesdsay 27 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Articulating identity options: Eastern and Southern European migrants in Britain
Laura Morosanu (University of Sussex)
Discussant: Manolis Pratsinakis (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Chair: Jonathan Scheele (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Week 8
Tuesday 5 March, 12:30
Anti-gender movements in Europe and Turkey
Alev Ozkazanc (Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
In association with the ESC
Light lunch provided
Wednesday 6 March, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Diasporas and peace mediations: Cypriots abroad and reunification attitudes
Neophytos Loizides (University of Kent)
Chair: David Madden (St Antony’s College, Oxford)