Week 2
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 16:00
Emigration states, existential sovereignty, and migrant responses
Dace Dzenovska (School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford); Elena Genova (University of Nottingham)
Chair: Manolis Pratsinakis (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Week 3
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 17:00
Vaccine diplomacy and the geopolitics of influence
Yasmina Abouzzohour (Brookings and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR); Roy Allison (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford); Audrey Kurth Cronin (American University); Ian Neary (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford); Kalypso Nicolaidis (European University Institute and European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford); Indrajit Roy (University of York); Steve Tsang (SOAS China Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford)
Chairs: Othon Anastasakis and Michael Willis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Week 3
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 17:00
Challenges and opportunities for the Biden Administration in South East Europe
Thomas Countryman (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Valerie Hopkins (South East Europe Correspondent, Financial Times); Ivan Vejvoda (Head of Europe's Futures Progam, Institute for Human Sciences)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford) and Elaine Papoulias (Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University)

Week 5
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 16:00
Is emigration a blow to liberal democracy?
Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia)
Discussants: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony’s College, Oxford) and Maria Koinova (University of Warwick)
Chair: Jessie Barton Hronešová (Oxford Department for International Development)

Week 6
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 16:00
Emigrants and emigration states: A contested relationship?
Alexandra Délano Alonso (The New School, New York City)
Discussant: Robin Cohen (Kellogg College, Oxford)
Chair: Manolis Pratsinakis (SEESOX/COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Week 8
Thursday, 17 June 2021' 17:00
Book discussion: A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law
Adis Merdzanovic (School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences); Kalypso Nicolaidis (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute)
Discussants: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford); Sarah Nouwen (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute); Marta Pardavi (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute)
Chair: Alexander Stubb (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute)