Hilary 2016 Term Calendar

Hilary 2016 Term Calendar

Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in the Seminar Room, European Studies Centre,
70 Woodstock Road, Oxford  OX2 6HR

Week 1
Wednesday 20 January, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Geopolitics of Fear: South East Europe in a dangerous neighbourhood
Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford); Richard Caplan (Linacre College, Oxford); Neil MacFarlane (St Anne’s College, Oxford); Kalypso Nicolaïdis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: David Madden (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Week 2
Tuesday 26 January, 12:30 (Light lunch provided)
ESC Visiting Academics’ Seminar Series
Thinking strategic and acting pragmatic: The European Refugee crisis and Turkey-EU relations
Başak Kale (Middle East Technical University, Ankara)
Chair: tba

Wednesday 27 January, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
The Eurozone crisis and South Eastern Europe: Recovery or illusion?
Adam Bennett (St Antony’s College, Oxford); Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Chair: Jonathan Scheele (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
In cooperation with PEFM

Week 3
Tuesday 2 February, 12:30 (Light lunch provided)
ESC Visiting Academics’ Seminar Series
The Greek Left from the Balkan Wars to the Eurozone crisis: A national/international history
Kostis Karpozilos (SEESOX/A.G. Leventis Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Barnaby Raine (Wadham College, Oxford)

Wednesday 3 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Alternative religious responses to the ethnic crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Faith-based peace and reconciliation
Julianne Funk (University of Zurich)
Discussant: Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Alice Bloch (St Edmund Hall, Oxford)

Week 4
Wednesday 10 February, 17:00
Special Lecture
A controversy revisited: Arnold Toynbee, the Koraes Chair, and the Western question in Greece and Turkey
Richard Clogg (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Discussant: Michael Llewellyn Smith (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Week 5
Wednesday 17 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Refugees, economics, geopolitics: AKP’s handling of Turkey’s multiple crises
Ziya Meral (Centre for Historical Anlaysis and Conflict Research, Sandhurst)
Chair: Türkay Nefes (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Week 6
Monday 22 February, 18:30-20:30
Film presentation, followed by discussion
Srebrenica: Mapping Genocide and Post-Genocide Society
Svjetlana Nedimović (Sociopolitical activist and independent researcher, Sarajevo); Geoffrey Nice, QC (Gresham College; Former ICTY Prosecutor)
Lecture Theatre, DPIR, Manor Road
Join us for drinks and nibbles afterwards
Event co-sponsored by SEESOX and Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) in partnership with The School of Knowledge – FAMA Methodology and Gallery 11/7/95

Tuesday 23 February, 12:30 (Light lunch provided)
ESC Visiting Academics’ Seminar Series
Abusing democracy in the Western Balkans: Evidence from recent field research
Dimitri A Sotiropoulos (University of Athens, Greece)
Chair: Dana Landau (Green Templeton College, Oxford)

Wednesday 24 February, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Massive refugee influx, collapsed borders, humanitarian crisis: Quo Vadis Europa?
Franck Duvell (COMPAS, Oxford)
Chair: Renée Hirschon (St Peter’s College, Oxford)

Week 7
Tuesday 1 March, 12:30 (Light lunch provided)
ESC Visiting Academics’ Seminar Series
Yugoslav legacies and European Union accession: Challenges of liberalism in the Western Balkans
Adis Merdzanovic (SEESOX Visiting Academic, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Jessie Hronesova (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Wednesday 2 March, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
A crisis within the crisis: Migration flows in Greece in the turmoil of the bailout agreements
Dimitri Christopoulos (Panteion University of Athens)
Discussant: Kostis Karpozilos (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: George Kailas (St Anne’s College, Oxford)

Week 8
Wednesday 9 March, 17:00
SEESOX Seminar Series
Political legitimacy in crisis: Reflections on Romania, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cvete Koneska (Control Risks, London); Gruia Badescu (St John’s College, Oxford); Jessie Hronesova (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Chair: Robin Smith (New College, Oxford)