Department: Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Talks:

Thursday 25 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Dialogues - Seeing Berlin from the Periphery: Latin American Reactions to European Imperial Expansion in the late Nineteenth Century
Date: 25 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Tom Long (Warwick/Cambridge), Carsten-Andreas Schulz (Cambridge)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

José Henrique Bortoluci in conversation about WHAT IS MINE at Oxford
Date: 1 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: José Henrique Bortoluci,, Claire Williams (Modern Languages), Laura Trajber Waisbich (University of Oxford)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Organiser: Laura Trajber Waisbich (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Maya Archaeology and the (Banana) Landscape: Environment, Agriculture, and the Making of National Heritage in Guatemala, c. 1920-1944
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sophie Brockmann (UCL)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

OSGA Annual Lecture - Area Studies in a Time of Crisis
Date: 3 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Delphine Allès (Inalco University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Paul Chaisty (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paul Chaisty (University of Oxford)

New Life From the Ruins of Japanese Death Rites
Date: 3 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Hannah Gould (University of Melbourne)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

African Studies Centre Annual Lecture - Transnational Feminism in an Age of Genocide
Date: 7 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Amina Mama (University of California, Davis)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Reflections on Tunisian Women’s Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Middle East Centre Boardroom
Organiser: Professor Maryam Alemzadeh (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Maryam Alemzadeh (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 9 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Marina Popea (Trinity College, Oxford)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Making of the “Feebleminded”: Gender and Family for the Medical Discourse Around Eugenic Sterilization in 1950s Japan
Date: 10 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Aya Homei (University of Manchester)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Unmooring with Roots: Party System Decay Amidst Polarization in Argentina
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ezequiel González Ocantos (University of Oxford)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

2-Day Conference - Broadcasting Colonialism: Sight, Sound and Media Technologies in the Colonial World
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 May 2024, 10:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre, and online
Organiser: Peter Brooke
Hosts: TBA

Consuming Idealized Domesticity: The Modern Housewife on Brazilian Daytime Television, 1950-1970
Date: 16 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Thamirys Almeida (Swarthmore College, and LAC)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Great Power Politics and Japan’s Immigration Dilemma
Date: 17 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Anand Rao (SUNY Geneseo)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Valedictory Lecture – A ‘Class’-Less Society Japan? How is Inequality Interpreted Without the Concept of Class?
Date: 22 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Takehiko Kariya (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Gerda Henkel Seminar - Title TBA
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Paula Alonso (George Washington University), Laura Cucchi (LAC), Juan Neves (History Faculty, Oxford), Eduardo Posada-Carbó (LAC and History Faculty, Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Book Launch – Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World
Date: 24 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Sho Konishi (University of Oxford), Dr Lewis Bremner (University of Cambridge), Dr Chinami Oka (University of Oxford), Dr Mateja Kovacic (Hong Kong Baptist University), Joel Littler (University of Oxford), Dr Manimporok (Brown University)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 6 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Marco Palacios (El Colegio de México)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA