Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Talks:

Monday 19 January 2025

tbc: On Recent Events in Venezuela
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Christopher Sabatini (Chatham House)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 20 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Bob Seely MBE
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 21 January 2025

Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain
Date: 21 January 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Dr Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 January 2025

Penalties for Particularism and Partisanship? Citizens’ Preferences for Legal Punishment of Clientelism
Date: 23 January 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 23 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 January 2025

How Opposition Electoral Strength Conditions the Impact of Pre-Election Violence upon Electoral Turnout: Evidence from Türkiye
Date: 26 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Welat Akman Westrheim (University of Bergen)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 30 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 30 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

Intervention Entrepreneurs: Revisiting Power and Process in US Intervention Decision-Making
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Marina Henke (Hertie School)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Tuesday 3 February 2025

The Hardest Bridge
Date: 3 February 2026, 19:30 - 22:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Auditorium
Organisers: Mihail Chiru (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford), Alexander Kuo (University of Oxford), Katerina Tertytchnaya (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

When the national economy becomes personal: the link between personal economics and the national economic vote (joint with Geoffrey Evans and Zack Grant)
Date: 6 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker s: Jane Green (Nuffield College-University of Oxford), Justin Robinson (Nuffield College)
Venue Details: Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 6 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

Race, Violence, and the Effectiveness of Protest
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Devorah Manekin (Hebrew University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 13 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Fragmentation, Agenda Scope, and Government Concessions in Self-Determination Disputes
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleonora La Spada (University of Strathclyde)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 20 February 2025

Gendered Expressions of Loyalty: How Women Play the Sycophant Card
Date: 20 February 2026, 12:45 - 13:45
Speaker : Lisa Fan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 20 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 20 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2025

Documentation and Denial: Contestation over Evidence of Mass Atrocities
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Kate Cronin-Furman (UCL)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 27 February 2025

Landholding Inequality and the Political Economy of Place
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (DPIR-Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 27 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Lecture Room VII
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Killian Clark (Georgetown)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Ferdinand Eibl (KCL), Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 6 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Lecture Room VII
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2025

Beyond the Threshold: Enemies, Tricksters, and the Temporality of Revolutions
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Rosario Forlenza (LUIS)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Utopia Reading Group: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Date: 13 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 March 2025

Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods 2026
Date: 23 March 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Spyros Kosmidis (University of Oxford), Marnie Howlett (University of Oxford), Kalina Zhekova (UCL), Tom Robinson (LSE), Maksim Zubok (University of Oxford), Noah Bacine (University of Oxford), Nelson Ruiz (University of Essex), Michal Ovadek (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 April 2025

Multi-level Negotiation, Mediation and Diplomacy: ‘Negotiating with difficult actors’ , OxPeace Training Workshop 23-24 April 2026
Date: 23 April 2026, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Martin Albani, Dr Valentin Ade (The Negotiation Studio)
Venue Details: Mark Bedingham Room (tbc)
Organiser: Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Host: OxPeace (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Krzysztof Krakowski (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 May 2025

(Joint with the IR Colloquia, Note Different Day)
Date: 7 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Catherine DeVries (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 15 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Guillermo Toral (IE University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA