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

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Defence and military ecosystem in Turkiye
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker s: Colonel Dr Cagri Sagiroglu (CCW), Dr Seyithan Ahmet Ates (Ankara University of Social Sciences)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2026

The Rise of the Cultural Treaty
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Benjamin Martin (University of Uppsala)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Rehearsing the Right Life: Adorno on Flourishing
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Richard Elliott (Reading)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers: Joseph Ward, Benjamin O'Brien, Theo Hickfang, Jeanne Morefield
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 February 2026

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 2026

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)

Tuesday 24 February 2026

AI Workers, Geopolitics, and Algorithmic Collective Action
Date: 24 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Sydney Reis (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Naval Strategy in the Pacific: Balancing not Challenging China
Date: 24 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Decolonising approaches to Peacebuilding & Transitional Justice
Date: 25 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Ufra Mir (Psychosocial Support), Dr Farah Mihlar (Oxford Brookes), Ravaal Singh Bains (Peace Direct)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Dolphin Lecture Room, St John's College, no lift
Organisers: Dr Farah Mihlar (Oxford Brookes University), Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Host: OxPeace (University of Oxford)

Decolonising approaches to Peacebuilding & Transitional Justice
Date: 25 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Ufra Mir (Psychosocial Support), Dr Farah Mihlar (Oxford Brookes), Ravaal Singh Bains (Peace Direct)
Venue Details: Dolphin Lecture Room, St John's College
Organisers: TBA
Host: OxPeace (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 February 2026

Individuals and Informal Control in IOs
Date: 26 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Sarah von Billerbeck (Reading)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 February 2026

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 2026

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)

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Between Sovereignty and Interdependence: India and South Africa’s AI development strategies
Date: 3 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Ayantola Alayande (Oxford Department of International Development)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Societal Resilience: Our communities know their strengths, do you?
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Rowena Hill (Nottingham Trent University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2026

Legacies of Globalization and the Role of the State in the AI Economy
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Leonardo Baccini (McGill)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Are Corporations Spatial Entities?: The Demos in Digital Sovereignty
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Alina Utrata (University of Oxford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers: Joseph Ward, Benjamin O'Brien, Theo Hickfang, Jeanne Morefield
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2026

Populism and Resource Rents in International Relations
Date: 6 March 2026, 12:45 - 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 2026

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)

Tuesday 10 March 2026

How to End a Nuclear War: Deterrence and Provocation in War Termination
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Lauren Sukin (University of Oxford), Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2026

Growth Models in the Global South: Maintenance and Dysfunction
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Nikhil Kalyanpur (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2026

Decolonizing the State: Bureaucratic Capacity and Policy Implementation in the Tanzanian Civil Service
Date: 13 March 2026, 12:45 - 13:45
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 2026

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 2026

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: Pavilion Room, St Antony's College, Oxford University
Organisers: Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Host: OxPeace (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 May 2026

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 2026

(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

Saturday 9 May 2026

OxPeace Annual Day-conference, Title tba
Date: 9 May 2026, 9:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Rt Revd & Rt Hon Lord Rowan Williams, Professor Paul Rogers (University of Bradford), Professor Mark Owen (Winchester University), Eldridge Adolfo (Folke Bernadotte Academy)
Venue: Auditorium,
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2026

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

Thursday 16 July 2026

Geopolitical Risk | DPIR Executive Education Programme
Date: 16 July 2026, 18:00 - 13:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road OX1 3RG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA