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

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)

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Commentary on current US foreign policy
Date: 27 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 28 January 2025

What is State Racism?
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Robin Celikates (FU Berlin)
Venue Details: The Butler Room
Organisers: Joseph Ward, Benjamin O'Brien, Theo Hickfang, Jeanne Morefield
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2025

Women Politicians' Networks Reduce the Gender Gap in Political Retention: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Elite Interviews (with Omar Hammoud-Gallego, Miguel M. Pereira, Denise Baron)
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

Money in Modern War and the Blockade of Germany, 1914-18
Date: 3 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jonathan Boff (Birmingham)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

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

Thursday 5 February 2025

Towards a Theory of Counter-Communities
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Daniel Loick (Amsterdam)
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 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)

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Strategic Net Assessment
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford), Dr Edward Howell (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 17 February 2025

BELARUS: Autocracy, War and Diplomacy. A British Diplomat’s Observations of Life Inside Belarus
Date: 17 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jack Hands
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2025

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 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)

Tuesday 24 February 2025

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
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 3 March 2025

National Resilience and Preparedness
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 2025

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 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)

Tuesday 10 March 2025

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

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