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Department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Talks:
Thursday 19 February 2026
Politics in the Peripheries: The Spatial and Relational Dimensions of China’s ‘Democratic Parties and Groups'
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Henrike Rudolph (University of Göttingen)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Wall painting in the Islamic West and the aesthetic of naqsh
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Umberto Bongianino (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Emotions in the Politics of Water: China–India Tensions over Tibetan Rivers
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Antonina Łuszczykiewicz-Mendis (Jagiellonian University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
'Steel is the most romantic thing in the world': Industrial party time-travel novels and the digital fantasy fiction boom
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Jessica Imbach (University of Freiburg)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Bingbing Shi (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Lecture Series: The Bestseller of Failed Ottomanism: Muslim-Christian Coexistence, Istanbul’s Urban Life, and Ottoman Imperial Collapse in Konstantinos Makridis’ Popular Satire
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Kutay Onaylı (Magdalen College, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room 2 Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 1, Pusey Lane Oxford, OX1 2 LE
Organiser:
Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2026
Debt in stone: architectures of finance in late Ottoman Istanbul
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Eva Schreiner (Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 March 2026
Ma mère as Journal intime and Sheng Cheng’s Journey of Self-Realization in France
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Vivienne Xiangwei Guo (King's College London)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Picturing marvels, magic and monsters at the Ottoman court, 1574–1603
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Günseli Gürel (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2026
Ideology Without Unity: The Logic of Xi Jinping Thought
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Chris Mittelstaedt (University of Zurich)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford),
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Transnational Propaganda and Ethnic Polarization: Experimental Evidence from Malaysia
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Jeremy Siow (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)
Ancient Stones, Living Meanings: Local Turkish Interpreters' Encounters with Antiquities, 1608–1864
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Hüsamettin Şimşir (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
