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Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Talks:

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Title TBC
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Nyasha Mukonoweshuro (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Can queering ecology help us address environmental destruction?
Date: 11 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Cannelle Gueguen-Teil (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser: Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 February 2026

The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge - Book Launch
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Dr Rebecca Buxton (University of Bristol), Dr. Samuel Ritholtz (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2026

On the Sultan’s Secret Service: Oman, Rhodesia, and the CargOman Affair
Date: 17 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Naif Alrogi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Master class: Nature and modes of law making
Date: 18 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser: Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class, and Indenture Abroad, 1914-67
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Kalathmika Natarajan (University of Exeter)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2026

EDI Research Spotlight: Discrimination and Decolonisation
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:30 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Tim Freeman’s malaria trials and the monetisation of impregnated mosquito nets in Gokwe, northwest Zimbabwe, 1993-1996
Date: 24 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Asa Mudzimu (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Master class: Priceless or unmarketable? Nature and its free gifts
Date: 25 February 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser: Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Professor Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford), Audra Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2026

Feeling Safe but Not Ready: Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Resilience in Baltic Capitals
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr. Didzis Kļaviņš (University of Latvia)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Emily Usherwood (Oxford Department of International Development), Jo Boyce (University of Oxford, Oxford Dept of International Development)
Host: Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Master class: If Nature was the question, would biomimicry be the answer?
Date: 4 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser: Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Bradley Hillier-Smith (University of St Andrews)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2026

Strikes, refusal, troublemaking: Workers’ resistance to and disruption of German rule in colonial Namibia
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Malin Bornemann (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2026

When Ground Gives Way: Attentive Responsiveness and Reimagining Scientific Authority
Date: 11 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Olga Ulturgasheva (University of Manchester)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: tbc
Organiser: Professor Laura Rival (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Elizabeth Mavropoulou (University of Westminster)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room one
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA