Thursday 22 October 2015 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Childlessness, cohabitation and partnership history in Great Britain’
  John Haskey (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 29 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Marrying out’ for love: women’s narratives of polygyny and alternative marriage choices in contemporary Senegal’
  Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (Oxford Diaspora Programme Project Leader, University of Oxford and Lecturer in African Studies, University College London)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 5 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Commitment and the changing sequence of cohabitation, childbearing, and marriage’
  Professor Ann Berrington (ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 12 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Divergences between the law of marriage and its social meaning: are same-sex marriages unique?
  Dr Scot Peterson (Department of Politics, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 19 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - CANCELLED 'Cohabitation, Bigamy and Irregular Marriage in Scotland, 1855-1939'
  Please be advised that this seminar has been cancelled due to illness. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope that you will join us next week for the next seminar as part of this series.
  TBA
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 26 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Focus on Partnerships: Discourses on cohabitation and marriage throughout Europe and Australia’
  Dr Brienna Perelli-Harris (Associate Professor in Demography, University of Southampton)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 3 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Family context and marriageability: how one's parents, siblings and past family history affect one's attractiveness to marriage partners in Japan’
  Dr Ekaterina Hertog (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford)
  ‘Narratives on Marriage and Co-Habitation’

Thursday 21 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - ‘Class consciousness and disempowerment of Chinese migrant workers in transnational communities: Why does it matter for Chinese communities in the UK?’
  Dr Bin Wu (Centre for Chinese Migration Studies (CCMS) School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 28 January 2016 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - ‘The lie of the One-Child Policy: Differing treatments of the second child in Chinese newspapers since 1979’
  Rachel Woodlee (Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 3 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Through a Design Lens: Exploring Eight Key Challenges of Ageing’
  Professor Jeremy Myerson (Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design, Royal College of Art)

Thursday 4 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - A study of impacts of migration on health and well-being in later life in China - Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHALRS).
  Professor James Nazroo (Professor of Sociology and Director of Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester), Mr Bo Hou (PhD student, University of Manchester)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 10 February 2016 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Public Lecture - ‘The Process of Population Ageing and its Challenges in Asia’
  Dr Heather Booth (Associate Professor of Demography, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australia.)

Thursday 11 February 2016 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - What is the future for women and caregiving in China?
  Dr Patricia O’Neill (Contemporary China Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford )
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 18 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Migration, children, gender and healthcare in China
  Dr Charlotte Goodburn (Lecturer in Chinese Politics and Development, Lau China Institute, King’s College London)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Wednesday 24 February 2016 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Adult Children Providing Support to their Aging Parents: Mixed Motives over the Family Life Course’
  Professor Merril Silverstein (Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA)

Thursday 25 February 2016 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - 'Left-behind elders and their families in rural China: How they figure in China's recent 'leap forward'’
  Professor Merril Silverstein (Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 3 March 2016 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Reforming China’s Health Care System
  TBA
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China

Thursday 10 March 2016 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Ageing, migration and intergenerational relations in rural China
  Dr Jieyu Liu (SOAS China Institute, University of London)
  Family dynamics, health and ageing in contemporary China