Name: Dr Elena Violaris
University of Oxford

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 22 January 2025

‘Decolonising the Curriculum’
Date: 22 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Holywell Music Room
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 January 2025

‘Ethnography of the Oikos: Space-Making Trauma and Healing in Toni Morrison’
Date: 24 January 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Ato Quayson (Stanford University)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: LR6
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 May 2025

“Migrant Hospitalities: Scenes of Arrival in the Windrush era and after”
Date: 7 May 2025, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Jo McDonagh, Julia Hori
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 21 May 2025

"'It's not what you know, it's who you know': Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and the Greatness of The Great Gatsby"
Date: 21 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : John Guillory (Emeritus Professor, New York University)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T. S. Eliot Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Scholarship, Activism, and the Autonomy of Social Spheres
Date: 22 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : John Guillory (Emeritus Professor, New York University)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Downstairs Seminar Room
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 28 May 2025

The Art of the Protest Novel
Date: 28 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Sarah Cole
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA