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Name: Federico Varese
University of Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Thursday 16 November 2017
The fight against the mafia in Italy and the role of the anti-mafia legislation
Date: 16 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Franco La Torre,
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 7 March 2018
After Italy’s general election
Date: 7 March 2018, 17:15 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford),
Annalisa Piras (filmmaker and journalist, co-author and director, “Girlfriend in a Coma”),
Dr Andrea Ruggeri (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Bill Emmott (Visiting Fellow at All Souls, author of “Good Italy, Bad Italy” (2012) and co-author of the documentary “Girlfriend in a Coma” (2013))
Monday 18 November 2019
The resilience of the Russian mafia: An empirical study
Date: 18 November 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 23 October 2023
*Cancelled* A layperson's journey through matched comparisons and instrumental variables, aka the elusive quest for causality
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 23 October 2023, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Department of Sociology, 42-43 Park End Street
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Wednesday 2 November 2022
A New Life: Discussing life experiences in and out of the yakuza
Date: 2 November 2022, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online or live in Japan
Organiser:
Martina Baradel (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Martina Baradel (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
The place of John le Carré in world literature
Date: 5 December 2025, 15:30 - 16:45
Speaker
s:
Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford),
Steven Matthews (University of Reading)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library, or on Zoom
Organiser:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Hosts:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford),
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Friday 30 January 2025
A week in Congo: John le Carré’s relationship with Africa
Date: 30 January 2026, 15:30 - 16:45
Speaker
:
Michela Wrong
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library or on Zoom
Organiser:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Hosts:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford),
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Friday 20 February 2025
The secrets of John le Carré’s archive
Date: 20 February 2026, 15:30 - 16:45
Speaker
s:
Richard Ovenden (Bodley's Librarian and Helen Hamlyn Director of the University Libraries, and Head of Gardens and Museums at the University of Oxford),
Adam Sisman (Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library, or on Zoom
Organiser:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Hosts:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team,
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Friday 20 March 2025
Spies and mafia states: Reflections on John Le Carré, Russia and the nature of spying today
Date: 20 March 2026, 15:30 - 16:45
Speaker
s:
Andrei Soldatov (visiting fellow at King’s College London),
Irina Borogan (a visiting fellow at King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library, or on Zoom
Organiser:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team
Hosts:
Bodleian Public Engagement Team,
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Monday 23 April 2018
Public trust in police: Collective efficacy and the importance of place
Date: 23 April 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Ben Bradford (University College, London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 30 April 2018
Elite education and social mobility
Date: 30 April 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Alice Sullivan (University College, London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 14 May 2018
Corruption: measures and narratives
Date: 14 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Lucio Picci (University of Bologna)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 21 May 2018
Cultural, Disruptive, and Organizational Sources of Movement Power
Date: 21 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Kenneth Andrews (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 4 June 2018
Social Science Genetics and Fertility
Date: 4 June 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Felix Tropf (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 11 June 2018
The Architecture of Genome Wide Association Studies
Date: 11 June 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Charles Rahal (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 14 June 2018
Delivering Little Boy: Captain Nolan, Technique, and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Date: 14 June 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
James Nolan (Williams College)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room D
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 14 October 2019
Changing families, changing time: marriage, parenthood, and gendered time allocation in Great Britain
Date: 14 October 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Muzhi Zhou (University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 21 October 2019
Thoughts on Replication with a Case Study
Date: 21 October 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Michael Biggs (St Cross College)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 28 October 2019
Does Children's Education Affect Parental Health and Mortality? A Regression Discontinuity Approach with Linked Census Data from England and Wales
Date: 28 October 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Christiaan Monden (University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 4 November 2019
Managing uncertainty in medicine quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date: 4 November 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Heather Hamill (University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 11 November 2019
Brexit and political polarisation in Britain
Date: 11 November 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Stephen Fisher (Associate Professor of Political Sociology, Trinity College, Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 18 November 2019
The resilience of the Russian mafia: An empirical study
Date: 18 November 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 25 November 2019
Accountability from below: Archimedes' lever and bringing justice for past corporate human rights abuses
Date: 25 November 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Leigh Payne (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 December 2019
Gendered Ideas of Family and the Care of 'Left-Behind' Children in Rural China
Date: 2 December 2019, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Rachel Murphy (St Antony's College)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - Sandwich lunch 12:15; seminar starts at 12:45. Please note that entrance to the building is via Tidmarsh Lane
Organiser:
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 May 2020
Don't Ask about The Pinkie! Doing Fieldwork with the Yakuza
Date: 1 May 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Martina Baradel (Birbeck College)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Don't Ask about The Pinkie! Doing Fieldwork with the Yakuza
Date: 1 May 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Martina Baradel (Birbeck College)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 8 May 2020
Cooperation and Distrust in Cybercriminal Networks – an Experimental Study of Marketplace Disruption.
Date: 8 May 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Lonie Sebagh (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 May 2020
The Origins and Consequences of the Russian Mafia (vory-v-zakone)
Date: 15 May 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Jakub Lonsky (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 29 May 2020
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units and their State-endorsed Extra-Legality
Date: 29 May 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Inna Rudolf (Department of War Studies, King’s College London)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 5 June 2020
The Globalisation and Transformations of Nigerian Cults’ Criminal Activities
Date: 5 June 2020, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Corentin Cohen (Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Siences Po)
Venue Details: Online Seminar
Organisers:
Zora Hauser (University of Oxford),
Federico Varese (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
