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Name: Haitong Du
University of Oxford
Events this person is hosting:
Monday 24 February 2025
Fireside Chat with Dr Annette Weber, European Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
Date: 24 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Annette Weber (European Union)
Venue: Balliol College Annexe - Jowett Walk, Jowett Walk OX1 3TL
Venue Details: Wolfson Room
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Katharina Klotz (University of Oxford),
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 25 February 2025
In Conversation with Prof Tomoko Okagaki: State Socialisation: Japan's Conformity to International Law (OxIRSoc)
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Prof Tomoko Okagaki (Dokkyo University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Host:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Charting Ukraine's Future with Sir Lawrence Freedman: Ceasefire Scenarios and Security Frameworks
Date: 21 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman (King's College London)
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: The Amersi Foundation Lecture Room
Organisers:
Katarina Javorcekova (University of Oxford),
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 February 2025
The Age of Global Militarism: How Veneration of the Military Spread—and Why it Matters (with Prof Ron Krebs)
Date: 13 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof Ron Krebs (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Harris Seminar Room
Organisers:
Alexander Beck (University of Oxford),
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Fireside Chat with Prof Graham Allison: Revisiting Thucydides's Trap
Date: 19 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Graham Allison (Harvard Kennedy School)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 24 February 2025
Fireside Chat with Dr Annette Weber, European Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
Date: 24 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Annette Weber (European Union)
Venue: Balliol College Annexe - Jowett Walk, Jowett Walk OX1 3TL
Venue Details: Wolfson Room
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Katharina Klotz (University of Oxford),
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 25 February 2025
In Conversation with Prof Tomoko Okagaki: State Socialisation: Japan's Conformity to International Law (OxIRSoc)
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Prof Tomoko Okagaki (Dokkyo University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Host:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Thursday 27 February 2025
Fireside Chat with Prof Meera Sabaratnam: Complex Indebtedness in World Politics
Date: 27 February 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Meera Sabaratnam (University of Oxford)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Russell Room, Balliol College
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Geopolitical Landscape in the Visegrád Group: Democracy and Russian Influence
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Former Prime Minister Eduard Heger (Slovak Republic),
Former Defense Minister Dr Jaroslav Naď (Slovak Republic)
Venue: Rewley House Continuing Education Library, 1 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Rewley House Lecture Theatre, Continuing Education Department
Organisers:
Katarina Javorcekova (University of Oxford),
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 March 2025
Fireside Chat with Senator Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian (Parliament of Malaysia): ASEAN in the Age of US-China Competition
Date: 6 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian (Parliament of Malaysia)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 March 2025
Securing Taiwan's Future: Navigating Strategic, Technological, and Defense Challenges
Date: 13 March 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Jason Hsu Yu-jen (Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Prof Kelly Greenhill: Fear and Present Danger: Extra-factual Sources of Threat Perception and Proliferation
Date: 13 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Kelly Greenhill (Tufts University and MIT)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 1 May 2025
Where International Relations Theory Went Wrong, and How It Can Get Back on Track – and Become Policy Relevant Again
Date: 1 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Prof Marco Verweij (Constructor University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 5 May 2025
Ruqayya AlBlooshi: 10 Values Across Two Decades in Public & Private Sectors
Date: 5 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Ruqayya AlBlooshi (Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 9 May 2025
In Conversation with Prof G John Ikenberry: Is Liberal Internationalism Dead?
Date: 9 May 2025, 18:00 - 19:30
Speaker
:
John Ikenberry (Princeton University)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: Auditorium, Levine Building
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Prof Janina Dill: Is International Law Still Relevant after Gaza and Ukraine?
Date: 13 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Janina Dill (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St. Cross Building, Faculty of Law
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 20 May 2025
In Conversation with Prof Joseph Nye: Donald Trump and the Fate of the American Century
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Professor Joseph Nye
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Medieval Kitchen
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 21 May 2025
In Conversation with Prof Vladislav Zubok: How the Kremlin's Past Shapes its Present
Date: 21 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Vladislav Zubok (LSE)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 May 2025
In Conversation with Prof Abiodun Williams: Lessons in Leadership from the United Nations
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Prof Abiodun Williams (The Fletcher School at Tufts University)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Harris Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 June 2025
Fireside Chat with Prof Jeffrey Sachs: Can US-China Relations Develop Sustainably? (Online Event)
Date: 2 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 June 2025
In Conversation with Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House): Making Sense of Trump's First 134 Days in Power
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Making China Policy in an Era of Great Power Competition: Panel Discussion feat. Prof Todd Hall, Prof Kerry Brown, and Ruby Osman (OxIRSoc)
Date: 11 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Todd Hall (Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford),
Professor Kerry Brown (King's College London),
Ruby Osman (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Oxford China Centre, Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 June 2025
In Conversation with Prof Cynthia Enloe: How to Make Feminist Sense of the World Today?
Date: 26 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Prof Cynthia Enloe (Clark University)
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Rector's Drawing Room
Organiser:
Haitong Du (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA