Wednesday 20 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Geopolitics of Fear: South East Europe in a dangerous neighbourhood
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Neil MacFarlane (St Anne's College), Richard Caplan (Linacre)
  SEESOX

Tuesday 21 February 2017 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - The engagement predicament between Turkey and the West: What is to be done?
  Seyla Benhabib (Cambridge and Yale), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Wednesday 8 March 2017 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Illiberalism and post-ideology party politics in South East Europe
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 1 June 2017 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 10:15 - Ideological and political radicalisation in contemporary western democracies: Cross-theoretical and empirical perspectives
  Registration required
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Lamprini Rori (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Dr Jonathan Leader Maynard (Oxford), Dr Andrea Ruggeri (University of Oxford), Stefano Costalli (University of Florence), Barry Richards (Bournemouth University), Michael Freeden (Mansfield College, Oxford), César Colino (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Catherine de Vries (University of Essex), Vassiliki Georgiadou (Panteion University), Anastasia Kafe (Panteion University), Spyros Kosmidis (Lincoln College), Michael Biggs (St Cross College), Dr Elias Dinas (Brasenose College), David Asker (University of Oxford), Ben O'Loughlin (Royal Holloway), Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 7 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Rival Power: Russia and South East Europe
  A joint event with the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (RESC), in association with Centre for International Studies (CIS)
  Dimitar Bechev (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 30 April 2018 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Panel discussion - Greek-Turkish tensions: Impending conflict?
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Katerina Dalacoura (LSE), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Yaprak Gursoy (Ashton University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 14 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Balkan Legacies of the Great War
  Please join us in the Common Room after the talk for drinks and canapes.
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), David Madden (St Antony's College, Oxford), Elizabeth Roberts (Weidenfeld Scholarships Programme)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 23 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Transnational citizenship: Views of Serbia's active diaspora
  Tena Prelec (University of Sussex), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 4 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - South East Europe in Russia’s geopolitical objectives
  Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Andreja Bogdanovski (University of Buckingham)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 13 June 2022 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Free: Coming of Age at the end of History with Lea Ypi
  In person
  Lea Ypi (Department of Government, LSE), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 8 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Diaspora engagement in times of severe crisis: A European comparative perspective
  Please join us for drinks after the seminar
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Irina Lapshyna (Ukrainian Catholic University), Maria Koinova (University of Warwick), Manolis Pratsinakis (COMPAS, Universty of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 7 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Democracy promotion and safeguarding after accession: Does the EU matter?
  In person and online. Booking required for online attendance only.
  Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Mihail Chiru (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Turkey’s general elections 2023: What next?
  In person and online. If you would like to attend online, please register with Zoom on the link below.
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford), Karabekir Akkoyunlu (SOAS), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Dr Dimitar Bechev (University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 13 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Cosmo(Polis): Istanbul, Identity, Difference
  Light lunch provided
  Nora Fisher Onar (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 20 May 2015 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Causing us real trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece
  Sarah Snyder (American University, Washington), Effie Pedaliu (LSE IDEAS)
  SEESOX

Thursday 4 June 2015 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Turning international intervention into domestic cooperation in post-war societies: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Light lunch provided
  Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 10 June 2015 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Nikos Kotzias speaks on "Greek foreign policy at a time of crisis"
  Entry by ticket only.
  Nikos Kotzias (Greek Foreign Minister)
  SEESOX

Thursday 18 June 2015 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Greece's national security strategy. Assessing the past, anticipating the future
  Panayotis Tsakonas (University of the Aegean)
  SEESOX

Thursday 15 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Migration, protection and reception: The 'crisis' in the Mediterranean
  Brad Blitz (Middlesex University London)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 4 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Greek-American radicals: The Untold Story (2013)
  Kostis Karpozilos (A. G. Leventis Visiting Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Monday 16 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Reverse transitology? Elections and political change in Turkey
  Light lunch provided
  Kerem Oktem (University of Graz)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 25 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - European competitiveness challenges: The EU, Croatia and beyond
  TBA
  SEESOX

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

• 17:00 - Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  BOOK LAUNCH
  Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Monday 30 November 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - IMF programs and technical assistance in the Balkans-what has been achieved?
  Adam Bennett (St Antony's College), Robin McConnachie (Oxford Analytica)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 2 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Cyprus: Prospects for reunification, peace with Turkey and regional stability
  Euripides L. Evriviades (Cyprus High Commissioner to the UK)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 20 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Geopolitics of Fear: South East Europe in a dangerous neighbourhood
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Neil MacFarlane (St Anne's College), Richard Caplan (Linacre)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 27 January 2016 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Eurozone crisis and South Eastern Europe: Recovery or illusion?
  Adam Bennett (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstuction and Development)
  SEESOX

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

• 17:00 - Alternative religious responses to the ethnic crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Faith-based peace and reconciliation
  Julianne Funk (University of Zurich)
  SEESOX

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

• 17:00 - A controversy revisited: Arnold Toynbee, the Koraes Chair, and the Western question in Greece and Turkey
  Richard Clogg (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 17 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Refugees, economics, geopolitics: AKP’s handling of Turkey’s multiple crises
  Ziya Meral (Centre for Historical Anlaysis and Conflict Research, Sandhurst)
  SEESOX

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

• 17:00 - Massive refugee influx, collapsed borders, humanitarian crisis: Quo Vadis Europa?
  Franck Duvell (COMPAS, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 2 March 2016 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - A crisis within the crisis: Migration flows in Greece in the turmoil of the bailout agreements (2010-2015)
  Kostis Karpozilos (A. G. Leventis Visiting Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford), Dimitris Christopoulos (Panteion University, Athens)
  SEESOX

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

• 14:30 - The state of Greek democracy: A conversation with Nikiforos Diamandouros
  Nikiforos Diamandouros (Former European Ombudsman (2003-2013)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 9 March 2016 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Political legitimacy in crisis: Reflections on Romania, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Jessie Hronesova (St Antony's College), Cvete Koneska (Control Risks, London), Gruia Badescu (St John’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Monday 25 April 2016 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Unpopular Voices: Greek public intellectuals of the political centre during the Crisis
  Kostis Karpozilos (A. G. Leventis Visiting Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford), Apostolos Doxiadis (Writer)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 4 May 2016 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - "The boat is broken": What really went wrong with the Kurdish peace process?
  Light lunch provided
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 11 May 2016 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Who’s afraid of free speech in Turkey?
  In association with Free Speech Debate and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Deniz Ulke Aribogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  SEESOX

Thursday 2 June 2016 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Forced migration and the prospects for transitional justice in Cyprus
  Rebecca Bryant (London School of Economics)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 19 October 2016 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - EU, Turkey and refugee policy
  Light lunch included
  Gerald Knaus (European Stability Initiative)
  SEESOX
• 17:00 - Sarajevo's Holiday Inn: On the frontline of politics and war
  Kenneth Morrison (De Montfort University)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 2 November 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Turkey before and after 15 July: The story of a failed coup
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Deniz Ulke Aribogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Yaprak Gursoy (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 3 November 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Bosnia's Paralysed Peace
  Signed copies of Christopher Bennett's book will be on sale after the talk.
  Christopher Bennett (Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage, Sarajevo; Former Deputy High Representative)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 9 November 2016 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Brexit and its impact on the Western Balkans
  Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstuction and Development)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 17 November 2016 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Conversations with Milosevic
  A drinks reception will follow the talk
  Ivor Roberts (President, Trinity College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 23 November 2016 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - The challenges for Greece: What does the future hold?
  TBA
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 24 November 2016 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Europe after Brexit: Viewpoints from two EU Foreign Ministers
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  HE Nikos Kotzias (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece), HE Daniel Mitov (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 30 November 2016 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Turkey’s 1974 Cyprus military intervention: A case of Responsibilty to Protect?
  Altug Gunal (Ege University İzmir/St Antony's College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 25 January 2017 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:30 - Exit from democracy: Illiberal governance in Turkey
  Kerem Oktem (University of Graz), Karabekir Akkoyunlu (University of Graz, Austria)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 1 February 2017 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The authoritarian turn: The Western Balkans’ move towards EU membership and away from democracy
  Florian Bieber (University of Graz, Austria)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 8 February 2017 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - A Faustian pact? Selling the Rule of Law in South East Europe
  Damir Banović (University of Sarajevo), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 15 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Does IMF conditionality lead to political illiberalism? A comparative South East European perspective
  In association with PEFM
  Merih Angin (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 16 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 12:30 - Social constraints and the decision to leave: Emigration from Greece at times of crisis
  Light lunch provided
  Manolis Pratsinakis (University of Macedonia)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 1 March 2017 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Assessing varieties of populism: From Europe to Asia
  Yaprak Gursoy (St Antony's College, Oxford), Michael Freeden (Mansfield College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 8 March 2017 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Illiberalism and post-ideology party politics in South East Europe
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 25 April 2017 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Online dynamics of the far-right and the far-left in Greece
  Lamprini Rori (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 1 May 2017 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Turkey's new political regime in comparative perspective
  Koray Caliskan (Boğaziçi University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 11 May 2017 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Book Launch: Between Military Rule and Democracy
  Yaprak Gursoy (St Antony's College, Oxford), Laurence Whitehead (Nuffield College, Oxford), Stathis Kalyvas (Yale University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 24 May 2017 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Majoritarian futures in Europe and beyond
  SEESOX Annual Lecture
  Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 12 June 2017 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Economic and financial challenges in South East Europe
  In association with the Political Economy of Financial Markets programme (PEFM)
  Gent Sejko (Governor, Bank of Albania)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 25 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Islamo-liberal iterations in Turkey: The lifecycle of a political alliance
  Light lunch provided
  Nora Fisher Onar (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 1 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Frontline Turkey: The Conflict at the Heart of the Middle East
  Book launch
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Thursday 23 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:00 - Revisiting Yugoslavia in the shadow of the present: Continuities and discontinuities
  Please check website (:)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)
• 17:00 - Do countries ever really disappear?
  TBA
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 24 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans
  Jasmin Mujanović (EastWest Institute), Danijela Dolenec (University of Zagreb)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 31 January 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Energy and geo-politics in Eastern Mediterranean
  Constantinos (Filis)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 7 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Greco-German Affiar in the Euro Crisis: Mutual Recognition Lost?
  Book discussion
  Kira (Gartzou-Katsouyanni), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Claudia Sternberg (UCL)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 20 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life
  Richard Clogg (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford))
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 21 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - (Ir)regular states of migration: Contested sovereignties on Europe’s margins
  Katerina Rozakou (University of Amsterdam), Franck Duvell (COMPAS, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 28 February 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The erosion of free speech in Turkey: Why were key institutions defeated?
  Kemal Göktaş (Cumhuriyet; Reuters Institute), Rıza Türmen (Former ECHR judge and former MP), Funda Ustek-Spilda (Goldsmiths University of London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 23 April 2018 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - The Balkans in the wider European context: The Slovene view
  Iztok Mirošič (State Secretary, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 30 April 2018 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Panel discussion - Greek-Turkish tensions: Impending conflict?
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford), Katerina Dalacoura (LSE), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Yaprak Gursoy (Ashton University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Friday 22 June 2018 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 08:30 - Greek Diaspora Conference: Homeland‒diaspora relations in flux
  Tea and coffee included during breaks. Lunch not included.
  Various Speakers
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 17 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Beyond the economic crisis: Greece’s other existential challenges
  Kyriakos Pierrakakis (Director of Reserach, diaNEOsis)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 7 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Civil society on the edge: The Greek experience
  Xenophon Kappas (Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 12 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Centralisation of power in Turkey: Is it sustainable?
  In association with SEESOX
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Charles Enoch (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (Centre for International Studies, Oxford)
  Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)

Wednesday 14 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Balkan Legacies of the Great War
  Please join us in the Common Room after the talk for drinks and canapes.
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), David Madden (St Antony's College, Oxford), Elizabeth Roberts (Weidenfeld Scholarships Programme)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 15 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Macedonia name issue: Solved at last?
  Light lunch provided.
  TBA
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 28 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - British-Turkish relations after Brexit: Strategic partners?
  Yaprak Gürsoy (Aston University), Simon Waldman (King's College London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 23 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Transnational citizenship: Views of Serbia's active diaspora
  Tena Prelec (University of Sussex), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 30 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Contested diasporic identities in times of crisis: The Other Bulgaria in the UK
  Elena Genova (University of Nottingham), Manolis Pratsinakis (DPIR, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 6 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Fragmented communities: Diaspora politics in the UK’s Turkish-speaking community
  Mustafa Cakmak (Keele University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 13 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Social protection and return migration: The Albanian-Greek migration corridor
  Zana Vathi (Edge Hill University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 20 February 2019 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Gendering remittances: Women’s empowerment in Albania
  Julie Vullnetari (University of Southampton), Emre Eren Korkmaz (St Edmund Hall, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 27 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Articulating identity options: Eastern and Southern European migrants in Britain
  Laura Morosanu (University of Sussex)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 6 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Diasporas and peace mediations: Cypriots abroad and reunification attitudes
  Neophytos Loizides (University of Kent)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 15 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - North Macedonia: The logic of the solution
  Nikos Kotzias (Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Greece)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 22 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Greece in the post-memoranda era: What next?
  Please join us at the drinks reception in the Buttery (Hilda Besse Building) after the lecture
  Nikos Karamouzis (Grant Thornton, Greece)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 5 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Britain as a model: Turkish politicians’ perceptions of the UK
  Light lunch provided
  Yaprak Gursoy (Ashton University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 10 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - The origin and the impact of labour market institutions in Greece
  Light lunch provided
  TBA
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 24 October 2019 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Greece after the crisis: Stocktaking, legacies and prospects
  George Pagoulatos (Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB))
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 4 November 2019 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - The Last Bluff: How Greece came face-to-face with financial catastrophe
  Viktoria Dendrinou (Bloomberg), Eleni Varvitsioti (Kathimerini), Tim Vlandas (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 20 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - European elites’ discourses of the Greek crisis
  Dimitris Papadimitriou (University of Manchester)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 22 January 2020 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Western approaches to South East Europe: Engagement or neglect?
  Mirena Pencheva (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Jarek Wisniewski (Independent analyst)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 29 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Radicalisation in the Western Balkans: Political, social or religious?
  Florian Qehaja (Kosovar Centre for Security Studies), Asya Metodieva (Central European University)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 5 February 2020 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The ‘Balkan Route’: Humanitarian and security perspectives on migration
  Amanda Beattie (Aston University), Gemma Bird (Liverpool University), Myriam Fotou (University of Leicester)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 19 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - How to restart the normalisation of Serbia-Kosovo relations?
  Ian Bancroft (Writer & diplomat; former OSCE), James Ker-Lindsay (LSE)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 26 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The role of the Balkans in the geopolitics of cybersecurity
  Dr Lucas Kello (University of Oxford), Cvete Koneska (S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting, London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 4 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - South East Europe in Russia’s geopolitical objectives
  Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Andreja Bogdanovski (University of Buckingham)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 11 March 2020 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - China in South East Europe: Economic or political interests?
  Jens Bastian (ELIAMEP)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 10 June 2020 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Geopolitical challenges in the Balkans in the shadow of the pandemic
  We are delighted to be able to present this event as a Zoom webinar.
  Dimitar Bechev (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Arolda Elbasani (Centre for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University), Anastas Vangeli (Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 20 January 2021 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Democracy in South East Europe: Backsliding or new normal?
  Damir Kapidzic (University of Sarajevo), Milada Vachudova (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 27 January 2021 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Can elections bring (real) change? Lessons learned and prospects for the Western Balkans
  Florian Bieber (Graz University; Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group), Donika Emini (Civikos Platform; Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group), Borisa Falatar (Nasa Stranka), Vujo Ilic (CRTA, Serbia), Jovana Marovic (Politikon Network, Montenegro; Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group), Tena Prelec (DPIR, Oxford; Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 3 February 2021 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Strengthening the Rule of Law in South East Europe and the EU: Instruments, challenges and lessons learned
  Carlos Closa (European University Institute), Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford), Marko Kmezic (University of Graz)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 10 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The struggle for redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Jessie Barton Jessie Barton Hronešová (Oxford Department of International Development), The Right Honourable the Lord Alderdice (Director of the Centre for Resolution of Intractable Conflicts), Jasna Dragovic-Soso (Goldsmiths, University of London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 10 March 2021 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Protests in the Balkans: Do they have an impact?
  Danijela Dolenec (University of Zagreb), Chiara Milan (Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy)), Julia Rone (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge), Daniel Smilov (University of Sofia)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Emigrants and emigration states: A contested relationship?
  Please note: Due to unavoidable circumstances, Roger Waldinger will not be able to join this seminar as advertised. Robin Cohen will now be taking part as a discussant.
  Alexandra Délano Alonso (The New School, New York City), Robin Cohen (Kellogg College, Oxford)
  COMPAS/SEESOX co-conevened Seminar Series

Tuesday 17 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - The future of European security after the war in Ukraine
  ESC and SEESOX Annual lecture
  The Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT, GCMG, hon FRSE, PC (Former NATO Secretary General) (House of Lords)

Wednesday 18 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - The EU as a State-builder in International Affairs: The Case of Kosovo
  Hybrid seminar: In person and online
  Labinot Greiçevci (Research Institute of Development and European Affairs (RIDEA)), Belina Budini (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 1 June 2022 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Getting older: Demographic challenges in South East Europe
  Hybrid seminar - In person and online
  Arjan Gjonça (LSE), Branimir Jovanovic (Institute for International Economic Studies, Vienna), Vladimir Nikitovic (Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade), Dijana Spasenoska (Department of Social Policy, LSE)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 8 June 2022 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:15 - South East Europe in the shadow of the war in Ukraine
  Online webinar
  Various Speakers
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 13 June 2022 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Free: Coming of Age at the end of History with Lea Ypi
  In person
  Lea Ypi (Department of Government, LSE), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 8 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Diaspora engagement in times of severe crisis: A European comparative perspective
  Please join us for drinks after the seminar
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Irina Lapshyna (Ukrainian Catholic University), Maria Koinova (University of Warwick), Manolis Pratsinakis (COMPAS, Universty of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 15 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Globalizing the Greek-Turkish 1922: displacements, population movements and the coming of the national state
  Hybrid event
  Marilena Anastasopoulou (Pembroke College, Oxford), Matthew Frank (University of Leeds), Georgios Giannakopoulos (City University of London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 23 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Turkey: After Erdogan?
  Lunchtime seminar - Sandwiches provided
  Sinan Ciddi (Marine Corps University), William Park (King's College London)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 7 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Lost Future and How to Reclaim it
  Book launch!Signed copies of the book will be on sale at the event.
  Jan Zielonka (Oxford)

Wednesday 22 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Old stories in new ways: Using the TV documentary form to revisit national history
  In person and online. Booking required for online attendance.
  Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford))
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 7 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Democracy promotion and safeguarding after accession: Does the EU matter?
  In person and online. Booking required for online attendance only.
  Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Mihail Chiru (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Turkey’s general elections 2023: What next?
  In person and online. If you would like to attend online, please register with Zoom on the link below.
  Ezgi Başaran (St Antony's College, Oxford), Mehmet Karli (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford), Karabekir Akkoyunlu (SOAS), Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Dr Dimitar Bechev (University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 31 October 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - From the securitisation of migration to the dehumanisation of refugees: A threat to liberal democracy
  Franck Düvell (Osnabrück University), Basak Kale (Middle East Technical University (METU)), Dr Catherine Briddick (University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Monday 6 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The making of the Samoa Agreement: Insights from the negotiations between the EU, Africa and the ACP states
  Light lunch provided
  Maurizio Carbone (University of Glasgow), Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)
  European Studies Seminar

Tuesday 30 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Covid-19 pandemic; lessons learned, challenges and opportunities for health policy and regulatory changes in the European Union
  Andrzej Rys (EU Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford), Dipak Kalra (The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data)
  European Studies Seminar

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Building European defence through crises
  Based on of the publication of her latest book 'The Evolution of the Common Security and Defence Policy: Critical Junctures and the Quest for EU Strategic Autonomy', Palgrave MacMillan 2022
  Marilena Koppa (Panteion University, Athens)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Tuesday 27 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Where you stand depends on where you sit: The challenge of being an academic turned Head of State
  Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (President of Iceland)
  European Studies Seminar

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Democracy of the last man: The politics of demographic imagination
  In association with SEESOX
  Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria)
  The ESC Annual Lecture

Wednesday 13 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Cosmo(Polis): Istanbul, Identity, Difference
  Light lunch provided
  Nora Fisher Onar (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul)
  SEESOX

Friday 15 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Saving the economy: What should Greece do next?
  Vicky Pryce (Centre for Economic and Business Research)
  SEESOX

Thursday 4 June 2015 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Turning international intervention into domestic cooperation in post-war societies: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Light lunch provided
  Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 10 June 2015 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Nikos Kotzias speaks on "Greek foreign policy at a time of crisis"
  Entry by ticket only.
  Nikos Kotzias (Greek Foreign Minister)
  SEESOX

Thursday 15 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Migration, protection and reception: The 'crisis' in the Mediterranean
  Brad Blitz (Middlesex University London)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 4 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Greek-American radicals: The Untold Story (2013)
  Kostis Karpozilos (A. G. Leventis Visiting Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Monday 16 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Reverse transitology? Elections and political change in Turkey
  Light lunch provided
  Kerem Oktem (University of Graz)
  SEESOX

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

• 17:00 - Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  BOOK LAUNCH
  Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 2 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Cyprus: Prospects for reunification, peace with Turkey and regional stability
  Euripides L. Evriviades (Cyprus High Commissioner to the UK)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 20 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Geopolitics of Fear: South East Europe in a dangerous neighbourhood
  Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College), Neil MacFarlane (St Anne's College), Richard Caplan (Linacre)
  SEESOX

Wednesday 27 January 2016 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Eurozone crisis and South Eastern Europe: Recovery or illusion?
  Adam Bennett (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstuction and Development)
  SEESOX

Tuesday 27 April 2021 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Is emigration a blow to liberal democracy?
  Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria), Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)
  COMPAS/SEESOX co-conevened Seminar Series

Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Is emigration a blow to liberal democracy?
  Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria), Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford), Maria Koinova (University of Warwick)
  COMPAS/SEESOX co-conevened Seminar Series

Tuesday 11 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Understanding Right-Wing Populism And What To Do About It
  Dr Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford), Prof Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of Reading), Prof Lenka Bustikova (University of Oxford), Dr Anja Giudici (Newcastle University)