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Oxford Political Thought Seminar
The Oxford Political Thought seminar showcases some of the most exciting work in the history of political thought and political theory.
We will meet in person on Mondays at 17:00-18:30, unless otherwise stated.
All welcome!
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Ben Jackson,
David Leopold,
Sarah Mortimer,
Jon Parkin,
Anton Jäger (University of Oxford),
Jeanne Morefield
Talks:
Monday 3 November 2025
“...Spirit [Geist] Has Broken with the World”
Date: 3 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Susan Buck-Morss (Cornell University)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Book Discussion Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
Date: 4 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Alyssa Battistoni (Barnard College)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 7 November 2025
Book Discussion Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men
Date: 7 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Patricia Owens (Somerville College, Oxford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 10 November 2025
Levelling Monsters: Monopoly, Rights, and Public Authority
Date: 10 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Kaarish Shah Maniar (Columbia University)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Chris Cox Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Sarah Wambaugh and the Experimental Modernism of Interwar Plebiscites
Date: 18 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Duncan Kelly (Cambridge)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 24 November 2025
Book Discussion The Revolution to Come
Date: 24 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dan Edelstein (Stanford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 1 December 2025
Erudition and Moral Science in the Thought of Samuel Pufendorf
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Thomas Ahnert (Edinburgh)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark,
Holly Omand,
Rebecca Freeman,
Joby Mullens,
Daniel Burton,
Anton Jager
