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Events of Interest to the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Talks:
Monday 2 February 2025
Chinese Buddhist Ethics of Belief: An Introduction to Sanlun Philosophy
Date: 2 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Rafal K. Stepien (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Ho Tim Seminar Room (first floor, turn left at top of stairs/coming out of lift)
Organiser:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Jessica Frazier (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 February 2025
BOOK TALK: Twelve Years Away from Constantinople, 1896 – 1908 (My Memoirs) by Yervant Odian
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Nanor Kebranian (Vienna)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 February 2025
Worlds of Islam: a global history
Date: 4 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor James McDougall (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 February 2025
After Nations: a discussion
Date: 5 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Rana Dasgupta (Independent)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Moral responsibilities of the wealthy
Date: 5 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Professor Michael Sandel (Harvard University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Saudi Arabia and the Global Trajectory of Islamic Law
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Dominik Krell (CSLS)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)
Anarchist Association: Knowledge, Language, and the History of the Modern World
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Robert Kramm (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
This is What we Must Transform First: Translation and Imperialism in Taiwan (1935-1947)
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
The silk core, or lessons from medieval Iberian textile studies
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Maria Judith Feliciano (CSIC, Madrid)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 February 2025
Bureaucracies of Violence: Asians leaving Uganda in 1972
Date: 6 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Ria Kapoor (QMUL)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2025
BOOK TALK: A History of Modern Syria
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Daniel Neep (Brandeis University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Performing Inter-Asian Relationality at the Archipelago of Sinophone People’s Theatre
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Justyna Jaguścik (University of Bern)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 11 February 2025
Playing in the open: Getting familiar with Creative Commons licences
Date: 11 February 2026, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker
s:
Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts:
TBA
Imperial Circulations: Climate Knowledge, Port Labor, and Material Worlds
Date: 11 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Cherry Briggs (Independent Researcher),
Alison Bennett (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 20.513, The Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Asma Shakeel (Oxford),
Asmita Sarkar (Oxford),
Sana Shah (Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Hajj and the Art of Pilgrimage
Date: 11 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Sir Nasser Khalili (Khalili Foundation)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 February 2025
BOOK TALK: Kingdom of Football: Saudi Arabia and the Remaking of World Soccer
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Rice University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
The Right-wing Shift towards Immigrant Exclusion in Japan and Beyond
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Hideki Tarumoto (Waseda University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Book Launch - Islamic Objects in Seventeenth-Century Italy: Ferdinando Cospi, the Bologna Collection and the Medici Court
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Federica Gigante (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
New Granddaughters of Africa: the genealogical sagas of Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Namwali Serpell and Yaa Gyasi
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Hannah Fagan (Mansfield College)
Venue Details: Room 10.424, English ‘hub’, Schwarzman building.
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 February 2025
Italian Fascism, the Holy See and the Nationalist Government During the First Apostolic Delegation to China (1922-1933)
Date: 13 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Chiara D'Auria (UNISA)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2025
The Role of UNRWA Historical Refugee Registration Records in Documenting the Demographic Reality of the Nakba
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Valeria Cetorelli
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 18 February 2025
Imams and patrons: service provision by Islamic non-state actors
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Tugba Bozcaga (KCL)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 19 February 2025
BOOK TALK: Order and Region Making in the Middle East
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Simon Mabon (Lancaster University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Japan's Spongy-Middle Revolution
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Howell (Harvard University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Politics in the Peripheries: The Spatial and Relational Dimensions of China’s ‘Democratic Parties and Groups'
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Henrike Rudolph (University of Göttingen)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Wall painting in the Islamic West and the aesthetic of naqsh
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Umberto Bongianino (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 20 February 2025
Campaigning and Counter-Insurgency in the Creole Archipelago: The British Struggle in the Revolutionary Caribbean
Date: 20 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
David Lambert (Warwick)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2025
Emotions in the Politics of Water: China–India Tensions over Tibetan Rivers
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Antonina Łuszczykiewicz-Mendis (Jagiellonian University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
BOOK TALK: Fire in Every Direction
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Ammar Azzouz (Somerville College, University of Oxford),
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
'Steel is the most romantic thing in the world': Industrial party time-travel novels and the digital fantasy fiction boom
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Jessica Imbach (University of Freiburg)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Bingbing Shi (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 25 February 2025
Transnational Trade & Labour History
Date: 25 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Camille Neufville (University of Strasbourg),
Amrit Deol (California State University, Fresno)
Venue Details: Room 20.402, The Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Asma Shakeel (Oxford),
Asmita Sarkar (Oxford),
Sana Shah (Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
From divine sovereignty to national legitimacy: transformations in the theology of political Islam
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Jocelyn Cesari (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Lecture Series: The Bestseller of Failed Ottomanism: Muslim-Christian Coexistence, Istanbul’s Urban Life, and Ottoman Imperial Collapse in Konstantinos Makridis’ Popular Satire
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Kutay Onaylı (Magdalen College, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room 2 Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 1, Pusey Lane Oxford, OX1 2 LE
Organiser:
Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
FILM SCREENING: The Conspiracy: Assassination in Beirut
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Dan Clifton (Independent Writer/Director),
Michael Taylor (Independent Investigations/Police Consultant)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford),
Middle East Centre
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Valedictory Lecture: Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Governance: A Retrospective of 40 years
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Collaborative creative practice in South African fiction
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Caitlin Stobie (Leeds University)
Venue Details: Room 10.424, English ‘hub’, Schwarzman building
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Debt in stone: architectures of finance in late Ottoman Istanbul
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Eva Schreiner (Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 February 2025
Fascist India: Race, Caste and Hindutva [Book Talk]
Date: 27 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University London)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 March 2025
OxFOS26: AI versus open research: Exploring the evolving tensions
Date: 2 March 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Ruth Mallalieu (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2025
OxFOS26: The future of Rights Retention to protect researchers' copyright
Date: 3 March 2026, 11:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Ruth Mallalieu (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
OxFOS26: Future of open research in humanities and social sciences
Date: 3 March 2026, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Ruth Mallalieu (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts:
TBA
BOOK TALK: Contemporary Islamist Opposition in Morocco: Resisting Inclusion and Moderation
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Alfonso Casani (Complutense University of Madrid)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)
Wednesday 4 March 2025
OxFOS26: Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship - Conference day
Date: 4 March 2026, 10:00 - 19:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Organisers:
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Ruth Mallalieu (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Transnational ties of faith: Imdadullah’s letters and writings from the Hijaz during the late-19th century
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Moin Ahmad Nizami (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 March 2025
Symposium: From Economic Security to Economic Statecraft: Insights from Japan, Europe, and the United States
Date: 5 March 2026, 9:30 - 18:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
OxFOS26: Cultivating FAIR data across disciplines: Examples of collaborative initiatives and practical tools
Date: 5 March 2026, 13:00 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Susanna-Assunta Sansone,
Allyson Lister,
Dan Crane,
Beth Knazook
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Ruth Mallalieu (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Sarah Humphries (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
A keynote conversation with Saeb Eigner about 'Artists of the Middle East. 1900 to Now.'
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Saeb Eigner (Author)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Ma mère as Journal intime and Sheng Cheng’s Journey of Self-Realization in France
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Picturing marvels, magic and monsters at the Ottoman court, 1574–1603
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Günseli Gürel (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Planter's Pageantry and the Pedagogy of Gardening
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Julia Hori (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room, Wadham College
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2025
OxFOS26: How to do open research safely
Date: 6 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online
Organiser:
Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts:
TBA
Hobbes the Egyptian: The Leviathan as Anti-Bible
Date: 6 March 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Robert Yelle (LMU Munich)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2025
An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 10 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 11 March 2025
Imperial and Postcolonial Regimes of Expertise: Medicine, Development, and Environmental Limits
Date: 11 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Sudarshana Banerjee (University of St Andrews),
Rishabh Bajoria (National University of Singapore)
Venue Details: Room 20.402, The Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Asma Shakeel (Oxford),
Asmita Sarkar (Oxford),
Sana Shah (Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Leviathan's health: state capacity and epidemics from the Black Death to Covid
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2025
Decolonizing Security Studies - a North African perspective
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Nizar Messari (Al Akhawayn University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)
Reluctant Warriors No More? Japan and Germany Before and After Ukraine
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Ellis Krauss (University of California San Diego)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
A Greek-Orthodox monastery in the desert: Mount Sinai and the material culture of its Arabic (and Islamic) manuscripts
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (Freie Universität, Berlin)
Venue Details: Lecture Room, Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John St, Oxford OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 March 2025
Students Against Apartheid: Collective Emotions and the Making of a Global Movement
Date: 13 March 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Daniel Manulak (Toronto & Oxford)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
This list contains talks from the following series:
9th Ratanbai Katrak Lectures
After Rome and Further East Seminar
China Centre talks
China Studies Seminar series
George Rousseau Lectures
Global and Imperial History Research Seminar
Greco-Roman and East-Asian Classics events (Janus Project)
Grinfield Lectures on The Septuagint 2024 | SÉBASTIEN MORLET - “The Plurality of the Biblical Text - Past and Present”
Indian Ocean in the Age of Empire
Interreligious Interactions in South Asia (Virtual Colloquium)
Islamicate Intellectual History Seminar Series
Magic, Maths, Mamluks, and Mongols: History of Islamic Science at the Boundaries
Mandarin Forum
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Middle East Centre Seminar Series
Modern Jewish Thought Seminar
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
New Testament Seminar
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Open Scholarship
Oxford Byzantine Graduate Seminar
Oxford Byzantine Graduate Seminar
Oxford Centre for Global History events
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - Events
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
Oxford China Reading Group (OxCRG)
Postcolonial and World Literatures Seminar
Refugee Studies Centre Special Seminars & Lectures
RSC Trinity Term Public Seminar Series
Science, Technology, Environment and Muslim Societies (STEMS)
SEMINAR ON JEWISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD
Silence and Visuality Seminar Series in Armenian Art and History
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
The 54th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies: Material Religion in Byzantium & Beyond
TOSCCA/ONGC Seminar series
TOSCCA/ONGC Seminar series on the Caucasus and Central Asia
Transnational & Global History Seminar
Visual Culture in Modern and Contemporary China