Friday 25 April 2025

• 12:00 - Governing Digital China
  Prof Daniela Stockmann (The Hertie School)
  China Centre talks
• 18:00 - Consent, Survival, and the Lives of Enslaved and Free Black Women
  Online via Zoom
  Emily Owens (Brown University), Kaisha Esty (Wesleyan University)

Monday 28 April 2025

• 17:00 - Islam and Liberalism: More than a Modus Vivendi?
  Please note, spaces are strictly limited to 25 attendees so registration is essential.
  Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto)
  Oxford Islam and Justice Programme

Tuesday 29 April 2025

• 11:30 - Age Sets, Accountability, and the Balance of Power: Evidence from Villages in Rural Congo
  Nathan Nunn (University of British Columbia)
  Political Economy Seminar
• 11:30 - The "Care" Series: Reading: Anne Antoni, Juliane Reinecke, and Marianna Fotaki, 'Making Time to Care, and Caring for Time'
  Reading Group
  Centre for Women’s, Gender, and Queer History events (WGQ) [formerly known as CGIS].
• 14:00 - A Kerala Pilgrimage Approaches Its Centenary - why it matters for South India and the wider world
  Alex Gath (University of Oxford)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 17:00 - Sir John Elliott Lecture in Atlantic History - Defending Dignity: Black Women, Family, and Crafting Testimonials in Colonial Mexico
  Danielle Terrazas Williams (University of Leeds)
• 17:00 - European Defence: How can the EU best work with the UK and other non-EU states? And will it?
  This event will also be be online. Registration is only required if joining online.
  Armida van Rij (Chatham House), Luigi Scazzieri (European Union Institute for Security Studies), Brendan Devlin (St Antony's College, Oxford)
  European Studies Seminar
• 17:00 - Violence and the Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese Fiction
  Professor David C. Atherton (Harvard University), Jennifer Guest (University of Oxford), Professor Sho Konishi (University of Oxford - History/OSGA)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
• 17:30 - Book launch: Matt Myers, The Halted March of the European Left: The Working Class in Britain, France, and Italy, 1968–1989 (OUP, 2025)
  Matt Myers (Oxford)

Wednesday 30 April 2025

• 17:00 - The Economy of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective, 1500-1800
  Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogazici University)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 1 May 2025

• 11:00 - The new global disorder: How to navigate a world in chaos
  Zack Paikin (Quincy Institute), Trita Parsi (Quincy Institute)
  European Studies Seminar

Friday 2 May 2025

• 14:00 - Identity and Conformity on the ‘Chinese Frontier’
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 15:30 - Social Entrepreneurship in Conflict & Post-Conflict Settings
  Marya Besharov (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Freshta Karim (Charmaghz), Alona Revko (Skoll Centre), Shoshana Stewart (Turquoise Mountain)
  Insights for Action
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week One: Beginnings
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group
• 16:00 - Oxford Conservative Thought (Week 1: Property & Markets)
  TBA
  Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group
• 17:00 - Bringing Dark Heritage to Light: Monuments to Wartime Foreign Laborers in Japan
  Professor Andrew Gordon (Harvard University)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Tuesday 6 May 2025

• 14:00 - The Modern Life of Sanskrit: An Encounter with Psychoanalysis
  Ananya Vajpeyi (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 17:00 - The Long Disenchantment: Reassessing UK-EU Relations from Accession to Brexit
  Ilaria Poggiolini (Università di Pavia), Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)
  European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 7 May 2025

• 12:00 - The Unfinished Modernisation: Women’s Cinema in China’s Reform Era
  Associate Professor Lidan Hu (Sichuan University)
  China Centre talks
• 17:00 - Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India
  Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College, London)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - "AI and Peacemaking: Rethinking Conflict Resolution in the Digital Age" Discussion Panel
  Various Speakers
• 17:30 - Women and the Unions - Challenging Inequality
  Mr John Bowers KC (Principal, Brasenose College, Oxford)
  Celebrating 50 Years of Women at Brasenose

Thursday 8 May 2025

• 09:30 - Where Are We At? - PGR and ECR Symposium
  Various Speakers
  Centre for Women’s, Gender, and Queer History events (WGQ) [formerly known as CGIS].
• 14:30 - Changing Global Politics and its impact on Singapore and ASEAN
  Mr Ng Teck Hean (Singapore's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom)
  Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
• 15:00 - Emergent Prestige and Status-Seeking Dynamics in International AI Competition
  Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:00 - Radhakrishnan Lecture 1: Acceleration as a Riposte to Colonialism
  Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
  Radhakrishnan Lecture Series 2025: The Developmental State in Climate Crisis

Friday 9 May 2025

• 14:00 - The Problem of Nationalism
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Two: Child Liberation
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group
• 17:00 - Afua Hirsch: The Problem with the West and why EDI depends on addressing it (SSD EDI Annual Lecture)
  Afua Hirsch

Tuesday 13 May 2025

• 14:00 - Afghanistan and the Concept of Asia: Intellectual Geographies in an Age of Reform
  Marya Hannun (University of Exeter)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 17:00 - Europe and the Black Sea regional (in)security: A story of mutual creation?
  IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHATHAM HOUSE AND GERMAN MARSHALL FUND
  Galip Dalay (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Ian Lesser (German Marshal Fund), Natalie Sabanadze (Chatham House)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 14 May 2025

• 11:30 - Title TBC
  Elias Papaioannou (London Business School)
  Political Economy Seminar
• 12:30 - Beyond Trump’s First 100 Days: What Comes Next Economically and Geopolitically?
  Robert Westcott (Former White House Special Assistant for Economic Policy)
• 17:00 - Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies
  Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - I’ve Got a Story to Tell: Mary Lou Williams and the Re-Imagining of Jazz’s History
  Tammy L. Kernodle (Miami University)

Thursday 15 May 2025

• 10:00 - Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2025: Tohoku and Transnational Solidarities
  Various Speakers
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
• 15:00 - AI Safety in Practice: Safeguarding Against Real-World Misuse and Near-Term Harms
  Broderick McDonald (Kings College London)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:00 - Radhakrishnan Lecture 2: Population as a Planetary Force
  Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
  Radhakrishnan Lecture Series 2025: The Developmental State in Climate Crisis
• 17:15 - Lethal Violence Under the Auspices of Medicine: Criminolegal Insights Regarding Medical Experimentations on Humans
  Dr Hava Dayan (Haifa University)
  Massada Public Seminars

Friday 16 May 2025

• 14:00 - Chinese Developmentalism in the Nanjing Decade
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Three: Prison Abolition
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group

Monday 19 May 2025

• 11:30 - The Inclusion Trap: Evidence from Elite Civil Service
  Shaheen Naseer (University of Oxford)
  Political Economy Seminar

Tuesday 20 May 2025

• 14:00 - Labour as Method: Studying Technologies of the South
  Hemangini Gupta (University of Edinburgh)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 15:00 - Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
  Curtis Chin (Writer, Producer, Director)
  China Centre talks

Wednesday 21 May 2025

• 17:00 - Building State Capacity in Fragile States
  Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 22 May 2025

• 15:00 - Strategic Instability: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Narratives Fueling the Conventional and Emerging Tech
  Karuna Nandkumar (Oxford China Policy Lab)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 16:30 - The Winant-Mellon Symposium Keynote Address: Taking Stock of the Administrative State
  TBA
• 17:00 - Radhakrishnan Lecture 3: The Freedom to Breathe
  Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
  Radhakrishnan Lecture Series 2025: The Developmental State in Climate Crisis

Friday 23 May 2025

• 14:00 - Governing Shanghailand: The SMC and SMP
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Four: Work
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group

Monday 26 May 2025

• 12:00 - Institutional Genes: The Origins of China’s Institutions and Totalitarianism
  Dr Chenggang Xu (Stanford University)
  China Centre talks
• 17:15 - Trapped By Experience, Freed By Imagination: Post-Capitalist Literature
  Shimon Adaf (Ben Gurion University in the Negev)
  Massada Public Seminars

Tuesday 27 May 2025

• 14:00 - Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
  Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 16:00 - African Americans and the Photographic Seat of Honor
  Brenna Greer (Wellesley College)

Wednesday 28 May 2025

• 17:00 - The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India
  Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:30 - Principal's Conversation with The Guardian reporter, Amelia Gentleman
  Mr John Bowers KC (Principal, Brasenose College, Oxford)
  Celebrating 50 Years of Women at Brasenose

Thursday 29 May 2025

• 15:00 - Is AI Law a Threat to Human Rights Law?
  Dr. Margarita Amaxopoulou (Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:00 - Bridging the gap between research and policy in international affairs: A practitioner’s perspective
  Giulio Venneri (Luiss School of Government)
  European Studies Seminar

Friday 30 May 2025

• 14:00 - OxCRG Pub Social
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Five: Revolution
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group

Monday 2 June 2025

• 11:30 - Competition, Cooperation, and Social Perceptions
  Rachel Kranton (Duke University)
  Political Economy Seminar

Tuesday 3 June 2025

• 14:00 - Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
  Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 16:00 - The Trump Administration and the Separation of Powers
  Stuart Delery (Former White House Counsel)
• 17:00 - From anti-Americanism to Americanofilia: The US in the kaleidoscope of Greek society
  Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield), Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

• 17:00 - Iran’s Crisis of Governance
  Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 5 June 2025

• 15:00 - The Securitisation of AI Safety Institutes
  Renan Araujo (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 16:00 - The Origins of Trumpism and Paths to an Alternative Future
  Melinda Cooper (Australian National University), Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin University), Joel Suarez (Harvard University), Noam Maggor (Queen Mary University of London)
• 17:00 - The Lee Lecture in Political Science and Government: The Second Republic: Remaking Egypt Under Sisi
  Yezid Sayigh (Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center)

Friday 6 June 2025

• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Six: Art
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group

Monday 9 June 2025

• 11:30 - Losing Their Religion: State Banning of Religion, Social Norms, and Female Participation
  Shqiponja Telhaj (University of Sussex)
  Political Economy Seminar
• 17:30 - Prosecuting the Powerful: book talk with Steve Crawshaw
  Steve Crawshaw (Journalist and writer), David Isaac CBE

Tuesday 10 June 2025

• 14:00 - Rangoonwala Fellows: Development and Displacement in Pakistan
  Various Speakers
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 17:15 - 2025 Massada Annual Lecture: Professor Mouna Maroun
  Professor Mouna Maroun (University of Haifa)
  Massada Public Seminars

Wednesday 11 June 2025

• 17:00 - Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness
  Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 12 June 2025

• 15:00 - Budgeting for AI: Towards a Systematic Understanding of the Impact of Public Budgeting on Public
  Chloe Chadwick (Oxford Internet Institute)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:15 - Intentions are Good but Instrumental Variables is Better (in Real-World Randomised Trials)
  Josh Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Political Economy Seminar

Friday 13 June 2025

• 14:00 - Sustaining Continuity: Conservation Approaches to Placemaking for Chinese Voluntary Associations
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Seven: Love
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group

Monday 16 June 2025

• 11:30 - Narrative Entanglement: The Case of Climate Policy
  Luis Garicano (London School of Economics)
  Political Economy Seminar

Wednesday 18 June 2025

• 17:00 - A Bridge to the Sky: From ibn Firnas (d. 887) and the Cordoban Court to Imagining Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
  Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 19 June 2025

• 17:00 - Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters
  Natasha Trethewey (United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014)Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet)

Friday 20 June 2025

• 14:00 - Rethinking Hong Kong’s Laissez-Faire Myth
  TBA
  Oxford China Reading Group
• 16:00 - William Morris's News from Nowhere - Week Eight: Home
  TBA
  Utopia Reading Group