Monday 26 May 2025

• 16:00 - Bringing War Back In
  Luis Schenoni (UCL)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
• 17:00 - Spinach and souls: power and recognition in the US-Russia relationship
  Dr Ruth Deyermond (King's College London)
  RESC Monday Seminar

Tuesday 27 May 2025

• 13:30 - African Military Thought
  Tycho van der Hoog (Netherlands Defence Academy.)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 16:00 - Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar: Collective Intelligence
  Ivan Vendrov (Midjourney)
  Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar
• 17:00 - Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition
  Dr Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education)
  Book Talks
• 17:00 - NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out
  TBA
  Palestine, Sudan and the Global Anti-Colonial Struggle
• 17:30 - In Conversation with Prof Abiodun Williams: Lessons in Leadership from the United Nations
  Prof Abiodun Williams (The Fletcher School at Tufts University)
  Oxford International Relations Society
• 20:30 - Cyber Security- Pervasive Failure in Western Security Doctrine
  Dr Lucas Kello (University of Oxford)
  Oxford Strategic Studies Group Seminars

Wednesday 28 May 2025

• 17:00 - NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out
  This will be a hybrid event with attendance in person and online. To attend online, please complete the booking form to receive the Zoom link.
  Dr Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University), Soheir Asaad (Palestinian lawyer and activist)
• 17:15 - A Revolution in Maritime Military Affairs? Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea
  Commander Steve Walton (SST-CCW & Royal Navy)
  Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership

Thursday 29 May 2025

• 15:00 - Cybersecurity and AI: Threats, opportunities, and the state of play
  Elias Groll (Blavatnik School of Government)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 16:00 - Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID) Workshop
  Jeffrie Quarsie (University of Oxford), Ines Fernandes (University of Oxford)
  Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID)
• 17:00 - Bridging the gap between research and policy in international affairs: A practitioner’s perspective
  Giulio Venneri (European Commission, DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
  European Studies Seminar

Friday 30 May 2025

• 17:00 - Big Tech and the Automation of Genocide in Gaza
  Dr Samer Abdelnour (University of Edinburgh Business School)
  Friday Seminars

Monday 2 June 2025

• 11:00 - Will the real CND please stand up? Young people and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in late 1950s/1960s England
  Susannah Wright (Oxford Brookes)
  Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events
• 14:00 - Fireside Chat with Prof Jeffrey Sachs: Can US-China Relations Develop Sustainably? (Online Event)
  Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
  Oxford International Relations Society
• 16:00 - Perpetrators of Mass Violence: Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?
  Alette Smeulers (Amsterdam)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
• 17:00 - Russia and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific
  Dr Paradorn Rangsimaporn (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand)
  RESC Monday Seminar
• 17:45 - "Courageous or Coerced?" Europe´s role in a changing geopolitical order
  Lukas Mandl (European Parliament)
  Europeanist Society Oxford

Tuesday 3 June 2025

• 13:30 - When the Dust Settles: The behind-the-scenes story from the UK's top disaster planner
  Professor Lucy Easthope (University of Bath)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 16:00 - Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar: The Habermas Machine
  Professor Chris Summerfield (University of Oxford), Michael Henry Tessler (Google Deepmind)
  Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar
• 16:00 - The Trump Administration and the Separation of Powers
  Stuart Delery (Former White House Counsel)
• 17:00 - States and Social Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Gulf Region
  Professor Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University)
  Women’s Rights Research Seminars
• 17:00 - Beyond Our Current Boundaries: Peace Studies from Africa and the Global South. Book Launch and talk.
  Followed by drinks reception. Copies of the book will be available at launch price tba
  Various Speakers
  OxPeace Events
• 17:00 - In Conversation with Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House): Making Sense of Trump's First 100 Days in Power
  Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House)
  Oxford International Relations Society
• 20:30 - Title TBC
  Dr David Gioe (King's College London), Capt Gregory Leland (United States Navy)
  Oxford Strategic Studies Group Seminars

Wednesday 4 June 2025

• 12:30 - GROW: How AI is changing industry futures
  AI is disrupting every aspect and re-shaping all areas of business, from start-ups driving innovation to global companies revolutionising their operations. Join us to hear industry experts in our online panel discussion looking at real-world AI applications, trends, and safety considerations.
  Various Speakers
• 17:00 - The Ties that Bind: Military and Revolutionary Networks Across Asia
  Zachary Clark (Pennsylvania State University), Ning Zhang (University of Oxford)
  International History of East Asia Seminar
• 17:15 - Empires in Flux: The Global Impact of the Napoleonic Wars
  Alexander Mikaberidze (Louisiana State University Shreveport)
  History of War
• 17:15 - Empires in Flux: The Global Impact of the Napoleonic Wars
  Alexander Mikaberidze (Louisiana State University Shreveport)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 5 June 2025

• 15:00 - The Securitisation of AI Safety Institutes
  Renan Araujo (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 17:00 - Startup Capitalism: New Approaches to Innovation Strategies in East Asia
  Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra (King's College London)
  Oxford Taiwan Studies Seminar Series

Friday 6 June 2025

• 09:30 - Security and Warfare in Ukraine: Domestic and Global Developments Post-2022
  Please note in-person places are limited.
  Various Speakers
• 16:30 - In Between Climate Chaos and War (In association with the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit)
  Dr Ammar Azzouz, Dr Omnia El Omrani (COP27 Presidency), Zodiac Maslin-Hahn (AfghanAid)

Monday 9 June 2025

• 16:00 - Title TBC
  Gasica Ouzounian (University of Oxford)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series

Tuesday 10 June 2025

• 13:30 - Winning the Peace Through Adaptation: The Importance of Innovation and Partnerships in the 21st Century Warfare
  Admiral Stuart Munsch
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 16:00 - Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar: AI and Human Autonomy
  Mr Brendan McCord (Cosmos Institute, St Catherine's College (Oxford)), Dr Bethanie Drake-Maples (Stanford HAI)
  Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar
• 17:00 - Hamas unpacked: History and politics of a movement
  Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network), Professor Jeroen Gunning (King's College London)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

• 17:00 - Making China Policy in an Era of Great Power Competition: Panel Discussion feat. Prof Todd Hall, Prof Kerry Brown, and Ruby Osman (OxIRSoc)
  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)
  Oxford International Relations Society

Thursday 12 June 2025

• 15:00 - Budgeting for AI: Towards a Systematic Understanding of the Impact of Public Budgeting on Public Sector AI Adoption
  Chloe Chadwick (Oxford Internet Institute)
  Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
• 16:00 - Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID) Workshop
  Dr Jasmine Gani (London School of Economics)
  Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID)
• 17:00 - Dame Zaha Hadid Mini Series – Celebrating 10 Years of the Investcorp Building
  Joseph Giovannini (Giovannini Associates)

Monday 16 June 2025

• 16:00 - Organized Political Violence in Greece, 2003-2019: Comparing the Far Right and the Far Left
  Lamprini Rori (Athens)
  T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
• 17:00 - Is Taiwan Leading Asia in Women's Political Representation?
  Professor Chang-ling Huang (National Taiwan University)
  Oxford Taiwan Studies Seminar Series

Tuesday 17 June 2025

• 13:30 - The Struggle for Liberation: A History of the Rwandan Civil War, 1990-1994
  John Kegel (Netherlands Defence Academy)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series

Thursday 26 June 2025

• 12:00 - In Conversation with Prof Cynthia Enloe: How to Make Feminist Sense of the World Today?
  Prof Cynthia Enloe (Clark University)
  Oxford International Relations Society