Friday 3 February 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Tracing Fragments: Art, Youth and Feminist Activism in Iraqi Kurdistan
  Houzan Mahmoud, Feminist Activist, Writer, and founder of Culture Project, Isabel Käser, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern & Visiting Fellow at the Middle East Centre, LSE
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 6 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 12:45 - Discussion Group: Translation as a Political Gesture in Ukraine
  TBA
  Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation
• 17:00 - Has the Russian invasion finished off the Ukrainian oligarchy?
  Dr Dave Dalton (Independent Scholar)
  Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

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

• 13:00 - Evolution of far-right ideologies
  Professor Peter Neumann (King's College London)
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars
• 16:00 - Instability and Conflict in 19th Century Spain
  Ignacio Sanchez Cuenca (Carlos III)
  T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence
• 16:00 - The Rise (and Fall) of “Government through Reflection and Choice”
  Nicholas Cole (Oxford)
  American History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - *EPHF* Portugal: reflections on new and old challenges for education
  Professor João Costa (Education Minister, Portugal)
  Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
• 20:30 - European Security and the Global Markets: Estonia's Outlook
  Mr Viljar Lubi (Embassy of Estonia) (Estonian Ambassador to the United Kingdom)
  Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar

Wednesday 8 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 12:00 - The Risk of Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: Strategy, Technology and Deterrence
  Dr James Lee (Academia Sinica)
  China Centre talks
• 17:00 - Social cohesion and integration of minorities in post-conflict Muslim societies
  Salma Mousa (Yale University)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Civilians and non-combatants during war and conflict in modern East Asia
  Federica Cicci (Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Heidelberg University), Dr. Danny Orbach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  International History of East Asia Seminar
• 17:15 - Mercenaries, Modernity, and the International: Re-evaluating the 19th century 'shift away from mercenary use'
  Malte Riemann (Reading/Sandhurst)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 9 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Rethinking "middle powers" as a category of practice
  Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 17:00 - Bioinformatics & Big Data: Government and Military Applications
  Discussion Group
  CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group

Friday 10 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Iraq Invasion and Transnational Jihadism
  Thomas Hegghammer, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 13 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Trust, political participation, and the stability of Russia's regime
  Dr Danielle Lussier (Grinnell College, USA)
  Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Tuesday 14 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - *EPHF* ‘Colombia: faith and education after forced displacement’
  Dr Christopher Hays (Biblical Seminary of Colombia)
  Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times

Wednesday 15 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:15 - Regional cooperation: US-UK relations and strategic dilemmas following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1989
  TBA
  Changing Character of War Centre (CCW) Wednesday Evening Seminar Series

Thursday 16 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Quechua and Aymara Revolution in International Legal Thought: An Initial Exploration
  Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 16:00 - The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Change in Mexico
  Emily Sellars (Yale)
  T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence

Friday 17 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State
  Dr. Inna Rudolf, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at the War Studies Department of King’s College London and Partner at the Candid Foundation.
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 20 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Political effects of natural resources and pro-authoritarianism
  Dr Danielle Lussier (Kings College London)
  Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Tuesday 21 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The follower map: Towards a theory of the roots of cultural variations in leadership ideals
  Professor Mark van Vugt (Vrije Universiteit), Dr Sirio Lonati (Neoma Business School)
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - *EPHF* 'South Africa: on the importance of history education post colonialism’
  Dr Natasha Robinson (University of Oxford)
  Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
• 20:30 - China's "No Limits" Ties with Russia: the View from Beijing
  James Miles (China writer-at-large, the Economist)
  Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar

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

• 17:15 - Russian sieges of Kars in the 19th century
  Candan Badem (Uppsala), Alexander Morrison (Oxford)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 23 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Design by Elimination: Historical Precedent in the Creation of the League of Nations
  Carsten-Andreas Schulz (Cambridge), Ebenezer Azamati (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 17:00 - Human-Machine Teams: From Sensor to Shooter Across the Domains
  Discussion Group
  CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group

Friday 24 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - The Chicken Farm problem: Iraqi WMD disclosures and the 2003 war
  The Chicken Farm problem: Iraqi WMD disclosures and the 2003 war
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 27 February 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Lost in Eurasia? Russia's pivot from Europe to China
  Dr Natasha Kuhrt (Kings College London)
  Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

Tuesday 28 February 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - *EPHF* ‘Kenya: indigenous knowledge systems for peace and flourishing in Kenya's North Rift’
  Dr Susan Kilonzo (Maseno University)
  Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
• 20:30 - The Challenge of Democracy Promotion
  Congressman David Price (US House of Representatives)
  Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar

Wednesday 1 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:15 - Jordan and Kuwait: US-UK relations in the aftermath of Suez
  Dr Louise Kettle (University of Nottingham)
  Changing Character of War Centre (CCW) Wednesday Evening Seminar Series

Thursday 2 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Legitimacy in IR
  Lora Viola (Free University of Berlin), Alexandra Stafford (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium

Friday 3 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Iraq 2018-2019: The Rule of Law: a perspective
  The Rt Hon Sir Peter Gross, Lead Judge for International Relations
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 6 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Temporary protection, indefinite danger: networks of care and temporal strategies of Ukrainian refugees in Romania
  Dr Volodymyr Artiukh (COMPAS, Oxford)
  Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar

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

• 13:00 - NATO's Nordic Neophytes: How Sweden & Finland's Accession to NATO Alters the Military Balance in Northeast Europe
  Julia Carver (University of Oxford), Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars
• 16:00 - Elite Murder and Popular Resistance: Evidence from Post–World War II Poland
  Krzysztof Krakowski (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
  T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence
• 17:00 - *EPHF* ‘Jordan: on the practice of Istijarah for human flourishing’
  Dr Abdullah Awad (The Institute for Critical Thought)
  Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
• 20:30 - Geopolitics of Belarus in Ukraine Context
  Laurynas Jonavičius (Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania)
  Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar

Thursday 9 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - White supremacy in the United States during the post-Cold War and War on Terror eras
  Anna Meier (Nottingham), Alejandro Posada Téllez (University of Oxford)
  IR Research Colloquium
• 17:00 - Genomics & Bioengineering: Securing Advantage in the Biological Domain
  Discussion Group
  CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group

Friday 10 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - 'The Transformation of Iraq since the 2003 Invasion: From "The Dodgy Dossier", to Human Security, Gender, and the Nation's Future in the Face of Climate Change'
  Ibrahim al-Marashi, Associate Professor at California State University, San Marcos
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series