CCW Recommended Seminars
Talks:

Thursday 29 January 2025

The Grey Zone: Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Europe
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Deividas Slekys (University of Vilnius)
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)
Host: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)

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)

ISIS-affiliated families in Iraq
Date: 2 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Joana Cook (University of Leiden)
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Department of Sociology and Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Intervention Entrepreneurs: Revisiting Power and Process in US Intervention Decision-Making
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Marina Henke (Hertie School)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

From sovereigns to servants: how the war against Ukraine has reshaped Russia’s elite
Date: 2 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Alexandra Prokopenko (ZOiS, Berlin)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

What isn’t working in contemporary politics - and why: is the problem the civil service, the press, the public, the courts or politicians themselves?
Date: 2 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Sam Freedman, Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Ailbhe Rea (The New Statesman (Political Editor))
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets (Book Tour)
Date: 2 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Andrew Badger (Defense SME)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar C
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

The (Geo)Political Economy of AI Openness: US and Chinese Open-Source AI Approaches in Historical Context
Date: 3 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Kayla Blomquist (The Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organisers: Elisabeth Siegel (University of Oxford), Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Jon Penney (York University, Toronto)
Venue Details: OII Lecture Theatre, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG or Zoom
Organiser: Ellen Mobbs (Oxford Internet Institute)
Host: Professor Victoria Nash (Oxford Internet Institute)

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Insurgency, Conflict and Governance
Date: 3 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Paula Cristina Roque, Alpa Shah (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Transnational Revolutionary Networks and the Global Cold War: The African National Congress, the Irish Republican Army, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, 1969-2005
Date: 3 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Natalia Hildebrand (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Money in Modern War and the Blockade of Germany, 1914-18
Date: 3 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jonathan Boff (Birmingham)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Organizing across the imperial and global space. Women’s organizations and networks at the end of the French Empire
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Anna Nasser (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Natalya Vince (University College, Oxford))
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

The Hardest Bridge
Date: 3 February 2026, 19:30 - 22:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Auditorium
Organisers: Mihail Chiru (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford), Alexander Kuo (University of Oxford), Katerina Tertytchnaya (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 February 2025

Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminar: The ‘Public’, Disrupted: The Transformative Effects of Technology on Democracy
Date: 4 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Neli Frost (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre/Remote
Organisers: Graham Bagley (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford), Graham Bagley (Institute for Ethics in AI, Oxford), Jacqueline Wright (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Trump 2.0 and Threats to American Democracy
Date: 4 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The means of prediction - how AI really works (and who benefits)
Date: 4 February 2026, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dorothy Nicholas (INET Oxford), Francois Lafond (INET Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 February 2025

Legal Geographies of Water
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Cristy Clark (Canberra Law School)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: The Atmosphere Room, First Floor, School of Geography and the Environment. This building has a ramp at the entrance and a lift.
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

A celebration of the career of Professor Paul Collier
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organiser: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
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

Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: how to empower the moderates
Date: 6 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger
Organiser: International Relations Society (University of Oxford)
Host: Alexander Beck (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 February 2025

Race, Violence, and the Effectiveness of Protest
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Devorah Manekin (Hebrew University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Russian instrumental use of international law in its war against Ukraine and in the wider post-Soviet region
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Rilka Dragneva-Lewers (University of Birmingham)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

What can MPs learn from what has already worked in transforming their institutions for the 21st Century
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Lord Freud, Baroness Hodge of Barking, Prof Eric Beinhocker (INET Oxford Executive Director)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

The Art of Open Source Intelligence: Investigation & Protection
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Joshua Richards (UK OSINT Community)
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Hybrid Experts and the AI “Arms Race”
Date: 10 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Lis Siegel (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Sovereignty by Exception: Global China, Law, and Infrastructure across Africa and South Asia
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Thiruni Kelagama (Wolfson College, Oxford), Miriam Driessen (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Strategic Net Assessment
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Dr Rob Johnson (CCW, Oxford), Dr Edward Howell (CCW, Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Reading Group - Palestine(s): Rethinking Politics of Fragmentations (Focus: Law)
Date: 10 February 2026, 18:30 - 20:30
Speaker
Venue Details: NA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Mercenaries for Peace: Masculinity, Internationalism, and Pleasure on the Front Lines of Peacekeeping
Date: 11 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Margot Tudor (City)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Fragmentation, Agenda Scope, and Government Concessions in Self-Determination Disputes
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleonora La Spada (University of Strathclyde)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Navigating power shifts: Russia and the growing asymmetrical relationship with China
Date: 16 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Marcin Kaczmarski (University of Glasgow)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

A well-informed democracy?
Date: 16 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Jonathan Hall KC, Marianne Spring, Mitali Mukherjee (Reuters Institute, Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Geoengineering, Power, and the New Frontiers of Environmental Security
Date: 16 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Danielle Young (University of Leeds)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar TBD
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

Adventures in Countering Disinformation: Policy Insights from Expert Interviews
Date: 17 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Callum Harvey (Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

BELARUS: Autocracy, War and Diplomacy. A British Diplomat’s Observations of Life Inside Belarus
Date: 17 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jack Hands
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Governing a multi-ethnic state: Minority rights in early twentieth-century Baltics
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Timo Aava (St Antony’s College, Oxford)), Martin Conway (Balliol College, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Katherine Lebow (Christ Church, Oxford)

Monday 23 February 2025

Documentation and Denial: Contestation over Evidence of Mass Atrocities
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Kate Cronin-Furman (UCL)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Politics in Ukraine: how resilient is Ukraine four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion?
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Andrew Wilson (UCL-SSEES)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

How AI will affect defence, foreign and security policy?
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Documentary Screening with the Director – Taiwan Undaunted: In Search of the Nation That Cannot Call Itself a Nation
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker : Neal E. Robbins (Film Director)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme

Tuesday 24 February 2025

AI Workers, Geopolitics, and Algorithmic Collective Action
Date: 24 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Sydney Reis (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Naval Strategy in the Pacific: Balancing not Challenging China
Date: 24 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Reading Group - Palestine(s): Rethinking Politics of Fragmentations (Focus: Politics)
Date: 24 February 2026, 18:30 - 20:30
Speaker
Venue Details: NA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2025

Male bodies for the fatherland. Invalidity and self-mutilation in the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Julia Heinemann (Antwerp)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

Morale on the home front, 1914-1945: Its transnational construction and destruction
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Sheldon Garon (Princeton) (Princeton University)
Venue: St Antony's College - Main Site, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre, Nissan Building
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 2 March 2025

Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Killian Clark (Georgetown)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Preferences over contested territory: evidence from a new survey experiment in Ukraine
Date: 2 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Dr Carl Müller-Crepon (LSE), Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

How are governments going to pay to make 19th century institutions fit to deal with 21st century problems?
Date: 2 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Professor Paul Johnson (University of Oxford), The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, Michael McMahon (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Between Sovereignty and Interdependence: India and South Africa’s AI development strategies
Date: 3 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Ayantola Alayande (Oxford Department of International Development)
Venue Details: Online Only
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

National Resilience and Preparedness
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Rowena Hill (Nottingham Trent University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Mistakes were made: The EU’s relations with Russia and Turkey in the 1990s
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Ayşe Zarakol (Emmanual College, Cambridge), Roy Allison (St Antony’s)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dimitar Bechev (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 March 2025

Beyond the Threshold: Enemies, Tricksters, and the Temporality of Revolutions
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Rosario Forlenza (LUIS)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Audiences of repression: defiant dissent and public opinion in Russia
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Katerina Tertytchnaya (Brasenose College)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR, University of Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Is the changed relationship between voters and legislators due to the development of the Internet a boon for good decision-making - or a challenge?
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Nusrat Ghani, Professor Ignacio Cofone (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2025

How to End a Nuclear War: Deterrence and Provocation in War Termination
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Lauren Sukin (University of Oxford), Sam Seitz (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Reading Group - Palestine(s): Rethinking Politics of Fragmentations (Focus: Religion)
Date: 10 March 2026, 18:30 - 20:30
Speaker
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2025

Postgraduate Presentations
Date: 11 March 2026, 10:00 - 14:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.513, Schwarzman Centre, Oxford OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership
China Centre Conversation series
China Centre talks
Cyber Strategy and Technology Studies Working Group
Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft
Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Europeanist Society Oxford
European Studies Seminar
Feminist Political Economy of War and Peace: Fulbright Seminar Series
Fulbright Seminar Series, Trinity Term 2023: The Meaning of War
History of War
History of War Seminar Series
International Relations of China
IR Research Colloquium
Israel Studies Seminar
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
OSSG Weekly Talks
Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group
Oxford International Relations Society
Oxford Smart Space Series
Oxford Strategic Studies Group Seminars
Oxford Taiwan Studies Seminar Series
Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series
Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar
PalSoc Events
Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar
RESC Monday Seminar
RESC Monday Seminar, Hilary Term 2024
RESC Monday Seminar, Michaelmas Term 2023
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence
T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
T. E. Lawrence Workshop on Conflict and Violence
The 2022 Leverhulme Lectures - Civil Wars in Europe 1912-1949
The Present and Future of US Politics
Transformative Justice for the Post-COVID Transition: Insights from Leaders of Transitional Countries