CCW Recommended Seminars
Talks:

Friday 28 November 2025

Regime Loyalty during Wartime: Evidence from Nazi Germany
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Lobito-Bound: the high-stakes story of Africa’s next geopolitical frontier
Date: 28 November 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Speaker s: Sam Williams (Wolfson College), Tulinabo Mushingi (U.S. Ambassador to Angola), Marcia Veiga (BBC World Service)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Organiser: Benjamin Smith
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 29 November 2025

Warfare and Solidarity: On the Frontline of Europe’s Defence in Ukraine
Date: 29 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Jonas Ohman (Blue/Yellow)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Gillis Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)
Host: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 December 2025

Strange Fruit in Comparative Perspective: Hierarchy and Ethnic Violence in India and Beyond
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dan Naseemulah (University of Oxford)
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)

Seize the city, undo the state: the inception of Russia’s war on Ukraine
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Serhiy Kudelia (Baylor University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Zbigniew Wojnowski (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Precision Warfare: AI, Genomics, and the Future of Biosecurity
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
Organiser: Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

NATO - Deterrence and peace in Europe through design or luck
Date: 2 December 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Angus MacIntyre (CCW & RAF)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Ottoman Production of Ashkenazi Identity
Date: 2 December 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Yair Wallach (SOAS Centre for Jewish Studies)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar room 5
Organiser: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Should the Laws of Armed Conflict Apply to Nuclear Deterrence?
Date: 2 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Was 1921-1941 the first Cold War? Testing a Hypothesis
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Cyrus Schayegh (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Old Common Room
Organiser: John-Paul Ghobrial
Hosts: TBA

Backlash against green energy infrastructure: Experimental survey evidence from France, Germany, Norway, and the UK
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Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Patrick Bayer (University of Glasgow)
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: Federica Genovese (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Inaugural JRF in Peace Studies Seminar: Combatant Experiences in Multi-Ethnic Extremist Groups: Identity and Allegiance in Boko Haram
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:15 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Makena Micheni (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Simpkins Lee Theatre, drinks after seminar in Monson Room, LMH
Organiser: Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Professor Shelley McKeown-Jones (University of Oxford), Revd Dr Liz Carmichael (St John’s College)

After Exit: Assessing the Consequences of the Withdrawal of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Date: 2 December 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : Dr Richard Caplan (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library, All Souls College
Organiser: Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

GROW: Unlocking Innovation: Problem-Solution-Fit for STEM Ventures
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

The loyalties of professionals: Black soldiers in the Rhodesian army, 1963-1981
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : M T Howard (Independent Scholar)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Collective Reciprocity and the Failure of Climate Change Mitigation Treaties
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Sam Housekeeper (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Student and youth European activism in times of democratic backsliding and rising populism
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Valentin Dupouey-Sterdyniak (College of Europe)
Organiser: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)
Host: Severin Dauer (University of Oxford)

Dictating the agenda: the authoritarian resurgence in world politics
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Prof Alexander Cooley (Columbia), Prof Alexander Dukalskis (University College Dublin)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Magdalena Leichtova (St Antony's College, Oxford), Dr Julie Newton (St Antony's College, Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

In Trump's world, is there room for multilateralism?
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: Lord Malloch Brown ((Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN)), Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Institutions and individuals in the Russian foreign policy-making process
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Anton Barbashin (Editor, Riddle Russia)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Magdalena Leichtova (St Antony's College, Oxford), Dr Julie Newton (St Antony's College, Oxford), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Cooperating, Challenging, Communicating: Reflections on Five Years of Diplomacy in Beijing
Date: 5 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dame Caroline Wilson
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)

Monday 19 January 2025

The logic of Russian disinformation narratives during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Date: 19 January 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Katri Pynnöniemi (Helsinki University)
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

Monday 26 January 2025

Militarisation, patriotic mobilisation and the societal impact of war in Russia
Date: 26 January 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Elena Racheva (University of Manchester)
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

Wednesday 28 January 2025

A model occupation. German occupational policy in Brussels and its impact on the First World War - and beyond
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Samuël Kruizinga (UV Amsterdam)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

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

Monday 9 February 2025

Russian instrumental use of international law towards Ukraine and 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

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

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

Monday 23 February 2025

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

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: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

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

Monday 9 March 2025

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

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
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 Emerging Threats & Technology Working 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
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)
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