CCW Recommended Seminars
Talks:

Monday 13 October 2025

The Logic of Law in the Jihadi Insurgency in Mozambique
Date: 13 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eric Morier Genoud (Queen's University Belfast)
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)

The Soviet ‘Post-Civil Wars’: veterans and the making of the Soviet state
Date: 13 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Thomas C Stevens (Keble College)
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

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Cultural memory and displacement during Sudan’s Civil War
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Rawia Alhag (Sudanese journalist), Khadmallah Ali (Sudanese activist), Phil Cox (Film maker), Professor Marlyn Deegan (King's College London)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 3
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

How to survive a hostile world
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Patrick Porter (Birmingham)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Ukraine and beyond: Shaping Europe’s security future
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Olya Oliker (International Crisis Group), James O'Brien (Institute for Human Sciences)
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)

The Politics of American National Security: One Year of Trump 2.0
Date: 14 October 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : Dr Peter Feaver (Duke University)
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 15 October 2025

Xi Jinping has preserved his position but can he revive reform?
Date: 15 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Willy Lam (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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)

Trump 2.0 and America’s Role in the World
Date: 15 October 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Peter Feaver (Duke University)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Downstairs Seminar Room. Our lift is currently out of order and the room is accessed via a flight of stairs
Organiser: Daniel Rowe (Oxford)
Host: Rothermere American Institute

A short history of the Gaza Strip
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Anne Irfan (University College London)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Professor Catherine Briddick (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford), Professor Tom Scott-Smith (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Politics and the General in Supreme Command
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Richard Adams (Royal Australian Navy)
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 October 2025

The Political Unconscious of Global Polycrisis
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Kerem Nisancioglu (SOAS)
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)
Host: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford)

UN Order in Crisis: Global and Regional Faultlines of the Systemic Earthquake
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu (Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Türkiye)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

AI and the Future of National Security
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Brianna Rosen (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Katrina Mulligan (National Security Lead for OpenAI and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

The Strategic Foundations of International Economic Order: China, Bretton Woods, and the Cold War
Date: 17 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Amy King (Australian National 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)
Hosts: TBA

Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group, Week 1: Against Change?
Date: 17 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HG
Venue Details: Meeting Room 1
Organiser: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)
Host: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)

Monday 20 October 2025

When Criminals Help the State: Winning Hearts and Minds through Facilitation of State Service Provision
Date: 20 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : David Cerero (Yale 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)

Our dear friends in Moscow: the inside story of a broken generation
Date: 20 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Dr Irina Borogan (King's College London), Dr Andrei Soldatov (King's College London)
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

Tuesday 21 October 2025

The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Brigadier (rtd) Ben Barry (OBE (IISS))
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Demand for Repression during the Algerian War of Independence
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Jean Lachapelle (University of Montreal)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Jennifer Lind (Dartmouth)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Shifting support: Western states, the UN, and local perceptions in conflict zones
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Stefano Costalli (University of Florence)
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)

Title TBC
Date: 21 October 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : Stephen Hickey (Middle East at the Foreign Office, Former UK Ambassador to Iraq)
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 22 October 2025

Military entrepreneurs, foreign soldiers, and Sweden’s wars of emergence 1560–1630
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Jaakko Björklund (Helsinki)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

International Order(ing) as Complex Indebtedness: An Alternative Framework for World Politics
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Meera Sabaratnam (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)

Saturday 25 October 2025

Peace and the Economy in Sudan and South Sudan: How to Make a Better Future
Date: 25 October 2025, 10:00 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College - Main Site, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (University of Oxford), The Sudanese Programme
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
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)

Measuring and making change: opinion polls and market transition in post-socialist Russia and Belarus
Date: 27 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Alexa von Winning (University of Tübingen)
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

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 28 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Bob Seely MBE
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Safe Corridor
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Marilyn Booth (Al Saud Professor, Magdalen College), Mr Jan Dost (Author)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Britain, Détente, and the Helsinki CSCE: 'Fathers of the Final Act’
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Kai Hebel (Leiden University), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)
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: Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford)

War Without Oversight: Challenges to the Deployment of Autonomous Weapon Systems
Date: 28 October 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker
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 29 October 2025

The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future
Date: 29 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Jonathan Chatwin
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)

Strategic Leadership Seminar
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

How Domestic Politics Shape the United States' Nuclear Credibility
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Lauren Sukin (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)

Food and Language: Rhetorical-Cultural Excavations in Arab Heritage / الطعام والكلام: حفريات بلاغية ثقافية في التراث العربي
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Said Laouadi (Cadi Ayyad University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 November 2025

The Logic of Party Violence
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ursula Daxecker (Amsterdam)
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)

Elections in the era of the State Duma (1906-17): a reassessment
Date: 3 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Stephen Lovell (King's College London)
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

Tuesday 4 November 2025

The legislative politics of climate change mitigation: Evidence from the European Parliament
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Mihail Chiru (St Antony’s 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: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 4 November 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : Johannes Müller (Airbus Defence and Space)
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 5 November 2025

Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director: Challenges, Controversies, and Realities
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Jinghan Zeng (City University of Hong Kong)
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)

A minor power in a total war: Sweden’s system of military procurement during the campaigns against Napoleon, 1805-1807 and 1813-1814
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Patrik Winton (Örebro)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

The Impacts of Globalization on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Climate Awareness in Africa
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Amanda Kennard (Stanford University)
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)

Monday 10 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
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)

Economic nationalism in one country: reform and disintegration in the Soviet Union, 1987-1990
Date: 10 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Jonathan Raspe (University of Zürich)
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

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Reflections on American foreign and defence policy by Shashank Joshi
Date: 11 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Shashank Joshi (The Economist)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

The Woman on Top and the Men Behind. Gendering Criminals in Colonial Egypt (1920-1922)
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Elena Chiti (Stockholm University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

From two-party rule to polarization: Ten years of Spanish politics
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Sandra Leon Alfonso (St Antony’s 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: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 11 November 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : HE Ng Teck Hwan (High Commission of Singapore to the United Kingdom)
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 12 November 2025

The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West
Date: 12 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Amitav Acharya (The American 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)

Composing a Defence Review on Tech by Richard Barrons
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : General Sir Richard Barrons
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development in Government: The Experience and the Future
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Mustapha El Khalfi (Former Minister of Communications, Morocco)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

Belonging in exile: How to write an almost global history of the German-Jewish diaspora
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Miriam Rürup (Richard von Weizsäcker Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s 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)

Monday 17 November 2025

Divided We Stand? Identity Strategies in the Wake of Conflict
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ceren Lord (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)

To feed and to mobilize: land reform in early Soviet Uzbekistan
Date: 17 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Beatrice Penati (University of Liverpool)
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

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Egypt’s Role, Identity, and Foreign Policy in a River of De-Nile
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr May Darwich (University of Birmingham)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Law Unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Catherine Barnard (Trinity College, Cambridge), Cathryn Costello (University College Dublin)
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: Catherine Briddick (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 18 November 2025, 20:30 - 22:00
Speaker : Tom Sharpe OBE (Royal Navy (Retd))
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 19 November 2025

Art in the Age of the Maxim Gun: The South African War (1899-1902) and the British Illustrated Press
Date: 19 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Sean Wilcox (Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

Norms, Practices, and Change in a Planetary Era
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Steven Bernstein (University of Toronto)
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)

Seeds in the Rubble: Cultural Vitality in the Arab World
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi (Founder, Barjeel Art Foundation)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 24 November 2025

Resident Resistance: Denouncing Criminalized Groups in Rio de Janeiro
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Nicholas Barnes (St. Andrew's)
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)

Speaking in tongues. The Soviet nationalities policy and minority protection in interwar Europe
Date: 24 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Olena Palko (University of Basel)
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

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Breaking New Ground on the Global Stage: Memoirs of Kuwait's First Woman Ambassador
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Ambassador Nabeela Al Mulla (Author)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Democratic resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Zoltán Ádám (Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest), Eric Gordy (University College London), Jessie Barton Hronešová (University College London)
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: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

The Politics of Deference by International Courts
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Theresa Squatrito (LSE)
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)

Stranger Visions: Ghuraba’ and Egypt’s Ideological Crisis
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, 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

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Backlash against green energy infrastructure: Survey experimental evidence from France, Germany, Norway, and the UK
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)

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

The loyalties of professionals: Black soldiers in the Rhodesian army, 1963-1981
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Marc 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)

The Code of Karam: How Literature Shapes Post-Revolutionary Social Spaces in Cairo
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Czech Academy of Sciences)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

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
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
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