CCW Recommended Seminars
Talks:

Friday 26 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Workshop - “Domicide”: State violence and the destruction of home in the Middle East and China
Date: 26 April 2024, 10:00 - 12:30 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Ammar Azzouz, Alex Vasudevan, Jennifer Altehenger, Margaret Hillenbrand, Salwa Ismail, Farida Makar
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organiser: James McDougall
Hosts: TBA

Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

From Outsiders to Heroes: Army Veterans, Patriotic Values and the Militarisation of Russia, 1991-2022
Date: 29 April 2024, 12:45 - 13:45 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Elena Racheva (Department of Sociology, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Department of Sociology
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The United Nations and the Question of Palestine
Date: 29 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Adri Imseis (Queen's University)
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Israel‐Hamas War: Intelligence, Technology, & Asymmetric Warfare
Date: 29 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Andrew Badger (Defense SME)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

“Out of the Blue”: The mirroring fallacy and the navies of today
Date: 30 April 2024, 13:30 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Blavatnik Book Talks: J L Austin — Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence officer
Date: 30 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Mark Rowe (Author and Researcher), Tom Simpson (Blavatnik School of Government)
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)

Women and Ukraine’s Economies of War and Peace
Date: 30 April 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Jenny Mathers (Aberystwyth University), Dr Marnie Howlett (DPIR & OSGA, Nuffield & St. Anthony’s College)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Mary Hyde Eccles Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — China's AI Posture and Capabilities
Date: 1 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sihao Huang (University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Promise and Perils of China’s Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Date: 1 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Angela Zhang (University of Hong Kong)
Venue: 1 St Giles', 1 St Giles' OX1 3JS
Venue Details: 1 St Giles Seminar Room or Zoom
Organiser: Ellen Mobbs (Oxford Internet Institute)
Host: Dr Brent Mittelstadt (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)

Local Authority and Private Enterprise: Provisioning the Habsburg Army from the Seven Years War
Date: 1 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : William Godsey (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Book Launch: Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The US Christian Commission on the Civil War Battlefront
Date: 2 May 2024, 12:30 - 13:45 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Rachel Williams (University of Hull)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

A gap in the law for ethical acts: Russian theories and practice of illiberal modern life
Date: 3 May 2024, 15:15 - 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Xenia Cherkaev (Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University Berlin)
Venue: 64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Josep Borrell Fontelles 'Europe faced with two wars'
Date: 3 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Josep Borrell (High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
Venue: St Antony's College - Main Site, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Host: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)

Monday 6 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Does Competition Change Character? Left of War in the Maritime Domain
Date: 6 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Captain Sean Andrews (Royal Navy, & CCW Fellow (2023-24))
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Changing Character of War Centre Seminar
Date: 7 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Kumar Ramakrishna (RSIS Singapore)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Reflections on Tunisian Women’s Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser: Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus - Taiwan's satellite production & geopolitics
Date: 8 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Yi-Ting Chang (University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Damascus Events Book Launch
Date: 8 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Economic statecraft from the perspective of systemic influence
Date: 8 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Maria de Goeij (CCW)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order
Date: 9 May 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Michael Williams (University of Ottawa), Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

The transformation of the Ottoman-Iranian boundaries at the “Idea of Iran” symposium
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Sabri Ates (Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: TBC

Naval competition in the Red Sea and Broader Middle East
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Lt Cdr Andrew Ward (CCW & Royal Navy)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Open-Source Intelligence: what is it for, where did it come from and what is standing in its way?
Date: 14 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Political and Environmental Impact of AI Supply Chains
Date: 15 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ana Valdivia (The Oxford Internet Institute)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Market Integration and Governance: How Globalization Spurred a Backlash Against Itself
Date: 16 May 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Judy Goldstein (Stanford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Artificial Intelligence: Present & Future Use by the Intelligence Community
Date: 20 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sir David Omand, GCB (Former Director of GCHQ (1996-97))
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Spy and Tell: Why are governments publicly sharing more intelligence secrets than ever before
Date: 21 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr David Gioe (King's College London), Thomas Maguire (Leiden)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Ali Mirsepassi will be in conversation with Stephanie Cronin about his new book "The Loneliest Revolution: A Mamoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran".
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ali Mirsepassi (NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College)
Host: Dr Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College)

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — "Cloud empires’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expansion of U.S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures"
Date: 22 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Vili Lehdonvirta (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Boxi Wu (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Mythbusting the Politics of War: How Presidents Manage the Political Costs of Civilian Control
Date: 22 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Andrew Payne (UCL)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Emerging Threats and Technology Group
Date: 27 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Changing Character of War Centre Seminar
Date: 28 May 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Brigadier Paul Tedman (CCW and RAF)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Associate Professor Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organisers: Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford), Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

At the origins of raw materials diplomacy. Saltpeter trade in Renaissance Italy
Date: 29 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Fabrizio Ansani (Exeter)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 31 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Screening the documentary film “Antoine the Fortunate” at Oxford
Date: 3 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: TBC

QUANTUM FURY Wargame, Cyber Cup Rematch
Date: 3 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Eccles Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Rare Earths, Meteorites and Magnets
Date: 4 June 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Lindsay Greer (Cambridge)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus: Multilateral Institutions & AI governance
Date: 5 June 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Sam Daws (University of Oxford )
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

It's Time to Take Culture Seriously: Lessons from Small States' Cultural Diplomacy during the Cold War
Date: 5 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Bethan Winter (Magdalen College)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Emerging Threats and Technology Group
Date: 10 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Chris Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Boyd Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — Space Policy, Data Centres on the Moon, and New Colonialism
Date: 12 June 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Yung Au (Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Please email elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk to be able to attend.
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Compulsion, Compliance and Combat: New Perspectives on Napoleonic Conscription
Date: 12 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Graeme Callister (York St Johns)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Antonius Lecture
Date: 13 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Amaney Jamal (Princeton University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Book launch
Date: 14 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Janet Afray (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Board Room
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Stephanie Cronin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Women Behind the Few: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force in British Air Intelligence During the Second World War
Date: 20 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sarah-Louise Miller (Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
Changing Character of War Centre: Illusionary Trends in Strategic Studies Seminar
China Centre Conversation series
Cyber Strategy and Technology Studies Working Group
Cyber Strategy and Tech Statecraft
Education, Purpose and Human Flourishing in Uncertain Times
Fulbright Seminar Series, Trinity Term 2023: The Meaning of War
History of War Seminar Series
International Relations of China
IR Research Colloquium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Oxford Smart Space Series
Oxford Technology & Security Nexus
Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series
Oxford University Strategic Studies Group (OUSSG) Weekly Seminar
RESC Monday Seminar, Hilary Term 2024
RESC Monday Seminar, Michaelmas Term 2023
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar
T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence
T. E. Lawrence Workshop on Conflict and Violence
The 2022 Leverhulme Lectures - Civil Wars in Europe 1912-1949
Transformative Justice for the Post-COVID Transition: Insights from Leaders of Transitional Countries