St Antony's College Events
Description: Seminars, workshops, and conferences at St Antony’s College and its regional study centres.
Talks:

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

What is the role of international institutions in contemporary domestic politics?
Date: 19 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Sir William Cash (Lincoln College), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford), Rashmina Sagoo (Former Director, Chatham House International Law Programme; consultant))
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

BOOK TALK: Israel: What Went Wrong?
Date: 19 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Omer Bartov (Brown University)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Tun Razak Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Janina Dill (University of Oxford), Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 January 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Anti-caste and Anti-imperial Political Thought
Date: 20 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Karthick Ram Manoharan (University of Cambridge), Amber Murrey (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

Sustainable development as a European project to remake the international order
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Sara Lorenzini (University of Trento), Chair: Paul Betts (St Antony's)
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)

BOOK TALK: The Fixer: A Journalist’s Accidental Journey through the Middle East
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Amjad M. Tadros (Author)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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)

Social Infrastructure, Corporate Diplomacy and Legitimacy in the Extractive Industries in Latin America
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Latin American Centre Library, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Organiser: Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 January 2025

The Rise and Fall of the Konbini: Cold Chains, Retail Wars and Logistical Friction in Postwar Japan
Date: 22 January 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Paul Kreitman (Columbia University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 24 January 2025

Remembering Bona Malwal and his Achievements in Sudan and South Sudan
Date: 24 January 2026, 9:30 - 18:45
Speaker s: Dr Aldo Ajo, Dr Bashir Abbadi, Dr John Eibner, Dr Lam Akol, Dr Majak D'Agoot, Hashim Muhammed Ahmed, Hasan Taj Al-Sirr, Dr David Bassiouni, Mr Nickson Deng (H.E. South Sudan's Ambassador to the UK)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: St Antony's College (Investcorp Lecture Theatre & The Buttery)
Organiser: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
Host: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)

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

How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work?
Date: 26 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Jamie Bartlett, Dr Ekaterina Hertog (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Talking about Unfree Labour
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Bhanupriya Rao (Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Behanbox), Michael Odijie (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

The Materiality of Cyber Commercial Sigheh: An Introduction to A Post-Paradigmatic Sex Market in Iran
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Minoo Sadat (University of Bristol)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

When elections divide: Public reactions to electoral results in Spain
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Ignacio Jurado (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
Organisers: TBA
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Democracy Under Assault: The Peruvian Crisis in Comparative Perspective
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Latin American Centre Library, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford
Organiser: Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 January 2025

The Construction of Masculinities in Popular Iranian Cinema of the 1990s
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Nacim Pak Shiraz (University of Edinburgh)
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: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Soeda and the Making of Modern Japan
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Ian Neary (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2025

PANEL: Music Transmission and the Modern Encounter in the Late Ottoman Era
Date: 30 January 2026, 14:30 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Middle East Centre

CONCERT: Music Transmission and the Modern Encounter in the Late Ottoman Era
Date: 30 January 2026, 20:00 - 21:30
Speaker : Oxford Maqam
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Middle East Centre

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

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, Peppa Crerar, Ben Ansell (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 February 2025

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

BOOK TALK: Twelve Years Away from Constantinople, 1896 – 1908 (My Memoirs) by Yervant Odian
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Nanor Kebranian (Vienna)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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 Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

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)

Thursday 5 February 2025

Saudi Arabia and the Global Trajectory of Islamic Law
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Dominik Krell (CSLS)
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 Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)

Anarchist Association: Knowledge, Language, and the History of the Modern World
Date: 5 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Robert Kramm (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

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

Tuesday 10 February 2025

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

BOOK TALK: A History of Modern Syria
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Daniel Neep (Brandeis University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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)

Thursday 12 February 2025

BOOK TALK: Kingdom of Football: Saudi Arabia and the Remaking of World Soccer
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Rice 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 Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

The Right-wing Shift towards Immigrant Exclusion in Japan and Beyond
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Hideki Tarumoto (Waseda University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
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

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

Tuesday 17 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Gen Z revolutions
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: David Gellner (University of Oxford), Velomahanina Razakamaharavo (University of Reading), Krishna Adhikari (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

The Role of UNRWA Historical Refugee Registration Records in Documenting the Demographic Reality of the Nakba
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Valeria Cetorelli
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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)

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)

Wednesday 18 February 2025

Greece’s comeback: how a nation regained credibility
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Alex Patelis (Chief Economic Adviser to Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019–2024),), Vicky Pryce (Economist & Business Consultant), Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstuction and Development)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)

Thursday 19 February 2025

BOOK TALK: Order and Region Making in the Middle East
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Simon Mabon (Lancaster 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 Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Japan's Spongy-Middle Revolution
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor David Howell (Harvard University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
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

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

Tuesday 24 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics of Digital Interventions
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Tom Neumark (University of Oslo), Nafis Aziz (University of Amsterdam)
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

BOOK TALK: Fire in Every Direction
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network)
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)
Hosts: Dr Ammar Azzouz (Somerville College, University of Oxford), Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 February 2025

FILM SCREENING: The Conspiracy: Assassination in Beirut
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Dan Clifton (Independent Writer/Director), Michael Taylor (Independent Investigations/Police Consultant)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Middle East Centre
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Valedictory Lecture: Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Governance: A Retrospective of 40 years
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Morale on the home fronts, 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 - 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 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

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

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Southern Urbanisms, Migration and Belonging
Date: 3 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Elisa Tamburo (Harvard University & University of Oxford), Bani Gill (University of Tübingen)
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

BOOK TALK: Contemporary Islamist Opposition in Morocco: Resisting Inclusion and Moderation
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Alfonso Casani (Complutense University of Madrid)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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 Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

Mistakes were made: The EU’s relations with Russia and Turkey in the 1990s
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Ayşe Zarakol (Emmanual College, Cambridge)
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)

Wednesday 4 March 2025

Can cultural life thrive under authoritarianism? Evidence from Greece, 1970-1973
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford), Foteini Dimirouli (Keble College, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)

Thursday 5 March 2025

Symposium: From Economic Security to Economic Statecraft: Insights from Japan, Europe, and the United States
Date: 5 March 2026, 9:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

A keynote conversation with Saeb Eigner about 'Artists of the Middle East. 1900 to Now.'
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Saeb Eigner (Author)
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 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

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

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics and Technologies of Measurement
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Shankar Nair (Oxford), Dr Rachel King (UCL)
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

An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 10 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 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: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 March 2025

Decolonizing Security Studies - a North African perspective
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Nizar Messari (Al Akhawayn 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 Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

Reluctant Warriors No More? Japan and Germany Before and After Ukraine
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Ellis Krauss (University of California San Diego)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers: Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford), Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 April 2025

African Studies Centre Annual Lecture 2026 - Decolonisation: Lessons from post-colonial Uganda
Date: 30 April 2026, 15:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Mahmood Mamdani (Columbia University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
African Studies Centre Research Seminars
African Studies Seminar Series
Asian Studies Centre seminars and events
ESC Core Seminar Series
European Studies Seminar
JOINT Middle East Politics & Women's Rights Research Seminar
LAC Main Seminar Series
Latin American Centre (LAC) Main Seminar Series
Latin American History Seminar
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Middle East Centre Seminar Series
Middle East Centre Tuesday Book Launch (Book Talk)
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Modern South Asia Seminar
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Northeast Africa Forum seminar series
Oxford Centre for Global History events
RESC Monday Seminar
RESC Monday Seminar, Hilary Term 2024
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Southeast Asia Seminar
Southeast Asia Seminar
South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)
St Antony's Looks at the World
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship
Thursday Seminars (formerly Friday Seminars)