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

Thursday 15 May 2025

Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2025: Tohoku and Transnational Solidarities
Date: 15 May 2025, 10:00 - 19:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Harold Lee Room
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Munira Khayyat (NYU Abu Dhabi)
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 Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)

Competing Internationalisms in the Cold War Caribbean
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Emily Snyder (Cambridge)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 May 2025

Dame Zaha Hadid Mini Series – Celebrating 10 Years Of The Investcorp Building
Date: 16 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Philip Michael Wolfson (Wolfson Design)
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)

OSGA 20th Anniversary Weekend: Introduction and Reflections on 20 years of SIAS/OSGA
Date: 16 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker s: The Hon. Kevin Rudd (former Prime Minister of Australia), Prof Roger Goodman (Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford), Professor Paul Chaisty (University of Oxford)
Venue: 27 Winchester Road, 27 Winchester Road OX2 6NA
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 17 May 2025

OSGA 20th Anniversary Weekend: ‘Social and Economic Challenges and Opportunities’ Roundtable
Date: 17 May 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker s: Jonathan Lusthaus (University of Oxford), Professor Rachel Murphy (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford), Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford), Dr Gregory Thaler (University of Oxford)
Venue: 27 Winchester Road, 27 Winchester Road OX2 6NA
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 May 2025

Constituent Power versus Constitutionalism in Hindu and Muslim Political Thought
Date: 19 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Moiz Tundawala (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Explaining Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine
Date: 19 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Elias Götz (Royal Danish Defence College)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Political risk in an age of populism: How does business view politics and how do boardrooms find reliable ways of understanding political movements/risk?
Date: 19 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Malcolm Gooderham (Founder of Elgin Advisory, former Conservative Party Adviser), Sir John Sawer (former Head of MI6 and Founder and Executive Chairman of Newbridge Advisory), László Varró (Vice President Strategy Insights & Scenarios, Shell International)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Labour as Method: Studying Technologies of the South
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Hemangini Gupta (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The World After Gaza
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Pankaj Mishra
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: TBA

Searching for the magic of conversation in these feral times
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Hakan Altinay (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)

Thursday 22 May 2025

The Homecoming - BBC Africa Eye
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Filmscreening
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Peter Brooke
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 May 2025

The Devaki Jain Lecture
Date: 23 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Rana Husseini (author, journalist and activist)
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: Devaki Jain (Honorary Fellow, St Anne's College)

Decolonial and Indigenous Military Geographies of Okinawa and Beyond
Date: 23 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Hidefumi Nishiyama (University of Oulu)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 May 2025

Spinach and souls: power and recognition in the US-Russia relationship
Date: 26 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Ruth Deyermond (King's College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
Date: 27 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education)
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 Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Indigenous Justice In Bolivia And The Travails Of Plurinational Constitutionalism
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : René Provost (McGuill University)
Venue: Latin American Centre Library, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room
Organiser: Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Hosts: TBA

Spanish transition to democracy revisited
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Ainhoa Campos Posada (Ramón Areces Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford), Alba Nueda Lozano (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), Sophie Baby (Université Bourgogne Europe), Magda Fitili (Autonomous University of Madrid)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Ainhoa Compos Posada (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Wednesday 28 May 2025

NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out
Date: 28 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University), Soheir Asaad (Palestinian lawyer and activist)
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 29 May 2025

Bridging the gap between research and policy in international affairs: A practitioner’s perspective
Date: 29 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Giulio Venneri (European Commission, DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)
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: Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)

Pombal’s reforms in Brazil
Date: 29 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Kenneth Maxwell (Harvard University)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 May 2025

Big Tech and the Automation of Genocide in Gaza
Date: 30 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Samer Abdelnour (University of Edinburgh Business School)
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 Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University)

Monday 2 June 2025

Sacred Geographies, Political Communities: Burma’s South Asian History
Date: 2 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Sana Aiyar (MIT)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Russia and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific
Date: 2 June 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Paradorn Rangsimaporn (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
Date: 3 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

States and Social Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Arab Gulf Region
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Lisa Blaydes (Stanford 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: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

From anti-Americanism to Americanofilia: The US in the kaleidoscope of Greek society
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield), Lamprini Rori (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of 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)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

Understanding climate-related disruption of global financial governance: Vertical and horizontal models of change
Date: 4 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Jeff Colgan (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)

Thursday 5 June 2025

Sir John Elliott Memorial Lecture Between Imperial History and Global History: Sir John Elliott, Historian of the Americas
Date: 5 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Serge Gruzinski (CNRS, EHESS)
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 June 2025

The Birth of Indian Liberalism
Date: 9 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Rahul Sagar (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Rangoonwala Fellows: Development and Displacement in Pakistan
Date: 10 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Ilyas Chattha (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Azeema Cheema (Verso Consulting), Arslan Waheed (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Contemporary Islamic Studies seminar
Date: 10 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network), Professor Jeroen Gunning (King's College London)
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)

Thursday 12 June 2025

Dame Zaha Hadid Mini Series – Celebrating 10 Years Of The Investcorp Building
Date: 12 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Joseph Giovannini (Giovannini Associates)
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)

Friday 13 June 2025

Henry Charles Lea, the Inquisition, and the Origins of Scientific History in the United States
Date: 13 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Richard Kagan (Johns Hopkins University)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 June 2025

The Bangladesh Liberation War and Mass Internment of Bengalis in (West) Pakistan, 1971-1974
Date: 16 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ilyas Chattha (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 17 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Rohini Pande (Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, and online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
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
Friday Seminars
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