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

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

Reharmonizing value in a Siberian shamanic ritual: Gabriel Tarde and post-Soviet national revival
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Eleanor Peers (Bodleian Library)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Russian and East European Studies)
Hosts: TBA

Three Frontiers to one Boundary: The Making of the Ottoman-Iranian Boundary
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sabri Ates (Southern Methodist University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Dr Zeinab Azarbadegan (University of Oxford)

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

Periodizing Global History: What is Early Modernity? What is Modernity?
Date: 14 May 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Craig Clunas (Oxford; China), Faisal Devji (Oxford; Modern Islamic World), Azfar Moin (Texas; Mughals), Kiri Paramore (Cork; Japan/Confucianism), David Priestland (Oxford; Communist World), Joan-Pau Rubiés (Barcelona; Global Renaissance), Sadia Saeed (San Francisco; Historical Sociology), Alan Strathern (Oxford; Organiser)
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Amersi Room
Organiser: Alan Strathern
Hosts: TBA

The nationalisation of rice. The postwar global crisis and the emergence of India’s national economy
Date: 14 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Jon Wilson (King's College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Thiruni Kelegama (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Unmooring with Roots: Party System Decay Amidst Polarization in Argentina
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ezequiel González Ocantos (University of Oxford)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

Book launch & discussion: Love Songs in Motion: Voicing Intimacy in Somaliland
Date: 15 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Christina Woolner (Cambridge), Amina-Bahja Ekman (UCL)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Consuming Idealized Domesticity: The Modern Housewife on Brazilian Daytime Television, 1950-1970
Date: 16 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Thamirys Almeida (Swarthmore College, and LAC)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Great Power Politics and Japan’s Immigration Dilemma
Date: 17 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Anand Rao (SUNY Geneseo)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

A Region-centric Approach to International Relations and Order in East Asia
Date: 17 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Evelyn Goh (Australian National University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Rosemary Foot (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

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

Fragmented allegiances: exploring the complex terrain of youth participation in Poland’s right-wing events
Date: 20 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Katarzyna Grzybowska-Walecka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Russian and East European Studies), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

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

“We are religious, patriotic, and self-sacrificial”: Baniya Power, Privilege, and Wealth Anxieties in India
Date: 21 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ujithra Ponniah (Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Thiruni Kelegama (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Ali Mirsepassi will be in conversation with Stephanie Cronin about his new book "The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir 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)

Countering Convergent Threats? Colombian South-South Security Cooperation in Latin America
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Markus Hochmüller (University of Oxford), Markus-Michael Müller (Roskilde University)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Organiser: Eduardo Posada-Carbó (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The fall of dictatorship in Spain, Portugal and Greece: 50 years on
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Harris Mylonas (George Washington University), Joao Carlos Espada (Catolica, Lisbon), Ainhoa Campos Posada (Ramón Areces Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Venue: 70 Woodstock Road, 70 Woodstock Road OX2 6HR
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Organisers: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College), Julie Adams (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford)

A green and pleasant land for nature, food, energy, and people
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Mr Chris Skidmore (MP 2010-2024) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Mr Alex Sobel (MP) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Dr Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Mark Owen-Lloyd (Botley West Solar Farm)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

OPTS: Gender
Date: 22 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Ziba Mir-Hosseini (legal activist, academic and co-founder of Musawah), Susanna Ferguson (Smith College)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organisers: Dr Usaama Al-Azami ((Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford)), Faisal Devji (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Borderlands in focus: insights & reflections on the Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia borderlands through the lens of a peace & stability programme
Date: 22 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Martine Zeuthen (RUSI/UCL)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Valedictory Lecture – A ‘Class’-Less Society Japan? How is Inequality Interpreted Without the Concept of Class?
Date: 22 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Takehiko Kariya (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Day 1 - 2-Day Conference: 'The India-China Dispute: History, Politics and Law'
Date: 23 May 2024, 9:30 - 16:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Faisal Devji
Hosts: TBA

Panel discussion: The Press and the Global History of Democracy in Nineteenth Century Latin America
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Paula Alonso (George Washington University), Laura Cucchi (LAC), Juan Neves (History Faculty, Oxford), Eduardo Posada-Carbó (LAC and History Faculty, Oxford)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Can China and India live in harmony?
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Kishore Mahbubani (National University of Singapore)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Faisal Devji
Hosts: TBA

Poetry & War
Date: 23 May 2024, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Charlotte Shevchenko Knight (Jonathan Cape), Ivan Krastev (ESC Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford), Yousif M Qasmiyeh (Refugee Hosts’ Writer-in-Residence and poet)
Venue Details: Gulp Fiction Bookshop, Covered Market
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Day 2 - 2-Day Conference: 'The India-China Dispute: History, Politics and Law'
Date: 24 May 2024, 9:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Faisal Devji
Hosts: TBA

Book Launch – Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World
Date: 24 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Sho Konishi (University of Oxford), Dr Lewis Bremner (University of Cambridge), Dr Chinami Oka (University of Oxford), Dr Mateja Kovacic (Hong Kong Baptist University), Joel Littler (University of Oxford), Dr Manimporok (Brown University)
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

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

Imperial traces in post-socialist spaces: a conjunctural exploration of inter-imperiality in the Silesian borderland
Date: 27 May 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Johana Wyss (Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Science)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Russian and East European Studies), Professor Roy Allison (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

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

Deconstructing State and Identity in Pakistan
Date: 28 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Thiruni Kelegama (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennslyvania)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Board Room
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Dreaming of Europe: Work refugees and the migration crisis
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Randall Hansen (University of Toronto; Refugees Study Centre, Oxford), Catherine Briddick (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Venue: 70 Woodstock Road, 70 Woodstock Road OX2 6HR
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford)

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)

Oromo & Somali social & political movements in Ethiopia’s post-Meles era
Date: 29 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Hallelujah Lulie (Oxford), Juweria Ali (Westminster)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Welfare chauvinism in Europe: The opposition towards social benefits and services for migrants
Date: 31 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Gianna Eick (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: 70 Woodstock Road, 70 Woodstock Road OX2 6HR
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Tim Vlandas (ESC/St Antony's College, Oxford)

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

Book Launch: The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization
Date: 3 June 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Mohamed Amer Meziane (Brown University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Syndicate Room
Organiser: Faisal Devji (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

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

UK industry in a green future: domestic and international priorities
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Mr Chris Skidmore (MP 2010-2024) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow), Mr Alex Sobel (MP) (Visiting Parliamentary Fellow)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

The road (not) taken: infrastructure & sovereignty in the Horn of Africa
Date: 5 June 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Harry Verhoeven (SIPA, Columbia University)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Malcolm Deas Annual Seminar - title tba
Date: 6 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Marco Palacios (El Colegio de México)
Venue: 1 Church Walk, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

Book launch & discussion: The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia
Date: 12 June 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Tom Gardner (Economist), Terje Østebø (University of Florida)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
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 - Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster, 1906-1911
Date: 14 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Janet Afary (University of California)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Stephanie Cronin (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
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
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, 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