Friday 15 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:15 - Responsiveness, If You Can Afford It: Policy Responsiveness in Good and Bad Economic Times
  Sandwiches will be provided.
  Lawrence Ezrow (University of Essex)
  Politics Research Colloquium
• 17:00 - ORB Panel Discussion on the History, Literature and Politics of the Irish Border
  Adrian O'Neill (Ireland's Ambassador to the UK), Ian McBride (University of Oxford), Michael Hughes (Author of 'Country'), Jennifer Cassidy (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - Reproductive Labour, Law and Property Accumulations: Rereading East African Social History
  Professor Ambreena Manji (Professor of Land Law and Development, University of Cardiff)
  Centre for Socio-Legal Seminar Series

Tuesday 19 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Understanding the China Threat
  Bradley Thayer (University of Texas San Antonio), Lianchao Han (Understanding the China Threat)
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars

Thursday 21 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Hirschman Effect in Latin America’s Relations with the United States
  Sandwiches are provided. Please book one in advance via andrew.melling@politics.ox.ac.uk
  Tom Long (Warwick)
  IR Research Colloquium

Friday 22 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:15 - Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision-Making: Evidence from the Kenyan Appellate Courts
  Sandwiches will be provided.
  Andy Harris (NYU-AD)
  Politics Research Colloquium

Monday 25 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:30 - The Poodle Problem: Are Corporate Lawyers Still Professionals?
  Dr Steven Vaughan (University College London)
  Centre for Socio-Legal Seminar Series

Tuesday 26 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Political participation and marginality in conflict
  Dr Daire McGill (University of Oxford)
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars

Thursday 28 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Territorial Self-Governance and Ethnic Conflict Management
  Sandwiches are provided. Please book one in advance via andrew.melling@politics.ox.ac.uk
  Natascha Neudorfer (Birmnigham)
  IR Research Colloquium

Friday 29 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:15 - Gender and Party Discipline: Evidence from 2500 Parliamentarians
  Sandwiches will be provided.
  Amanda Clayton (Vanderbilt)
  Politics Research Colloquium

Tuesday 3 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - ISIS versus the West: Narrative War for the 21st Century. The Case of positive disinformation
  David Patrikarakos
  Changing Character of War Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:30 - Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Doctrine: The Rule of Law and the Role of Strategy (ELAC & CIS Event)
  Scott Sagan (Stanford University), Professor Sir Adam Roberts (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - The Politics of Legal Pluralism: Why Does the Chechen Government Promote Customary Law and Sharia
  Sandwiches are provided. Please book one in advance via andrew.melling@politics.ox.ac.uk
  Egor Lazarev (Harvard)
  IR Research Colloquium

Friday 6 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:15 - Direct Democracy in Representative Systems: Understanding Breakdowns in Responsiveness Through Ballot Initiative Success
  Sandwiches will be provided.
  Thomas Robinson (University of Oxford)
  Politics Research Colloquium