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Manor Road Building: Screen Events
Description: Events displayed on the screens in the Manor Road Building
Talks:
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Reflections on American foreign and defence policy by Shashank Joshi
Date: 11 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Shashank Joshi (The Economist)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Composing a Defence Review on Tech by Richard Barrons
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
General Sir Richard Barrons
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 14 November 2025
Musical Chairs: How Frequent Judge Transfers Shape Judicial Decision-Making in India (with Saloni Bhogale, Amit Jadhav)
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 November 2025
The End of Cybersecurity: An Optimist’s Guide to Fixing the Global Software Quality Problem
Date: 18 November 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Jen Easterly (former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA))
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
Norms, Practices, and Change in a Planetary Era
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Steven Bernstein (University of Toronto)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 21 November 2025
How Incumbent Mayors Affect Democratic Governance: Incumbency, Education, and Kinship Ties in Municipal Councils
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Tugba Bozcaga (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
How the global operating system is a sea-based phenomenon, ocean anarchy and why the sea matters to everyone
Date: 25 November 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Sean Andrews (CCW)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Towards a Freer and more Open Indo-Pacific: The Takaichi Administration and its quest towards enhancing FOIP
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker
:
Kotaro Katsuki (Embassy of Japan to the United Kingdom)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser:
Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
The Politics of Deference by International Courts
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Theresa Squatrito (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
Regime Loyalty during Wartime: Evidence from Nazi Germany
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 December 2025
NATO - Deterrence and peace in Europe through design or luck
Date: 2 December 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Angus MacIntyre (CCW & RAF)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
Collective Reciprocity and the Failure of Climate Change Mitigation Treaties
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Sam Housekeeper (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford),
Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
Who Gets Protection from Protectionism? Evidence from the Buy American Act
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study - Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 30 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 February 2025
TBD
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jane Green (Nuffield College-University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 20 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 20 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Lisa Fan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (DPIR-Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Ferdinand Eibl (KCL),
Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Krzysztof Krakowski (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 7 May 2025
(Joint with the IR Colloquia, Note Different Day)
Date: 7 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Catherine DeVries (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 15 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Guillermo Toral (IE University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
This list contains talks from the following series:
Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership
IR Research Colloquium
Politics Research Colloquium
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series