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Collection: Migration events at Oxford

Events hosted by the migration-related centres and networks at the University of Oxford: the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC). and the TORCH Mobilities and Migration Network.

Wednesday 15 October 2025

17:30 - Rediscovering Mughal archives: documents from temples in northern India
Nandini Chatterjee (Oxford)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Tuesday 21 October 2025

17:00 - Shifting support: Western states, the UN, and local perceptions in conflict zones
Stefano Costalli (University of Florence)
European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 22 October 2025

17:00 - Reviving Arab governance through structural policy reform
Mr Raed Charafeddine (Former First Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Tuesday 28 October 2025

17:00 - Britain, Détente, and the Helsinki CSCE: 'Fathers of the Final Act’
Book discussion Chair:
Kai Hebel (Leiden University), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)
European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 29 October 2025

17:00 - What makes Qumm special in the architecture of 14th-century Iran?
Professor Robert Hillenbrand (Edinburgh)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 30 October 2025

15:45 - Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory panel
This event is online only (Zoom)
Gökçe Yurdakul (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Julie Kashirahamwe (Liverpool City Council), Linda Hyökki (European Coalition of Cities Against Racism)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

Wednesday 5 November 2025

17:00 - Early-modern orientalism and the recreation of the Islamic canon: from collections to catalogues
Professor Claire Gallien (Tubingen)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 6 November 2025

15:45 - The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity
This event is hybrid: in-person at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin or online (Zoom).
Heike Hanhörster (Technische Universität Berlin)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

Wednesday 12 November 2025

17:00 - Revolts as rituals of political communication in ‘Abbāsid Baghdad (908-991)
Fanny Bessard (Trinity)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 13 November 2025

15:45 - The Production of (knowledge on) Urban Spaces of Asylum and Differential Arrival
This event is hybrid: in-person at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin or online (Zoom).
Sophie Hinger (Universität Osnabrück), Francina Guggenberger (Universität Osnabrück)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

Friday 14 November 2025

17:00 - Keith Griffin Lecture
Dr Gillian Tett (Cambridge, FT)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - Events

Tuesday 18 November 2025

17:00 - Law Unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit
Catherine Barnard (Trinity College, Cambridge), Cathryn Costello (University College Dublin)
European Studies Seminar

Thursday 20 November 2025

15:45 - Infrastructures of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival
This event is hybrid: join us in-person at Kellogg College or online (Zoom)
Susanne Wessendorf (Coventry University)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

Wednesday 26 November 2025

17:00 - Waning crescent: The rise and fall of global Islam
Professor Faisal Devji (University of Oxford)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 27 November 2025

15:45 - The Politicisation of Local Integration Policy-Making in Western European Small and Medium-sized Towns and Rural Areas
This event is hybrid: join us in-person at Kellogg College or online (Zoom)
Tiziana Caponio (Università di Torino / Collegio Carlo Alberto), Andrea Pettrachin (Università di Padova)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

Wednesday 3 December 2025

17:00 - The role of media in a changing world
Mr Nic Robertson (CNN International)
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 4 December 2025

15:45 - Welcoming Cities: How newcomers shape urban policy making (book launch)
This event is hybrid: join us in-person at Kellogg College or online (Zoom)
Sunder Katwala (Director, British Future), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Fuad Mohammed (Ashley Community Housing)
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure

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Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies