Migration events at Oxford
Description: 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.
Talks:

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Mirror of the Universe: The Evolution of the Astrolabe
Date: 5 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Taha Arslan (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 February 2025

Visualization Choices About Refugees Have Delimited Impacts Along Partisan Lines
Date: 6 February 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : William L. Allen (University of Southampton)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Robert McNeil (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

No Exit: Preventing Exit to Prevent Entry
Date: 6 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Audrey Macklin (University of Toronto)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2025

The new European Parliament and European Commission: Who won the 2024 power-play in Brussels?
Date: 11 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Anthony Teasdale (Visiting Professor, LSE and Columbia; former Director General, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) (2013-22)), Klaus Welle (Chair, Academic Council, Martens Centre; former Secretary General, European Parliament (2009-22))
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: European Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Catherine Briddick (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Wednesday 12 February 2025

Social, Cultural and Political Determinants of Riots
Date: 12 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Film Screening and Q&A: Chileans of the North
Date: 12 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Professor Ben Bollig (Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford), Dr Helia López Zarzosa (Sociologist and Independent Researcher), Chris Paul (Director, Chileans of the North)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025

Quantitative Approaches to Measuring Migration Narrative and Potential Uses of AI
Date: 13 February 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Robert McNeil (University of Oxford), Vahid Ghafouri (IMDEA Software Institute)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Robert McNeil (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law
Date: 19 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Maja Janmyr (University of Oslo)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Economic Diversification, State Fragility, and Development in Muslim Societies
Date: 19 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Adnan Khan (FCDO)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

The infra-politics of sub-Saharan migrations in Morocco: from spatial dispersal to resistance in refuge-cities
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Sofia El Arabi (Université Paris-Saclay)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Famine in the Spanish Civil War: Propaganda and communication
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Ainhoa Campos Posada (Ramón Areces Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford), Tom Buchanan (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: European Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Mecca in Morocco: Studying the Socio-Cultural Embeddedness of Pilgrimage in Muslim Everyday Life
Date: 26 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Kholoud al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Mecca in Morocco: Studying the Socio-Cultural Embeddedness of Pilgrimage in Muslim Everyday Life
Date: 26 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Kholoud al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Coinage of Mughal South Asia and the Muslim Chain of Being
Date: 26 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Azfar Moin (University of Texas, Austin)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee. A conversation with Aamna Mohdin
Date: 26 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Aamna Mohdi (The Guardian)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 February 2025

Narrative and Misinformation Response
Date: 27 February 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Scott Hale (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Mawby Room (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Robert McNeil (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Defining diversity in global higher education: To whom does it refer and why does it matter?
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Sonia Giebel (St Antony's College, Oxford), Dr David Johnson (University of Oxford, Dept of Education)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: European Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 March 2025

How to Study Arabic and Islamic Philosophy? Once Again about al-Ghazali and Descartes
Date: 5 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Frank Griffel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 March 2025

Musaliar King: De-colonial Historiography of Malabar Resistance
Date: 6 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Abbas Panakkal (University of St Andrews)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Governing 'migrant irregularity' and squatting in Amsterdam
Date: 11 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Milena Belloni (Universiteit Antwerpen), Silvia Aru (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

The transition away from fossil fuels in Europe: Geopolitical and practical implications
Date: 11 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Brendan Devlin (EU Visiting Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford), Anthony Calacino (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: European Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Wednesday 12 March 2025

Reflections on the War in Sudan
Date: 12 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dame Rosalind Marsden (RIIA)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

'Wicked' Challenges in Migration Management: Weaponization, Politicization, and Hostile Influence Operations
Date: 12 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Kelly Greenhill (Tufts University and MIT)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Trump Administration and South East Europe: Expectations and implications
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 12 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : TBC
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: European Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: David Madden (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Thursday 13 March 2025

From Topics to Narratives: A Benchmark to Evaluate Narrative Extraction Algorithms
Date: 13 March 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Luc Rocher (University of Oxford), Adam Mahdi (University of Oxford), Teodor Yankov (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Robert McNeil (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Exclusion as Default: The legal and policy dynamics around the production of irregular migration in the Netherlands
Date: 25 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Ilse van Liempt (Universiteit Utrecht)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Anthropology Departmental Seminar Series: Trinity 2024
Can We Measure Stories?
C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
European Studies Seminar
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
Refugee Studies Centre Work-in-Progress seminar series