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:

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Sustainable development as a European project to remake the international order
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Sara Lorenzini (University of Trento), Chair: Paul Betts (St Antony's)
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 January 2025

Mobile manuscripts: Arabic learning across the Early Modern Western Indian Ocean
Date: 21 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Christopher Bahl (University of Durham)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 January 2025

Does Accommodating Radical Right Positions Help Social Democratic Parties?
Date: 22 January 2026, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Stuart Turnbull-Durgate (University of Southampton)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organiser: Sanne van Oosten (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

When elections divide: Public reactions to electoral results in Spain
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Ignacio Jurado (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Wednesday 28 January 2025

Islamophobia, antisemitism, and the struggle for recognition
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Tariq Modood (University of Bristol)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Organizing across the imperial and global space. Women’s organizations and networks at the end of the French Empire
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Anna Nasser (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Natalya Vince (University College, Oxford))
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 February 2025

Worlds of Islam: a global history
Date: 4 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor James McDougall (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 February 2025

Moral responsibilities of the wealthy
Date: 5 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Michael Sandel (Harvard University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Racism without racists: Colour-blind ideology in post-Brexit Britain
Date: 5 February 2026, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Maria Sobolewska (University of Manchester)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Sanne van Oosten (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Hajj and the Art of Pilgrimage
Date: 11 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Sir Nasser Khalili (Khalili Foundation)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

Governing a multi-ethnic state: Minority rights in early twentieth-century Baltics
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Timo Aava (St Antony’s College, Oxford)), Martin Conway (Balliol College, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Katherine Lebow (Christ Church, Oxford)

Wednesday 18 February 2025

Imams and patrons: service provision by Islamic non-state actors
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Tugba Bozcaga (KCL)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2025

Facts against femonationalism: how to stop radical right normalisation
Date: 19 February 2026, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Sanne van Oosten (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2025

From divine sovereignty to national legitimacy: transformations in the theology of political Islam
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Jocelyn Cesari (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

Morale on the home fronts, 1914-1945: Its transnational construction and destruction
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Sheldon Garon (Princeton) (Princeton University)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Mistakes were made: The EU’s relations with Russia and Turkey in the 1990s
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Ayşe Zarakol (Emmanual College, Cambridge)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dimitar Bechev (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 March 2025

Transnational ties of faith: Imdadullah’s letters and writings from the Hijaz during the late-19th century
Date: 4 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Moin Ahmad Nizami (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2025

Housing, childcare, and employment: How cumulative discrimination compounds inequality
Date: 5 March 2026, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Valentina Di Stasio (European University Institute), Stefanie Sprong (Universiteit Utrecht), Daniel Muir (Youth Futures Foundation), Katy Neep (Youth Futures Foundation)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Mawby Room
Organiser: Sanne van Oosten (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2025

Leviathan's health: state capacity and epidemics from the Black Death to Covid
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Anthropology Departmental Seminar Series: Trinity 2024
C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
European Studies Seminar
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
Refugee Studies Centre Work-in-Progress seminar series
The Art of Migration: artists, film & arts-based approaches to migration studies
The Politics of Immigration and Exclusion
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure