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 29 April 2025

European Defence: How can the EU best work with the UK and other non-EU states? And will it?
Date: 29 April 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Brendan Devlin (European Commission), Luigi Scazzieri (Centre for European Reform)
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: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Political Economy and Economic Institutions of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective
Date: 30 April 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogazici University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 May 2025

Migration & The Arts
Date: 1 May 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Bartolomeo Bartolini (Puppeteer, Performer, Producer), Anja Meinhardt (Artistic Dirctor, Justice in Motion), Antônia Spohr Moro (Offbeat Producer), Nathan Grassi (COMPAS Administrator, University of Oxford)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Mawby Room (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Nathan Grassi (COMPAS Administrator, University of Oxford)
Host: Nathan Grassi (COMPAS Administrator, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 7 May 2025

Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India
Date: 7 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College, London)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Localization in the Rohingya refugee response
Date: 7 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Miriam Bradley (University of Manchester)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 May 2025

Migration and the arts of co-production: urban mobilities and carceral London
Date: 8 May 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum (UCL), Michael Keith (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Eda Yazici (University of Bristol)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Mawby Room (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Nathan Grassi (COMPAS Administrator, University of Oxford)
Host: Michael Keith (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 14 May 2025

Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies
Date: 14 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Governing Migration and Mobility: Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil’s Northern Frontier
Date: 14 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Bronte Alexander (Collegium Helveticum, Zurich)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025

Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
Date: 15 May 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Eun Hye Son (TV Reporter & Journalist, KBS)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Nathan Grassi (COMPAS Administrator, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Building State Capacity in Fragile States
Date: 21 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 28 May 2025

The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India
Date: 28 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 June 2025

Iran’s Crisis of Governance
Date: 4 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South
Date: 4 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Olukunle Owolabi (Villanova University)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 June 2025

Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness
Date: 11 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2025 | Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon
Date: 11 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Diana Allen (McGill University)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 3
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

A Bridge to the Sky: Science and Arts in the Age of Ibn Firnas (d. 887)
Date: 18 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)
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