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:

Monday 13 October 2025

ODID presents... 'Khartoum' - an Oxford premiere & Directors Q&A
Date: 13 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker s: Rawia Alhag (Sudanese journalist), Khadmallah Ali (Sudanese activist), Phil Cox (Film maker)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Cultural memory and displacement during Sudan’s Civil War
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Rawia Alhag (Sudanese journalist), Khadmallah Ali (Sudanese activist), Phil Cox (Film maker), Professor Marlyn Deegan (King's College London)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 3
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ukraine and beyond: Shaping Europe’s security future
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Olya Oliker (International Crisis Group), James O'Brien (Institute for Human Sciences)
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 15 October 2025

Rediscovering Mughal archives: documents from temples in northern India
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Nandini Chatterjee (Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 18 October 2025

2-Day Conference 18-19 October: Climate, Health and Faith - Understanding Science, Building Trust
Date: 18 October 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: Professor Sir David Clary (University of Oxford), Professor Shahid Jameel (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies), Professor Adil Najam (Boston University)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Shifting support: Western states, the UN, and local perceptions in conflict zones
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Stefano Costalli (University of Florence)
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: Federica Genovese (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Reviving Arab governance through structural policy reform
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Raed Charafeddine (Former First Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Britain, Détente, and the Helsinki CSCE: 'Fathers of the Final Act’
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Kai Hebel (Leiden University), Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)
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: Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford)

Wednesday 29 October 2025

What makes Qumm special in the architecture of 14th-century Iran?
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Robert Hillenbrand (Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory panel
Date: 30 October 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: 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)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

The legislative politics of climate change mitigation: Evidence from the European Parliament
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Mihail Chiru (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
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Early-modern orientalism and the recreation of the Islamic canon: from collections to catalogues
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Claire Gallien (Tubingen)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity
Date: 6 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Heike Hanhörster (Technische Universität Berlin)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

From two-party rule to polarization: Ten years of Spanish politics
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Sandra Leon Alfonso (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
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Revolts as rituals of political communication in ‘Abbāsid Baghdad (908-991)
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Fanny Bessard (Trinity)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

The Production of (knowledge on) Urban Spaces of Asylum and Differential Arrival
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sophie Hinger (Universität Osnabrück), Francina Guggenberger (Universität Osnabrück)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Belonging in exile: How to write an almost global history of the German-Jewish diaspora
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Miriam Rürup (Richard von Weizsäcker Visiting Fellow, 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
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 November 2025

Keith Griffin Lecture
Date: 14 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Gillian Tett (Cambridge, FT)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Law Unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Catherine Barnard (Trinity College, Cambridge), Cathryn Costello (University College Dublin)
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: Catherine Briddick (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Infrastructures of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival
Date: 20 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Susanne Wessendorf (Coventry University)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Democratic resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Zoltán Ádám (Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest), Eric Gordy (University College London), Jessie Barton Hronešová (University College London)
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: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Waning crescent: The rise and fall of global Islam
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Faisal Devji (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

The Politicisation of Local Integration Policy-Making in Western European Small and Medium-sized Towns and Rural Areas
Date: 27 November 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Tiziana Caponio (Università di Torino / Collegio Carlo Alberto), Andrea Pettrachin (Università di Padova)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Backlash against green energy infrastructure: Survey experimental evidence from France, Germany, Norway, and the UK
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker : Patrick Bayer (University of Glasgow)
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: Federica Genovese (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

The role of media in a changing world
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Nic Robertson (CNN International)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Welcoming Cities: How newcomers shape urban policy making (book launch)
Date: 4 December 2025, 15:45 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sunder Katwala (Director, British Future), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Fuad Mohammed (Ashley Community Housing)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Nihad El-Kayed (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
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
Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure