Department of Politics and International Relations Events
Talks:

Friday 21 November 2025

How Incumbent Mayors Affect Democratic Governance: Incumbency, Education, and Kinship Ties in Municipal Councils
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Tugba Bozcaga (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Six: The University
Date: 21 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

Resident Resistance: Denouncing Criminalized Groups in Rio de Janeiro
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Nicholas Barnes (St. Andrew's)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Book Discussion The Revolution to Come
Date: 24 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dan Edelstein (Stanford)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

From Borderlands to Global Threats: How Illicit Flows Reshape Security
Date: 25 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Annette Idler (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Professor Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

How the global operating system is a sea-based phenomenon, ocean anarchy and why the sea matters to everyone
Date: 25 November 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Sean Andrews (CCW)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Student volunteering in historical perspective: debates and tensions in Israeli higher education
Date: 25 November 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Adi Sapir (University of Haifa)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar room 5
Organiser: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Towards a Freer and more Open Indo-Pacific: The Takaichi Administration and its quest towards enhancing FOIP
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Kotaro Katsuki (Embassy of Japan to the United Kingdom)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

The Politics of Deference by International Courts
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Theresa Squatrito (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID) Workshop
Date: 27 November 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Naji Safadi (University of Oxford), Joseph Ward (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organisers: Naji Safadi (University of Oxford), Shubhankar Kashyap (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 November 2025

Regime Loyalty during Wartime: Evidence from Nazi Germany
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

Strange Fruit in Comparative Perspective: Hierarchy and Ethnic Violence in India and Beyond
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dan Naseemulah (University of Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Host: Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)

Erudition and Moral Science in the Thought of Samuel Pufendorf
Date: 1 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Thomas Ahnert (Edinburgh)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Lecture Room 6
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Electricity Outages & Electoral Accountability in South Africa
Date: 2 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Morgan Wack (University of Zurich)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

NATO - Deterrence and peace in Europe through design or luck
Date: 2 December 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Angus MacIntyre (CCW & RAF)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Ottoman Production of Ashkenazi Identity
Date: 2 December 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Yair Wallach (SOAS Centre for Jewish Studies)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar room 5
Organiser: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Should the Laws of Armed Conflict Apply to Nuclear Deterrence?
Date: 2 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Backlash against green energy infrastructure: Experimental survey 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)

Inaugural JRF in Peace Studies Seminar: Combatant Experiences in Multi-Ethnic Extremist Groups: Identity and Allegiance in Boko Haram
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:15 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Makena Micheni (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Simpkins Lee Theatre, drinks after seminar in Monson Room, LMH
Organiser: Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Professor Shelley McKeown-Jones (University of Oxford), Revd Dr Liz Carmichael (St John’s College)

Thursday 4 December 2025

Collective Reciprocity and the Failure of Climate Change Mitigation Treaties
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Sam Housekeeper (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)

In Trump's world, is there room for multilateralism?
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: Lord Malloch Brown ((Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN)), Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Who Gets Protection from Protectionism? Evidence from the Buy American Act
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Eight: Resistance
Date: 5 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study - Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

TBD
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jane Green (Nuffield College-University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Lisa Fan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (DPIR-Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Ferdinand Eibl (KCL), Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Krzysztof Krakowski (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 May 2025

(Joint with the IR Colloquia, Note Different Day)
Date: 7 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Catherine DeVries (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 15 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Guillermo Toral (IE University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Beyond Brexit
Bingham Seminars in Constitutional Studies
Brace for Impact: The Multiple Dimensions of Brexit
Brexit, Populism and Mainstream Politics
British Politics Election Year seminar
CCW: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Centre for Technology and Global Affairs
Changing Character of War Centre: Strategic Leadership
Comparative Political Economy Seminars
CONPEACE Webinar Series
Countdown to Brexit
Critical Theory Seminar
Democracy and Difference Seminar Series
DPIR Alumni Career Conversations
East Asia Seminar Series
Feminist Political Economy of War and Peace: Fulbright Seminar Series
Fulbright Seminar Series, Trinity Term 2023: The Meaning of War
Gender and Elections Workshop, St Hilda's College
History of Political Thought Seminar
Ideas and Political Violence seminars
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Empire
International Relations of China
IR Research Colloquium
Israel Studies Seminar
Israel Studies Seminar - Oct 2017 – Mar 2023
Israel Studies Seminar series Hilary Term 2019
Israel Studies Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2022
Israel Studies Seminar Trinity term 2021
Israel Studies Seminar Trinity Term 2025
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Nuffield College Political Science Seminars
Nuffield Political Theory Workshop
OSSG Weekly Talks
OUCAN Seminar Series
Oxford Computational Political Science Group Event Series
Oxford Critical Theory Seminar
Oxford International Relations Society
Oxford Martin School Series - African Governance: Economic, social and political governance challenges
Oxford Political Thought Seminar
OxPeace Events
Philosophy, Law, and Politics Colloquium
Philosophy, Law & Politics (PLP) Colloquium and Seminar Series
Political Theory Research Seminar Series
Politics Research Colloquium
Politics Research in Progress Seminar
Politics Research in Progress Seminar Series
Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Radical Histories of Anti-Racist Activism and Organizing
Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Trinity Term 2021
Reuters Institute Business and Practice of Journalism seminar
REUTERS INSTITUTE GLOBAL JOURNALISM SEMINARS
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminar
Russian and East European Politics
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Monday Seminar Hilary Term 2021
SEESOX
Seminar 'Brexit, Populism and Mainstream Politics'
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Seminar
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence
T. E. Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence – Speaker Series
T. E. Lawrence Workshop on Conflict and Violence
The Carlyle Lectures 2017 - Don’t Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy
The Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2022: The Cold War and the Canon of Liberalism
The David N Lyon Speaker Series on "The Politics of Sex and Gender Equality in Diverse Societies"
The Global Thinkers Project, Oxford: Reviving silenced internationalist voices in International Relations
The Political Thought of Carl Schmitt
Transformative Justice for the Post-COVID Transition: Insights from Leaders of Transitional Countries