Department of Politics and International Relations Events
Talks:

Saturday 11 October 2025

Reflections on American foreign and defence policy by Shashank Joshi
Date: 11 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Shashank Joshi (The Economist)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 October 2025

The Logic of Law in the Jihadi Insurgency in Mozambique
Date: 13 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eric Morier Genoud (Queen's University Belfast)
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)

Tuesday 14 October 2025

How to survive a hostile world
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Patrick Porter (Birmingham)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Politics and the General in Supreme Command
Date: 15 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Richard Adams (Royal Australian Navy)
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 October 2025

The Political Unconscious of Global Polycrisis
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Kerem Nisancioglu (SOAS)
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)
Host: Professor Inken Von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach
Date: 17 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Adriana Bunea (University of Bergen)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Room TBD
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week One: The Wall
Date: 17 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Host: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)

Oxford Conservative Thought Reading Group, Week 1: Against Change?
Date: 17 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HG
Venue Details: Meeting Room 1
Organiser: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)
Host: Jacob Williams (University of Oxford)

Monday 20 October 2025

When Criminals Help the State: Winning Hearts and Minds through Facilitation of State Service Provision
Date: 20 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : David Cerero (Yale University)
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)

Tuesday 21 October 2025

The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Brigadier (rtd) Ben Barry (OBE (IISS))
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Precarious Labour in Precarious Times: The Impact of the War in Israel/Palestine on Non-Citizen Workers
Date: 21 October 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Maayan Nietza (University of Liverpool)
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)

Thursday 23 October 2025

International Order(ing) as Complex Indebtedness: An Alternative Framework for World Politics
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Meera Sabaratnam (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)

Friday 24 October 2025

Racing through Election Cycles: The Political Consequences of the Tour de France
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ala' Alrababah (Bocconi 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 Two: Origins, Omelas, Odo
Date: 24 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Lecture Room VII
Organiser: Sophie Cardin (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
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)

BAFUNCS OxUNA UN Careers Paths Speakers’s Panel
Date: 27 October 2025, 18:00 - 20:00
Speaker s: Stephen Rudgard (FAO), Jeff Crisp (UNHCR and Chatham House), Tomoko Nishimoto (United Nations)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 28 October 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Bob Seely MBE
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

The Ethics of the Mothers: Field notes on Mizrahi women's religion of care
Date: 28 October 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Angy Cohen
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 29 October 2025

Strategic Leadership Seminar
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

How Domestic Politics Shape the United States' Nuclear Credibility
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Lauren Sukin (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)

Friday 31 October 2025

Varieties of Authoritarian Policymaking
Date: 31 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Emilia Simison (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 November 2025

The Logic of Party Violence
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ursula Daxecker (Amsterdam)
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)

Tuesday 4 November 2025

From Separation to a Shared Homeland: Notes on Settler-Colonial Urbanism in Israel/Palestine
Date: 4 November 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Professor Haim Yacobi (Bartlett Development Planning Unit)
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)

Thursday 6 November 2025

The Impacts of Globalization on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Climate Awareness in Africa
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Amanda Kennard (Stanford University)
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)

Friday 7 November 2025

Losers' Consent in Polarized Elections: Observational and Experimental Evidence
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ignacio Jurado (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Four: Time
Date: 7 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

Saturday 8 November 2025

Peace, Security, Women's Rights, & Peacebuilding in Challenging Times
Date: 8 November 2025, 9:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Prof Gearoid Millar (University of Aberdeen), Professor Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative), Dr Meghan Campbell (University of Birmingham), Shelagh Daley (Safderworld, FCDO), Eva Tabbasam (GAPS), Nita Ywanarajah (TBC), Maimud Mohamed (ASAL), Ufra Mir (Kashmir & SE Asia), Gilah Allardice (Peace Direct)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organisers: Jeremy Cunningham (OxPeace), Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Harry Bregazzi (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Revd Dr Liz Carmichael, St John’s College (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
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)

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Is the Gaza War the End or the Beginning of Romantic Religious Zionism?
Date: 11 November 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Shlomo Fischer (Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem)
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 12 November 2025

Composing a Defence Review on Tech by Richard Barrons
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : General Sir Richard Barrons
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organiser: Changing Character of War Centre (CCW)
Hosts: TBA

Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture: Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Five: Revolution
Date: 14 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 17 November 2025

Divided We Stand? Identity Strategies in the Wake of Conflict
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ceren Lord (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)

Leadership in the Era of Quantum and AI
Date: 17 November 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Muhtar Kent (Former CEO and Chairman of Coca-Cola)
Venue: Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details: Ship Street Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Intersecting Penalties: Reproducing Inequality Among Palestinian Middle-Class Women
Date: 18 November 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Professor Sarab Abu Rabia-Queder (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
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)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Norms, Practices, and Change in a Planetary Era
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Steven Bernstein (University of Toronto)
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)

Friday 21 November 2025

Title TBC
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)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

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)

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)

Friday 28 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
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)

Tuesday 2 December 2025

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)

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)

Friday 5 December 2025

Title TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
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 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 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

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