Department of Politics and International Relations Events
Talks:

Monday 19 January 2025

What is the role of international institutions in contemporary domestic politics?
Date: 19 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws LT KC, Sir William Cash (Lincoln College)
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Resilience of Human Rights Support: When Are People (Not) Willing to Protect the Rights of Others?
Date: 20 January 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Sabine Carey (University of Mannheim)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Russia's Hybrid War
Date: 20 January 2026, 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

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

Monday 26 January 2025

How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work?
Date: 26 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 January 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Alexandra Cirone (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Pepper Culpepper (Nuffield College), Professor Jane Green (Nuffield College), Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 2 February 2025

What isn’t working in contemporary politics - and why: is the problem the civil service, the press, the public, the courts or politicians themselves?
Date: 2 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Sam Freedman, Peppa Crerar
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Federica Genovese (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 9 February 2025

What can MPs learn from what has already worked in transforming their institutions for the 21st Century
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Lord Freud, Baroness Hodge of Barking
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Ronja Sczepanski (Sciences Po)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 16 February 2025

How does the cyber era affect the role of MPs in defence, foreign and security policymaking?
Date: 16 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 17 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Alex Yeandle (Nuffield College)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 23 February 2025

How can MPs operate in an area of disinformation and misinformation?
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Who is more committed? Civic engagement and policy prioritization among immigration supporters and opponents
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Marc Helbling (University of Mannheim)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 2 March 2025

How are governments going to pay to make 19th century institutions fit to deal with 21st century problems?
Date: 2 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker s: Professor Paul Johnson (University of Oxford), The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 3 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Pavithra Suryanarayan (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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

Monday 9 March 2025

Is the changed relationship between voters and legislators due to the development of the Internet a boon for good decision-making - or a challenge?
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), St Antony's College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Christina Kinane (Yale University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
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