DPIR Network for International Relations
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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

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

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)

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)

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)

This list contains talks from the following series:
IR Research Colloquium
OxPeace Events
Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence