Tuesday 29 April 2025

• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 1
  Antonia Delius (University of Oxford)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 13:00 - iSkills: Getting started in Oxford libraries
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Alan Brown (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 13:30 - Referencing: Choosing and using software for referencing
  Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Kat Steiner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Matthew Henry (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford), Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 13:30 - Expanding the European Defense Technological Industrial Base for Deterrence
  Matthew Boyce (US Navy and SST- CCW)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 14:00 - A Kerala Pilgrimage Approaches Its Centenary - why it matters for South India and the wider world
  Alex Gath (University of Oxford)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series

Wednesday 30 April 2025

• 12:30 - No seminar this week
  TBA
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 14:00 - The Transformative Power of Multidimensional Poverty Statistics for Social Development
  TBA
• 17:00 - Political Economy and Economic Institutions of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective
  Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogazici University)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 1 May 2025

• 10:00 - iSkills: Discovering archives and modern manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries
  Matthew Neely (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Jeremy McIlwaine (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Friday 2 May 2025

• 17:30 - AfOx Insaka
  TBA
  AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research

Tuesday 6 May 2025

• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 2
  Qingyu Chen (University of Oxford)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 13:30 - Beyond Black Hawk Down: Intervention, Nation-Building, and Insurgency in Somalia, 1992-1995
  Jonathan Carroll (Sandhurst)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series

Wednesday 7 May 2025

• 12:30 - Financial Security, Climate Shocks and Social Cohesion
  Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India
  Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College, London)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Localization in the Rohingya refugee response
  Dr Miriam Bradley (University of Manchester)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 8 May 2025

• 12:00 - iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 1 journal metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 14:00 - iSkills: Introduction to online resources for historians: show and tell
  Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 17:00 - Cyril Foster Lecture 2025: 'How to End Wars: Pragmatic Approaches to Peacebuilding'
  Christine Ahn (Institute for Policy Studies), Lt Gen (Ret) Dan Leaf (US Air Force)

Friday 9 May 2025

• 13:30 - Referencing: Zotero
  Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Monday 12 May 2025

• 09:30 - iSkills: Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Luke Geraghty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 12:00 - What Economists Really Do: The Political and Economic Risks of AI
  Jean-Paul Carvalho (University of Oxford)
  What Economists Really Do (W.E.R.D.)
• 13:00 - iSkills: Searching for patents and standards
  Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Alessandra Vetrugno (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 13:30 - Referencing: EndNote
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 13 May 2025

• 10:00 - Preparing for your literature review in the social sciences
  Pinelopi Flaouna (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Katie Allen (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 3
  Ben Brunkhurst (World Bank)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 13:30 - Title TBC
  TBA
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 14:00 - Afghanistan and the Concept of Asia: Intellectual Geographies in an Age of Reform
  Marya Hannun (University of Exeter)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series

Wednesday 14 May 2025

• 12:00 - iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 12:30 - Private Colonialism in Africa
  Joint with the political economy research group
  Elias Papaioannou (London Business School)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 14:00 - iSkills: Sources for modern global history
  Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 17:00 - Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies
  Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Governing Migration and Mobility: Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil’s Northern Frontier
  Dr Bronte Alexander (Collegium Helveticum, Zurich)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 15 May 2025

• 09:30 - iSkills: Keeping up to date with research
  Helen Worrell (Bodleian Libraries), Morwenna Broughton (Bodleian Libraries)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Monday 19 May 2025

• 13:00 - iSkills: Using Scopus for your research
  Alessandra Vetrugno (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 20 May 2025

• 09:30 - iSkills: Unlocking critical thinking for undergraduates
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Luke Geraghty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 13:00 - No CSAE Workshop this week
  TBA
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 13:30 - Hybrid Warfare
  Dr Johann Schmid (Bundeswehr & SST- CCW)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 14:00 - Labour as Method: Studying Technologies of the South
  Hemangini Gupta (University of Edinburgh)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 17:00 - Title TBC
  Dr Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Wednesday 21 May 2025

• 09:30 - Referencing: EndNote
  Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 11:30 - iSkills: Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th-21st centuries
  Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Jo Gardner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 12:30 - Title TBC
  Joint with The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
  Reshmaan N. Hussam (Harvard University)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 14:00 - Referencing: RefWorks
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Kat Steiner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Sophie Lay (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 17:00 - Building State Capacity in Fragile States
  Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 22 May 2025

• 10:00 - iSkills: Scholarly literature for your research
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Pinelopi Flaouna (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Marija Babic (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 12:00 - iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 3 researcher metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 27 May 2025

• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 5
  Hannah Timmis (University of Oxford), Anvita Ramachandran (University of Oxford)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 13:30 - Title TBC
  Tycho van der Hoog (Netherlands Defence Academy.)
  Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre Seminar Series
• 14:00 - Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
  Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 14:00 - iSkills: Data sources for research - discovery, access and use
  John Southall (University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 28 May 2025

• 09:30 - Referencing: Zotero
  Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 12:30 - Daughters Left Behind: How Trade Liberalization Harms Girls in China when Government Restricts Migration
  Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India
  Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars

Thursday 29 May 2025

• 14:00 - iSkills: Sources for US history
  Bethan Davies (Vere Harmsworth Library)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Monday 2 June 2025

• 09:30 - iSkills: Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Luke Geraghty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 3 June 2025

• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 6
  Priya Manwaring (University of Oxford)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 14:00 - Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
  Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
  Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
• 14:00 - iSkills: Managing research data and Data Management Planning (DMPs)
  John Southall (University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 4 June 2025

• 12:30 - Unconditional Cash Transfers and Child Mortality: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
  Edward Miguel (University of California, Berkeley)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - Iran’s Crisis of Governance
  Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South
  Professor Olukunle Owolabi (Villanova University)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 10 June 2025

• 13:00 - CSAE Workshop Week 7
  Jordan Imahori (University of Oxford)
  CSAE Research Workshops
• 14:00 - iSkills: Working with sensitive research data
  John Southall (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 11 June 2025

• 12:30 - Title TBC
  Rohini Pande (Yale University)
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness
  Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2025 | Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon
  Professor Diana Allen (McGill University)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 17 June 2025

• 13:00 - No CSAE Workshop this week
  TBA
  CSAE Research Workshops

Wednesday 18 June 2025

• 12:30 - No seminar this week
  TBA
  CSAE Lunchtime Seminars
• 17:00 - A Bridge to the Sky: Science and Arts in the Age of Ibn Firnas (d. 887)
  Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars