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Weekly Bulletin

 

Week 1, Michaelmas Term 2017

 

Sunday 8 October - Saturday 14 October 2017


Dear all,

Welcome to a new academic term at St Antony's College! It is wonderful to welcome so many new members, as well as returning students and researchers. 

Please find below the Weekly Bulletin for Week 1, Michaelmas Term. This is a round-up of lectures and seminars taking place at St Antony's for the week in question. We also occasionally post news items in this mailing, so if you have something particularly newsworthy (e.g. Boat Club race details, a workshop you are organising etc) please do get in touch. 

Best wishes,

Martyn Rush
Communications Co-Ordinator


 
Living Revolutionary Dreams


SEMINAR
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre

Dr Andy Willimott, Lecturer in Modern Russian/Soviet History at the University of Reading and author of Living the Revolution: Urban 
Communes &Soviet Socialism, 1917-1932
, will explore the social and cultural history of revolutionary Russia as part of the RESC Monday Seminar Series 'Fresh Perspectives on 1917'

Monday 9 October
5pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre

 


 
First Confession: A Sort of Memoir
 

BOOK CONVERSATION
European Studies Centre


Lord Chris Patten, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Patron of the ESC will launch his 'sort of memoir' on Thursday. Prior to taking up the leadership of the University, Lord Patten was a British Member of Parliament, Chairman of the BBC Trust and the last Governor of Hong Kong. 
 

Thrusday 12 October
3pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre


Israel under Siege

 

SEMINAR
Middle East Studies Centre


Professor Raffaella Del Sarto, Associate Professor at the John Hopkins University will speak on 'The Politics of Insecurity and the Rise of the Israeli Neo-Revisionist Right'. Eugene Rogan will Chair this seminar, which is jointly organised by the Middle East Centre and the Centre for International Studies, DPIR. 
 

Thrusday 12 October
3pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre



Government of Canada: Recruitment of Policy Leaders

 This year as before St Antony’s will host a speaker from the Government of Canada’s Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL) program. The program focuses on recruiting exceptional professionals with diverse achievements and experience into mid and senior-level policy positions across the Government of Canada.

It will be on October 17th at 7pm in the Buttery. Further details can be found here: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d092daca4c997a8856bdcb494/files/1334db92-a3c9-4fa4-a049-787167697ac2/Jobs_RPL_onepager_v5_1.pdf


Lectures & events for next week


NB: This programme might be subject to change. Please make sure to check our Events page for last minute changes, especially if you are travelling from outside Oxford. 

Monday 9 October, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Susan Woodward (City University of New York) Discussant: Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony’s College) , Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College) ‘The contested meaning of Failed States for international order’  SEESOX Seminar (ESC Seminar Room)
 
Monday 9 October, 5pm, Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, Speaker: Andy Willimott (University of Reading) ‘Living revolutionary dreams: Utopia and the vanguard of 1917’ Fresh Perspectives on 1917 (Nissan Lecture Theatre)
 
Tuesday 10 October, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Yasser Arafath (Delhi) ‘The Age of Fasad: Jihad, Piety and Liturgical Islam in the Indian Ocean (1500-1750)’ South Asia Seminar Series (Nissan Lecture Theatre)
 
Tuesday 10 October, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Sir Ivan Rogers (Former UK Ambassador to the EU), Chair: Hartmut Mayer (St Antony’s College) ‘A pre-history of Brexit: some thoughts on how we got here and what it means for today’s negotiations’ ESC Core Seminar Series (ESC Seminar Room)
 
Wednesday 11 October, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: John Buchanan (University of Washington) ‘Opium and Coercive State Formation: Strongmen and Armed Conflicts in Burma’s Shan State (1948-1996)’ Southeast Asia Seminar Series (Deakin Room)

Wednesday 11 October, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Oliver Frecaut (International Monetary Fund), Chair: Charles Enoch (St Antony’s College) A National Wealth approach to financial stability’ PEFM Seminar (ESC Seminar Room)
 
Thursday 12 October, 3pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Lord Chris Patten (Chancellor, University of Oxford), Discussant: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College), Chair: TBA, ‘Book conversation on First Confession: A Sort of Memoir’ (ESC Seminar Room)
 
Thursday 12 October, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (Stanford/Oxford): ‘Ndinga i Sinsu: A Quest for Kongo Art’ (Pavilion Room)
 
Thursday 12 October, 5pm, Latin American Centre, Speaker: Dr Iván Jaksić, (Stanford University), ‘Lessons from Empire: The First Hispanists in the United States, 1820-1880’ (LAC Seminar Room)
 
Friday 13 October, 5pm, Latin American Centre, Speaker: Dr Iván Jaksić (Stanford University), ‘The London Notebooks of Andrés Bello, 1814-1820’ (Taylorian Institute)
 
Friday 13 October, 5pm, Middle East Centre, Speaker: Raffaella del Sarto (The Johns Hopkins University) ‘Israel under Siege: The Politics of Insecurity and the Rise of the Israeli neo-Revisionist Right’ MEC Friday Seminar Series (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)
 
Friday 13 October, 5pm, Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, Speaker: Sir Howard Stringer (formerly of Sony) ‘Reflections on being the first foreign CEO of Sony’ (Pavilian Room)
 
 
 
 
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