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Weekly Bulletin

Week 2, Trinity Term 2017

Sunday 30 April - Saturday 6 May 2017

Dear Antonians,

Please find below the Weekly Bulletin for Week 2, Trinity Term. Take special note of the Graduate Research Conference on May 2.

If there is anything you would like included in future bulletins; seminars, announcements etc, please email david.parker@sant.ox.ac.uk

Best wishes,

David Parker
Development & Alumni Communications Officer

The ART of of Transformative Dialogue

On Tuesday 2 May, the College will host a unique event on "War or Peace? Changing the Paradigm!: An Interactive Encounter to Enact Global Transformation". Featuring images, testimonies, music, dialogue & more, this event marks the public launch of the new initiative Enacting Global Transformation.

Speaking at the event will be William Kelly (award-winning artist), Lord John Alderdice (Director of CRIC & peace negotiator, Northern Ireland), Dr Rama Mani (Founder: Theatre of Transformation Academy) and Dr Annette Idler (Director of Studies: CCW)

This event is co-hosted by The Changing Character of War Programme (CCW), The Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC) and the Centre for International Studies (CIS).

ASEAN Ambassadors: A Conversation

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was formally established at the end of 2015 but progress on more robust regional economic integration has been slow. While ASEAN's leadership continues to promote integration on a variety of platforms, domestic politics and regional conflicts (such as the South China Sea dispute and the persistent refugee crisis) also threaten to undermine further strengthening of the organisation.

In this roundtable discussion, Ambassadors to the UK from several ASEAN countries will discuss the challenges faced in realising the ASEAN Economic Community, and regional integration more generally.

The conversation will take place at 5pm on Thursday 4 May in the investcorp Lecture Theatre.

Zygmunt Bauman: Liquid Legacy?

Earlier this year, one of the most renowned Polish sociologists, Professor Zygmunt Bauman passed away. His death provoked numerous discussions about his intellectual legacy, particularly with regard to his approach to the concept of liquid modernity and its consequences.

This seminar will aim to unpack the legacy of Bauman as one of the most important Polish intellectuals without avoiding controversial aspects of his life. The discussion will be lead by Anthony Giddens and Richard Sennett (both London School of Economics) and Jaroslaw Kuisz (St Antony's College).

All are welcome to this event, part of the Knowledge Bridges between Poland, Britain and Europe activity at St Antony's College.

Graduate Research Conference

St Antony's College is delighted again host a University-wide graduate conference, organised by the GCR and proudly supported by the Antonian Fund.

This year's theme is "Shifting Borders: History, Reality and Legacy". The Warden of St Antony's, Professor Margaret MacMillan will give the keynote address at 4pm. The conference is made up of 12 unique panel discussions, split over three sessions throughout the day. College Fellows will be chairing each one.

The conference organising committee is comprised of; Ibrahim Khan & Leonie Harsch (GCR Co-Directors of Research Exchange and Global Languages), Moritz Poll & Kelly Tse (GCR Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs), Claire Cullen, Alexander Dawson, Tilman Graff, Naiyerah Kolkailah, Tejas RK Motwani, Gillian Mroz & Julie Yamamura (Conference Volunteers)

A full programme of the panels can be found here. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Antonian Fund: Trinity Term Applications

Applications for grants for the Antonian Fund are now being accepted. Students and Fellows of the College can apply to the fund for financial help towards projects that will improve both academic and social life here at St Antony's.

Please contact antonian.fund@sant.ox.ac.uk for further information and to request an application form. Do be sure to read the form carefully and thoroughly as it contains the criteria that the panel use to assess every application.

The deadline for applications is Thursday 18 May at 5pm. Applications received after this will not be considered without exception. Do get in touch if you have any questions.

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 1 May, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Nicholas Morris (University of New South Wales): ‘Facing the pensions challenge: Lessons from Australia’ PEFM Seminar (Old Common Room, Balliol College)

Monday 1 May, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Koray Çalışkan (Boğaziçi University): ‘Turkey’s new political regime in comparative perspective’ (ESC Seminar Room)

Monday 1 May, 5pm, Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, Speaker: Dr Robert Dale (Newcastle): ‘Picturing the Red Army's demobilisation: the visual image of demobilisation and the construction of official war memory’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Tuesday 2 May, 12:30pm-4pm, European Studies Centre, Roundtable – ‘Spanish Democracy at Forty: Whither the Left in Spain’ ESC/Santander Roundtable Series (ESC Seminar Room)

Tuesday 2 May, 12:30pm, European Studies Centre, Speakers: William Kelly (Artist), Lord John Alderdice (Director of CRIC), Rama Mani (Founder: Theatre of Transformation Academy) and Annette Idler (Director of Studies: Changing Character of War Programme): ‘War or Peace? An Interactive Encounter in the ART of Transformative Dialogue’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre) *Co-sponsored by the ESC, CIS, CCW and CRIC*

Tuesday 2 May, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Tim Harper (Cambridge): ‘The Case of the bobbed-hair Woman: Passion and Revolution in Asia, 1924-25’ South Asia Seminar (Fellows’ Dining Room)

Tuesday 2 May, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speakers: William Beinart (Oxford) and Collin Bundy (Oxford): The State of South Africa: A Discussion South Africa Discussion Group (Pavilion Room, St Antony’s College)

Tuesday 2 May, 5pm, Middle East Centre, Speakers: Hemin Hawrami (Senior Adviser to President Masoud Barzani) and Ceng Sagnic (Moshe Dayan Centre, Israel): Panel Discussion – ‘Prospects of Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Amid Regional Turbulences’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Tuesday 2 May - Wednesday 3 May, African Studies Centre, 'Is High Modernism Returning? A Symposium on Political Ideology and Practice' including Film Screening - 'Ghana's Electric Dreams: Waiting for Light' Horn of Africa Seminar (Full Term Card) *Registration Required: contact Barnaby Dye*

Wednesday 3 May, 5pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speakers: Shruti Kapila (Cambridge), Pankaj Mishra (author), David Priestland (St Edmund Hall): ‘Pankaj Mishra: Age of Anger’ TORCH Rethinking the Contemporary Seminar (Nissan Lecture Theatre) *Organised in collaboration with TORCH, the Oxford Centre for Global History and the Modern European History Centre*

Thursday 4 May, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Paul Ocobock (Notre Dame): ‘An Uncertain Age: The Politics of Manhood in Kenya’ (Pavilion Room)

Thursday 4 May, 5pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speakers: Rizal Sukma (Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Republic of Indonesia) and Antonio M. Lagdameo (Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Republic of the Philippines): ‘Towards the ASEAN Economic Community: A Conversation with ASEAN Ambassadors to the United Kingdom’ Southeast Asia Seminar (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Thursday 4 May, 5:30pm, European Studies Centre, Speakers: Anthony Giddens (LSE), Richard Sennett (LSE) and Jaroslaw Kuisz (St Antony’s College): ‘Liquid legacy? A seminar on the philosophy of the late Zygmunt Bauman’ (ESC Seminar Room)

Friday 5 May, 11am-6:30pm, European Studies Centre, Convenor: Aurelie Daher (Deakin Fellow, St Antony’s College), Workshop – ‘A Jihadi Threat Against Europe?’ (European Studies Centre)

Friday 5 May, 5pm, Latin American Centre, Convenor: Diego Sanchez Ancochea (St Antony’s College): ‘Launch of the CAF Economic and Development Report 2016’ (LAC Seminar Room)

Friday 5 May, 5pm, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Speaker: Dr Mateja Kovacic (University of Oxford): ‘Paradigmatic Origins of Contemporary Japanese Humanoid Robot Culture’ (Pavilion Room, St Antony’s College)

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