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Weekly Bulletin

Week 6, Michaelmas Term 2016

Sunday 13 November - Saturday 19 November 2016

Dear Antonians,

Please find below the Weekly Bulletin for Week 6, Michaelmas Term. 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 Enrichment Economy

Eminent sociologists Luc Boltanski (author: The New Spirit of Capitalism and On Justification, Economies of Worth) and Arnaud Esquerre (author: La manipulation mentale: Sociologie des sectes en France) will presnet their forthcoming book on Thursday 17 November.

The book, The Enrichment Economy, explores what the authors see as a new 'enrichment' form of capitalism, and its close associations with the luxury sector, heritage and collectible objects.

The discussion will begin at 5pm in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, and all are welcome.

Wingwalking for MS

Cathy Ridge-Collins, a longstanding member of St Antony's Stewarding team, will be wingwalking on the 22 of April, 2017 in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

In her own words: "I was diagnosed with MS in 2008, I am very lucky to have it very mild. I am doing a wing walk to raise money for the MS Society, and have a goal of £1,000."

Further information about the cause, as well as information on how to support, can be found on Cathy's Just Giving page.

Independence Day: Panel Discussion

On Friday 18 November, the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom will be hosting a panel discussion titled: "INDEPENDENCE DAY! Did the British media enable voters to make an informed choice in the Brexit referendum?

Tinothy Garton Ash will be chairing the discussion which will be led by Billur Aslan (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism), David Deacon (Loughborough University) and Caroline Lees (European Journalism Observatory).

The panels will begin at 5pm, all are welcome.

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 14 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Joanne Kellerman (Single Resolution Board), Chair: Charles Enoch (St Antony's College): ‘Bank resolution in the European financial architecture’ PEFM Seminar (ESC Seminar Room)

Monday 14 November, 5pm, Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, Speaker: Julia Mannherz (Oriel College): ‘Capturing the sound of Russia: gramophones and everyday music in the early twentieth century’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Tuesday 15 November, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Salma Siddique (Freie Universität Berlin): ‘Feminine Abandon and the Abducted Woman in Post-Partition Shorey Comedies’ South Asia Seminar (Fellows’ Dining Room)

Tuesday 15 November, 2:30pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Park Won Soon (Mayor of Seoul): 'Easing Tensions and Building Peace on the Korean Peninsula' (Nissan Lecture Theatre) EVENT CANCELLED

Tuesday 15 November, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Kate Orkin (University of Oxford): ‘Is voter turnout higher if people known an election is close? Experimental evidence from the Johannesburg 2016 elections’ South Africa Discussion Group (Pavilion Room)

Tuesday 15 November, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Brendan Bromwich (King’s College London): ‘Power, contested institutions and land: repoliticising analysis of natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding in Darfur’ Horn of Africa Seminar (African Studies Seminar Room)

Tuesday 15 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: George Katrougalos (Minister of Labour and Social Security, Greece), Discussants: Bernhard Ebbinghaus (University of Mannheim), Pavlos Eleftheriadis (Mansfield College), Marek Naczyk (Kellogg College), Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony’s College): ‘A democratic challenge: social reform in Greece under SYRIZA’ ESC Core Seminar Series: Fortress Europe? ***Event co-sponsored by SEESOX and Social Policy Department, Oxford*** (ESC Seminar Room)

Tuesday 15 November, 5pm, Latin American Seminar, Speakers: Ezequiel González Ocantos (Author), Pilar Domingo (Overseas Development Institute) and Par Engstrom (University College London): ‘LAC Book Launch: Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America’ (LAC Seminar Room)

Tuesday 15 November, 7:30pm, Middle East Centre, ‘After the Battle’ (2012) Film Showing (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Wednesday 16 November, 2pm, Middle East Centre, Speaker: Stephanie Berry (University of Sussex), Convenor: Soraya Tremayne (University of Oxford): ‘The Securitisation of Muslim Women by the European Court of Human Rights’ MEC Women’s Rights Research Seminar (MEC Seminar Room, 68 Woodstock Road)

Wednesday 16 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, Speakers: Simon Waldman (King’s College London) and Emre Caliskan (University of Oxford): ‘MEC Book Launch: The New Turkey and its Discontents’ (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Thursday 17 November, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford): ‘The Gambela Years’ (Pavilion Room)

Thursday 17 November, 5pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speakers: Luc Boltanski (EHESS, Paris) and Arnaud Esquerre (CNRS): ‘The Enrichment Economy: Narratives, Collectibles and Heritage as Economic Resources’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Thursday 17 November, 5:30pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Ivor Roberts (Trinity College), Chair: David Madden (St Antony's College): ‘SEESOX Book Launch: Conversations with Milosevic’ (ESC Seminar Room)

Thursday 17 November, 5pm, Latin American Seminar, Speaker: Benjamin T. Smith (University of Warwick): ‘Who Read What? The Mexican Press and the Reading Public, 1940-1970’ Latin American History Seminar (LAC Seminar Room)

Thursday 17 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, ‘After the Battle’ (2012) Film Showing (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Friday 18 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speakers: Billur Aslan (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism), David Deacon (Loughborough University), Caroline Tees (European Journalism Observatory), Chair: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College): ‘INDEPENDENCE DAY! – Did the British media enable voters to make an informed choice in the Brexit referendum?’ Free Speech Debate: Panel Discussion ***Event co-organised by ESC and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (ESC Seminar Room)

Friday 18 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, Director: Yousry Nasrallah ‘After the Battle’ (2012) Film Seminar (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Friday 18 November, 5pm, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Speakers: Dr Clare Pollard and Mitsuko Ito (both Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford): ‘Landscape, Cityscape: Hiroshige woodblock prints at the Ashmolean Museum’

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