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Weekly Bulletin

Week 7, Michaelmas Term 2016

Sunday 20 November - Saturday 26 November 2016

Dear Antonians,

Please find below the Weekly Bulletin for Week 7, 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

Death of College Founder's Son

St Antony’s College is sad to announce the passing of Antonin Besse Senior, the son of the College’s founder, Antonin Besse at the age of 89.

Tony as he was fondly known will be missed by many and was known for his philanthropic activities, most notably as patron and honorary vice-president of United World College which he helped found in 1962.

Full details of his and his family’s extraordinary life can be found on the UWC’s website.

The College flag has thus been lowered to half-mast.

Space, Emotions and Untouchability

Untouchability in India has been widely understood as the practice of excluding, from social or religious life, people who are believed to be permanently impure. Yet, this vision neglects the different emotions and feelings that untouchability produces in the subjects involved with it.

Jesús Cháirez-Garza will be analysing the complex nature of this issue by looking into the autobiographical notes of B.R.Ambedkar and draws out ideas of space, emotions and exclusion. This special Southeast Asia Seminar will take place at 2pm in the Fellows' Dining Room on Tuesday 22 November. 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.

Psychological Tools and Traps in Negotiations

"We all negotiate on a daily basis - but are we fully aware of the biases which affect our decisions? The Oxford Negotiation Society has the pleasure to invite you to a highly interactive discussion with Professor Siedel, who will take you through a crash-course on how to avoid psychological traps and what are the best tools to achieve this."

George Siedel is the Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration and the Thurnau Professor of Business Law at the University of Michigan. He teaches negotiation at Michigan's Ross School of Business and around the world to business leaders, entrepreneurs, attorneys, physicians, athletic directors and judges.

The event will take place on Tuesday 22 November, at 5pm in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College. All are welcome, please do indicate interest on the Facebook event page here.

Current student wins 'Best Dissertation' prize

St Antony’s is delighted to announce that Natalia Doan (MSc Modern Japanese Studies, 2015 and current DPhil Oriental Studies candidate) has won The British association of Japanese Studies’ Ivan Morris Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded to the best dissertation on the subject of Japan published in the UK.

Natalia’s MSc dissertation was written on Samurai and Southern Belles: “Prince Tommy” and Southern Representations of the 1860 Japanese Embassy.

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 21 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, Speaker: Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), Convenor: Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College): Book Launch – ‘Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt’ (Investcorp Auditorium)

Monday 21 November, 5pm, Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, Speaker: Philippa Hetherington (UCL-SSEES): ‘Sex at the border: the ‘traffic in women’ in Imperial Russia’s Western borderlands, 1875-1910’ (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Tuesday 22 November, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Salim Vally (University of Johannesburg): ‘The unravelling of the ANC’ South Africa Discussion Group (Pavilion Room)

Tuesday 22 November, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Jesús Cháirez-Garza (Leeds): ‘Feeling Untouched: Space, Emotions and Untouchability’ South Asia Seminar (Fellows’ Dining Room)

Tuesday 22 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speakers: Paola Mattei (St Antony's College), Miriam Broeks (RAND, Cambridge), Chair: Martin Lausegger (European Affairs Society, St Antony's College): ‘Citizenship, Education and European Integration’ ESC Core Seminar Series: Fortress Europe? (ESC Seminar Room)

Tuesday 22 November, 5pm, Latin American Centre, Speaker: Sandra Botero (Willamette University): ‘Courts that matter: Judges, Litigants and the Politics of Rights Enforcement in Latin America’ (LAC Seminar Room)

Tuesday 22 November, 7:30pm, Middle East Centre, ‘Theeb’ (Jordan, 2015) Film Showing (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Wednesday 23 November, 2pm, Asian Studies Centre, Speaker: Dominik Müller (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle): ‘The Bureaucratisation of Islam and its Socio-Legal Dimensions in Southeast Asia: Outlines of a Collaborative Research Project’ Southeast Asia Seminar (Deakin Room)

Wednesday 23 November, 12:30pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Laurence Lustgarten (Green Templeton College), Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College): ‘The EU and the Arms Trade: Law, Policy, and the Brexit Distraction’ (ESC Seminar Room) ***Light Lunch Provided***

Wednesday 23 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speaker: Jens Bastian (Independent Economic Consultant & Financial Sector Advisor), Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College): ‘The challenges to Greece: what does the future hold?’ SEESOX Seminar (ESC Seminar Room)

Thursday 24 November, 5pm, African Studies Centre, Speaker: Thomas Hendriks (University of Oxford): ‘Queer provocations, nightlife and popular culture in Kinshasa’ (Pavilion Room)

Thursday 24 November, 5pm, European Studies Centre, Speakers: HE Nikos Kotzias (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece) and HE Daniel Mitov (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria), Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College): 'Europe after Brexit: Viewpoints from two EU Foreign Ministers' SEESOX Seminar (Nissan Lecture Theatre)

Thursday 24 November, 5pm, Latin American Centre, 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 24 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, ‘Theeb’ (Jordan, 2015) Film Showing (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Friday 25 November, 5pm, Middle East Centre, ‘Theeb’ (Jordan, 2015) Film Seminar (Investcorp Lecture Theatre)

Friday 25 November, 5pm, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Speaker: Matthew Shores (University of Cambridge): ‘Bringing Back Yoshikono: Songs of 7-7-7-5 in a WWII-Era Osaka Rakugo Magazine’ (Pavilion Room)

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