Workshop on Global Interpolity Relations, 1500-1800

This project brings together historians and International Relations scholars to describe and compare how interpolity relations worked in different regions of the world before or during the early phases of European imperialism. Our aim is to investigate the wide spectrum of interpolity relations that existed globally prior to Europeans imposing their own principles, and to comprehend the distinct legal and diplomatic practices of non-European polities in their own contexts.

Miranda Richman

I am a Clarendon Scholar and doctoral candidate in international relations at University College, Oxford. My research explores the US-Korea-Japan trilateral partnership, the role of historical memory in security paradigms, and US alliance management tactics under conditions of peer competition in the Indo-Pacific. My DPhil follows my MPhil in International Relations at Lincoln College.

Giuseppe A Cumella

I study the history of Ancient Greek and Roman ethical and political philosophy. My recent work has focused on questions of rule and judgement in Aristotle. Specifically, I am interested in the place of ruling in Aristotle’s account of learning and human well-being, and how the development of political expertise informs his view of judgement. I also maintain interests in contemporary ethical and political philosophy, including questions of democracy and egalitarianism.

Book Talk: Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir

Atmospheric Violence explores how people in the militarized, ecologically fragile borderlands of Kashmir attempt to flourish in an environment where violence is everywhere, or atmospheric. Omer Aijazi takes us to remote mountainous valleys in the portion of Kashmir under Pakistan’s control, where life has been shaped by recurring environmental disasters and by the violence of the India/Pakistan border.

The Muslim son of a Hindu zamindar - family quarrels and religious boundaries in a Mughal landlord's lineage

This talk will take a close look at a multi-generational legal dispute within a Mughal zamindari family that raged from the late seventeenth into the early eighteenth century. As regimes fell and rose, members of this landed family fumed at each other, and tried to use legal courts as well as other paraphernalia of the state to say who they were, and what was due to them, but not others.

Technical AI Governance Researcher Mixer - Where Disciplines Meet Ideas in Oxford

Join us for a lively networking reception at the Oxford Martin School, bringing together the brightest minds in AI and AI governance research from across university disciplines. Whether you're a computer scientist exploring the frontiers of machine learning or a social scientist investigating the best frameworks for AI governance, this event is for you! Come enjoy some wine, meet your fellows, hear about the University’s AI Governance Initiative, and think about how to work together to make AI safe and sound!

You might find your next research idea or your next collaborator!

Rethinking Non-State Armed Groups: Youth, Agency, and Pathways to Sustainable Peace

This seminar offers a fresh perspective on the roles and potential of youth within non-state armed groups, exploring both micro-level dynamics and broader implications for global peacebuilding. Based on field experiences across regions like Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, Indonesia, and Colombia, combined with insights from recent research, the presentation will challenge traditional narratives surrounding non-state armed groups and youth associated with non-state armed groups (YANSAG).

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Deborah is Sky News' security and defence editor. She covers the biggest foreign stories around the world and carries out her own investigations. She has reported from Europe on Brexit the United States on Donald Trump, and broken stories on suspected Russian disinformation operations and suspected cyber attacks in the UK.

Leading AUKUS: the UK perspective on the Australian, UK, United States strategic alignment for Indo-Pacific Defence and Security

Anne-Marie Trevelyan was the Minister of State for AUKUS in His Majesty's Government and this is her account of the multiple benefits of the new strategic alignment for the three powers. She lays out the domestic UK advantages this initiative is producing, and has the potential to produce in the future, for the regeneration of the North-East of England, technological acceleration for UK businesses, and a new era of deterrence against aggression in the region which is such an important strategic and commercial partner for the UK.
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