Identity as an Institution and the Origins of Ethnic Orders
‘Whistleblowing and intelligence’
Reuters Institute / Nuffield College Media & Politics seminars
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Meera Selva, David Levy, Andrew Dilnot
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Fridays, normally in the Butler Room, Nuffield College.
Convenors: Meera Selva, David Levy, Andrew Dilnot
Book Launch: Dangerous Diplomacy
Herman Salton, DPIR alumnus and Associate Professor of PPE, Asian University for Women, Bangladesh, will be discussing his award-winning book, ‘Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics, and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda', recently published by OUP. The event will be chaired by Neil MacFarlane, Lester B Pearson Professor of International Relations and Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford. A drinks reception will follow.
The UN and its Discontents: The Sociology of an International Organisation
Symposium on Liberalism’s Religion by Cécile Laborde
31 May 2018 (9:00-17:00) - 1 June 2018 (9:00-17:00)
In Trinity term Nuffield College will host a symposium on Cécile Laborde’s recent book Liberalism’s Religion, which came out with Harvard University Press in September. The book offers an account of the extent to which secularism is a requirement of liberal legitimacy, asks whether religion should receive special treatment in the liberal state, and revisits the concept of religion at the heart of contemporary western liberal philosophy.
Confirmed speakers include:
In Trinity term Nuffield College will host a symposium on Cécile Laborde’s recent book Liberalism’s Religion, which came out with Harvard University Press in September. The book offers an account of the extent to which secularism is a requirement of liberal legitimacy, asks whether religion should receive special treatment in the liberal state, and revisits the concept of religion at the heart of contemporary western liberal philosophy.
Confirmed speakers include:
‘In pursuit of repertoires of news consumption. Analysing how people use news media in everyday life’
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva
Myths and Realities of Secessionisms: A Constitutional Approach to the Catalonian Crisis
Professor Miguel Beltrán de Felipe speaks at the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, on "Myths and Realities of Secessionisms: A Constitutional Approach to the Catalonian Crisis."
Accountable Algorithms: How to Make New Tech Work for Society
Digital technology plays a vital role in modern life. The firms of Silicon Valley have built vast revenue streams through offering services which are intangible, but which can, thanks to the internet, scale rapidly. Digital technology moves fast, and it sometimes feels like society cannot keep up. We worry that our elections have been influenced by bad actors, that the information we receive is filtered through systems that do more harm than good. Machine learning allows complex algorithms to be developed and deployed faster than ever.
Oxford Political Violence Conference - Causes, Character and Consequences
This conference brings together graduate students and early-career researchers from a variety of disciplines concerned with questions of political violence to share their original research on violent conflict within and beyond states.