Social Cohesion as a Humanitarian Objective?
Seminar series: Rupture and Reconciliation in Contexts of Displacement
Convened by Cory Rodgers (Oxford University) and Elias Lopez (Comillas Pontifical University).
Campion Hall and the Refugee Studies Centre present a seven-part seminar series on reconciliation in the contexts of displacement
Convened by Cory Rodgers (Oxford University) and Elias Lopez (Comillas Pontifical University).
Campion Hall and the Refugee Studies Centre present a seven-part seminar series on reconciliation in the contexts of displacement
UK-EU Relations two years after Brexit
At the end of January, it will be two years since Britain formally left the EU. While there is still some unfinished business from the Brexit negotiations, we have entered a period beyond 'Brexit', consisting of what might be described as UK-EU or cross-Channel relations – something new in the history of Britain's relations with continental Europe. How do these relations stand after the first two years? What are the key issues in the institutional relationship between the UK and the EU? What about relations with individual member states?
Book launch: Islam and the Arab Revolutions
Abstract:
The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for ‘bread, freedom and dignity’. With the passage of time, results have been decidedly mixed, with abortive success stories like Tunisia contrasting with the emergence of even more repressive dictatorships in places like Egypt, with the backing of several Gulf states.
The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for ‘bread, freedom and dignity’. With the passage of time, results have been decidedly mixed, with abortive success stories like Tunisia contrasting with the emergence of even more repressive dictatorships in places like Egypt, with the backing of several Gulf states.
Urban Colonialism in Global History. From Ancient Athens to Modern New York via Early Modern Istanbul
ROUNDTABLE - Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial war, 1931-1945
Online book launch of Aled Davies, Ben Jackson and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (eds), The Neoliberal Age? Britain Since the 1970s (2020)
Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia
REES welcomes Timothy Frye to discuss Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia.
Oxford Re-Formed
Since the Reformation in the early sixteenth century, Oxford’s community, culture, and cityscape have been repeatedly transformed by various moments of religious upheaval. The lives, debates, and conflicts of both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations have been represented, revised, and retold across the city’s buildings and monuments over the last four centuries.
Undoing Discriminatory Borders
This seminar discusses a recent Symposium issue of AJIL Unbound on Undoing Discriminatory Borders which was co-edited by Professor Cathryn Costello and Dr Catherine Briddick.