Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Urban policies in support of undocumented migrants and their formulation process
  This event is online only (via Zoom)
  David Kaufmann (ETH Zürich), Sarah Schilliger (Universität Bern)
  C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
• 17:00 - Mirror of the Universe: The Evolution of the Astrolabe
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Dr Taha Yasin Arslan (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
  Science, Technology, Environment and Muslim Societies (STEMS)
• 17:00 - Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Who will lead the EU?
  Mihail Chiru (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies), Kristi Raik (International Centre for Defence and Security), Zselyke Csaky (Centre for European Reform), Hussein Kassim (University of Warwick)
  European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - History and the Modern Middle East: Do Policy Makers Need a Sense of the Past?
  Sir John Jenkins (Former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Refugee Afterlives: Home, Hauntings, and Hunger
  Dr Ashwiny O Kistnareddy (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:30 - Northern Exposure presents: From Where We Stand
  Lucy Kaye, Adrian Favell (Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh)
  Perspectives of Place

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Methodology of Collective Reasoning in the Modern Islamic World: The Case of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy
  Professor Ismail Cebeci (Marmara University)

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - English Judges in Muslim Countries: Synergies and Sensitivities in Promoting the Rule of Law
  Sir Peter Gross (Former Lord Justice of Appeal)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Conflict Refugees: European Union Law and Practice
  Dr Christel Querton (University of the West of England)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:30 - “It can’t get any worse”: Imagining the opportunity to be political throughout Brexit
  Katherine Smith (University of Manchester)
  Perspectives of Place

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Climate politics and public support for green transition in Europe
  Liam Beiser-McGrath (London School of Economics)
  European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Threats to the Rule of Law
  The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (Former President, UK Supreme Court)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - NGO Refugee Advocacy: Strengths, Weaknesses and Challenges
  Nick Henderson (CEO, Irish Refugee Council)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Air Quality in Oxford: Past, Present and Future
  Dr Suzanne Bartington (University of Birmingham)
  Science, Technology, Environment and Muslim Societies (STEMS)
• 17:00 - The new politics of Poland
  KOLAKOWSKI SEMINAR
  Jarosław Kuisz (Kultura Liberalna), Eli Gateva (DPIR, Oxford)
  European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places
  Professor Sir Paul Collier (Blavatnik School of Government)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis
  Professor Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford), Professor Annika Rabo (Stockholm University)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:30 - “There must be something better than here”: the role of place in shaping the mobility aspirations of young people in coastal towns
  Avril Keating (UCL)
  Perspectives of Place

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Exploring post-2014 immigrant integration policies and governance in small and medium-size towns and rural areas in Europe
  This event is online only (via Zoom)
  Tiziana Caponio (Università di Torino / Collegio Carlo Alberto)
  C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
• 17:00 - Russia’s war against Ukraine: Consequences for South East Europe
  IN COOPERATION WITH SEESOX AND THE UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM, OXFORD
  Kyril Drezov (Keele University), Maxim Samorukov (Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center), Julie Newton (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Vuk Vuksanovic (LSE)
  European Studies Seminar

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:00 - Engaging with the Contemporary World: A Multi-Religious Perspective
  Professor Tomáš Halik (Charles University, Prague)
  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
• 17:00 - Rewriting Refugee Law: Centring Refugee Knowledges and Lived Experiences
  Professor Kate Ogg (Australian National University), Dr Saba Vasefi (scholar-journalist, poet, and documentary filmmaker), Professor Veronica Fynn Bruey (Athabasca University)
  Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:30 - From the ground up: faultlines of war and peace in rural England
  Vron Ware (LSE)
  Perspectives of Place