Migration events at Oxford
Description: Events hosted by the migration-related centres and networks at the University of Oxford: the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC). and the TORCH Mobilities and Migration Network.
Talks:

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

Urban policies in support of undocumented migrants and their formulation process
Date: 5 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: David Kaufmann (ETH Zürich), Sarah Schilliger (Universität Bern)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Mirror of the Universe: The Evolution of the Astrolabe
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 5 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Taha Yasin Arslan (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Who will lead the EU?
Date: 5 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: 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)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)

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

History and the Modern Middle East: Do Policy Makers Need a Sense of the Past?
Date: 6 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sir John Jenkins (Former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Refugee Afterlives: Home, Hauntings, and Hunger
Date: 6 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ashwiny O Kistnareddy (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

Northern Exposure presents: From Where We Stand
Date: 7 November 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Lucy Kaye, Adrian Favell (Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Methodology of Collective Reasoning in the Modern Islamic World: The Case of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy
Date: 12 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Ismail Cebeci (Marmara University)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

English Judges in Muslim Countries: Synergies and Sensitivities in Promoting the Rule of Law
Date: 13 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sir Peter Gross (Former Lord Justice of Appeal)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Conflict Refugees: European Union Law and Practice
Date: 13 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Christel Querton (University of the West of England)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

“It can’t get any worse”: Imagining the opportunity to be political throughout Brexit
Date: 14 November 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Katherine Smith (University of Manchester)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Climate politics and public support for green transition in Europe
Date: 19 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Liam Beiser-McGrath (London School of Economics)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Federica Genovese (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

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

Threats to the Rule of Law
Date: 20 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (Former President, UK Supreme Court)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

NGO Refugee Advocacy: Strengths, Weaknesses and Challenges
Date: 20 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Nick Henderson (CEO, Irish Refugee Council)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

Air Quality in Oxford: Past, Present and Future
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Suzanne Bartington (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The new politics of Poland
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Jarosław Kuisz (Kultura Liberalna), Eli Gateva (DPIR, Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College)

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

Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sir Paul Collier (Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford), Professor Annika Rabo (Stockholm University)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

“There must be something better than here”: the role of place in shaping the mobility aspirations of young people in coastal towns
Date: 28 November 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Avril Keating (UCL)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Exploring post-2014 immigrant integration policies and governance in small and medium-size towns and rural areas in Europe
Date: 3 December 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Tiziana Caponio (Università di Torino / Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Host: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

Russia’s war against Ukraine: Consequences for South East Europe
Date: 3 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Kyril Drezov (Keele University), Maxim Samorukov (Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center), Julie Newton (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Vuk Vuksanovic (LSE)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)

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

Engaging with the Contemporary World: A Multi-Religious Perspective
Date: 4 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Tomáš Halik (Charles University, Prague)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Rewriting Refugee Law: Centring Refugee Knowledges and Lived Experiences
Date: 4 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Kate Ogg (Australian National University), Dr Saba Vasefi (scholar-journalist, poet, and documentary filmmaker), Professor Veronica Fynn Bruey (Athabasca University)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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

From the ground up: faultlines of war and peace in rural England
Date: 5 December 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Vron Ware (LSE)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: Mawby Room (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser: Dace Dzenovska (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Anthropology Departmental Seminar Series: Trinity 2024
C-MISE Research Exchange Webinars
European Studies Seminar
Perspectives of Place
Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
Refugee Studies Centre Work-in-Progress seminar series