Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2025

Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2025

Series convened by Professor Tom Scott-Smith and Professor Catherine Briddick

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Time and location

Seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5pm unless otherwise specified. Please check the date and location of each seminar.

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HILARY term seminars

Wednesday 22 January, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Producing the Camp-able Territory: Displacement, Domicide, and the Common Camp in Palestine-Israel’s Century of Settler Colonialism

Dr Irit Katz (University of Cambridge)

Wednesday 29 January, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Refuge-Making: Stories from Iraq

Dr Sana Murrani (University of Plymouth)

Thursday 6 February, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

No Exit: Preventing Exit to Prevent Entry

Professor Audrey Macklin (University of Toronto)

Wednesday 12 February, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Film Screening and Q&A: Chileans of the North

Professor Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Dr Helia López Zarzosa (Sociologist and Independent Researcher) and Chris Paul (Director).

Wednesday 19 February, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law

Professor Maja Janmyr (University of Oslo)

Wednesday 26 February, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

Scattered: The making and unmaking of a refugee. A conversation with Aamna Mohdin

Aamna Mohdi (The Guardian)

Wednesday 5 March, 5.15pm, Grove Theatre, Magdalen College, Oxford

Annual Harrell Bond Lecture: with Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik (Writer, lecturer and broadcaster)

Registration required

Tuesday 11 March, 5pm, Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Anthony’s College, Oxford

(Jointly hosted with Middle East Centre, St Anthony’s College)

Book Talk: The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora

Professor Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University)

Wednesday 12 March, 5pm, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

'Wicked' Challenges in Migration Management: Weaponization, Politicization, and Hostile Influence Operations

Professor Kelly Greenhill (Tufts University and MIT)