Leszek Kołakowski

Jacques Rupnik gives the 2018 Leszek Kołakowski Lecture

The 2018 Leszek Kołakowski Lecture - Poland between Europeanism and Nationalism: National Exception or Regional Norm? 

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Squaring the Circle on Brexit - Could the Norway Model work? - at the European Studies Centre on June 1, 2018

Squaring the Circle on Brexit - Could the Norway Model work? 

Prof Dariusz Stola, Director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, gives a talk for the Programme on Modern Poland on 4th February 2015. Introduced by Professor Tim Garton Ash and Dr Mikolaj Kunicki.

One century, three Polands: the Second Republic, People’s Poland, and the Third Republic 

Colin Mayer (Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School) gives a seminar for the PEFM programme. Chaired by Adam Bennett (St Antony's College, Oxford).

Sustainable finance: Restoring confidence and stability in the financial system 

Speakers include: Ivo Banac (Yale University), Richard Crampton (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Basil Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Margaret Macmillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford) Convened by Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford), David Madden (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Elizabeth Roberts (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

The past is never dead: Balkan legacies of the First World War part two 

Speakers include; Ivo Banac (Yale University), Richard Crampton (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Basil Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Margaret Macmillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford) Convened by Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford), David Madden (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Elizabeth Roberts (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

The past is never dead: Balkan legacies of the First World War part one 

Ulrich Beck, University of Munich and LSE, delivers the 2014 Dahrendorf Lecture. Discussants: Kalypso Nicolaïdis ,St Antony’s College, Oxford, Lord David Hannay, Former UK Permanent Representative to the EU and UN. Convenor: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford).

Ulrich Beck, University of Munich and LSE, delivers the 2014 Dahrendorf Lecture. Discussants: Kalypso Nicolaïdis ,St Antony’s College, Oxford, Lord David Hannay, Former UK Permanent Representative to the EU and UN. Convenor: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford).

The Cosmopolitan Outlook: How the European Project can be Saved 

Seesox annual lecture. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania.

Reinventing politics: From the local to the regional and beyond 

2014 Elliott Lecture, St Antony's College. On 14 March 2014 the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College organised the 2014 Elliott Lecture: “Ukraine and its Place in the World”.The panellists were Mr Aleksander Kwasniewski – former President of Poland, Dr Javier Solana – former NATO Secretary General and EU high Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Nuffield College, Oxford. The discussion was moderated by the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten.

2014 Elliott Lecture, St Antony's College. On 14 March 2014 the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College organised the 2014 Elliott Lecture: “Ukraine and its Place in the World”. The panellists were Mr Aleksander Kwasniewski – former President of Poland, Dr Javier Solana – former NATO Secretary General and EU high Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Nuffield College, Oxford. The discussion was moderated by the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten.

Ukraine and its Place in the World 

Poland, Ukraine, and the Politics of History 

The European Studies Centre at St Antony's College is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of Europe. It has particular strengths in politics, history and international relations, but also brings together economists, sociologists, social anthropologists and students of culture. We see ourselves as a meeting place and intellectual laboratory for the whole community of those interested in European Studies at the University of Oxford.

European Studies Centre

Kevin O'Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, gives a seminar for the PEFM programme. The discussant was Othon Anastasa and the chair was Paul Betts, St. Antony's College, Oxford.

Political Extremism in the Interwar Period and its Economic Roots. 

Professor Ronald Dworkin, New York University, delivers the 2012 Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture, with response from Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy.

How Universal is Liberalism? 

Evgeny Morozov, author of "The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom", delivers a lecture on the political use of the internet, particularly during protests and demonstrations. Comment by John Lloyd (Director of Journalism Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism). Chair: Timothy Garton Ash. Organized jointly with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the Oxford University Project on Civil Resistance and Power Politics, and the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom.

Does the Internet Help People Power? 

David Hannay, Peter Sutherland and Peter Luff participate in a discussion on Common Values and Federalism in Europe. Part of the Europaeum Conference recorded at St Anthony's College in September 2010.

Common Values and Federalism in Europe 

Sarah Ficher, (American University), gives a talk for the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region held on Tuesday 12 June, 2012 in St Antony's College.

The Impact of European Court of Human Rights' Decisions and Turkish Code Reforms Pertaining to the Headscarf on Islamist Women in Turkey: Enabling Emancipation or Legitimizing Discrimination? 

John Vickers, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, gives a talk for the European Studies Centre seminar series on banking and the economic recession. Chaired by Max Watson, St Antony's College.

Banking Reform Five Years On. 

Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Politicizing Women and Women's Issues by Burcu Ozcelik (University of Cambridge):.

Political reconciliation as women's democratic citizenship: Women's rights-claiming around the drafting of a new constitution in Turkey 

Poles and Germans into Silesians: Serial Nationalisation's in Late 20th Century Poland. Speaker: Dr Jim Bjork (Department of History, King’s College London).Discussant: Dr Hugo Service (Department of History, Oxford).Chair: Professor Paul Betts (St Antony’s College, Oxford).

Poles and Germans into Silesians: Serial Nationalisation's in Late 20th Century Poland. Speaker: Dr Jim Bjork (Department of History, King’s College London). Discussant: Dr Hugo Service (Department of History, Oxford). Chair: Professor Paul Betts (St Antony’s College, Oxford).

POMP Seminar Series 4 

A lecture at the St Anthony's College Oxford, European Studies Centre, given by Professor's David Vines and Patricia Clavin chaired by Maxwell Watson on 28th November 2012.

Addressing the crisis in Europe and the global economy: Lessons from the 1920s and 1930s? 

Recorded on 15th June 2010, the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College presents The Chancellor of the University of Oxford Lord Patten of Barnes in conversation with Lord Hannay and Sir Stephen Wall. Convenor: Professor Jane Caplan.

British EU Policy After The Election 

Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Politicizing Women and Women's Issues by Nova Robinson (Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey).

Before the 'Days of Rage': Registers of Bahraini Women's Activism 

Legal Culture in the Process of Integration. Polish post-EU Accession migrants in the United Kingdom. Dr Agnieszka Kubal (Centre for Socio- Legal Studies, Oxford) ; discussant: Dr Jan Fellerer (Wolfson College, Oxford) , chair: Prof Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College, Oxford).

POMP Seminar Series 1 

Concluding lecture from the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference by Saiyad Ahmad (American University Cairo).

Balancing Reason and Revelation: The Status of Women in the Jurisprudence of Ayatullah Yusuf Sani'i. 

Dr Wolfgang Schäuble (German Federal Minister of Finance) delivers a lecture for the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College on 29th October 2012.

Europe: still a common vision? 

Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region confernce: Legal Reforms in Theory and Practice by Rania Maktabi (Ostfold University College).

Comparing family law reform in the MENA: Reflections on regional patterns following economic globalization. 

Part of the Legal Reform and Political Change Affecting Women in the MENA Region conference: Legal Reforms in Theory and Practice by Dörthe Engelcke (University of Oxford):.

Changing state-society relations in Morocco through family law reform: 'the state enters the home of the citizen'. 

Melina Mercouri

Spyros Mercouris delivers a lecture on 7 June 2012 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Mr Spyros Mercouris has been Honorary President of the Cultural Capitals and Cultural Months of Europe Network, member of the board of directors of Melina Mercouri foundation and special advisor to the kids of Guernica movement. He has organised innumerous cultural events, symposia and exhibitions of high impact all over the world as well as presented documentaries and lectures on television.   He is the brother of the legendary greek figure Melina Mercouri, (1920-1994) known as 'the last greek goddess', former  minister of culture in Greece and actress of international acclaim having won the award of best actress in Cannes film festival and been nominated for an academy award, three golden globe awards and two BAFTA awards. Melina Mercouri was the one who conceived and established the 'european capital of culture' institution. She was a strong political activist starting an international campaign during greek military junta despite two terrorist attempts and one assasination attempt against her in Genova and her being deprived of her greek citizenship and contributed to the re-establishment of democracy. She died in 1994 while being in her post as minister of culture and received a state funeral with Prime Minister Honours. Her day of death was announced by UNESCO as international day of culture.

Melina Mercouri's cultural activity and its continuation: Europe-economy and the power of culture 

Warden's Distinguished Lecture: Dr Leszek Czarnecki, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Getin Noble Bank, gives a talk on dual nature of business.

Evolutionary Mechanisms in Business. 

Professor A C Grayling delivers the 2011 Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture, with responses by Charles Moore and Dr. Usama Hasan. Filmed on 10 June 2011.

Is Nothing Sacred? Free Speech and Religion 

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