Lectures
Lecture by Faisal Devji in Geneva - May 27th 2013
Another Europaeum Lecture will take place in our continuing Oxford-Geneva Link Programme,
to be delivered by Dr Faisal Devji, Reader in Modern South Asian History at Oxford and a Fellow
of St Antony's College, Oxford, who will speak on Muslim Passions in Europe. The event will
take place at 18.30 in the main auditorium of the Graduate Institute for International Development and
Relations. The event will be chaired by Professor Philippe Burrin, Director of the Graduate Institute,
who sits on our Board of trustees - who gave the first of the Europeaum Lectures in this
now 10-year series, on Strands on Nazi Anti-Semitism.. All welcome. A Kind of Madness: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on International Relations
Sir Adam RobertsContinuing our ongoing Oxford-Geneva Links programme, which brings scholars from Oxford to Geneva, and Geneva to Oxford, the Europaeum is organising another special lecture hosted by our partner The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. This year Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for International Studies, Oxford, Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, and President of the British Academy, will lecture on A Kind of Madness: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on International Relations on May 21st. Sir Adam is a long-time supporter of the Europaeum, having delivered the published Europaeum Lecture on International Law and the Use of Military Force : The United Nations, the United States and Iraq at the Universiteit Leiden on June 6th, 2003. Click here to download the event poster.
This event will be open to the public. Interested students and scholars should contact the Europaeum Office for more information.
The End of War: Political Violence in the 20th Century
Professor Keith Krause, Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, will be lecturing at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on November 7th on The End of War: Political Violence in the 20th Century, continuing our prestigious lecture series begun 10 years, which has seen luminaries such as Ralf Dahrendorf, Margaret Macmillan, Charles Wiplosz and many others take part. Sir Adam Roberts, now president of British academy, who gave a much discussed Europaeum Lecture in 2003 on International Law and the Use of Military Force: The United Nations, the United States and Iraq, will chair this event. See attached poster for details of the event
MA Oxford Lectures - Trinity 2012
The Europaeum Masters Programme in European History and Civilisation offers graduate students a special opportunity to deepen their knowledge of European history and institutions, their philosophical and historical backgrounds and underpinnings, and their social and economic contexts, through the lens of three different university worlds. This knowledge plays an increasingly crucial role in practical decision-making and strategic planning, where Europe-wide and global contact and negotiation is required.
The Fault-lines of Europe
History Faculty, George Street, University of Oxford
All seminars take place at 10.00 am
Why did Communism end in Europe? Why did it mutate in Asia?
Professor Archie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and former Director of the Russian and East European Centre at St Antony’s College, will speak on the topic Why did Communism end in Europe? Why did it mutate in Asia? on May 11, 2011 at Charles University, Prague. Professor Brown is one of the world's premier academics on Russian and Soviet politics, Communist politics, the Cold War and political leadership. This Europaeum Lecture will be Co-Chaired by Dr Milan Znoj, Department of Political Science at Charles University, and Researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences; and Dr Michal Pullman, Head of the Department of Economic and Social History at Charles University.
Please download the event Poster for more information.
Bypassed in the New Economic Order? The EU and Global Governance after the Crash
The Europaeum continued its series of lectures linking the University of Oxford and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, under the special Oxford-Geneva Link Programme, now in its 10th year. On March 3rd 2011, Dr. Ngaire Woods, Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme and Academic Director of the new Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford, delivered a Europaeum Lecture at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, on Bypassed in the New Economic Order? The EU and Global Governance after the Crash. Professor Slobodan Djajic was the chair.
The Great Trade Collapse: What happened ? What happens next ?
Professor Richard BaldwinProfessor Richard Baldwin, Professor of Economics, at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, gave a Europaeum Lecture in Oxford at Balliol College on November 15th on The Great Trade Collapse: What happened ? What happens next ? The discussant will be Professor Tony Venables of the University of Oxford. The theme relates to his recent book, co-ordinated through The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Professor Baldwin served as Europaeum Visiting Professor, also taking a seminar of Economics graduates and give a talk at the Economics Faculty. For some background see his recent article on The great trade collapse and trade imbalances. For full details of the talk see the event Poster. Science and the travails of Modernity in Fin-de-siècle France
Professor Robert Fox, long-time Europaeum contributor and supporter, who is currently teaching and lecturing in Prague, will also deliver a Europaeum Lecture on October 21, from 14:00 in Room 201 at the Faculty of Arts, main building Jana Palacha Square 2, on Science and the travails of Modernity in Fin-de-siècle France. As a Europaeum Visiting Professor Professor Fox will also be available to meet young scholars working in the field of the History of Science.
Common Values and Federalism in Europe
Peter SutherlandThe Europaeum is organising a very special event with Peter Sutherland chairman of Goldmann Sachs and former chairman of British Petroleum, now a UN representative on Migration and Chair of the LSE. He will be speaking at on the theme Common Values and Federalism in Europe at 17.30 on the 28th September, in the Nissan Theatre, St Antony's College, Oxford . This talk is part of a major Europaeum international conference on Federalisms - East and West - India, Europe, and North America. The conference itself is by invitation only, though the keynote talk by Mr. Sutherland is open to all.
Overcoming the legacy of the 20th Century: Protecting Human Rights in Modern Democracies
Europaeum Lecture: Overcoming the legacy of the 20th Century: Protecting Human Rights in Modern Democracies
Thursday 3rd June, 2010, 17:15h
Leiden University, Lipsius Building, room 147 (Cleveringaplaats 1)
Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Professor of Government, University of Oxford
90 years on – lessons for peacemakers from 1918?
A Europaeum Lecture on 90 years on – lessons for peacemakers from 1918? with Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford University, was hosted by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, on Tuesday 12th May.
Europaeum Lecture and Workshop
A one-day workshop on Democracy promotion is being arranged at the Complutense University, Madrid on May 7th.
Elections without Democracy,
Democracy without Elections
Complutense University, Madrid
Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales
Plaza Marina Espanola 9
7th March, 2008
10.00 - 17.00 + keynote lecture at 17.30
The Middle East and the Challenges for International Law
The Middle East and the Challenges for International Law
The University of Oxford hosted a special Lecture with Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas.
All Souls' College
Oxford University
February 12th, 2009
17.00-18.30
Ending Slavery - views from Africa and the Caribbean
As part of the continuing EuroClio-Europaeum series this year, a special seminar discussion was organised at Leiden University on the theme Ending Slavery - views from Africa and the Caribbean on Friday, 18th April.
The seminar will involve two thirty minute presentations, and general discussion, followed by a tea/coffee break. After the seminar, a special workshop has been arranged for secondary and higher education teachers, led by Ronald Donk (School Textbook Author) reviewing questions on pedagogy, how to utilise these ideas in current classroom teaching.
Ending Empires: how and why? - Britain, Habsburg, Spain et al
As part of the continuing EuroClio-Europaeum series this year, a special seminar was organised at the University of Oxford on the theme Ending Empires: how and why? - Britain, Habsburg, Spain et al on Friday, 9th May.
