Media outlets almost all reported the same thing: the 2024 US presidential election was on a knife-edge. Against the grain, Scarlet Maguire’s firm, JL Partners, called the result right.

On 19 February, join Scarlett Maguire, Director of polling firm JL Partners, in conversation with Lord Mendoza CBE, Provost of Oriel College.

JL Partners broke from most other polling firms in predicting a Trump win in the 2024 US presidential election, then emerged with one of the most accurate projections for the electoral college.

The veneration of militaries around the world has surged around the world in recent decades. Public confidence in armed forces has risen and political and cultural leaders have increasingly idealized soldiers and officers. Join the Oxford University International Relations Society for a discussion with Professor Ron Krebs on his ongoing book project exploring the proliferation of global militarism and its implications for soldiers, national and international security, and democracy.

This event is open to all members of the University of Oxford.

The Oxford Conservative Thought (OCT) Reading Group will hold a discussion on the relationship between liberty and virtue with Dr Kevin Vallier (who will attend virtually), evaluating the contrasting 'postliberal' and 'fusionist' approaches within conservative thought.

The US election: what happened there and what happens now? What does the 2024 presidential election tell us about the US – and what can it tell us about what might happen in France and Germany in the near future? How will the relationship between public policy and populism be tested by the Trump administration’s picks? What will this mean for the US – and the rest of the world? And what can Labour and the Conservatives learn from this?

Find out more and register: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research/visiting-parliamentary-fellowship

This panel brings together three leading scholars working in the field of 'reception history', generously conceived: Dr Claire Rydell Arcenas (University of Montana), Dr Glory Liu (Johns Hopkins), and Dr Emily Jones (University of Manchester). Following short papers reflecting on how writing the 'reception histories' of John Locke, Adam Smith, and Edmund Burke have informed how each panelist thinks about (writing) the histories of liberalism and conservatism more broadly, the session will open out to a broader roundtable discussion.

By situating Hebrew textbooks for adults within their historical and social contexts, this lecture sheds light on the intricate relationship between pedagogy, national identity, and the challenges faced by immigrants adapting to a new homeland.