What emotional traits are essential for building a nation? More broadly, are there such things as 'national emotions,' and if so, what are they? In this lecture, I will explore these questions by analysing the Zionist case through the lens of the history of emotions. I will examine emotions where the national dimension is evident, such as honour and love of the homeland, alongside emotions that may seem less directly national, like fear and happiness.

The seminar explores the discursive mapping of far-right constituents within the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history, formed under Benjamin Netanyahu's premiership after the five elections held between 2019 and 2022.

Campion Hall, University of Oxford has the privilege of welcoming Dr Cory Rodgers to deliver the Campion Lecture, ‘Stability, Security and Solidarity Stretched Thin: Reflections on “Social Cohesion” in Lebanon’ on Tuesday 4th March at 5.15pm, GMT. The lecture will be held at Campion Hall and will also be live streamed. This lecture offers attendees the opportunity to hear Dr Cory Rodgers consider what the recent conflict has revealed about the state of “cohesion” in Lebanon.

The Oxford Conservative Thought (OCT) Reading Group is a non-partisan group devoted to academic exploration of small-c conservative political thought.

We welcome, and actively encourage, viewpoint diversity and constructive engagement across ideological divides (all good-willed participants are welcome!)

Each week we read one assigned text, and we recommend more for anyone who is very keen!

You can view our reading list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1-FnMPnWCQm3urAvD38jjRQkTEGA2EuSSjZjWm41Eszw/edit?usp=sharing

After the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left 50,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria, DEATH WITHOUT MERCY follows two Syrian families over the course of 10 days as they piece together the tragedy and uncover the corruption and government incompetence that exacerbated the disaster and its response.

Please join us for a screening of BAFTA-winning director Waad Al-Kateab's new documentary 'Death Without Mercy'. After the screening, Ms. Al-Kateab will participate in a Q&A with the film's Syrian producer Hasan Kattan chaired by Professor Dawn Chatty.

The discussion is free and open to all members of the University of Oxford. The event will be followed by refreshments. Registration is required from all attendees.

In a text written in Jerusalem in 1926, Gershom Scholem, who later became one of the greatest Jewish scholars and intellectuals in the twentieth century, pointed to the dangers inherent in Zionism’s attempt to secularize and nationalize Judaism. Involved in the organization ‘Brit Shalom’ (Covenant of Peace), that advocated a binational arrangement in Israel-Palestine, Scholem at that time argued that binationalism was essential for distinguishing Zionism from messianism.