Scott Williamson
Scott Williamson is Associate Professor in Comparative Political Economy at the Department of Politics and International Relations and a Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College. His research focuses on popular politics and institutions in authoritarian regimes, support for democracy, attitudes toward foreign aid and migration, and the politics of the Middle East. Scott is also the PI of the UKRI-funded ERC Starting Grant Democratic Values and Authoritarian Legitimacy (DEVAL). Prior to joining Oxford, Scott was Assistant Professor of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University.
Global Gender: Pasts Presents Futures - Day 3
Day 3, Wednesday 23 June
GENDER IN FILM AND FICTION
(Morning: Old Dining Room, St Edmund Hall; Afternoon: Phoenix Picture-House Cinema)
9.30-1.30, Gender and the Global Novel
In Conversation with:
Xiaolu Guo, author & filmmaker, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007); Radical: A Life of My Own (2023)
Margie Orford, Daddy’s Girl (2006);The Eye of the Beholder (2022)
2.00-c.8.00pm, Gender and Global Film
2.00pm, Welcome
2.00-4.00pm, Screening of Joyland (2022), Jury Prize and Queer Palm, Cannes 2022
GENDER IN FILM AND FICTION
(Morning: Old Dining Room, St Edmund Hall; Afternoon: Phoenix Picture-House Cinema)
9.30-1.30, Gender and the Global Novel
In Conversation with:
Xiaolu Guo, author & filmmaker, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007); Radical: A Life of My Own (2023)
Margie Orford, Daddy’s Girl (2006);The Eye of the Beholder (2022)
2.00-c.8.00pm, Gender and Global Film
2.00pm, Welcome
2.00-4.00pm, Screening of Joyland (2022), Jury Prize and Queer Palm, Cannes 2022
Global Gender: Pasts Presents Futures - Day 2
Day 2: Tue 25 June
GENDER PRESENTS AND FUTURES
(Morning: O’Reilly Theatre, Keble College; Afternoon: Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum)
9.00 am: Registration.
9.15-10.30 am: Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
10.45am-c.1.00pm, Session 3 ‘Presents’
This panel will discuss today’s highly polarised debates on gender and ask why the issue has become so central to contemporary global politics and culture.
Speakers
Elzbieta Korolczuc (Stockholm and Warsaw), co-author of Anti-gender Politics in the Populist Moment (2021)
GENDER PRESENTS AND FUTURES
(Morning: O’Reilly Theatre, Keble College; Afternoon: Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum)
9.00 am: Registration.
9.15-10.30 am: Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
10.45am-c.1.00pm, Session 3 ‘Presents’
This panel will discuss today’s highly polarised debates on gender and ask why the issue has become so central to contemporary global politics and culture.
Speakers
Elzbieta Korolczuc (Stockholm and Warsaw), co-author of Anti-gender Politics in the Populist Moment (2021)
Associate Member Akshay Mangla wins 2024 WJM Mackenzie Book Prize
Global Gender: Pasts Presents Futures - Day 1
Full Programme
Day 1, Mon 24 June
GENDER PASTS (All Day: Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum)
9 am: Registration
9.30am: Welcome and Introduction (Maria Misra)
9.45am-12.15 noon, Session 1: ‘Distant Pasts’
A session that will explore the diverse and protean nature of gender imaginaries and orders in the longue durée, and will feature historians specialising in the ancient, medieval and early modern worlds.
Speakers
Day 1, Mon 24 June
GENDER PASTS (All Day: Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum)
9 am: Registration
9.30am: Welcome and Introduction (Maria Misra)
9.45am-12.15 noon, Session 1: ‘Distant Pasts’
A session that will explore the diverse and protean nature of gender imaginaries and orders in the longue durée, and will feature historians specialising in the ancient, medieval and early modern worlds.
Speakers
Book launch - Fueling Sovereignty
The book examines how the colonial politics of natural resources affected the making of some of the most "unlikely" states in today's world, focusing on colonial entities mainly in Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf.