Mathieu Fulla will present the outline of a forthcoming edited volume, dealing with the complex relationship between socialism and the state that took hold in a number of Western European countries. His book questions the widespread popular belief, still frequently conveyed by the medias, that socialism simply means “statism”. In fact, a scientific approach based on historical, sociological and political science methods could dispel this misunderstanding and display a more complex history.

In the past few years, the world has witnessed an unprecedented popular backlash against international institutions. Popular demands to not only slow down, but to reverse international integration have proliferated, and have resulted in referendum and election outcomes that have reverberated across the world. Examples range from the Swiss 2014 mass immigration initiative over the British 2016 Brexit referendum to the 2016 election of a US President seemingly determined to withdraw US support from various international treaties.

A collaborative conference of the Enacting Global Transformation Initiative & the Centre for International Studies in partnership with Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, & Peace One Day.

Sriksetra is the largest and latest Pyu city, once the capital of unified sovereign of early Myanmar might have been entitled it in Sanskrit and in Myanmar called as Thaye Khittya means “Field of Glory” or “Auspicious Land”.

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford will deliver the 8th Annual Oxford Fulbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations on 'The best of centuries or the worst of centuries? Leadership, governance and cohesion in an interdependent world'.

Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”
The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E.P. Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva

Outer space exploration has been an area where the international community has demonstrated a considerable level of co-operation, successfully transcending geographical, national and cultural boundaries. In the age of global governance, international co-operation has never been more important in resolving today’s global challenges.