In this lecture, Professor Kinsella will evaluate the United States military’s detailed Instruction on Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response (CHMR). What are its implications for conceptualizing CHMR as a strategic and moral military imperative and assessing the preeminent role of the United States under both the Biden and Trump administrations? What are its implications for democratic accountability and for engagement with civilian casualties and civilian harm?

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High Commissioner of Singapore to the UK Mr Ng Teck Hean will share his views on the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape and its global implications, especially on Singapore and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Mr Ng’s brief remarks will set the context for an interactive Q&A with students.

The session, moderated by Professor Joerg Friedrichs, will be followed by an informal reception.

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One of the modern disciplines where Sanskrit finds fertile ground is psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis gets established in India by the early 1920s, thanks to Girindrasekhar Bose and Romain Rolland, both of whom are closely connected to Freud in the final years of his life, and try to get him interested in Indian philosophy, psychology and spirituality. While Freudian psychoanalysis as a clinical practice peters out for the most part after independence, it enjoys a renaissance in Indology, through the work of A.K. Ramanujan, Robert Goldman and Wendy Doniger, among others.

Many Muslims are successful citizens of liberal democracies. Yet numerous scholars and commentators, both Muslim and non-Muslim, have argued that the conceptions of political justice affirmed by modern liberalism and by the dominant strands of the Islamic intellectual tradition are ultimately irreconcilable.

Suffering is strongly associated with war, but not with its aftermath. In spite of its ambiguity the post-war period represents a transformation from humanitarian crisis to development and peacebuilding. Consequently references to suffering are replaced by political, economic, social ‘challenges’ and ‘issues’ that fail to accurately and fully represent the experience of most war survivors, especially women who often make up a larger percentage of the population.

Drawing on decades of experience in academia and the activist world, 'Beyond our Current Boundaries: Peace Studies from Africa and the Global South' (Africa World Press, 2025, premiere book in the Africa World Peace Book Series) initiates a new Africa World Press/Red Sea Press series championing the distinct and growing field of African and Global South Peace Research and Studies. This intentionally interdisciplinary field, bringing together grassroots organizers, scholars, and students, is laid out by Matt Meyer - one of its pioneering thinkers.

Drawing on a recently published special issue of 'Conflict, Security, and Development', this presentation and panel discussion draws together scholars who conduct fieldwork in challenging environments for a frank dialogue on the ethical difficulties faced by researchers. With Dr Christine Cheng (War Studies, King's College London), Gloriana Rodriguez Alvarez (African Leadership Centre, King’s College London), and Dr Ibrahim Bangura (University of Sierra Leone; AfOx Visiting Fellow, Oxford).
Chair: Professor John Gledhill.

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).