The Dacre Lecture is held in association with the Faculty of History

By examining a number of contemporary Iranian films, this paper will present the legal, social, and pollical challenges that woman face in accessing space in Iranian society. These filmic formulations of women’s negotiation of spaces are often inspired from their actual lives. The films allow us to problematise the conventional assumptions of a dichotomous male and female or private and public space in Iranian society. Whilst they reflect the restrictions imposed by the patriarchal structures, they also demonstrate women’s daily resistance to them.

A panel discussion with author Dr Ashwini Vasanthakumar (Queen’s Law School) and discussant Prof. Matthew J Gibney (University of Oxford), moderated by Prof. Cathryn Costello (Hertie School). The event is hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights in collaboration with the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.

Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey is currently serving as the inaugural commander of UK Space Command. Established on 1 April 2021, Space Command is a Joint Command staffed by all three Services of the Armed Forces, civil servants, and commercial partners. It is responsible for protecting UK and allied interests in space, training and developing the space workforce, and developing space equipment programmes that integrate with various defence capabilities.

We are delighted to invite you to our fourth event of Trinity 2022, which will take place on Tuesday, 17 May, in the Old Library at All Souls College at 8:30pm. As always, there will be a wine reception prior to the event, starting at 8pm. The speaker will be Dr. Peter Feaver, who will speak to us on the topic of 'American Grand Strategy After Ukraine.'

Shashank Joshi is Defence Editor at The Economist, where he covers a wide range of security and defence issues. His most recent briefings have focused on the evolving nature of modern warfare and defence technology, as well as Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine.

Whit has worked at the intersection of conflict and social construction since starting a newspaper in Novosibirsk in 1991, which was intended to cultivate mutual understanding and friendly relations between Russians and Americans. He has worked as a journalist, for the Australian and British ministries of defence, the US State Department, the UN missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan (about both of which he published books) and for research organisations.

Professor Wolczuk has extensive experience of working with international organisations, think-tanks, governments and international media and has extensively researched the post-Soviet countries. Kataryna Wolczuk is Professor of Politics at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Birmingham and Associate Fellow at the Russia and Eurasian Programme, Chatham House.