Seminar series: Rupture and Reconciliation in Contexts of Displacement

Convened by Cory Rodgers (Oxford University) and Elias Lopez (Comillas Pontifical University).

Campion Hall and the Refugee Studies Centre present a seven-part seminar series on reconciliation in the contexts of displacement

The April 2022 parliamentary elections in Hungary will be the first in which FIDESZ has faced real competition since sweeping to power in 2010. If successful again, Victor Orbán would cement his power and strengthen an alliance of far-right forces across the Continent. The issue of the integrity of the election will be even more important than in the 2014 and 2018 elections.

Cmde. Abhay Singh is a Research Fellow at the Military Affairs Centre in the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He is an Indian Navy veteran with extensive command and staff experience spanning 27 years. A surface warfare officer with a specialisation in Missile and Gunnery Warfare, he has commanded various naval platforms which include frontline frigate, submarine rescue & deep diving vessel, and fleet auxiliary.

Driven by the flexibility of global capital, India’s largest privately-owned Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has constantly changed shape, name, and purpose. It has grown from 3000 acres to over 32,000 hectares since India started liberalising its economy in the early 1990s. What was once a salt manufacturing facility by the Arabian Sea is now set to be a vast wind and solar farm, and copper refinery that services emerging green technology. Capital, and a business-friendly state have shaped the land on which this mega infrastructure zone stands.

Reducing the gender gap in poverty remains a priority for South African policymakers. Using the 2018 General Households Survey (GHS), this paper examines gendered multidimensional poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. The analyses draw on Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty methodology to present multidimensional poverty measures for men and women. The dimensions and indicators used in this paper are slightly adapted to reflect the socioeconomic realities and circumstances that are unique to South African households and individuals.

The emergence of novel infectious diseases has increased significantly in recent decades, and this is a consequence of climate change and the eco-modernist paradigm of development worldwide. Agrarian transformations are the key nexus of this process. In this lecture, I discuss the origins of COVID-19 and other novel coronavirus diseases (SARS and MERS), focusing on the connections between climate change and the transformation of development paradigms in China in recent decades.

The Oxford Syria Society is pleased to invite you to a discussion with Syrian women's rights civil society leaders to discuss the nature and challenges of their work in time of revolution and war. In a discussion with Maria Alabdeh and Ameenah Sawwan, moderated by Zeina Kanawati, we will hear about women's rights organizing, challenges, and lessons learned. We will also learn about the disproportionate impact of war on women, and about a feminist perspective on justice and representation.