Media outlets almost all reported the same thing: the 2024 US presidential election was on a knife-edge. Against the grain, Scarlet Maguire’s firm, JL Partners, called the result right.

On 19 February, join Scarlett Maguire, Director of polling firm JL Partners, in conversation with Lord Mendoza CBE, Provost of Oriel College.

JL Partners broke from most other polling firms in predicting a Trump win in the 2024 US presidential election, then emerged with one of the most accurate projections for the electoral college.

The veneration of militaries around the world has surged around the world in recent decades. Public confidence in armed forces has risen and political and cultural leaders have increasingly idealized soldiers and officers. Join the Oxford University International Relations Society for a discussion with Professor Ron Krebs on his ongoing book project exploring the proliferation of global militarism and its implications for soldiers, national and international security, and democracy.

This event is open to all members of the University of Oxford.

The Oxford Conservative Thought (OCT) Reading Group will hold a discussion on the relationship between liberty and virtue with Dr Kevin Vallier (who will attend virtually), evaluating the contrasting 'postliberal' and 'fusionist' approaches within conservative thought.

The US election: what happened there and what happens now? What does the 2024 presidential election tell us about the US – and what can it tell us about what might happen in France and Germany in the near future? How will the relationship between public policy and populism be tested by the Trump administration’s picks? What will this mean for the US – and the rest of the world? And what can Labour and the Conservatives learn from this?

Find out more and register: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research/visiting-parliamentary-fellowship

This panel brings together three leading scholars working in the field of 'reception history', generously conceived: Dr Claire Rydell Arcenas (University of Montana), Dr Glory Liu (Johns Hopkins), and Dr Emily Jones (University of Manchester). Following short papers reflecting on how writing the 'reception histories' of John Locke, Adam Smith, and Edmund Burke have informed how each panelist thinks about (writing) the histories of liberalism and conservatism more broadly, the session will open out to a broader roundtable discussion.

By situating Hebrew textbooks for adults within their historical and social contexts, this lecture sheds light on the intricate relationship between pedagogy, national identity, and the challenges faced by immigrants adapting to a new homeland.

Anthroposophy, the alternative spiritual movement founded in 1913 by Austrian Esotericist Rudolf Steiner, has become a significant presence in contemporary Israeli society. Two branches of the Anthroposophical society operate in Israel, along with an Anthroposophical Kibbutz in the upper Galilee. Waldorf education, based on Steiner’s pedagogical principles, is highly popular, with hundreds of Waldorf kindergartens, schools and training centers across the country. Additionally, several Anthroposophical remedial homes and villages support people with special needs.

What emotional traits are essential for building a nation? More broadly, are there such things as 'national emotions,' and if so, what are they? In this lecture, I will explore these questions by analysing the Zionist case through the lens of the history of emotions. I will examine emotions where the national dimension is evident, such as honour and love of the homeland, alongside emotions that may seem less directly national, like fear and happiness.

The seminar explores the discursive mapping of far-right constituents within the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history, formed under Benjamin Netanyahu's premiership after the five elections held between 2019 and 2022.