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Middle East Centre Booktalk

East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars

In this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College).
OxPeace Conference 2023: Learning from Ukraine
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The early medieval history of Ukraine: mythology and historical logics

The history of early Slavs as a point for debunking historical misconceptions that benefit one state at the expense of another.
Oxford Political Thought
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Friendship

Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Pitt River's Catamaran

History DPhil student, Morgan Breene, contextualizes the catamaran displayed in the Pitt Rivers' Museum. Part of the Oxford and Empire series.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Liz Woolley on 'Lord Nuffield and the city of Oxford'

Local historian, Liz Wooley, takes a closer look at the role Lord Nuffield played in changing the city of Oxford's physical and social landscape.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Dr Dexnell Peters on 'Politician Scholar: Dr Eric Williams'

Dr Dexnell Peters, Bennett Boskey Fellow in Atlantic History at Exeter College, reflects on the life and enduring legacy of eminent historian, Dr Eric Williams.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Dr Priya Atwal on 'Princesses Bamba and Catherine Duleep Singh at Oxford'

Historian, Dr Priya Atwal, takes a look at the lives of some of the University of Oxford's first Indian students.
Asian Studies Centre

Jeko Khere So Khaye (He who tills has the right to eat); 'development' and the politics of agrarian reform in late 1940s and early 1950s in Sindh

Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway) gives a talk for the Asian Studies Centre seminar series.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The First World War, India and Empire

Professor Santanu Das discusses the complexity of commemoration, the messiness of history and the role of scholarly emotion with Kate McLoughlin.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Empires of the Mind

Book at Lunchtime: Empires of the Mind
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Book at Lunchtime: Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania

An intriguing case study on how popular images of Oceania, mediated through a developing culture of celebrity, contributed to the formation of British identity both domestically and as a nascent imperial power in the eighteenth century.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Race and Empire, 1660-1760

Ruth Scobie lectures on race and empire, 1660-1760.
Asian Studies Centre

Harem Histories and Princely Politics: Tipu Sultan, the Family and East India Company Rule

Margot Finn speaks at the South Asia Seminar on 24 April 2018.
Asian Studies Centre

Hindu Militarism, P.D. Tandon and the Politics of Scale in 1940s Uttar Pradesh

William Gould speaks at the South Asia Seminar on 21 February 2017
Great Writers Inspire at Home

Kamila Shamsie on writing history in A God in Every Stone

Author Kamila Shamsie reads from her 2014 novel A God in Every Stone, and discusses it with Prof. Elleke Boehmer and the audience.
Asian Studies Centre

On the Colonisation of India: Public Meetings, Debates and Disputes (Calcutta 1829)

Professor Chaudhuri speaks at the South Asia Seminar on a public meeting held in Calcutta, on December 15th, 1829.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Empire and Identity: Imperial Rule and Peoplehood across Time and Place

A round table discussion of empire's role in identity formation across time and place.
Reading, Writing, Romans

The building bricks of an empire

The bricks that built the Roman Empire
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

Engineering the Empire: "Comprehensive Development" in Japan's Colonial Borderlands

Professor Aaron S. Moore, Arizona State University gives a talk at the Nissan Institute.
The Engagement of Theory

Reparations and the End of Empire

Daniel Butt talks about the practicalities of the paying of reparations for acts committed in the decline of Empire

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