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2012 Lunchtime Seminar Series

Date/Time: Tuesdays 13:00-14:30 (except 6 June, see below)

Venue: Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building

Following the success of the series co-hosted by the ELAC and the University of Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW) last year, we are continuing these lunchtime seminars throughout 2011-12. The provisional list of seminars for Trinity term is below, and a full termcard will be confirmed shortly. You can download the termcard here.

Seminars are free and open to everyone, with no registration required. Presentations will typically last 30-45 minutes and will be followed by a further 45 minutes of discussion. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. For location details please click here.

  • 22 May 2012 – Professor Cheyney Ryan (Oregon/ ELAC Visiting Fellow) - ‘Taking Soldiers Seriously’

  • 29 May 2012 – Professor Andrew Lambert (King's College London) - 'One war at a Time': Britain, the War of 1812 and the Defeat of Napoleon.'

  • 6 June 2012 – Dr Kristian Søby Kristensen (Copenhagen/ CCW Visiting Fellow) - ‘Imagining NATO: Past and Present Futures for the Western Alliance’ PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - this seminar will now be on Wednesday

  • 12 June 2012 - Cdre Keith Winstanley (RN Hudson Fellow), Cdr Tracy Vincent (US Navy Hudson Fellow) - ‘Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean’ and ‘A New Era: The Iranian Navy, Strategy Expansion and Soft Power’

The ICC at 10

Date/Time: Monday 21 May 12:30pm

Venue: Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building

Panel Discussion looking back at the first 10 years of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and towards its future with ELAC co-Directors Professor Jennifer Welsh, Dr David Rodin, and Dapo Akande, Chaired by Dan Sarooshi (Professor of Public International Law, Oxford).

This seminar is free and open to everyone, with no registration required. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Download the flyer here.

Human Security: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Date/Time: Tuesday 29 May 5:30pm

Venue: The Buttery, St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford

A conversation with Ambassador Mohammed Sahnoun, formerly special advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and chair of the Caux Forum for Human Security.

Security is often seen in terms of defence: keeping the enemy out. But for ordinary people all over the world, security is much more than the absence of conflict: it involves food, shelter, opportunities and everything that makes for a stable and healthy life. The lack of these conditions often fuels conflict. The struggle for people-centred security rests on five pillars:

  • living sustainably
  • inclusive economics
  • just governance
  • healing memory
  • intercultural dialogue

Come and take part in a conversation with Ambassador Sahnoun on how each of us can play a role. Professor Jennifer Welsh, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, will respond to his comments. This will be followed by a chance to interact with Ambassador Sahnoun and other participants, over light refreshments. Sponsored by the Caux Forum for Human Security and ELAC.

 

Details and audio podcasts of previous events are available on our archive pages: