Political and International History Research Group seminars

The Political and International History Research Group offers occasional seminars and events, to which all are welcome.

Semester 2 2025/26

DateSpeakerTopicNotes
Tue 3 FebDr Georgios Giannakopoulos (City St George’s, University of London) 'National questions and the making of international order in South-eastern Europe'

6-7:30pm, Teaching Room 07, Old College

Co-hosted with Modern Greek Studies Seminar 

"This paper largely draws from my recently published book 'The Interpreters: British Internationalism and Empire in Southeastern Europe 1870-1930'. It examines how British scholars and public intellectuals engaged with the management of ethnic difference in multinational empires—from Britain and Austria-Hungary to the Ottoman Empire—and how regional national questions were translated for British and international audiences. The paper discusses how British scholars (historians, journalists, archaeologists, classicists) attempted to reconcile liberal democracy, nationalism, and imperial rule."
Mon 27 AprDr Nataliya Kibita (University of Oxford)'The birth of Ukraine at the end of history'

2-3:30pm, Seminar Room 4, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Co-hosted with Ukrainian Politics Network

"In 1991 the Soviet Empire fell leaving fifteen countries to find a way forward for an unprecedented transition from communism towards…  This talk will look at the legacy of 80 years of Soviet rule in Ukraine and the impact that this still has today."

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