Oxford Brookes University

Department of Social Sciences

Upcoming Events
Pragmatism, International Norms and the Challenges of Global Governance
With Prof. Jason Ralph
24 February 2020
Hunting for monkeys: how humans change primate behaviour
A seminar with Dr Sarah Papworth (Royal Holloway University of London)
24 February 2020
Sekaigo - the international languages of Meiji Japan
With Ian Rapley, Cardiff University
26 February 2020
(B)Ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire
With Dr Nadine El-Enany
02 March 2020
Liberia’s chimpanzees: what’s the future for our critically endangered closest living relatives?
A seminar with Professor Ben Garrod (University of East Anglia)
02 March 2020
Postgraduate Open Evening
Gain a deeper insight into our postgraduate study programmes at Oxford Brookes, with our Postgraduate Open Evening.
03 March 2020
Remembering Transnational Queer Cultures of 1990s Japan: Drag, Art and Activism
With Mark Pendleton, University of Sheffield
04 March 2020
Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel's Necropolitical Geography
With Dr Ian Klinke
09 March 2020
Asian apes and issues of rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction
A seminar with Dr David Chivers (University of Cambridge)
09 March 2020
Can I Get a Witness? An Insider/Outsider Perspective on Parliamentary Scrutiny of DFID
With Dr Danielle Beswick
16 March 2020

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19Feb
Archaeology within Japan’s Natural Setting
With Gina L. Barnes: Durham University/SOAS
17Feb
Conservation Optimism: Shifting the narrative away from the doom and gloom
A seminar with Julia Migné (Conservation Optimism)
17Feb
Rethinking the Rise of Religious Politics: Perspectives from Turkey
With Dr Ceren Lord
10Feb
The impact of seeing differently: colour vision in primates
A seminar with Dr Andrew Smith (Anglia Ruskin University)
10Feb
Intersecting Prevent and the Hostile Environment: Theorising Britain's Racial Borders
With Dr Nadya Ali
03Feb
Multiple approaches to the conservation of Ghana’s endangered primates
A seminar with Dr Matt Hartely (Yorkshire Wildlife Park)
27Jan
Palm oil, people and orangutans: a conservation challenge
A seminar with Lucy Radford (Sumatran Orangutan Society)
04Dec
Interaction between Ezra Pound and Japanese artists: mainly Yone Noguchi, a poet
With guest speaker Toru Nakamura
02Dec
Primates as Migratory Species?
With guest speaker Ian Redmond
26Nov
Jean Monnet Debate on ‘The British Elections and the future of EU/UK relations’
The event is focused on the forthcoming British elections. This session is a conversation between Dr. Alan Wager (Research Associate, King’s College London / UK in a Changing Europe) and Dr. Jon Wheatley (Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Oxford Brookes University). The two experts will discuss the ongoing debate on the elections and analyse possible scenarios in regards to EU/UK relations in the future.

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Contact us
Department of Social Sciences

+44 (0)1865 483752
social.sciences@brookes.ac.uk

Department of Social Sciences,
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Gibbs Building,
Headington Campus,
Oxford OX3 0BP