In 2020 the Annual lecture was to be given in the spring by Rana Mitter on听鈥淐hina's Good War: How World War II is shaping the new nationalism鈥�.听 Rana Mitter is the Director of the University听of Oxford听China Centre.听 He has published on the political and cultural history of twentieth-century China and is the author of several books, including Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (2008, new ed. 2016),听the award-winning A Bitter Revolution: China鈥檚 Struggle with the Modern World (2004) and the听China鈥檚 War with Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival (US title: Forgotten Ally) which was named as a 2013 Book of the Year in the Financial Times and the听Economist, and was named a 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, and won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster鈥檚 Medal for Military Literature. Rana Mitter also presents and and contributes regularly to programs on television and radio, commenting on contemporary Chinese politics and society. His听television documentary 鈥淭he Longest War: China鈥檚 World War II鈥� was broadcast on the History Channel Asia in summer 2015.听听
This event was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19.听 The Centre will organize for Rana Mitter to give this lecture as soon as possible.
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Sept 12-13, 2019听 鈥淏uilding the Canadian Green Economy鈥� Cosponsored by RGCS
Sept 18-21, 2019听Charles Taylor Lecture Series - Inaugural lectures by Philip Pettit. GRIPP Cosponsored by RGCS
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Sep-27, 2019 Colleen Murphy 鈥淲hen does a process of transitional justice qualify as just?鈥� (Lecture) RGGJ
Oct-03, 2019 (Lecture) RGGJ
Oct-04, 2019 cosponsored by RGTGM
Oct-17, 2019 Lynn Meskell 鈥淓ngineering Internationalism: Colonialism, The Cold War and UNESCO鈥檚 Victory in Nubia鈥� RGGA - Annual Outreach lecture
Oct-18, 2019 Sarah Song 鈥淒oes Justice Require Open Borders?鈥� (Lecture) RGGJ
Oct-24, 2019 (Lecture) RGCS
Oct-25, 2019 Steven Pincus 鈥淭hinking the British Empire Whole to 1788: A global approach to imperial history鈥� (Lecture) RGTGM
Nov-01, 2019 Bill Taubman 鈥淭he Rise and Fall of Mikhail Gorbachev 鈥� And Some Lessons for the Putin Era鈥� (Lecture) Russian Studies Cosponsored RGTGM
Nov-01, 2019 Book Roundtable with Pablo Gilabert, Patti Lenard, Andrea Sangiovanni and Katharina Nieswandt Books discussed: 鈥淗uman Dignity and Huma Rights鈥� by Pablo Gilabert and 鈥淗umanity without Dignity鈥� by Andrea Sangiovanni. RGGJ
Nov-04, 2019 Fredrik Meiton 鈥淓lectrical Palestine: Jewish and Arab Technopolitics under British Rule鈥�. (luncheon meeting) (Lecture) RGTGM
Nov-07, 2019 Helena Rosenblatt 鈥淕ermaine de Sta毛l, Benjamin Constant and the foundations of liberalism鈥� (Lecture) RGCS
Nov-08, 2019 Piotr Koscki 鈥� Catholic Imperialism & the Revolutions of 1989: How Western Europe鈥檚 Christian Democrats Tried, and Failed, to Recast Eastern Europe in their own Image鈥�. (Lecture) RGTGM
Nov-15, 2019 鈥淲alls Symposium鈥� RGTGM
Nov-29, 2019 Sheila Fitzpatrick "Russians on the Move: Postwar Resettlement in Australia from European DP Camps and China" (Lecture) RGTGM
Jan-10, 2020 Jeff Sahadeo 鈥淢aking Caucasians Black: Street Trade and Racism on the Streets of Soviet Moscow鈥� (Lecture) RGTGM
Feb-21, 2020听Xavier B茅riault 鈥淧olitical Networks: Relational Thinking, Hannah Arendt, And Social Network Analysis鈥� (lecture) RGGJ
Feb-21, 2020 Cindy Ewing 鈥淣ew Asia and the Limits of Third World Internationalism, 1945-1965鈥� (Lecture) RGTGM
May 19, 2020 Jennifer Welsh 鈥淪overeignty as responsibility: Assertive Liberalism in International Society: (Book Manuscript Workshop) RGGJ
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Summer:
June/July 2020 Lin Centre Reading Group, Saleema Nawaz 鈥淪ongs for the End of the World鈥� and Toni Morrison 鈥淏eloved鈥�
June/July 2020 RGCS Reading Group, Pascal's 鈥淧ens茅es鈥� and Montaigne's 鈥淓ssais鈥�
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The following events were cancelled due to COVID:
Mar-13, 2020 Alison Rowley 鈥淲ho Needs Elvis When You Can Have Putin? The Russian President in American Popular Culture鈥� (Lecture) RGTGM
Mar-19, 2020 Fernando T茅son 鈥淛ust Cause for War: A Re-Examination鈥� (Lecture) RGCS
Mar-20, 2020 Anna Stilz 鈥淩efugees and the Distribution of Territory鈥� (Lecture) RGGJ
Mar-20, 2020 Timothy Naftali 鈥淭he Wounded Superpower: the Impact of Impeachment on America and the World鈥�. (Lecture) RGTGM
Apr-02, 2020听Rana Mitter 鈥淐hina's Good War: How World War II is shaping the new nationalism鈥�. Lin Centre annual lecture
Apr-03, 2020 Robbie Shilliam 鈥淭he Past and Present of Abolition: Reassessing Adam Smith鈥檚 Liberal Reward of Labor鈥� (Lecture) RGGJ
Apr-09, 2020 Michael Munger 鈥淧okemon Go, a Bridal Registry, and Smart Contracts: The Future of Communities鈥� (Lecture) RGCS/RGAI
Apr-09, 2020 Michael Munger 鈥淚s Capitalism Sustainable in a Democracy?鈥� (Seminar) RGCS
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