HE Dr Jaimini Bhagwati, High Commissioner of India, delivered a lecture on 'Languages of the Rulers of Northern India: Past to Present' in the Examination Schools on 7 May 2013. His lecture traced the linkages between language and political power over the centuries.

HE Mr Salman Khurshid, Indian Minister of Law, Justice and Minority Affairs, India, delivered a lecture on 11 October 2012 on “Unity not Uniformity: the Politics of Modern India” in the Examination Schools. He spoke about the development of India’s institutions and political economy since…

In Trinity Term HE Shaikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar, was the Centre’s Distinguished Visiting Lecturer. Speaking in the Sheldonian Theatre, His Excellency discussed ‘Qatar’s International Role: Priorities and Challenges’.

On Wednesday, 16 February 2011, HE Dr Muhammad bin Sulaiman Al-Jasser, Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), delivered a lecture on 'Macroeconomic Management in an Oil Economy: The Case of Saudi Arabia' in the Examination Schools at Oxford University. The lecture focused on the…

In February the Centre held a special screening of Nelson Mandela’s 1997 lecture “Renewal and Renaissance: Towards a New World Order” at the Grove auditorium, Magdalen College. The screening was introduced by the Centre’s Nelson Mandela Fellow, Dr Basil Mustafa. Lord MacDonald, Warden of Wadham…