The Westminster (Politics and International Relations) Conversations are a programme of (term-time) events open to all, from new students to members of staff and external attendees. The format is relaxed and moves away from the formal lecture presentation. Leading academic experts explain in an accessible way the background and context to their argument or analysis as well as presenting their key findings. For example, they might discuss with the audience how they came to the research area, the major ideas and thinkers they work with and the issues at stake in their research.
The Conversations take place at 5pm, Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street. The talk and discussion will be followed by a reception to which everyone is invited. If you are not a member of the University, please register with Cvent.
About the speaker
Meera Sabaratnam , University of Oxford
Meera Sabaratnam is Associate Professor of International Relations and Tutorial Fellow in Politics at New College, Oxford. Her research explores the colonial and postcolonial dimensions of world politics in their various manifestations. She is interested in the ways in which imperial historical structures, institutions, social relations and forms of knowledge shape the present, as well as the ways in which they are evolving. She has explored these questions in relation to international statebuilding, peacebuilding and development assistance, the understanding of war in the international system, International Relations theory and its research methods and is currently writing a book entitled Complex Indebtedness, which elaborates a postcolonial analysis of the international system with relations of indebtedness - both material and moral - at its centre.
