Monday Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
This weekly series brings together scholars, practitioners, and commentators to explore contemporary political developments from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Seminars take place on Mondays from 1.00pm to 2.30pm in the TRiSS Seminar Room (C6.002), Arts Building. Sessions feature invited speakers discussing a wide range of political and policy issues, with time set aside for audience questions and discussion.
A full schedule of speakers and topics for each term is listed below.
Michaelmas Term 2025
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22nd September 2025 | Professor Ben Tonra (UCD) |
The EU and Russia's War on Ukraine and Europe |
| 29th September 2025 | Mr Art O’Leary (CEO Electoral Commission) | Voting isn’t boring - it’s how you fire your Boss |
| 6th October 2025 | Mr Rory Carroll (Guardian Journalist/Author) | When is it OK to kill your enemy? Roger Casement, Margaret Thatcher, and lessons from Irish and British history. |
| 20th October 2025 | Professor Luke Perry (Utica University) | Understanding the 2024 U.S. Election & Beyond. |
| 17th November 2025 | Professor Andrew Mertha (Johns Hopkins University/SAIS) |
Bad Lieutenants: The Khmer Rouge, United Front, and Class Struggle, 1970–1997 |
Hilary Term
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19th January 2026 | TBC |
TBC |
| 26th January 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 9th February 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 16th February 2026 | Jieyu Liu | TBC |
| 23rd February 2026 | Lorenzo Crippa | Energy transition, financial markets and EU interventionism: lessons from the Ukraine crisis. |
| 9th March 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 16th Marh 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 23rd March 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 30th March 2026 | TBC |
TBC |