The rise of Brazil, 7th March, Expert panel
DATE: 7th March, Wed of 8th week
TIME: 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Council Room, Mansfield College
Champagne and Chocolates Social with Dot’s Funk Odyssey – 21st February
IRsoc will be hosting Champagne and Chocolates at Modern Art Oxford on Tuesday of 6th week. For a £6/£11 entry you will get unlimited Champagne and Chocolates AS WELL AS the widely acclaimed and brilliant Dot’s Funk Odyssey.
Craig Murray, 16th Febuary – Human Rights Activist
CRAIG MURRAY - political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and former Rector of the University of Dundee
In 2002 Murray was appointed British ambassador to Uzbekistan. In 2004, he was charged with "gross misconduct" by the FCO and was removed from his post.
HM Ambassador to Syria, 8th Febuary
Simon has been HM Ambassador to Syria since 2007. He was previously Ambassador to Qatar (2005–2007).
He has also held posts in Bahrain, Tunisia, India, Jordan, Dubai, and Basra (Consul General, 2004–2005).
Interests: diplomacy, FCO, Middle
CANCELLED – South African High Commissioner, 9th Febuary
It is with deep regret that I must inform you that the South African High Commissioner has recently been admitted to hospital and therefore will unfortunately not be able to come to Oxford next Thursday as planned. Thursday's event has therefore been cancelled.
Expert Panel, Wednesday 1st Febuary, The Euro Crisis: A Test in EU Governance
DATE: 1st Febuary, Wednesday of 3rd week
TIME: 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Oriel Auditorium, Oriel College
Jean Robert Cadet, 19th Jan, ‘A hope for Haiti – The restavek system and the future generations’
When he was 4 years old, Cadet was made a child servant. He was physically, verbally, sexually and emotionally abused by his masters. In 1998, he published his memoirs, Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle Class American.
Peter Popham, Tuesday 17th January, ‘Aung San Suu Kyi: President-in-waiting?’
Peter Popham has been Foreign Correspondent of The Independent for over 20 years. He is the most recent biographer of Aung San Suu Kyi, and has toured Burma as an undercover reporter several times since 1991.
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