Research Seminar Series

Research Seminar Series

Schedule


 

Date and time Title of Talk Presenter Time and Location
May 06 2026 Informal Governance in World Politics Prof. Thomas J. Biersteker (United Nations University, Geneva) 13:30, X-Bar
April 27 2026 How to Make Sense of Chinese Foreign Policy Dr Andrea Ghiselli (University of Exeter) 15:00, HS436
April 01 2026 The Extraterritorial Turn in EU Economic Sanctions Prof. Biao Zhang (China University of Political Science and Law) 13:30, HSG 23
March 25 2026 Trump’s Assault on Venezuela and the Struggle for a Multipolar World Dr. Francisco Dominguez (Formerly Middlesex University) 13:30, HS436


 

Date and time Title of Talk Presenter Time and Location
October 08, 2025 Türkiye’s Strategic Interests in the Indo-Pacific Dr Gürol Baba (Ankara University, Turkey) 16:00, HSG23
October 17, 2025 Roundtable: Epistemes of the Global South Professor Wang Chuanxing, School of
Political Science and International
Relations, Tongji University
Professor Chih-yu Shih, School of
Political Science and International
Relations, Tongji University
Dr Xueying Zhang, School of
International Relations and Public
Affairs, Fudan University
Chair: Dr Debora Malito, International Studies, XJTLU
10:00-12:00, X-Bar
November 3, 2025 A Sociological Approach to the Imperialist Question Professor Matteo Capasso (Northwest University, China) 14:00, HS436
November 12, 2025 Law—Losing the Role of Being the Great Equaliser Professor Peter Herrmann (Central South University, China) 13:30, HS223
November 19, 2025 History Repeats Itself? Comparing populism in Ancient Rome and Contemporary America Dr Filippo Giurlando (XJTLU) 13:30, HS436


Date and time Title of Talk Presenter Time and Location
March 28, 2025 Economic or Cultural? Explaining Variation in Foreign Aid Preferences and Outcomes Dr Esol Cho (XJTLU) 12:00
DB455
April 9, 2025 Wall Street in China: The malleability of global finance in the age of geopolitics Dr Johannes Petry (Goethe University Frankfurt) 16:00
IA103
April 10, 2025 Workshop: Dancing with Dragons and Eagles: Global South and Great Power Dynamics Organizers: Dr Debora Malito, Dr Dragan Pavlicevic, and Professor You Ji (XJTLU) 9:00-16.30
SS436
April 23, 2025 If These Walls Could Talk”
Transformation from a colonial beer outlet to a communal art space
Dr Lifang Zhang (Tsinghua University) 15:00
HS436
May 14, 2025 Why is China Promoting Economic Globalization? A Leadership Theory of Globalization Dr Meixin Guo (Tsinghua University) 13:00
HS436
May 21, 2025 Voices of the Global South: The Evolution of G77 Solidarity in the UN General Assembly Dr Fanglu Sun (XJTLU) 13:00
HS436
May 28, 2025 China’s Path to Sustainable Development through Going Global Strategy Dr Francesco Macheda
(XJTLU)
13:00
HS436

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