European Studies Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford

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Beside its permanent Fellows, the Centre has Visiting Fellows from several European countries, as well as graduate students from all parts of the world working on European affairs. We also participate in several international research projects. Seminars and workshops on a wide range of topics are held regularly at the Centre. These involve Oxford scholars from all disciplines and their counterpart

s from abroad, often with the active participation of students. A number of special lectures and international conferences, bringing both leading academics and distinguished practitioners to Oxford, are offered to a wider audience under the auspices of the Centre. The Centre was established in 1976 with a generous endowment from the Volkswagen Foundation. We therefore celebrated our thirtieth anniversary in 2006. The seminar room has a small reference library, which all members of the University interested in European Studies are welcome to consult. The main library holdings on Europe are housed in the central College library, where there is an extensive collection of books and periodicals relating to modern European history and politics. When it was founded, during the Cold War, the Centre was called the West European Studies Centre. To recognise the changes that followed the end of the Cold War, and the collapse of the artificial geopolitical division of the continent into “West” and “East”, the Centre was re-named the European Studies Centre in 1990. Increasingly, the affairs of the post-communist states of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe have come to be studied in this Centre. However, we continue to work closely with colleagues in the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre in respect of eastern Europe. We have a special programme devoted to south-eastern Europe, now entitled South East European Studies at Oxford. This also concerns itself with Turkish affairs, in close co-operation with colleagues in the Middle East Centre. The European Studies Centre therefore aspires to study the affairs of the whole of Europe and of Europe as a whole.

23/04/2026

In joyful Budapest, I see chance for a big change The landslide that swept away Viktor Orbán means Hungary might just pioneer an unprecedented post-populist transition. If successful, it would have implications everywhere from Poland to the US.

09/03/2026

Bravo Federica!

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate women’s voices in DPIR

Discover powerful student–supervisor collaborations — told entirely in their own words: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/international-womens-day-8th-march-2026

02/03/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT! CANCELLED EVENT!
Wednesday 4 March 17:00-18:45

Can cultural life thrive under authoritarianism? Evidence from Greece, 1970-1973
Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford)
Discussant: Foteini Dimirouli (Keble College, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

22/01/2026

Antoine and his friend enjoying the garden

15/01/2026

We have pleasure in presenting our ESC Hilary Term 2026 calendar of events

https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/european-studies/european-studies-centre/european-studies-centre-events/

14/01/2026

Yesterday at Gees celebrating Othon's three-year term as the ESC Director. Well done, and thank you, Othon

Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump | International Organization | Cambridge Core

14/01/2026

Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2025
by Jeff Colgan and Federica Genovese

Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump | International Organization | Cambridge Core Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump - Volume 79 Issue S1

17/12/2025

European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford is inviting applications for the Ramon Areces Fellowship in Modern Spanish Studies (2026–27).

Further details and application information:
https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ramon-Areces-Fellowship-v3-111125.pdf

13/10/2025

Welcome to the European Studies Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford Michaelmas 2025 events:

https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/european-studies/european-studies-centre/european-studies-centre-events/

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13/10/2025

We had a great time at the St Antony's College, University of Oxford Welcome Fair last week. We met a lot of wonderful new students!

15/09/2025

We are pleased to share with you the Seesox Annual e-Review 2024-25

SEESOX e-Review 2024-25 This forthcoming publication presents findings from the Greek Diaspora in Germany (GDDE) research project conducted between 2023 and 2024, and includes qualitative and quantitative analysis based on surveys and German statistical data. The report addresses the historical, social, economic, and po...

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