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The
St. Clare's Senior Seminar Series has been devised as a forum for
sustained academic reflection for our undergraduates and other adult
students. The series takes place in various locations in Oxford,
within St. Clare's and elsewhere. It provides the perfect social
setting - informal, yet conducive to lively debate.
The Senior Seminar Series offers students an opportunity to discuss
a range of interesting issues and ideas as well as a chance to interact
with scholars from Oxford University and other renowned academic
institutions.
Grading and
credit
The Seminar
Series is central to the semester's learning experience, and all
students on the Programme are encouraged to participate. Students
who attend all of the seminars will be eligible for three units
of credit. To qualify, a written record of each seminar must be
kept which summarises the seminar, details the main points of discussion,
illustrates personal responses and ideas, and ends with a review
of what has been learnt along with any references used. These record
sheets will be graded. In addition, a 3,000-5,000 word paper must
be submitted on a topic covered in one of the seminars (to be agreed
with the Programme Director).
The Seminar Series is
linked by a common theme which will be considered from a variety
of disciplinary perspectives, and the theme for this semester is
Citizenship, Democracy & Diversity.
Seminar 1:
Introduction to the Series
Speaker:
Dr Ines Molinaro, St. Clare's, Oxford
Seminar 2: Images of America & American Foreign
Policy
Speaker: Rory Kelly, St. Clare's, Oxford
Seminar 3: A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Speaker: Dr Mahmoud Hawari, Lecturer, and consultant with
War on Want
Seminar 4: Consolidating Democracy in South Africa
Speaker: Dr Anthony Lemon, Lecturer in Geography, Mansfield
College, University of Oxford
Seminar
5: Does democracy mean inter-ethnic Peace?
Speaker:
Mark Almond, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Seminar
6: Universal Values in the World Heritage Community
Speaker:
John Rolfe, St. Clare's, Oxford
Seminar
7: Civil Liberties, Fear of Crime & CCTV
Speakers:
Dr Paul Catley, Oxford Brookes University and Dr Lisa Claydon, University
of the West of England
Seminar
8: Democratisation
and Citizenship in South America
Speaker: Dr Laurence Whitehead, Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College,
University of Oxford
Seminar
9: Democracy
and Violence in Northern Ireland
Speaker: Dr Alan O'Day, Visiting Fellow, Rothermere Institute of
American Studies
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