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12 May

Wargaming Week 2026: Wargaming Human Security

12 May 2026, 08:00 to 14 May 2026, 19:00

The King's Wargaming Network's annual Wargaming Week returns once again this year.

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12 May

China–India in BRICS Plus: Convergence Without Trust

12 May 2026, 10:00 to 12:00

This talk argues that China–India engagement within BRICS Plus reflects a strategic convergence…

CwC: Mental Health Awareness Week
12 May

Connecting with Charities: Mental Health Awareness Week

12 May 2026, 12:15 to 14:45

Meet charities and community partners working in the area of mental health and discover how you can…

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13 May

The Misappropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement

13 May 2026, 15:00 to 16:00

The presentation will critically appraise this practice through an analysis of the prohibition on…

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14 May

SSPP Methods Centre launch: The public life of methods

14 May 2026, 14:00 to 18:30

Launch of the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy Methods Centre

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14 May

A ‘proper object’ of charity?: British naval widows’ petitions, deservingness, and survival strategies, 1819-1847

14 May 2026, 17:15 to 18:45

This paper explores naval widows’ pension petitions to the British Admiralty in the nineteenth…

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19 May

RCIR Speaker Book Series: Before Recognition: How the Politics of Religion Shaped the International Order

19 May 2026, 16:00 to 18:00

RCIR hosts Dr Maria Birnbaum on religion’s role in global politics, with discussant Dr Stacey…

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19 May

Strategic Alignment: Explaining Iran's Integration of Offensive Cyber Operations into its Military Strategy under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

19 May 2026, 18:00 to 19:30

Dr Eugenio Lilli will present his latest research on Iran and cyber operations

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28 May

Power Preponderance, Assurance, and War

28 May 2026, 12:00 to 13:00

Among deterrence scholars, there is a rising consensus that power preponderance causes war by…

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28 May

The war business: British shipping and the First World War

28 May 2026, 17:15 to 18:45

This paper develops an alternative account of the wartime relationship between ships, shipowners,…