Scott Atran on Sacred Values
How lightly, or how tightly, do you hold your values? Are there things you hold dear, which almost automatically excite your emotions, for which you would make the costliest of sacrifices?
Lydia Wilson: Understanding the Appeal of ISIS
The Islamic State, or ISIS, has proven to be persistently successful in attracting people from all over the globe to join in its state-building and state-defending enterprise. This article explores the messages it has crafted, from the utopian to the militarily defensive, and the techniques it uses.
“Development and Dissolution in Societies” Annual Conference – 27-29 September 2016
3 Programme for the Oxford Conference, 27 to 29 Sept 2016, 070816
‘Queen of Clubs and No Trump – The US Presidential Election House of Cards’ – 27th September 2016
3 Clad Lecture, Sept 2016 Event Poster
‘Will to Fight: Facing the Islamic State Revolution’, 28th September 2016
5 Atran Lecture, Sept 2016 Event Poster
Annual Conference – “Going to Extremes”, 14-16 September 2015
CRIC 2015 Conference Programme
The turmoil in Egypt and the future of violent extremism’ by Dr Wael Haddara, Tuesday 15th September 2015
Public Lecture Flyer – Dr Wael Haddara
Conference on Fundamentalism 15-17 September 2014
Programme for the Oxford Conference, 15 to 17 Sept 2014 110914