Selected Talks/Interviews/Podcasts
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Cambridge Festival, April 5, 2022 A conversation between me and Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History, hosted by Chris Mann (BBC Cambridgeshire) on Before the West and current events. |
New Books Network, March 29, 2022
An in-depth conversation with Vladislav Lilic on Before the West. Listen here.
An in-depth conversation with Vladislav Lilic on Before the West. Listen here.
Crossing Channels: Ukraine invasion: context, consequences and the information war, March 10, 2022 (Bennett Institute for Public Policy podcast)
With Nataliia Shapoval (Kyiv School of Economics) and Horacio Larreguy (Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse), hosted by Rory Cellan-Jones. Listen here.
With Nataliia Shapoval (Kyiv School of Economics) and Horacio Larreguy (Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse), hosted by Rory Cellan-Jones. Listen here.
The Russia File Podcast, July 22, 2021
In this podcast, I chatted with Maxim Trudolyubov (The Kennan Institute) and Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po Paris) about the similarities between Turkey and Russia. Listen here.
In this podcast, I chatted with Maxim Trudolyubov (The Kennan Institute) and Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po Paris) about the similarities between Turkey and Russia. Listen here.
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DeepDivePolitics Videocast, June 22, 2021 In this videocast, I chat with Prof. Scott Lucas about whether it is possible to move beyond East v. West politics and some contemporary events. |
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Keynote Talk, June 6, 2021
In this keynote for the Fifth Tarty Conference on Russian and East European Studies, I discussed the importance of Area Studies for the social sciences. |
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Hayseed Scholar Podcast, Season 1, Episode 7
In this podcast interview with Brent Steele, I talked about my career development and writing practices. Listen here. |
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Turkey Book Talk Episode #109
In February 2020, I appeared on the Turkey Book Talk podcast to discuss After Defeat 10 years after publication. You can listen to the episode here (or from your favourite podcast app). |
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Cambridge Festival of Ideas, 2019
From the 'Identity and Belonging in Post-Brexit Britain' panel today at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, where I talked about the reputational damage the three years of Brexit chaos (not the vote itself necessarily) did to UK's image in the rest of the world. Cambridge Festival of Ideas is an annual event where academic staff from the arts and sciences put on panels for general audiences . There is a similar festival for scientists in the Spring. Audio recording here. |
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King's College London, 2018
A conversation about historical sociology and international political sociology. Participants: Dr. Leonie Ansems de Vries (King’s College London), Prof. Sandra Halperin (Royal Holloway, University of London), Prof. Jef Huysmans (Queen Mary, University of London), Dr. Ayşe Zarakol (University of Cambridge), Alvina Hoffmann (King’s College London, chair). [with broken hand!] |
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Talking Politics episode on Turkey (2018):
David talks to Ayşe Zarakol about how Erdoğan accumulated so much power and what lessons his story provides for democracy in other places |
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University of Laval, Quebec City, Canada, 2017
Hierarchies in world Politics book talk, November 1, 2017. Talk covering the Hierarchies research agenda in IR and locating Hierarchies in World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2017) within that broader agenda. |
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YouGov experts Panel, 2017
Vodcast: Does the West need a new approach to Russia? - including: Lord Richards of Herstmonceux GCB CBE DSO (former UK Chief of the Defence Staff); Dr Ayşe Zarakol (University Lecturer in International Relations, University of Cambridge); Martin Jacques (author, broadcaster & speaker); and Daniel Hannan (Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England). Recorded on June 26, 2017. Related survey info available here. |
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Nobel Institute, Oslo, 2016
Public Talk, June 9, 2016. Talk summarises key themes from my research agenda, especially as they relate to problems of stigmatisation/recognition. |
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London School of Economics, 2015
Book launch panel for The Global Transformation by Barry Buzan and George Lawson, March 17, 2015. My comments summarise my thoughts on the state of IR as a discipline. |
