Clare Hall Summer Seminars 2026
The Clare Hall Summer Seminar Series will return this year, running from 29 July to 16 September. This series offers Clare Hall Visiting Fellows, Fellows and Life Members an opportunity to share their current research with the wider Clare Hall community.
The talks are intended to be accessible to a general yet intellectually engaged audience. Seminars will take place on Wednesdays in the Clare Hall Meeting Room from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, just before Formal Hall. All are welcome to attend. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the audience, speakers are kindly asked to avoid jargon and prioritise clarity and accessibility. Each session will feature a 30-minute presentation, followed by comments and questions over drinks.
The Summer Seminar Series is organised by Dr Li Tang.
There will be eight sessions held on the following Wednesdays:
| Date | Title of Paper | Presenter |
| 29.07.2026 | A Mathematical Question in Electoral Systems Design: How Many Levelling Seats Are Needed to Gurantee Proportionality? | Dr Frederik Ravn Klausen, Clare Hall Affiliated Postodoctoral Member |
| 05.08.2026 | The Sense of Justice, Moral Emotions, and the Death Penalty Debate in 1970s Israel | Prof Orit Rozin, Visiting Fellow, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| 12.08.2026 | Cathedrals, Dinosaurs, and Puzzling Publics: On the Importance of “Trivial” Religion | Prof Simon Coleman, Life Member, University of Toronto |
| 19.08.2026 | Machine Learning Without Tears | Prof Eugene Wong, Clare Hall Foundation Fellow |
| 26.08.2026 | A Possible Path Toward Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Carbon | Prof Ping Sheng, Clare Hall Associate |
| 02.09.2026 | Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century | Dr Catherine Gay, University of Newcastle, Australia |
| 09.09.2026 | Winning While Losing: Same Sex Marriage and Constitutional Litigation in Japan | Prof Colin Jones, Life Member, Doshisha Law School, Tokyo |
| 16.09.2026 | How AI Mediates Knowledge: A Management Challenge for Organisations | Prof Filippo Chiarello, Visiting Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy |