Events
Semester 2, 2011-2012
18 January
Environmental Politics Research Group
1pm, North Room, International Politics Building
27 January
GRIT
Norbert Elias - 'Portrait of a Sociologist'
1.00pm, Steve Crichter Room
30 January
International Politics Research Group
Greg Quinn and Paul Bentall
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
'The UNSC in 2011' and ' Outlook for the UNSC in 2012'
4.00pm, West Room, International Politics Building
30 January
Security Research Group/Centre for Health and International Relations
Prof Stefan Elbe
University of Sussex
'Bodies as Battlefields: Biosecurity, Pandemics, and the Medicalization of Insecurity'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 1 February
Politics, Philosophy and International Thought
5.30pm, Ship and Castle
Thursday 2 February
International Politics Research Group
Drs Jan Ruzicka, Ayla Gol, and Grant Dawson
‘The international community’s response to the Libya and Syria crises – what can we learn?’
12.10pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 2 February
International Politics Research Seminar
Sonja Kittelsen
‘The EU and the Securitization of Pandemic Influenza’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 3 February
Political Economies of Democratisation Research Project
Jonathan Joseph
'International Organisations and Global Covernmentality'
11.00am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 8 February
Environmental Politics Research Group
Dr Michael Mason
LSE
''What is Left to Us of the Sky': The Vertical Geopolitics of Palestinian Climate Change Vulnerability''
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 9 February
Waltz Annual Lecture
Professor Michael Cox
Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
‘The Decline of the West and the Rise of the Rest: Myths, Power Shifts and Economists
6pm, Old Hall, Old College
Friday 10 February
Third World Politics
Dr Lucy Taylor
'A View of IR from Latin America: Decolonial Strategies and the USA'
Dr Carl Death
'Governmentality at the Limits of the International: African Politics and Foucauldian Theory'
2.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Friday 10 February
Welsh Politics Society
Lord Elystan Morgan
Life in Westminster and the challenges currently facing political leaders at the British and Welsh levels
The event will be held in Welsh with simultaneous translation facilities
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 16 February
International Politics Research Seminar
Dr R. Gerald Hughes
‘After Munich: British Foreign Policy between Appeasement and Détente’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Thursday 16 February
Politics and Performance Research Group Lecture
Professor Maja Zehfuss
University of Manchester
‘War the gentle way? Cultural knowledge and the social sciences at war’
6.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics
Friday 17 February
Politics and Performance Research Group Seminar
Professor Maja Zehfuss
2.00pm, Postrgraduate Seminar Room, Theatre, Film and Television Studies
Monday 20 February
Citizenship Research Group
5.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Tuesday 21 February
CCP @ Home
Gillian McFadyen
Aberystwyth University
'The Politics of Detention: Exceptionalism and the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Policies'
Thursday 23 February
International Politics Research Seminar
Dr Graeme A. Davies
Senior Lecturer in International Security, Leeds University
‘British Public Indifference to Civilian Casualties: Evidence from an Experiment’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Tuesday 28 February
Security Research Group
Ira Bliatka
‘To protect and to serve? Migration at EU Borderlands and the case of the Greek-Turkish fence’
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 29 February
Expressions Reading Group
4.00pm, West Room, International Politics Building
Wednesday 29 February
PoPIT Reading Group
5.30pm, Ship and Castle
Thursday 1 March
International Politics Research Seminar
Martin Sixsmith
Journalist, Broadcaster and Author
‘The End of Communism and the Russian Past’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 2 March
Centre for European Studies Public Lecture
Stephen Crabb MP
Assistant Government Whip
'The Case of EU aid ihn an age of austerity'
2.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 6 March
Critical and Cultural Politics Research Group
Dr Karoline Gritzner
Aberystwyth University
'Aesthetics of Non-identity'
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Buidling
Wednesday 7 March
Environmental Politics Research Group
Sara Jones
Aberystwyth
'A Filmmaker's Journey: Can We Promote a Nuanced Climate Conversation Through Digital Media and the Arts?/
12:45-2pm, Arts Centre Cinema
Thursday 8 March
International Politics Research Seminar
Chikara Hashimoto
'Counter-Subversion and British Intelligence in the Middle East, 1949-1963’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Monday 12 March
Third World Politics Reading Group
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Monday 12 March
The David Davies Memorial Institute
Dr Ian Robinson
'Grassroots perspectives on food and water security in Africa and Asia: the experiences of an agricultural adviser'
3.10pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 12 March
Security Research Group
Dr Columba Peoples
University of Bristol
''Technologies of Visualization and Threat Representation in Global Politics'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 13 March
Politics and Performance Research Group Lecture
Professor Louise Amoore
Durham University
‘On a potential politics: the matter of associative life’
6.00pm, Emily Davies Studio, Theatre, Film and Television Studies
Wednesday 14 March
Politics and Performance Research Group Seminar
Professor Louise Amoore
9.30am, P5 1.64, Psychology Building
Thursday 15 March
Political Economies of Democratisation Research Project Symposium
William Robinson, Rita Abrahamsen, Milja Kurki, Jeff Bridoux
'Democracy Promotion and World Order'
10.00am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 15 March
International Politics Research Seminar
Amy Pearce
'Russia's Tailored Democracy'
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 16 March
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Friday 16 March
Centre for European Studies Training Session
How to network and build up your EU career opportunities
12.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 19 March
International History Research Group
Aidan Condron
Aberystwyth University
'Paradigm Shift or Coming Out? ‘Black September’ and the Nixon Doctrine in the Middle East'
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 20 March
CCP @ Home
Tom Marshall
Aberystwyth University
Title TBC
Selina O'Docherty
Newport Unviersity
Title TBC
Wednesday 21 March
Environmental Politics Research Group
Reading: Elizabeth Shove: “Beyond the ABC: climate change policy and theories of social change” in Environment and Planning (2010)
1pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 22 March
International Politics Research Seminar
Professor Chris Brown
Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
‘Just War and Political Judgement’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 23 March
Davud Davies Memorial Institute
Professor Chris Brown
Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
‘The Poverty of Grand Theory
10.00am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Friday 23 March
CES/EPSO Careers Session
1.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 26 March
Citizenship Studies Group
Dr Mark Whitehead
Dept of Georgraphy
'Governing irrationality, or a more than rational government? Reflections on the rescientisation of decision making in British public policy'
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Friday 30 March
Security Research Group/GRIT
Dr Kamila Stullerova
Aberystwyth
'Theorising security'
1.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Friday 20 April
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Monday 23 April
International History Research Group
Chikara Hashimoto
Aberystwyth University
'MI5 in the Middle East in the Early Cold War'
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 24 April
Security Research Group
Michael Haas
Aberystwyth
'Military Power Projection and World Order in an Era of Global Power Shifts:A European Perspective
5.30pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 26 April
International Politics Research Seminar
Professor Howard Davis
Professor of Social Theory and Institutions, Bangor University
‘The Evolution of European Identity: Using Biographical Methods to Study the Development of European Identity’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building*
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 27 April
Security Research Group
Pola Zafra
Aberystwyth
‘Hierarchy and Anarchy inEurasia: The Challenge of Analyzing Cooperation in Nested Spheres of Security’
5.30pm, West Room, International Politics Building
Monday 30 April
International History Research Group
Andrew Johnstone
Leicester University
'Internationalism and the Debate over American Entry into World War II'
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 1 May
CCP @ Home
Elizabeth Strausz
Aberystwyth University
Title TBC
Wednesday 2 May
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT) & IPRG
Casper Sylvest (Uni. Southern Denmark)
*Special Seminar on John Herz & International Relations
10.00am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 2 May
Centre for European Studies Annual Address
Sir Emyr Jones Parry
President of Aberystwyth Unversity
Discussion on contemproary foreign policy issues of the EU and the UK
4.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 2 May
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT) & IPRG
Casper Sylvest
Univ. of Southern Denmark
*Guest lecture: 'The Nuclear Revolution(s) and Political Thought'
6.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 3 May
Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies Annual Lecture
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London
‘Tasking and Using: The Coalition, the National Security Council, the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Rhythm of British Intelligence’
6.00pm, Old Hall, Old College
Friday and Saturday 4 & 5 May
Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies (CIISS)/Security Research Group (SRG) Workshop
‘British Intelligence, Spooks, and James Bond: A Diverse Approach to the Secret World’
Tuesday 8 May
Security Research group and US Foreign Policy Research Group
Dr Jack Holland
(Surrey)
'Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses after 9/11'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 9 May
Environmental Politics Research Group
Reading: Julie Guthman: “Bringing good food to others: investigating the subjects of alternative food practice” in Cultural Geographies (2008)
1pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 10 May
Third World Politics Research Group and the Security Research Group
Clare Paine
Aberystwyth
'Traditional Autorities: the Keys to Sustainable Development in Africa? A Case from Post-conflict Northern Uganda'
5pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Friday 11 May
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
1.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Saturday 12 May
Centre for European Studies EuroFun Day
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
All day event
Monday 14 May
Security Research Group
Prof. Didier Bigo
Kings College London
‘An IPS approach to the European field of professionals of (in)security’
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 15 May
CCP @ Home
TBA
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 16 May
Enviornmental Politics Researc
Dr Owain Williams
Aberystwyth
'Global Political Economies of Food'
4pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 21 May
Security Research Group
Huw Diprose
Aberystwyth
‘The developing meaning of food security: Evolution of a concept since 1945’
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 24 May
Environmental Politics Research Group
Jessica Paddock
Cardiff
'Class, Food, Culture: Exploring 'Alternative' Food Consumption'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 29 May
The Critical and Cultural Politics Group
Dr Véronique Pin-Fat
University of Manchester
'Cosmopolitanism and the End of Humanity: A Grammatical Reading of Posthumanism'
5pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 30 May
Third World Research Group
Dr Japhy Wilson
University of Manchester
'The shock of the Real: the neoliberal neurosis in the life and times of Jeffrey Sachs'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 13 June
Environmental Politics Research Group
Reading: Nick Pidgeon: “Framing and communicating climate change: The effects of distance and outcome frame manipulations” in Global Environmental Change (2010)
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Friday 6 July
Centre for European Studies Symposium
Identity, Integration and Europe: Uniting in Diversity
Main Hall, International Politics Building
All day event