Current Events & News

Semester 2 2017-18

Date and Location

Activity

28 February 2018

16-30-18.00

Steve Crichter

Centre colloquium:

Quincy Cloet:

“Political science associations as mediators between politics and academia”

7 March 2018

17.00-18.30

Steve Crichter

Centre colloquium:

Katarzyna Kaczmarska:

"Whose knowledge? The knowledge-power nexus in contemporary International Relations scholarship beyond the West"

18 April 2018

Time and room tbc

Lecture

Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Lecturer in International Development, University of Leeds

Title tbc

In collaboration with the Global Politics and Development Research Group

17 May 2017

16.00-17.30

Steve Crichter

Centre colloquium:

Catrin Fflur Huws (Aber Law School):

“Multilingualism and invisible knowledge OR not knowing what you don't know”

20 June 2017

15.00-16.30

Steve Crichter

Centre colloquium:

Philip Conway (InterPol/Geography):

Title tbc

Past Events and News

 

Date

Activity

SEMESTER 1 2017-18

 

11 October 2017

15.00-16.30

Steve Crichter Room

Centre colloquium:

Dr Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (InterPol):

“The Joys and Woes of Arts-based Research with Local Associates on Violent Conflict in Myanmar”

1 November 2017

14.00-15.30

West Room

 

Centre colloquium:

Dr Xymena Kurowska (MSC fellow, CEU, Aber):

“(Dis) Embodying the Border: Obscured Subjectivities of Border Guards and Researchers in Post-Transition”

30 November 2017

10.00-13.00

Penbryn P5, room 0.62

 

Research methods workshop:

Prof Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University), Dr Xymena Kurowska and Dr Berit Bliesemann de Guevara:

“Doing Interpretive Research”

30 November 2017

16.10-17.40

InterPol Main Hall

Lecture (IPRS):

Prof Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University):

“Can this category be saved? Reflecting on category theory and empirical evidence”

Programme 2016-17

 

Date

Activity

23/05/2017

Joint seminar: ‘Environmental knowledge between academia and journalism: A seminar’ Dr Mat Hope; in collaboration with the Environmental Politics Research Group.

29/03/2017

ESRC seminar: “Conflict Experts: Methodology, Authority, Impact”, part of the ESRC seminar series ‘From data to knowledge: Understanding conflict from afar’ (local organisers: Alistair Markland and Berit Bliesemann de Guevara)

25/03/-13/05/2017

Conflict Textile Exhibition: “Stitched Voices of Resistance” (& events programme), in collaboration with Aberystwyth Arts Centre; for more information see: https://stitchedvoices.wordpress.com/

07/12/2016

Research Colloquium: “Intervention Theatre: Performance, authenticity and expert knowledge in politicians' travels to post-/conflict spaces”, Dr Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (AU)

23/11/2016

Research Colloquium: “Programming Peacebuilding: Knowledge Production, Conflicting Representations and Intra-Interventionary Policy Alternatives”, Dr Anna Danielsson (AU/Uppsala)

27/10/2016

SYMPOSIUM: “Borrowed Truths: Transfers of Expertise and Evidence Across Science, Justice and Politics” (Welsh Crucible project), Cardiff University

19/10/2016

Research Colloquium: "Worlding Beyond the West: Geocultural factors, institutions, and academic practices in knowledge production about international politics", Prof Arlene Tickner

05/10/2016

KNOWLEDGE Centre launch & wine reception