Semester 1, 2011-2012
Wednesday 14 September
DAVID DAVIES MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Jess Gifkins
"'Timely & Decisive Responses'? Pillar three of the R2P in the cases of Darfur and Libya."
4.30pm, Steve Crichter Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 6 October
International Politics Research Seminar*
Dr Milja Kurki
‘Why Concepts Matter: Politico-Economic Models of Democracy in Democracy Support'
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 7 October
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
Discussion: The Crisis of Democracy, by Samuel Huntington, Michel Crozier, and Joji Watanuki, The Crisis of Democracy
1pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Monday 10 October
International History Reserach Group
Grant Dawson
'Who Wants a Mission? Canadian Resistance to a Role in UNTAG in the late 1970s'
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 11 October
Critical and Cultural Politics Group
Catherine Charrett (Aberystwyth University)
"The Performativity of threat: activating agency in Europe's response to Hamas"
Charlotte Heath-Kelly (Aberystwyth University)
"Reinventing Prevention but Exposing the Gap: UK Terrorism-Governance, Suspect Communities and the Petty Sovereign"
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 12 October
Environmenal Politics Group
1.00-2.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 13 October
International Politics Research Seminar*
Katharina Höne
‘The State as Person in IR Theory: Answering Wendt with a Scientific Metaphor’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Monday 17 October
International Politics Research Group - Inaugural 'Davies Forum'
Ken Booth, Richard Jackson and Claudia Hillebrand
'Should we still fear international terrorism?'
11.30am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 17 October
Citizenship Studies Group
12.00noon, Meetings room, International Politics Building
Monday 17 October
Centre for European Studies
Andy Klom
Head of European Commission Office in Wales
'In the eye of the storm: the European Commission's role and responsibilities'
2pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 20 October
Centre for European Studies
Dr Swinburne
MEP for Wales
'The European Parliament: the Democratic Element to dealing with the Eurozone crisis'
2.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 20 October
International Politics Research Seminar*
Professor Ian Clark
‘Special Responsibilities, the Security Council, and Humanitarian Protection’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 21 October
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
Discussion: Andrew Linklater, Origins: Critical Theory and the English School
1pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Friday 21 October
Centre for the Study of Radicalisation & Contemporary Political Violence/Security Research Group
Erica Chenoweth
'Why Civil Resistance Works'
6pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 25 October
International Politics Research Group
Dr Vera Vesela
Institute of International Relations, Prague
'Not Our Enemy? Rethinking the Islamist Chellenge
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 25 October
Critical and Cultural Politics Group
6.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 26 October
Environmenal Politics Group
1.00-2.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Wednesday 26 October
Politics, Philosophy and International Thought (PoPIT)
Professor Heikki Patomaki
'On the Complexities of Time and Temporality: implications for World History and Global Futures'
5.30pm, Brynamlwg Social Club
Thursday 27 October
International Politics Research Group
Professor Robert Keohane
10.00am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 27 October
E H CARR MEMORIAL LECTURE
Professor Robert Keohane
(Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton)
‘Twenty Years of Institutional Liberalism’
6pm Old Hall, Old College
Friday 28 October
Institute of Welsh Politics
Lord John Morris
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 31 October
International History Research Group
Jessica Gibbs
'Congressional women as US foreign policymakers'
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 1 November
Third World Politics Research Group
André Siebrits
'South Africa in the Modern World-System'
5pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Wednesday 2 November
United States Foreign Policy Research Group
Andrew Priest
'Another Kind of Empire?'
5.15pm, Steve Crichter Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 3 November
International Politics Research Seminar*
Andrew Hom
‘Time in IR Theory’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 4 November
Centre for European Studies Workshop
Part I) Members of the European Parliament and Parliamentary Office UK will talk about the challenges of the Eurozone crisis and the future of the EU.
Part II) Careers event: prospects & opportunities in the EU
2.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 8 November
Critical and Cultural Politics Group
@Home event 7.30pm
Wednesday 9 November
PoPIT
5.30pm, Ship & Castle
Thursday 10 November
International Politics Research Seminar*
Dr James Vaughan
‘”Keep Left for Israel”: Zionism, the Middle East and the British Socialist Press, 1937-1967’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 11 November
International Politics Research Group
Dr Jeff Bridoux and Professors Richard Jackson and Ken Booth
'Red or White? Why I Wear a Remembrance Poppy'
11.10am, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Friday 11 November
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
Discussion: Andrew Linklater, The Civilizing Process and Process Sociology
1pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Monday 14 November
Institute of Welsh Politics Annual Lecture
The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM
First Minister for Wales
'Next Steps for Devolution: Politics Plus Finance'
7.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 15 November
Security Research Group Fieldwork Roundtable
“Doing Fieldwork in the Landscapes of Security: Contacts, Contexts and Ethics”
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 17 November
International Politics Research Seminar*
Michael Seibold
‘The Utility of the Gentlemanly Art of Spying: French and British Economic Intelligence on the Soviet Bloc in the Early Cold War’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Monday 21 November
Citizenship Studies Group Meeting
1.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
Monday 21 November
Security Research Group
Dr Elke Krahmann
Brunel University
'PMSCs and Norm Change: Whither the State Monopoly on Violence?'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 22 November
Critical and Cultural Politics Group
Andreas Karpati and Reetta Vaahtoranta
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 23 November
Environmental Politics Research Group
Dr Chris Bear
Geography department
'Robotic milking technologies and the renegotiation of situated ethical relationships on UK dairy farms'
Wednesday 23 November
Environmenal Politics Group
Dr Chris Bear, Geography Department
'Robotic milking technologies and the renegotiation of situated ethical relationships on UK dairy farms'
1.00-2.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Thursday 24 November
International Politics Research Seminar*
Damien Van Puyvelde
‘US Intelligence, the Private Sector and the Global War on Terror: the Challenges for Accountability’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Monday 28 November
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
George Lawson
LSE
Reading TBA
4.00-6.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 29 November
Security Research Group
Tomas Kucera
Aberystwyth University
'Armed Forces and Society form a Liberal perspective'
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 30 November
Centre for European Studies
Bruce Pitcairn Jackson
Founder and President of the Project on Transitional Democracies
'The Pursuit of a Europe Whole and Free'
4.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 30 November
PoPIT
'Philosophies of Time and Future'
5.30pm, Ship & Castle Hotel
Thursday 1 December
International Politics Research Seminar*
Elan Tan
'Understanding Regional International Soceity in the African Context: the African Peer Review Mechanism, Union Government debate, and Ezulwini Consensus
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Monday 5 December
Security Research Group & Critical Studies in Terrorism
Dr Robert Lambert
University of Exeter
'Countering Al-Qaeda in London: Police and Muslims in Partnership'
5.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 6 December
Critical Cultural Politics@Home
Wednesday 7 December
US Foreign Policy Research Group
4.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 7 December
Critical Cultural Politics
4.00pm, West Room, International Politics Building
Thursday 8 December
International Politics Research Seminar*
Dr Elena Korosteleva, ‘The EU and its Eastern Neighbours: Towards a More Ambitious Partnership?’
4.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
*For International Politics Postgraduates and Staff only
Friday 9 December
GRoup on International Theory (GRIT)
Discussion: Andrew Linklater, The Problem of Harm
1.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Monday 12 December
International History Research Group
Huw Bennett
King’s College London
‘Soldiers in the court room: the British Army's part in the Kenya Emergency under the legal spotlight’
5.15pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Tuesday 13 December
Security Research Group
Pola Zafra
Aberystwyth University
'Hierarchy and Anarchy in Euraasia: The Challenge of Analyzing Cooperation in Nested Spheres of Security'
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
Wednesday 14 December
Environmenal Politics Group
1.00-2.00pm, Meetings Room, International Politics Building
11 January 2012
Guest Speaker
Kim Howells
'Security, Intelligence, Accountability and Government'
4.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building
12 January
Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Contemporary Political Violence (CSRV)
Professor Marie Breen-Smyth
Co-Director, Centre for International Intervention, University of Surrey
'The past is present: embodying the cost of political violence'
5.30pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building