E. H. Carr Memorial Lecture - Professor Robert Keohane
16 October 2011
The DDMI is pleased to note that Professor Robert Keohane of the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, visited the Department of International Politics and Aberystwyth University to give the E.H. Carr Memorial Lecture. This very special event took place in the Old Hall Lecture Theatre in the Old College, Aberystwyth University, on 27 October.
IPRG special seminar - Professor Robert Keohane, Princeton University
16 October 2011
The IPRG was very proud to host a special seminar given by Professor Robert Keohane of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. The informal seminar touching on the IR discipline as a vocation and other topics took place in the Main Hall of the International Politics Building on 27 October 2011.
IPRG special guest lecturer - Dr Vera Vesela, "Not Our Enemy? Rethinking the Islamist Challenge"
11 October 2011
IPRG is pleased to announce an upcoming special guest lecturer. Dr Vera Vesela (née Exnerova), Research Fellow at Prague Institute of International Relations, visited the Department to speak on "Not Our Enemy? Rethinking the Islamist Challenge". Her lecture took place in the Main Hall of the International Politics Building on 25 October.
IPRG hosts inaugural 'Davies Forum' with Profs. Ken Booth and Richard Jackson and Dr. Claudia Hillebrand
09 October 2011
The speakers addressed the topic: 'Should we still fear international terrorism?’ The format was short presentations followed by lots of Q&A. The inaugural Davies Forum took place on 17 October in the Main Hall of the International Politics Building.
Grant Dawon IPRG-IHRG talk: "'Who wants a mission?' Canadian Forces’ Resistance to Peacekeeping in Namibia, 1978"
09 October 2011
Dr Grant Dawson, Department of International Politics, argued for a re-examination of Canadian peacekeeping. Past research suggests that Canada contributed to every UN mission untill the end of the Cold War because of domestic political, nationalist, and Cold War strategic considerations, but his paper on Namibia in 1978 points to strong resistance when these factors were present. This talk took place in the Main Hall of the International Politics Building on 10 October.