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TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities
Virtual panel on Thursday November 2nd 2023 at 16:00 to 17:30 GMT
Chair Raymond Hinnebusch Speaker Nour al-Halabi, Leeds University Commentator Lina al Hafez, University Autònoma de Barcelona Nour is assistant professor at...
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Transregional Queer Activism in the SWANA
MECACS Seminar Series Event
Janine A. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Political Science. Her work focuses on decentralization and local politics, Islamist movements, civil...
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Status reversal and its discontents
Michael Hechter, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
The recent rise of reactionary politics in modern democracies across the globe has been attributed to a variety of causes, including deindustrialisation,...
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Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs
Jonathan Graubart's book Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs recovers and adapts the pre-1948...
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Book Talk : Pathways Towards Lasting Peace
Kaleem Hussain
Peace and Reconciliation in International and Islamic Law presents a lucid analysis, observing how the sources of international law and Islamic Law help or...
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Going Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking Over
CSTPV Online Talk with Julia Ebner
Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a...
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Book Launch: 'Engineering Reality' by Dr Cornelia Helmcke
Join Centre for Energy Ethics postdoctoral researcher Dr Cornelia Helmcke for an informal event to celebrate the release of her book Engineering Reality: The...
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Why and how Ukraine should win the war
Public lecture by Professor Philips O'Brien
Why should the world maintain the support towards Ukraine if there are no significant changes along the front line? How can we speed up the deoccupation of...
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PEPtalk: Relational approaches to navigating policy impact
The Centre for Energy Ethics is pleased to announce its Policy Engagement Practice seminar series --- PEPtalks. Please join us and our invited speakers as...
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Health Care Under Occupation: challenges for cancer and post-trauma care in Gaza, Palestine
STEPS Autumn Event
STEPS is pleased to have The Bute Medical Society as our co-host for this event. Speakers: GERRY O'HARE Gerry O'Hare is an Oncology Clinical Nurse...
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China on Top? Assessing China's Role in the New Global Order
International Relations Mixer
You are invited to join us in a panel discussion titled "China on Top? Assessing China's Role in the New Global Order" on Wednesday, 6th of...
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The causes and consequences of global police militarization
ISWS Seminar Series
In recent decades, police forces around the world have become more militarized---adopting the weaponry, organisational structures, and accountability...
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The linguistic ceasefire or how to re-engage listed armed groups
Paul Wilkinson Memorial Lecture featuring Sophie Hapeslaugh
Sophie will offer a systematic examination of the impact of proscription, or the listing of armed groups as terrorists, on peace negotiations. By introducing...
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The Syrian Uprising 13 years on: What role for the Syrian diaspora?
CSS Teams Event
Friday 15 March will mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which turned into a bloody multilayered war, that catalyzed a political stalemate,...
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Hong Kong, Activism and International Advocacy: Journey of a Political Activist in Quest for Freedom
Time & Date: 5 pm, October 25, 2023 Venue: School VI at United College Quadrangle, University of St Andrews Speaker: Nathan Law (Former member of...
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What role can international organisations play in a geopolitically fragmented world?
CGLG roundtable with Kseniya Oksamytna
In this Centre for Global Law and Governance (CGLG) round table Dr Kseniya Oksamytna will be joined by Professor Anthony Lang, Dr Anette Stimmer and Dr Mateja...
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Book Launch for the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism, 2nd edition
Book Launch
This thoroughly revised Handbook presents an up-to-date political and philosophical history of global constitutionalism. By exploring the constitutional-like...
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PEP talk: Turning Research into Impact: Responding to Calls for Evidence
Ever wondered what role research and evidence plays in policymaking? Have you considered how your research can help inform policy? Do you know how to engage...
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Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975
Lecture then Q&A Session
When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full...
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'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America'
Bruce Hoffman - Jacob Ware
Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in...
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Professor Mathias Thaler -- No other planet: utopian visions for a climate-changed world
IPT Masterclass
Mathias Thaler is Professor of Political Theory in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. His main research interest is in...
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Holding some ground on a greasy dancefloor: Caste, Queerness and South Asian Diaspora in the UK'
School of International Relations EDI Committee in association with St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies and Saints LGBT+
The first in an occasional speaker series Date: 1 November 2023 Time: 17.00 Venue: Arts Seminar 1 Sweaty, seductive sex club on a Saturday night in London, and...
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Building a just Scotland: an evening with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar
In conversation with IR student Josh Traynor
Acclaimed human rights lawyer and campaigner Aamer Anwar is visiting the University of St Andrews to share his life-long journey championing human rights and...
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Defining Refugees: International Norms, National Interests, and the Politics of Refugee Status
Guest Speaker - Dr. Deenesh Sohoni
Deenesh Sohoni is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies program at William & Mary. His research examines...
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"Russian warship, go fk yourself": Humour and the (geo)political limits of vicarious war
ISS Masterclass
Chris Browning joined Warwick University in August 2007. Prior to coming to Warwick he held positions at Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, the Danish...
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Salafi Political Socialisation in Post-Arab Spring Egypt and Tunisia
Helen Murphey
Title: Salafi Political Socialisation in Post-Arab Spring Egypt and Tunisia Presenter: Dr Helen Murphey The formation and ascent of Salafi political parties and...
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Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman
MECACS Event
Title: "Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman" Precis: "The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965-1976 in...
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Discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison
Join a discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament for the New South Wales seat of Cook, Scott Morrison, hosted by...
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The World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order
IPT event
The contemporary radical Right movement is no longer merely a series of nationalist projects, but a phenomenon spanning the globe and affecting different forms...
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Energy Café: Cost-benefit analyses, short-termism and social discount rate
The Social Discount Rate (SDR) determines the present value of future societal costs and benefits. A declining SDR suggests society values future benefits more...
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From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland
Wednesday research seminars series
Part of the School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023. Convenors for Week five are Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and Adam...
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Energy Café: Large scale renewable energy investments in energy insecure regions.
Why communities choose to resist
During this Energy Café, the centre's postdoctoral researcher Cornelia Helmcke will tie in her previous work on energy data justice in Colombia with her...
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Cold War Worldmaking Between East Asia and the Arab World
MECACS Seminar Series Event - Mohammed Alsudairi
Seeking to transcend Western- and state-centric readings of the Cold War, the talk focuses on the various forms of ideational interaction and worldmaking that...
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The Syrian Conflict and the European Union -- Assessing Actorness and Policy (in)coherence
CSS Teams Event
Title: The Syrian Conflict and the European Union -- Assessing Actorness and Policy (in)coherence Over the past decade the EU has had to respond to two...
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Activism in the West Bank in times of war
Adi Lifshitz
Through the first couple of days of the war, it became clear there was an immediate need for humanitarian support in the Palestinian community, both in the...
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Seeing gender in Russia's war in Ukraine: a feminist security studies approach
Jenny Mathers, University of Aberystwyth
Gender rarely makes it into the headlines about Russia's war in Ukraine but it is nevertheless a constant factor and plays a central role in shaping the...
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Energy Café: Legitimising the ISDS Regime through Energy Justice
This seminar examines the role of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) regime in the global energy sector and its connection to energy justice. The ISDS...
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Chasing World War I Ghosts: Re-learning IR through the Togoland Campaign
St Andrews Distinguished Teacher Lecture
: Dr. Yolande Bouka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and...
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"Hostages of Empire: Colonial Prisoners of War and Vichy France"
ISWS Seminar Series via MS Teams
Hostages of Empire, Colonial Prisoners of War in Vichy France, won the 2022 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize awarded by the French Colonial History Society in...
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The use and misuse of the 'local turn' -- Distinguished Scholar Lecture
Oliver P Richmond
In this talk I try to develop a reassessment of the critical project for peace and conflict research. Firstly, I outline the main challenges and critiques...
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Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits
CSTPV Seminar: book and discussion
From Ukraine to Afghanistan and beyond, occupations and exit dilemmas permeate contemporary geopolitics. However, the existing literature on territorial...
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Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
Photographs, films, and texts...
Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Maré from the Inside is an interactive multi-media exhibit developed by...
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Perceptions of Illegitimate Violence in Intercultural Wars in German East Africa (circa 1884 to 1914)
ISWS Spring Seminar with Professor Tanja Bührer, University of Salzburg
Tanja Bührer's lecture explores what was considered legitimate and illegitimate violence in intercultural wars in the colonial realm during the fin de...
