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SPIRe SEMINAR SERIES - Second Semester 2011/12

Last Updated on 17 Jan 2012


SPIRe Seminar Series: Spring 2012

The seminars take place in Room G317, Newman Building, Belfield.

All are welcome!

 

Thursday 19 January, 1-2 pm
Professor David Farrell, SPIRe
“’We the Citizens’ deliberative project’”

Friday 27 January, 3.30-5 pm (cancelled)
Dr Kasper Richter, senior economist, World Bank
“Restoring the lustre of the European growth model in times of austerity: The role of government


Thursday 2 February, 1-2 pm
Jodi Zaffino, SPIRe
"American Presidential Ethnic Conflict Intervention"

Friday 3 February, 3.30-5 pm
Dr. Abeer Mashni, Bir Zeit University Rammallah
“State-building in Palestine and the campaign for Palestinian statehood at the UN”

Thursday 9 February
Kevin Coffey, SPIRe
“Why do states commit to international criminal justice institutions? Support for the International Criminal Court in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Thursday 16 February, 1-2 pm
Jennifer Jackson, SPIRe
“The formation of social and symbolic boundaries in ethnically divided societies: Northern Ireland and Quebec compared”

Friday 17 February, 1-2.30 pm (PLEASE NOTE TIME)
Dr Helen Callaghan, Max Planck Institute Cologne
“Evolutionary theory and the market for corporate control: Explaining the decline of political resistance to hostile takeovers”
Seminar organized jointly with the UCD Geary Institute

Thursday 23 February 1-2 pm
Prof. Diana Panke, SPIRe
“The influence of consultative committees in the EU”

Thursday 1 March, 1-2 pm
Dr. Iseult Honohan, SPIRe
“Comparing and constructing indicators for citizenship laws in Europe”

Thursday 29 March, 1-2 pm
Stephen Massey, SPIRe
“Large firm lobbying in the EU”

Thursday 5 April, 1-2 pm
Dr. Any Storey, SPIRe
“Is Europe part of the New Scramble for Africa?”

Thursday 12 April, 1-2 pm
Professor Daniel Thomas, SPIRe
“The construction of ‘Europe’: Communal identity and the politics of EU membership”  

Thursday 19 April, 1-2 pm
Chun Zhang, SPIRe
“The political economy of China's financial service liberalization in the WTO”

Friday 20 April, 10am-4pm: Newman House, St Stephen's Green 
Contact Iseult Honohan to register (iseult.honohan@ucd.ie)
“Domination, migration and non-citizens” 

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