International Relations Theory

On Monday afternoons, IIS hosts an informal colloquium where a prominent speaker is invited to participate in a conversation with affiliated faculty, graduate students and visiting scholars about pressing issues of international relations.

Professor: Ron Hassner

 

 

 

Spring 2012 Events:
Monday, February 6, 4-5:30 p.m.
202 Barrows Moses Hall
“Testing the Surge:  Why did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007?"  
Speaker: Jake Shapiro (Princeton)
 
Monday, February 13, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“Are State Religions the Norm or the Exception?  The Religion and State Project Round II”
Speaker: Jonathan Fox (Bar Ilan)
 
Monday, February 27, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“Interest Configuration and Negotiation”
Speaker: Nina Kelsey (Berkeley)
 
Monday, March 5, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“Institutional Legacies of Insurgency: Governance in Turkey, Uganda, and Kosovo”
Speaker: George Willcoxon (Berkeley) 
 
Monday, March 19, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“Non-Military Foreign Intervention in Domestic Social Movements”
Speaker: Rochelle Terman (Berkeley)
 
Monday, April 9, 4-5:30 p.m.
202 Moses Hall
“Norm Transgression and the Rise of Suicide Terrorism” and "Inferring Norm Cascades through Natural Language Processing"
Speaker: Joe Gardner (Berkeley) and Rengyee Lee (Berkeley)
 
Monday, April 16, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Threat to National Security?”
Speaker: Alison Bond (Berkeley)
 
Monday, April 23, 4-5:30 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
“The Effect of Regular and Public Competition for Office on Interstate Conflict”
Speaker: Alexander Debs (Yale)