Department of Political Studies
Queen's UniversityPast Speakers
Winter 2012
J.A. CORRY LECTURE IN POLITICAL STUDIES: THE STRANGE DEATH OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM
Prof. Paul Pierson, John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 4:30pm to 6:30pm, Walter Light Hall, Room 205
(NEO)LIBERALIZING HUNGARY: GENDER, TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE ASSEMBLAGE OF WELFARE
Csilla Kalocsal, Visiting Scholar, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
(Poster)
GENDER, PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIENTATIONS TO POLITICS, AND DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP
Melanee Thomas, Skelton-Clark Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 230 - 4 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm. B313
( Poster )
SELECTIVE SOLIDARITY: THE EXCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS FROM WELFARE STATE BENEFITS
Edward Koning, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 3 pm to 4:30 pm, Ellis Hall, Rm. 324
( Poster )
THE EVOLUTION OF PARTY DISCIPLINE IN THE CANADIAN HOUSE AND SENATE SINCE CONFEDERATION
Jean-Francois Godbout, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Universite de Montreal
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012, 230 - 4 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm. B313
( Poster )
THE FOURTH STAGE OF THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT
Alan Dowty, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Senior Associate for Middle East Studies, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Robert Sutherland Hall (SPS), Rm. 448
(Poster)
AFRICA(S) & THE BRICS: MORE DEVELOPMENTAL OR FRAGILE STATES/ECONOMIES/REGIMES/REGIONS?
Tim Shaw, Professor, Carleton University; Visiting Professor, Aalborg University
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm. B313
(Poster)
Fall 2011
POLICY-MAKING FOR THE LONG-TERM: WHEN DO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS INVEST IN THE FUTURE?
Alan Jacobs, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of British Columbia
Thursday, December 1, 2011, 12 pm to 1:15 pm, Robert Sutherland Hall (SPS), Rm. 202
(Poster)
PUBLIC OPINION, FRAMING AND STRATEGY FOR INDIGENOUS JUSTICE: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
Fiona Macdonald, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Manitoba
Thursday, November 24, 2011, 11 am to 1230 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm. B313
(Poster)
A NEW AND IMPROVED NORMATIVE THEORY FOR ACCOMMODATING MINORITY NATIONALISM
Alex Schwartz, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
(Poster)
Winter 2011
J.A. CORRY LECTURE IN POLITICAL STUDIES: THE FEDERALIZATION OF IRAQ AND THE BREAK-UP OF SUDAN
Prof. Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, April 6 2011, 2:30 to 4 pm, Kingston Hall, Room 201
ETHNICITY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE FIVE YEARS ON: MAKING DISTINCTIONS AND MAKING CONNECTIONS
Bruce Berman, Director and Principal Investigator of the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance program
Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Thursday, March 31, 2011, 1:30 to 3:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, D-214
This talk is co-sponsored by the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Project.
Ethnicity and Democratic Governance - Making Distinctions and Making Connections Poster (PDF*, 240KB)
ROGUE NATION? RETHINKING UNILATERALISM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Dru Lauzon, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Wed., March 30, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
Rethinking Unilaterialism in American Foreign Policy Poster (PDF*, 196KB)
GOVERNING UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT: THE LIMITATIONS OF WISHFUL THINKING
Janet Hiebert, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
The Limitations of Wishful Thinking Poster (PDF*, 191KB)
ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND SOLIDARITY: IMMIGRANTS, ABORIGINALS AND SUPPORT FOR REDISTRIBUTION IN CANADA
Keith Banting, Department of Political Studies & School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University
Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
Immigrants, Aboriginals and Support for Redistribution in Canada Poster (PDF*, 195KB)
A RESTRAINED VIEW OF APOLOGIES FOR HISTORICAL INJUSTICE
Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics
Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN UGANDA
Joanna R. Quinn, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Director of The Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction & of The Africa Institute, The University of Western Ontario
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
THE GENDERED RELATIONS OF DISCIPLINARY NEOLIBERALISM IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL CRISIS
Adrienne Roberts, SSHRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Rm. B-313
Fall 2010
OUR PERILOUS IMBALANCE: GLOBALIZATION’S DANGEROUS INEQUITIES AND WHAT CANADA SHOULD DO ABOUT THEM
Stephen Clarkson, Professor, University of Toronto
Wednesday, November 24th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, Dunning Hall, Rm. 11
SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND REORIENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN CHINA: HOW FAR WE ARE FROM ONE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY?
Lihua Yang, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Monday, November 22nd, 1:00 - 2:30 pm Mackintosh-Corry E202
CULTURAL RIGHTS AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA
Lahra Smith Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University & 2010 Visiting Fulbright Research Chair in Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship, Queen’s University
Monday, November 15th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry B313
CRISES AS TURNING POINTS: EXPLAINING CHANGE IN US FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Yakub Halabi, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Ellis 226
GLOBALIZATION AND THE WEST: SOME CULTURAL ISSUES
Philippe Nemo, Professor, ESCP Europe
Monday, October 4, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Sponsored by the Department of Political Studies, the Queen\\\'s Centre for International Relations (QCIR), and the Royal Military College (RMC)
SMART WOMEN WHO KNIT: EXAMINING SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE VOTING EXPERIMENTS, POLITICAL INFORMATION AND ELECTORAL COMPLEXITY
Jason Roy, Assistant Professor, Political Science Wilfrid Laurier University
Wednesday, September 29, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS: KENYA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Yash Ghai, Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law, University of Hong Kong
Monday, September 27, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
McLaughlin Hall, John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)
Sponsored by the Department of Political Studies and the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Project
Winter 2010
ADVOCACY UNDER AUTHORITARIANISM
Stephen Noakes
Wednesday, April 7, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
THE U.S. AND RUSSIA: WHY WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE 'RESET'
Dr. James M. Goldgeier
Wednesday, March 24, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Dupuis Hall, Auditorium
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Political Studies and the Queen's Centre for International Relations, with support from the Principal's Development Fund
MODELS OF RELIGIOUS GOVERNANCE
Dr. Veit Bader
Wednesday, March 10, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
HAITI'S AGONY AND CANADA'S RESPONSE
Carlo Dade
Monday, March 8, 4:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room #448
CITIZENSHIP AS METHOD? MULTINATIONAL CHALLENGES AND CURRENT TRENDS IN CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Dr. Raffaele Iacovino
Wednesday, February 17, 1 - 3 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
TOWARDS A THEORY OF TERRITORY
Dr. Margaret Moore
Wednesday, February 3, 1 - 3 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
FRAMING THE INBORN AGING PROCESS AND LONGEVITY SCIENCE
Dr. Colin Farrelly
Wednesday, January 27, 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
SIMILARITIES, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND LINGUISTIC BETWEEN EXOTIC QUEBEC AND EXOTIC PUERTO RICO
Dr. Luis Muñiz-Argüelles
Friday, January 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
Fall 2009
ISLAMIC THEOLOGY, LEGAL MINIMALISM AND MODERNIST ISLAMIC LEGAL REFORM: POSSIBILITIES FOR A TRANSITION FROM A MODUS VIVENDI TO AN OVERLAPPING CONSENSUS
Dr. Mohammed Fadel
Thursday, November 26, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
ARGUING AND BARGAINING IN THE FOG OF NEGOTIATIONS: ENDOGENOUS LEARNING IN THE WTO
Dr. Robert Wolfe
Tuesday, November 17, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room C310
RE-POSSESSED: RETHINKING AND REDIRECTING THE THEORY AND POLITICS OF PROPERTY
Dr. Eleanor MacDonald
Wednesday, October 28, 1 - 2 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
MAPPING AND MAINSTREAMING INTERSECTIONALITY
Dr. Rita Dhamoon
Wednesday, October 21, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D207
THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: PATRIOTISM AND DIRTY HANDS
Dr. Eamonn Callon
Monday, September 28, 2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D207
ELECTORAL RULES, PARTY EFFECTS, AND ETHNIC REPRESENTATION IN EASTERN EUROPE
Dr. Oleh Protsyk
Thursday, September 17, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313
Winter 2009
INSTITUTIONS WITHOUT CAPACITIES? POST-LISBON EU AND ITS EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Ivo Slosarcik
April 7
THE LIMITS OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE: CONSERVATIVE MOBILIZATION IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES FROM 1964 TO PRESENT
Dr. Jim Farney
March 5
EXCLUSIONARY SPEECH IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
Allison Harell
February 4
FROM TWO TO THREE ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING ABORIGINAL PEOPLES INTO CANADA'S FEDERAL SYSTEM
Ian Peach
January 21