Speaker Series

The Departmental Speaker Series features contributors from Queen's and beyond covering topics across all the fields of political studies. Since the series was introduced in the Winter term, of 2009, we have enjoyed high attendance from faculty and students alike. For students, the series is a great opportunity not only to expose oneself to original research but, as importantly, to take part in and become familiar with the practice of scholarly debate in the discipline of political studies.

Speakers for the upcoming year will be posted on the upcoming events page as they become available.  Please check there for detailed event information, and see the events archive to view past events.   

Archived Events

Winter 2019

"The Catalan ‘Anomaly’ and the Limits of the Comparative Theories of Secession"
Karlo Basta, Memorial University
Thursday, January 17, 2019
4:30-6:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D201
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

"Mobilizing Litigation: Private Enforcement of Civil Rights Law"
Paul Gardner, Queen's University
Thursday, January 31, 2019
2:30-4:00, Kingston Hall, Room 200

"The Role of Race in Inter-Minority Elections"
Fan Lu, University of California (Davis)
Thursday, February 7, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

"Sexuality Politics and Political Cleavage Development in the US and Canada"
Elizabeth Baisley, Princeton University
Thursday, February 14, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

"Unwillingness and Imagination in Frederick Douglass’s The Heroic Slave"
Nolan Bennett, Georgetown University
Thursday, February 21, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

"Prisoners, Politicians, and Combatants: The Anatomy of Gendered Research in Divided Societies"
Yolande Bouka, George Washington University
Thursday, February 28, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

"Ambivalent Sexism and Support for Policies to Increase the Presence of Women in Politics"
Katrine Beauregard, Australian National University
Thursday, March 7, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

"An Exceptional Country? Immigration Attitudes, Macroeconomics, Culture and Partisanship in Canada, 1980-2017” 
Keith Banting, Queen's University
Friday, March 8, 2019
2:00 - 3:30 Dunning Hall, Room 11

"Gender Injustices in the Globalized Economy and “Emotional Capitalism: Which Responsibility?"
Agnes Barthelot-Raffard (University of Ottawa)
Thursday, March 14, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

“Natural Law and Utility in American Political and Intellectual Discourse”
Jim Crimmins (Huron University College - Western)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
2:30-4:00 Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B313

“National Independence and European Integration - Scotland and Catalonia’s Democratic Challenges to the Political Order in the EU”
Niklas Bremberg (University of Stockholm)
Thursday, April 4, 2019
2:30-4:00 Kingston Hall, Room 200

Fall 2018

"Strategic Framing and the Case of Stateless Children"
Jennie L. Schulze, Duquesne University
Thursday, September 28, 2018
2:30-4:00, Dunning Hall, Room 27
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

"Orbán's Hungary: Democracy, Dictatorship, or Something Else?"
Jason Wittenberg, University of California (Berkeley)
Thursday, October 4, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

"Race, Injustice, and the Burden of Hope"
Christopher Lebron, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, October 11, 2018
2:30-4:00, Chernoff Hall, Room 117
*Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy & the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

"The Myth of Communism and the Myth of the Jew - the Old/New Trope of the Polish 'New' Right"
Kate Korycki, Queen's University
Thursday, November 8, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“Interculturality and Revolution of Values: Reading Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Canadian Context”
Ramin Jahanbegloo, O.P Jindal Global University
Thursday, November 15, 2018
4:30-6:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

“Neocolonial Identities: the Biopolitical Maintenance of Indigenous Subjugation”
Veldon Coburn
Thursday, November 22, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“Indigenous Rights, Jurisdictions, and Reconciliation: Reflections on Legal Reasoning and the Supreme Court of Canada”
Michael McCrossan
Thursday, November 29, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“A Foot in Both Canoes: Including Indigenous Political History and Thought within Political Science”
Chadwick Cowie
Thursday, November 29, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“Word Warriors and the Dilemma of Contemporary Indigenous Intellectual Culture”
Dale Turner
Thursday, December 6, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“Under Coyote’s Mask: Environmental Law, Indigenous Identity, and #NoDapl”
Danielle Delaney
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
10:30-12:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

“Paddles Up! Indigenous Policy Making in An Era of Reconciliation”
David Leech
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

 

 

Winter 2018

"Minority rights and the judiciary: The case of language rights in the Supreme Court of Canada"
Stephanie Chouinard, Royal Military College (Kingston)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
2:30-4:00, Dunning Hall, Room 27
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

Stephanie Chouinard Poster (PDF, 357KB)

"Intersectionality Goes Global: Gender and Race at the World Conference Against Racism"
Abbie Bakan, University of Toronto
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
2:30-4:00; Dunning Hall, Room 27
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity

Abbie Bakan Poster (PDF, 254KB)

"Participatory Democracy and the Future of Consociation in South Tyrol"
Stephen Larin, Queen's University
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
2:30-4:00, Dunning Hall, Room 27
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

Stephen Larin Poster, (PDF, 130KB)

Fall 2017

When Cities Were Sovereign: Tolerantia a Civic Compromise in the Medieval City
Loren King, Wilfrid Laurier University
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D214
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy & Diversity

Loren King Poster (PDF, 166KB)

Foreign Policy in a Trumpian World
Omer Aziz, Policy Advisor to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
2:30-4:00Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D214
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for International and Defence Policy

Omer Aziz Poster (PDF, 197KB)

Bounded Integration: Religion in Politics and Democratic Performance in Turkey and Israel
Aviad Rubin, University of Haifa
Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
2:30-4:00, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D214
*Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity

Aviad Rubin Poster, (PDF, 167KB)

 

 

Winter 2017

IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Stephen Macedo, Princeton University
Wednesday, January 18th
4:15-5:45, Mackintosh-Corry, Room B-313
Poster

INFORMAL AUTHORITY IN INDIA'S URBAN SLUMS
Adam Auerbach, Assistant Professor, American University
Thursday, January ​26th
2:30-3:30 pm, Robert-Sutherland Hall Room 448
*Co-sponsored by IIGR - Light refreshments available
Poster

BUILDING THE KEEPERS OF PEACE: SPECIAL FORCES IN PEACE OPERATIONS
Christian Breede, Assistant Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
Wednesday, February 8th
12:00pm-1:00pm in Robert-Sutherland Hall Room 448
*Co-sponsored by CIDP - Lunch provided
Poster

BIOLOGICALLY MODIFIED JUSTICE
Colin Farrelly, Queen's University
Tuesday, February 28th
2:30pm - 3:30pm in Mackintosh-Corry Room E230
Refreshments to follow in the Grad Lounge.
Poster

(CANCELLED) JOURNALISM, DEMOCRACY AND CLIMATE CRISIS
Robert Hackett, Simon Fraser University

JIHAD & CO.: BLACK MARKETS AND ISLAMIST POWER
Aisha Ahmad, University of Toronto
Tuesday, March 14th 
12:00pm - 1:00pm in Robert-Sutherland Hall Room 448
*Co-sponsored by CIDP - Lunch provided. 
Poster

MANIPULATION AND THE ETHICS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIMENTS
Gregory Whitfield, Queen’s University
Wednesday, March 29th
2:30pm - 3:30pm in Mackintosh-Corry Hall Room B-313
Poster

Fall 2016

UNCERTAIN ACCOMMODATION: ABORIGINAL IDENTITY AND GROUP RIGHTS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA​

Dimitri Panagos, Memorial University
Wednesday, September 21st 
11:00am-12:00pm, Ellis Hall, Room 218

IS YOUR NEIGHBOR A LIBERAL OR A CONSERVATIVE? VOTER SURVEILLANCE
AND THE ‘DATA-DRIVEN’ ELECTION CAMPAIGN​

Colin Bennett, University of Victoria
Wednesday, October 5th​,
12:30pm–2:00pm, Stirling Hall Room 401
*Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology

PARLIAMENT AND THE WAR PREROGATIVE IN THE UK AND CANADA: EXPLAINING
VARIATION IN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND LEGISLATIVE CONTROL

Philippe Lagassé, Carleton University
Thursday, October 27th
2:30pm-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Room B-201
*Co-sponsored with the CIDP

SOURCES OF LAW AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS: RESILIENT
INCOMPATIBILITY OR VIABLE CONCORD?

Eleonora Harris, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Wednesday, November 2nd​
2:30pm- 3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Room B-313
*Co-sponsored with the IIGR

THE POLITICS OF THE EURO: EXPECTATIONS VERSUS RESULTS
Philip Giurlando, Trent University
Wednesday, November 23rd
2:30pm-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry, Room B-313

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF SURVEILLANCE, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL
SECURITY POLICIES ON CANADIAN MUSLIM MEN

Tabasum Akseer, Queen’s University
Tuesday, November 29th
12:00pm–1:00 pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 448
*Co-Sponsored with the CIDP - Light lunch will be provided

Winter 2016

MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH POLITICS
Dalton McGuinty, Former Premier of Ontario
Monday, January 11th, 2016, 1:30-2:30pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Rm 202
*Co-sponsored with the IIGR
Dalton McGuinty talk poster

CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN AFRICA: A NEW GOVERNMENT, A NEW ERA?
David Hornsby, University of the Witwatersrand
Thursday, January 14th, 3:00-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
*Co-sponsored with the CIDP
​David Hornsby Talk Poster

DEBATES OVER RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION AS INSTANCES OF COMPETITIVE GROUP FORMATION: TOWARD AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
Phil Triadaphilopoulos, University of Toronto
Thursday, January 28th, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
*Co-sponsored with the CSDD and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Phil Triadaphilopoulos Talk Poster

LAND GRIEVANCS AND THE MOBILIZATION OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COTE D'IVOIRE AND KENYA
Matthew Mitchell, Saint Paul University
Wednesday, February 10th, 4:30-5:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
Matthew Mitchell Talk Poster
 

ETHNIC DIASPORAS AND THE CANADA-UNITED STATES SECURITY COMMUNITY
David Haglund, Queen's University
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
*Co-sponsored with the CIDP
*Book launch reception to follow in the department lounge (Mac-Corry C312)
David Haglund Talk Poster

LEANING IN OR HUNKERING DOWN? CONTACT, TRUST AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG IMMIGRANTS AND THE NATIVE BORN
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University
Thursday, March 10th
, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
*Co-sponsored with the CSDD and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Michael Jones-Correa Talk Poster

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A DISCURSIVE ALIBI: QUESTIONING THE CSR-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT
Nathan Andrews, Queen’s University
​Tuesday, April 5th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Robert Sutherland Hall Rm. 334
*Co-Sponsored with the CIDP
*Light lunch served starting at 11:45 am
Nathan Andrews Talk Poster

THE CONSEQUENCES OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY: CAN WE REVIVE THE RESEARCH AGENDA?
Dietlind Stolle, McGill University
Friday, April 8th, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry B-313
*Co-sponsored with CORA, the CSDD, and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Dietlind Stolle Talk Poster

Fall 2015

DO PROPERTY RIGHTS MAKE PEOPLE MORE TRUSTING AND PROSOCIAL?
FIELD EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM MONGOLIA
Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University
Thursday September 24, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm D207
Daniel Rubenson talk poster

A POLITICAL THEORY OF TERRITORY
Margaret Moore, Queen's University
Thursday October 8, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm D207
*Book launch reception with light refreshments to follow in the department lounge (Mac-Corry Rm C312)
Margaret Moore talk poster

UNDER-PREDICTING THE ARAB SPRING
Rex Brynen, McGill University
Tuesday October 20, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Rm 448
*light lunch available at 11:45am
Rex Brynen talk poster

WHAT POST-AMERICAN WORLD? IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY, AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Srdjan Vucetic, University of Ottawa
Thursday October 29, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Rm 448
*light lunch available at 11:45am
Srdjan Vucetic talk poster

NEGATIVE INFORMATION AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION
Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan
Thursday November 5, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm D207
Stuart Soroka talk poster

RE-POLITICIZING STATE SOVEREIGNTY IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE OIL SECTORS OF GABON AND GHANA
Nadège Compaoré, Queen's University
Wednesday November 25, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Nadège Compaoré talk poster

Winter 2015


2014 SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: ISSUES, POLITICS AND OUTCOMES
Oleg Kodolov, Queen's University
Thursday April 16, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Oleg Kodolov talk poster

OWS AND THE OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE: PRE:FIGURATIVE OR SELF-LIMITING POLITICS?
Keith Haysom, University of Ottawa, and Queen's University
Tuesday April 7, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Keith Haysom talk poster

THE CHANGING FACE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE USA (Co-sponsored with the Centre for International and Defence Policy)
Michael Hawes, Queen’s University; and Executive Director, Canada-US Fulbright Program
Thursday April 2, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Rm 448
Michael Hawes talk poster

ADVANCING THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING, RECIPROCITY, AND 'GIVING BACK' IN AFRICANA STUDIES: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES OF ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP
George J. Sefa Dei, University of Toronto
Thursday March 26, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall (RSH), Room 202
     *Co-presented with the 2015 Africa Day

PARLIAMENTARY BILLS OF RIGHTS AND WESTMINSTER CONSTRAINTS
Janet Hiebert, Queen’s University
Thursday March 19, 2015, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
     *Book launch reception to follow in the department lounge (Mac-Corry C312)
Janet Hiebert Talk poster

THE WAR AGAINST CIVILIANS IN DONBAS, UKRAINE
Dominique Arel, University of Ottawa
Wednesday March 11, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall E230

HOW DO POLITICIANS REPRESENT CITIZENS? THREE EXPERIMENTS WITH CANADIAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (Co-presented with Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA))
Peter Loewen, University of Toronto, Mississauga
Thursday February 5, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

USING EXPERIMENTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (Co-presented with Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA))
Peter Loewen, University of Toronto, Mississauga
Thursday February 5, 2015,10:30am-12:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm D207
Peter Loewen Methods Session poster

GENDERED NEWS: CAMPAIGN COVERAGE AND INEQUALITY IN REPRESENTATION
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Queen's University
Thursday January 29, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

Fall 2014


COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESSES
Yash Ghai, Head of the Constitution Advisory Support Unit of the UNDP, Nepal
Thursday November 20, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Kinesiology building (SKHS), Rm 100, 28 Division Street

FROM THE STREET TO THE PHONE: RETHINKING EVERYDAY PRACTICES OF CITIZENSHIP IN MOMBASA, KENYA
Stephanie Diepeveen, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge
Wednesday November 12, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

WHEN SECURITY SECTOR REFORM MISFIRES: THE REMAKING OF PUBLIC ORDER REGIMES (sponsored jointly with CIDP)
Gaëlle Rivard Piché, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Thursday October 30, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATISM IN CANADA     CANCELLED
The Hon. Tony Clement, MP
Thursday October 23, 2014, 8:00-9:30pm, MacDonald Hall 001

INTIMATE VIOLENCE: THE POLITICAL ORIGINS OF POGROMS
Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto
Thursday October 2, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

CRISIS AND TRUST IN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS -
PANEL EVIDENCE FOR THE EU, 1999-2012

Felix Roth, University of Gottingen
Monday September 22, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Sutherland Hall, Rm 448

Winter 2014

LATIN AMERICA'S RIGHTS REVOLUTION (PEACOCK LECTURE)
Catherine Conaghan, Queen's University
Wednesday April 2, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Dunning Hall, Rm 10 
Latin America's Rights Revolution Poster (PDF, 144KB)

THE POLITICS OF MANAGING DIASPORAS
Harris Mylonas, George Washington University
Tuesday March 25, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall D216 
The Politics of Managing Diasporas Poster (PDF, 125KB) 

TOP-DOWN PEACEMAKING: WHY PEACEMAKING BETWEEN REGIONAL RIVALS BEGINS WITH STATES AND ENDS WITH SOCIETIES
Norrin Ripsman,  Concordia University
Wednesday March 12, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
Top-down Peacemaking Poster (PDF, 135KB)

BURDEN SHARING AND COLLECTIVE PENNY PINCHING WITHIN NATO: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART DEFENCE 
Stéfanie von Hlatky, Queen's University
Wednesday February 26, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313 
Burden Sharing and Collective Penny Pinching Within NATO Poster (PDF, 134KB)

THE POLITICS OF MOTHERWORK: CONTESTED VISIONS OF MOTHERHOOD DURING CANADA'S SECOND WAVE WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS, 1970-1990 (PEACOCK LECTURE) 
Margaret Little, Queen's University
Wednesday February 5, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall D207
The Politics of Motherwork Poster (PDF, 146KB)

RESPONDING TO CONFLICT IN AFRICA: THE UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  
Jane Boulden, Royal Military College
Tuesday January 21, 2014, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall D216
Responding to Conflict in Africa Poster (PDF, 104KB)

Fall 2013

EXPLAINING CIVIC CAPITAL: THE COUNTERING OF ETHNIC HEGEMONY IN NATIONALIZING STATES  (CANCELLED)     
Amal Jamal, Tel Aviv University
Wednesday, November 13 2013, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313   

GLOBAL CAPITALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE
(In collaboration with SNID and Global Development Studies)
Leo Panitch, York University
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, 2:30-4:00pm, Dunning Hall Room 11

HOW INDONESIA BECAME A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY (CORRY LECTURE)
Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University
Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 6:00-7:30pm, Humphrey Hall Auditorium
How Indonesia Became a Constitutional Democracy Poster (PDF, 70KB)

NEO-KANTIANISM UNDER SIEGE: CAN PUBLIC REASON ACCOMMODATE PASSION, RHETORIC, AND AFFECT? 
Simone Chambers, University of Toronto
Friday, October 25, 2013, 2:30-4:00 pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
Neo-Kantianism Under Siege Poster (PDF, 71KB)

ANTICIPATING REVOLUTIONARY OUTCOMES: HOW ARMIES RESPOND TO UPRISINGS AND WHY 
Zoltan Barany. University of Texas
Friday, October 18, 2013, 1:30-3:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
Anticipating Revolutionary Outcomes Poster (PDF, 136KB)

DEMOCRATIZING DEPORTATION 
Patti T. Lenard, University of Ottawa
Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
Democratizing Deportation Poster (PDF, 128KB)

CIVILIAN VICTIMIZATION AND THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE KURDISH CONFLICT IN TURKEY
Ceren Belge, Concordia University
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 2:30-4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B313
Civilian Victimization and the Politics of Knowledge in the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey Poster (PDF, 127KB)

Winter 2013

THE OWL OF MINERVA ONLY FLIES AT DUSK, BUT WHERE IS IT GOING
Lea Ypi, London School of Economics
Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
The Owl of Minerva Only Flies at Dusk, But Where is it Going? Poster (PDF, 115KB)

MAJORITIES AND MINARETS: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND PUBLIC SPACE
David Miller, University of Oxford
Friday, March 22, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall (SPS) Rm 448
Majorities and Minarets Poster (PDF, 154KB)

GENDER DIVERSITY ON ONTARIO'S COURTS: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS REFORM
Erin Crandall, Skelton-Clark Post Doctoral Fellow, Queen's University
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313

ISRAEL, IRAN, AND THE ARAB SPRING--A COMING STORM?
Yoram Peri, University of Maryland
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B201

FOUNDATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL GOVERNANCE, THE CONCEPT AND ITS CONCEPTIONS
Richard Zapata-Barrero, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Foundations of Intercultural Governance, the Concept and its Conceptions Poster (PDF, 132KB)

THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY
Lori Turnbull, Dalhousie University
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 11:30am to 1:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
The Constitution and Democracy Poster (PDF, 129KB)

THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE QUESTION
Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen
Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
The Scottish Independence Question Poster (PDF, 127KB)

THE 'MIRAGE' OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: HAYEK AGAINST (AND FOR) RAWLS
Andrew Lister, Queen's University
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall (SPS), Rm 448
The Mirage of Social Justice Poster (PDF, 145KB)

Fall 2012

MINORITY PROTECTION IN CHINA: ACHIEVEMENT AND CHALLENGES
ShaoQing Zhou, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Minority Protection in China Poster (PDF, 127KB)

RESPONSIBILITY AND HISTORIC INJUSTICE
Catherine Lu, McGill University 
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313   ( Responsibility and Injustice Poster (PDF, 71KB)

DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE ARAB WORLD: WHAT ROLE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Universite de Montreal
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Democratization in the Arab World Poster (PDF, 131KB)

CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF INCLUSION/EXCLUSION: THE CASE OF CANADA (jointly sponsored with Gender Studies)
Yasmeen Abu-Laban, University of Alberta
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Rm B313
Citizenship and the Politics of Inclusion/Exclusion Poster (PDF, 70KB)

SLEEPING WITH AL-QAEDA
Ambassador Bob Fowler, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7:00pm to 8:15pm, Stirling Hall, Rm. 301A
Sleeping with Al-Qaeda Poster (PDF, 135KB)

THE EU, RUSSIA, AND THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
Nicu Popescu, European Council of Foreign Relations
Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 448
The EU, Russia, and the Eastern Partnership Poster (PDF, 104KB)

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
(Neo)Liberalizing Hungary Poster (PDF, 118KB) 

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  ( Gender, Psychological Orientation to Politics, and Democratic Citizenship Poster (PDF, 158KB) )

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  ( Selective Solidarity Poster (PDF, 209KB) )

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  ( The Evolution of Party Discipline in the Canadian House and Senate since Confederation Poster (PDF, 119KB) )

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
The Fourth Stage of the Arab-Israel Conflict Poster (PDF, 118KB)

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 
Africa; The BRICS Poster (PDF, 119KB) 

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
Policy-Making for the Long-Term Poster (PDF, 1MB) 

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
Public Opinion, Framing and Strategy for the Indigenous Justice Poster (PDF, 118KB) 

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
A New and Improved Normative Theory for Accommodating Minority Nationalism Poster (PDF, 211KB) 

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