SPIRE’s week 9 seminar will feature Dr. Cara Levey, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University College Cork on The Struggles for Memory and Justice in Post-dictatorship Argentina Thursday 21st November. Venue: A106 Newman Building Time: 13:00-14:00 Abstract Since the mid-1990s, Argentina … Continue reading
Q&A with Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York. President of the Global Masters of Development Practice Association on his Kapuscinski Lecture on Sustainable Development: Moderater Patrick Paul Walsh UCD School of Politics and International Relations … Continue reading
SPIRe’s week eight seminar will feature SPIRe PhD Student David Hallinan, this Thursady (Nov. 14th), 1-2pm in G317 speaking on ‘EU Trade Policy in Northeast Asia’ Abstract This paper consists of an in-depth case study of the pursuit and implementation … Continue reading
The next meeting of the Dublin Political Theory Workshop will take place at noon on Friday, 15 November in G316, Newman Building, UCD. Adina Preda (UL) will discuss her paper ‘Are There Any Conflicts of Rights?’. Participants are asked to read … Continue reading
The UCD School of Politics and International Relations and The UCD Human Rights Network cordially invite you to the screening of the documentary ‘The Value of Women in The Congo’ Which will be followed by Q&A with film director Dearbhla … Continue reading
UCD SPIRe G311 on Monday, November 11th at 1-2pm. All Welcome Talk: “Food Not Fuel – the story of biofuels in Liberia” by Silas Siakor There are 1 in 8 people hungry in the world today, yet here in Ireland … Continue reading
SPIRe’s week four seminar will feature SPIRe PhD Student Ronan Kennedy, this Thursady (Nov. 7th), 1-2pm in G317 speaking on ‘The Gender Dimensions of Consociational Democracy’. Abstract Consociational democracy, as first theorized by Arend Lijphart, has arguably become the most … Continue reading
SPIRe’s week four seminar will feature Prof. Michael Keating, Professor of Politics and ESRC Senior Fellow at University of Aberdeen, this Thursady (Oct. 17th), 1-2pm in G317 speaking on ‘The Independence Question in Scotland – Issues and Prospects.’ Abstract The referendum … Continue reading
The next meeting of the Dublin Political Theory Workshop will take place on Friday 18 October at 2 p.m. in G316 of the Newman Building, UCD. Cara Nine (UCC) will discuss her paper ‘Compromise, Democracy, and Territory’. Participants are asked … Continue reading
SPIRe, along with the UCD College of Human Sciences, will host a workshop on economic development with scholars from China’s Wuhan University. Details below: UCD Global Lounge, Gerard Manley Hopkins Centre (Downstairs of the Main Restaurant) Tuesday 8 October, 9am-1pm … Continue reading
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