Between Civilisation and Militarisation

Alternate Wednesdays, 17.00-19.00 during term time
CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

Programme 2011-12

For further information click the individual event title.

Easter Term 2012

Bunkers and Other Risk Assessments: (Im-)Material Calculations of Military and Natural Disasters
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Dr Michael Guggenheim (Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process, Goldsmiths University of London). In conjunction with the Twentieth Century Think Tank group (HPS).


Lent Term 2012
Theme: Humanitarian Interventions in Conflict and War

Topic: Intervening in Conflict in the Name of Peace and Protection
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012
Reading group discussion.
Topic: Responsibility to Protect and Regimes of Accountability
Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012
Dr Sharath Srinivasan (Director, Center of Governance and Human Rights, Cambridge) and Dr Alan Keenan (Sri Lanka Project Director and Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group)
Topic: Community Security and Conflict Resolution from Below
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012
Dr Kate Meagher (Dept of International Development, LSE)
Witnessing War: Culture and Conflict in the 20th Century and Beyond
Thursday, 8 Mar 2012
Special Workshop with Jay Winter, CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professorship
 


Michaelmas Term 2011
Theme: The imagined distinction between civil and military spheres

Special Event: State Control over Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Dr Hannah Tonkin. Inaugural Collaborative Seminar . *NB: Different time (1-2pm) and venue
The Imagined Distinction Between Civil and Military Spheres
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Reading group discussion and special presentation (Brig Andrew Sharpe) *NB the readings for this session will be pre-circulated, and made available via CRASSH website for downloadable/printable readings
Democratic Rep of the Congo the African Metastases of Post-Colonial Cancer:Rethinking the African State (re-)formation from a war-torn Perspective
Monday, 24 Oct 2011
Patience Kabamba (The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame) NB: Venue African Studies 5.00pm
Changed to 12 October 2011
Wednesday, 26 Oct 2011
Changed to 12 Oct 2011. Brig Andrew Sharpe
The Libya War
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2011
Dr Tarak Barkawi (POLIS), Gp Cpt Mike Hart (Director of Defence Studies -RAF-, Joint Services Command)
Topographies and Legalities of Militarised Security*
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2011
Dr Lori Allen (Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics & Society) and Dr Julia Hornberger (Dept of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich). See page event for papers.