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Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) |
CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS AS AN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TEACHING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM |
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School The dates of the Summer School are currently being finalised and will be posted here later. In the meantime, please familiarise yourself with the preliminary program and refer to our general Programme of Activities. WEEK 1 Monday 9.30-10.30 Welcome to the Summer Institute 11.00–12.00 LECTURE: The Social Science Foundations of the Study of Conflict: Conflict in political science and international relations 11.00-12.00 SEMINAR: The Social Science Foundations of the Study of Conflict: The dynamics of conflict escalation and de-escalation 16.00-18.00 Participants’ presentations: syllabi/research and expectations from the RESET project Tuesday 9.30-10.30 LECTURE: Realist and Constructivist Theories of Intra-state Conflict 11.00-12.00 SEMINAR: Assessing Competing Theories of Intra-state Conflict 12.30-13.30 ROUNDTABLE: Did the end of the Cold War cause more conflict? 16.00-18.00 Participants’ presentations: syllabi/research and expectations from the RESET project Wednesday 9.30-10.30 LECTURE: The Social Science Foundations of the Study of Conflict: Incompatible goals as main drivers of conflict 11.00-12.00 LECTURE: Theories of War, Conflict and Violence: Theory-building in international relations 12.30-13.30 LECTURE: Theories of War, Conflict and Violence: Investigating competing theories of war 16.00-18.00 ROUNDTABLE: Does the global war on terrorism cause conflict? 19.00 Introduction to Simulation Game: The 2008 Russia-Georgia Conflict before the ICJ Thursday 9.30-10.30 LECTURE: Conflict Analysis: Questions and perspectives 11.00-12.00 SEMINAR: Conflict Analysis: Structure and agency at local, state, regional and global levels of analysis 12.30-13.30 SEMINAR: Conflict Analysis: Correlation and causation 16.00-18.00 SEMINAR: The Study of Contemporary Conflicts: Towards research-led teaching (I) 19.00 Introduction to Simulation Game: Macedonia Friday 9.30-10.30 LECTURE: Intra-state Conflict: The main trends in conflicts since 1946 11.00-12.00 LECTURE: Intra-state Conflict: The causes of intra-state conflicts and civil wars 12.30-13.30 SEMINAR: Teaching Frozen Conflicts: Focusing on (Which) Theories and (Which) Cases 16.00-18.00 SEMINAR: The Study of Contemporary Conflicts: Towards research-led teaching (II) 19.00 Introduction to Simulation Game: The Iran Nuclear Crisis Saturday 9.30-12.00 Guided Study Tour: “The Sevastopol Battle” Free Time 19.00 Informal evening meeting and discussion “Pacifism in 21st-century Europe” (optional) WEEK 2 Monday 9.00-10.30 Preparation to Simulation Game 11.00–12.00 LECTURE: The Fundamentals of Low-intensity Conflict 12.30-13.30 ROUNDTABLE: Teaching Small Wars and Civil Conflicts: challenges for scholars 16.00-18.00 ROUNDTABLE: After Kosovo: Moral hazard or precedents as causes of conflict Tuesday 9.00-10.30 Preparation to Simulation Game 11.00-12.00 LECTURE: Theories of Inter-state and Ethnic Conflict Compared 12.30-13.30 ROUNDTABLE: After Georgia: geopolitical signals as causes of conflict 16.00-18.00 Study tour to the Russian Black Sea Fleet Wednesday 9.00-18.00 Simulation Game: The Iran Nuclear Crisis 19.00 Informal evening meeting and discussion “War and the Media: Representation of War in American and European Films” (optional) Thursday 9.00-15.30 Simulation Game: The 2008 Russia-Georgia Conflict before ICJ 16.00-19.00 Study tour to the Crimean parliament and workshop entitled “Crimea: A Successful Model of Multiculturalism?” Friday 9.00-15.30 Simulation Game: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 16.00-18.00 ROUNDTABLE: The Usage of case studies and simulation games in the teaching process Saturday 9.30-10.30 Presentation of Academic Programs in participants’ universities 11.00-12.00 Summer Session 2009 Review and Evaluation Free Time and Departure |
