April 19 - Trends and Dynamics in Global Politics

The Political Science Graduate Student’ Association (PSGSA) in conjunction with the Department of Political Science is hosting the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference with the theme of Trends and Dynamics in Global Politics. The conference will bring together graduate students from across the country for a comprehensive and full day of presentations on a variety of topics related to global issues. The aim of the conference is to foster dialogue and academic exchange between graduate students of different disciplines on subjects in public policy, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, Canadian politics, security studies and gender and politics. The conference will also feature two keynote speakers and close with a wine and cheese reception. Please join us in making this year a success!

When:    Friday, April 19th, 2013 08:00 – 18:00, Reception to Follow
Where:   Room H-763, Henry F. Hall Buildingv (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus

Panel topics and presentations:

Identity, Power and the Changing Voices of Influence in State Policy Making:

Aakansha Natani – MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India.
“Politics Beyond Identity and Ideology - Changing Patterns of Civil Society in South Asia.”

Jacqueline Lemieux: MPPPA, Concordia University
“The EU as Normative Power: An Idealist or a Self-Interested Actor?”

Johanu Botha - University of Manitoba
“Public Policy and Substantive Equality Recognizing Collective Identities within a Liberal Framework.”

Sara Hassani – MA, University of Ottawa
"Embedded Ideology: An Exploration into Discursive Representations of Female Resistors of the MEK."

Kanwaljeet Dewan and Monica Mulreen (PhD) – Concordia Unversity
“Community-based monitoring- Lessons from the Wemindji Cree Nation’s Community Fisheries Program.”

Rights and the Shifting Locus of Power:

Danielle Lobo – MA, York University
“Anti-Trafficking Legislation, Migration Control and Border Proliferation in the EU.”

Kiran Phull – MA, University of Windsor
“Examining the Re-Nationalization of EU Migration Policy in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring.”

Sebastien Jodoin – PhD Candidate, Yale University
“Rights in a Changing Climate- Transnational Mechanisms of Human Rights Diffusion in the REDD+ Readiness Phase.”

Louise Cockram – MA, Dalhousie University
“Is there a right to have rights in Canada? Hannah Arendt’s “The perplexities of the rights of man” in the context of Canadian refugee policy.”

Economy, Conflict and Nuclear Weapons:

Gbangou Yempabou Roland – PhD Student, University Laval
“Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding : Canada’s Interventions in the Post Cold War Intra-States Armed Conflicts.”

Brent  Gerchicoff – PhD Student, Concordia University
“The Rockets’ Red Glare: The Technological Determinants of Nuclear Doctrine in the Eisenhower Administration.”

Jean-Francois Belanger – PhD Student, McGill University
"Expanding the Nuclear Club – Nuclear Sharing as a Bargaining Chip"

Alexander Leger – MA, Concordia University
“Turning off the Tap on China: The Impact of Oil Embargoes”


Media, Technology and Cyber-warfare in the 21st Century:

Jonathan Romic – MA, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“Security and Policy Issues in a Cyber World”

Sabrina Elena Sotiriu – PhD Student, University of Ottawa
“Ross v. Morozov: Pro/con Arguments for Digital Diplomacy.”

Ryan Boivin – MA, University of Saskatchewan
“The New Age of Cyber Warfare: Re-Interpreting the Charter of the United Nations for the Cyber Front”

Joshua Libben – PhD Student, University of Ottawa
“Robots in Africa: The Implications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for a Fourth Generation of Peacekeeping"

The Conference is free and open to all students, staff and faculty at Concordia
All individuals interested in attending the event should send an RSVP email to psgsa.concordiaconference@gmail.com by April 17, 2013.

Generously sponsored by:
•    Department of Political Science
•    Office of the President
•    Office of the Dean
•    Political Science Graduate Student’ Association (PSGSA)

Related links:
•    Faculty of Arts and Science
•    Department of Political Science