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17 October Stéphane Dufoix (Paris Nanterre University)Historicizing as Decolonizing Sociology: Epistemological and Political Issues of Writing a World History of Sociology

24 October Matthew Eagleton-Pierce (SOAS)The Political Economy of Managerialism

14 November Rafeef Ziadah (SOAS) The Politics of Logistics Space: Humanitarianism, Militarism and the United Arab Emirates

28 November Kristian Stokke (Oslo University) Contextual Politics of Semi-Authoritarian Rule and Hybrid Peace: Comparative Reflections on Myanmar and Sri Lanka

12 December Kim Hutchings (Queen Mary) To Dwell In the Borders: The Ethos of a Feminist and Decolonial International Ethics

16 January Lawrence Hamilton (University of Cambridge) Reinventing Representative Democracy from the Global South

Wednesdays, 3-5pm Venue: 4429

23 January Ben Clift (University of Warwick) The IMF and the Politics of Austerity

6 February Marlies Glasius (University of Amsterdam)Extraterritorial Authoritarian Practices

20 February Polly Pallister-Wilkins (University of Amsterdam)Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and the Need to Save Lives

27 February Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière (SOAS)SOS Chrétiens d’Orient: Intra-religious Solidarity and Nationalism Between France and Syria

6 March Alastair Fraser (SOAS)Researching Parliamentary Constituencies as Spaces of Contested Authority

20 March DISCUSSION: The Research-Teaching Nexus Laleh Khalili (SOAS), Matthew Nelson (SOAS)Meera Sabaratnam (SOAS)

THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Seminar Series 2018-19

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