PhD Seminar Series in International Political Sociology (2022-2023)
Description
Organised by the research group DoingIPS and PhD students in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, and the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics.
Now into its 5th year, the ‘Doing IPS’ PhD Seminar Series introduces graduate students to research inspired by International Political Sociology’s (IPS) commitment to challenge methodological and conceptual assumptions in their research disciplines, and ask new questions about transdisciplinary modes of inquiry. It will address the need for doctoral candidates to have a forum dedicated to IPS where they can: (1) present their work and receive feedback from peers and senior academics in the field; (2) engage with contemporary IPS research designs and debates; and (3) develop transdisciplinary and cross-institutional relationships with a view to facilitating further discussions and collaborations around common research themes. Lastly, the series will strengthen the analysis and evaluation skills of early career researchers.
The series runs over a period of 10 months starting from September usually meeting on the last Friday of each month, from 3-5pm. In each seminar, two participants have the chance to present their work-in-progress on/in IPS to PhD student colleagues and senior academics from universities across London and the UK who work within the realm of IPS. The seminars will rotate between the three host institutions (King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London, and London School of Economics and Political Science).
In addition to our regular seminars, we organise special events around IPS topics and debates. Check this page regularly for updates.
Sponsor
The seminar series is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS-DTP). Additional financial support is provided by the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics.
Doctoral student organisers
Tarsis Brito, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
Mireia Garcés de Marcilla Musté, Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Timor Landherr, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Meena Masood, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Josh Walmsley, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
Senior academic organisers
Audrey Alejandro, Assistant Professor of Qualitative Text Analysis, Department of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jef Huysmans, Professor of International Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Programme
The series will run from September 2022 to June 2023, usually meeting on the last Friday of the month. In each two-hour seminar, two participants introduce their work-in-progress (thesis chapter, book chapter, journal manuscript) to the group and invite a senior academic as discussant. The discussion is followed by questions and answers with the group. Presenters are encouraged to invite their supervisors and colleagues interested in their work.
Participants are expected to attend all seminars throughout the year, to have read the papers in advance, as well as to participate actively in the discussions.
The Doing IPS Seminar series will take place in-person this year. We understand travel will not always be possible, but we are seeking to, once again, foster a supportive and collegial environment, which is best facilitated by an in-person experience.
Limited travel and accommodation grants are available for participants and discussants based outside London (to be considered on a case-by-case basis).
Date
30/09/2022
28/10/2022
25/11/2022
09/12/2022
27/01/2023
24/02/2023
31/03/2023
28/04/2023
26/05/2023
30/06/2023
Presenters and titles
Tarsis Brito (LSE), “Between Race and Animality: Migration, Governance, and Police Dogs at the European Borderzone”
Andrea Maria Pelliconi (City, University of London), “Demographic Engineering and International Law”
Shingira Masanzu (LSE), “Views from the ground: Understanding how practitioners in infrastructure deal-making make sense of the contradictions between rhetoric and reality”
November seminars were canceled due to industrial action.
David Jeffery-Schwikkard (KCL), “Twice as religious, twice as secular? The anomaly of religiosity and state support for religion in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Caio Simoneti (University of Cambridge), “AI in the Government of the Environment”
Mireia Garcés de Marcilla, (LSE), “What is a healthy vulva? Genital modifications, normality and intersex embodiment”
David Jeffery (KCL), “Religion and the state in sub-Saharan Africa: twice as religious, twice as secular?”
Pauline Zerla (KCL), “Challenging War Stories: Narratives of war as knowledge-making in Central Africa”
Shikha Dilawri (SOAS), “Carving beyond the ‘cultural’: examining the international politics of temple construction in the Indian diaspora”
Aine Bennet (Royal Holloway), “Exceeding homonationalism? Bisexuality, bordering and asylum”
Caio Simoneti (University of Cambridge), “AI in the Government of the Environment”
Callum Smith (Queen’s University Belfast), “'Global China's Drone Culture and the Material-Affective (Dis)Ordering of Space”
Amna Kaleem (University of Sheffield), “The international is personal – situating the individual in the transversality of Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism”
Laura Zuber (KCL), “‘Unbounding Crisis: A feminist perspective on crisis governance in the United Kingdom.”
Italo Brandimarte (University of Cambridge), “Historicising Techno-War: The Martini-Henry Rifle and the More-than-Human Experiences of Empire”
Ekta Oza (QMUL), “Growing up in Conflict: Experiences, Friendships and Play for Children and Young People in Kashmir”
Timor Landherr (QMUL), “Spatial Intervention: Externalization Diplomacy, Pressure Valves, and the Transit Mobility Regime”
Meena Masood (QMUL), “Vulnerability: A Technology of Exclusion”
Valeria Ruiz-Perez (LSE), “Unconstitutional punishment and Political Authority: The Colombian Case”
Discussant
Lauren Wilcox (University of Cambridge)
Jonathan Leader Maynard (KCL)
Elisa Van Waeyenberge (SOAS)
TBC
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Jonathan Herring (University of Oxford)
Seth Tweneboah (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
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Professor Emeritus Inderpal Grewal (Yale University)
Professor Spike Peterson (University of Arizona)
Professor David Chandler (University of Westminster)
Professor Claudia Aradau (KCL)
TBC
Marsha Henry (LSE)
Matthias Leese (ETH Zurich)
Inshah Malik (New Vision University)
Keren Weitzberg (QMUL)
Dr Paul Kirby (QMUL)
Prof Alejandro Chehtman (University Torcuato Di Tella)