Faculty Research & Development

FACULTY RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES & COMMUNICATIONS

Alessio, Dominic “Science Fiction, Hindu Nationalism and Modernity: Bollywood’s Koi… Mil Gaya”, in Ericka Hoagland & Reema Sarwal, eds., Science Fiction, Imperialism, and the Third World: Essays on Postcolonial Literature and Film (Jefferson: McFarland Press, 2010).

Alessio, Dominic “‘Monopoly Imperialism’: How Empires Can be Bought and Leased”, Social Europe Journal, http://www.social-europe.eu/2010/05/monopoly-imperialism-how-empires-can-be-bought-and-leased, May 21, 2010.

Alessio, Dominic “REVIEW of Jamie Belich, Replenishing the Earth. The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Anglo-World, 1783-1939” in Journal of Postcolonial Literature, 45, 4 (2010)

Boys, James D. ‘JFK: The Exceptional Ideal?’ in JFK: History, Memory, Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry, edited by John Williams, Robert G. Waite and Gregory Gordon, University of North Dakota Press, 2009

Boys, James D. and Michael F. Keating (2009). 'The Policy Brief: Building Practical and Academic Skills in International Relations and Political Science', in Politics, Volume 29, Issue 3, October, pp. 201-8.

Boys, James D. and Hind Zantout, ‘E-Government: Big Brother of Athenian Democracy,’ in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-society 2009: Volume II, edited by Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías, Barcelona, Spain, 2009 pp 13-17. ISBN: 978-972-8924-78-2

Brown, Martin “Book Review: Wilfried Loth and Georges-Henri Soutou (eds.), The Making of Détente. Eastern and Western Europe in the Cold War, 1965-75” (London, 2008); English Historical Review, vol. CXXV(August 2010), 1062-3.

Brown, Martin “Book Review: Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, and Christian Nuenlist (eds.), Origins of the European Security System. The Helsinki process revisited, 1965-75” (London, 2008); English Historical Review, vol. CXXV(June 2010), 789-90.

Deckers, Wolfgang and Max Deckers-Dowber ‘EU and the World: China’s Role’ in The European Movement Newsletter, Vol. 8, April 2010

Goes, Eunice “The End of British Tolerance? Changing Elite Attitudes Towards Muslim Veiled Women in Britain”, in Media, Culture and Identity and Europe, Savas Arslan, Defne Karaosmanoglu, Süheyla Kirca Schroeder (Editors), (Istanbul: Bahçesehir University Press, 2009).

Rekret, Paul - Translation from French to English of Frederic Bonnaud “Fatal Beauty". published in the book accompanying Dir. Pedro Costa’s Blood Second Run DVD, 2009.).

Soborski, Rafal (2009) ‘Globalization: the Case for Ideological Realignment?’, The Global Studies Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, 87-96.

Conference Papers given by IR/PS Faculty include:

Alessio, Dominic “Decolonising Pandora: The Politics of Anti-Imperialism in James Cameron’s Avatar 2009)”, Popular Culture and World Politics Conference (York University, Toronto, Canada) November 2010

Alessio, Dominic “New Zealand as New Europe: The Urban Image at the Turn of the 19th Century”, EASA biennial conference (Palma, Spain) September 2009

Alessio, Dominic “The Science Fiction Writing of M K Joseph”, “New Zealand, Germany and the Post Colonial Pacific”, the 16th annual NZSA conference (Frankfurt, Germany) July 2009

Boys, James D. “The Rwandan Tutsi Genocide and the US policy: The Origins of Genocide Denial and the Promise of Future Genocide Prevention”, Rwanda, Genocide and Hope conference, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, March 20, 2010.

Boys, James D. “President Obama: Clinton Redux?” Paper delivered at the British Association of American Studies Conference, Nottingham University, April 17, 2009

Brown, Martin ‘Frontiers, landscapes and zones: Central Europe as an arena for Cold War, 1945-75’ presented at The Changing Landscape of East-Central Europe in Transnational Context, c1700-1989 , Oxford University, 24- 26 September 2009.

Deckers, Wolfgang ‘EU, China and the USA: Who will benefit from the triangular relationship?’, presented at China-EU Conference, University of Groningen, 9-10 December 2009

Goes, Eunice “Deliberation and the Diverse Polity: Talk as a Tool for Social Cohesion”, presented at Deliberative and Participatory Democracy in the UK and Ireland PSA Specialist Group, Glasgow Caledonian University 23-25 June 2010.

Goes, Eunice “Deliberative Democracy and Multicultural Societies: A Tool to Reduce Inter-Cultural Tensions”, presented at Joint Conference CRONEM/Runnymede Trust, Living Together: Civic, Political and Cultural Engagement Among Migrants, Minorities and National Populations – Multidisciplinary Perspectives, University of Surrey 29-30 June 2010

Goes, Eunice “The End of British Tolerance? Changing Elite Attitudes Towards Muslim Veiled Women in Britain”, presented at Beyond Boundaries: Media, Culture and Identity in Europe, Baçesehir University-University of Potsdam, Istanbul, 1-3 of October 2009.

Keating, Michael F. 2009. 'Crisis? What Crisis Theory?'. Paper presented as part of the IPEG Panel Global Crisis and the Renewal of Economic Sociology at the BISA 2009 Annual Conference, University of Leicester, December 14th-16th.

Keating, Michael F., 2009. 'The Politics of Democratization in Uganda: Donor Interests, Development Strategies, and Intra-Governmental Conflict'. Paper presented at the Democratization in Africa: Retrospective and Future Prospects conference, Leeds University Centre for African Studies, December 4th-5th.

Rekret, Paul "Derrida, Foucault, Sovereignty and Life." Invited Paper Presented to Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London, November 2009

Soborski, Rafal ‘Globalization and Ideology: Challenging the Case for Realignment’, paper presented at Global Studies Association US Annual Conference, Global Crises And Beyond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 7-9 May 2010.

IR/PS Faculty Appearances as Chair/Discussant/Roundtable Participant include:

Alessio, Dominic – Co-organizer “New Zealand, Germany and the (Post) Colonial Pacific”, the 16th annual NZSA conference, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2009

Keating, Michael – Chair of International Political Economy Group (IPEG) Panel 3.1 “Global Crisis and the Renewal of Economic Sociology II”, British International Studies Association (BISA) 34th Annual Conference14-16 December, 2009, University of Leicester.

Keating, Michael – Discursant for Session 6 “New Issues: Environment and Renewables” at the PEEER First Workshop, Moscow, Russia, 14-15 September 2009

Stoeva, Preslava – Roundtable Participant at the PSA workshop Risk, Perceptions of Risk and Transborder Infectious Diseases: Challenges for Global Health Governance, University of Sheffield, 24 September 2010

Public Appearances and Media Articles/Appearances by IR/PS Faculty include:

Brown, Martin – Interviewed for an article by Andrej Matišák, “Svet o TGM vela nevie. Jeho kvality by sa mu však hodili”,Pravda, 6 March 2010.

Boys, James D. – 1 appearance on CNN: Interviewed on American withdrawal from Iraq, August 19, 2010

Boys, James D. – 7 appearances on Al Jazeera: Interviewed on David Cameron’s first One Hundred Days as Prime Minister, August 18, 2010; In studio commentator, on the Four o’clock News Hour interviewed by Felicity Barr on the new UK Foreign Policy initiative speech by William Hague, July 1, 2010; In studio commentator on the Ten o’clock News Hour interviewed by Stephen Cole on the impact of the UK election on UK foreign policy, May 5, 2010; Guest on the Nine o’clock News Hour interviewed from Doha on US-Israeli relations, March 24, 2010; Guest on the Nine o’clock News Hour interviewed by Stephen Cole on President Obama’s first year in office, January 20, 2010; In studio commentator on the Nine o’clock News Hour interviewed by Sami Zeidan on President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech, December 10, 2009; In studio commentator on the Ten o’clock News Hour interviewed by Stephen Cole on President Obama’s Speech to the UN General Assembly, September 23, 2009

Boys, James D. – 1 appearance on Talk Radio Europe: Interviewed on The Steve Gilmour Show about the Lockerbie Crash and BP’s alleged involvement in securing the release of the alleged bomber, July 21, 2010

Boys, James D. – 1 appearance on Sky News: In studio commentator on The Jeff Randall Show, interviewed by Anna Jones on Prime Minister Cameron’s meeting with President Obama, July 20, 2010

Boys, James D. – 5 appearances on BBC News: In studio commentator on the Twelve o’clock News, interviewed by Jane Hill on Prime Minister Cameron’s meeting with President Obama, July 20, 2010; In studio commentator on the Eleven o’clock News, interviewed by Jane Hill on Foreign Secretary William Hague’s meeting with Secretary of State Clinton, May 14, 2010; In studio commentator on the Twelve o’clock News, interviewed by Nicholas Owen on President Obama’s health care legislation, March 21, 2010; In studio commentator on the Two o’clock News, interviewed by Tim Wilcox on President Obama’s first year and Republican gains in Massachusetts, January 20, 2010; In studio commentator on the Seven o’clock News, interviewed by Anita McVey on President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, October 9, 2009

Boys, James D. – 4 appearances on LBC 97.3FM: Radio guest on the Breakfast Show, interviewed by Nick Ferrari on the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington, July 19, 2010; Radio guest on the James Max Show, interviewed by James Max on the political impact of the BP Oil disaster, June 6, 2010; Radio guest on the Breakfast show, interviewed by Ken Livingston and David Mellor on the Prime Ministerial debates, April 17, 2010; Radio guest on the Breakfast show, interviewed by Nick Ferrari on the impact of Obama’s foreign policy, January 18, 2010

Boys, James D. – 1 appearance on Press TV: Guest on Epilogue debating Karl Rove’s memoirs with Ken Livingston and John Crace of The Guardian, April 27, 2010

Boys, James D. – 3 appearances in Rzeczpospolita: Interviewed by Wojciech Lorenz on images of President Obama swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, August 15, 2010; Interviewed for Polish newspaper on Obama’s first year in office, January 19, 2010; Interviewed for Polish newspaper by Jacek Przybylski on imagery released by the Obama White House, September 3, 2009

Boys, James D. – Scunthorpe Telegraph: Interviewed by Amy Pullan on concept of ‘Carpet bagging’ in British and American politics, September 29, 2009

Deckers, Wolfgang and Daniel Wagner “The Evolution of EU – China Relations”, published in the on-line news journal China.org.cn (http://china.org.cn/opinion/index.htm) 22 February, 2010

Goes, Eunice – Six appearances on “Dateline London”, a 20-minute programme on BBC News presented by Gavin Esler, to comment on the current affairs of the week.

Goes, Eunice – Two appearances as programme commentator on “The World Today”, a two-hour Current Affairs programme on the BBC World Service.

Stoeva, Preslava – Guest speaker for the United Nations Association, Warwick District Branch, 24 July 2010 – 'Should International Issues be left to Governments Alone? - The Role of Civil Society in International Relations'

IR/PS Faculty participation in the Richmond Research seminar series.
Dr Keating and Dr Boys participated in Richmond’s First Annual Pedagogies Conference on Friday, 19th March 2010, presenting their paper: “The Policy Brief: Building Practical and Academic Skills in International Relations and Political Science”. This paper has been published in the peer-reviewed UK academic journal Politics.
Dr Deckers presented his paper “Europe, US, China: Managing the Trilateral Relationship” to the VII Research@Richmond conference, 15th April 2010.
Dr Brown organized and chaired the VII Research@Richmond conference, 15th April 2010
Dr Keating co-organised Richmond’s First Annual Pedagogies Conference, 19th March 2010
Dr Steova presented her book New Norms and Knowledge in International Politics: Protecting People, Intellectual Property and the Environment (Routledge, 2010) to the VII Research@Richmond conference, 15th April 2010
Dr Stoeva presented a paper “Taking Stock of the Failures of the Political Process to avoid Catastrophic Climate Change” to the RAIUL Green Society’s Climate Change Panel, 9 April 2010

FRDC Grants

Goes, Eunice - funded for paper presentation at the CRONEM conference Civic Political & Cultural Engagement amont Migrants, Minorities & National Populations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, University of Roehampton, 29-30 June 2010
Goes, Eunice - funded for paper presentation at conference of the Deliberative and Participatory Democracy in the UK and Ireland PSA Specialist Group, Glasgow Caledonian University 23-25 June 2010
Soborski, Rafal - funded for paper presentation at Global Crises & Beyond Conference, University of Illinois 7/9 May 2010
Keating, Michael - funded for paper presentation at BISA 34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, University of Leicester 14/16 December 2009
Deckers, Wolfgang – funded for paper presentation on China & EU conference at University of Groningen 9-10 December 2009
Keating, Michael - funded for paper presentation at Democratization in Africa conference, University of Leeds, 4-5 December 2009
Goes, Eunice - funded for paper presentation at Beyond Boundaries: Media, Culture & Identity in Europe, Istanbul 2/3 October 2009
Keating, Michael - funded for Russian Visa in order to serve as Panel Discussant at PEEER Moscow Conference, 13-16 September 2009
Stoeva, Preslava - funded for attendance at the International Day of UN Peacekeepers 7th Annual Conference

Furthermore, IR/PS Faculty also received funding from outside sources:

Alessio, Dominic – funded by York University for paper presentation at the Popular Culture and World Politics Conference, York University, Canada, November 2009
Alessio, Dominic – foundered by the New Zealand Studies Association for paper presentation at to present my tourism paper at the 16th annual NZSA conference (Frankfurt, Germany) July 2009
Keating, Michael – funded by the Political Economy of Energy in Europe and Russia (PEEER) network (an ESRC-funded project) to serve as Panel Discussant at PEEER Moscow Conference, 13-16 September 2009.
Keating, Michael - funded by the Political Economy of Energy in Europe and Russia (PEEER) network (an ESRC-funded project) to attend the Energy Governance Workshop, Friday 5 February 2010 at the University College Oxford.

Fouskas, Vassilis was recently awarded the Princeton University Library Research Grant by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Fund. This was an extremely competitive year for this grant program. Professor Fouskas’s application was one of 27 selected from over 140 applications submitted.

Professor Fouskas, who is also the Editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (Routledge, quarterly), will delve into the research papers of Nancy Crawshaw, a pioneer British investigative journalist who spent much of her life in writing on the ethnic conflict in Cyprus. Princeton University Library is the only place where this rare collection of papers can be found.

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