Overview

• The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) is launching an initiative for “International Theory Network” (ITN). The goal is to bring together Ottawa-based scholars, students and practitioners interested in the theories of International Relations (IR) and cognate fields.

Network Coordinators

• Kevin McMillan, School of Political Studies
• Srdjan Vucetic, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Upcoming Events

Past Events

Dr Philipper M.- West AFrica 3/30/2017 12h00-15h30 FSS 5028

Technology and Innovation
Hashmat Khan 3/9/2017 16h30-20h00 FSS 4004

Narrative as Scholarship in International Relations
Elizabeth Dauphinee 1/11/2017 12h00-13h30 FSS 4006

Queer International Relations: Sovereignty, Sexuality, and the Will to Knowledge
Cynthia Weber 12/14/2016 10h30-14h00 FSS4004

The End of Colonialism: Field Theory and Global Transformation.
Julian Go 10/17/2016 11h00-14h30 FSS 4004

American Defence Policy: Why Allies Followed Obama But Won’t Follow the Next President
Stéfanie von Hlatky 10/5/2016 13h00-16h00 FSS 4006

James Der Derian presents Project Q: The Question of Quantum
James Der Derian 10/5/2016 10h00-13h00 FSS 4004

Marine Henke 10/5/2016 11H30-13h00 FSS-6032

Patents for Power: Intellectual Property and Military Innovation
Robert Farley , University of Kentucky
March 26, 2015, 12:00 p.m., FSS4006

Darth Realism: Confronting the Dark Side of Global Governance
Jennifer Sterling-Folker , University of Connecticut
January 20, 2015, 12:00 p.m., FSS4006

The Epistemological Unity of Political Science and Political Theory: Language, Thought, and Interpretation
John Gunnell, SUNY Albany and University of California
November 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m., FSS4006

Corruption, Virtue, and Agency in World Politics
Mlada Bukovansky, Smith College
October 27, 2014, 11:45 a.m., FSS4006

Book Launch – The Return of the Public in Global Governance
Alexandra Gheciu, University of Ottawa.
Jacqueline Best, University of Ottawa.
September 10, 2014, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

Writing through the Thick of Identity: Observations on Being a Scholar-Blogger
Mira Sucharov, Carleton University.
September 16, 2014, 12:00 p.m., FSS5028

Race, Elitism and Empire in Anglo-American Wars from Korea to the War on Terror: A Critique of Liberal Internationalism
Inderjeet Parmar, Princeton University
March 24, 2014, 11:30 a.m., FSS4006

An Alliance at War: NATO in Afghanistan and over Libya
Stephen Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
January 28, 2014, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

Symposium on International Theory: debating the EJIR Special Issue on the ‘End of IR’
November 12, 2013, 2:30 p.m.,Loeb Building, Carleton University, A602

Enrolling the Prince: When, How and Why did Machiavelli become a Realist?
Nicolas Guilhot, New York University.
October 23, 2013, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

The Politics of Precedent in International Law: A Social Network Application
Krzysztof J. Pelc, McGill University
September 24, 2013, 12:00 p.m., FSS5028

Oil and Grand Strategy: the Twentieth-Century Origins of a Twenty-First Century Pseudo-Science
Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania
March 25, 2013, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

Neither Cosmopolitanism nor Multipolarity: AmbigEUities, BRIColageS, and the Political Beyond Global Governmentality
Hans-Martin Jaeger, Carleton University
February 4, 2013, 2:30 p.m., FSS4004

The Return of Liberal Realism:  The IR Enlightenment and the Ends of IR Theory
Michael C. Williams, University of Ottawa
Janaury 23, 2013, 2:30 p.m., FSS4004

Power in Concert and Global Governance
Jennifer Mitzen, Ohio State University
November 5, 2013, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

Peace, the Power of Difference, and the Ontological Question
Hartmut Behr, Newcastle University
October 2, 2013, 12:00 p.m., FSS4004

Graduate Student Brown Bag Seminar: “WHAT’S BOURDIEU DONE FOR/TO ME (METHODOGICALLY)”
March 22, 2012, 11:30 p.m., DMS3102

The Social and Political Context of the (American) Science of International Relations
Ido Oren, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
March 5, 2012, 12:00 p.m., DMS3120

CIPS Blog

• Theory and the City, by Srdjan Vucetic and Kevin McMillan, Sept. 3, 2012

Links

• Interested in learning more about cutting-edge IR theory? Take a look at the journal International Theory, edited by Duncan Snidal and Alexander Wendt.
• The Palgrave Macmillian History of International Thought series is seeking proposals. Follow this link for more information.