Cafe Politique
Ustinov Café Politique provides an accessible platform to students and staff of all disciplinary backgrounds and all levels of awareness interested in informing themselves and engaging in discussions of current political relevance affecting our lives today, in the open and informal environment of Ustinov College. Ustinov Cafe Politque take place 3 or 4 times every term from about 6pm to 7.30 and covers a variety of themes, attracting a wide variety of speakers.
Please join us at the Fisher House Cafe, Ustinov College. The Cafe Politique is free and open to all.
Contact ustinov.college@durham.ac.uk for more information.
Look for us on Facebook Cafe Politique http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/166972287687/.
Women and Representation
18 April 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Cafe, 6pm
Speakers:
Ikram Ben Said, President of the Association Aswat Nissa (Voices of Women), Tunis
Maha ElShinnawy, Professor at the School of Business, American University in Cairo
Alejandra Galindo, Professor of Middle East Studies, Universidad de Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Ozlem Tur, Lecturer at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Tahani AlTerkate, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
In collaboration with the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) and the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA).
The Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Non-Proliferation
21 February 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Andrea Berger
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Reading the NPT leaves: Non-Proliferation Dynamics and the Permanent Five
Gilberto Algar-Faria
Kent Community Foundation
Bargaining for Survival: The Rationale Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon
Nadir Gohari
SGIA, Durham University
Nuclearization of the Persian Gulf
Questions of International Security
5 February 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Dr Mary Manjikian,IAS/Fulbright Fellow, Robertson School of Government, Regent University, US
History and the Politics of Securitization: Are there any new security challenges?
Mr Daoud Yaqub, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
The Transition in Afghanistan: more security or insecurity?
Express Yourself: Arabic Music
1 February 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speaker:
DJ Funky Pharaoh
Music, Youth and Popular Culture in the Arab World.
In collaboration with the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) and the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA).
Politics of Religion
29 January 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Associate Professor Steve Kettell, Warwick University, Politics and International Studies
Does religion belong to politics?
Dr Leon Moosavi,University of Liverpool, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
Islamophobia in political rhetoric and Muslim responses.
Dr Joanildo Burity, Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs
Pentecostal and Ecumenical Cosmopolitan Practices: a Latin American Perspective.
Latoya Ferns, Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs
Religion: As a Force for Good?
Feminism, Equality and Beyond
15 January 2013, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Dr Nadine Muller, English Literature and Cultural History Liverpool John Moores University
Everyday Value(s): Mapping the Feminist Landscapes of 21st-Century Britain
Jakob Andkjær Pedersen, Matrix Insight
Gender distribution on Corporate Boards in Europe - what could and should be done
Dr Erika Rackley, Law School, Durham University
Women, judging and mermaids
Syria: Contagious Conflict in an Unstable Region
6 December 2012, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Samir Aita, Editor in Chief Le Monde Diplomatique Arabic, Member of the Syrian Democratic Forum
Mapping the Syrian conflict
Dr Christopher Davidson, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
Regional implications of the conflict
Dima Smayra, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
A view from Lebanon
Existential versus Essentialist Understanding of Rights: Reconsidering Asian and Liberal Values
28 November 2012, Ustinov College, Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speaker:
Professor Sinkwan Cheng, IAS Fellow at Hatfield College, Durham University
Discussants:
Matt Hann, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
Jesper Pedersen, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
Regulating the Un-Regulatable: Cyber and Outer Space
16 October 2012, Ustinov College
Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Maria Pozza, Faculty of Law and Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand
Geopolitics of Outer Space
Klara Anna Capova, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
The Etiquette of the Space Conquest
Sohyun Shin,Law School, Durham University
Cyberspace and Law
Identifying the EU: Its Citizens, Economic Crisis and International Kudos
9 October 2012, Ustinov College, Fisher House Café, 6pm
Speakers:
Mr Simon McMahon, Department of European Studies, King's College London
Becoming European: What Does it Mean?
Dr Andrés Delgado Casteleiro, Law School, Durham University
The EU as an International Actor: Roles, Models and Identities Revisited
Dr Christian Schweiger, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of the EU
