CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Some recent presentations by members of the Centre include:
GIACOMO BENEDETTO
Benedetto, G. (2007) 'Consensus and Legislative Politics in the European Parliament', paper presented at the ECPR Conference, Pisa, September.
Benedetto, G. (2007) ‘Consensus and the Proportionality of Office Distribution in the European Parliament, 1994-2007’, paper presented to the tenth EUSA Biennial International Conference, Montréal, Canada, 17-19 May.
Benedetto, G. (2005) 'Electoral Reform and the "Depresidentialisation" of European Parliament Elections in France', paper presented at the ECPR Conference, Budapest, September.
Benedetto, G. (2005) 'The Institutionalisation of Consensus in Europe's post-Enlargement Parliament', paper presented at the eleventh UACES Research Conference, Zagreb, September.
STEPHANIE CARVIN
Acts and Pacts: Losing the Middle Ground in the Dispute over International Humanitarian law's Role in the War on Terror
Presented at: British International Studies Association, 2004, Warwick Univerity, International Studies Association 2005, Honolulu.
Caught in the Cold: International Humanitarian Law and Prisoners of War During the Cold War
Presented at the Cambridge-LSE Graduate Student Workshop on Cold War Studies, May 2005, Cambridge.
Conservative Humanitarianism: Balancing Military and Humanitarian Concerns in IHL
Presented at: World International Studies Conference 2005, Istanbul, British International Studies Association 2006, St. Andrew’s University, International Studies Association 2006, San Diego.
‘Unsure Humanitarians: The UK and International Humanitarian Law since 1945’
Presented at: British International Studies Association 2005, St. Andrew’s University, International Studies Association 2006, San Diego.
STEVEN HAINES
The International Law of Self Defence: Anticipation, Pre-Emption and Preventive War, presented to staff in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 27 July 2006.
Legal briefing on the Use of Force, the Law of Armed Conflict/International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights aspects of the current conflicts between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and South Lebanon, delivered (with Professor Iain Scobbie {SOAS} and Professor Francoise Hampson {University of Essex}to parliamentarians, Government officials and NGO staff, Wilson Room, Portcullis House (Palace of Westminster), 25 July 2006.
The Strategic Environment and the Utility of Nuclear Weapons, presented to the International Peace Bureau, Abolition 2000 Europe, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War conference marking the 10th Anniversary of the International Court of Justice Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 6 July 2006.
The Strategic Environment, the Nature of Conflict and the Future of International Humanitarian Law, presented to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law/McCoubrey Centre, University of Hull conference on ‘Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law’, London, 1-2 June 2006.
Customary International Humanitarian Law Relating to Weapons: A Critique of the ICRC Study, delivered to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) seminar series on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law, Seminar 6: Weaponry - General Principles and Specific Examples, BIICL, London, 14 March 2006.
Britain’s Role in the World, Public Lecture presented at the University of Salford, 20 January 2006.
Economic Warfare at Sea in the 21st Century, presented at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the British International Studies Association, the University of St Andrews, December 2005
Anticipation, Pre-Emption, Prevention and Self Defence: The Law and Strategic Common Sense, Goldstein Lecture delivered to the Faculty and students of Washington College, Maryland, USA, 13 September 2005.
Maritime Warfare: Comparing the San Remo Manual and the Maritime Warfare Chapter of the United Kingdom Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, presented to the International Institute of Humanitarian Law conference on ‘The UN Security Council, Peacekeeping Forces and the Application of International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and Refugee Law’, International Institute for Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, 8-10 September 2005.
Asymmetries and the Identification of Legitimate Military Objectives, presented at the German Red Cross conference in honour of its former President, Professor Dr Knut Ipsen, ‘International Humanitarian Law: Confronting New Challenges’, Offices of the German Red Cross, Steglitz, Berlin, Germany 10-11 June 2005.
Naval Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict, LLM Programme on The Use of Force and the Law of Armed Conflict, University of Cambridge, annual lecture since 2001, most recently presented 27 January 2005.
Maritime Strategy and the Law of Maritime Operations, Post-graduate Programme in Maritime Policy, Greenwich Maritime Institute, University Of Greenwich, annual lecture since 1998, most recently presented 26 April 2006.
Military Intervention and British Defence Policy presented at the University of St Andrews’ Armed Forces’ Workshop on ‘British Defence: Current Positions and Future Directions’, Scores Hotel, St Andrews, 17 December 2004
British Spending on Nuclear Weapons: Its Impact on Conventional Defence Activities, presented to the Oxford Research Group Consultation on ‘The Future of British Nuclear Weapons: Who Decides?’, Charney Manor, Oxfordshire, 9 December 2004
Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect, lecture to the University of Oxford Summer Programme in History, Politics and Society, Exeter College, Oxford, 12 August 2004.
The Blair and Bush Doctrines: Kosovo, Iraq and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention, presented at the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI) conference ‘The Narrative of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences’ in the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 2-7 August 2004.
Pre-Emptive Self Defence: Justifying War Post-Iraq?, lecture to the University of Oxford Summer Programme in History, Politics and Society, Exeter College, Oxford, 12 July 2004.
Non-State Actors and the Application of International Humanitarian Law, presented at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies conference on ‘Current Issues in Humanitarian Law and Military Ethics’, RUSI, Whitehall, London, 6-7 July 2004.
Law, Technology and Military Doctrine: Squaring the Triangle, presented at the Ministry of Defence and Oxford University Leverhulme Programme conference on ‘UK Perspectives on the Law of Armed Conflict’, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 30 June to 2 July 2004
Maritime Operations, the San Remo Manual and the United Kingdom’s Approach to the Law of Armed Conflict Applicable at Sea, presented at the Ministry of Defence and Oxford University Leverhulme Programme conference on ‘UK Perspectives on the Law of Armed Conflict’, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 30 June to 2 July 2004
The Blair Doctrine, Responsibility to Protect and the Impact of the War in Iraq on the Development of the Law Relating to the Use of Force, presented to: the Oxford University Strategic Studies Group, All Souls College, University of Oxford, 11 May 2004; the Faculty of the University of Scranton, New York, US, 1 April 2004; and the University of Aberdeen Conflict and Security Studies Programme, 13 February 2004.
Maritime Legal Aspects of the 1982 Falklands War, US Naval War College workshop on ‘The Law of Military Operations’, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 16-20 June 2003.
The Provision of Military Assistance to Civil Authorities in the United Kingdom: The Northern Ireland Experience, US Naval War College workshop on ‘The Law of Military Operations’, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 16-20 June 2003.
Military Doctrine and the Legal Framework for Military Operations, Cranfield University/UK Defence Academy conference “Post-Modern Military: Re-Thinking the Future”, Oxford Belfry Conference Centre, 24 April 2003
British Maritime Doctrine 1995-2003, British Military Doctrine Group Conference, Joint Services Command and Staff College, 11 April 2003.
British Strategic Doctrine: Reflections on British Maritime and Defence Doctrine, Exeter University/Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Strategic Policy Studies Group Conference on “Sea Power: Command, Concepts, Commitments”, Exeter University, 18 September 2002.
The Development of British Military-Strategic Doctrine, British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh University, 17-19 December, 2001.
Contrasting Approaches to International Law, UK-France-Russia Symposium on European Security, Wilton Park (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 7-9 December 2001.
British Military Strategic Doctrine, Presentation to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Forum for Security and Cooperation), OSCE Assembly, Vienna, 25 April 2001.
Humanitarian Intervention: An International Legal Perspective, FCO Academic Seminar on Humanitarian Intervention, Locarno Suite, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, 6 March 2001.
What does International Law and Emerging State Practice tell us about Intervention and State Sovereignty?, 629th Wilton Park Conference, Humanitarian Intervention, 19-23 February 2001.
ALISTER MISKIMMON
Miskimmon, A. (2006) ‘Expectations of the German EU Council Presidency 2007 and beyond – a view from the Island(s)’, presented at the Expert Workshop Schlaglichter auf die deutsche Außenpolitik von Außen, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Brussels, 20th November 2006.
Miskimmon, A. (2006) 'Germany and the Common and Foreign Security Policy of the European Union Under the Grand Coalition' German Studies Association Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, 28 September- 1st October 2006.
Miskimmon, A (2006) 'Foreign policy adaptation and national strategic planning in EU member states', paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA, 2006-03-22
Miskimmon, A. (2005) 'German Foreign Policy - between Europeanisation and national singularities', Association for the Study of German Politics Annual Conference, 11th - 12th April, Manchester.
CHRIS RUMFORD
'Europe's cosmopolitan borders, at the School of Global Studies, Arizona State University, on 2 December 2005.
'Cosmopolitanism: past and future' workshop at the University of Liverpool on 18-19 November 2005 (Keynote speaker: Ulrich Beck).
'The cosmopolitan sublime: Romanticism, subjectivity, and the infinities of the globe' (co-authored with Davis Inglis), presented at the annual conference organized by Millennium: Journal of International Studies. The conference theme was 'Between Fear and Wonder: International Politics, Representation and the Sublime', held at the LSE on 29-30 October 2005.
'Organizing non-European space: new borderland of 'undivided Europe', presented at the World International Studies Committee conference 'Bringing International Studies Together', Istanbul, Turkey 27-27 August 2005.
'Post-western Turkey in post-western Europe', presented at 'Turkey and the EU after 2004: a new beginning in the relationship?' panel held at the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford University, 7 March 2005.
'Organizing European space: borderlands, "undivided Europe" and spatiality beyond territory', presented at the ESRC conference ‘Networks, mobilities and borders in the global system’, Oxford Brookes University, January 2005.
JAMES SLOAM
2006 - Association for the Study of German Politics Annual Conference, ‘Germany’s European Policy under Merkel and Steinmeier: the impact of leadership’, 22 May, London
2006 - European Studies Centre, St Antony's, University of Oxford, 'German EU policy under the Grand Coalition: between indifference and a grand vision' , 19 May, Oxford
2005 - 'New Wine in Old Barrels? Social Democracy in East Central Europe', Paper Presented to the Political Studies Association specialist group on East Central Europe, 26 February, Birmingham.
NATHAN WIDDER
2006 - American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, US. Discussant on panel on "Power and the Psyche in Nietzsche" and chair for panel on "Newish Bodies."
2005 - Johns Hopkins University, Department of Political Science Research Seminar (26 October). Paper: "Time and Discontinuity: Aristotle, Bergson, Deleuze."