The Culture and World Politics Workshop
Coordinators
Daniel Nexon, Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Patrick Jackson, Associate Professor in the School of International Service, American University
Fall 2007 Schedule
Time: 3:00-5:00PM
Dates:
October 24th:
Erik Voeten "International Organization and the Allocation of Legitimacy"
November 7th:
Aaron P. Boesenecker "The Power of Defining Work and Welfare: Social Policy Reform Discourses in the United Kingdom and Denmark"
November 14th:
Mike Green "Democracy, Identity, and the Balance of Power: The Cases of Japan and India"
December 5th:
Kiran Pervez "Mapping the Landscape: Bounding 'India' and 'Pakistan' in Bollywood Films"
Mission
The Culture and World Politics Workshop provides a setting for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss ongoing work related to the role of culture international relations and comparative politics. The workshop takes the theme of culture in the broadest possible sense, and therefore invites scholars to present work that intersects with any aspects of symbols and meaning regardless of methodological orientation. Relevant facets of culture include, but are not limited to, ideology, discourse, identity, framing, legitimacy, norms, rhetoric, and ideas.
We intend for the workshop to bring together scholars from the diverse scholarly settings of the greater Washington, DC area. Participation is open to any interested parties.
Procedures
During the fall of 2007 the workshop will meet for four sessions, on Wednesdays, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Sessions are scheduled for the following dates: October 24, November 7, November 14 and December 5. We will schedule sessions for the spring of 2008 in light of demonstrated interest and demand during the fall term.
Those interested in presenting papers should contact Professor Daniel Nexon via email dhn2@georgetown.edu. Eligible work includes any monograph, dissertation, or book chapter that constitutes a work in progress, i.e., that would still benefit from comments and criticism at any stage prior to publication.
Papers selected for the workshop must be made available at least one week before the session at which they are to be presented. Papers will be published on the website of the Mortara Center for International Studies as part of the Mortara Center Working Papers Series. Authors should attach a cover letter contextualizing the paper and pointing readers' to specific issues they would like to receive feedback on.
The workshop operates under the assumption that participants have read the relevant paper prior to the start of a session. Presenters, therefore, will be given no longer than five minutes to provide prefatory comments. One or two critics will then discuss the paper, presenters will be given an opportunity to respond, and then we will open the floor to general discussion.
Distribution and Mailing Lists
We encourage recipients to disseminate this information as widely as possible. If you are interested in participating but do not have a paper to present, contact Professor Nexon to have your name added to our mailing list. If you are interested in acting as a critic either in general or on a specific paper, please let us know. We will recruit critics for specific papers as necessary.