Mortara Center for International Studies

Georgetown University International Theory and Research Seminar 
Co-sponsored by the Department of Government and the Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University. 

The GUITARS series is run by James Vreeland, Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service.

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Fall 2009

All talks will take place in ICC 662 at 12 Noon on Mondays.

This seminar is intended for faculty and doctoral students in SFS and Government. Papers will be posted in advance of the meeting, and participants are asked to read them beforehand as there will be no formal presentation by the author.

Monday, September 14th, Harris Mylonas, George Washington University
Assimilation and its Alternatives: Caveats in the Study of Nation-building Policies
Discussant: Jackie Kerr
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Monday, September 21st, T.V. Paul, McGill University
Discussing chapters from his latest work "The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons"
Discussant: Adam Mount (ajm84@georgetown.edu)
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Monday, October 19th, Desha M. Girod, Georgetown University
Title: "Can External Actors Succeed at Post-Conflict Reconstruction? Comparing Lessons from Africa"
Discussant: Michael Weintraub
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Monday, November 2nd, Hector Perla, UC Santa Cruz
Title: "Explaining Public Support for the Use of Military Force: The Impacts of Reference Point Framing & Prospective Decision Making"
Discussant: Jacob Jaffe
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Monday, November 9th, Jessica Stanton, University of Pennsylvania
Title: Strategies of Restraint in Civil War
Discussant: Devin Finn
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Monday, November 30th, Hein Goemans, University of Rochester
Title: TBA
Discussant: Fouad Pervez

Monday, December 7th, Jason Lyall, Yale University
Title: "Paths of Ruin: How Identity Shapes Military Effectiveness in Modern War"
Discussant: Paul Musgrave

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Spring 2010

Monday, January 25th, Keir Lieber, University of Notre Dame &
Daryl Press, Dartmouth College
Title: "How Much is Enough? Testing Theories of Nuclear Deterrence"
Discussant: TBA

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