Calendar: Readings and Weekly Topics
January 20: Introduction to the Seminar: Working in and on International Politics
Readings: None
CONCEPTS, METHODS, MODELS REVISITED
January 22: Key Approaches to IR and World Politics Revisited
January 27: (New) Issues and Models Explaining World Politics, Governance, Policies, and Policy-Making
January 29: Methodologies, Methods, and Sources in World Politics Revisited
FIRST SHORT REFLECTION PAPER DUE.
February 3: Using Quantitative and Qualitative Data and Conducting IR Research
February 5: (Finding) Innovative Research Subjects and Issues
EXAMINING AND DISCUSSING IR RESEARCH AND POLICY
February 10: Trends and Problems of IR & Global Political Theory
February 12: Trends and Problems of IR & Global Political Theory
February 17: Religious & Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of International Terrorism
February 19: Religious & Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of International Terrorism
February 24: Global Environmental Policy: The Case of Climate Change
February 26: Global Environmental Policy: The Case of Climate Change
March 3: Rethinking and Reexamining International Security Studies
SECOND SHORT REFLECTION PAPER/POLICY BRIEF DUE.
March 5: Rethinking and Reexamining International Security Studies
March 10: Human Rights Conflicts and Humanitarian Aid
March 12: Human Rights Conflicts and Humanitarian Aid
DRAFT OF TERM RESEARCH/POLICY PAPER DUE;
TO BE CIRCULATED AMONG PARTICIPANTS.
‘DOING’ AND PRESENTING IR RESEARCH AND POLICY OPTIONS
March 17: Student Presentations
March 19: Student Presentations
March 24: Student Presentations
March 26: Student Presentations
March 31: Student Presentations
April 2: Student Presentations
***SPRING BREAK***
April 14: Student Presentations
April 16: NO CLASS: Make-up TBD (Midwestern Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago)
April 21: Student Presentations
April 23: Student Presentations
FINAL TERM RESEARCH/POLICY PAPER DUE.
April 28: Student Presentations
April 30: Student Presentations & Final Discussion
May 2-May 8: Final Colloquium (Look for Announcements)