Monday, February 19, 2018
Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group
The Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group is an academic
collaborative project that aims to further the study and practice of
digital diplomacy.
The group is led by Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford) working together with Jennifer Cassidy (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford) and Ilan Manor (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford).
The group holds regular talks, workshops and public events with members of the diplomatic community in London and Europe.
http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/oxford-digital-diplomacy-research-group
The group is led by Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford) working together with Jennifer Cassidy (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford) and Ilan Manor (DPhil candidate, University of Oxford).
The group holds regular talks, workshops and public events with members of the diplomatic community in London and Europe.
http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/oxford-digital-diplomacy-research-group
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution By Priya Satia
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
By Priya Satia
Penguin Random House - 2018
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/548047/empire-of-guns-by-priya-satia/9780735221864/
We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns,
a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia,
upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain’s prosperous
gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state’s
imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial
society with the story of a scandal: Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one
of Britain’s most prominent gunmakers, has been condemned by his fellow
Quakers, who argue that his profession violates the society’s pacifist
principles. In his fervent self-defense, Galton argues that the state’s
heavy reliance on industry for all of its war needs means that every
member of the British industrial economy is implicated in Britain’s
near-constant state of war. Empire of Guns uses the story
of Galton and the gun trade, from Birmingham to the outermost edges of
the British empire, to illuminate the nation’s emergence as a global
superpower, the roots of the state’s role in economic development, and
the origins of our era’s debates about gun control and the
“military-industrial complex” — that thorny partnership of government,
the economy, and the military. Through Satia’s eyes, we acquire a
radically new understanding of this critical historical moment and all
that followed from it. Sweeping in its scope and entirely original in its approach, Empire of Guns is a masterful new work of history — a rigorous historical argument with a human story at its heart.
By Priya Satia
Penguin Random House - 2018
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/548047/empire-of-guns-by-priya-satia/9780735221864/
Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic by Piyush Mathur
Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic
by Piyush Mathur
Lexington Books - 2017
https://www.amazon.com/Technological-Forms-Ecological-Communication-Theoretical/dp/1498520472/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518705296&sr=1-1&keywords=Technological%20Forms%20and%20Ecological%20Communication
Investigating the phenomena of technology, science, technique, and mass communication, Piyush Mathur contends that the enterprise of science communication may be misleading vis-à-vis technology—if in part because it frequently coextends with a flawed, but dominant, notion of science that presumptuously implicates technology anyway. Grappling with what authentically constitutes science and the prospective effects of its realization on a global future of mass communication, Mathur explores how various technological forms play specifically into ecologically sensitive mass communication. The result is an eco-communicative theory of technology that includes its classification based upon a set of qualitative principles and a profile of the notion of development. On the whole, though, Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic brings the fields of philosophy and history of science, philosophy and sociology of technology, communication studies, and development studies into conversation with one another.
by Piyush Mathur
Lexington Books - 2017
https://www.amazon.com/Technological-Forms-Ecological-Communication-Theoretical/dp/1498520472/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518705296&sr=1-1&keywords=Technological%20Forms%20and%20Ecological%20Communication
Investigating the phenomena of technology, science, technique, and mass communication, Piyush Mathur contends that the enterprise of science communication may be misleading vis-à-vis technology—if in part because it frequently coextends with a flawed, but dominant, notion of science that presumptuously implicates technology anyway. Grappling with what authentically constitutes science and the prospective effects of its realization on a global future of mass communication, Mathur explores how various technological forms play specifically into ecologically sensitive mass communication. The result is an eco-communicative theory of technology that includes its classification based upon a set of qualitative principles and a profile of the notion of development. On the whole, though, Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic brings the fields of philosophy and history of science, philosophy and sociology of technology, communication studies, and development studies into conversation with one another.
Monday, February 5, 2018
Shanghai University Graduate School Accepting Applications for MA and PHD
Application Guide｜2018上海大学国际学生奖学金申请指南
Guide for Scholarship Application 2018
SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY - 上海大学 (2014)
Shanghai University Introduction (2008)
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Cfp: The 1st International Conference on “China and the South Asia” November 24-25, 2018 Shanghai University
CALL FOR
PAPERS
The 1st
International Conference on “China and the South Asia”
November 24-25,
2018 Shanghai University
College of
Liberal Arts, Center for Global Studies and Center for South Asian Studies
Shanghai, China
As China
goes global, South Asia and Indian Ocean is posit to play important roles in
China’s economic and security environment. Vibrant and emerging democracies,
growing economies and home to major religions of the world, South Asia
juxtapose culture, economy and politics. Regional connectivity and development
plan offers substantive benefit to the regions but it is also changing the
status quo and new makeover. Regional cooperative mechanism is relatively weak
and internal rivalry lure great powers to play decisive role. China’s influence
in the region is growing, the US is trying to maintain status-quo and India is
rising to go beyond the region as well protecting its interests in the region.
In this context, the conference aims to bring Chinese and International
scholars to discuss and debate various issues concerning China and South Asia
to build a harmonious region paving the way for Asian Century. Conference proceeding will be published in
the edited book or in a special issue of a reputed and referred journal. Papers
are invited, but not limited to, on following topics.
1. China
and South Asia: Historical Connections
2.
Connectivity and Development
3.
Religion, Society and Culture
4.
Changing Dynamics in South Asia
5. Belt
and Road Initiative
6.
Populism and Politics in South Asia
7. Rising
Nationalism
8.
Globalization and Asia
9.
Emerging Security Order
10. Energy
Security
11.
Ethnicity, Gender and Migration
12.
Environment and Sustainable Development
13. Media
14.
Regional and International Organisations
15.
CivilSociety
The deadline
for submitting abstract is April 30, 2018. Accepted proposals will be notified
by May 30, 2018 and full draft papers will be due by July 31, 2018. Please send
200-300 words abstract and brief bio as an email attachment to Rajiv Ranjan (rajivranjan@i.shu.edu.cn).
Registration
Fee: There is no registration fee for the conference. Lodging & Boarding:
Organiser will cover lodging & boarding expenses during the conference.
Organising Committee:
Prof. Guo
Changgang, Shanghai University, China
Prof.
Zhang Yong-an, Shanghai University
Prof. Wang
Sanyi, Shanghai University
Prof. Jiang
Shixue, Shanghai University
Prof. Zhang
Shulan, Shandong University
Prof.
Srikanth Kondapalli, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Prof.
Pradeep Taneja, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Rajiv
Ranjan, Shanghai University
Dr. Amjad
Abbas Khan Magsi, University of Punjab, Lahore
Dr. Liu
Yi, Shanghai University
Dr. Yang
Chen, Shanghai University, China
Dr. Wu
Hao, Shanghai University
Dr. Chen
Hao, Shanghai University, China
Dr. Tugrul
Keskin, Shanghai University, China
Dr. Zhang
Kun, Shanghai University
Organized
by Center for Global Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, College of
Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China Contact details:
Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor Shanghai University, College of Liberal
Arts, East Campus, Graduate School Building, Room No. 403B, Baoshan Nanchen
Road, 333, Shanghai, China-200444
Email: rajivranjan@i.shu.edu.cn
Mr. Qasim
Sodhar, PhD Candidate & Research Assistant, Centre for South Asian Studies,
Shanghai University, Email: qasim_shu2016@yahoo.com
Important
Dates: Last Date for abstract: Notification of Acceptance Full Draft Paper: 30
April 2018 31 May 2018 31 July 2018 Letter for Visa: Conference: Final paper:
15 September 2018 24-25 November 2018 25 December 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
Global and Regional Development (WEEK -10, Wednesday January 31): Readings, Newspaper articles, Presentation and Documentaries
Dear all,
For the Week
10TH, you should read the following chapters before you come to the
class:
·
Conclusion (Ian Hurd)
·
Emergence, development and future trajectories
of Civil Society and NGOs By Tugrul Keskin
·
Peace-building and Violence against Women:
Tracking the Ruling Relations of Aid in a Women's Development NGO in Kyrgyzstan
- Elena Kim and Marie Campbell (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
Alignment and Autonomy: Food Systems in Canada -
Brewster Kneen (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
DOCUMENTARY:
The
Future of American Power and Influence
White
Man's Burden
This week, we will have two presentations on Wednesday. YOU
SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.
YEEMON PHAY
·
Peace-building and Violence against Women:
Tracking the Ruling Relations of Aid in a Women's
·
Development NGO in Kyrgyzstan - Elena Kim and
Marie Campbell (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
GÜRSEL ERGÜN
·
Conclusion (Ian Hurd)
·
Alignment and Autonomy: Food Systems in Canada -
Brewster Kneen (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT
newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with NGOs and Colorful; Revolutions in Eurasia. Other subjects
will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE
CLASS!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Best to all,
Tugrul
Best to all,
Tugrul
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Movies about Aborigines
CHARLIE'S COUNTRY Trailer | 2014
The Tracker - Trailer (2002)
The Tracker - Trailer (2002)
Ten Canoes - Trailer
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Global and Regional Development (WEEK -9, Monday January 29 (17:00-20:00): Reflection Paper-3, Readings, Newspaper articles, Presentation and Documentaries
Dear all,
For the
Week 9TH, you should read the following chapters before you come to
the class:
· Regional organizations: EU, AU and
ASEAN (Ian
Hurd)
·
Disaster Relief, NGO-led Humanitarianism and the
Reconfiguration of Spatial Relations in Tamil Nadu - Raja Swamy (Aziz Choudry
and Dip Kapoor)
·
Seven Theses on Neobalkanism and NGOization in
Transitional Serbia - Tamara Vukov (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
DOCUMENTARY:
Europe: From WWII To Today's
European Union
African Union: Questioning the
legacy
History of the ASEAN
This week, we will have four presentations on Monday. YOU
SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.
WU QIANG LIN
· The International Criminal Court (Ian Hurd)
·
Conclusion:
American Politics and the War of Ideas (Kubilay Yado Arin)
LIU JUN
·
From Radical Movement to Conservative NGO and
Back Again? A Case Study of the Democratic Left (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
Front in South Africa - Luke Sinwell (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
Philippine NGOs: Defusing Dissent, Spurring
Change - Sonny Africa (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
VIRALBAJRA PRASERTSAK
· Regional organizations: EU, AU and
ASEAN (Ian
Hurd)
YU JUN
·
Disaster Relief, NGO-led Humanitarianism and the
Reconfiguration of Spatial Relations in Tamil Nadu - Raja Swamy (Aziz Choudry
and Dip Kapoor)
·
Seven Theses on Neobalkanism and NGOization in
Transitional Serbia - Tamara Vukov (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT
newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with EUROPEAN UNION OR ASEAN.
Other subjects will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE
IN THE CLASS!
REFLECTION PAPER -3
Please
read the following instructions carefully:
In
this reflection paper, you have four questions. Please answer them all!
1. Based
on the class discussions and readings (Does Israel Need Think Tanks? by Hannah
Elka Meyers and the Israel Lobby John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt), do you
think the Israeli lobby in the US contradicts or complements US National
Security Interests ?Briefly explain your response, and give specific examples
from the articles. Your answer should be at least 300 words in length.
2. Based
on the class discussion and readings (Kubilay Yado), please compare the
differences and similarities between the Clinton Administration and the Bush
Administration in terms of think-tank policies inside the beltway. Which of
these presidential terms is more neoliberal/market-oriented? Clearly and
briefly explain your perspective, and give specific examples from class
readings. Your answer should be at least 300 words.
3. Based
on your readings, what are the basic obligations, and area of compliance and
enforcement of the International Court of Justice? Briefly explain and give
specific examples from the readings. Your answer should be at least 300
words.
4. Based
on your readings, what are the basic obligations, and area of compliance and
enforcement of the International Labor Organization? Briefly explain and give
specific examples from the readings. Your answer should be at least 300
words.
In
your answer, please do not use citation, use your own words, and do not copy
from the Internet, the books conclusion, or from Wikipedia.
Email
your paper to me as MS Word attachments by 11:59 Midnight, on Monday, February
5th PLEASE include THINK-TANKS AND NGOs – Reflection Paper 3 in the subject
line of your email, and send it to tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn
Criteria:
If your paper is less than 1200 words, or late, you will loose 4 points.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Best to all,
Tugrul
Best to all,
Tugrul
Monday, January 22, 2018
Think-Tanks, International and Non-Governmental Organizations (WEEK -8, Wednesday January 24): Readings, Newspaper articles, Presentation and Documentaries
Dear all,
For the
Week 8TH, you should read the following chapters before you come to
the class:
· The International Criminal Court (Ian Hurd)
·
Conclusion:
American Politics and the War of Ideas (Kubilay Yado Arin)
·
From Radical Movement to Conservative NGO and
Back Again? A Case Study of the Democratic Left (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
Front in South Africa - Luke Sinwell (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
Philippine NGOs: Defusing Dissent, Spurring
Change - Sonny Africa (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
DOCUMENTARY:
The Evolution of Humanitarian
Intervention: Lessons Learned From Past Interventions
This week, we will have three presentations on Wednesday. YOU
SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.
REN JIABO
·
Social Action and NGOization in Contexts of
Development Dispossession in Rural India: Explorations into the Un-civility of
Civil Society - Dip Kapoor (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations
- Sharon H. Venne (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
WU QIANG LIN
· The International Criminal Court (Ian Hurd)
·
Conclusion:
American Politics and the War of Ideas (Kubilay Yado Arin)
LIU JUN
·
From Radical Movement to Conservative NGO and
Back Again? A Case Study of the Democratic Left (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
Front in South Africa - Luke Sinwell (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
Philippine NGOs: Defusing Dissent, Spurring
Change - Sonny Africa (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT
newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with International Criminal Court or NGOs and Humanitarianism in Latin and Central America. Other
subjects will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN
THE CLASS!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Best to all,
Tugrul
Best to all,
Tugrul
Friday, January 19, 2018
Understanding the US Foreign Policy toward Turkey
Redrawing the World's Borders
Graham E. Fuller
World Policy Journal Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1997), pp. 11-21
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40209513
Let Iraq Collapse
Daniel Byman
The National Interest No. 45 (Fall 1996), pp. 48-60
http://nationalinterest.org/article/let-iraq-collapse-337
US-Turkey Relations: Op-Center:Acts of War
Tom Clancy
1995)
Syrian, Kurdish terrorists plotting a political assassination take hostages from the Regional Op-Center: employees testing a prototype mobile surveillance post. The mobile Regional Operations Center (ROC) in Turkey investigates a dam blown up by Kurdish militants. The ROC is later taken hostage by the Kurdish militants who blew the dam.
https://www.amazon.com/Acts-War-Op-Center-Tom-Clancys-ebook/dp/B001UFP4ZU
Graham E. Fuller
World Policy Journal Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1997), pp. 11-21
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40209513
Let Iraq Collapse
Daniel Byman
The National Interest No. 45 (Fall 1996), pp. 48-60
http://nationalinterest.org/article/let-iraq-collapse-337
US-Turkey Relations: Op-Center:Acts of War
Tom Clancy
1995)
Syrian, Kurdish terrorists plotting a political assassination take hostages from the Regional Op-Center: employees testing a prototype mobile surveillance post. The mobile Regional Operations Center (ROC) in Turkey investigates a dam blown up by Kurdish militants. The ROC is later taken hostage by the Kurdish militants who blew the dam.
https://www.amazon.com/Acts-War-Op-Center-Tom-Clancys-ebook/dp/B001UFP4ZU
Monday, January 15, 2018
Global and Regional Development (WEEK -7, Friday January 19, 9:00-12:00): Readings, Newspaper articles, Presentation and Documentaries
Dear all,
For the Week
7TH, you should read the following chapters before you come to the
class:
·
The Ties That Used to Bind The Decay of American
Political Institutions. Francis Fukuyama. http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2013/12/08/the-decay-of-american-political-institutions/
· Where
Have All the Lobbyists Gone? Lee Fang. http://www.thenation.com/article/178460/shadow-lobbying-complex
·
International Court of Justice (Ian
Hurd)
·
The
Bush Doctrine, the Neoconservative Concept for Primacy? (Kubilay Yado Arin)
·
The
Neoconservative Think Tanks, an Advocacy Coalition (Kubilay Yado Arin)
·
Social Action and NGOization in Contexts of
Development Dispossession in Rural India: Explorations into the Un-civility of
Civil Society - Dip Kapoor (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations
- Sharon H. Venne (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
DOCUMENTARY:
The New American Century
This week, we will have a presentation on Wednesday. YOU
SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.
REN JIABO
·
Social Action and NGOization in Contexts of
Development Dispossession in Rural India: Explorations into the Un-civility of
Civil Society - Dip Kapoor (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
·
NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations
- Sharon H. Venne (Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor)
RETNO MUSTIKAWATI
·
The Ties That Used to Bind The Decay of American
Political Institutions. Francis Fukuyama. http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2013/12/08/the-decay-of-american-political-institutions/
·
Where Have All the Lobbyists Gone? Lee Fang. http://www.thenation.com/article/178460/shadow-lobbying-complex
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT
newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with NGOs and Humanitarianism in Europe and the USA. Other
subjects will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN
THE CLASS!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Best to all,
Tugrul
Best to all,
Tugrul
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