CGSG events held in 2011/2012
11 November 2011, Conan Fischer, School of History, University of St Andrews, talk, 'The Failed European Union: France, Germany and the search for European security during the interwar period'.
24 November 2011, Sönke Neitzel, Department of History, University of Glasgow,' "Soldaten" - New perspectives on combat motivation in the Wehrmacht'
25 November 2011, Cora Stephan, newspaper columnist (Die Welt), 'Can Germany save Europe and the World?'
8 December 2011, joint event with the Centre for Sustainable International Development featuring Phil Clark, School of Oriental and African Studies, London & Hilary Homans, Director, Centre for Sustainable International Development, Aberdeen. Phil Clark and Hilary Homans discussed their respective work on post-Genocide justice and reconciliation in Rwanda and on UN Resloution 1308 (HIV, A Threat to Stability and Security or a Disaster averted?)
13 December 2012, Roundtable event with Dr Jim Wyllie, Reader in International Relations and Director of the MSc Strategic Studies Degree Programme, on: 'Reflections of the Iraq War 2003', 2 pm, Taylor A 37
23 January 2012, Thomas Hegghammer, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment & Center on Law and Security, New York University, talk, 'Terrorists and Foreign Fighters: Disaggregating Jihadism in the West', venue: New King's, NK 11; time: 11 am to 12:30 pm
2 March 2012, Annina Cavelti, Graduate Student, Universität Basel & Visiting Scholar, RIISS, 'The Gaelic Athlectic Association and the Irish Republican Brotherhood: Politics, Culture, and Radicalism in 19th Century Ireland', 2 pm, University Library, 2nd Floor Seminar Room
8 March 2012, CGSG Roundtable Event with Wolfgang Mössinger, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany on 'Germany and the U.N.', 4-5 pm, Venue: Meeting Room 1, Library, 7th floor
19 April 2012, Gearoid Barry, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway, 'Everybody makes mistakes, even Saint Augustiine did: Marc Sangnier, peace and the papacy in the era of the First World War', 12 pm, University Library, 2nd Floor Seminar Room
20 April 2012, Christina Flesher Fominaya, Department of Sociology, Aberdeen, 'Human Rights, Transnational terrorism , State-led commemoration and “Ideal victims”: Exploring the puzzle of victim dissatisfaction post 9/11 and 3/11', 2 pm, University Library, 2nd Floor Seminar Room
23 April 2012, Keith Jeffery, Queen's University Belfast, 'Real Spies and Real Secrets: Writing the History of MI6', 4 pm, MacRobert MR613
24 April 2012, Roundtable event with Dr Antonio Ioris, School of Geosciences, Aberdeen, on 'The Latin American Megacity: Chaos or Creativity?', 5 pm, MacRobert MR 613
2 May 2012, John Slight, Queens' College, University of Cambridge, 'The British Empire and the Hajj in the era of decolonisation', 12.30 pm, Taylor A36
3 May 2012, Mishka Sinha, Queens' College, University of Cambridge, 'Re-orienting the Raj: Sanskrit and Governing of Empire', 2 pm, Taylor A17
4 May 2012, 4 pm, Simon Ball, Department of History, University Glasgow, 'Britain and the Decline of the International Control of Small Arms in the 20th Century', 4 pm, Taylor A36
7 May 2012, Daniel Ziblatt, Department of Government, Harvard University, 'Can Democracy be Downloaded Everywhere? 1848, 1989, and 2011 in Comparative View', 3 pm, venue: MacRobert MR028
10 May 2012, Undergraduate Roundtable with Dr Karen Salt, Dept of History, Aberdeen, on: 'Aftershocks: Post-earthquake Haiti', venue: TBA, 6 pm
25 May 2012, Anne Allmeling, journalist, 'Will the Arab Spring Spread? The Sunni/Shia and Republican/Monarchist Struggle over the Future of the Arab-speaking World', 2.30 pm, venue: MT 3
31 May 2012, Jonathan Steinberg, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, 'Bismarck: Man and Myth', 5 pm, King's College, Linklater Room