Department of Politics and International Studies
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About the Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Mon 29 Mar 2010
A matter of life and death: The struggle for Ugandan gay rights
David Cato, Advocacy/Litigation officer at Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), in conversation with Dr Andy Tucker (Deputy Director, University of Cambridge Centre for Gender...
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Sat 27 Mar 2010
Anti-terrorism and the mutating dynamics of power - Dr Philippe Bonditti
Anti-terrorism and the mutating dynamics of power examines how terrorism and traceability have altered the traditional modes of governing people.
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Tue 30 Mar 2010
Anti-terrorism and the mutating dynamics of power - Dr Philippe Bonditti
Anti-terrorism and the mutating dynamics of power examines how terrorism and traceability have altered the traditional modes of governing people.
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Mon 29 Mar 2010
A Quiet Media Revolution? Mediatization, altered media geographies and insurgent citizen tactics
Thomas Tufte discusses how civic action and participation in social change in Tanzania is being effected by access to new, more interactive, civil society created media platforms.
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Mon 24 Oct 2011
Beauty and war - Dr Andrew Hill
What can beauty tell us about war? The paper scrutinises beauty’s role as casus belli, beauty’s status as a target or lure, and beauty’s capacity to offer a means of defence and...
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Sat 6 Mar 2010
Beauty and war - Dr Andrew Hill
What can beauty tell us about war? The paper scrutinises beauty’s role as casus belli, beauty’s status as a target or lure, and beauty’s capacity to offer a means of defence and...
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Thu 25 Mar 2010
Dr. Christian Thauer: "Corporate Social Responsibility and Business’ Contribution to Governance in Areas of Regulatory...
Talk at the Cambridge International Studies Associaition, Nov 2, 2011
Collection: Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA)
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Fri 4 Nov 2011
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang: "The Nature of Development: Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark"
Talk at the Cambridge International Studies Association, Feb 2, 2012
Collection: Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA)
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Fri 3 Feb 2012
Dr Laurens Bakker, 'State of Anxiety: Ongoing research on security and sovereign practices in Indonesia'
Audio of presentation by Dr Bakker as part of Centre of Governance and Human Rights Research Group (http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cghr/research_research_group.html).
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Mon 13 Dec 2010
Elke Krahmann: "Private Military Security Companies and Norm Change"
17 November 2010, 5pm
Dr Elke Krahmann, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bristol
Private Military Security Companies and Norm Change
Venue: Senior...
Collection: Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA)
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Wed 16 Feb 2011
Erica Chenoweth: Why Civil Resistance Works: The Future of Nonviolent Conflict
CISA Speaker Series
Prof. Erica Chenoweth, Wesleyan University
Wednesday 26 October 2011, 17:00-18:30
Senior Common Room, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX
Collection: Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA)
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Tue 15 Nov 2011
ExPRESSion RePRESSion: International efforts to protect journalists at risk
Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less...
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Thu 8 Mar 2012
Humanity, Terrorisms, Terrorist Wars - Prof Ted Honderich
Should we proceed, however, by way of some other thinking or practice? Negotiation rather than violence? International law? Human rights? Just war theory? The politics of reality?
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Thu 25 Mar 2010
Humanity, Terrorisms, Terrorist Wars - Prof Ted Honderich
Should we proceed, however, by way of some other thinking or practice? Negotiation rather than violence? International law? Human rights? Just war theory? The politics of reality?
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Sun 28 Mar 2010
Intelligence and surveillance in modern society - Dr Julian Richards
Views on the business of intelligence have varied over time in British society, from romantic images of spies and espionage, to allegations of complicity in torture and the...
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Sun 30 May 2010
Lecture by Francis Deng at Launch of Centre of Governance and Human Rights, 18 November 2009
The Centre of Governance and Human Rights was launched by the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) on 18 November 2009. An Inaugural Lecture was delivered by...
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Mon 29 Mar 2010
Pascale Fournier (Ottawa): "Muslim Marriage in Western Courts : Lost in Transplantation"
Tuesday 23 November:
Dr Pascale Fournier (Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa)
“Muslim Marriage in Western Courts : Lost in Transplantation”
Chair: Dr Markus...
Collection: Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA)
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Wed 16 Feb 2011
Poisoned Chalice: The Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the Globalised Jihad - Dr Alia Brahimi
Dr Alia Brahimi is Global Security Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she also runs the North Africa Research Programme. She is a...
Collection: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Tue 8 Jun 2010
Preventing Violent Attacks on Education in Afghanistan: Considering the Role of Community-Based Schools
Dr Burde's paper drew on observational data of community-based schools in Afghanistan to examine the types of violence that affects education in Afghanistan and to explore the...
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Tue 23 Nov 2010
