Our seminar series is designed to provide a broad and in-depth look at international affairs, and to bring the state-of-the-art research to USC.

Director’s Workshop – highlights the latest research of the faculty of the School of International Relations.
Scholar's Workshop – features the work of our visiting and affiliated scholars as well as the research of our dissertation fellowship winners.
Research Workshop – showcases the work of top scholars from around the world.

Current Events |  Events Archive

Fall 2008
09.12.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: Doheny Library Lecture Hall, Room 240
Speaker: Robert English of International Relations, Sally Pratt of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Azade-Ayse Rorlich of History, and Richard Dekmejian of Political Science
Topic: "Georgia on Our Mind"
Series: The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Center for International Studies present the first event in a series of discussions on topics of contemporary interest, the College Colloquia.

09.18.08
Time: 12 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Balkan Devlen, Assistant Professor of International Relations, IIzmir University of Economics, Turkey
Topic:
Series: CIS-Izmir Exchange

09.23.08
Time: 3:30 - 5 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Duncan McCargo, Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Topic: "Making Sense of the Southern Thai conflict"

09.24.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Ole R. Holsti, George V. Allen Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Duke University
Topic: "How Publics Abroad Have Viewed the U.S. since 9/11” "
Discussant: Steven Lamy, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor of International Relations, USC

10.08.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Lawrence P. Rubin, Department of Political Science, UCLA
Topic: "Power, Ideology, and Threat Perception: Why States Fear Islamist Regimes"

10.15.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Pierre Englebert, Associate Professor of Political Science, Pomona College
Topic: "Africa: Unity, Sovereignty and Sorrow"
Discussant: Laurie Brand, Director, School of International Relations, USC

10.17.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Richard Herrmann, Director of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University
Topic:

10.20.08
Time: 12 am
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Masaki Taniguchi, Associate Professor of Japanese Politics, University of Tokyo
Topic:
Series: Co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Studies Center and the Japanese Consulate

10.23.08
Time: 12 - 1:30 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Scott Gartner, Professor of Political Science, UC Davis
Topic: "Strategic Assessment and Suicide in War"

10.27.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Jack Levy, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Topic:

10.28.08
Time: 12 am
Location: TBA
Speaker: Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-insaaf ("Movement for Justics" P
Topic:

11.12.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: What I Did This Summer - POIR Student Presentations
Topic: POIR doctoral student present their summer research.

11.19.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: Neal Carter, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Bonaventure University
Topic:

12.03.08
Time: 12:30 - 2 pm
Location: SOS B-40
Speaker: POIR/SIR PhD Students
Topic: ISA Conference Presentations - Round 1