International Relations Theory Today Conference Programme (provisional)

Wednesday 11 September 4.00-4.30pm: Arrival and Registration 4.30-4.35: Welcome from Head of Department Jenny Mathers 4.35-5.05pm: Welcome and Introduction Ken Booth and Toni Erskine

5.10-6:25: Panel I (Chair: Ken Booth) Cynthia Enloe; THE PERSONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL: GENDERED

BANANAS, BEACHES AND BASES (AND BANKERS AND BLUE JEANS....) TWENTY YEARS ON [via Skype]
Pinar Bilgin: DO IR SCHOLARS ENGAGE WITH THE SAME WORLD?

Discussants: Jenny Mathers and Inanna Hamati-Ataya

6.30-7:45pm: IR Theory Today Welcome Buffet in the Arts Centre

8.00pm 9:15: Panel II (Chair: Toni Erskine) Nicholas Onuf: DESCENT AND EMERGENCE: FIVE GENERATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY [in absentia] Ned Lebow: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND IDENTITY DISCOURSES [via Skype]

Discussant: Hidemi Suganami Thursday 12 September 9.15-10.45am: Panel III (Chair: Mike Williams) Chris Brown: Molly Cochran: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IS IR THEORY AN ESSENTIALLY ETHICAL PURSUIT?

Duncan Snidal: IS IR THEORIZING A SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOUR?

Discussants: Kamila Stullerova and Inanna Hamati-Ataya

10.45-11.15am: coffee/tea

11.15-12.30pm: Panel IV (Chair: Jennifer Sterling-Folker) Heikki Patomaki: DEMOCRACY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD David Blaney (and Naeem Inayatullah): JUSTICE IN MARKET SOCIETY? CAPITALISM, (IN)EQUALITY, AND POVERTY [via Skype]

Discussant: Mustapha Pasha 12.30-1.30pm: Lunch in the Department Foyer

1.30-2.45pm: Panel V (Chair: Patrick Jackson) Andrew Linklater: CIVILIZATION, SELF-RESTRAINT AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY Oran Young: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: THE TWILIGHT OF THE WESTPHALIAN ORDER

Discussant: Richard Beardsworth 3.45-3.15pm: break 3.15-4.30: Panel VI (Chair: Neta Crawford) William Wohlforth [in absentia]: THE FUTURE OF WAR AS THE ULTIMA RATIO Campbell Craig: THE NUCLEAR REVOLUTION AS THEORY

Discussant: Jan Ruzicka 4.30-5.00pm: tea/coffee

5.00-6.15pm: Panel VII (Chair: Christine Sylvester) Craig Murphy: ITS THE ECONOMY, STUPID... Rorden Wilkinson (Thomas Weiss): AFTER SOVEREIGNTY: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE BEYOND IR?

Discussant: Andrew Davenport

6:45pm: Paper presenters and discussants to depart for Contributors Dinner (Tynllidiart Arms) After-dinner speaker: Ian Clark

Friday 13 September 9.15-10.30am: Panel VIII (Chair: Ian Clark) Jennifer Sterling-Folker: THEORIZING IR IN A LIBERAL WORLD ORDER Michael Williams: A NEO-HOBBESIAN FUTURE? Christine Sylvester: WILL IR BE QUITE AS ABSTRACT IN THE FUTURE?

Discussant: Milja Kurki

10.30-10.45am: coffee/tea

10.45-11.45pm: Panel IX (Chair: Chris Brown) Neta Crawford: STUDYING WORLD POLITICS AS A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM Patrick Thaddeus Jackson: POLITICS AMONG WORLDS: REFLECTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF A FIELD

Discussant: Richard Beardsworth

11.45-12.00pm: Closing Remarks Toni Erskine and Ken Booth 12:00pm: Lunch in Departmental Foyer (packed lunches available for those departing immediately)