PSAI NEWSLETTER MONDAY APRIL 26^TH 2021

ONLINE SEMINAR-POLITICAL VIOLENCE-
WEDNESDAY APRILS 28^TH  

https://ecpr.eu/Events/164
ECPR Standing Group on Political Violence
Online Seminar Series in Political Violence
Next seminar
Wednesday 28 April, 14:00 – 16:00 GMT (link above)
Deniable Contact: Back-Channel Negotiation in Northern Ireland 
Speaker – Niall Ó Dochartaigh, National University of Ireland Galway
Commentator – Thomas Leahy, Cardiff University

Abstract
Deniable Contact by Niall Ó Dochartaigh provides the first full-length study of the secret negotiations and back-channels that were used in repeated efforts to end the Northern Ireland conflict. The analysis is founded on a rich store of historical evidence, including the private papers of key Irish Republican leaders, recently released papers from national archives in Dublin and London, and the papers of Brendan Duddy, the intermediary who acted as the primary contact between the IRA and the British government on several occasions over a span of two decades, including papers that have not yet been made publicly available. This documentary evidence, combined with original interviews with politicians, mediators, civil servants, and Republicans, allows a vivid picture to emerge of the complex manoeuvring at this intersection. Deniable Contact offers a textured account that extends our understanding of the distinctive dynamics of negotiations conducted in secret and the conditions conducive to the negotiated settlement of conflict. It disrupts and challenges some conventional notions about the conflict in Northern Ireland, offering a fresh analysis of the political dynamics and the intra-party struggles that sustained violent conflict and delayed settlement for so long.

During the session, Niall Ó Dochartaigh will provide an introduction to the key themes of the book. This will be followed by Thomas Leahy’s comments and Q&A session. After this, there will be time for a more informal chat between all participants.

REMINDER-ONLINE LECTURE THURSDAY 29^TH –
UCC/DF LECTURE SERIES

UCC-Defence Forces Lecture Series:

• Is there a future for UN peacekeeping?

• Dr. Renata Dwan, Deputy Director of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs

• Thurs 29^th April, 6.30-8.00pm (Irish/UK time)

• On-line via this link (- no registration or log-in is required, but we kindly request that you go to link shortly before the start time of 18.30).

• The lecture will also be recorded so that people may view it later if they wish.

The Blue Helmets are one of the most visible faces of the United Nations around the world. Over seven decades, and despite many challenges, peacekeeping has proven to be one of the UN’s most durable and adaptable peace and security tools. Yet UN peacekeeping has declined rapidly in terms of number of operations, troop deployments and budgets over the past 10 years.  Against a backdrop of increased geopolitical competition, changing conflict dynamics, and a global pandemic with severe economic impact, what are the prospects for UN peacekeeping and to what extent can it evolve to meet contemporary conflict challenges?

Dr Renata Dwan was appointed Deputy Director of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in November 2020. In her 15-year UN career she worked on peace and security issues, including as director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva and chief of policy and best practices at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Renata served in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Mali and Syria and led major UN-wide policy initiatives on peacekeeping, security sector reform, and crisis management capacities. Prior to the UN, Renata led the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s programme on armed conflict and conflict management and was Deputy Director the EastWest Institute security programme in Budapest. She served as a Special Adviser to the European Union Council Secretariat on crisis management issues.  She received her MPhil and DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

The UCC-Defence Forces Lecture Series aims to contribute to informed public debate on contemporary global security challenges, how such problems may impact on Ireland and how Ireland can contribute to addressing regional and global security threats. The lecture series is jointly organised by the Defence Forces and UCC’s Colleges of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and Business and Law. Previous lectures in the series can be viewed at: https://www.ucc.ie/en/government-and-politics/research/departmentofgovernmentandpoliticsguestlecturesandseminars/ucc-defenceforceslectureseries/

ONLINE EVENT-WEDNESDAY 28^TH APRIL –
Maynooth University-“NI at 100”

The Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, the Department of Sociology and the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI), host a roundtable discussion on Wednesday 28 April, 530pm-7pm on ‘Northern Ireland at 100: Pro-Union Voices’. 

The event will be hosted by Professor Colin Coulter (Department of Sociology, Maynooth University) with guest speakers:

• Julie-Ann Corr-Johnson (former Belfast city councillor), 

• Brian Dougherty (Londonderry Bands Forum), 

• Alison Grundle (former Special Advisor, Northern Ireland Assembly) 

• Professor Pete Shirlow (University of Liverpool)

  All welcome. To register for this event, please see the link

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QaXP5fu7SPuyjYMeysbD3g

ONLINE PSAI POLITICAL THEORY GROUP SEMINR-
FRIDAY 30^TH APRIL

The next PSAI political theory seminar is on Friday 30th April with Marie Moran
 ‘Inequality in the 21st Century’. 
It will take place next Friday the 30th at 3pm (zoom link below), convened by Andrew Shorten.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/61857415289

ONLINE UCC EVENT-THURSDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 22^ND

ALL WELCOME

Department of Government and Politics
UCC Online Jean Monnet Lecture Series

The EU and the Dangers of Disinformation, Dark Money and Dirty Politics
Peter Geoghegan, Writer and Journalist
Neale Richmond TD 

3–4.15pm Thursday 22nd April 2021
REGISTER HERE
https://conference.ucc.ie/jean-monnet-lecture-series-april/testing/Site/Register

This month’s UCC Jean Monnet Lecture will explore the impact of disinformation, dark money and dirty politics on national and EU politics and political systems. Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics, will discuss the link between ‘dark money’ and disinformation, and speak about its impact on the UK’s Brexit referendum campaign and on the process of the UK’s exit process from the EU. Neale Richmond TD will discuss the challenges of limiting and containing the influence of disinformation groups, and will speak, in particular, about his efforts to confront the attempts of the pro-Brexit campaign group, Leave.eu, to migrate the registered office for its website to Ireland in order to retain its ‘.eu’ internet address.

Peter Geoghegan is an Irish writer, broadcaster and investigations editor at the award-winning news website openDemocracy. He led openDemocracy’s investigations into dark money in British politics that were nominated for a 2019 British Journalism award and the Paul Foot award. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books and many other publications. His last book, Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics was published last August and was a Sunday Times bestseller.

Neale Richmond is the Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and party spokesperson on European Affairs. He has previously served as a County Councillor, Leader of the Irish delegation in the Committee of the Regions and as a Senator where he Chaired the Brexit Committee. A graduate of UCD (BA History, MA Politics), he has a professional background as a Parliamentary Assistant and Project Manager.

The event will be held on Zoom. For further information please contact: maryc.murphy@ucc.ie.
This Lecture series is supported by the Erasmus + Jean Monnet programme.

ONLINE RIA CONFERENCE-THURSDAY 29^TH APRIL

Royal Irish Academy’s Standing Committee for International Affairs Annual Conference
‘International politics in times of risk and uncertainty: the COVID-19 crisis and beyond’
Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 09:10–16:50 IST

Keynote and Q&A with Simon Coveney T.D. , Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence
Plenary by G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a fundamental new challenge to humanity and complicated an already unstable international situation. Nationally, regionally and globally governments and international organisations face complex questions about appropriate responses to the pandemic and about their ability to mobilise the political will, public support and resources necessary to address this crisis effectively.
Panel One: Global Issues    ¦       Panel Two: Regional Perspectives       ¦        Panel Three: Policy and Rights      ¦      Panel Four: From Global to Local
PROGRAMME, MORE INFORMATION AND BOOKING ria.ie website HERE
https://www.ria.ie/international-politics-times-risk-and-uncertainty-covid-19-crisis-and-beyond

ONLINE NUIG SEMINAR-FRIDAY APRIL 23^RD POLISH MIGRANT PARENTING

The next seminar in the NUIG School of Political Science and Sociology Spring Research Seminar series takes place on Friday, 23 April, at 1 pm. Carmen Kealy will introduce the Integrated Model of Polish Migrant Parenting. Full details below. Advance registration through Eventbrite is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-integrated-model-of-polish-parenting-in-ireland-tickets-149747094591

The link to the Zoom seminar will be sent to everyone who is registered on Eventbrite.

ONINE SEMINAR-Friday April 16th -NUIG School of Political Science and Sociology

The next seminar in the School of Political Science and Sociology Spring Research Seminar series takes place on Friday, 16 April, at 4 pm: “Article symposium: Addressing the Global Emergencies of Climate and Human Rights from Below”. Full details below. Advance registration through Eventbrite is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/addressing-global-emergencies-of-climate-human-rights-from-below-tickets-143729369413

The link to the Zoom seminar will be sent to everyone who is registered on Eventbrite.

ONLINE SEMINAR- Wednesday April 14th- NUIM-University Centre for European and Eurasian Studies Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence

Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Mussi present a webinar;

When: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – 16:00 to 17:30
Where: Zoom (link below)
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uTA12_fqSZ6V6_WkboU0fQ

ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH-Thursday April 15^th

You are warmly invited to the book launch of “Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice: Rethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period” (Cambridge 2019, now out in paperback 2021).

Thursday 15 April 2021, 5-630pm Dublin Time.
Evenbrite Registration : https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/great-judgments-of-the-european-court-of-justice-by-william-phelan-tickets-148614159953

Book launch and Discussion

Discussants:
Advocate General Gerard Hogan & Professor Fernanda Nicola

Chair:
Professor Aileen Kavanagh

Author:
William Phelan
Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice :
Rethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period (Cambridge)

Thursday 15 April 2021, 5pm Irish Time, via Zoom

Please join us for a book launch and discussion of William Phelan’s book “Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice”. The book offers a new approach to understanding the ECJ’s famous decisions in the 1960s and 1970s – Van Gend en Loos, Costa, Van Duyn, and so on – through use of the comparative method and by drawing in detail on the writings and speeches of the influential French ECJ judge and President of the Court, Robert Lecourt. It highlights the importance of the ECJ’s 1964 Dairy Products judgment in understanding the logic and purpose of Van Gend en Loos and the doctrine of direct effect. The book will be enjoyed by students and scholars of EU law, and by anyone interested in understanding the role of the European Court of Justice.

Participating in the launch and discussion are:
Gerard Hogan, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
Fernanda Nicola, Professor of Law, and historian of EU law, American University Washington College of Law
William Phelan, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Politics and Law, Trinity College Dublin
Aileen Kavanagh (Panel Chair), Professor of Constitutional Governance, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
We would kindly ask attendees to register (for free) through Eventbrite in advance of the event in order to receive login details for the launch. Once registered, you will then be sent the relevant Zoom login information closer to the time of the launch event.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/great-judgments-of-the-european-court-of-justice-by-william-phelan-tickets-148614159953

After the presentation and discussion there will be an opportunity for questions and answers from attendees.

The launch webpage is here:
https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/about/JMCE/JMCE-event1.php

More information about the “Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice” (with an image of Robert Lecourt on the cover) can be found here:
https://www.cambridge.org/ie/academic/subjects/law/european-law/great-judgments-european-court-justice-rethinking-landmark-decisions-foundational-period?format=PB

ONLINE LECTURE-THURSDAY APRIL 29^TH

UCC-Defence Forces Lecture Series:

• Is there a future for UN peacekeeping?
• Dr. Renata Dwan, Deputy Director of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs
• Thurs 29^th April, 6.30-8.00pm (Irish/UK time)
• On-line – details will be available at: https://www.ucc.ie/en/government-and-politics/research/departmentofgovernmentandpoliticsguestlecturesandseminars/ucc-defenceforceslectureseries/  (- no registration or log-in is required.
• The lecture will also be recorded so that people may view it later if they wish.

The Blue Helmets are one of the most visible faces of the United Nations around the world. Over seven decades, and despite many challenges, peacekeeping has proven to be one of the UN’s most durable and adaptable peace and security tools. Yet UN peacekeeping has declined rapidly in terms of number of operations, troop deployments and budgets over the past 10 years.  Against a backdrop of increased geopolitical competition, changing conflict dynamics, and a global pandemic with severe economic impact, what are the prospects for UN peacekeeping and to what extent can it evolve to meet contemporary conflict challenges?

Dr Renata Dwan was appointed Deputy Director of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in November 2020. In her 15-year UN career she worked on peace and security issues, including as director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva and chief of policy and best practices at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Renata served in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Mali and Syria and led major UN-wide policy initiatives on peacekeeping, security sector reform, and crisis management capacities. Prior to the UN, Renata led the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s programme on armed conflict and conflict management and was Deputy Director the EastWest Institute security programme in Budapest. She served as a Special Adviser to the European Union Council Secretariat on crisis management issues.  She received her MPhil and DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

The UCC-Defence Forces Lecture Series aims to contribute to informed public debate on contemporary global security challenges, how such problems may impact on Ireland and how Ireland can contribute to addressing regional and global security threats. The lecture series is jointly organised by the Defence Forces and UCC’s Colleges of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and Business and Law. Previous lectures in the series can be viewed at: https://www.ucc.ie/en/government-and-politics/research/departmentofgovernmentandpoliticsguestlecturesandseminars/ucc-defenceforceslectureseries/

From Whence I Came
The Kennedy Legacy, Ireland and America
Edited by Brian Murphy & Donnacha Ó Beacháin

Elected in 1960 as the 35th President of the USA, John Fitzgerald Kennedy remains to this day the office’s youngest incumbent and he was its first Roman Catholic. His term in office was short, but arguably no US President has inspired more people around the globe than JFK. Even today, for generations born decades after his death, President Kennedy’s legacy has an enduring appeal.

This insightful book contains specially commissioned pieces by a range of respected academic and political figures, including former Obama speechwriter, Cody Kennan, the President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organisation, Kerry Kennedy, and former senior adviser to Bernie Sanders, Tad Devine.

With the presidency of Joe Biden seeing a renewed focus on broader themes within Irish, American and global politics, From Whence I Came is a fascinating and timely collection that offers a fresh perspective on the Kennedy legacy and the politics of Ireland and the United States.

Paperback •  €19.95 | £18.99 •  288 pages •  226mm x 153mm • 9781788551410
Brian Murphy lectures at the Technological University Dublin.  He holds a PhD in Modern Irish History from University College Dublin and is the author of Forgotten Patriot: Douglas Hyde and the Foundation of the Irish Presidency and Brian Lenihan: In Calm and Crisis (co-editor). He was Co-Director of the Kennedy Summer School from 2016-2018.
Donnacha Ó Beacháin is Professor of Politics at Dublin City University. His books include Destiny of the Soldiers: Fianna Fáil, Irish Republicanism and the IRA 1926-1973, Political Communication in Ireland (co-editor) and From Partition to Brexit: The Irish Government and Northern Ireland (2018).
All editor royalties will be donated to the New Ross Community Hospital.

ONLINE LECTURE EVENT MONDAY MARCH 29TH

Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, will deliver the next UCC-Defence Forces Lecture on ‘The link between Defence and Foreign Policy – Ireland’s role on the Security Council’, on Mon 29th March, 6.30-8.00pm (Irish/UK time). 

Lecture details:
‘The link between Defence and Foreign Policy – Ireland’s role on the Security Council’
Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence
Mon 29th March, 18.30-20.00 (Irish/UK time)
Viewable live on youtube: https://youtu.be/tTYcKc5jNQo; no registration or log-in is required; viewers will be able to ask questions via the youtube chat function.
The lecture will also be available afterwards so that people may view it later if they wish.

Simon Coveney T.D. is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence. He is also the Deputy Leader of Fine Gael and served as Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit from November 2017 to June 2020.  He has served as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (2016-2017), Minister for Defence (2014-2016) and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2011-2016). First, elected to the Dáil (Irish Parliament) in 1998, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 where he was a member of the EPP-ED group. He was a member of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee and the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and a substitute member on the Fisheries Committee. Mr. Coveney was the author of the European Parliament’s Annual Report on Human Rights in the World for the year 2004 and again for 2006.  He was a member of Cork County Council and the Southern Health Board from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Coveney holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and Land Management from The Royal Agriculture College, Gloucestershire. He was also educated at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare, University College Cork and Gurteen Agricultural College, County Tipperary. In 1997/8 he led the “Sail Chernobyl Project” which involved sailing 30,000 miles around the world for charity.

The UCC-Defence Forces Lecture Series aims to contribute to informed public debate on contemporary global security challenges, how such problems may impact on Ireland and how Ireland can contribute to addressing regional and global security threats. The lecture series is jointly organised by the Defence Forces and UCC’s Colleges of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and Business and Law.

SURVEY LINK ON RESEARCH IN PARLIAMENTARY AND LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

Dr Sean Haughey at Liverpool asked that the PSAI share this survey.

The Parliaments Specialist Group of the UK Political Studies Association is undertaking a survey of research in the sub-disciplinary area of parliamentary and legislative studies. The purpose of the survey is to map the sub-discipline and identify any trends and absences. Most questions refer to parliaments only but this is for ease of reading only and should be read as shorthand for all (aspects of) parliaments and legislatures. The survey contains five sections and should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. Your responses will be stored securely and in line with GDPR. Your responses will be treated in the strictest confidence and the information you provide will not be used to identify you individually, or presented in such a way that makes it possible for you to be identified. The results of the survey will be presented at the PSA Parliaments Online Conference on 9th June 2021 and will subsequently be made available through the PSA Parliaments website (www.psaparliaments.org).

See: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=z8oksN7eQUKhXDyX1VPp85DIxFQeLFhMpZWJuBxLoqRUQTFWTkxTUzJJT0g4UDhaTlFZMlhYSlBJNyQlQCN0PWcu&s=09

ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES -NUIG SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & SOCIOLOGY.

Friday 19 March 1-2PM
Dieter Reinisch (PCI)
The campaign by Irish Republican prisoners for Political Status in Portlaoise Prison, 1973-77.

Friday 26 March 1-2PM
Richard Bourke (University of Cambridge)
Revolution and Political Ideas in Ireland, 1890–1922.

All seminars take place via Zoom (registration with Eventbrite)
Registration with Eventbrite:
tinyurl.com/w0579xh4
For further information or technical issues contact:
niall.odochartaigh@nuigalway.ie dieter.reinisch@nuigalway.ie

ENDS-Next newsletter on Monday March 29th-events/details can be emailed to Brendan.flynn@nuigalway.ie

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED-SUNDARY FEB 28TH
UACES 51st Annual Conference
6-8 September 2021
***CfP open***

The Call for Papers for #UACES2021 is open and the deadline for submissions has been extended to 28 February 2021. Submit your papers and proposals via ConfTool.

The UACES 51st Annual Conference welcomes contributions on all areas of contemporary European Studies from across academic disciplines including (but not limited to) law, economics, geography, history, sociology, public policy and politics. We accept proposals from established academics, practitioners and well-prepared doctoral students.
UACES particularly welcomes proposals from BIPOC academics, scholars from under-represented geographies (eg the Global South) and scholars from disciplines that are less well represented at UACES conferences including anthropology, cultural studies and history.
Participants can submit a proposal for a pre-organised panel, a non-traditional panel or an individual paper. Those seeking to create or fill out a panel can use the UACES members’ email list or tweet #UACES2021.
UACES as an organisation actively promotes gender balance in the formation of panels at its annual conference and at UACES sponsored events. As such, it does not permit all-male panels. Please take this into account when submitting panel suggestions.
The deadline for submitting proposals is now midnight on Sunday 28th February 2021.

ONLINE EVENT WED MARCH 3^rd
 Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence) & MUSSI host
How Britain Ends: discussion with Gavin Esler and response from
Prof Brigid Laffan

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U7nFG6YGT9euc28_CBpWwg

 IACES-IRISH ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES LINKS

ENDS-next newsletter Monday March 1st