Past activities
2011
Peripheral Regions and Centres in Pre-Modern Europe, c.1100-1700: one-day workshop.
3 May 2011
Manchester Metropolitan University
The workshop held at Manchester Metropolitan University on 3rd May 2011 re-examined the idea of the border regions in selected European Peripheries: the Anglo-Scottish border; Lorraine and Luxembourg; views of Eastern Europe in English texts; and the role of hunting and hunter routes in the core and periphery of Medieval Anglesey.
The first two papers discussed the Anglo-Scottish border. Jonathan Gledhill (MMU/Huddersfield) discussed loyalties and lordship in the eastern border. He highlighted how in times of war, English had a greater need for administration and thus created more posts, whereas in Scotland there were less positions to fill and thus over-mighty magnates, like the Percys in Northumberland, did not appear. Anna Groundwater (Edinburgh) then went on to look at the Early Modern border, and suggested that the frontier line which has so often been blurred here needs to be put back in place. She cautioned that most previous models used to look at the Scottish border have been European, where territorial demarcations were more fluid and subject to change.
Spencer Smith took an archaeologists approach to looking at centre and core, considering how archaeological evidence could help to reconstruct the routes taken by hunters when pursuing their prey, and highlighted the difference between hunting activity on the coastal regions of Anglesey with the routes which could be traced around the core of the island. Zsuzsanna Reed Papp (Leeds) followed with a paper on the attitudes to Eastern Europe in Medieval English Histories, and asked how the relatively peripheral nature of this area may have impacted upon its depiction in English works. Interestingly, although English works took an interest in a region they saw as remote and often barbarous, Eastern European works showed no reciprocal regard.
The final set of papers looked at two duchies on the French border in the late medieval and early modern period: Luxembourg and Lorraine. In the first paper, Pit Peporte (Luxembourg) argued that the period after 1443 was not one of great administrative change in the region, as Luxembourg still relied on a few noble families for control. There was however now strong ‘top-down’ authority to create an identity Luxembourg. This was not the case in Lorraine, where Jonathan Spangler (MMU) explained that a few key elite families saw themselves as in control of the region even though the western border with France was very pourous. This was because the Lorraine nobility were loyal to themselves, rather than to a place which was potentially open to external influence, with competition between the elite, the French king, and the three imperial bishoprics.
There was lively debate in the roundtable discussion which concluded the day, and Anna Groundwater told us more about a new resource aimed at bringing people working on border areas together.
Supranational Governance and European Security, Workshop
27 – 28 January 2011
University of Salford, Centre for European Security
2010
Imperial Power Europe? The EU’s Quest for Supremacy
27 May 2010
Funded by: UACES and the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
Organizer: Angelos Sepos.
The workshop examined the ‘External Relations of the EU’
from the conceptual and theoretical lenses of the related literatures of Imperialism and Power. Participants were asked to reflect on key ontological questions regarding the nature and forms of the EU’s power projection in the world. What kind of power is the EU? In what forms is this power projected in the world? Who are the main drivers of the EU’s power? What are the consequences of the EU’s power projection for its identity, legitimacy and credibility? In other words, what is, what does but also what should the Union be doing in the world? More broadly, the workshop sought to understand how power is embedded in the notion of imperialism and how the former manifests itself through the latter. Participants from diverse academic backgrounds presented papers examining these questions. In particular, Morten Bomberg (University of Cophenhagen) examined how the various provisions of the Lisbon Treaty contribute to furthering the EU’s power projection in the world, while Roberto Roccu (LSE) examined evidence of hegemonic and imperial elements in the EU’s relationship with Egypt while Bohdana Dimitrovova (CEPS) investigated such evidence in the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy. Maria Garcia (Birkbeck College) and Angelos Sepos (Manchester University) examined the various forms of the EU’s power projection towards Latin America and the ACP Countries respectively, while David Styan (Birkbeck College) focused on the EU’s ESDP missions in Africa to understand the nature of this power. Bezen Balamir Coskun (Zivre University) examined the EU’s relationship with the Maghreb & Mashreq countries towards that goal while Stefano Braghiroli (University of Siena) and Nelli Babayan (University of Trento) provided a comparative assessment of the imperial nature of the EU, US and Russia. Overall, the workshop provided a platform for paper givers and external participants to discuss in depth an issue which has garnered significant recent attention in academic and policy circles alike. The workshop also provided the ground for participating and other scholars to further their collaboration
Workshop on Minority and Indigenous Rights: Emerging Themes and Challenges UK Network on Minority Groups and Human Rights and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies
18 November 2010
2009
European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence: Past and Present
29-30 January 2009
University of Salford
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Contact: s.leonard@salford.ac.uk
Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and Human Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives, Liverpool Law School
27 May 2009
This workshop brought together doctoral and postdoctoral researchers across the United Kingdom to exchange ideas on pressing global and regional issues in minority protection. Topics included education and language rights, indigenous peoples' rights and the role of international institutions. The event was hosted by the International and European Law Unit at Liverpool Law School, directed by Dr Gaetano Pentassuglia, with the support of the International Journal on Minority and Group Rights.
2008
New Directions in Postcolonial Studies: The Environment and the Cosmopolitan
5 December 2008
Organiser: Dr Anastasia Valassopoulos
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Adapting Byron
4-5 December 2008
Organiser: Laura Tunbridge
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Global wounds
Organiser: Laurence Brown
Translating Europe
1 & 22 November 2008
Organiser: Alison Scott
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Short Report
Enlightenment Cosmopolitanisms
20-21 November 2008
Organiser: Professor Galin Tihanov
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May '68: Towards the Naming of the Event
31 October 2008
Writing of National Histories
23-24 October 2008
Organiser: Prof. Stefan Berger
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Future of European national models
10 October 2008
Organiser: Jill Rubery
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Europe on Screen: Patterns in Consumption, Distribution and Exhibition in Contemporary European Cinema
11-12 June 2008
Organiser: Dr Núria Triana (LLC) et al.
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The History of European Armaments Cooperation
19-20 May 2008
Organiser: Andrew James, MBS (PREST) University of Manchester
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European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence Programme
Organiser: Dr Christian Kaunert (ESRI, Salford)
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1 May 2008
Dr. Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh
‘The Non-Securitization of Asylum and Migration in the European Union after 9/11’
Location: University of Salford, Crescent House, Room 106 Time: 17:00 – 19:00
24 April 2008
Prof. Keith Jeffery, Queen’s University Belfast
‘Writing the History of SIS’
Location: University of Salford, Crescent House, Room 106 Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Small States and the European Security and Defence Policy
22 April 2008
Organiser: Prof. Clive Archer (MMU)
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European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence Programme
Organiser: Dr Christian Kaunert (ESRI, Salford)
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April 17
Dr Katy Hayward, Queen’s University Belfast
‘The European Union and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland’
Location: University of Salford, Crescent House, Room 106 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 (please note earlier start time)
April 10
Dr Marie Breen Smyth, Aberystwyth University
‘Religion and Northern Irish Political Violence: A Mixed Blessing?
European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence Programme
Organiser: Dr Christian Kaunert (ESRI, Salford)
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6 March 2008
Dr. Jane O’Mahony, University of Kent
‘The European Arrest Warrant and the Fight Against Terrorism’
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Muslims in Europe
31 January - 1 February 2008
James Nazroo (SoSS)
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Manchester JMCE Postgraduate Conference in European Studies
Friday, 25 January 2008, LG12, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester
Filippo Nereo with Postgraduate Committee
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2007
Looking out and looking in: towards a theoretical framework of studying identity politics in enclaves
Friday, 7 December, W 3.13, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester
Private Security Companies: Agents of Democracy or 21st Century Mercenaries?
Thursday 6 December, 5 pm
by Dr Christopher Kinsey, King's College London
ESTI (European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence) Seminar Series.
Work of Cities and Regions
2 November 2007
Kevin Ward (Environment and Development)
Short Report
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/events/conferences/cityandregions/
Empires, Nation-States and Regions
24-26 May 2007
Organiser: Professor Stefan Berger
Short Report
Islam, Multiculturalism and Scandinavia: One year on from the Danish cartoon controversy.
23 May 2007
Ulla Holm, Danish Institute for International Studies
Seminar series organiser: Dr Chris Agius, University of Salford
Short Report
The 'Lisbonization' of Europe?
27 April 2007
Conference Organiser: Dr Claire Annesley, University of Manchester
Presentations/articles from speakers are available below:
Iain Begg, LSE |
Drew Scott, Edinburgh |
Globalization and the Swedish Model of Welfare
18 April 2007
Seminar series organiser: Dr Chris Agius, University of Salford
Short Report
Corruption and Democracy in Europe
29-30 March 2007
Academic Organiser: Professor Jim Newell, University of Salford
Ethical Conduct and Perceptions of Public Probity in Britain |
Preliminary Papers
Short Report
Identity and self-representation in European
communist life histories
23 March 2007
Seminar organiser: Prof. Kevin Morgan, University of Manchester
Poster
Short Report
The EU's Northern Dimension: fostering cooperation between Russia and the 'North'
21 March 2007
Tobias Etzold, MMU
Seminar series organiser: Dr Chris Agius, University of Salford
Short Report
The Finnish Presidency of the EU, 2006
7 March 2007
Organisers: Professor Clive Archer, MMU & Tobias Etzold (MERI)
Short Report
2005/6
Better EU Regulation Seminars
Organiser: Dr Anna Verges
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Institute of Innovation Research - Seminar Series
Organisers: Dr Thomas, Dr Ramlogan
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The Peace in the Feud: History and Anthropology 1955-2005
28-29 October 2005
Organiser: Conrad Leyser
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