Events In 'Events' Events, seminars and workshopsPOLSIS seminar series Back to 'Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS)' Keep up to date with the latest news and events from around the department and the wide-ranging projects our staff and students get involved with. More events throughout the School of Government. POLSIS hosts a number of seminars throughout the autumn term which focuses on a number of different topics. The seminars are open to everyone. Find out more about the POLSIS Seminar series Institute for German Studies (IGS) Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Forthcoming events New Patterns of Political Competition in Western Europe: Populists vs. Populists DateWednesday 24th February 2021Location: ZoomDescriptionThe seminar will explore how and to what effect populist parties of both the left and the right, compete within the same political system. IGES Book Panel with Paul Betts - Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe after World War II DateWednesday 3rd March 2021Location: Online event - ZoomDescriptionAt this panel, Paul Betts will present his new book 'Ruin and Renewal'. Brexitland DateThursday 4th March 2021Location: ZoomDescriptionA Special POLSIS Postgraduate Taught Student Enhancement and REPRESENT Network Seminar Prospects of Stabilising US-China Relations DateWednesday 21st April 2021Location: Online event - ZoomDescriptionPOLSIS Asia Research Group hosts Professor Susan Shirk, one of America's top specialists on Chinese politics to speak on contemporary US-China relations. Shifting Constellations: Germany and Global (Dis)Order DateWednesday 30th June - Friday 2nd July 2021Location: Online event - ZoomDescriptionIGES Birmingham's DAAD-funded international research project (2019-21) explores Germany's responses to unprecedented, ongoing disruptions and redefinitions in global politics, culture and society. Displaying 1 to 5 of 5 Previous Events 2021 23rd February - IGES/BRIHC Lecture10th February - The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa: Democracy, Voting and Virtue3rd February - Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past… and Present28th January - Authors and translators in dialogue: Sandra Hoffmann and Katy Derbyshire27th January - Germany and Eastern Europe: Birmingham-Utrecht Joint Postgraduate Workshop27th January - REPRESENT Seminar on Populism with Daniele Albertazzi and Davide Vampa 2020 18th November - Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe13th November - Fascism Past and Present: What lessons can we learn from Italy's history?9th November - Special POLSIS Seminar – Parties, Voters and Elections Research Group28th October - Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy22nd October - Populism in Europe and the USA15th October - Populism Around The World: Beyond The "Charismatic Leader"14th October - Distract and divert: How world leaders use social media during contentious politics19th March - Post-Truth Politics: Impacts on the Public Sphere and the Quality of Public Deliberation10th February - An Evening with Travis Alabanza23rd January - The League of Nations @ 100: Humanitarian Histories 2019 20th November - Brexit and Questions of 'National Inheritance': The Colonial Conditions of our Present Crises12th June - The Impact of Climate Change on Human Security: Civilian and Military Perspectives21st March - Making Sense of Corruption - Cancelled15th March - British Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting World7th-8th March - Two-Day British Academy conference on the politics of Middle East migration6th March - Performances of Injustices: The politics of truth, justice and reconciliation in Kenya 2018 4th December - Choices, Challenges and Crises: Economic Reform in Post-Communist Europe28th November - Russia in Syria: Quagmire or Masterstroke?26th November - Blair's Britain: A Legacy Assessed21st November - Black to Red: the Politics of Prison Reform in the former Soviet Union15th November - Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad7th November - Diversifying the Brexit Debate: the EU and marginalised voices5th November - Frozen Conflict: Interpreting reality through art, film and social sciences24th October - Not 'Coming Out'? The Attitudinal Panopticon and the Shallow Europeanisation of LGBT Rights in Serbia16th October - National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy9th October - PTR Polsis seminar series9th October - How Democracies Die2nd October - How can we engage young people in politics?12th July - Trusting Enemies7th June - Thirty Years Later: Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union22nd May - Becoming the World's Most Powerful Woman: Angela Merkel and the Transformation of United Germany2nd May - Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration1st May - Self-Determination and Secession across Europe and Eurasia19th April - Brexit and British Politics7th March - IGS Workshop: 'The (Im)Possibility of Liberating One('s)Self'6th March - Reflections on the Italian elections 2017 27th June - The Destruction of Memory: a cross-disciplinary event 2016 5th December - Podcast: Education and Peace-Building in Deeply Divided Societies14th November - Trust processes in the eye of the storm! How do we cope with salient vulnerability31st October - Set-Theoretic Thinking in the Social Sciences – Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in a Nutshell17th October - Personality and International Politics: Insights from Existing Research and Directions for the Future12th September - Podcast: Global Governance for the Anthropocene: Nuclear Weapons and the Global Ecology20th June - Ontological Security: A Holistic Framework for Analysis10th February - Social forces in the making of Ukraine's crises 2014 27th November - Podcast: The New Challenges and Choices of the South Caucasus: Between Political, Cultural and Economic Priorities22nd October - Why there is no "new Cold War" (or the use and abuse of history).13th-17th October - Russian Festival of Culture1st May - Motors of Change, Sources of Stability: Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 2nd February - Kosovo: A new nation on the political map- achievements and challenges