Second week of the 2015 IPS Winter School

The 2015 IPS Winter School was finished last Friday, July 10th!

Here are some pictures of the second week courses and debates!

Prof. Vivienne Jabri during her course "Theories of Violence"

Prof. Mike Shapiro during his course "The Politics of Temporalities"

Professors Kyle Grayson, Vivienne Jabri, João P. Nogueira, Jef Huysmans and Mike Shapiro during the "Acting Politics: Democracy, Inequality and Contestation" roundtable

Professors Marta Fernández and Roberto Yamato during their course "Desconstruction, Postcolonialism and Amerindian Perspectivsm"

Closing Session - IPS: The next 10 years

Professors Isabel de Siqueira, Roberto Yamato, Kyle Grayson, João P. Nogueira, Jef Huysmans and Marta Fernández

You are invited to our second week Roundtables!

The second week of the the 2015 IPS Winter School is soon beginning and you are invited to our roundtables! The attendance is free and open to the public.

Roundtable – “Acting Politics: Democracy, Inequality and Contestation” 
July 07, 19:00 – 21:00, B8 Auditorium, Frings Building, 8th floor - PUC-Rio

In this roundtable, professors Kyle Grayson, Jef Huysmans, Vivienne Jabri and João P. Nogueira will discuss what it means to be political against our current background of growing global inequality and mounting frustration towards national citizenship as the sole mode of political action. 

Closing Session – “IPS: the next 10 years”
July 10, 17:00 – 18:30, B8 Auditorium, Frings Building, 8th floor - PUC-Rio

In this closing roundtable, professors Kyle Grayson, Jef Huysmans, João P. Nogueira, Marta Fernández, Roberto Yamato, and Isabel Rocha de Siqueira will get together to discuss the future of the IPS movement. What have we learned so far? Where do we head from here?

First week of the 2015 IPS Winter School

The IPS Winter School started on 29th June, 2015. Check a bit of what happened during this first week!

Professors Mike Shapiro, RBJ Walker, Paulo Esteves, João Nogueira and Didier Bigo at the inaugural session "10 Years of IPS"

 Prof. João Pontes Nogueira during his course "Inequality in World Politics: an IPS approach"

Public roundtable "After Snowden: Security, Surveillance, Rights"

Prof. Elspeth Guild during her course "Human Rights and Free Movement in the EU"

Prof. Mike Shapiro during his course "The Aesthetic Turn and Beyond"

Gentle reminder

A gentle reminder that the links for paying the IPS Winter School fees will be deactivated shortly. If you have been awarded a spot, but haven't finalized your registration yet, we ask you to, please, confirm your enrollment.  We are looking forward to meeting you all in Rio!

You are invited to our ROUNDTABLES!

Through its public events, the IPS Winter School wants to strengthen the dialogue between IR experts and other social scientists at a local, national and international level. Four roundtables will prompt discussion on key topics contemporary IR. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Week 1

Roundtable 2 - After Snowden: Security, Surveillance, Rights  
(30/06, 19h – 21h, RDC Auditorium)

Edward J. Snowden's revelations about the secret US-NSA PRISM program have confirmed the large-scale mass surveillance of governments, companies, and citizens, including some of he United States' closest allies in Europe and Latin America. In this roundtable, professors Didier Bigo, Monica Herz, Eslpeth Guild and R.B. J. Walker will debate the impact of these practices on national security, diplomacy, human rights, democracy, subjectivity, and obedience.

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Week 2

Roundtable 3 – Acting Politics: Democracy, Inequality and Contestation
(07/07, 19h – 21h, B8 Auditorium, Frings Building, 8th floor)

In this roundtable, professors Kyle Grayson, Jef Huysmans, Vivienne Jabri and João P. Nogueira will discuss what does it mean to be political against our current background of growing global inequality and mounting frustration towards national citizenship as the sole mode of political action.

Roundtable 4 - IPS: the next 10 years
(10/07, 17h – 19h, B8 Auditorium, Frings Building, 8th floor)

In this closing roundtable, professors Kyle Grayson, Jef Huysmans, Vivienne Jabri, João P. Nogueira, Marta Fernández, Roberto Yamato e Isabel Rocha de Siqueira get together to discuss the future of IPS’s movement. What have we learned so far? Where do we head from here?

Don’t forget to download your PRE-ARRIVAL PACK!

We are already counting down the days to have you with us at the 2015 IPS Winter School. To make your trip easier, we have prepared a Pre-Arrival pack with a number of useful information to smooth out your stay in Rio (required documents to enter the country, accommodation options, transportation and so forth). You can download the pre-arrival pack here. 

Please, take the time to familiarize yourself with the information provided. If you have any other enquiries, please, get in touch with us at ipswinterschool@gmail.com. We will be glad to assist you!

FINAL DAY TO APPLY TO THE IPS WINTER SCHOOL!

The IPS Winter School will offer an opportunity to engage in an intensive academic experience in the theory, methodology and current research in International Political Sociology. Activities include courses, workshops, public lectures, roundtables and informal discussions, in an environment that will facilitate scholarly exchanges and socialization among participants.

Candidates may choose to apply for:
• Option 1: first week only (29 June – 03 July 2015) 

• Option 2: second week only (06 July – 10 July 2015) 

• Option 3: both weeks 


Click here for more information about how to apply, fees, guest speakers and planned activities.

Prospective participants should fill in the Application Form (download here) and email it, along with supporting documents, to ipswinterschool@gmail.com until May 29th.

For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.

Update on our professional mentorship sessions!

Professional mentorship sessions will provide students the opportunity to discuss with senior faculty various issues related to the academic profession. Participants will learn about the challenges involved in getting a permanent position, being part of academic networks and successfully moving on in the academic career. The purpose of these sections is to allow students to question Faculty members about these “more practical” topics involved in achieving a successful academic career.

It is our pleasure to announce that the professional mentorship sessions will be led by:

Week 1:

Elspeth Guild

Mike Shapiro

João P. Nogueira

Week 2:

Vivienne Jabri

Debbie Lisle

João P. Nogueira

Professional mentorship sessions will take place on both Thursday, from 13:30 to 15:00.

Apply now! Places are limited to 35 participants per week and will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis.

Deadline for application is 29 May 2015.

Click here for more information about how to apply, fees, guest speakers and planned activities.

For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.

Master Students are welcome to apply!

We are glad to announce that, due to a large demand, we have decided to welcome qualified Master students to enroll. If you are taking your Master's degree and intend to pursue doctoral research on International Political Sociology, we are now happy to accept your application. So we can process all cases, the application deadline has been postponed to 29 May 2015.

The application process hasn't changed. Prospective participants should fill in the Application Form {here} and email it, along with supporting documents, to ipswinterschool@gmail.com by the new deadline, 29 May 2015.

Applicants that fulfill the eligibility criteria will be contacted with payment information. For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com

Meet the editors! Learn about article submissions with PUBLISHING TUTORIALS

Publishing tutorials are an important part of the IPS Winter School skills training calendar. They will offer participants an opportunity to meet editors and members of editorial boards of leading IR journals, to discuss the work of publishing academic articles, PhD theses and books. Sessions will give participants a glimpse of the nuts and bolts of the editorial and peer review work. They will also be a great opportunity to ask questions about submissions and other topics of general interest to doctoral candidates and early-career scholars.

It is our pleasure to announce that our Publishing Tutorials will be led by:

Week 1:

Didier Bigo / Editor / Cultures et Conflits (tbc)

RBJ Walker / Editor / Alternatives

João P. Nogueira / Editor / International Political Sociology

Week 2:

Jef Huysmans / Editor / International Political Sociology

Carolina Moulin / Editor / Contexto Internacional (via skype)

Roberto V. Yamato / Co-Editor / Contexto Internacional

João P. Nogueira / Editor / International Political Sociology

Publishing Tutorials will take place on both Fridays, from 13:30 to 15:00.

Apply now! Places are limited to 35 participants per week and will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Deadline for application is 18 May 2015.

Click here for more information about how to apply, fees, guest speakers and planned activities.

For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.

More information on our Writing Seminars!

Offering doctoral students and early career researchers an opportunity to develop their transferable skills is a key concern of the IPS Winter School. As part of the sessions devoted to skills training, our Writing Seminars will allow students to debate with faculty members the many styles, strategies and challenges involved in academic writing.

It is our pleasure to announce that professors Jimmy Casas Klausen (Week 1) and Mike Shapiro (Week 2) will be leading the sessions on the politics and aesthetics of academic writing.

Writing seminars will take place on both Thursdays, from 15:15 to 16:45.

Apply now! Places are limited to 35 participants per week and will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Deadline for application is 18 May 2015.

Click here for more information about application, fees, guest speakers and planned activities.

For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.

Update on Optional Courses!

Along with our general courses on theory and methodology, the 2015 IPS Winter School OPTIONAL COURSES will familiarize participants with the field’s most innovative research, pressing issues and debates. Optional courses are small seminars taught by renowned Brazilian and international scholars that share an interest in the study of the international political sociology.

We are proud to announce that the list of courses includes:

First Week		Second Week
General Course		General Course
Critical Theories and IPS RBJ Walker		Critical Methodologies and IPS Jef Huysmans
Optional Courses		Optional Courses
Information, Surveillance, Obedience Didier Bigo Sciences Po, France/King’s College London		Theories of Violence Vivienne Jabri King’s College London
Human Rights and Free Movement in the EU Elspeth Guild University of Nijmegen/ Queen Mary, University of London		Visualization and War Debbie Lisle Queen's University Belfast
Anti-Statist Theories from Right to Left Jimmy Casas Klausen IRI, PUC-RIo		Cinematic Geopolitics Mike Shapiro University of Hawaii
Inequality in World Politics: an IPS approach João P. Nogueira IRI, PUC-RIo		Deconstruction, Postcolonialism, and Amerindian Perspectivism Marta Fernández and Roberto Yamato IRI, PUC-Rio
The Aesthetic Turn and Beyond Mike Shapiro University of Hawaii		Acknowledging practicality, embracing subtlety: practices in IR Isabel Rocha de Siqueira IRI, PUC-Rio

  

Optional Courses will take place each week, from Monday to Wednesday, in three different periods in the afternoon. Students will choose among the optional courses available for each time slot and will be able to attend up to three optional courses per week.

Please, click here for more information about application, fees, guest speakers and planned activities. For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.

More information on general courses!

Initial details of the 2015 IPS Winter School GENERAL COURSES are now available. One general course will be offered each week, between 10:00 and 12:00am, from Monday to Friday. Both courses are compulsory for students.

First Week: June 29 – July 03 2015

RBJ Walker, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada, and in the International Relations Institute, IRI, PUC-RIO, will share his thinking on the relation between “Critical Theories and International Political Sociology”. 

Click here for Walker’s profile.

Second Week: July 06 – July 10 2015

Jef Huysmans, Chair in Security Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies of The Open University and director at the Centre for Citizenship Identities and Governance will consider how “Critical Methodologies and International Political Sociology” can benefit from each other. 

Click here for Huysmans’s profile.

Please, click here for more information about application, fees, guest speakers and planned activities. For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com. 

Applications are now open!

We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2015 IPS Winter School are now open. Places are limited to 35 participants per week and will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Prospective participants should be currently carrying out or have concluded doctoral research in the last 5 years. Deadline for application is 18 May 2015.

Candidates may choose to apply for:

• Option 1: first week only (29 June – 03 July 2015) 

• Option 2: second week only (06 July – 10 July 2015) 

• Option 3: both weeks 


Prospective participants should fill in the Application Form (download here) and email it, along with supporting documents, to ipswinterschool@gmail.com by 18 May 2015.

Applicants that fulfill the eligibility criteria will be contacted with payment information. A reduced fee is available for registration paid in full by 10 May 2015.

Fees are (Brazilian Reais):

• One week: R$ 1.300,00 / R$ 1.100,00 Reduced fee
• Two weeks: R$ 1.950,00 / R$ 1.600,00 Reduced fee

Please, click here for more information about application, fees, guest speakers and planned activities. For help with application and other enquiries, contact us on ipswinterschool@gmail.com.