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!