Lecture Series
2011/2012: The Challenges of International Administration
International Lecture Series of the IACM program, summer term 2011 and winter term 2011/2012
- Prof. Walter Dorn (Royal Military College of Canada; Canadian Forces College): Intelligence-Gathering in UN Peace Operations
- Prof. Pierre Englebert (Pomona College, Claremont, California): The Curse of International Sovereignty in Africa
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolff (University of Birmingham): Independence, Annexation, or Re-integration? The International Administration of Disputed Territories in Comparative Perspective
- Brigadegeneral Frank Leidenberger (Kommando Operative Führung Eingreifkräfte): Die Bundeswehr in Afghanistan (talk in German)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas G. Weiss (City University of New York): Why UN Ideas Matter
- Prof. Dr. Tom Farer (University of Denver): Confronting Murderous Governments: The Triumphs and Travails of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the Era of State Terror
You can listen to or watch the lectures here.
2010: Human rights within international politics
Historical contexts and political practice
International Lecture Series of the IACM program, June 10th – July 14th and November 17th 2010, involved:
- Dr. Čedomir Antić (Belgrad): The Historical Contest of a Declaration
- Prof. Dr. Richard Caplan (Oxford): Human Rights under UN Protection
- Dr. Oliver Ruppel (University of Namibia): Menschenrechte und Gewohnheitsrecht der indigenen Völker Namibias - Ein juristisches Spannungsverhältnis?
- Prof. Dr. Susan Pederson (Columbia University): A Whole World Talking: Petitions and Peoples before the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations
- Prof. Dr. Gary Bass (Princeton): The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (no video record available)
- Prof. Dr. Bertrand Taithe (University of Manchester): Can the History of Humanitarianism Teach Us Anything? A Technological Approach
You can listen to or watch the lectures here.
2008: Crisis and Intervention or Crisis of Interventionism?
Failing States, Modern Protectorates and Western Democracies
International Lecture Series of the IACM program, june 10th – july 14th 2008
Renowned diplomats, politicians, government officials and journalists presented their view on the topic of humanitarian crises, interventions and the role of the international community and its organization.
News
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Zimbabwe: What if not a coup?
Was President Robert Mugabe’s forced retirement really a coup d’état in disguise? And what policies will his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, now offer the country? A conversation with the political scientist and expert on Africa, Martin Welz
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15. March 2017
Wolfgang Seibel to be member of the scientific advisory board of the journal “Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains”
Prof. Wolfgang Seibel has been named a member of the scientific advisory board of the French journal “Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains.”
Wolfgang Seibel is professor of Political and Administrative Science, University of Konstanz. He is member of the executive board and the plenary... -
6. March 2017
New release: The Management of UN Peacekeeping. Edited by Julian Junk, Francesco Mancini, Till Blume, and Wolfgang Seibel
Coordination, Learning, and Leadership in Peace Operations
Boulder: Lynne Rienner 2017