Upcoming Events
The New International Relations: A Conversation with Frederic Charillon
The International Relations Society in conjunction with the Consulat Générale de France à Toronto and the International Relations Program presents The New International Relations, a conversation with Frédéric Charillon. Dr. Charillon is a professor of political science at Université d’Auvergne Clermont and Sciences Po. He is also the director of l’Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM), and formerly that of the Centre d’Etudes en Sciences Sociales de la Défense.
Date: Tuesday October 13, 2009
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Location: Munk Centre for International Studies, Room 208N
Organized by the University of Toronto International Relations Society and the Connecting Minds Initiative.
Simulation Provincial Parliament
The Executive Board of the University of Toronto Model Parliament (UTMP) is pleased to announce its inaugural session. This year’s conference will convene for the Plenary Session/Election Day on Saturday December 12, 2009 at Trinity College, University of Toronto, followed by a Simulation which will take place in the Ontario Legislative Assembly between Tuesday January 26 and Thursday January 28, 2010. Those interested in applying to the delegation should visit the University of Toronto Model Parliament website at http://utmodelparliament.org.
Date: Tuesday January 26 – Thursday January 28, 2010
Location: Ontario Legislative Assembly
Past Events
Guerilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations
For anyone with a penchant for negotiation and compromise, and a general preference for talking over fighting and dialogue over diktat, diplomacy should matter. But diplomacy has been sidelined and is facing a crisis of relevance and effectiveness. This may be attributed mainly to its abject failure to adapt to the exigencies of globalization, that totalizing historical force which continues to condition, if not determine outcomes across a broad range of human activity. A rising tide of violence, inequality, and unaddressed threats provides powerful testament not only to the socialization of globalization’s costs and the privatization of its benefits, but to the abject failure of diplomacy to engage remedially.
Join Daryl Copeland, author of Guerrilla Diplomacy and Senior Fellow at the Munk Centre, for a disussion of what might be done to better equip diplomacy, the foreign ministry and the foreign service to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Life After Undergrad: A Conversation with Margaret MacMillan
Have you considered a graduate degree in international relations? Have you ever dreamed of attending a prestigious graduate program at Oxford, Cambridge, or the London School of Economics? If so, join us for a conversation with Dr. Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, and former Provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto. She will discuss preparing for the application process, life at Oxford, and opportunities beyond the undergraduate degree.
