Graduate School Masterclasses

The Department of Politics' Graduate School provides a series of Masterclasses for graduate students. The format of the Masterclass is a two-hour session which all students are expected to attend, in which a faculty member will talk for roughly an hour about their research in general terms, what they are working on at present, their ontological/epistemological positions, methods and methodology, and any unifying themes, questions, or puzzles that link their research over time. The second hour will involve questions from and discussions with students. Within this broad format, faculty set their own agenda.

2011-12 Schedule

Venue: Elmfield LT1

Week: 3
Date: Thursday 13 October 2011
Speaker: Martin Smith
Topic: Is It Possible to Research Power?

Week: 8
Date: Thursday 17 November 2011
Speaker: Ian Bache
Topic: Reorienting Research Agendas/Politics and the Quality of Life

Week: 20
Date: Thursday 8 December 2011
Speaker: Janine Clark
Topic: Closing the Impact Gap: The ICTY and Reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia

Week: 23
Date: Thursday 1 March 2012
Speaker: Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Topic: The Value of Reflexivity in a Post-Positivist Era

Week: 26
Date: Thursday 22 March 2012
Speaker: Steve Ludlam
Topic: Tropical Socialism: The Problems of Research

Week: 33
Date: Thursday 10 May 2012
Speaker: Nasos Roussias
Topic: Voters, Parties and Elections; An Enticing Ménage à Trois

For more information about the programme, please email David Richards.