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POLITICAL SCIENCE NEWSSPRING 2019 FROM THE CHAIR – 2019 2018/19, STRADDLING THE PASSAGE between Dalhousie’s second and third century, has been a busy year IN THIS ISSUE of transitions and renewals. In the 2 Third Century Symposium midst of it all, we were able to remind Timothy Shaw and Jane Parpart ourselves of the exceptional foundation Scholarship in Political Science on which we continue to build and the many achievements of our graduates 3 Our Faculty at the Department’s “Third Century 8 Centre for the Study of Symposium” in February (see p. 2). Security and Development We experienced a deep loss with the passing of Gil Winham at the 9 Jean Monnet European Union start of the new year. Gil will be fondly Centre of Excellence remembered by many readers of this 10 Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers newsletter, as a former Chair and Initiative Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, and an outstanding 12 Undergraduate News scholar, teacher, athlete, and friend. David Black, Political Science Chair DUPSS Further afield, many department members and graduates will have felt their scholarship, their leadership of 13 E-Interview with Award Winner the loss of an inspirational member academic institutes and networks, and Christopher Wieczorek of the Canadian Political Science their commitment to undergraduate 14 Honours Program community, Alan Cairns of UBC. and graduate teaching. On the other hand, after many years We also continue to benefit from the 15 Graduate Program News of working hard to hold our ground in outstanding contributions of limited- 22 Alumni terms of student and faculty numbers, term and part-time members, including we have been able to significantly but not limited to the stellar teaching renew our faculty complement with of Marcella Firmini. And, in the long STAY CONNECTED several new appointments. Last year, tradition of vibrant student groups, this we were fortunate to add Leah Sarson year’s editions of the Undergraduate Department of Political Science / from Queen’s, who brought new and Graduate Political Science student Centre for the Study of Security societies stood out for their enthusiastic and Development specializations in global indigenous politics and feminist International orchestration of a series of dynamic Henry Hicks Building, Room 301, Relations while reinforcing the and well attended events, including the 6299 South Street, PO Box 15000, department’s longstanding strength in second annual Political Science gala, Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canadian Foreign Policy. This year, we which rocked a rainy March night at the 902.494.2396 recruited Scott Pruysers, a graduate St. Mary’s Boat Club! [email protected] / [email protected] of Carleton University, as an excellent In the meantime, we continue dal.ca/politicalscience / dal.ca/cssd addition to the department’s small to follow with pride the diverse Follow us on social media and but mighty group of Canadianists, and contributions of our graduates, in policy stay up to date (as a junior Canada Research Chair) work, civil society, advocacy, journalism, @Dal_ALUMNI Dalumni Kiran Banerjee from the University of the law and yes, even the academy. @Dal_FASS FASSDal Toronto via Saskatchewan, who brings Several are featured in this newsletter, @dal_fass welcome strengths in global justice, and in the report on the Third Century Symposium. The department benefits Visit alumni.dal.ca to update your international migration, and political contact information and stay connected theory. We are delighted to add these immensely from the support of our with Dalhousie University. outstanding young scholars to our student and faculty alumni including, community. this year, the exceptional contribution For information on events within the Faculty or to plan a reunion, visit In the meantime, you will see of former Professor Tim Shaw to the dal.ca/fass or email [email protected] from their reports that our (relatively) training of graduate students from, or old department members continue focusing on, the Global South (see p. 2). to distinguish themselves through Many thanks and best wishes to you all! DALHOUSIE POLITICAL SCIENCE “THIRD CENTURY SYMPOSIUM” THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT marked Dalhousie’s 2018 200th anniversary (just a little late!) by looking back, to the department’s exceptional traditions of collegiality, teaching, and scholarship, and ahead, at how these traditions can and should be adapted to meet the challenges of the next century. We were delighted to welcome back many former students who have gone on to impressive careers within and beyond the academy. They in turn Dr. Paul Evans,UBC, Glyn Berry Lecture welcomed the opportunity to engage development, and regional economic David and Margaret Cameron, Florian with our current faculty members and development; and Dal’s contribution Bail, and Margot Aucoin. Throughout graduate and undergraduate students, to the study of Canadian international the symposium, we were reminded who were active participants in both policy. Finally, a panel of outstanding of the distinctive blend of informality, the formal and informal portions of the current undergraduate students openness, and rigour that has program. reflected frankly on their experiences distinguished the department, and There were many highlights. In our in Political Science, and on the ways we were challenged to build on and opening session, we reflected on the it has equipped them to deal with adapt this tradition. Warm thanks to legacies and impact of a number of the contemporary challenges, but also the many students who embraced department’s ‘builders’, leaders and requires adaptation to meet the the event and both participated and mentors, including Jim Aitchison, Peter challenges of both curricular and ‘real volunteered, as well as Tracy Powell Aucoin, Murray Beck, David Braybrooke, world’ relevance. and Mary Okwese without whom this Ken Heard, and Gil Winham. Paul Evans We were delighted to be joined by event (like so many others) would from UBC delivered a compelling and former department members, including never have happened. challenging Glyn Berry Lecture on “Living with China in an Era of Great Power Rivalry: Canadian Options” dal.ca/news/2019/02/26/living-with- china.html?utm_source=dalnews THE TIMOTHY SHAW AND JANE PARPART RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_ SCHOLARSHIP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE campaign=dalnews. Current and former graduate students (now at Queen’s ALUMNI OF A ‘CERTAIN AGE’ and Waterloo, respectively) reflected will remember the energetic on issues of security and development presence of Tim Shaw, who in a variety of domains: water, natural directed the Centre for African resources, civilian protection, and the Studies, Pearson Centre, Centre Arctic. Former undergraduates talked for Foreign Policy Studies, about their dynamic careers in civil and initiated International society, the federal government, as Dal’s Development Studies (IDS) while Legal Counsel, and in municipal politics. holding down his ‘day job’ in And we were able to celebrate the Political Science over the course launch of the Timothy Shaw and Jane of his three decades at Dalhousie. Papart Scholarship for students from Tim attracted scholars and and/or studies of the global South. graduate students from all over On the Canada-focused day two, the world, but particularly Africa Herman Bakvis delivered a keynote and elsewhere in the global South. reflecting on the long engagement In History and IDS, his wife and in a diverse array of countries and between Political Science and Public partner Jane Parpart was doing the institutions. Administration, within and beyond same thing. Their former students Tim and Jane are still supervising Dalhousie. Current and former students form a globe-spanning network PhDs from several institutions and and faculty discussed and debated of Dalhousie graduates that have are still active (some might say hyper- the changing focus of Canadian made important contributions active!) scholars. But they have also Constitutional Politics; Atlantic now made a major contribution to Canadian challenges and opportunities in health, higher education, social 2 | POLITICAL SCIENCE NEWS OUR FACULTY DR. PETER ARTHUR served on the at the University of Ghana. Finally, he for 2019-20 and has just signed on for a department’s graduate committee presented one of his ongoing research second 3-year term as editor-in-chief for during the academic year. In this role, works, “Democracy, Governance, International Journal. he and other members were responsible Technology and National Elections for the admission of graduate students in Africa: Back to the Future? at the to the department. He also served on Annual Canadian Association for various Faculty committees (Research African Studies (CAAS) Conference, 16- Ethics Board, and Student Matters 19th May 2019, University of Montreal, Committee) during the academic Montreal. year. Along with these, his paper, “ECOWAS, Regional Security and DR. BRIAN BOW has been on the Implementation of Humanitarian sabbatical for Intervention and the Responsibility to 2018-19, hosted Dr. Paul Evans,UBC, Glyn Berry Lecture Protect (R2P): Rhetoric or Reality?” has by the Centre for been accepted and will be published in Kendra Wilcox, Dr. Louise Carbert, and Global Studies the forthcoming edition of the journal, Conor Lewis at University of Africa Insight. Additionally, he is also Victoria. He’s In June 2018, currently working on articles relating DR. LOUISE CARBERT been carrying on testified to the standing Parliamentary to how disruptive technologies impact with work on two book projects—one Committee on the Status of Women governance in Africa, as well as on on discursive contestation of “North in Ottawa, at the invitation of the the operations and activities of small America” as a regional integration Committee. She presented research on and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs). project after the Cold War, and the recent changes in Canadian women’s Furthermore, he supervised an Honours other on the political management electoral prospects across the rural / student, as well as a Master’s student of transgovernmental networks for urban spectrum.