The 2010 IIR Summer Seminar
"Terrorism: Trend and Transformation"

Since the summer of 1992, the Institute of International Relations (IIR) of Panteion University of Athens has been organizing annually an International Summer Seminar on contemporary international affairs. The IIR Annual Summer Seminar has, thus far, brought together around 356 students from over 35 countries. Its overall purpose is to provide opportunities for the creation and consolidation of scholarly networks of cooperation by offering an international forum through which scholars exchange information on areas of common interest and disseminate research findings to advanced students.

 

Seminar Description

The events of 9/11 spurred an intense interest in terrorism which became immediately a core subject of political dialogue and academic debate. The then-coined term "new terrorism" came to dominate the security agenda on both sides of the Atlantic stimulating, at the same time, a substantial progress in terrorism studies. The seminar seeks to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in the study of terrorism, while also debate whether there is a significant continuity or transformation in terrorist behaviour. Topics that will be covered include: old vis-à-vis new terrorism, terrorism vis-à-vis other forms of political violence, the discourse of terrorism and the development of critical terrorism studies, the terrorism-democracy nexus, religious terrorism, the global war on terror and counterterrorism.

 

The faculty for the 2010 seminar includes:

 

Michael Boyle, Lecturer in International Relations and Research Fellow at the Centre for Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews.

 

Andreas Gofas, Lecturer in International Relations, Panteion University; IIR Research Fellow.

 

Richard Jackson, Professor of International Politics and Senior Researcher in the Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Contemporary Political Violence, Aberystwyth University.

 

Stathis Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence at Yale University.

 

Harry Papassotiriou, Professor of International Politics, Panteion University; IIR Deputy Director.

Sotiris Roussos, Associate Professor of International Relations in Eurasia, University of Peloponnese; Coordinator of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS).

 

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Fees

There is only a lump sum of 250€ that covers:

 

a) tuition charges,

b) shared hotel accommodation with breakfast in a double occupancy room, and

c) transportation from Athens to Tinos and back.

 

All participants are expected to pay for their own travel to and from Athens.

 

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How to Apply

Applicants should be postgraduate students, but we usually admit some advanced undergraduates as well. All applicants should be fluent in English.

 

For further inquiries please contact Ms. Maria Deca, email: deca@idis.gr, tel.: +30 210 33.12.325, fax: +30 210 33.13.575.

 

Please download the application form from the web and submit electronically by May 26, 2010. Places are limited and will be awarded on merit. Decisions will be mailed out on May 28, 2010. Admitted foreign students will be provided with all necessary documentation in support of a visa application, if this is needed.