in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy Committee for International Affairs
Sean Lester: Journalist, Revolutionary, Diplomat, Statesman
Sean Lester (1888-1959) was a patriot, a journalist, a diplomat and a statesman. He devoted his life to the ideal of world peace, confronted Nazi terrorism in Poland and became the last Secretary General of the League of Nations. Dr Gerard Keown, historian and diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade will deliver a public lecture on Sean Lester’s extraordinary life. The event will be chaired by James Kingston, Legal Adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs, and a reply with be provided by the Hon. Ms Chief Justice Susan Denham.
Wednesday 14th March, 6pm
Royal Irish Academy Conference for International Affairs 2011
‘Democratisation and New Media'
Friday 25 November
The International Affairs Conference, organised by the Academy’s Committee for International Affairs, is the premier conference on international studies in Ireland, attracting an audience of students, academics, Irish and foreign diplomats and members of the public.
The Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Eamon Gilmore, TD, delivering the opening address to the 2011 International Affairs Conference .To veiw more photos from this event please click here
Session 1
Chair: Dr Noel Dorr, Chair, Academy Committee for International Affairs
9.30am Welcome by Professor Luke Drury (President, Royal Irish Academy)
9.40am Address by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Eamonn Gilmore TD
10.30am Professor Sarah Oates (University of Glasgow): Web Diplomacy 2.0: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges in Exporting Democracy On Line
11.00am Questions and Answers
11.15am Coffee Break
Session 2:
Chair: Professor Ben Tonra, School of Politics & International Relations, University College Dublin
11.30am Mr Michael Foley, Professor Noirin Hayes & Dr Brian O’Neill (Dublin Institute of Technology): Journalism and Child Rights Education: How the Curriculum Can Support Media Development in CEE/CIS Countries
11.45am Dr Ecaterina McDonagh (Dublin City University): Effects of Democracy Promotion in the Post-Soviet Space: A Comparative Analysis of the EU, the CoE and the OSCE
12.00pm Ms Işil Turkan (University of Strasbourg): Democratisation and New Media Dilemmas: Case Study of Press Freedom in Turkey
12.15pm Questions and Answers
Session 3:
Chair: Dr Maura Conway, School of Law & Government, Dublin City University
12.30pm Professor Philip Seib (University of Southern California): Real-Time Diplomacy: Politics and Power in the Social Media Era
1.00pm Questions and Answers
1.15pm Lunch
Session 4:
Dr John Doyle, Head, School of Law & Government, Dublin City University
2.30pm Ms Susan Pointer (Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Google): Free Expression in the Digital Age
3.00pm Questions and Answers
Session 5:
Chair: Dr Michael Kennedy, Executive Editor, Documents in Irish Foreign Policy
3.15pm Professor Christian Christensen (Uppsala University): Discourses of Technology and Liberation: State Aid to Net Activists in the Era of ‘Twitter Revolutions’
3.30pm Professor Amit M. Schejter (Pennsylvania State University): Media New and Old in the Struggle for Al A’rakib – A Case Study
3.45pm Mr Paul Candon (Trinity College Dublin): A Triumph of Rhetoric over Practice? The ‘Online Public Sphere’ and Political Discourse in Ireland’s General Election 2011
4.00pm Questions and Answers
4.15pm Coffee Break
Session 6
Chair: Dr Mark Callanan, Institute for Public Administration
4.30pm Mr Mark Little (founder of @Storyful): Real-Time Revolutionaries - How social media is shaping an activist generation
5.00pm Questions and Answers
5.15pm Conclusion of Proceedings
6.00pm Reception & Launch of vol. 22 of Irish Studies in International Affairs, Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs
2010 International Affairs Conference
‘Governance for a More Ethical World’
Friday 19th November 2010
8.45am Registration
Session 1
Chair: Dr Noel Dorr, MRIA (Chair, RIA Committee for International Affairs & Former Secretary-General, Department of Foreign Affairs)
9.30am Welcome by Professor David Fegan, Academy Senior Vice-President
9.40am Conference Overview by Dr Noel Dorr
9.50am Keynote Address by Minister of State for Overseas Development, Mr Peter Power TD
10.20pm Questions and Answers
10.40am Coffee Break
Session 2: Peace, Conflict and Law
Chair: Dr John Doyle (Centre for International Studies, Dublin City University)
11.10am Professor Paul Rogers (Bradford University)
11.40am Dr Edel Hughes (University of Limerick)
12.10pm Questions and Answers
12.30pm Lunch
Session 3: Human Rights
Chair: Dr Maura Conway (Department of Law and Government, Dublin City University)
2.00pm Professor Javaid Rehman (Brunel University)
2.30pm Dr Siobhan Mullally (University College Cork)
3.00pm Questions and Answers
3.30pm Coffee Break
Session 4: NGOs and Supranational Structures in a Changing World
Chair: Professor Ben Tonra (Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy, University College Dublin)
4.00pm H. E. Mr Rory Montgomery (Permanent Representative of Ireland to EU)
4.30pm Mr. Tom Arnold (CEO Concern)
5.00pm Questions and Answers
5.30pm Conclusion of Conference
6.00pm Reception & Launch of vol. 21 of Irish Studies in International Affairs, Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs
Globalisation and Civilisation in International Affairs: Towards New Models of Human Interdependence
A two day conference organized by the UCD Department of Sociology, in association with the Royal Irish Academy Committee for International Affairs.
Friday 9th April, Academy House, Saturday 10th April, Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD.
Poster - Globalisation and Civilisation
Programme - Globalisation and Civilisation
International Politics and the Global Economic Crisis
2009 International Affairs Conference
The 2009 International Affairs Conference ‘International Politics and the Global Economic Crisis’ took place in Academy House on Thursday 5th November....Download Programme
‘A Responsibility to Protect?’: Sovereignty vs. Intervention.
2008 International Affairs Conference
The conference was opened by the President of the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Nicholas Canny. Mr. Gareth Evans, the former Australian Foreign Minister and Current CEO of the International Crisis Group delivered the keynote address. Minister of State for Overseas Development, Mr Peter Power, TD also addressed the conference...Download Programme
Conflict Resolution - Case of Kosovo,
Tuesday 8 April 2008 at 6.30 pm
Academy Lecture sponsored by DEPFA Bank
Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Envoy to Kosovo and former President of Finland
Russia's Global Perspective:
Defining a New Relationship with Europe and America
International Affairs Conference 2007
Sponsored by Wermuth Asset Management
Adviser to the Greater Europe Fund
The RIA Committee for International Affairs this year focused on Russia's role in a global context . Speakers included:
- Dr Nadia Arbatova, Centre for European Integration, Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
- Professor Ronald Hill, Trinity College Dublin
- Professor Anatol Lieven, Kings College London
- Dr Fydodor Lukyanov, Editor, Russia in Global Affairs.
- Professor Margot Light, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Jochen Wermuth, Managing Partner, Wermuth Asset Management, Adviser to the Greater Europe Fund.
- Gunnar Wiegand, Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, Central Asian Republics, European Commission Directorate General for External Relations
- Professor Stephen White, Glasgow University
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Rise of Asia in International Affairs
International Affairs Conference 2006
Conference Sponsor:
DEPFA Bank
Rise of Asia in International Affairs. Friday 24th November 2006. The RIA Committee for the Study of International Affairs devoted its annual conference this year to a discussion on the rise of Asia as a political and economic power. Download Programme
'China and America - More Alike than Either Would Imagine'.
International Affairs Lunch Time Lecture 2006
Professor William Alford, Harvard Law School
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1pm- 2pm, Tuesday 12 December 2006,
Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Professor Alford is one of the US's top China specialists. He is Vice-Dean of Harvard Law School and director of its International Law programme (the largestin the US). He also directs its East Asia Legal Studies Programme. His webpage is at: http://www.law.Harvard.edu/faculty/directory/facdir.php?id=1