Thematic Workshop for the CSCW Working Group on Transnational and International Facets of Civil War.
MONDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2007
18.30: Dinner (restaurant TBA)
TUESDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2007
08.30-09.00: Coffee, tea, juice, wienerbrød available
NB: For sessions I-VII, we will begin with remarks by the various commentators. Paper-memo givers will make no formal presentations. Everyone should therefore have read everything ahead of time! Session I commentators have up to 15 minutes (7-8 minutes each); for all other sessions, commentators have a maximum of 5 minutes.
09.00-10.00: Session I - “Transnationalisms in IR, Sociology and Civil War - The State of the Art” (Checkel and Harpviken)
Commentators - Schmitz, Gates
10.00-10.45: Session II - “Transnational Aspects of Rebel Groups’ Goals and Strategies: The Case of Chechnya” (Bakke)
Commentator - Checkel
10.45-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-11.45: Session III - “Transnational Actors and Civil Wars: Towards an Understanding of their Role(s) in Causing, Perpetuating, Framing, and Combating Violence” (Schmitz)
Commentator - Harpviken
11.45-12.30: Session IV - “Civil War and the Diffusion of the Norm against Child Soldiers” (Hamberg)
Commentator - Kjellmann
12.30-14.00: Lunch (Red Cross Cafeteria)
14.00-14.45: Session V - “Transnationalism and Rebel Group Control” (Checkel)
Commentator - Gates
14.45-15.30: Session VI - “The Transnationalization of Armed Groups” (Harpviken) Commentator - Nome
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-17.00: Session VII - Next Steps (Checkel and Harpviken)
