UQ POLSIS: 2019 Futures of International Order Seminar Series by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences

There is a widespread fear that the modern, ‘liberal’, international order is in crisis. Faced with multiple global challenges, from climate change and economic governance to nuclear arms control and global people movements, existing institutions increasingly appear outmoded, inefficient, and at times, dysfunctional. Meanwhile, existing institutional arrangements are being challenged by a diverse array of actors, from great powers (such as Russia) and transnational insurgents to right-wing nationalists. This university-wide seminar series is designed to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on the possible futures of the modern international order. What challenges does it face, how will it evolve in the face of such challenges, what futures are desirable if it is to meet human and planetary needs?

Scholars are wrestling with these issues in a wide range of disciplines, from climate science and economics to history, philosophy, law, and political science. We have invited scholars from all fields currently working on issues relating to ‘futures of international order’ to present in this new seminar series.

The Convenors of the program are Associate Professor Jacinta O’Hagan, Associate Professor Sarah Percy & Professor Chris Reus-Smit.

Contains tracks

• Beyond Transnational Criminal Law: Corruption as Global New Governance - 20 March 2019 by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences
• From Where the Fine Warships Come: Democratic Athens at War - 3 April 2019 by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences
• Aboriginal Political Design: The Future of Politics... 23 October 2019 by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences
• How International Orders End: What Asia's Imperial Past can tell us... 25 September 2019 by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences
• Liberal Militarisation - 11 September 2019 by UQ Humanities and Social Sciences