Diplomatic Dialogues and Guest Lectures
Throughout each academic year, the Institute of International Relations hosts a series of Diplomatic Dialogues and special guest lectures with ambassadors, government ministers, visiting academics and high level IR Professionals. These lectures and dialogues are set up with the intention of enhancing the quality of the academic experience for the students at the IIR, and to foster The University of the West Indies' engagement on a wider range of international relations issues.
DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUES AND GUEST LECTURES:
2022
| Date | Guest | Titled |
| 2022-03-31 | Guest Lecture by Dr. Susanne Zwingel |
"Integrated or Evaporated? A Long-Term Perspective of Gender Equality Norms in Global Governance" |
| 2022-02-24 | Diplomatic Dialogue by Ambassador of Azerbaijan |
"Azerbaijan: Modern Geopoltics and Energy Policy" |
| 2022-02-10 | Diplomatic Dialogue |
"The Role of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force in Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Fiancing of Terrorism/Countering Proliferation Fianancing Compliance" |
2021
| Date | Guest | Titled |
| 2021-04-21 |
Diplomatic Dialogue by Ambassador Ransford Smith, Former Deputy Secretary - General of the Commonwealth Secretariat |
The Commonwealth: Its History and Contemporary Relevance |
| 2021-03-17 |
Henry Gill Memorial Lecture with Mr. Pascal Lamy, Former Director - General of the WTO |
CARICOM/Regional Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management |
| 2021-03-03 |
The UWI Seismic Research Centre, CDEMA, OVSM, OVSG, UNDP |
CARICOM/Regional Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management |
2020
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Date |
Guest |
Titled |
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2020-11-26 |
Special Guest Lecture with Professor Alison Brysk |
The Future of Human Rights |
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2020-11-11 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with Her Excellency Ambassador Thami Xn Ngwevela, South Africa |
South Africa's Policy and its Global Relations |
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2020-10-26 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with His Excellency Dr. Patrick Gomes |
ACP-EU Relations & Negotiations of the Post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement |
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2020-10-19 |
Guest Lecture with Dr. Kusha Haraksingh |
The Revised Georgetown Agreement and the Reconfiguration of the ACP Group |
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2020-02-03 |
Special Guest Lecture with Dr Cary Fraser, Associate Professor of Government and Justice Studies |
US - Caribbean Relations in a rapidly changing International Context |
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2020-01-28 |
Guest Lecture with Dr Ruben Gonzalez Vicente, Lecturer, Leiden University in the Netherlands |
The Rise of Populist Politics Under Late Capitalism |
2019
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Date |
Guest |
Titled |
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2019-11-14 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with Mr. Gianpiero Leoncini, CAF Representative |
A success story in regional integration: the growth of CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean |
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2019-11-06 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with His Excellency Arun Kumar Sahu, High Commissioner, High Commission of India |
India’s Foreign Policy Perspective |
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2019-10-22 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with Mr. Andreas Haack, Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Germany |
Germany and the Caribbean - partners in combatting climate change |
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2019-04-04 |
Special Guest Lecture with Islamic Scholar Imran N. Hosein |
Islam the Great War and Beyond: An Eschatological Analysis of a 3rd World War and of Events that would Follow the War |
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2019-03-19 |
Guest Lecture with Professor Evan Ellis, Research Professor of Latin American Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College |
Patterns, Opportunities, and challenges from Chinese Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean |
2018
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Date |
Guest |
Titled |
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2018-11-13 |
Special Guest Lecture with Professor Karin Arts |
Climate Change: A Child Rights-Based Perspective |
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2018-11-09 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with His Excellency Ambassador Mitsuhiko Okada, Japan |
Developmental Partnerships between Japan and Caribbean Countries |
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2018-10-31 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with His Excellency Ambassador Serge Lavroff, France |
Climate Change: a challenge to stability and security in the world of tomorrow. The urgent need for Climate Diplomacy |
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2018-10-17 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with His Excellency Ambassador Sung Moonup, Korea |
Korea: The Lasting Journey to Peace |
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2018-10-03 |
Guest Lecture with Professor Fred Reno, Director of the Centre d'Analyse Geopolitique et Internationale of the University of Antilles |
Constitutional Arrangements for the French Caribbean Territories |
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2018-05-18 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with Mr. Carlos Ayala Corao, Vice President of the International Commission of Jurists |
Issues Relating to the Rule of Law In Venezuela |
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2018-04-30 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with Ambassador Dr. June Soomer, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States and Chair of the Open Campus Council of The UWI |
Reducing Greater, Caribbean Vulnerabilities Through Cooperation: The Case for the ACS |
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2018-03-12 |
Guest Lecture presented by Professor Dr. David MacDonald, University of Guelph, Canada |
The Fourth Chessboard: Indigenous Rights, Diplomacies, and the Practice of Indigenous Sovereignties in Domestic and International Politics |
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2018-01-24 |
Diplomatic Dialogue with The Honourable Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falklands, Mr. Ian Hansen and Mr. Mark Pollard |
The Falkland Islands: Sovereignty and Economic Challenges |
