Political Studies in the News - July 15, 2023
In her Globe and Mail op-ed, Department of Political Studies professor Stéfanie von Hlatky comments on the impact of Canada not meeting the minimum 2% military spending budget put forth by NATO.
Political Studies in the News - July 10, 2023
Department of Political Studies PhD candidate Fikir Haile was recently published in two journal articles. In the article, Displaced for housing: analysing the uneven outcomes of the Addis Ababa Integrated Housing Development Program, appearing in the journal Urban Geography, Haile discusses the significant challenges posed by rapid urban growth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's largest and capital city.
Nesbitt-Larking, Paul
Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Term Adjunct
He/Him
PhD Political Science (Carleton); MA Comparative Politics (Kent); BSc Social Science (Bradford)
Political Studies
Term Adjunct
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C412
Research Interests
Paul Nesbitt-Larking is interested in how people make sense of their political lives and how they develop their political identities. In the Canadian context and beyond, he has conducted research into political discourses and narratives, beliefs, values and emotions, political communication and political agency. Recent research has included studies of masculinities, research ethics, migration and multiculturalism, citizenship, and the political lives of ethno-religious minorities. Support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for studies in multiculturalism is gratefully acknowledged.
Brief Biography
Paul Nesbitt-Larking grew up in the UK and immigrated to Canada to study for a doctorate at Carleton University. His Canadian teaching career began in 1981 and he has taught at Carleton University, Brock University, York University, and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as at Queen’s. He taught at Huron University College from 1992 to 2021 where he has been appointed Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Professor Nesbitt-Larking has enjoyed a long-standing professional membership of the International Society of Political Psychology and has a number of publications in their flagship journal, Political Psychology. He is a former president of the International Society of Political Psychology.
Teaching
POLS 313 Mass Media and Politics in Canada (Winter 2024)
POLS 434 Multiculturalism (Fall 2023)
Selected Publications
“Constructing Narratives of Masculinity: Online Followers of Jordan B. Peterson”, Psychology of Men and Masculinities (2022). https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000394
“Responsibility, Recognition, and Representation: The Ethical Bases of Truth Evaluation in Political Narrative Analysis”, Political Psychology (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12780
Contemporary Orangeism in Canada: Identity, Nationalism, and Religion (co-authored with James W. McAuley) (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
“The Ideological Work of Narratives”, Political Psychology (2017), 38(3), 571-578.
“Securitization Through Re-Enchantment: The Strategic Uses of Myth and Memory”, Postcolonial Studies (2017) 20(3): 317-332.
“Saffron and Orange: Religion, Nation and Masculinity in Canada and India”, in Ivor Goodson, Ari Antikainen, Molly Andrews and Pat Sikes, Eds., The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History (pp. 331-343) (London: Routledge, 2017).
Religion and Representation: Islam and Democracy (co-edited with Ingrid Mattson and Nawaz Tahir) (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015).
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology (co-edited with Catarina Kinnvall, Tereza Capelos and Henk Dekker) (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Department of Political Studies Class of 2023 Spring Convocation Reception
Date
Thursday June 22, 202311:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
Holiday Inn Kingston - WaterfrontDepartment of Political Studies Class of 2023 Spring Convocation Reception!
All POLS Spring 2023 graduates and their guests are invited to attend this luncheon reception on Thursday, June 22nd from 11:00am to 1:00pm. RSVPs are required, email Cynthia MacIntosh, Undergraduate Assistant, at ugpols@queensu.ca.
Thursday, June 22nd | 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Holiday Inn Kingston - Waterfront | 2 Princess Street, Kingston
Buffet lunch will be served
Political Studies in the News - June 1, 2023
In this Australian Institute of International Affairs article, The Revolution is Female: Myanmar’s Women Fighting Against Min Aung Hlaing’s Junta, Bella Aung writes about how grassroots civil activism against creeping authoritarianism in Myanmar and Southeast Asia is being increasingly led by wome
Political Studies in the News - May 17, 2023
Congratulations to Darian Baskatawang, a Queen's Department of Political Studies alum, on winning a 2023 Precedent Setter Award from Precedent Magazine! Baskatawang was named one of six outstanding lawyers in their first 10 years of practice with legal expertise and meaningful contributions to community.
From his award profile:
Political Studies in the News - April 24, 2023
Congratulations to Queen's Department of Political Studies fourth year student Naomi Healey-Greene, for having her research spotlighted by Queen's University Faculty of Arts and Science! Last summer, Healey-Greene took part in the Undergraduate Summer Student Research Fellowship (USSRF) program, and her research project focused on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, examining the law and policy of student expression on Queen’s campus. Following the presentation of her project, Healey-Greene was invited to
Political Studies in the News - May 16, 2023
Congratulations to Queen's Department of Political Studies alumnus Omer Aziz on the recent publication of his book Brown Boy: A Memoir by Simon & Schuster!
2023 Political Studies Graduate Students Association (PSGSA) Graduate Conference
Date
Monday June 26, 20239:00 am - 5:30 pm
The Queen's University Department of Political Studies Graduate Students Association (PSGSA) present:
The 2023 PSGSA Graduate Conference
"Emerging Technologies in the Age of Digital Censorship, Surveillance, and Repression"
Keynote speakers: Dr. Seva Gunitsky and Col Ryan Jurkowski
Monday, June 26th | 9:00AM – 5:30PM
Robert Sutherland Hall (138 Union Street, Kingston) Room 202 OR via Zoom
*Lunch provided
This event is co-sponsored by MINDS (Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security), the Department of Political Studies, the Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA), the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP), the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR), and the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity (CSDD).
The conference program is available here!
The proliferation of new and emerging technologies by state and non-state actors has significantly changed global and domestic politics in the 21st century. From the Arab Spring to the more recent Hashtag protests mediated from the digital spaces, mass mobilization for non-violent actions is aimed at holding leaders accountable, demanding social changes, making claims for reforms and overhauling existing societal structures, systems, and institutions.
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the need to better harness the powers of emerging technologies to address global and local challenges. On one hand, the proliferation of emerging technologies offers high hopes for enhancing democratisation and promoting human rights through non-violent collective actions and the international exposure of political repression. On the other hand, as with several examples across the world, digital technologies can also be a tool for liberal and authoritarian governments to punish critical voices and dissenters by converting such technologies into tools of state censorship, disinformation, surveillance, and repression. Thus, while digital technologies have the potential to positively improve governance structures and human rights, repressive and weak governments have used technologies against their citizens, to prevent or more easily disperse political rallies and protests by extensively monitoring the digital communications of social movements.
Digital technologies are also changing how we approach, plan, and integrate security operations. For example, they are vital in the sphere of Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance systems (C4I2R). The situational understanding provided by these emerging technologies underpins security operations, from providing situational awareness to gathering intelligence and making informed decisions. Utilizing these emerging technologies has the potential to enhance global development.
Dr. Seva Gunitsky Biography:
Dr. Seva Gunitsky is an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century (Princeton University Press), selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the best books of 2017. Some of his work has appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Theory, and Perspectives on Politics, as well as popular outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and others.
Col Ryan Jurkowski Biography:
Colonel Ryan Jurkowski joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a Sapper in 1993 with 3 Field Engineer Squadron prior to receiving his commission and joining the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa. Colonel Jurkowski then proudly served with the Van Doos from 1997-1999 prior to changing his Regimental Affiliation to the PPCLI in 1999.
Regimental service included participation in various domestic operations with tours to Bosnia from 1999-2001 as the Anti-Armour Platoon Commander, Afghanistan in 2006 and 2009-2010 in Combat Teams, in Kuwait from 2014-2015 as the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve DCJ5, and most recently in Iraq and Kuwait with Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve as the Director of Strategic Communications from 2021-2022.
Staff positions were with the Joint Staff under the then-DCDS Group as the Africa Operations Desk Officer from 2002-2005, Executive Assistant to Commander 3rd Cdn Div from 2007-2008, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff J5 in NATO’s Joint Force Command Brunssum from 2011-2013, Chief of Canadian Army Capability Integration at the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre from 2013-2014, Assistant Chief of Staff at the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre from 2014-2015, the J3 at the 1st Cdn Div from 2017-2018, the Director of Programmes at the Canadian Forces College from 2018-2020, and the Canadian Defence Academy Chief of Staff from 2020-2021. Colonel Jurkowski had the privilege to command the 5th Cdn Div Training Centre from 2015-2017.
Colonel Jurkowski is currently a Visiting Defence Fellow at Queen's University. In addition to national and international commendations, Colonel Jurkowski has been awarded the US Joint Service Commendation Medal, a Mention-in-Dispatch, and the Meritorious Service Medal. Colonel Jurkowski has a Masters in Defence Studies.
The conference will be in a hybrid format. Participants can either join in-person at Queen’s University or online via Zoom.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the 2023 Political Studies Graduate Students Association (PSGSA) Graduate Conference
Date
Monday May 15, 20234:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location