Centre for International Studies and Development is honored to invite students and lecturers to Professor Jungmin Seo's open lectures, which are part of NAWA Chair Days: Observing Complexity in Turbulent Times.

The first lecture: Reflection on Post-coloniality of Korean Society, will take place on Thursday, 24 November at 12.00, in room 012, Reymonta 4 street.

The second lecture: On the brink again? The Past, Present, and Future of the Korean Peninsula, will take place on Monday, 28 November at 11.30, in room 012, Reymonta 4 street.

The NAWA Chair Days point to the fact that living in times of uncertainty and change can be challenging. The study of world politics appears to be particularly unprepared to deal with unexpected events. By bringing together some of the leading global interlocutors in these conversations, the goal of the event is to illuminate the issues, frameworks, and dynamics of the growing complexity of global life.

The NAWA Chair Days are part of the project entitled ‘Promoting Order at the Edge of Turbulence,’ which is co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange and National Science Center within the NAWA Chair programme.

Please, see more of our initiatives here.

Centre for International Studies and Development is honored to invite students and lecturers to the roundtable entitled From a Trans-Atlantic Order to Afro-Eur-Asian Worlds, which is one of the several events of NAWA Chair Days: Observing Complexity in Turbulent Times.

The roundtable will take place on Tuesday, 22 November at 10.30 a.m., in room 039, Reymonta 4 street.

Our distinguished interlocutors will be:

Nora Fisher-Onar - University of San Francisco (USA),

Giorgio Shani - International Christian University (Japan),

Jungmin Seo - Yonsei University (South Korea),

The roundtable will be led by Prof. Emilian Kavalski - Jagiellonian University (Poland).

The NAWA Chair Days point to the fact that living in times of uncertainty and change can be challenging. The study of world politics appears to be particularly unprepared to deal with unexpected events. By bringing together some of the leading global interlocutors in these conversations, the goal of the event is to illuminate the issues, frameworks, and dynamics of the growing complexity of global life.

The roundtable will focus on the thought that the Trans-Atlantic liberal world order is being replaced by a multiplex of overlapping global orders. The participants in this roundtable examine whether these patterns suggest the return to the “great games” of yore or the emergence of a nascent framework of “interlocking regional worlds”? The query is whether the study of world affairs is able to offer different ways to observe and encounter our world(s), ourselves, and the problems that collectively embroil us.

The NAWA Chair Days are part of the project entitled ‘Promoting Order at the Edge of Turbulence,’ which is co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange and National Science Center within the NAWA Chair programme.

We are honored to invite students and lecturers to the Roundtable on "Small States and Great Powers", which is one of the several events of NAWA Chair Days: Observing Complexity in Turbulent Times.

The roundtable will take place on Friday, 18 November at 10.00 a.m. in room 012, Reymonta 4 Street.

Our distinguished interlocutors will be:

Adrian Brisku, Ph.D - Charles University (Prague, Chechia) and Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia),

Milenko Petrovic, Ph.D- University of Canterbury (New Zealand),

Paolo Pizzolo, Ph.D – Jagiellonian University (Poland),

The roundtable will be led by Prof. Emilian Kavalski - Jagiellonian University (Poland)The NAWA Chair Days point to the fact that living in times of uncertainty and change can be challenging. The study of world politics appears to be particularly unprepared to deal with unexpected events. By bringing together some of the leading global interlocutors in these conversations, the goal of the event is to illuminate the issues, frameworks, and dynamics of the growing complexity of global life.

The Roundtable on "Small States and Great Powers" will focus on the issue of the role of small states as “pawns,” “rooks” or, at best, “knights” on the chessboard of global politics. According to this narrative, while the game of world politics may be marked by local “kings” and “queens,” the only actors that can really play it are the “great powers” of the day. Participants in this roundtable seek to examine the validity, history, current dynamics, and future trajectories of the agency of small states on the world stage.

The NAWA Chair Days are part of the project entitled ‘Promoting Order at the Edge of Turbulence,’ which is co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange and National Science Center within the NAWA Chair programme.

Horizon Europe Week conference “China and Europe at the Edge of Chaos? Trends, Frameworks, Challenges” was organised at the Centre of International Studies and Development at Faculty of International and Political Studies at the Jagiellonian University on 17-19 October 2022. The conference was divided into the scientific part and meetings devoted to the discussions about possible partnerships for applying for national and international grants.

Horizon Europe Weeks is the initiative created to strengthen international cooperation between scientists from the Jagiellonian University and researchers from universities and foreign institutions, the main goal of which is to jointly develop applications for research programs and projects.

The thematic area of the conference was focused on China-Europe relationships and was divided into two main themes named “A clash of connectivities?” and “Crossing the red lines?”. Subjects such as the Belt and Road Initiative, global security, Chinese investments in Europe and in the Global South, Chinese soft power and self-image, economic competition in Europe, China’s digital investments and changing narratives about China in European Union were brought.

The second part was aimed at strengthening international cooperation between the Jagiellonian University and leading research institutions and establishing consortium to apply for international grants. Discussed projects included, among others Horizon Europe Projects (Twinning, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Actions), Erasmus+ Partnerships For Cooperation and Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Actions.

The role of the chairmen was held be by Prof. Marcin Grabowski and Prof. Emilian Kavalski. We were honoured to host such magnificent guests as: Prof. Elena Korosteleva (University of Warwick, Great Britain), Prof. Carol Wise (University of Southern California, United States), Prof. Ewa Trojnar (Jagiellonian University, Poland), Prof. Magdalena Góra (Jagiellonian University, Poland), Dr Louise Curran (Toulouse Business School, France), Dr Simone Dossi (University of Milano, Italy), Dr Jeremy Garlick (Prague University of Economics, Czechia),), Dr Kolja Raube (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr Csaba Moldicz (Mathias Corvinus College, Hungary), Dr Dariusz Stolicki (Jagiellonian University, Poland), Dr Kamila Szczepanska (University of Turku, Finland), Dr Monique Taylor (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Dr Plamen Tonchev (Institute for International Economic Relations, Greece).

Dear Students,

We are pleased to invite you to  participate in the panel entitled: Australia and New Zealand:back to the Asian Century or towards the Indo-Pacific?  

On Tuesday 14 June from 09.30 to 11.30 on Reymonta Street 4, Room 207 our guests will give their introductory remarks in a given order on the following topics:

• Emilian Kavalski – Professor of Jagiellonian University

Main Dimensions of Australian Foreign Policy

• Justyna Eska-Mikołajewska – Doctor of Krakow University of Economics

Domestic Political and Economic determinants of Australian Foreign Policy

• Roberto Rabel – Professor of Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand’s Indo-Pacific Challenge

• Edward Haliżak – Professor of Warsaw University

China in Australian Foreign Policy

• Jakub Zajączkowski – Professor of Warsaw University

India in Australian India in Australian Foreign Policy

We hope to see you there!

This presentation is based on the speaker’s past and ongoing research into the question of a changing dynamic in EU-China relations, with particular attention paid to the EU’s peripheral states of Central-Eastern (CEE) and South Europe (SE). It considers multiple dynamics and factors taking place in the relationship between these two regions and China with particular attention paid to the last 10 years focusing on the events such as the involvement of these two regions in the BRI, the formation of 16+1 platform and the Covid-19 pandemic among others. This presentation unpacks some empirical factors and provides theoretical explanations for the dynamic witnessed, while looking for new avenues and explanatory variables to be explored in future research. One theoretical contribution that the author presents is the role of securitisation dynamic as an explanatory factor for the strength of China’s appeal and ability to penetrate both regions. Another factor considered will be the impact of populism and its relationship to the possible shaping of China-peripheral EU’s normative convergence. The presentation will arrive at some preliminary findings, opening space to further discussion on the key factors and possible explanations of the changing dynamic in the mutual relations.

About the author:

Małgorzata Jakimów is an assistant professor in East Asian Politics at School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. She joined the SGIA department in 2018 after holding a lecturer post at University of Sheffield. She was awarded her PhD in 2015 from University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the question of citizenship and civil society in China, critical citizenship theory, transnational civil society, political economy of labour in China, and the normative element of EU-China relations. In 2014, she received European Union funding to take 1 year-long post as a visiting scholar at the School of Government, Peking University. She is currently a Visiting Researcher at University of Lodz, Institute of East Asia.

We would like to proudly inform that our Professor Emilian Kavalski gave a talk entitled "What can relationality be good for in IR and European Studies?" as a keynote speaker at RELATE (European Studies in a Relational Universe) UACES Research Network Launch Event, which primary goal is to bring social relational approaches – particularly practice theory, network theory and pragmatism - into the mainstream of European and EU studies.

The professor believes that substantialist IR suffers from a Columbus syndrome that keeps us from engaging with non-Western and post-Western approaches to international relations. He advocates instead for a "gimballed view of the world", where relations are placed before actors and which would allow us to apply post-Eurocentric and post-Anthropogenic relationalities.

But let him speak for himself, as he presents the subject in a much more engaging, passionate and at the same time very methodological and comprehensive way. You may see the video relation here: What Can Relationality Be Good For In IR and European Studies? A RELATE Discussion Series - YouTube.

Dear Students,

We are happy to announce that the ceremony of awarding scholarships for outstanding students of the ISAD on 22th March will be preceded by a lecture delivered by doctor David Morris on ‘Political Risks in Shifting World Order from Eurasia to the Indo-Pacific’ at 10.30 am. He is going to raise the subject of a current situation of the above regions, which he describes as follows: ‘Only a few years ago, the rise of China was optimistically welcomed as contributing to global economic welfare. More recently, China's growing role in economic interdependence, while simultaneously doubling down on its authoritarian system of governance, has stimulated fears of a splintering the international system, contest, and conflict. China's special relationship with Russia has underlined (particularly in the current crisis) the challenges to world order. Not only global power shifts, but technological, climate, and political change all complicate questions of future likely global cooperation or confrontation. For Europe, its connectivity with Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific raise critical questions for developing a new strategy for a new order'.

Dr. David Morris is a distinguished international expert on risks and opportunities in the international business environment. He has had a global career as diplomat, senior political adviser, and international consultant. He was an Australian diplomat for a decade and recently represented the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in China as Pacific Trade and Investment Commissioner. 

Currently he is Vice Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Business Network for Asia Pacific, which advises the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Research Fellow at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

Read more about David Morris here.

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