Research Activities

Friendship in International Relations: Conceptions and Practices
February 24, 2012
This is open to the public.

This conference is cosponsored by the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Program on Transatlantic Relations. Funding for the conference has been provided by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Registration begins at 8:30AM.

Location

CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street
Belfer Case Study Room S020
Map

Agenda

Printable version of the conference agenda [PDF: 130KB]

Registration 8:30AM 

Panel I: 9:00AM–10:15AM 
“What's in a Name?” Defining the Meaning of Friendship in International Relations

  • Chair: Simon Koschut, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany 
  • Graham M. Smith, Lancaster University, UK 
    Friendship in Politics: Amity in and between States 
  • Felix Berenskoetter, University of London, UK
    Friends, There Are No Friends? An Intimate Reframing of the International 

Panel II: 10:30AM–12:00PM
Theorizing about Friendship in International Relations

  • Chair: Stephan Stetter, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany 
  • Evgeny Roshchin, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
    The Concept of Friendship in International History: from Princes to States
  • Andrea Oelsner, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Friendship and the International System 
  • Simon Koschut, The University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
    The Logic of Affection and Friendship in International Relations 

Panel III: 1:30PM–3:00PM
“What Friends Are For”: Empirical Cases of Friendship in International Relations

  • Chair: Karl Kaiser, Harvard University 
  • Caroline Patsias, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada
    Being Friends without Being Allies? Canada and the USA 
  • Antoine Vion, Aix-Marseille University, France
    The Making of Franco-German Friendship: A Dynamic Perspective 
  • Lily Gardner-Feldman, The Johns Hopkins University
    From Enmity to Amity: Germany’s Reconciliation with Poland 

Panel IV: 3:15PM–4:30PM
Measuring Friendship: Methodological Problems and Solutions

  • Chair: Alastair Iain Johnston, Harvard University 
  • Kevork Oskanian, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
    Of “Friends” and “Enemies”: Expanding the Amity/Enmity Variable within Regional Security Complex Theory 
  • Heather Devere, University of Otago, New Zealand
    The Language of Friendship in International Treaties
Conference Chair
Koschut, Simon
Former Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Assistant Professor, International Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Stetter, Stephan
Professor of International Politics and Conflict Studies, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Johnston, Alastair Iain
Faculty Associate. Governor James Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Contact Information
Townes, Ann
Program Coordinator, Program on Global Society and Security; Assistant to Professors Iain Johnston, Karl Kaiser, and Stephen Peter Rosen; Assistant, Undergraduate Research Assistant Program.