The Second Warwick/RIPE Debate in IPE - Tuesday 5th May 2009

This is a reminder to all PESG members and to those people who keep an eye on our blog site that the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick will host on Tuesday 5th May the second of what is now an annual public debate in IPE organised in conjunction with the Review of International Political Economy. Last year's debate was conducted in front of an audience of 100 scholars drawn from 20 different institutions, and the content of the debate - complete with full audio recording - can be found here. This year's debate will take place between 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. in Lecture Theatre MS.01 in the Mathematics and Statistics Building. This is building number 35 on the campus map, and the closest car park is number 15.

The content of the Debate will revolve around the recent contribution to the study of IPE made by Professor Mark Blyth of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, who will be talking about and promoting his new book, Handbook of International Political Economy (Routledge, 2009). The event will take the form of a roundtable discussion of the intellectual rationale underpinning the organisation of the Handbook, and in addition to Professor Blyth it will also involve Professor Barry Gills (University of Newcastle, and a former Editor of RIPE), Dr Jeffrey Chwieroth (London School of Economics) and Professor Shirin Rai (University of Warwick).

There is no entrance charge for attending the debate, so this message constitutes an open invitation for all to attend. The Lecture Theatre will open at 4.00 p.m. for audience members to take their seats, as Routledge will be running a book stall advertising their IPE list from that time onwards. The Debate will begin promptly at 4.30 p.m., so please do try to take your seats at least five minutes before that time. The Department of Politics and International Studies looks forward to welcoming as many people as possible to the event.