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8th International Conference on Transatlantic Studies
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
Thursday, October 22, 2015
8:30
9:00-10:30
Registration (Colegio de Trinitarios - Cloister)
Session I (Colegio de Trinitarios)
Panel A - Human Rights and Democratic Values I: Laws, Governance and the Protection of Human Rights (Room Luis Rosales)
Bennett
Lauren
University of South Dakota
Chano Regaña
Lorena
Universidad de Extremadura
Germán Doldán
Alejandra
Universidad de Burgos
Petersen
Malachi
University of South Dakota
The Football Effect: The World Cup and Human Rights
El acomodamiento razonable de los DD. FF. de participación política y
de las libertades inherentes al principio democrático
El procedimiento parlamentario de legalización de las “expulsiones en
caliente”: un termómetro a la salud de España como Estado
Democrático y de Derecho.
Big Brother is Watching: A Comparative Study of International Electronic
Surveillance Laws and their Impact on Freedom of Speech
Panel B - Democratic Issues I: Political Transitions (Room Miguel de Cervantes)
Veiga
Kate
University of South Dakota
Schorn
Timothy
University of South Dakota
Ponomarenko
Nadezhda
The Russian Presidential Academy of
National Economy and Public
Administration
Constitutional Transitions: From Juntas to Democracy in Latin America
Constitutional Transitions: Case Studies from the Middle East and the
Arab Spring
Specific of Political Regime Democratization in Post-Soviet Russia
Panel C - Democratic Issues II: Democratization (Room Jorge Guillén)
Rodríguez López
Carmen
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Wambuii
Henry K.
University of Central Missouri
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break - (Colegio de Trinitarios - Cloister)
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The Question of Democratization
Devolved Governance, Devolved Gridlock? Politics of Democratization in
Kenya
11:00-12:30 Session II (Colegio de Trinitarios)
Panel A - Globalization and Democracy I: Global Governance (Room Jorge Guillén)
Michelsen
Niall
Western Carolina University
Democracy in Non-Democratic International Institutions
Gil Martín
Korobeynikova
Francisco Javier
Universidad de Oviedo
Globalization of Peace and Democratic Constraints
Larisa
Tomsk State University
Democracy in the Context of Soft Globalization
Panel B - Democratic Issues III: Democracy: Inconsistencies, Evolution and Future (Room Miguel de Cervantes)
American Studies Center, Warsaw
Szklarski
Bohdan
Political Mythology and the Paradoxes of American Democracy
University
Rosenthal Pubul
Alexander
Johns Hopkins University
Democracy and Liberalism in a Post-Secular Age
Priego
Alberto
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Towards a New Model of Politics: Sustainable Democracy
Panel C - Transnational Democratic Practices I: Promotion of Democracy and Citizenship (Room Luis Rosales)
Ghozzi
Kamel
University of Central Missouri
Podraza
Andrzej
Catholic University of Lublin
Pintor Pirzkall
Heike Clara
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Secularized Societies and Transatlantic Muslim Religiosity
Towards an Area of Democratic Governance: the Impact of the EU’s
Foreign Policy on the Neighbouring Countries
The Potential and Challenges of Triangular Cooperation: a Horizontal
Partnership for Transnational Democratic Consolidation
Conference Opening (Colegio de San Ildefonso - Room 3M)
12:45-14:00 Plenary Lecture "Review of the 2012 Presidential Elections in the US"
Radivoje Grujić, Election Advisor OSCE/ODIHR
14:00
Welcome Spanish Wine (Colegio de San Ildefonso)
15:00-15:30 Coffee and Informative Session organized by CTSS (Colegio de San Ildefonso - Room 3M)
15:30-16:30 Workshop: "Pedagogy Issues in Political Sciences Courses" (Colegio de San Ildefonso - Room 3M)
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16:30-18:00 Session III (Colegio de Málaga)
Panel C - Democratic Issues IV: Minorities' Representation from a Transatlantic Perspective (Room 8)
Budd
Darlene M.
University of Central Missouri
Longoria
Thomas
Texas State University
Juan Rubio
Antonio Daniel
García Conesa
Isabel María
Centro Universitario de la Defensa San
Javier
Panel B - Electoral Systems I: Representation and Proportionality (Room 3)
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Lopez
Paulina
Hill
Montabes Pereira
Juan
Universidad de Granada
Trujillo Cerezo
José Manuel
Universidad de Granada
Pérez Castaños
Sergio
Universidad del País Vasco
Comparing Local Government Responses to Gender Equality Duties in
the US and UK
El poder del voto hispano en el sistema electoral estadounidense
A Case for Proportional Representation and Voting in the United States
and United Kingdom
Representación proporcional vs representación mayoritaria: estabilidad
política y consolidación democrática.
Las Diputaciones Provinciales en España: rendimientos de un sistema
electoral indirecto
Panel C - Political Communication I: Financing of Political Campaigns and Shaping of Political Images (Room 2)
Viejos y nuevos retos de transparencia en la financiación de las
Cazorla Martín
Ángel
Universidad de Granada
campañas electorales: el caso de los comicios autonómicos y
municipales
Capdevila
Arantxa
Gómez
An Autonomous Community or an Independent state? Changing
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
MoragasCatalonia’s definition over the last 20 years.
Carlota M.
Fernández
Political Communication during the European Crisis. Identity Discourse
Stroescu
Oana-Camelia
Independent Researcher
in Visual Representations of Greeks
18:00-19:00 Guided tour around Alcalá de Henares
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Friday, October 23, 2015
9:00-10:30
Session I (Colegio de Trinitarios)
Panel A - Democratic Issues VII: Transparency and New Technologies (Room Jorgue Guillén)
A Cure for (some of) Democracy’s Ills
Digital Inclusion as a Prelude to Political Transparency. The Spanish
Cárcar Benito
Jesús Esteban
University of Murcia
Area
Panel B - Electoral Systems II: Effects of Certain Elections on Domestic and Foreign Policy (Room Miguel de Cervantes)
Carney
Emily
University of Central Missouri
Partisan Politics and the Prosecutor: Transatlantic Perspectives
Wallace
Don
Michelsen
Niall
Western Carolina University
Hamdan
Amal
King's College London
Destabilisation in Lebanon: The Role of the Electoral System
Spirova
Maria
Leiden University
Electoral Rules and Ethnic Representation: Comparative Trends from
Eastern Europe
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break - (Colegio de Trinitarios - Cloister)
11:00-12:30 Session II (Colegio de Trinitarios)
Panel A - Democratic Issues V: Constrains on Political Participation (Room Miguel de Cervantes)
Chenault
Scott
A Comparative Examination of Felon Disenfranchisement Laws in the
University of Central Missouri
United States and the United Kingdom
Rex
George
Diego Sánchez
Jorge
Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
Refundaciones feministas y democráticas del Islam (siglos XX y XXI)
Duszenko
Katia
University of South Dakota
Women of the Periphery: Muslims and Roma in Western Europe
Panel B - Democratic Issues VI: Democratic Revitalization and Polarization (Room Jorge Guillén)
From Philanthropy to Global Philanthrocapitalism: A Critical Analysis of
Ilu
Musa D.
University of Central Missouri
the Transmutation of Charitable Giving to Market Based
Making Democracy Safe for Business: Ideology and Pragmatism in the
O'Reilly
Declan
University of East Anglia
American Breakup of IG Farben 1942-52
Comparative Analysis of Social Transformation and Political Change in
Tanıyıcı
Şaban
Necmettin Erbakan University
the US and Europe
Plenary Lecture (Colegio de Trinitarios - Room Jorge Guillén)
12:30-13:30 David García Cantalapiedra. Associate Professor of International Relations. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
13:30
Closing Ceremony
Networking Snack (Colegio de Trinitarios - Cloister)
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