Worldwide Universities Network Virtual Seminar Series 2007-8
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National Responses to Terrorism

Video seminar program 07/08

Co-convenors: Kevin Murphy (Penn State University) and Frank Gregory (University of Southampton)

Understanding the ways nations and societies respond to terrorism and the threat of terrorism has important implications for the prospects for peace and security in an increasingly dangerous world. This seminar series brings together a group of ten social and behavioral scientists whose work helps us to understand terrorism and the responses of nations and societies to terrorism.

All seminars take place at 5pm BST, 11am US Central, 9am US Pacific and 12 US Eastern.

Please direct enquires to Elisa Lawson, WUN Development Manager, University of Southampton, email: elisa@soton.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2423.

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date

speaker

title

10 September 2007

Kevin Murphy (PSU)

Getting Into the Minds of Terrorists

22 October 2007

Keith Weston (Cranfield)

London, July 2005
The UK Counter Terrorist Strategy

26 November 2007

Cerwyn Moore (Birmingham)

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Analysing political violence in the North Caucasus

10 December 2007

Frank Gregory (University of Southampton)

Homeland security in the UK: the "lead department" approach in comparative context

21 January 2008

Dr Ely Karmon, Institute of Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlyia, Israel

Which is the Major Islamist Threat? - Global Jihad or the Iranian Coalition

4 February 2008

Dr Eric Herring (University of Bristol)

How to Understand and Oppose Terrorism: The Case of Iraq

10 March 2008

Patrick Regan (University of Binghamton, USA)

State policies, political structures and terrorist activities
THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

28 April 2008

Anoush Ehteshami (University of Durham)

Persian Gulf security in a wider strategic context

12 May 2008

Christopher Davidson (University of Durham)

Terror Hubs in the Persian Gulf: The Case of Dubai

16 June 2008

TBA

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