International Talkies

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) in association with GIRES (Global Institute for Research Education and Scholarship) will be conducting an online seminar on ‘Ethnic Pluralism in Europe in 21st Century’ as part of its Continental Catch Webinar series. The speaker of the event will be Prof. Konstantinos Karatzas, founder and director, GIRES. Prof Karatzas specializes in twentieth-century international political history and global political history of the 20th century with a special interest in political culture, national identities, collective memory and racial violence. The event will be held on 29th January 2021 from 4:00 p.m. Europe has been at the core of International Relations since the Peace of Westphalia. With the onset of the Pandemic and right-wing idealogues coming into the mainstream, European politics is again at the centre stage of global politics. The talk on the above-mentioned topic will shed ligh...

Lyceum, the Postgraduate Students’ Association of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) recently conducted TALK de BAIT, an online turncoat debate competition, successfully. Let’s take a look at the experiences of the top three participants of the competition. “The Debate was very well organized, it began on time and concluded on time—which is very rare for any event nowadays. I really loved the concept of the turncoat debate. I felt the debate was short and crispy, and feel happy on winning it. It was my last debate as a student and am proud to have ended my debating career as a student on a high note.” Tanishka Kumar (4 MAIS), Winner “I had a very fruitful learning experience at the debate, and it was my first time participating in a turncoat debate and the fact that we had to change our stance with every switch—made it all the more challenging. Honestly, I did not expect myself to finish in second place, and it w...

Lyceum, the Postgraduate Students’ Association of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History successfully conducted TALK de BAIT, a turncoat debate competition for the students of MAIS on 23rd January 2021. In a turncoat debate, the participants are required to speak both in favour of the topic as well as against it. Ten students took part in the first round of the debate. The topic for the first round was ‘Privatisation of Vaccine: Boon or Bane.' The top four participants from the first round moved on to next round, and the topic of the debate was ‘Can the pandemic revive international cooperation?’ In the second round, the participants had five minutes to prepare their arguments. The top two participants: Tanishka from 4 MAIS and Aman from 2 MAIS moved on to the final round. Rielza of 2 MAIS, who finished third, missed out on the final round by a thin margin of 0.5 points. ‘Covid-19 has accelerated the migration crisis and global uncertainty’ was the t...

The Young Diplomat Conference, organised by Master of Arts in International Studies, is a national-level paper presentation competition, to be held annually, to encourage the young enthusiasts interested in International Relations and Politics, for an in-depth orientation to understand the character of contemporary global affairs and enhance their research, through critical and analytical approach. This competition aims to facilitate both inter and intra-disciplinary approaches towards establishing and emerging discourses across this field of thought. This competition seeks to fulfil this aim by inviting scholars from across the country to engage in writing authentic and critically analysed research papers for presenting at the paper presentation conference, which will be held on March 20, 2021, virtually. ELIGIBILITY Young Diplomat Conference is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students across various fields of knowledge, studying in any higher educational institution of In...

Lyceum, the postgraduate students’ association of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to University) successfully conducted UNravel, an online quiz competition to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The event was held on 11th January from 2 to 4 pm. The competition consisted of three rounds. The preliminary round witnessed participation from 30 teams of two students. The top six teams then moved on to the second round which was conducted on the Webex platform. The competition had a unique catch—the teams were given the names of cities. The teams that took part in the second round were Team Berlin, Tokyo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Nairobi and Rio. The participants were required to keep their cameras switched on in order to maintain the integrity of the quiz competition. The top four teams from the second round carried over their marks and moved onto the final round. Team Berlin, Tokyo, Rio and Nairobi moved onto the final...

NIAS, The National Institute of Advanced Studies, conducted the seminar, Global Issues to watch in 2021, as part of its online lecture series. The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) was a part of this event along with various other institutions such as the Goa University, Pondicherry University and Kristu Jayanti College. The guest speaker of the session was Prof. C Raja Mohan. Prof. Suba Chandran, Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies delivered the introductory remarks. The welcome address was given by Dr Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS. This was followed by a deeply insightful talk by the speaker himself. Prof. C Raja Mohan identified and spoke at length on eight broad trends that dominate the present global scenario: geopolitics, economics, migration, the pandemic, China-US relations, climate change and technology. He emphasized on the dynamics that are at play in the three regions of the world: Indo-Pacific,...

Lyceum, the postgraduate students’ association of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History is excited to announce that it will be conducting an online debate competition—TALK de BAIT. This debate is exclusively for the students of two and four MAIS. It is a turncoat debate competition where the students will have to be prepared for both sides of the argument. The online debate competition will be held on Saturday, 23rd January, 2021 from 12 to 1 pm. The topic for the debate competition will be given to the participants upon completing the registration process. The last date of registration is 20th January, 2021. To register for the competition, Click here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OpI7Mzdf7h9A--LyS1Xwj4v1-tYuNmQ3t5kQ9Gy1-KI/edit?pli=1#gid=0 For more details on the competition, contact Jagritee Senapati: jagritee.senapati@isph.christuniversity.in