Activities

CHIP seeks to broaden its engagement across the University of Hertfordshire and beyond. Find below a summary of our dissemination outcomes.

Upcoming hosted events

No events currently scheduled for the next year - check back soon.

Previously hosted events

CHIP Research Seminar Series
- ‘Remote Warfare and Western Military intervention’ by Dr Thomas Watts, Teaching Fellow in War and Security, Royal Holloway University.
- ‘Entangled ontologies in the Anthropocene’ by Dr Ignasi Torrent, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Hertfordshire.
- ‘Biopolitics and Checkpoint 300 in Occupied Palestine: Bodies, Affect, Discipline’ by Dr Jemima Repo, Lecturer in the Politics of Gender, Newcastle University; Discussant: Hannah Richter.
- ‘Who is responsible for Kosovo? The politics of statebuilding and transnational justice’ by Dr Aidan Hehir, Reader in Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster; Discussant: Dr Elisa Randazzo.
- ‘Security and Governance as Anti-philosophy’ by Prof Michael Dillon, Emerit. Professor in Politics, Lancaster University; Discussant: Hannah Richter.
Governance beyond the Anthropocene: Ecological Issues in European Political Practice and Thought
This workshop took place on 22 June 2018. Supported with a Small Events Grant of £1000 by the Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), the workshop sought to bring together research perspectives from European policy-making, law and political thought to explore how the prevalence of ecological issues such as sustainable energy, resource security and climate change impacts on our understanding of politics. It aimed to create a multi-dimensional insight to how governance might or should conceptualise its scope, subjects and pathways of realisation beyond the Anthropocene. Focusing on policy-making within the EU, where ecological issues are found to be taking 'centre stage', the connection of European Studies scholarship to broader legal and philosophical debates allows for the critical review of current environmental policies. In particular, the event aimed to draw out the practical-political purchase and applicability of recent ecological thought which calls for the revision of established political and legal notions of life, agency and responsibility.
Whitehead and Nature: 100 Years On
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first publication of ‘The Concept of Nature’ by the English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, CHIP is hosted an e-roundtable to discuss the way in which Whitehead can still be relevant nowadays to reflect upon the contemporary world. The list of guest speakers includes:
- Luciana Parisi, Duke University
- Hannah Richter, University of Hertfordshire
- Steven Shaviro, Wayne State University
- Keith Robinson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Ignasi Torrent (Moderator), University of Hertfordshire
In this conversation, the experts will examine a wide range of topics through a Whiteheadian lens, including the relation between man and nature, how processual entanglements can help us think events such as natural disasters, Artificial Intelligence and art work, as well as the manner in which this philosopher has cracked disciplinary boundaries, thus becoming relevant in so varied fields as for instance Science and Technology Studies, Environmental Humanities, International Relations, but also Architecture, Design and Arts.
In case you missed the e-roundtable, find the full vide here.

CHIP in the world

CHIP regularly participates in external seminars, conferences and congresses.

‘Rethinking Ethics in Emancipatory Epistemes: Towards Enduring Becomings Through Art’ by Dr Ignasi Torrent at Millennium: Journal of International Studies Annual Conference, October 2019.
‘EU energy policy in challenging times. What lessons can be drawn from Nord Stream 2?’ by Dr Francesca Batzella at Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, October 2019.
‘The Politics of the Anthropocene: Temporality, Ecology, Indigeneity’ by Dr Elisa Randazzo and Hannah Richter at 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations in Sofia, September 2019.
‘History of the Law of War’, by Dr. Benjamin Nutt at the New Voices in History Conference at All Souls College in Oxford, July 2019.

Relevant news

The Politics and International Relations department, home to CHIP, will be running an MA in International Relations from September 2020. See further information here.
CHIP members Dr Elisa Randazzo and Dr Hannah Richter have recently signed a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing on a forthcoming co-authored monograph on the topic of the Anthropocene. Further information coming soon.