srdjan vucetic (january2012)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2009-present, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

2008-9, Randall Dillard Research Fellow in International Studies, Pembroke College, Cambridge

EDUCATION

(2008) PhD in Political Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Major in International Relations; Minor in Comparative Politics

(2002) MA in Political Science, York University, Toronto
Graduate Diploma in Refugee and Migration Studies
Graduate Diploma in German and European Studies (one year at the Free University of Berlin)

(2000) BA (Hons) in International Relations, University of Toronto
Specialist in International Relations; Minor in German Language and Literature

PUBLICATIONS

The Anglosphere: A Genealogy of a Racialized Identity in International Relations. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011, 253 pgs.

"A Racialized Peace? How Britain and the US Made Their Relationship Special," Foreign Policy Analysis (2011) Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 403–421

“Genealogy as a Research Tool in International Relations,” Review of International Studies, Vol. 37. No. 03 (2011), pp. 1295-1312

“Bound to Follow? The Anglosphere and U.S.-led Coalitions of the Willing, 1950-2001,” European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 17, No. 1 (2011), pp. 27-49.

“What is so American about the American Empire?,” International Politics, Vol. 48, No. 2-3 (2011), pp. 251-270

With Brendon O’Connor, “Another Mars/Venus Divide? Why Australia Said “Yes” and Canada Said “Non” to Involvement in the 2003 Iraq War,” Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 64, No. 5 (2010), pp. 526–548

"Anglobal Governance?" Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Vol. 23, No. 3 (September 2010), pp. 455–474

“Democracies and International Human Rights: Why is There No Place for Migrant Workers?” The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 2007), pp. 78-91

 “Why Did Canada Sit Out the Iraq War? One Constructivist Analysis,” Canadian Foreign Policy/La Politique étrangère du Canada, Vol. 13, No. 1 (December 2006), pp. 133-53 

“From Southern to Southeastern Europe: Any Lessons for Democratisation Theory?” Southeast European Politics, Vol. 5, Number 2-3 (December 2004), pp. 115-141

“Identity is a Joking Matter: Intergroup Humor in Bosnia,” Spaces of Identity: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 3, Number 2 (July 2004), pp. 1-28

“Political Corruption and Peacekeeping: the Bosnia Case,” South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs, Issue 03/2002 (Fall 2002), pp. 65-80 (non-refereed)

“Traditional vs. Societal Security and the Role of Securitization” (Review Article), Southeast European Politics, Vol. 3, Number 1 (June 2002), pp. 71-76

“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe as a Security Community-building Institution?” Southeast European Politics, Vol. 2, Number 2 (October 2001), pp. 109-134; Reprinted in Aleksandar Fatić (ed.), Security in Southeastern Europe. Belgrade: Security Policy Group: 2004, pp. 53-72

BOOK REVIEWS

Peter W. Singer. Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Vol.14, No.2 (Summer 2004), pp. 199–212

Franke Wilmer. The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War: Identity, Conflict, and Violence in the Former Yugoslavia. New York: Routledge, 2002, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. Vol.4, No.1 (January 2004), pp. 67-71

Nerzuk Ćurak. Geopolitika kao sudbina. Slučaj Bosna: postmodernistički ogled o perifernoj zemlji (Geopolitics as Destiny, The Case of Bosnia: a Postmodern Reflection on a Peripheral Land). Sarajevo: FPN. 2002. Balkan Academic News (September 2003)

Heinz-Jürgen Axt and Christoph Rohloff (eds.), Frieden und Sicherheit in (Südost-) Europa: EU-Beitritt, Stabilitätspakt und Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. München: Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, 2001. Balkan Academic News (June 2002)

“Traditional vs. Societal Security and the Role of Securitization” (Review Article), Southeast European Politics (SEEP), Vol. 3, Number 1 (June 2002), pp. 71-76

Richard Connaughton, Military Intervention and Peacekeeping. The Reality. London, Ashgate: 2001. Balkan Academic News (April 2002)

André Gerolymatos, The Balkan Wars. Myth, Reality, and the Eternal Conflict. Toronto: Stoddart, 2001. Balkan Academic News (February 2002)

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

 "New Fighter Jets and Alliance Politics: Canada and Japan Compared." Workshop on the International Politics of the F-35 Procurement, the University of Ottawa, 30 September 2011 (Paper co-authored with Atsushi Tago)

"Promises of Interoperability: The F-35 Procurement in Norway and Canada," ECPR Iceland, 26-7 August 2011

"In Search for Liberal Anglo-America: From Racial Supremacy to Multicultural Politics," The Munk Center, University of Toronto, 7-8 May, 2011

Discussant for “Language and Grand Strategy,” ISA Catalytic Full-Day Pre-Conference Workshop. International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Montreal, March 17-20, 2011, and Round table participant, "Race and Racism in World Politics", International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Montreal, March 17-20, 2011

"The Anglosphere, Liberalism and Race," Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) Annual Convention, Auckland, 30 June-2 July, 2010 and American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC,  September 2-5, 2010

"Race and Liberalism in the English-speaking world, 1880s vs. 1980s,” International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, March 14-6, 2010

"What is so American about the American Empire?" Symposium on Race, Religion and Empire in American Power and Identity, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, June 5, 2009

“Framing Alliances: Australian and Canadian Debates on Suez and Vietnam,” ECPR Joint Sessions 2009 (Workshop 19: Studying the Political through Frame Analysis), Lisbon, April 15-9, 2009

“What Makes and Breaks the ‘Coalitions of the Willing’? US-led Military Interventions, 1950-2001,” British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Convention, Exeter, December 15-8, 2008

“Anglobal Governance: What Future for Anglo-Saxon Capitalism?,” The Annual Yithzak Rabin Conference, Israeli Political Science Association, Hebrew University, December 17-9, 2008

"Empire, Venezuela and Origins of 'Anglo' Identity in International Relations," 48th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, February 28-March 3, 2007

"Why Did Canada Sit Out the Iraq War: One Constructivist Analysis," 47th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-5, 2006

"Ten Years of Dayton: Peacebuilding Lessons from Bosnia," 8th Annual Society for Military and Strategic Studies (SMSS) Conference on War and Security, University of Calgary, February 10-11, 2006

"Democracies and International Human Rights: Why is There No Place for Migrant Workers?" International Studies Association (ISA) 1st Global Conference, Istanbul, August 24-7, 2005

"Illegal Migration in the Balkans: Whose Security Concerns?" Annual Conference, Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, November 1-3, 2004

“Identity is a Joking Matter: Intergroup Humour in Bosnia,” 6th International Seminar: “Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies,” Institute for Democracy, Konjic, Bosnia, July 7-11, 2003

“When Migration is a Security Threat: Europe’s War on Human Trafficking/Smuggling,” 11th Annual International Summer Seminar on Conflict Resolution: “The New International Crisis: Implications for International Politics,” Institute of International Relations (IDIS), Hydra, Greece, July 1-5, 2002

“When Migration is a Security Threat: Europe’s War on Human Trafficking/Smuggling,” 6th Young Scholars Conference, The Masaryk Centre, University of Economics, Prague, May 30-31, 2002

“Migration, Citizenship, and (In)Security in the EU after Nice,” Graduate Student Conference: “European Identity and Nationalism,” Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), Rutgers University, NJ, 11-13 May 2001

“Asylum and Immigration in the EU after Nice,” Graduate Student Workshop on Transnational Policy Making and European Integration, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, 7-8 May 2001

“Political Corruption and Peacebuilding in Bosnia,” 1st Annual Nathanson Centre Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Workshop on Issues Related to Transnational Crime, Organized Crime, and Corruption, York University, 6 April 2001

“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the Quest for Regional Security,” Borders Conference: Issues and Prospects for Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia, Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), University of Toronto, 30-31 March 2001

“Staying the Course: German Security Policy in the Balkans,” Graduate Student Colloquium in German Studies: “Germany in the European Context,” York University/University of Toronto, 16-17 March 2001

“The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the Quest for Regional Security,” 8th Annual YCISS Conference, York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS), York University, 1-2 February 2001

TEACHING

2009-present, U Ottawa, API5105 Concepts & Issues in Int'l Affairs, API5138 Research Methods, API6339 American Foreign Policy, API6339 Canada-US Relations in Comparative Perspective

2008-9 Pembroke College, Cambridge, Supervisor/tutor in the International Programmes, various courses/papers in politics

2002-2008 Ohio State, Department of Political Science: PS145 Introduction to Global Politics, PS551 UN System (TA; Alex Thompson), PS628 Politics of European Integration (TA, Christina van Wijnbergen), POL555 Post-Soviet Foreign Policies (TA, Ted Hopf), and POL686 Intermediate Regression Analysis (TA, Brian Pollins)

2004 ICPSR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Regression Analysis II (TA, Brian Pollins)

POLICY & OTHER RESEARCH (INCL. RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS)

2005 Inventory of Security Sector Reform Initiatives in South Eastern Europe, York Centre for International Security Studies, York University: field research (covering 10 countries), data compilation, online database maintenance, report drafting (w/ Tim Donais, Political Science, University of Windsor)

2002-2004 Ohio State, Department of Political Science (Christina van Wijnbergen, Daniel Verdier, Ted Hopf, Jennifer Mitzen): research in multiple sources of knowledge, data compilation, report drafting  

2001-2002 FU Berlin, New Economy Research Group (Kurt Hübner): interviews and field research, report drafting

1999-2001 University of Toronto, Department of History (Robert Bothwell); Department of German (Ute Lischke-McNab), general research assistance

SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC TRAINING

2009 NSF Workshop on Interpretive Methodologies in Political Science, Toronto, September 1-2

2009 NSF Summer Institute on Biology and Politics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, July 5-8

2006 Training Institute on Qualitative Methods, Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM), Arizona State University, Tempe, January 3-14 [my review in PDF]

2005 Summer University, Central European University (CEU-SUN), Budapest, July 11-23, Course: “Globalization, Governance and International Relations Theory”

2004 (8 weeks) Inter-University Consortium on Political and Social Science Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, coursework (MLE, Rational Choice) and TA-ship (Regression II)

2003 (5 weeks) Summer Seminar in Bulgarian Studies, International Center for Bulgarian Studies, St Cyril and St Methodius University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2001-2 (2 semesters) Free University of Berlin, coursework (various) and research

2001, Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute, Midwest Centre for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, July 7 -28, Course: “Germany in the Century of Soviet and American Power”

2001 Summer Course on Refugee Issues, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, June 16-24

2001 (2 weeks) Canadian Centre for German and European Studies (CCGES) Summer Seminar, York University, Course: “Was ist deutsch?”

2000 Transatlantic Summer Academy (TASA), Centre for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn, Germany, 25 June – 28 July, Course: “Europe Facing the 21st Century: Defining the Key Issues"

1999 (8 weeks) CAUTG German-Canadian Work-Study Summer Program, Peine, Niedersachsen

ACADEMIC AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2011 SSHRC Standard Research Grant, "Friends, Allies, Customers: The Politics of U.S. Arms Transfers"

2008 Fellows' Research Fund Award, Pembroke College, Cambridge

2007 Presidential Fellowship, Graduate School, Ohio State

2007 Honorable Mention, Alexander George Award, International Studies Association

2006 Office International of Affairs Research Grant, Ohio State 

2006 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, Ohio State

2006 Aumann Dissertation Writing Grant, Political Science, Ohio State

2006 Mershon Center Graduate Student Research Grant, Mershon Center, Ohio State

2002 "As Prime Minister" Essay Contest Finalist, Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund

2001 DAAD Fellowship (German Academic Exchange Service), for study at FU Berlin

2000 Security and Defence Forum MA Scholarship, Dept. of National Defence, Canada

2000 John C Wilson Memorial Scholarship, Victoria College, U of Toronto

2000 Provost of Trinity College Award, Trinity College, U of Toronto

1999 Regents Scholarship, Victoria College, U of Toronto

1998 Canada Millennium Scholarship, Government of Canada

1996 York University Entrance Scholarship (declined)

COMMUNITY AWARDS

1999 Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Government of Ontario

1998 Students’ Administrative Council (SAC) Participation Award, U of Toronto

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Political Science Association; British International Studies Association; Canadian Political Science Association; International Studies Association

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

Ted Hopf, Jennifer Mitzen, and Alexander Wendt (as committee members) & many others at Ohio State

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney

Thomas Risse, FU Berlin

David Dewitt, York U

Arthur Rubinoff, U of Toronto