32403
Advanced Seminar
SoSe 14: Canada and UN Peacekeeping Since 1945
Tilman-Ulrich Pietz
Comments
This "Vertiefungsseminar" looks at the multifaceted history of Canadian participation in UN peacekeeping missions. Since its instrumental contribution to the inception of UN peacekeeping during the 1956 Suez crisis Canada took part in many peacekeeping operations. Especially during the Cold War Canadian governments pursued a "middle power" policy by committing troops to UN peace missions (Middle East, Congo, Cyprus). This policy shaped the Canadian self-image as a "peacekeeping nation" with profound ramifications in domestic politics and culture. With ever more and more complex peacekeeping operations after the end of the Cold War and especially after such massive failures as in Rwanda Canada has reduced its peacekeeping engagement on the one hand. On the other hand Canadian politicians and intellectuals were at the forefront of developing the new doctrine of the "Responsibility to Protect". In the seminar we will examine this intertwined history of international politics, national ambition and cultural identity. close
12 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2014-04-14 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-04-28 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-05-05 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-05-12 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-05-19 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-05-26 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-06-02 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-06-16 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-06-23 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-06-30 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-07-07 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-07-14 10:00 - 12:00