New Faces
New Faces
The New Faces conference is designed to foster and promote interdisciplinary scholarship in security studies by offering advanced PhD candidates and newly-minted PhDs a chance to present their research in a format akin to an academic job talk. The conference will take place on Friday, September 20th, 2024 at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Please RSVP to monica.harvey@duke.edu if you wish to attend. You may attend the full day or stay for a single session.
The 25th Annual New Faces Conference Schedule
Friday, September 20th
109 Loudermilk Hall, Rizzo Center and livestream
8:00-8:30 Coffee & Pastries
8:30-8:40 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Kyle Beardsley, Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies
8:40-9:45 Session 1: “The Voice of Congress on War and Diplomacy”
Andrew Kenealy, Duke University
Discussants: Dr. Mark Crescenzi and James Britt
Chair: Dr. Mana Duah
9:45-9:55 Break
9:55-11:00 Session 2: “Beiruit in the Crosshairs: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Lebanon, 1977 – 1985”
Edward Kunz, The Ohio State University
Discussants: Dr. Mike Morgan and Justine Robinson
Chair: Dr. Erinn Whitaker
11:00-11:10 Break
11:10-12:15 Session 3: “The Financialization of Foreign Policy: Targeted Financial Sanctions, Political Vulnerability, and Government Retaliation”
Caileigh Glenn Hinchey, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Discussants: Dr. Navin Bapat and Mark Thomas-Patterson
Chair: Dr. Patricia Sullivan
12:15-1:15 Boxed Lunch
1:15-2:20 Session 4: “Until the Music Stopped: The Second Concert in European Inter-State relations, 1878-1908”
Richard Smith, University of Texas, Austin
Discussants: Dr. Jens Ewe-Guettel and Noah Fisher
Chair: Dr. Moses Khisa
2:20-2:30 Break
2:30-3:35 Session 5: “Conscription and Battlefield Effectiveness in the Modern Era”
Changwook Ju, Yale University
Discussants: Dr. Peter Feaver and Michael Ferguson
Chair: Dr. Kyle Beardsley
3:35-3:45 Break
3:45-4:50 Session 6: “For As Long As it Takes? Time Horizons and Policy Termination”
Maryum Alam, The Ohio State University
Discussants: Dr. Peter Eltsov and Giovanny Alvarez
Chair: TBD
4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks
Kyle Beardsley, Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies
Social to follow in the Dubose Library at the Rizzo Center
Started by Peter Feaver and Hein Goemans in 2000, New Faces is now one of TISS most distinctive and well-known programs with a vast network of former participants. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, participants in New Faces approach the study of security from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, including political science, history, public policy, and beyond.