Constructivism in the US International Relations: Where are we heading?

• 15:00 - 15:45: Lecture by JUDr. Vendulka Kubálková, Ph.D.
• 15:45 - 16:30: Debate

Chair: Doc. Mgr. Ing. Petr Kratochvíl, Ph.D., Director, Institute of International Relations Prague

Vendulka Kubálková, Professor of International Studies, Assistant Provost for University-wide International Studies is the Director of the M.A. program in International Administration (MAIA) - an affiliate member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). She received her JUDr, doctorate in International Law (by dissertation) from Charles University, Czechoslovakia and her Ph.D. in International Politics from Lancaster University, England. She directs a semester program at Charles University, Prague, as well as other under graduate and graduate courses in Russia, Argentina, Africa, China and India (2010, which can be found on the UGlobe site. Her research and teaching interests include theory of International Relations, post-Soviet studies and Religion and Culture in World Affairs in addition to pedagogy and the use of IT in professional education on International and Global Studies. She has held appointments in England, New Zealand, and Australia as well, as Senior Fulbright Professor at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley.

She is the past President of International Studies Association South, Vice President of the Religion and Politics Committee 43 of IPSA/AIPSA and co-editor of its e-newsletter. She is trustee of the Social Science Research Foundation Board of the Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver at Colorado.