Invitation to Seminar

The seminar will be structured as follows: The four discussants will each introduce key ideas from their recently published works during this 2-day seminar. Each presentation will be followed by comments and discussions by the other participants, leading to a broader discussion with focus on state formation theory. At the end, the four scholars will be asking what the future holds for state formation theory.

Time
Thursday 28 October (13:00-18:00) and Friday 29 October (09:00–12.30)

Place
Copenhagen Business School, Dalgas Have, room DH.V.0.108, 2000 Frederiksberg

Presenters and Discussants

Lars Bo Kaspersen (DK), Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Book for presentation: War, Survival Units, and Citizenship: A Neo-Eliasian Processual-Relational Perspective. Routledge 2020

Jørgen Møller (DK), Aarhus University, Department of Political Science
Book(s) for presentation: The Catholic Church and European State Formation, AD 1000-1500. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming), The Politics of Succession: European State-Formation AD 1000-1800. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming)

Thomas Ertman (US), New York University, Department of Sociology

Peter Haldén, Swedish Defence University, Institute of Security, Strategy and Leadership
Book for presentation: Family Power. Kinship, War and Political Order in Eurasia 500-2018. Cambridge University Press 2020.

Program

Thursday October 28

13:00
Welcome

13:15
Presentation of key ideas from ‘The Catholic Church and the European Multistate System’, by Jørgen Møller

14:00
Comments and Discussion by Thomas Ertman, Lars Bo Kaspersen, and Peter Haldén. Each discussant has 20 min. to comment on the manuscript, followed by a general discussion.

15:30
Thirty-minute break. Coffee and tea will be served.

16:00
Presentation of key ideas from ‘War, Survival Units, and Citizenship’, by Lars Bo Kaspersen

16:30
Comments and discussion by Thomas Ertman, Jørgen Møller and Peter Haldén. Each discussant has 20 min. to comment on the manuscript, followed by a general discussion.

18:00
End of day one

Friday October 29

09:00
Presentation of key ideas from ‘Family Power. Kinship, War and Political Order in Eurasia 500-2018’, by Peter Haldén

09:30
Comments and discussion by Thomas Ertman, Jørgen Møller and Lars Bo Kaspersen. Each discussant has 20 min. to comment on the manuscript, followed by a general discussion.

10:30
Thirty-minute break. Coffee and tea will be served.

11:00
Presentation of key ideas from ‘The Politics of Succession: European State-Formation AD 1000-1800’, by Jørgen Møller

11:30
General discussion on Jørgen Møller’s book.

12:00
Open discussion: What does the Future hold for State Formation Theory?

12:30
Outro – Thank you!

Registration

Participation is free. There are 25 seats and registration is required.

Deadline for registration: 26 October 2021.

Best wishes,

Lars Bo Kaspersen
Professor, MPP