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SUMMARY:The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute: A MacGuffin? - Professor Todd 
 Hall\, Oxford
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CONTACT:Shuai Eddie WEI
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nTraditional approaches to territorial conflicts w
 ould suggest that the value of a disputed territory—be it strategic\, ec
 onomic\, religious\, or historical—drives conflict. Standard explanation
 s of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute often fit this trope\, pointing to
  the military or economic benefits possessing the islands would confer upo
 n the claimant states. This presentation takes a different view\, arguing 
 that it is not the value of the islands that drives the conflict\, but rat
 her the role of the islands as a tangible object of conflict that generate
 s their value. Drawing upon the concept of the MacGuffin—a plot device i
 n movies that serves to produce dramatic conflict between protagonists—t
 his talk will examine the ways in which the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute 
 has become the centre of a dangerous contest between Japan and the People
 ’s Republic of China.\n\n\nBio:\n\nProf Hall earned his PhD from the Uni
 versity of Chicago in 2008 and has held postdoctoral fellowships at Prince
 ton and Harvard\, as well as visiting scholar appointments at the Free Uni
 versity of Berlin\, Tsinghua University in Beijing\, and the University of
  Tokyo. Prior to joining the University of Oxford\, Prof Hall held the pos
 ition of Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Tor
 onto (2010-2013). Research interests extend to the areas of international 
 relations theory\; the intersection of emotion\, affect\, and foreign poli
 cy\; and Chinese foreign policy. Recent and forthcoming publications inclu
 de articles in Asian Security\, International Organization\, International
  Security\, International Studies Quarterly\, International Studies Review
 \, Political Science Quarterly\, and Security Studies. Prof Hall has also 
 published a book with Cornell University Press\, titled Emotional Diplomac
 y: Official Emotion on the International Stage\, which was recently named 
 co-recipient of the International Studies Association's 2016 Diplomatic St
 udies Section Book Award.
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Queens’ College CB3 9ET
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