About Dr. Luis Schenoni:

An Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), and the Director of UCL's Security Studies Programme. His research explores the determinants of international conflict and its effects on state and nation building, with a particular focus on Latin America.

Date & Time:

11 July (Fri) 2025, 10:00-11:30

Venue:  Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo

Language: English

Registration: https://forms.gle/JdZPFxiQYWMz3JLD7

Description:

In this seminar, Dr. Luis Schenoni will talk about his book Bringing Back War In. This book provides a fresh theory connecting war and state formation that incorporates the contingency of warfare and the effects of war outcomes in the long run. It demonstrates that international wars in nineteenth-century Latin America triggered state-building, that the outcomes of those wars affected the legitimacy and continuity of such efforts, and that the relative capacity of states in this region today continues to reflect those distant processes.