School of Social and Political Sciences

Dr Kurt Mills

Kurt Mills
  • Senior Lecturer (Politics)

telephone: 01413305091
email: Kurt.Mills@glasgow.ac.uk


Office Hours: Monday 11.00am-12.00pm, 3:00pm-4:00pm

Biography

I joined the University in 2004. I received my BA from Hampshire College (1988), and MA (1990) and PhD (1995) from the University of Notre Dame. I previously taught at The American University in Cairo, Mount Holyoke College, James Madison University, and Gettysburg College, and served as the Assistant Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College. My main teaching and research interests are in the areas of international organizations, human rights, refugees, and humanitarianism. My regional area of interest is sub-Saharan Africa, and I have conducted research in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Research Interests

My current research project, for which I have received grants from the British Academy and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, is on the relationship between three related sets of international human rights norms - the responsibility to protect, international criminal justice, and humanitarianism - and how they are used in international responses to conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. I am also involved in a project looking at the relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court.

 

CV

Personal web page

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2002
Number of items: 17.

2013

Mills, K. (2013) Humanitarian space in Darfur: caught between the national and the international. In: Acuto, M. (ed.) Negotiating Relief: The Dialectics of Humanitarian Space. Columbia University Press, New York. (In Press)

Mills, K. (2013) R2P3: protecting, prosecuting or palliating in mass atrocity situations? Journal of Human Rights, 12 (2). ISSN 1475-4835 (In Press)

2012

Mills, K. (2012) 'Bashir is dividing us': Africa and the International Criminal Court. Human Rights Quarterly, 34 (2). pp. 404-447. ISSN 0275-0392

2011

Borer, Tristan Anne, and Mills, Kurt (2011) Explaining Post-Apartheid South African Human Rights Foreign Policy: Unsettled Identity and Conflicting Interests. Journal of Human Rights, 10 (1). pp. 76-98. ISSN 1475-4835

Mills, K. (2011) Who will own outer space: governance over space resources in the age of human space exploration. In: Landfester, U., Remuss, N.-L., Schrogl, K.-U. and Worms, J.-C. (eds.) Humans in Outer Space – Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 9783709102794

2010

Mills, K., and O'Driscoll, Cian (2010) From humanitarian intervention to the responsibility to protect. In: The International Studies Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK, pp. 2532-2552. ISBN 9781405152389

Mills, K. and Sriram, C., (Eds.) (2010) The International Studies Encyclopedia ('Human Rights' section). Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK. ISBN 9781405152389

Mills, Kurt, and Sriram, C. (2010) Introduction: Human Rights. In: Denemark, R. (ed.) The International Studies Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell, London, lxxxii-xci. ISBN 9781405152389

2009

Mills, K. (2009) Vacillating on Darfur: responsibility to protect, to prosecute, or to feed? Global Responsibility to Protect, 1 (4). pp. 532-559. ISSN 1875-9858 (doi:10.1163/187598509X12505800144990)

Mills, Kurt (2009) The United Nations and Human Rights: Implementing Humanitarian Intervention, International Criminal Justice and Humanitarianism. In: Kaufman, Scott and Warters, Alissa (eds.) The United Nations, Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of the 2007 Francis Marion University UN Symposium. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 9781607414506

2008

Mills, Kurt (2008) Which Responsibility in Darfur? Peace Review, 20 (2). pp. 175-183. ISSN 1040-2659

2007

Mills, K (2007) Noble Human Rights Defender or International Band-Aid? On Contemporary Humanitarianism. Human Rights and Human Welfare, 7 . pp. 25-34. ISSN 1533-0834

Mills, K., and Lott, A. (2007) From Rome to Darfur: norms and interests in US policy toward the international criminal court. Journal of Human Rights, 6 (4). pp. 497-521. ISSN 1475-4835 (doi:10.1080/14754830701713215)

2006

Mills, K (2006) The Postmodern Tank of the Humanitarian International. Peace Review, 18 (2). pp. 261-267. (doi:10.1080/10402650600692466)

2005

Mills, K (2005) Neo-humanitarianism: The role of international humanitarian norms and organizations in comtemporary conflict. Global Governance, 11 . pp. 161-183. ISSN 1075-2846

2002

Mills, K (2002) Cybernations: Identity, Self-determination, Democracy and the 'Internet Effect' in the Emerging Information Order. Global Society, 16 (1). pp. 69-87. (doi:10.1080/09537320120111915)

Mills, K (2002) Refugees and security in the great lakes region of Africa. Civil Wars, 5 (1). pp. 1-26. (doi:10.1080/13698240208402493)

This list was generated on Fri May 3 05:10:21 2013 BST.
Jump to: Article | Book Section | Edited Book
Number of items: 17.

Article

Mills, K. (2013) R2P3: protecting, prosecuting or palliating in mass atrocity situations? Journal of Human Rights, 12 (2). ISSN 1475-4835 (In Press)

Mills, K. (2012) 'Bashir is dividing us': Africa and the International Criminal Court. Human Rights Quarterly, 34 (2). pp. 404-447. ISSN 0275-0392

Borer, Tristan Anne, and Mills, Kurt (2011) Explaining Post-Apartheid South African Human Rights Foreign Policy: Unsettled Identity and Conflicting Interests. Journal of Human Rights, 10 (1). pp. 76-98. ISSN 1475-4835

Mills, K. (2009) Vacillating on Darfur: responsibility to protect, to prosecute, or to feed? Global Responsibility to Protect, 1 (4). pp. 532-559. ISSN 1875-9858 (doi:10.1163/187598509X12505800144990)

Mills, Kurt (2008) Which Responsibility in Darfur? Peace Review, 20 (2). pp. 175-183. ISSN 1040-2659

Mills, K (2007) Noble Human Rights Defender or International Band-Aid? On Contemporary Humanitarianism. Human Rights and Human Welfare, 7 . pp. 25-34. ISSN 1533-0834

Mills, K., and Lott, A. (2007) From Rome to Darfur: norms and interests in US policy toward the international criminal court. Journal of Human Rights, 6 (4). pp. 497-521. ISSN 1475-4835 (doi:10.1080/14754830701713215)

Mills, K (2006) The Postmodern Tank of the Humanitarian International. Peace Review, 18 (2). pp. 261-267. (doi:10.1080/10402650600692466)

Mills, K (2005) Neo-humanitarianism: The role of international humanitarian norms and organizations in comtemporary conflict. Global Governance, 11 . pp. 161-183. ISSN 1075-2846

Mills, K (2002) Cybernations: Identity, Self-determination, Democracy and the 'Internet Effect' in the Emerging Information Order. Global Society, 16 (1). pp. 69-87. (doi:10.1080/09537320120111915)

Mills, K (2002) Refugees and security in the great lakes region of Africa. Civil Wars, 5 (1). pp. 1-26. (doi:10.1080/13698240208402493)

Book Section

Mills, K. (2013) Humanitarian space in Darfur: caught between the national and the international. In: Acuto, M. (ed.) Negotiating Relief: The Dialectics of Humanitarian Space. Columbia University Press, New York. (In Press)

Mills, K. (2011) Who will own outer space: governance over space resources in the age of human space exploration. In: Landfester, U., Remuss, N.-L., Schrogl, K.-U. and Worms, J.-C. (eds.) Humans in Outer Space – Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 9783709102794

Mills, K., and O'Driscoll, Cian (2010) From humanitarian intervention to the responsibility to protect. In: The International Studies Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK, pp. 2532-2552. ISBN 9781405152389

Mills, Kurt, and Sriram, C. (2010) Introduction: Human Rights. In: Denemark, R. (ed.) The International Studies Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell, London, lxxxii-xci. ISBN 9781405152389

Mills, Kurt (2009) The United Nations and Human Rights: Implementing Humanitarian Intervention, International Criminal Justice and Humanitarianism. In: Kaufman, Scott and Warters, Alissa (eds.) The United Nations, Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of the 2007 Francis Marion University UN Symposium. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 9781607414506

Edited Book

Mills, K. and Sriram, C., (Eds.) (2010) The International Studies Encyclopedia ('Human Rights' section). Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK. ISBN 9781405152389

This list was generated on Fri May 3 05:10:21 2013 BST.

Grants

  • 'Responsibility to protect, to prosecute, or to feed: evaluating the interaction of normative frameworks'
    British Academy, £7,436
    September 2007 to December 2009
  • 'International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Responsibility to Protect, Prosecute, and Palliate'
    Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, £1660
    2011
  • British Academy Overseas Conference Grant, £500
    2011
  • 'Human Rights and Security'
    Chancellor's Fund, £5,050
    2011-12

Supervision areas

  • International Relations
  • Human Rights
  • Refugees/Humanitarianism

Current research students

Ahmed Ben Aessa

  • Thesis title: Libyan foreign policy: a study of policy shifts in respect of Libya's Nuclear Programme
    Duration: 2008-present

Zafar Khan

  • Thesis title: Is the Pakistani nuclear weapons program secure?
    Duration: 2009-present

Past research students

Chris Lamont

Undergraduate

  • Politics 2B: International Relations
  • Honours: Human Rights in Global Perspective

Postgraduate

Administrative Roles

Other University Roles

  • Co-convenor, College of Social Sciences Theme on Security, Justice, Rights and Conflict

Other External Roles

  • Founding Chair, Human Rights Section, International Studies Association
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Human Rights
  • External Examiner, Undergraduate International Relations, University of St. Andrews

Professional Memberships