James Horncastle

Assistant Professor, Global Humanities

Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations

jhorncas@sfu.ca

AQ 6207

Profile

Research interests

Refugee and Migration Studies
Modern History of Greece
International Relations
Yugoslav Studies
Identity Formation
Conflict Studies

Education

PhD, History, 丁香园AV
MA, History, University of New Bruswick
BA, History, St. Thomas University

Biography

I was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada. After attending St. Thomas University, I was inspired by its emphasis on liberal arts education, which I applied to my Masters studies at the University of New Brunswick, where I examined the social, political and military dimensions of Yugoslavia鈥檚 collapse in the 1990s. Upon completion of my Masters at the University of New Brunswick, I set out for PhD studies at 丁香园AV, where I examined the Macedonian Question in the Greek Civil War. After serving as a limited-term appointment at 丁香园AV for three years, I joined the Hellenic Studies Program as the inaugural holder of the Edward and Emily McWhinney Professorship in International Relations.

Publications

Monographs

Journal articles and book chapters

鈥淎n Ongoing Paradox: The EU鈥檚 Response to the Migration Crises, Rising Nationalism, and its Treatment of Greece鈥� Nationalism, World System, and Migration. (2023 Forthcoming)

鈥淭he Unsettled Foundation: Self-Management and its Implications for Yugoslavia鈥檚 policy of Total National Defence鈥� Defense & Security Analysis 38 (2022) 106-21.

w/ Jack MacLennan. 鈥淲here eagles err: Contemporary geopolitics and the future of Western special operations鈥� Special Operations Journal 7 (2021) 43-54.

'鈥淐landestine 鈥淐omrades鈥�: The Comintern, Tito and the Underground Communist Party of Yugoslavia, 1939-1941鈥� in Between Two Fires: Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlefields during the Second World War and the Cold War, 1939-1962. Ed. Andre Gerolymatos, Denis Smyth, and w/ James Horncastle (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020) 155-72.

Turning off the Tap: The 1999 Bombing Campaign of Kosovo and the Securitization of Water" in Ethical Water Stewardship. Ed. Ingrid Stefanovic and Zadar Adeel (London: Springer, 2020) 179-94.

鈥淭he Death of a City: The Yugoslav Peoples Army Siege of Vukovar, 1991, Refugee Crisis, and its Aftermath鈥� in War and the City (Leiden: Brill, 2019) 85-104.

Older

鈥淎 Measure of Success? Soviet and American Military Advising in Yugoslavia, 1945-1957鈥� Air Force Advising and Assistance: Developing Airpower in Client States(Solihull, UK: Helion, 2018) 73-88.
鈥淢ajority Rule, Minority Issues: The Macedonian Question in the Dekemvriana,鈥� Defense & Security Analysis 33 (2017): 1-12.
鈥淢apping a term: Geography and its role in the success and failures of the Yugoslav and Greek Resistance movements, 1940-1945鈥� in War and Geography: The Spatiality of Mass Violence (Paderborn: Ferdinand Sch枚ningh, 2017) 77-97.
鈥淭ous Azimuts: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Defence Policy during the Cold War鈥� The Means to Kill Essays on the Interdependence of War and Technology from Ancient Rome to the Age of Drones. Edited by Gerrit Dworok and Frank Jacob (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2015) 182-196.
鈥淯nfamiliar Connections: Special Forces and Paramilitaries in the Former Yugoslavia鈥� Special Operations Journal 2 (2016) 12-21.
鈥淐roatia鈥檚 Bitter Harvest 鈥� Total National Defence鈥檚 role in the Croatian War of Independence鈥� Small Wars & Insurgencies 26 (2015) 742-761.
鈥淩eaping the Whirlwind: Total National Defense鈥檚 Role in Slovenia鈥檚 Bid for Secession,鈥� Journal of Slavic Military Studies 26 (2013) 528-550.
鈥淎 House of Cards: The Yugoslav Concept of Total National Defence and its Critical Weakness鈥� Macedonian Historical Review 2 (2011) 285-302.

Book Reviews

KITROMELIDES, P. AND S. MATTHAEOU (EDS). Greek-Serbian Relations in the Age of Nation-Building, Journal of Modern Greek Studies 1 (2020): 249-51.
WOLF-DIETER M脺LLER. The Unknown Eastern Front: The Wehrmacht and Hitler鈥檚 Foreign Soldiers, Global Humanities 2 (2015) 149-150.

Conference presentations

"Refugees and Migration in the Age of the Nation-State," Langara College, in Vancouver, BC, 5 October 2022.
"Present Problem, Future Conflict? The Republika Srpska and Russia鈥檚 Invasion of Ukraine,鈥� at Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies 2022 Conference, in Maynooth, IR, 17 September 2022.
"Russia-Ukraine War: An old-new legacy of nationalism and state-building?" Douglas College, in New Westminster, BC, 12 July 2022.
"In the Shadow of Asia Minor: The Greek Population in Ukraine, Its History, and Future after the Russo-Ukrainian War,鈥� The Angelo K. Tsakopoulos Hellenic Studies Center, in Sacramento, CA, 12 May 2022.
"Understanding the War in Ukraine: A Panel with 丁香园AV Experts," 丁香园AV Public Square, in Burnaby, BC, 13 April 2022.
鈥淯sing the Lion to Catch an Eagle: Greece鈥檚 use of the Macedonian Question in Greek-American Relations, 1947-1949,鈥� Cold War (A)Symmetries: Conflict, Cooperation, and Trade, in T芒rgovite, RO, 28 October 2021.
鈥淕rabbing the Lion by the Tail: The Macedonians in the Greek Civil War, 1946-49,鈥� Association for the Study of Nationalities, in New York, NY, 8 May 2021.
鈥淒estroying a movement, building a nation: The events of 1924 and the founding of IMRO (United),鈥� 鈥�Lords of the border marches鈥�: Paramilitary mobilization, ethnic violence and nation-building in Anatolia and the Balkans during the European Civil War (1905-1949), in Bucharest, RO, 4 December 2020.
鈥淕reece, Nationalism, and Migration: An Ongoing Paradox,鈥� World Systems Workshop, in Bod酶, NO, 12 November 2020.
鈥淩ecreating the Past: Historiography in the People鈥檚 Republic of Macedonia, 1945-1991,鈥� Memory and Trauma Through History and Culture: Migrations, in Burnaby, BC, 9-10 October 2020.
鈥淐omrade or Foe? Yugoslavia鈥檚 Involvement in the Greek Civil War, 1946-1949,鈥� Modern Greek Studies Symposium, in Sacramento, CA, 9 November 2019.

Older

鈥淭errorism and Refugees,鈥� International Security Preparedness Professional Development Conference, in Victoria, BC, 19 June 2018.
鈥淭he Death of a City: The Yugoslav Peoples Army Siege of Vukovar, 1991, Refugee Crisis, and its Aftermath,鈥� War and the Urban Context, in New York, 19 May 2017.
鈥淯nfamiliar Connections: Special Forces and Paramilitaries in the Former Yugoslavia,鈥� SORA, in Fort Walton Beach, FL, 11 December 2015.
鈥淥nce again Comrades: Greek and Yugoslav Communist Party Relations, 1945-1946鈥�, ASEEES, in Philadelphia, PA, 19 November 2015.
鈥淢apping a term: Geography and its role in the success and failures of the Yugoslav and Greek Resistance,鈥� War and Geography, in New York, NY, 1 May 2015.
鈥淧oisoning the Well: The Macedonian Question in the Dekemvriana (1944),鈥� Western Consortium Graduate History Conference, in San Diego, CA, 25 April 2015.
鈥淭he Dekemvriana and the Slavo-Macedonian Question,鈥� December to Varkiza: Memory, Political Discourse, and the Greek Civil War, in Burnaby, BC, 20 February 2015.
鈥淒ifferent Visions, Same Problem: Yugoslavia and the Macedonian Question, 1945-1949,鈥� ASEEES, in San Antonio, Texas, 20 November 2014.
鈥淎 Tout Azimuths: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Defence Policy during the Cold War,鈥� International Conference 鈥淲ar and Technology鈥�, in W眉rzberg, Germany, April 1, 2014.
鈥淔raternal Discord: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Failed Intervention in the Greek Civil War, 1946 -1949鈥�, Northern Great Plains History Conference, in Hudson, WI, September 26, 2013.
鈥淜eeping the Genie in the Bottle: The Greek Navy in the First Balkan War,鈥� Greece and the Balkan Wars, in St. Louis, MO, October 27, 2012.
鈥淭he Mixed Harvest: The Role of Total Natural Defence in Croatia鈥檚 Secession from Yugoslavia,鈥� McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Graduate Conference in History 2012 鈥淪haping Space(s), Telling Time(s) /// Explorer l鈥檈space, d茅chiffrer le temps鈥�, March 2-4, 2012.
鈥淪owing the Seeds of Chaos: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Defence Policy in the Cold War,鈥� the Great Northern Plains History Conference, October 13-16, 2010.
鈥淏alkan Paper Tiger: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Military Strength鈥� at the UNB-University of Maine Annual History Conference, September 25-27, 2009.
鈥淐ontested History: The Historical Development of Dubrovnik鈥� at St. Thomas Research and Ideas Fair, March 21, 2009.
鈥淪trategic Perspective, Tactical Problems: Valentino鈥檚 Strategic Perspective on Genocide鈥� at St. Thomas Research and Ideas Fair, March 15, 2008

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