Laszlo Sarkany
PhD Student
Education
BA, MA Waterloo
Dissertation
"Why did states establish an independent Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court?"
Research Interests
The International Criminal Court, international criminal justice, institutions and institutional design, post-conflict reconstruction in the Balkans, international law, international relations theory, causality in social science, philosophy of social science
Selected Conference Presentations/Papers
“Historical Institutionalism and the United States' Objections to the International Criminal Court: The Importance of the Post-Cold War Temporal Context,” presented at 17th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science, Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, USA, March, 2009.
“Historical Institutionalism and International Relations Theory: The Case of the United States' Objections to the International Criminal Court,” presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November, 2009.
Teaching
“Globalization”, Political Science 387, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Fall 2009.
Teaching Assistant:
“Comparative Politics: Western Europe and the Developing World,” Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario; Fall, 2007 – Present.
“International Human Rights,” Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario; Fall 2006.
“Globalization”, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo; Winter 2004.
“Introduction to Politics,” Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo; Fall, 2003.
“Introduction to Philosophy,” Department of Philosophy, St. Jerome’s University, University of Waterloo; Fall 2003.
“Introduction to Croatian,” Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Waterloo; Fall, 1999.
Guest Lectures:
Topic: “Religion, State Collapse and Security.”
Introduction to Comparative Politics, Political Science 2245E, University of Western Ontario; Winter 2010.
Topic: “Ethnic Conflict and the Second Economy of Zaire,”
Introduction to Comparative Politics, Political Science 2245E, University of Western Ontario; Winter 2009.
Topic: “Human Rights and Foreign Policy,”
International Human Rights, Political Science 3338E, University of Western Ontario; Fall 2006.
