For those in London, there is a book launch coming up featuring two of the scheduled speakers at this year’s Millennium conference – Posthuman International Relations by Erika Cudworth and Stephen Hobden. It will be held at University of East London (UEL) on 14th March. Professor John Urry from Lancaster and Dr. Jonathon Louth from Chester University […]
Read more "Book Launch: Posthuman International Relations"Globalization, Subjectification, and the Historicity of State Formation Debates on globalization tend to assume an analytical tension between economic dynamics on the one hand and the nation-state on the other—an assumption shared by both liberal IR theory and its critics, who for instance see nationalism as a backlash against globalization. Jean-François Bayart, well known among […]
Read more "Theory Talk with Jean-François Bayart"The 2012 Millennium conference on ‘Materialism and World Politics’ is quickly coming together, and we’re pleased to announce that Professor William Connolly (Johns Hopkins, author of Neuropolitics and A World of Becoming) will be the keynote speaker this year. In addition, other speakers will include John Protevi (Louisiana State University, author of Political Affect), Alberto Toscano […]
Read more "Materialism and World Politics, featuring William Connolly"BISA working group on Historical Sociology and IR Centre for Advanced International Theory, University of Sussex The Historical Sociology of International Theory One day workshop – Thursday 13th September 2012 The discipline of International Relations is home to a wide range of theoretical approaches and its history is characterized by (metaphorical) debates and competition between these […]
Read more "CFP: The Historical Sociology of International Theory"The always excellent Theory Talks website has a new interview up with David A. Lake. A selection from it: ***** Let’s talk about your more recent work in hierarchy. You’re asking students of IR to challenge the older formal-legal model that says legitimate authority resides inside the state, whereas outside the state there is no […]
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