International Conference: International Relations Theory Today

The DDMI and Department of International Politics hosted one of Interpol’s landmark international conferences. It was a full, lively, and important discussion of the current state of IR theory by a great gathering of IR scholars. The conference began on the 11^th of September and ended on the 13^th. 

- Click here for video links to all panels and presentations of the conference.

- Scroll down to view two photos of the conference proceedings. 

- Below is a near-final draft program. There were few changes to this version.

 

 

 

‌Photo caption (L-R): Professor Mustapha Kamal Pasha (Aberystwyth University), Professor Neta C. Crawford (Boston University), and DDMI Director Dr Jan Ruzicka (Aberystwyth University).‌‌

 

 

  

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 Photo caption (L-R): Professor Duncan Snidal (University of Oxford), Professor Jenny Mathers (Aberystwyth University), and Professor Campbell Craig (Aberystwyth University) 

 

 

 

 

'International Relations Theory Today' Conference Programme (draft)

Wednesday 11 September
4.00-4.30pm: arrival and registration
4.30-5.00pm: welcome and introduction – Ken Booth, Toni Erskine

5.00-6.45: Panel I
* Chris Brown: HOW DO THEORY AND PRACTICE INTERACT IN IR?

* Molly Cochran: IS IR THEORY AN ESSENTIALLY ETHICAL PURSUIT?

- 6.45-8:00pm: ‘IR Theory Today Welcome Dinner’ in Department foyer

8.00-9.30pm: Panel II [via Skype from Ecuador]
* Nicholas Onuf: DO WE NEED TO RE-THINK THE ‘SELF-IMAGES’ OF THE DISCIPLINE? IR THEORY SINCE 1919
* Ned Lebow: IS IR THEORY ULTIMATELY A THEORY OF IDENTITY?

Thursday 12 September
9.15-10.45am: Panel III
* Pinar Bilgin: DO IR THEORISTS ENGAGE A SHARED REALITY?

* Duncan Snidal: IS IR THEORIZING A SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOUR?

- 10.45-11.15am: coffee/tea

11.15-12.45pm: Panel IV
* William Wohlforth [in absentia): THE FUTURE OF WAR AS THE ULTIMA RATIO

* Campbell Craig: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: WORLD POLITICS AND THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION

- 12.45-1.45pm: lunch in Department foyer

1.45-3.15pm: Panel V
* Craig Murphy: ‘IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID...’
* Heikki Patomaki: HUMAN RIGHTS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

- 3.15-3.30pm: break

3.30-5.00: Panel VI
* David Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah: WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN – AND WHY – IN A RADICALLY UNEQUAL WORLD?

* Oran Young: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE WESTPHALIAN ORDER

- 5.00-5.20pm: tea/coffee

5.20-6.50pm: Panel VII
* Andrew Linklater: CIVILIZATION, SELF-RESTRAINT AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY

* Rorden Wilkinson (Thomas Weiss): AFTER SOVEREIGNTY: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE BEYOND IR?

- 7.00pm: contributors to depart from Department for ‘authors’ dinner’ (Tynllidiart Arms)

Friday 13 September
9.15-10.30: Panel VIII
* Jennifer Sterling-Folker: THEORIZING IR IN A LIBERAL WORLD ORDER

* Christine Sylvester: WILL IR BE QUITE SO ABSTRACT IN THE FUTURE?

- 10.30-10.45am: coffee/tea

10.45-12.15pm: Panel IX
* Neta Crawford: STUDYING WORLD POLITICS AS A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM

* Michael Williams: A NEO-HOBBESIAN FUTURE?

* Patrick Thaddeus Jackson: POLITICS AMONG WORLDS: REFLECTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF A FIELD

12.15-12.30: closing remarks – Toni Erskine, Ken Booth