Historical International Relations
Historical International Relations is a multidisciplinary sub-field of International Relations, concerned with the historical dimensions of states, state-systems and all things international.
As a quarry for data, testing-ground for theory and site of investigation, history has always been one of the unacknowledged partners of the academic discipline of International Relations. Over the last decades, historical scholarship has emerged in its own right in the discipline. This sub-field is closely aligned also with history and historical sociology but puts the emphasis squarely on the historical dimension of international relations.
News about historical ir
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What does foreign policy really mean?
7 Dec 2018This, with other widely used IR concepts, is what Halvard Leira and his project CHOIR team have received funding to explore.
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Publications about historical ir
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Publication
: Academic anthology
The Fight Over Freedom in 20th- and 21st-Century International Discourse Moments of ‘self-determination’
This book shows how international discourse citing ‘self-determination’ over the last hundred years has functioned as a battleground between two ideas of freedom: a ‘radical’ idea of freedom, and a ‘liberal-conservative’ idea of freedom. The book offers new insights into the historical times in which... -
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: Academic monograph
Hva er Internasjonal Politikk
The term international politics is used both for events and processes in the world around us - and for the study of these. The subject covers obvious topics such as war, trade and diplomacy, but it also deals with more everyday phenomena such as tourism, immigration and how individuals are affected by... -
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: Academic monograph
Utenrikspolitikkens opprinnelse
2020In this book, Halvard Leira deals with how Norwegian foreign policy originated. He shows that foreign policy is a relatively new phenomenon and that its origins must be sought in the field of tension between royal power and popular power in the second half of the 19th century. The way this happened in...
Research projects about historical ir
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Research project
A Conceptual History of International Relations (CHOIR)
2019 - 2023 (Ongoing)The purpose of CHOIR is to investigate taken-for-granted concepts of international relations.
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Research project
Empires, Privateering and the sea (EMPRISE)
2017 - 2021 (Ongoing)EMPRISE studies the role of the importance of power at sea for the formation of empires and states from 1500-1856.