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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A Conceptual History of International Relations
In this lecture, I discussed why we need a conceptual history of international relations, and how we can go about writing it. -
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The Politics of Diasporas and the Duty of Care: Legitimizing interventions through the protection of kin
2019This book offers a first overarching look at the relationship between states and their citizens abroad, approached through the concept 'Duty of Care'. How can society best be protected, when increasing numbers of citizens are found outside the borders of the state? What are the limits to care... -
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Stubbornly Stumbling into Making History: Constructivism and Historical International Relations
The aim of this chapter is threefold; first we try to recollect through the hazy dim of personal history and histories how we eventually became the researchers we are today. Second, we focus on what to us at the time – and, to some extent, still – appeared as contingent, random and haphazard experiences...
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.