21.11.2023 The Performativity of Methods and Turn-talk in International Relations Our IR Reading Group delved into the topic of methodological debates in IR by reading and discussing two journal articles: “Critical methods in International Relations: The politics of techniques, devices and acts” by Claudia Aradau and Jef Huysmans (2014), and “Reflex to turn: The Rise of turn-talk in International Relations” by Jaakko Heiskanen and Paul Beaumont (2023). Theme 1
26.10.2023 The Risky Business of Feminist International Relations In the second meeting of the IR Reading Group, we discussed the past and present of Feminist International Relations research by focusing on two articles. We started from what could perhaps be called a canonical piece in feminist IR theorizing: Ann Ticker’s 1997 article “You Just Don't Understand: Troubled Engagements between Feminists and IR Theorists” published in International Studies Quarterly. We then focused on a more recent piece providing an overview of research focused on gender in the discipline: Laura Sjoberg and Cameron Thies’ article “Gender and International Relations” published in the Annual Review of Political Science this year. Theme 1
26.10.2023 The Microbiological Is Also International At the first meeting of the IR Reading Group, we discussed posthumanist and new materialist approaches in IR based on two readings: “The end of Normal Politics: Assemblages, non-Humans and International Relations” by Carter and Harris (2020) and “Destructive plasticity and the microbial geopolitics of childhood malnutrition” by Gitte du Plessis (2023). Theme 1
