Workshop on “Teaching IR Globally”

Introduction

The “World International Studies Committee” (WISC) and the “Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study” (JIAS) will organize a Workshop on “Teaching IR Globally” from 22–25 January 2018. IR scholars from a variety of countries (see below for a complete list of countries) will discuss how “International Relations” (IR) as an academic discipline is and should be taught globally. Is or must IR teaching necessarily be biased towards a “national” perspective or is it possible (and if so how) to break free from a “methodological nationalism” in which so many academics in the social sciences and humanities seem to be trapped? If a “view from nowhere” is impossible, how should the discipline reflect on this (potentially) inevitable perspectivity?

WISC seeks to bring together academics globally to explore different aspect of international studies from a multitude of perspectives. This includes especially scholars from the Global South. With this goal in mind WISC has already funded a variety of so-called “Exploratory Workshops” in the Global South. Two international workshops for Early Career Researchers on the theme “World Order and Peace. International Politics in the 21st Century in a Global Perspective” will be co-sponsored in December 2017 and later in 2018. Collaboration with JIAS on the workshop “Teaching IR Globally” is part of this endeavor of reaching out beyond the Northern hemisphere.

Final List of Participants

• Jacqueline De Matos Ala
• Alexander Astrov
• Navnita Behera
• Siba Grovogui
• Gunther Hellmann
• Benjamin Herborth
• Amy Niang
• Meera Sabaratnam
• Karen Smith
• Arlene B. Tickner
• Ole Weaver
• Heloise Weber
• Martin Weber
• Peter Vale

Updated Version of the Program

(Sat, 20 Jan 2018)