Distinctive Voices in IR: Masters in the Making
The Research Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations (Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER), Athens), the Department of Political Science (Justus Liebig University Giessen), and the Department of International Relations (Ege University) cordially extend an invitation to participate in a series of virtual seminars entitled: “Distinctive Voices in IR: Masters in the Making”. These virtual seminars are designed to enhance participants’ comprehension of International Relations (IR) theories, global political dynamics, geopolitics, foreign policy analysis, and related domains within the field of IR. Through scholarly lectures delivered by eminent and emerging academics, coupled with expert-led discussions, participants are welcomed to engage in interactive sessions that offer critical insights into the theoretical frameworks and practical applications of IR.
The first seminar will take place on November 28, 2024 at: 18:00 CET – 19:00 EET – 20:00 TRT
Seminar Speaker:
Alexander Reichwein, Ph.D. Justus Liebig University Giessen
The Unknown History of Realism:
A Primarily European Tradition Emigrating to the U.S.
The seminar delineates the evolution of IR’s realist tradition in Europe during the interwar period and its subsequent transformation due to emigration. In contrast to mainstream IR textbooks that present realism as a conservative American Cold War theory, Dr. Alexander Reichwein’s research aims to counter these stereotypes and reintroduce realism as a predominantly continental European, liberal, normative, and critical tradition. This distinctive tradition is frequently misinterpreted as a guide for practitioners on how to maximize or at least preserve power in the name of national interest, regardless of consequences. However, it is, in fact, an argument against imprudent and crude power politics, ideology, and totalitarianism. Based on this interpretation, Dr. Alexander Reichwein posits that contemporary realists can significantly contribute to recent debates concerning the purported power shifts in international politics, states’ “false” foreign policies, and the dangers of populism.
Alexander Reichwein, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Political Science at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen in Germany. He is conducting research on the Intellectual History of the Discipline of International Relations (IR), the realist tradition in IR, and on Humanitarian Interventions and the Responsibility to Protect. He is a co-editor of the book series “Trends in European IR Theory” (published with Palgrave Macmillan). Dr. Reichwein holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Goethe-University Frankfurt with a thesis on Hans J. Morgenthau’s liberal and normative German Realism (2014).
Discussants:
Feride Aslι Ergül Jorgensen
(Department of International Relations, Ege University)
Effie Charalampaki
(Research Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations, IIER)
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