Culture in International Relations
Prof. Ned Lebow, University of Cambridge, will talk about interstate relations and how these are embedded in culture that determines who counts as an actor, shapes the ends they seek and the ways they interact. Why has this culture evolved the way it has and where is it heading?
Prof. Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory in the War Department of King's College London, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, Emeritus.
Professor Ned Lebow is the author of numerous publications on war and peace studies, history in international relations, foreign policy, and philosophy of social science. His book Cultural Theory of International Relations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) is the winner of the 2009 Jervis-Schroeder Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book in history and international relations, and the winner of the Susan Strange Award of the British International Studies Association for the best book of the year. Another book, The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests and Orders (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), is the winner of the 2004 Alexander George Award from the International Society of Political psychology for the best book in political psychology.
His most recent book is The Politics and Ethics of Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012). Other recent publications include Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), and Why Nations Fight: The Past and the Future of War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Location
Allard Pierson Museum (Nina van Leerzaal)