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Politics and International Relations Podcasts

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Podcasts from the Department of Politics and International relations and its centres.
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The Current Crisis Through the Lens of History

Art historian Timothy Clarke, political philosopher Antonio Negri and historian David Priestland each give a talk for the Volcano symposium: a series of events discussing the current global crisis.

Nov 12, 20121 hr 25 min

Introduction to the Volcano symposium

Stephen Whitefield, head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, gives an introduction to the Volcano symposium: a series of talks discussing the causes of and possible solutions to the current global crisis.

Nov 12, 20124 min

Liberalism and Historical Injustice

Jennifer Page, graduate student at Harvard, delivers a talk for the Inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory. The conference theme was Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition.

Oct 04, 201222 min

Why should we accommodate caregivers in workplaces?

Sara Mrsny, DPhil student at Stanford, delivers a talk for the Inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory. The conference theme was Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition.

Oct 04, 201221 min

Freedom of Conscience and the Authority of the State

François Boucher, DPhil student at Queen's University, delivers a talk for the Inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory. The conference theme was Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition.

Oct 04, 201225 min

Unbinding the Executive: The Challenge to Liberal Legalism

Professor Jeremy Waldron, Chichele Professorship of Social and Political Theory at Oxford, delivers the keynote address for the Inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory. The conference theme was Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition.

Oct 04, 201254 min

Civilising Interventions? Race, War and International Law

Rob Knox, PhD candidate in Law at the London School of Economics, gives a talk on 9th Feb 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Marxism in the domain of internatio...

Feb 23, 201232 min

Marxism in IR and the challenge of Realism

Andrew Davenport, DPhil candidate in the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex, gives a talk on 2nd Feb 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potenti...

Feb 23, 201251 min

The Political Economy of Reconstituted Neoliberalism: Reflections on Bolivia and Latin American Neostructuralism

Jeffery R. Webber, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 26th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of M...

Feb 23, 201250 min

Civilization and the Poetics of Slavery

Robbie Shilliam, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 19th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Mar...

Feb 23, 201243 min

PPE Alumni in Conversation: April 2011

A conversation between Elizabeth Frazer (PPE, 1984; DPhil 1987), Matthew Powell (PPE, 2010) and Nick Alexander (PPE, 1976). Matthew and Nick discuss their learning experiences at Oxford across the internet divide, and find that they have much in common. Nick has just started his 30th year in the video game business where he is currently Executive Chairman of Connect2Media and Non-executive Chairman of TeePee Games; Matthew is currently studying for the MPhil in Comparative Government. A forum to...

Dec 19, 201145 min

Strauss and Esoteric Reading (abridged)

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): final talk. (This does not include Stanley Rosen's talk on 'Strauss's Hermeneutics'.). (Chair: Dr Michael L. Frazer, Harvard) Professor David Weinstein (Wake Forest/Leipzig): Using and Abusing the Canon Professor James Connelly (Hull): The Biter Bit, The Writer Writ: Some Straussian Ironies.

Dec 15, 201144 min

Philosophy, Law and Interpretation

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): seventh talk. (Chair: Professor James Connelly, Hull) Professor Al P. Martinich (Texas): Ideal Interpretation of Political Texts Professor Terence Ball (Arizona): Lincoln's Hermeneutics.

Dec 15, 201148 min

Postgraduate Student and Early Career Panel

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): sixth talk. (Chair: Dr James Martel, San Francisco) Jens Olesen (Oxford) On Derrida's 'Double Reading' and the Politics of Deconstruction Dr Charles Devellennes (Kent) Political Non-Methodology JanaLee Cherneski (Oxford) Method and (Mis-)Application: Two Readings of Joseph Schumpeter Dr Philipp von Wussow (Leipzig) Leo Strauss on 'Cultural' and 'Political' Writing

Dec 15, 20111 hr 3 min

Deconstruction

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): fifth talk. (Chair: Professor Mark Bevir, Berkeley) Professor Joshua Foa Dienstag (UCLA): Interpretation, Language and Authority Dr Lasse Thomassen (London): Aporia: The End of Politics? Dr James Martel (San Francisco): Hobbes and Spinoza on the Hebrew Republic and the Deconstruction of Sovereignty

Dec 15, 201158 min

Feminist Interpretations

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): fourth talk. (Chair: Professor Lois McNay, Oxford) Dr Elizabeth Frazer (Oxford): Feminism and Interpretivism Revisited Professor Terrell Carver (Bristol): Feminist Curiosities and Gender Troubles: Power, Politics, Metaphor Dr Pamela Anderson (Oxford): The Politics of Interpretation in French Feminist Philosophy

Dec 15, 20111 hr 9 min

Contextualist Approaches

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): third talk. (Chair: Professor Janet Coleman, LSE/NYU) Professor Mark Bevir (Berkeley): The Contextual Approach: Then and Now Professor John G. Gunnell (Albany/UC Davis): Challenging the Received View of Thought and Language: Wittgenstein on Intention, Interpretation, and Context Dr Michael L. Frazer (Harvard): The Ethics of Interpretation in Political Theory and Intel...

Dec 15, 20111 hr 18 min

Hermeneutics

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): second talk. (Chair: Dr Reidar Maliks, Oxford) Dr Carsten Dutt (Heidelberg): On the Very Concept of Interpretation Professor Dieter Teichert (Konstanz/Lucerne): Hermeneutics: the Political, Politics, and Political Science Professor Jean Grondin (Montréal): Are There Political Consequences of Hermeneutics? Impromptus on the Modest Political Competence of Philosophy Pro...

Dec 15, 20111 hr 31 min

Ideology Between Method and Meaning: The Gateway to the Political

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): first talk. Chair: Jens Olesen (Oxford) 10:00 - 11:00 Welcome and Introduction Professor Michael Freeden (Oxford) Ideology Between Method and Meaning: The Gateway to the Political.

Dec 15, 201136 min

Structural Holes in the Territorial Fabric of the State

Professor Saskia Sassen gives the keynote speech of the 'Transformations of the State: Interdisciplinary Perspectives' conference held by the Anglo-German State of the State Fellowship Programme on 21st May 2011.

Nov 14, 20111 hr 9 min
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