When I was writing my master’s thesis at Oxford, I explored the history of the discipline of International Relations. I was particularly interested in the career of Alfred E. Zimmern, who held in 1919 the first chair in IR in the world, as Wilson Professor of International Politics in Wales. A key moment in the history of the… Continue reading Montague Burton, a “model” immigrant
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Review of A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci
The final version of this review will be published in Political Studies Review, Volume 14 of the Journal, Issue 4, November 2016. A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci (ed. and trans. by Derek Boothman). London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 2014. This volume is a collection of the early letters of… Continue reading Review of A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci
Reflections on history and theory
The first day of our Oxbridge Conference (oxbridge2013.wordpress.com) was an interesting and stimulating exchange of ideas not only between the two universities but also between two disciplines, Political Theory and History. Our aim was to bring together these two ways of thinking about the global. And I feel we did create a conversation between researchers… Continue reading Reflections on history and theory
Dr Or Rosenboim 