A History of International Thought Without Men
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- SOAS University of London (Senate House)
- Room
- S209
About this event
In this talk, Patricia Owens will preview her forthcoming book, Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, which interweaves interpersonal, institutional, and intellectual stories of a cohort of women to recast the history of international relations in a new kind of critical disciplinary history.
Using archival sources, the book returns to key moments and locations in the effort to form international relations as a separate academic discipline in Britain. Challenging existing histories in which women and people of colour are missing, Erased includes the thinkers, fields, and approaches against which a small group of men tried to redefine international relations, revealing the intellectual and institutional practices of misogyny and racism in its earliest institutions.
With a story of power, knowledge, and erasure, Owens offers a new diagnosis of international relations’ failure as an intellectual project and sources for its renewal.
About the speaker
Patricia Owens is Professor of International Relations. Her research interests include twentieth-century international history and theory, historical and contemporary practices of Anglo-American counterinsurgency and military intervention, and disciplinary history and the history of international and political thought.
She was Principal Investigator of the multi-award winning Leverhulme Research Project on Women and the History of International Thought and a Co-Investigator on a Danish Council for Independent Research Project. Her forthcoming book Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men will be published by Princeton University Press in late 2024.
