Politics and International Relations Podcasts

Carel Kauffmann, student at Cambridge, delivers a talk for the Inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory. The conference theme was Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition.

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

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

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.

Keynote Speech by Professor Desmond King FBA (University of Oxford) for the Third Conference of 'Transformations of the State' (11 May), which forms part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, with an introduction by Heike Klüver.

Ambassador Thomas Pickering delivers the second Annual Oxford Fulbright Lecture on International Relations. This lecture took place on 18 May 2012.

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 international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

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 potentials of Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

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 Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

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 Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

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 discuss this podcast is available at http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/in-conversation/in-conversation.html

'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.

'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.

'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

'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

'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

'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 Intellectual History

'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 Professor Paul H. Fry (Yale): Gadamer vs. Hirsch - Are There Consequences?

'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.

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.