Overview
This event is part of the Conversation with Fellows Series which brings to you the research of a Wolfson College Fellow. Get to know what the Fellows publish, what kind of research questions keep them up at night, and delve into discussions that are topical and thought provoking. We explore the global governance architecture with Dr Charles Jones. He will talk about sovereignty and go beyond Euro-centric understandings of the international and the global.
Speaker
Charles Jones is a historian by training, Dr. Jones received his BA in Moral Sciences and History from Clare College, Cambridge, and completed his doctorate on Anglo-Argentine commercial relations before 1914. He later earned an MA in Philosophy from the University of Warwick, where he was a pioneer in teaching International Political Economy (IPE), particularly focusing on North-South relations. Upon returning to Cambridge in 1998, he taught International Relations Theory and lectured in the Centre of Latin American Studies, serving twice as the Centre's Director.
Dr Jones helped develop the new field of international political economy by teaching and publishing on North-South relations and developing courses on the politics of international trade and transnational enterprise. Co-author, with Barry Buzan and Richard Little, of an influential critique of neorealism, The Logic of Anarchy (Columbia University Press, 1993), he went on to write E. H. Carr and International Relations (1998). Later Jones worked on the ethics and narratives of war. His most recent books are, American Civilization (University of London SAS, 2007) which explored hemispheric commonalities, More than Just War (Routledge, 2013), which offered a critique of contemporary just war discourse and a literary exploration of military ethics, and International Relations: A Beginner’s Guide (Oneword, 2013), which speaks for itself.
He is a historian and Emeritus Reader in International Relations with interests in International Relations, war, Argentina, and Victorian radical feminism.
He has sung with the Wolfson choir since his return to Cambridge in 1998.
Programme
18.00 - Talk by Dr Charles Jones
18.20 - Comments by the interlocutor, Prajakti Kalra
18.40 - Q&A with the audience
Details
This event is open to all and free to attend - please register your place.
Access
This event will take place in the Gatsby Room on the first floor of the Chancellor's Centre. It has step-free access with a lift and there is an accessible toilet located each floor of the building.
Contact
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