The Department of International Relations at ANU is the oldest department of its kind in Australia. This year, it celebrated its 75th anniversary with a two-day symposium on the theme Toward a different IR?. The symposium brought together a range of IR and interdisciplinary colleagues from around the ANU, Australia and abroad, including emerging scholars, to reflect on central themes within the discipline – and to imagine what a different IR might entail. This led to rich and diverse discussions on key themes of order, ethics, diplomacy, history and peace. In this seminar, a number of faculty members from the IR department will share key insights from the symposium, including new lines of enquiry and ways to engage IR from an interdisciplinary perspective.

About the speakers

Joseph MacKay is a Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations. His research focuses on the history of international thought and the history of international order.

Nicolas Lemay-Herbet is a Professor in the Department of International Relations. His research interests include state-building and intervention issues, with a particular interest in local resistance to international interventions and the political economy of interventions.

Ben Day is a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations. His research explores the role of political leaders in foreign policy decision-making, especially in relation to international development policy.

Cecilia Jacob is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations. Her work focuses on legal, policy and ethical dimensions of mass atrocity prevention, and international human protection norms.

COVID protocols

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This seminar presentation is in-person only. Registration is not required for in-person attendance as neither the ANU nor ACT Health conduct contact tracing any longer.

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