Student Feature – Theory in Action: Queer Theory and Sexual Equality
Queer Theory allows analysis not just of Gender categories, but also how these function within the politico-economic context.
Sex, Tongue, and International Relations
We must tackle the problem of sexual liberation to show how global narratives assert the existence of diverse sexualities but also impose external arrangements.
Undoing Sovereignty/Identity, Queering the ‘International’: The Politics of Law
For the rights of human race in the field of IR, the ‘international’ needs to be deconstructed and reordered in a non-state centric and non-heteronormative manner.
Weirdly/Queerly Ethical: Contemporary Greek Cinema and the Crisis of Meaning
In an age of a glooming and menacing global political landscape the contemporary trend in Greek cinema construes and articulates a ‘crisis of meaning’,
Introducing Queer Theory in International Relations
In a time when IR is often accused of being parochial, queer theory is a theoretically inclusive – and necessary corrective – to powerful myths and narratives of international orders.
10th Anniversary Interview – J. Ann Tickner
To celebrate E-IR’s 10th anniversary we asked some of our existing interviewees two further questions reflecting on the last decade in International Relations.
10th Anniversary Interview – Melanie Richter-Montpetit
Dr Melanie Richter-Montpetit reflects on what books, or other media, published in the last 10 years has made the most impact on the discipline of International Relations.
Decolonising and Queering Praxis: The Unanswerable Questions for ‘Queer Asia’
In the light of the wariness of contemporary political-cultural conjuncture, the denial of access to a liveable life has been legitimated in the name of decolonisation.
Interview – Juliane Hammer
Professor Hammer addresses Islamic studies, theology, feminism, gender violence, queer theory and how these areas relate to borders, borderlands and border thinking.
Interview – Melanie Richter-Montpetit
Professor Richter-Montpetit discusses feminist IR, torture as security technology, the social structures of the war on terror, and her particular teaching philosophy.
