The International Relations Working Group (IRWG) is a network of researchers and scholars based at the EUI who share an interest in International Relations. It is a forum for discussion and exchange among and beyond the EUI community. The members of the IRWG organize lectures, paper presentations, debates on current IR-related issues, and informal feedback sessions on their work in progress. The IRWG gives its members the opportunity to hear and discuss the work of both internal and external IR scholars. The IRWG is a space to exchange views about the development of the IR discipline, as well as to discuss the contemporary events and processes shaping the state of international affairs.
Target group
The IRWG is open to PhD researchers, fellows, visiting scholars and all EUI affiliated persons interested in the discipline of International Relations. In accordance with the interdisciplinary emphasis, the IRWG welcomes researchers and scholars from all departments and bodies of the EUI.
Format
The working group sessions take place once or twice a month for a maximum of two hours. The meetings are not confined to one single format. In past years, the IR working group has hosted very different types of events, including researchers’ and scholars’ presentations of their own work; peer-to-peer sessions supporting the 1st year researchers; and informal meetings with distinguished scholars. Recent guests in these meetings include Prof. Alexander Wendt, Prof. Ayse Zarakol, Prof. Stefano Guzzini, Prof. Peter Katzenstein and Prof. Nina Hall. The meetings typically consist of a presentation followed by a plenary discussion.
Schedule of Talks, First Term, Academic Year 2024-2025
- Wednesday, 2 October, 11.00 - 16.00 CEST: Author Workshop with Dr Maria Birnbaum (University of Basel), Recognizing Religion: Politics, History, Critique (forthcoming Cambridge University Press). Discussed by Professors Olivier Royand Stefano Guzzini (EUI). Badia Fiesolana, Seminar Room 3.
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Past events
Contact
If you would like to join the IRWG, contribute with your own presentation, or just be included in the mailing list, please email us at [email protected]. Any comments, suggestions and ideas are also most welcome.