Former Fellow

Lucian Ashworth

Full Professor and Head of Department, Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)

Research project title:
Missing voices in the history of international thought. A critical re-evaluation of global thinking since 1880

Abstract
International thought of the last century and a half is not exhausted by what is remembered by the academic field of International Relations (IR). Indeed, IR itself even tends to forget large parts of its own past theorizing.
This project looks at how several of these lost narratives have been recovered in IR, with particular emphasis on lost approaches dealing with political economy, political geography, feminism, race and imperialism. This includes approaches outside of the English speaking world. I am particularly interested in how the recovery of past approaches affects our interpretations of both the origins and the nature of IR and international thought.

Events:
6July 2018
Workshop “The Hundred Years’ Crisis: Global Order in Historical Perspective”

  • Biografische Angaben

    Lucian M. Ashworth is a professor in political science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Canada. He is an International Relations (IR) scholar, and his main area of interest is the history of international thought. He has published widely on the topics of international thought and the disciplinary history of IR. His latest book is A History of International Thought (Routledge, 2014), and he is currently working on a new book for Routledge provisionally titled International Relations in the Stream of Time, which will be published in 2019.
  • Publikationen

    Lucian M. Ashworth, A History of International Thought. From the Origins of the Modern State to Academic International Relations (London: Routledge, 2014). International Relations Theory and the Labour Party: Intellectuals and Policy Making 1918-1945 (London: IBTauris, 2007). Creating International Studies. Angell, Mitrany and the Liberal Tradition (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999). (Edited with David Long) New Perspectives on International Functionalism (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999). Lucian M. Ashworth, Mapping a New World: Geography and the Interwar Study of International Relations. International Studies Quarterly, March 2013, 57(1), 138–149. Lucian M. Ashworth, “The Poverty of Paradigms: Subcultures, Trading Zones and the Case of Liberal Socialism in Interwar International Relations”, International Relations, March 2012, vol. 26 no. 1, 35-59. “Realism and the Spirit of 1919: Halford Mackinder, Geopolitics, and the Reality of the League of Nations”, European Journal of International Relations, June 2011, 17(2), 279-301.

News from the research center

Event
25./26.06.2026 | Frankfurt

DGTF Conference 2026: Shifting Regimes, Changing Orders

Conference

Conference as part of WDC 2026 in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung (DGTF), Kunstgewerbemuseum/Design Campus SKD and Design and Democracy

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Event
30.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Recht und Angst in Demokratien

Lecture

Vortrag von Benno Zabel (Universitätslehrer für Strafecht und Rechtsphilosophie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M.) im Rahmen der partizipativen Redenreihe "DenkArt_ Im Schmelztiegel der Angst"

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Event
09./10.07.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Democracy: Principles and Practice, Resilience and Innovation

Conference

Annual Conference of the Research Program "Zeitenwenden. Normative Ordnungen im Umbruch?" with Arthur Ripstein, Astrid Séville, John McCormick, Nadia Urbinati, Claudia Landwehr, Hubertus Buchstein and Peter Niesen.

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News
19.06.2026

Internationales Symposium würdigt Lebenswerk von Jürgen Habermas

Am Freitag, den 19. Juni 2026, würdigte das Forschungszentrum Normative Orders gemeinsam mit dem Suhrkamp-Verlag den verstorbenen Jürgen Habermas mit einem internationalen Symposium an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

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Event
01./03.07.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Sexual Agency

Conference

A three-day conference about sexual agency, covering questions of autonomy, responsibility, power, consent, desire and embodiement. Organized by Manon Garcia and Milena Bartholain.

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News
18.05.2026

Videopodcast-Reihe „Our Planet, Our Health“ gestartet

Mit „Our Planet, Our Health“ startet eine neue Videopodcast-Reihe zu Fragen globaler Gesundheitsgerechtigkeit. Die Reihe, gehostet von Dr. Romina Rekers, ist eine Initiative des Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), gefördert von der Höppschen Stiftung.

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Publication
12.05.2026 | Online article

Disinhibited Informalization: Talk Radio, Bro Podcasts and the Aesthetics of Populism

Völz, Johannes (2026): "Disinhibited Informalization: Talk Radio, Bro Podcasts and the Aesthetics of Populism". In: b2o - boundary 2 online.

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Publication
22.04.2026 | Chapter

Körpergeschlecht und Selbstbestimmung

Britz, Gabriele (2026): "Körpergeschlecht und Selbstbestimmung". In. Mangold, Anna Katharina; Völzmann, Berit (Hrsg.): Gerechtigkeit als Thema der Rechtswissenschaft, Nomos, S. 41-48.

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