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Deep Theorizing in International Relations (2018)
Journal Article
Berenskoetter, F. (2018). Deep Theorizing in International Relations. European Journal of International Relations, 24(4), 814-840. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066117739096

This paper starts from the observation that, at a time when the popularity of grand theory is in decline among IR scholars, they do not agree on what they mean by theory. In fact, the celebration of theoretical pluralism is accompanied by the relativ... Read More about Deep Theorizing in International Relations.

Struggles of recognition: adverse effects of China’s living human treasures program (2018)
Journal Article
Maags, C. (2019). Struggles of recognition: adverse effects of China’s living human treasures program. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 25(8), 780-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1542330

Heritagization processes have resulted in struggles of recognition across the globe. Scholarly work has demonstrated that determining what and whose cultural architecture, objects and practices are to be considered ‘heritage’ results in inclusion and... Read More about Struggles of recognition: adverse effects of China’s living human treasures program.

Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics (2018)
Book
Clark, P. (2018). Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108576260

There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve... Read More about Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics.

Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the Politics of Postconflict Reconciliation (2018)
Journal Article
Fabbe, K., & Sinmazdemir, T. (2018). Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the Politics of Postconflict Reconciliation. Review of Middle East Studies, 52(2), 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1017/rms.2018.90

Finding suitable settlements to civil wars, then proceeding to reconcile and reintegrate civilian communities to realize such settlements and avoid future conflict, poses many seemingly insurmountable challenges. The Syrian conflict is a case in poin... Read More about Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the Politics of Postconflict Reconciliation.

Seeing Israel through Palestine: knowledge production as anti-colonial praxis (2018)
Journal Article
Hawari, Y., Plonski, S., & Weizman, E. (2019). Seeing Israel through Palestine: knowledge production as anti-colonial praxis. Settler Colonial Studies, 9(1), 155-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/2201473X.2018.1487129

Knowledge production in, for and by settler colonial states hinges on both productive and repressive practices that work together to render its history and present ‘normal’ by controlling how, where, to and through whom it tells its story. This makes... Read More about Seeing Israel through Palestine: knowledge production as anti-colonial praxis.

The Problematic Non-Western Cosmopolitanism in Africa Today: Grappling With a Modernity outside History (2018)
Journal Article
Chan, S. (2018). The Problematic Non-Western Cosmopolitanism in Africa Today: Grappling With a Modernity outside History. Human affairs (Tlačené vydanie), 28(4), 351-366. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2018-0029

The question, ‘can Africa deal with a postcoloniality without reference to the colonising metropole?’ neglects that Africa must deal with many powers that were not colonisers. Dealing with China requires a relationship outside the period of formal co... Read More about The Problematic Non-Western Cosmopolitanism in Africa Today: Grappling With a Modernity outside History.