Prof. Robbie Shilliam is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His research on colonialism and race in world politics has had a profound influence on thinking in, and beyond, IPE. He co-founded theColonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial working group of the British International Studies Association and is a member of the Global Development section of the International Studies Association. He co-edits the Rowman & Littlefield book series,Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Question and the new journalInternational Politics Reviews.
His current research is focused on: a re-reading of classical political economy through its intimate relationship to Atlantic slavery; retrieving Ethiopianism as a critical orientation towards global order; and South-South anti-colonial connections between peoples of the African Diaspora and indigenous movements. He’s written and edited numerous articles and books includingRace and the Undeserving Poor: From Abolition to Brexit (2018) andThe Black Pacific: Anticolonial Struggles and Oceanic Connections (2015) that feature in the conversation. We interviewed Robbie in June 2020.
