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Unsung HistoryThe Women of the Universal Negro Improvement AssociationThe Universal Negro Improvement Association is often most closely associated with Marcus Garvey, but from the beginning, the work of women was essential to the development of the organization. Amy Ashwood co-founded the UNIA with Garvey, and it was her connections and capital that launched the Negro World newspaper, but after her brief marriage to and divorce from Garvey, she was removed from the UNIA and the newspaper. Other women, like Garvey’s second wife, Amy Jacques Garvey, and actress Henrietta Vinton Davis, played important and public roles in the UNIA, especially during Garvey’s incarceration, but their contributions aren...
2025-02-241h 01
International Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: Palestine - Matters of Truth and JusticeRecorded in November 2023: Robbie Shilliam in conversation with Tariq Dana regarding the discussion forum on Azmi Bishara's book, Palestine - Matters of Truth and Justice
2024-05-0420 minInternational Politics ReviewsTestify: The Forgiveness Project: a conversation about peace activism and the transformative power of storyChristopher Peys and Marina Cantacuzino talk about the Forgiveness Projecthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00432-0
2024-03-2014 min
Beaver SoundGrimshaw Spotlight #1 – Robbie Shilliam and Decolonising International RelationsAfter a long hiatus, welcome back to Grimshaw Podcasts, the podcast of the London School of Economics' Grimshaw Club! In our new series, Grimshaw Spotlight, we dive into the latest international relations research.
Today we are interviewing Robbie Shilliam, a professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. We discuss decolonising the discipline, Marxism, international political economy and much more.
Some useful links:
Robbie Shilliam's JHU profile https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/robbie-shilliam/
Decolonising Politics: An Introduction (2021) ISBN: 978-1-509-53940-6 https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/faculty-books/decolonizing-politics/
Jenna Marshall (King's College London) - writing...
2024-02-0837 min
Grimshaw PodcastsGrimshaw Spotlight #1 – Robbie Shilliam and Decolonising International RelationsAfter a long hiatus, welcome back to Grimshaw Podcasts, the podcast of the London School of Economics' Grimshaw Club! In our new series, Grimshaw Spotlight, we dive into the latest international relations research.Today we are interviewing Robbie Shilliam, a professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. We discuss decolonising the discipline, Marxism, international political economy and much more.Some useful links:Robbie Shilliam's JHU profile https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/robbie-shilliam/Decolonising Politics: An Introduction (2021) ISBN: 978-1-509-53940-6 https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/faculty-books/decolonizing-politics/Jenna Marshall (King's...
2023-12-1237 min
The Un-Diplomatic PodcastRobbie Shilliam on Frontier Imperialism and Post-BLM International Relations | Ep. 170After George Floyd’s police murder and the Black Lives Matter movement explosion in 2020, the field of international relations rushed to engage the topic of race after ignoring it for half a century. When they did, they largely acted as if early generations of international-relations scholars hadn’t engaged with or theorized the topic. But they had. In this episode, Van sits down with Robbie Shilliam, a multidisciplinary IR scholar and postcolonial theorist, to talk about:What made Hans Morgenthau a theorist of race relations, not just international relations;Why the field of IR has a ra...
2023-10-1559 min
Politics and PedagogyWhat is the distinction between good pedagogy and decolonial pedagogy?Episode Three: For the last our conversations we welcome to the podcast Prof. Robbie Shilliam, Professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and Dr Olivia U. Rutazibwa, Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics at London School of Economics. In this episode we explore the difference between good pedagogy and decolonial pedagogy, hierarchies in the classroom, as well as Beyonce's Superbowl performance as a stimuli for teaching International Relations theory. Podcast: The Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship (CTIS) are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and...
2023-07-2153 minInternational Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: The EU and HamasA discussion forum on Catherine Charret's The EU, Hamas, and the 2006 Palestinian Elections. With Nicola Pratt, Rhys Machold, Tariq Dana, Richard Falk, and Christopher Newfield.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00455-7https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00456-6https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00457-5https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00458-4https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00459-3https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00460-w.
2023-06-2513 min
Political Science MattersThe House Series: Stein Rokkan Edition (Edinburgh, 2022)Watch Robbie Shilliam (John Hopkins University) deliver the Stein Rokkan Lecture from the University of Edinburgh. Titled 'The Academic Legacies of British Empire: Social Anthropology and International Relations', his talk addresses the contemporary moral panic over 'wokeness', its supposed infiltration into academic spaces and its purported degeneration of the ethos of higher education.
2023-05-031h 28International Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: Dreamworlds of RaceA discussion forum on Duncan Bell's Dreamworlds of Race with Lucian M. Ashworth, Nivi Manchanda, and Duncan Bell.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00439-7https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00442-yhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00441-zhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00440-0https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00429-9https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00446-8https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00430-2
2023-03-2613 minInternational Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: Authoritarian ContagionIn this discussion forum, Luke Cooper, Priya Chacko, and Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz discuss Luke's book, Authoritarian Contagion. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00444-whttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00445-9https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00438-8https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00448-6https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00443-x
2023-03-2617 minInternational Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: W. E. B. Du Bois and transnational cosmopolitanism: a conversationInes Valdez and Begum Adalet discuss the forum on Ines's book, Transnational Cosmopolitanism: Kant Du Bois, and Justice as a Political Craft.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-023-00436-w
2023-03-2618 minInternational Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum: Putin’s Ukraine aggression: how should an African respond?Siba Grovogui discusses the new discussion forum on his article: "Putin’s Ukraine aggression: how should an African respond?" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-022-00411-x
2023-01-1319 minInternational Politics ReviewsInterdisciplinary Interview: Fascism in international relations and history - an interview with Richard Steigmann-GallAlexander Barder discusses his interdisciplinary interview with Richard Steigmann-Gall: "Fascism in international relations and history" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-022-00148-y
2022-11-2715 min
Ufahamu AfricaBonus: A rerun of our conversation with Naunihal Singh about coupsThis week's episode is a rerun of a conversation we had with coup expert Naunihal Singh, inspired by his recent tweets about another coup attempt in Burkina Faso.In this conversation from April 2022, Singh breaks down what coups are, shares how he began studying them, and what we should know about what was happening on the continent at the time.Books, Links, & ArticlesSeizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups by Naunihal SinghBorn in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard...
2022-10-0150 minInternational Politics ReviewsForum - Human Shields and the Problem of GenocideNicola Perugini and Dirk Moses discuss their new discussion forum https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-022-00134-4
2022-03-0418 min
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 133: A conversation with Naunihal Singh about coupsCoups are on our minds this week, especially with recent events in Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau. Kim and Rachel talk about their own views on "coup contagion" and how their perspectives have changed over time. Then, Kim talks to coup expert Naunihal Singh, who breaks down what coups are, shares how he began studying them, and what we should know about what's happening on the continent now. Books, Links, & ArticlesSeizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups by Naunihal Singh"Burkina Faso's Coup Makers Capitalized on Wider Grievances within Ranks" by...
2022-02-051h 12International Politics ReviewsTestify: Making sense of girls empowerment in Sierra Leone: a conversation"Testify" articles seek to build engagements between organizers/activists and academics. Aisha Fofana Ibrahim, Alice James, Mariatu Kabba, Aminata Kamara, Anne Menzel & Nicky Spencer-Coker talk about their article, "Making sense of girls empowerment in Sierra Leone: a conversation".Alice James' YouTube channel "Chat With NennehAlice" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5A5nrZWxrvJBqOgujC3pgFind Aminata Kamara and Nicky Spencer-Coker at Purposeful https://wearepurposeful.org/Mariatu Kabba's initiative Strong Women Strong Girls Sierra Leone is on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/strongwomenstronggirlsSL
2021-12-1324 minInternational Politics ReviewsThe struggle for recognition, ontological security and the case of China as a rising powerSiavash Chavoshi & Mohammad reza Saeidabadi talk about their State of the Field article, The struggle for recognition, ontological security and the case of China as a rising power
2021-11-1813 minInternational Politics ReviewsForum - On the Erasure of Women’s International ThoughtPatricia Owens, Kimberly Hutchings , Meera Sabaratnam, and Helen McCarthy discuss the new Forum: On the Erasure of Women’s International Thought
2021-10-2734 minInternational Politics ReviewsForum - International Relations as a geoculturally pluralistic fieldPinar Bilgin, Sankaran Krishna and Giorgio Shani discuss the new Forum: International Relations as a geoculturally pluralistic field
2021-09-0243 minInternational Politics ReviewsGlobal Justice and RaceOumar Baa speaks talks about his State of the Field article, Global Justice and Race
2021-08-0912 min
The Connected Sociologies PodcastEnclosures and The Making of the Modern WorldIt has long been argued that the enclosure of land in England facilitated the agricultural and industrial revolutions that transformed Britain into a modern capitalist state. Yet the connections between land enclosures within England and the English-led colonial enclosures that were taking place at the same time have been less explored. This session examines connections between the enclosure of land and people within England and within the colonial world (from the 16th century). In contrast to nation-bound understandings of English capitalist modernity, which focus on land enclosures, the Industrial revolution, and the formation of a new class society within...
2021-07-2725 minThe Un-Diplomatic PodcastUsing China to Kill US Democracy, New Zealand's Antiracist China Challenge, The Roosevelt Doctrine Farce, Don't Punch Left on Cuba | Ep. 94Why Chinese influence in New Zealand is an opportunity to pioneer an anti-CCP and antiracist policy. Why the Roosevelt Doctrine is really an attempt to save Woodrow Wilson. Writing about objects too big to write about. Republicans are using China to kill democracy. The problem with "punching left" on Cuba. Also this episode: What's wrong with international relations? Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1415084925481627655Robbie Shilliam Tweet: https://twitter.com/RobbieShilliam/status/1414554433585885184?s=19Law Boy Tweet: https://twitter.com/The_Law_Boy/status/1414377497802772480?s=19Charlie Warzel Substack: https://warze...
2021-07-221h 01
RADIKAAL41. Robbie Shilliam on Decolonizing Politics and the Rastafari MovementMy guest is Robbie Shilliam. Robbie is a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he researches the political and intellectual complicities of colonialism and race in the global order. His latest book is Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction, which is just out with Polity and is a fascinating read. Robbie is also a scholar-activist of the Rastafari movement, involved in a host of activities focused on highlighting the histories and significance of the Rastafari movement for contemporary politics. Two of these projects are Rastafari in Motion, which focuses on Britain, and Iniversial Development...
2021-07-0534 min
UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre PodcastIn conversation with Robbie ShilliamLuke de Noronha welcomes Robbie Shilliam, Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss his recent book Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction (Polity Press, 2021). Across his writing, Robbie’s made several critical interventions on questions surrounding race, colonialism and global order, and in Decolonizing Politics he methodologically looks at what it might mean to decolonize political science by reconceptualizing and reimagining the logics of the field.Transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racialisation/transcript-conversation-robbie-shilliamThis conversation was recorded on 17th May 2021Speakers: Luke de Noronha, Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity & Postcolonial St...
2021-06-2335 min
UCL Institute of Advanced StudiesSPRC In conversation with Robbie ShilliamLuke de Noronha welcomes Robbie Shilliam, Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss his recent book 'Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction' (Polity Press, 2021). Across his writing, Robbie’s made several critical interventions on questions surrounding race, colonialism and global order, and in 'Decolonizing Politics' he methodologically looks at what it might mean to decolonize political science by reconceptualizing and reimagining the logics of the field.
Transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racialisation/transcript-conversation-robbie-shilliam
This conversation was recorded on 17th May 2021
Speakers: Luke de Noronha, Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity & Postcolonial Studies, UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre // Robbie Shilliam, Professor of In...
2021-06-2335 minInternational Politics ReviewsTestify: Frantz Fanon and the oval four episode: refusing colonial recognition"Testify" articles seek to build engagements between organizers/activists and academics. Winston Trew talks about his Testify article "Frantz Fanon and the oval four episode: refusing colonial recognition"
2021-06-1416 minInternational Politics ReviewsCritical international politics at an impassePhilip Conway talks about his State of the field article "Critical international politics at an impasse: reflexivist, reformist, reactionary, and restitutive post-critique"
2021-05-0608 min
The Climate PodRep. Earl Blumenauer On Making Polluters Pay | Dr. Robbie Shilliam On Decolonizing PoliticsThis week, Rep. Earl Blumenauer joins the show to discuss his new legislation to reinstate superfund taxes and make polluters pay for toxic cleanup. He discusses why eliminating tax breaks are essential to the cleanup of toxic and hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. Then, Dr. Robbie Shilliam discusses his new book Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction and how international political scholars need to recontextualize, reconceptionalize, and reimagine some of the most prominent political ideas to discontinue colonial logic and improve international relations for just policies. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://thec...
2021-04-211h 19
Tribune RadioPolitics Theory Other // Enoch Powell: Britain's first neoliberal politician w/ Robbie ShilliamRobbie Shilliam joins PTO to talk about his article, 'Enoch Powell: Britain’s First Neoliberal Politician' which appeared in the New Political Economy Journal. We spoke about how Enoch Powell, far from being a political throwback was in fact a key figure in the emergence of neoliberalism and Thatcherism, and how his politics presaged the Brexit project. We also chatted about how Powell, in contrast to many conservatives became hostile to nostalgia for the British Empire and how he believed that an independent Britain, neither ruling an empire, nor becoming part of the embryonic European Union would find its proper pl...
2021-04-1226 min
Politics Theory OtherEnoch Powell: Britain's first neoliberal politician w/ Robbie ShilliamRobbie Shilliam joins PTO to talk about his article, 'Enoch Powell: Britain’s First Neoliberal Politician' which appeared in the New Political Economy Journal. We spoke about how Enoch Powell, far from being a political throwback was in fact a key figure in the emergence of neoliberalism and Thatcherism, and how his politics presaged the Brexit project. We also chatted about how Powell, in contrast to many conservatives became hostile to nostalgia for the British Empire and how he believed that an independent Britain, neither ruling an empire, nor becoming part of the embryonic European Union would find its proper pl...
2021-04-1126 minInternational Politics ReviewsRace, Liberalism, and Global Justice: Interview with Charles W. MillsSrdjan Vucetic talks with Charles W. Mills about their Interdisciplinary Interview for the journal
2021-04-0517 minInternational Politics ReviewsConceptualizing epistemic violenceClaudia Brunner talks about her State of the Field article, "Conceptualizing epistemic violence: an interdisciplinary assemblage for IR".The article draws from Claudia's open-access monograph, "Epistemische Gewalt: Wissen und Herrschaft in der kolonialen Moderne"
2021-03-2319 minInternational Politics ReviewsForum - Rethinking RevolutionSara Salem, George Lawson, Adom Getachew and Alina Sajed discuss the joint forum on Salem's Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony and George Lawson's Anatomies of Revolution .
2021-03-1628 minInternational Politics ReviewsForum - Making the World: Global U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global ImaginaryIsaac Kamola, Jonneke Koomen and Olivia U. Rutazibwa talk about the forum on Kamola's book - Making the World: Global U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary
2021-03-1523 min
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 104: Looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021Happy New Year! We are back with our first episode of 2021, and a conversation between our co-hosts Kim and Rachel. On our minds from 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, many of the elections held in the past year, and as always, we share what we are reading and the scholars and perspectives we're watching. Books, Links, & ArticlesAuthoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa by Rachel Beatty RiedlFrom Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa by Gwyneth H. McClendon and Rachel Beatty RiedlAfrica Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change by...
2021-01-1640 min
KollokviumEpisode #8 - The End of History with Charmaine MandivengaIn the final episode of 2020 Kevin (the British version) and Charmaine have a conversation about “The End of History” by Francis Fukuyama and the way his thesis has been applied and critiqued since its publication. They look at some of the intellectual lineage that intersects with the thesis, how and in what ways this idea is useful as a lens to analyze politics. Also, there is a Gucci Mane reference.
Authors, books, and concepts mentioned: The end of history - Francis Fukuyama, Dr Lee Jones, Populism, Žižek, Naomi Klein, Hegel, Dialectics, Nikolas Rose, Karl Marx, Feudalism, Mercan...
2020-12-201h 09
Foundations in International Political EconomyEpisode 12: Prof. Robbie ShilliamProf. 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 the Colonial/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 journal International Politics Reviews.
His current research is focused on: a re-reading of classical political...
2020-12-1655 minInternational Politics ReviewsRace and racism in international relations: retrieving a scholarly inheritanceRobbie Shilliam talks about the Discussion Forum featuring fifteen senior IR academics entitled "Race and racism in international relations: retrieving a scholarly inheritance"
2020-12-0914 minInternational Politics ReviewsDomains of Objects, Rituals of truth: Mapping Intersections between International Legal History and the New MaterialismsDaniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín talks about his State of the Field article, "Domains of Objects, Rituals of truth: Mapping Intersections between International Legal History and the New Materialisms"
2020-10-2909 minThe Connected Sociologies PodcastThe Haitian Revolution - Prof Gurminder K BhambraThe French Revolution and the American Declaration of Independence tend to be seen as the revolutions that brought into being the modern world. While both events opened up the political process to increasing proportions of their populations and established general or universal understandings of citizenship. In this session, we consider the significance of the Haitian Revolution and discuss its contribution to the making of the modern world.
This lecture is part of The Making of the Modern World module from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project.
Readings
Bhambra, Gurminder K. 2016. ‘Undoing the Epistemic Disavowal of the...
2020-10-1617 minInternational Politics ReviewsDiscussion Forum - Badges Without BordersStuart Schrader talks about his book Badges without Borders and its significance for IRhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-020-00077-8
2020-09-0518 minInternational Politics ReviewsResurrecting MudimbeZubairu Wai talks about his Interdisciplinary Interview, "Resurrecting Mudimbe"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-020-00075-w
2020-09-0421 minInternational Politics ReviewsPersistent Becoming: Women’s Religious Thought and the GlobalAnupama Ranawana talks about her State of the Field article, "Persistent becoming: women’s religious thought and the global"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-020-00076-9
2020-09-0411 minInternational Politics ReviewsCounterterrorism and RaceAmal Abu Bakare talks about her State of the Field article, "Counterterrorism and Race". https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41312-020-00074-x
2020-09-0412 min
The Hayseed Scholar PodcastLuke AshworthProfessor Lucian Ashworth of Memorial University joins the Hayseed Scholar podcast. Luke talks about growing up in England and Wales, then moving to the Netherlands at the age of 15. He chats with Brent about his decision to go to Keele, some of the major figures in IR that shaped his interests very early on, and then going to Career Services at Keele to try and decide where to go for his PhD. Ultimately deciding on Dalhousie, Luke recalls how he developed an interest in interwar figures like Norman Angell and David Mitrany, while also becoming aware of a new...
2020-08-162h 14
Whiskey & International Relations Theory(Epilogue) Race and Securitization TheoryAfter we finished recording the material in Episode 9, we stayed on and talked some more. These are the parts we all agreed are worth posting. Featuring special guests: Jarrod Hayes, Nawal Mustafa, and Robbie Shilliam.
2020-05-2520 minWhiskey & International Relations TheoryRace and Securitization TheoryPatrick and Dan host a panel discussion with Jarrod Hayes, Nawal Mustafa, and Robbie Shilliam. Their guests try to provide theoretical context for and some larger analysis of the recent controversy over claims that Securitization Theory is irredeemably marred by its putative reliance on colonial and racist scaffolding. This is a complete episode. The second part consists of an epilogue in which the panel covers some additional topics that did not make it into the main recording.
2020-05-211h 47
Chatham HouseBook Review: Soldiers of EmpireIn this episode, George Lawson interviews Tarak Barkawi about his book, Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II.
The interview draws on a review forum published in International Affairs, featuring commentary from Barkawi, Lawson, Simon Ball, Paul Higate, Patricia Owens, Robbie Shilliam and Michael Williams.
Read the forum online here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix214
2018-01-0131 min
Politics and International Relations PodcastsCivilization and the Poetics of SlaveryRobbie Shilliam, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 19th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the...
2012-02-2343 min