Cfp "International Relations in the Anthropocene," EISA PEC, Potsdam 5-9 September 2023

[Delf Rothe]

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Dear list, 

Please find below a cfp for the standing section „IR in the Anthropocene“ at the 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 5-9 September 2023, University of Potsdam. We invite proposals for papers, panels, or roundtables related to all aspects of international politics in the Anthropocene. Please get in touch if you want to discuss panel or roundtable submissions in advance.

Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2023!

More information as well as the link to the submission portal can be found at: http://pec2023.eisa-net.org/ 

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ST09 International Relations in the Anthropocene

Section Chairs
David Chandler & Delf Rothe

The Anthropocene has become a major concern for scholars of international politics and one that, for many authors, fundamentally destabilizes much of the traditional disciplinary concerns and assumptions. The crisis brought about by rising temperatures and sea levels goes well beyond the physical impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic environmental changes. The Anthropocene is a crisis of government – as established modes of governance seem increasingly inappropriate to deal with the complex and unbounded political problems we see emerging. Furthermore, the Anthropocene is a crisis of Western ethics and political theory – as established anthropocentric norms, institutions and values appear increasingly problematic and outdated. Finally, the Anthropocene is a crisis of imagination, as Amitav Gosh crucially reminds us, since it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine any alternative to the current path of fossil-fuels based consumption and destruction.

The proposed section is devoted to the multiple engagements of IR scholars with the notion of the Anthropocene. It provides a space to think through the new forms of political agency and governance that we see emerging in the Anthropocene. It fosters critical discussions of the concept – for example from decolonial, feminist, and/or poststructuralist perspectives – and invites proposals for thinking the Anthropocene differently. It reflects upon the technological dimension of the Anthropocene and engages with the implications of posthumanism beyond the realm of ecology (for example in the realm of AI and other emerging technologies). Finally, it includes methodological discussions and fosters new and creative approaches to studying international politics.

We look forward to reading your proposals. 

With best wishes, 

David and Delf

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Dr Delf Rothe
Senior Researcher
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg 

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