Conference
Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 2025
- Date
- Wednesday 11 June 2025
- Time
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague
Programme
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Conference
In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leiden University’s MA in International Relations program (MAIR - Humanities), with its emphasis on humanities-oriented and multidisciplinary perspectives, contends that understanding the complexities of world affairs requires the ability to think critically and draw insights from a wide variety of fields of inquiry, theoretical perspectives, empirical sources, and analytic frames. Collaborating with the Institute for History and the Institute for Area Studies within Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities, the MAIR program brings together over 45 academic staff members from various disciplines and fields of inquiry in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. As one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious graduate programs in International Relations, Leiden’s MAIR fosters an intellectually rewarding and diverse learning community that cultivates a nuanced approach to International Relations, one that is deeply attuned to historical, cultural, geographic, political, and socioeconomic contexts. It equips students with the analytical tools to critically understand and engage with global challenges.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Leiden University Centre for International Relations (LUCIR), Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), and the Leiden University Institute for History.
Conference Theme
Reimagining International Relations: Humanities and Multidisciplinarity as Key Approaches.
Hosted by the MA in International Relations (MAIR) Program, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University.
Call for Papers
