Richard Ned Lebow
Richard Ned Lebow | |
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Born | April 24, 1942 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago Yale University City University of New York |
Thesis | White Britain and Black Ireland: The Anglo-Irish colonial relationship(1968) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | King's College London Pembroke College, University of Cambridge |
Main interests | International Political Theory, fiction writing |
Richard Ned LebowFBAis an Americanpolitical scientistbest known for his work in international relations, political psychology, classics and philosophy of science. He is Professor Emeritus of International Political Theory at theDepartment of War Studies, King's College London,[1]Honorary Fellow ofPembroke College, University of Cambridge,and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College. Lebow also writes fiction. He has published a novel and collection of short stories and has recently finished a second novel.
Early life and education
[edit]Lebow was born in 1941 in France and was a refugee from Europe, the only member of his family to survive World War II. He was taken to an orphanage before being adopted by an American family and grew up in New York City. He graduated fromLynbrook Senior High Schoolin 1959 in Long Island, New York.[2]
Lebow gained his BA degree from theUniversity of Chicago,his masters fromYale Universityand his doctorate fromCity University of New York.[3]
Career
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Lebow taught political science, international relations, political psychology, political theory, methodology, public policy at universities in the United States and Europe and strategy at the Naval and National War Colleges. From 2002 until becoming emeritus in 2012, he was James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He taught courses in international relations, political psychology, political theory and Greek literature and philosophy. Since 2012, He has been professor of international political theory in the War Studies department of King’s College London and Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He taught courses on philosophy of science, scope and methods and ancient Greek conceptions of order and justice.
Lebow has held visiting positions, including:
- Olof Palme Professor, University of Lund, 2011–12
- Centennial Professor of International Relations at theLondon School of Economics,2009–11
- Visiting fellow atPembroke College,University of Cambridge,2010–11
- Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, 2008-2011
- Former President of theInternational Society of Political Psychology
- Onassis Foundation Fellow in Ancient Greek History and Culture
- Overseas Fellow atSt John's College,University of Cambridge
Controversy
[edit]In 2018, Lebow was accused of making an inappropriate joke riding in an elevator during a conference.Simona Sharoni,a feminist scholar and activist, took offense at the joke and reported Lebow to theInternational Studies Association(ISA).[5][6]Lebow emailed her to apologize, but said that focusing on minor offenses harms the general fight for women rights. He refused to apologize in the way that the ISA demanded from him.[7][8]
Honours
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- Co-recipient conference grant on the fragility and robustness of political orders, Swedish Foundation of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award, for Avoiding War, Making Peace, 2018
- Honourable Mention, Susan Strange Book Award for the best book of the year in international relations from the British International Studies Association for The Rise and Fall of Political Orders (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019
- Co-recipient Leverhulme Research Grant (Shakespeare and War), 2018
- Election to the British Academy, 2017
- Honorable Mention, Charles A. Taylor Book Award for the best book in interpretative methodologies and methods, for Causation in International Relations, 2016
- Honorary Doctorate, Panteion University,Athens,Greece,2015
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award, for Toni Erskine and Richard Ned Lebow, Tragedy and International Relations, 2014
- Teaching Excellence Award,King's College London,2013
- Distinguished Scholar,International Studies Association,2014
- Alexander L. George Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for the best book of the year (The Politics and Ethics of Identity)
- Honorary Doctorate,American University of Paris,2013
- Robert Jervis-Paul Schroeder Award for the best book in international history and politics from theAmerican Political Science Association(A Cultural Theory of International Relations), 2009
- Susan Strange Award for the best book international relations from theBritish International Studies Association(A Cultural Theory of International Relations), 2009
Fiction
[edit]- Rough Waters and Other Stories (Ethics International Press, 2022)
- Obsession(murder mystery) (Pegasus, 2022)
Scholarly Books since 2003
[edit]- Justice, East and West, and International Order, coauthored with Feng Zhang, (Oxford, 2022)
- Richard Ned Lebow;Ludvig Norman, eds. (2022).Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders: Leader Assessments, Responses, and Consequences.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1-009-26502-7.WikidataQ119582648.
- The Quest for Knowledge in International Relations: How Do We Know? (Cambridge, 2022)
- Reason and Cause: Social Science in a Social World (Cambridge, 2020)
- Between Peace and War: 40th Anniversary Revised Edition (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2020)
- Ethics and International Relations: A Tragic Perspective (Cambridge, 2020)
- Taming Sino-American Rivalry, coauthored with Feng Zhang, (Oxford 2020)
- A Democratic Foreign Policy (Palgrave-Macmillan 2018)
- The Rise and Fall of Political Orders (Cambridge, 2018).
- Lebow, Richard Ned, ed. (2017).Max Weber and International Relations.Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9781108416382.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2016).National Identities and International Relations.Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9781107166301.
- Lebow, Richard Ned; Schouten, Peer; Suganami, Hidemi, eds. (2016).The Return of the Theorists: Dialogues with Great Thinkers in international relations.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9781349577880.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2016). Brauch, Hans Günther (ed.).Richard Ned Lebow: A Pioneer in International Relations, Theory, History, Political Philosophy and Psychology.New York, New York, USA: Springer International Publishing.ISBN9783319341491.4 vols.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2014).Constructing Cause in International Relations.Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9781107047907.
- Lebow, Richard Ned; Reich, Simon (2014).Good-Bye Hegemony! Power and Influence in the Global System.Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.ISBN9780691160436.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2014).Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! A World Without World War I.London, England: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9781137278531.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2012).The Politics and Ethics of Identity: In Search of Ourselves.Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9781107027657.
- Lebow, Richard Ned; Erskine, Toni, eds. (2012).Tragedy and international relations.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9780230237520.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2010).Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War.New York: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9780521170451.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2010).Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations.Princeton: Princeton University Press.ISBN9780691132891.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2008).A Cultural Theory of International Relations.Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9780521871365.
- Winner of the Jervis-Schroeder Award (American Political Science Association) for the best book in history and international relations.
- Winner of the Susan Strange Award (British International Studies Association) for the best book of the year.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2013).Coercion, Cooperation, and Ethics in International Relations.New York: Routledge.ISBN9781135917029.
- Lebow, Richard Ned (2003).The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests, and Orders.Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9780521827539.
- Winner of the Alexander L. George Award for the best book in political psychology.
References
[edit]- ^"Professor Richard Ned Lebow: Professor of International Political Theory".King's College London.WikidataQ124884413.
- ^Hamrah, Satgin (15 February 2015)."Interview - Richard Ned Lebow".E-International Relations.Retrieved19 March2016.
- ^"Profile: Richard Lebow".dartmouth.edu.Dartmouth College.
- ^Lebow, Richard Ned (2003).The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests and Orders.Cambridge University Press. pp. xi.ISBN978-0-521-53485-7.
I too am a realist
- ^Marcus, Ruth."She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint 'frivolous.' Who's right?".The Washington Post.Retrieved2018-08-13.
- ^Mangan, Katherine (6 May 2018)."He makes a joke. She isn't laughing: 'lingerie' comment in elevator leads to uproar among scholars".The Chronicle of Higher Education.Retrieved10 May2018.
- ^Lebow, Richard Ned (14 May 2018)."How my lame joke saw me fall foul of the campus zealots".The Spectator.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-03.Retrieved15 May2018.
- ^Sharoni, Simona (November 2018). "speaking up in the age of #MeToo and persistent patriarchy or what can we learn from an elevator incident about anti-feminist backlash".Feminist Review.120(1): 143–151.doi:10.1057/s41305-018-0127-6.ProQuest2139801451.
External links
[edit]- 1942 births
- Academics of King's College London
- American political scientists
- Constructivist international relations scholars
- Dartmouth College faculty
- Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Living people
- Lynbrook Senior High School alumni
- American political psychologists
- Yale University alumni
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge