Creating a Concept: ‘Friendship’ in International Relations
This talk will reflect on Dr Berenskötter attempts to form and advance a new (reading of a) concept in the field of International Relations, namely that of ‘friendship’. He will outline his motivations to engage on this journey and discuss the approach he developed, or came to adopt, where and how he found support for this undertaking, as well as the challenges and rewards as he experienced them. Rather than simply a personal reflection, the talk is based on his reading of Koselleck’s notion of a basic concept (Grundbegriff) and carves out the analytical, pedagogical and normative/practical layers in and through which he sees the process of concept formation unfolding.

Capacity is limited to 50 attendees.
Date: 3 November 2021, 17:15 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 3
Speaker: Felix Berenskötter (Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS, University of London)
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser: Jo Boyce (University of Oxford, Oxford Dept of International Development)
Part of: Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Simone Dos Santos