16. mail peab avaliku loengu professor David Armitage

Neljapäeval, 16. mail peab Tartu Ülikoolis avaliku loengu Harvardi Ülikooli professor David Armitage teemal:

TREATIES IN DANGER? CONTEMPORARY CRISES OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Loengu kokkuvõte:

The rise of political populism in Europe and the United States, together with its accompanying nationalism and isolationism, has generated widespread apprehension that instability and division at the national level are scaling up to unsettle the international realm as well. The symptoms seem to be widespread: the Trump administration's withdrawal from international agreements; Russia's invasion of Crimea; Brexit; even a failed referendum in Switzerland to prefer "Swiss law over foreign judges": all seem to indicate a crisis of the so-called "rules-based international order". The ligaments of that order are treaties--the ties that bind international actors together in webs of trust and obligation. But where did the idea that treaties could create order come from? And what is the relation of treaties to various forms of disorder, such as empire, power politics, and the supremacy of the state over the individual and other competing actors? This lecture traces ideas of treaty-making and treaty-breaking over the centuries to place contemporary concerns in long-range historical perspective.

 David Armitage (Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University; Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) on üks praeguse aja juhtivaid ideeajaloolasi ning rahvusvahelise poliitilise mõtte ajaloo alusepanijaid. Ta on autori või koostajana avaldanud 17 raamatut, nende hulgas “The Ideological Origins of the British Empire” (2000), “The Declaration of Independence: A Global History” (2007), “Foundations of Modern International Thought” (2013), “The History Manifesto” (koos Jo Guldiga, 2014) ja “Civil Wars: A History in Ideas” (2017).

Inglisekeelne loeng toimub 16. mail kl. 16.15 Tartu Ülikooli aulas. Kõik huvilised on oodatud!

Loengu korraldajad: Filosoofia ja semiootika instituut ning Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut.

Loengu toimumist on toetanud Euroopa Liidu Regionaalarengu Fond (Eesti-uuringute tippkeskus), ning see on seotud Eesti Haridus- ja Teadusministeeriumi uurimisprojektidega IUT20-5 ja IUT20-39.

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