Political Science: International Relations Theory in Time and Space

Education facts

Code: STVC62

<p>The course is only offered as a single subject course for incoming exchange students.<br /><br /> International Relations Theory is a time-honoured approach to the social world. Texts that are clearly recognisable as dealing with international relations date back to the ancient Greeks. Still, most textbooks in the field take a geographically and historically very parochial stance towards its own field. It is easy to get the impression that IR theorising is a fundamentally Western (or US) activity, that has taken place over the last 100 years or so. This course explores if this is true. The course begins with a discussion of IR theory as a social science, followed by a survey of contemporary Western IR theory. The course then expands our temporal and spatial horizon in search for IR theory elsewhere in history and geography. Examples include India, China, Africa, and European Renaissance and enlightenment thinking.</p>

Entry requirements

General and 60 ECTS credits from studies in Political Science.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Political Science: International Relations Theory in Time and Space

  Lund University

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %