Richard Ned Lebow

Richard Ned Lebow
FBA
Richard Ned Lebow in January 2012 at the University of Hamburg.
Born (1942-04-24) 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

Richard Ned Lebow, FBA is an American political scientist best known for his work in international relations, political psychology, classics and philosophy of science. He is Professor of International Political Theory at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College.

Early life and education

Lebow was a refugee from Europe, the only member of his family to survive Word War II. He was taken to an orphanage before being adopted by an American family, and grew up in New York City. He graduated from Lynbrook Senior High School in 1959 in Long Island, New York.[1]

Lebow gained his BA degree from the University of Chicago, his masters from Yale University and his doctorate from City University of New York.[2]

Career

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:

Controversy over joke

In 2018, Lebow was accused of making an inappropriate joke riding in an elevator during a conference. A feminist scholar took offense at the joke.[3][4] In response, Lebow called the complaint frivolous and refused to apologize. [5]

Honors

  • 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 the American Political Science Association (A Cultural Theory of International Relations), 2009
  • Susan Strange Award for the best book international relations from the British International Studies Association (A Cultural Theory of International Relations), 2009

Books since 2003

  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2018). The Rise and Fall of Political Orders. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108578820.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2018). Avoiding War, Making Peace. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783319560939.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned, ed. (2017). Max Weber and International Relations. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108416382.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2016). National Identities and International Relations. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107166301.
  • 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. ISBN 9781349577880.
  • 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. ISBN 9783319341491. 4 vols.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2014). Constructing Cause in International Relations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107047907.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned; Reich, Simon (2014). Good-Bye Hegemony! Power and Influence in the Global System. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691160436.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2014). Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! A World Without World War I. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137278531.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2012). The Politics and Ethics of Identity: In Search of Ourselves. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107027657.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned; Erskine, Toni, eds. (2012). Tragedy and international relations. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230237520.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2010). Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521170451.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2010). Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691132891.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2008). A Cultural Theory of International Relations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521871365.
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. ISBN 9781135917029.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (2003). The Tragic Vision of Politics : Ethics, Interests, and Orders. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521827539.
Winner of the Alexander L. George Award for the best book in political psychology.

References

  1. ↑ Hamrah, Satgin (15 February 2015). "Interview - Richard Ned Lebow". E-International Relations. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Richard Lebow". dartmouth.edu. Dartmouth College.
  3. ↑ Marcus, Ruth. "She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint 'frivolous.' Who's right?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  4. ↑ 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. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Lebow, Richard Ned (14 May 2018). "How my lame joke saw me fall foul of the campus zealots". The Spectator. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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