When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 5:16 PM - 6:45 PMWhere: ArtsTwo, 2.17, Mile End
Join the authors of Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries – Drs Aggie Hirst, Diego de Merich, Joe Hoover, and Roberto Roccu – for the launch of their new textbook, “the only text that centres students’ critical thinking skills, empowering them to become truly independent thinkers of global politics”.
This evening is hosted by Global Politics Unbound and TheoryLAB at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London.
A reception will follow in the ArtsTwo ground floor foyer at 18:45.
Join the authors – Drs Aggie Hirst, Diego de Merich, Joe Hoover, and Roberto Roccu – online or in person for the launch of Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries (OUP 2023), “the only text that centres students’ critical thinking skills, empowering them to become truly independent thinkers of global politics”.
Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries is an innovative introduction to key concepts in international relations, exposing the myths of the discipline, and making critical thinking engaging and relatable for students. It takes a critical pedagogical approach to help students to develop theoretical reflexivity and independent critical thinking skills.
Myths and Mysteries teaches students both how their common sense understanding of international politics is already theoretical and how they can become more critical and sophisticated thinkers by learning to think theoretically. Rather than introducing students to disciplinary histories or theoretical '-isms', Myths and Mysteries mobilises students’ inherent interest and latent understanding of international politics, exposing the myths we rely on to answer perennial mysteries about international politics. In doing so, it shows them that theory is a verb and is for everyone.
The authors will be joined by Professor Mervyn Frost (KCL) and Professor Kimberly Hutchings (QMUL) to discuss the key themes of the book and its many uses in the university classroom.