Cambridge International Relations and History Conference

Farewell to Norms? Historical Perspectives on Global Reordering

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Date/time:

Friday 15 May 2026 10:00am to 6:30pm

Location:

Queens' College Bowett Room

Bowett Room, Queens' College, Cambridge, England

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This year's Cambridge IR and History Conference will centre on past, current, and future challenges to international norms.

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Programme 

10am. Welcome and Introductions (Carsten Schulz & Giovanni Mantilla)

10.15am. Panel 1. Diagnosing the Present (Chair: Jason Sharman)

  • Antje Wiener (Hamburg/Cambridge)
  • Nico Krisch (Geneva Graduate Institute)
  • Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni (Cambridge)
  • Andrew Phillips (Queensland)

12-noon. Lunch.

1.30pm. Panel 2. Normative Pressures across Domains (Chair: Giovanni Mantilla)

  • Kerry Goettlich (City University-St Georges)
  • Elif Kalaycioglu (King’s College London)
  • Yuan Yi Zhu (Leiden)
  • Ann Towns (Gothenburg)

3.15pm. Break.

3.45pm. Panel 3. Imagining Futures (Chair: Carsten Schulz)

  • Joseph O’Mahoney (Reading)
  • Maria Mälksoo (Copenhagen)
  • Stephanie Hofmann (Geneva Graduate Institute)
  • Christian Reus-Smit (Melbourne)

5.30pm. Reception.