Andrew Davenport, DPhil candidate in the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex, gives a talk on 2nd Feb 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

Jeffery R. Webber, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 26th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

Robbie Shilliam, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, gives a talk on 19th Jan 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potentials of Marxism in the domain of international relations, as well as to probe what an engagement with 'the international' might contribute to Marxist theory. The seminar series is associated with the journal of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory and its forthcoming 'Historical Materialism and International Relations' book series.

A conversation between Elizabeth Frazer (PPE, 1984; DPhil 1987), Matthew Powell (PPE, 2010) and Nick Alexander (PPE, 1976). Matthew and Nick discuss their learning experiences at Oxford across the internet divide, and find that they have much in common. Nick has just started his 30th year in the video game business where he is currently Executive Chairman of Connect2Media and Non-executive Chairman of TeePee Games; Matthew is currently studying for the MPhil in Comparative Government. A forum to discuss this podcast is available at http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/in-conversation/in-conversation.html

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): final talk. (This does not include Stanley Rosen's talk on 'Strauss's Hermeneutics'.). (Chair: Dr Michael L. Frazer, Harvard) Professor David Weinstein (Wake Forest/Leipzig): Using and Abusing the Canon Professor James Connelly (Hull): The Biter Bit, The Writer Writ: Some Straussian Ironies.

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): seventh talk. (Chair: Professor James Connelly, Hull) Professor Al P. Martinich (Texas): Ideal Interpretation of Political Texts Professor Terence Ball (Arizona): Lincoln's Hermeneutics.

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): sixth talk. (Chair: Dr James Martel, San Francisco) Jens Olesen (Oxford) On Derrida's 'Double Reading' and the Politics of Deconstruction Dr Charles Devellennes (Kent) Political Non-Methodology JanaLee Cherneski (Oxford) Method and (Mis-)Application: Two Readings of Joseph Schumpeter Dr Philipp von Wussow (Leipzig) Leo Strauss on 'Cultural' and 'Political' Writing

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): fifth talk. (Chair: Professor Mark Bevir, Berkeley) Professor Joshua Foa Dienstag (UCLA): Interpretation, Language and Authority Dr Lasse Thomassen (London): Aporia: The End of Politics? Dr James Martel (San Francisco): Hobbes and Spinoza on the Hebrew Republic and the Deconstruction of Sovereignty

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): fourth talk. (Chair: Professor Lois McNay, Oxford) Dr Elizabeth Frazer (Oxford): Feminism and Interpretivism Revisited Professor Terrell Carver (Bristol): Feminist Curiosities and Gender Troubles: Power, Politics, Metaphor Dr Pamela Anderson (Oxford): The Politics of Interpretation in French Feminist Philosophy

'The Politics of Interpretation and The Interpretation of Politics' conference (23rd to 24th Sep 2011, organised by Jens Olesen): third talk. (Chair: Professor Janet Coleman, LSE/NYU) Professor Mark Bevir (Berkeley): The Contextual Approach: Then and Now Professor John G. Gunnell (Albany/UC Davis): Challenging the Received View of Thought and Language: Wittgenstein on Intention, Interpretation, and Context Dr Michael L. Frazer (Harvard): The Ethics of Interpretation in Political Theory and Intellectual History