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01.07.2025
Institutskolloquium IfP (09.07.25): Sexual Relations as International Relations
Speaker: Laura Sjoberg (University of Oxford)
Wednesday, July 09th 2025, 16:00 c.t. / Room 124, Institut für Politikwissenschaft or online via Zoom
About the lecture: This talk explores the co-constitution of the state and sex in global politics, arguing that the generation state borders and the people who inhabit them – indeed the state itself - cannot be fully understood without reference to sex acts and sexual relationships.
Laura Sjoberg is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford and an Official Fellow and Lecturer at Exeter College. Her research focuses on the intersection of armed conflict and gender, with particular attention to politically violent women, feminist war theory, sexuality in global politics, and political methodology. Committed to mainstreaming gender in International Relations, she has developed influential work in just war theory and Feminist Security Studies, rethinking international security and war through gendered perspectives. She teaches, consults, and lectures widely on gender and security, and her work has been published in over 50 books and journals across political science, law, gender studies, international relations, and geography.
The lecture will be held in English