Courses

The general object of this course is to illuminate how histories of the realm we think of as "international" are structured by means of key concepts, foundational concepts that form semantic fields of politics and policy. The seminar will chiefly be devoted empirically to some ways of think of this in the context of what is now being called the subfield of ‘the U.S. in the World,’ with a particular emphasis on the issue of ‘empire’ and its connotations.There will also be a conceptual/theoretical interlude: the work of two figures outside the conventional parameters in this regard, Carl Schmitt and Michel Foucault.