Newcastle University

Qualifications

- Habilitation and ,venia legendi’ in Political Science, University
  of Jena, Spring 2003
- PhD (Political Science; minor subjects: North American History and
  Philosophy), University of Cologne, Fall 1996
- M.A. in Political Science; and History; and Sociology, University
  of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Spring 1991
- BA in Political Science, History and Sociology, University of
  Erlangen-Nuremberg, Spring 1988, and Free University of Berlin,
  Spring 1989

Previous Positions

Visiting Profesor, University of Ottawa; Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg/Germany, Department of Political Science; University of Jena/Germany, Department of Political Science; University of Cologne/Germany, Department of Political Science and European Questions; Washington DC/USA, Library of Congress; University of Pittsburgh/USA, Department of Political Science and University Center for International Studies UCIS; Tufts University, Medford/Mass./USA, Department of History; University of Tsukuba/Japan, Graduate School for Humanities and Social Sciences, International Relations

Languages

English, French, German

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS 

The Discipline of International Relations (IR):

·        Sociology of Knowledge

·        Theories of IR & International Political Theory

Politics of Difference and Identity Formation

Political Violence, Reconciliation, and Peace 

International Immigration

Critical Geopolitics

Political Thought of the European Union

CURRENT MAIN WORK

Politics of Difference - Epistemologies of Peace

with Routledge, Book Series "Global Horizons", ed. by Richard Falk and RBJ Walker

listen to a prodcast (from a lecture at the University of Ottawa, October 2013) on this topic by Prof Behr at

http://www.podcast.de/podcast/125615/episoden/rss/ 

Classical Realism Meets Critical Theory: Crises, Modernity and the Return of Humanity

A Leverhulme funded International Research Network in cooperation with Michael C. Williams, Timothy W. Luke, Sean Molloy, Oliver Juetersonke, Felix Roesch, and Vibeke Schou Tjalve

First workshop: 1/2 June 2013, Newcastle, Great North Museum with papers by

Lene Hansen

Ned Lebow

Richard Beardsworth

Kamilla Stullerova

Sean Molloy

Felix Roesch

Timothy Luke

Michael Williams

for further details, see:

http://research.ncl.ac.uk/classicalrealism/ 

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

HANS MORGENTHAU, The Concept of the Political

This is an edition and first time translation of Hans J. Morgenthau's 1933 monograph on "La concept du politique"; together with Felix Roesch; with a comprehensive introduction, Foreword by Michael C. Williams

see: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=546256 

Review in the January issue of CHOICE - Current Reviews for Academic Libraries: "This volume presents an English translation of Morgenthau's 1933 essay "The Concept of the Political," along with an introduction by Behr and Roesch. Today, most political scientists are familiar with Morgenthau's 1948 book Politics among Nations, which established him as the father of the realist school of international relations. However, both the constructivist and critical turns in international relations (IR) theory are leading scholars to revisit classic works, now paying attention to the milieus in which they were written, other scholars who may have influenced their thinking, and the language and concepts available to them as they worked. In their essay, Behr and Roesch suggest that Morgenthau's conception of power as articulated in this work is more nuanced, more social, and less belligerent than IR theorists have traditionally described it. They argue that the positivists and behavioralists of the 1950s read Morgenthau's work through their own lenses, leading to field-wide misunderstandings of Morgenthau's ontology of the international system. The work presents a challenging read but is likely to have an impact throughout IR theory. Should be required on reading lists for doctoral comprehensives.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections."

M. B.Manjikian, Robertson School of Government, Regent University, USA

A History of International Political Theory: Ontologies of the International see: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279170 

Reviews:

'Hartmut Behr's A History of International Political Theory: Ontologies of the International is a fascinating critical reconsideration of how generations of political thinkers have appraised the interplay between universal and particular interests among the relations of states in their understandings of "the world" from Western antiquity through the present-day. This richly nuanced and comprehensive analysis of the many epistemological and ontological complexities in disciplined thinking about "international" affairs will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how these complexities affect our moral reasoning and political decisions about war and peace, identity and difference, locality and globality as humanity deals with the strategic challenges of the twenty-first century.'

Timothy W. Luke, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

'Taking the relationship between universalism and particularism as his starting point, Behr provides a panoramic historical vision of international political theory. In its attempt to reconstruct a philosophical genealogy of war and peace, and a renewed ethics, this original and remarkably wide-ranging book is as challenging as it is ambitious: it deserves widespread attention across International Relations and beyond.'

Michael C Williams, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada

Postgraduate Research/PhD Supervision

• Russel Foster: Cartoimperialism in the Europen Union
• Nikolas Stylianou: Critical Security Studies and the Role of Cyprus within the EU
• Lewis Scott:  Hegemony and the Question of Legitimacy
• Malachy Iwuagwu: The Marginalisation of the Global South
• Ben Coulson: US Foreign Politics and "Otherning"
• Adam Clark:  Modernization Theory - A Critique of the Critique
• Alex Kirke:  Violent Nostalgia: The Role of Political Mythology in the Securitization of Political Order

Postgraduate supervision (PhD and MA) in: Theories of International Politics; Peace and Violence; Security and Securitisation; Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism; Political Geography and Geopolitics; International Migration; US Foreign Policy; Political Philosophy; Critical Discourses in IR

Major Research Funding by

Leverhulme Trust, British Academy, The German Marshall Fund, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Alexander of Humboldt Foundation, the German Research Council (DFG), the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the Geschwister Boehringer Foundation (publication awards); Book Awards of the Geschwister Böhringer Foundation for Liberal Arts and Humanities, Ingelheim/Rhein (Germany) for Zuwanderungspolitik im Nationalstaat (PhD thesis/monograph); Entterritoriale Politik (monograph); Saekularisierung und Resakralisierung in westlichen Gesellschaften (edited volume);  several smaller conference and workshop grants

Undergraduate Teaching

POL 3081 International Political Thought (1. Semester)
POL 2082 Political Violence and the Modern State (2. Semester)

Postgraduate Teaching

POL 8006 Theories of International Relations (1. Semester)
POL 8044 Critical Geopolitics (co-teaching; 1. Semester)

POL8041: Theories and Approaches (co-teaching on "The importance of theory", 2. Semester)
POL 8051 "Bringing Ethics Back In" .. the Discipline of International Relations (2. Semester)

for further information on the MA Programme "International Studies", see

http://taster.ncl.ac.uk/ (register & log-in to "MA International Studies") 

also "International Studies at Newcastle - A Movie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rOMBaeLr7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVCF3dwD26g&feature=related 

• Behr EH. Politics of Difference: A Phenomenological Approach to Peace. Routledge, 2013. In Preparation.
• Behr H, Roesch F. Introduction to Hans J. Morgenthau - The Concept of the Political. In: Behr, H., Roesch, F, ed. The Concept of the Political - Hans J. Morgenthau. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. In Press.
• Morgenthau HJ, Behr EH, Rösch F, ed. The Concept of the Political. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
• Behr EH, Stivachtis I, ed. Europe and the World: The EU in World Affairs (Special Issue of "Review of European Studies"). Toronto, Canada: Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012. In Preparation.
• Behr H. EUrope - History, Violence, and "Peripheries". Review of European Studies (Special Issue edited by Hartmut Behr and Yannis Stivachtis) 2012, 4(3), 7-17.
• Behr EH. Comparing ‘Systems’ and ‘Cultures’: Between Universalities, Imperialism, Indigenousity. In: Lauth, H-J, ed. Comparative Politics: An Introduction. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2010, pp.73-91.
• Behr EH. Globalization. In: Wharf, B, ed. Encyclopaedia of Geography. London, UK: Sage Publications, 2010.
• Behr EH. A History of International Political Theory: Ontologies of the International. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
• Behr EH, Heath MA. Misreading in IR Theory and ideology critique: Morgenthau, Waltz and neo-realism. Review of International Studies 2009, 35(2), 327-349.
• Behr H, Berger L. The challenge of talking about terrorism: The EU and the Arab debate on the causes of islamist terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence 2009, 21(4), 539-557.
• Behr H. Deterritorialisation and the transformation of statehood: The paradox of globalisation. Geopolitics 2008, 13(2), 359-382.
• Behr EH. Political territoriality and de-territorialization. Area 2007, 39(1), 112-115.
• Behr EH. The European Union in the legacies of imperial rule? EU accession politics viewed from a historical comparative perspective. European Journal of International Relations 2007, 13(2), 239-262.
• Behr EH. Vergleichende Regierungslehre im Spannungsfeld kultureller Differenzen. In: Lauth HJ, ed. Vergleichende Regierungslehre - Eine Einfuehrung. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2006, pp.70-90.
• Behr EH. Misreadings in International Relations Theory : Ideologiekritische Anmerkungen zum Realismus und Neo-Realismus. Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft 2005, 15(1), 61-90.
• Behr EH. The myth of the nation and legacies of nationalism. Immigration politics in the European Union. Political Economy 2005, 2, 1-18.
• Behr EH. Entterritoriale Politik : Von den Internationalen Beziehungen zur Netzwerkanalyse. Mit einer Fallstudie zum globalen Terrorismus. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2004.
• Behr EH. Globalisierung als Motor der Europaeischen Integration? Untersuchungen zum Selbstverstaendnis des Akteurs EU. Zeitschrift fuer Politik 2004, 4, 135-153.
• Behr EH. Islamischer Terrorismus: Gruppen und ihre regionale und globale Vernetzung. Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik. Sozialwissenschaften fuer die Politische Bildung 2004, 2, 213-224.
• Behr EH. Politics beyond international order? The de-territorialisation of transnational politics from a security policy perspective. Humboldt Kosmos 2004, July 2004, 14-15.
• Behr EH. Terrorismusbekämpfung vor dem Hintergrund transnationaler Herausforderungen : Zur Anti-Terrorismuspolitik der Vereinten Nationen seit der Sicherheitsrats-Resolution 1373. Zeitschrift fur Internationale Beziehungen 2004, 11(1), 27-59.
• Behr EH. Transnational Terrorism and Western Responses: US and EU Policies since 9/11. In: Hubel, H., Kaim, M, ed. Conflicts in the Greater Middle East: US and German Perspectives. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2004, pp.137-158.
• Behr EH. Vereinte Nationen und Terrorismus. UN Basis Informationen: Deutsche Gesellschaft der Vereinten Nationen/German Association of the United Nation 2004, 1.
• Behr EH. Multikulturalismusdebatten in den USA und die Frage der Gerechtigkeit in einer Gesellschaft der Differenz. In: Willems U, ed. Interesse und Moral als Orientierungen politischen Handelns. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2003, pp.315-332.
• Behr EH. Neue Organisationsformen des Terrorismus und Ordnungstypologien transnationaler Politik. In: Hildebrandt M; Bendel P, ed. Im Schatten des Terrorismus. Hintergruende, Strukturen und Konsequenzen des 11. September 2001. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2002, pp.109-130.
• Behr EH. The conjunction between International Relations Theory and Political Philosophy - A review of Alan Gilbert's "Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy". Constellations - An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory 2002, 9(3), 450-452.
• Behr EH. Transnationale Politik und die Frage der Territorialitaet. In: Schmitt K, ed. Politik und Raum. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2002, pp.59-78.
• Behr EH. Die politische Theorie des Relationismus: Pierre Bourdieu. In: Brodocz, A., Schal, G, ed. Politische Theorien der Gegenwart II. Opladen: UTB, Leske + Budrich, 2001, pp.379-404.
• Behr EH. Migration, Nation und transnationale Gesellschaft. Erfordernisse fuer neue zuwanderungspolitische Leitlinien. Forschungsjournal neue soziale Bewegungen NSB 2001, 1, 99-109.
• Behr EH. Religioese Symbolik in der US amerikanischen Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik. In: Kemp, W., Mayer, B, ed. Religion und Zivilreligion im atlantischen Buendnis. Trier: Atlantische Akademie Rheinland Pfalz, 2001, pp.129-141.
• Behr EH. Zuwanderungspolitik im Nationalstaat: Formen der Eigen- und Fremdbestimmung in den USA, der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 1998.
• Papagiannidis S, Stamati T, Behr H. Social Media and Politics: Engaging and Influencing voters. In: British Academy of Management Annual Conference. 2012, Cardiff, UK.