Reflections on Over Thirty Years of Teaching & the Future of the Study of International Relations

Celebrating a career of teaching and mentorship, the Department of Political Studies is proud to announce Professor Wayne Cox's final lecture:

Reflections on Over Thirty Years of Teaching & the Future of the Study of International Relations

Wayne Cox started his academic career as a Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in 1992. He remained at RMC through most of the 1990s, and also taught courses at Queen’s at the same time. In 2001, he came to Queen’s permanently, and since that time, Professor Cox has taught the large introductory course to both International Relations and International Political Economy almost every year since. He has introduced the study of world politics to thousands of Queen’s undergraduate students. He has also taught the core Ph.D./MA field course on International Relations most years since 2001, seeing hundreds of MA and Ph.D. students through their course work and field exams. He has supervised many graduate students who have gone on to careers as university professors, government officials, researchers, international lawyers, among many others. 

Professor Cox is known widely as a critical theorist and his research and publications span a broad range of topics including critical and post-positivist international relations and political economy, international relations theory, Kurdish ethnonationalism, Middle Eastern politics, American hegemony and global order, Canadian foreign and defence policy, violence and war, human rights, and the teaching of world politics. Outside of university life, Professor Cox is an avid guitar player and songwriter.

This lecture is open to all students, faculty, staff, and members of the public.

Following the lecture, colleagues, students, and friends are invited to join Wayne at the Grad Club (162 Barrie St.) at 4:00 pm to celebrate his retirement and wish him all the best in this next chapter.