BISA chair roundtable: 50 years and counting: reflecting on the discipline and profession of International Studies

Wednesday 18 Jun 2025, 16:45 → 18:15 Europe/London

Assembly Hall

In celebration of our 50th anniversary, and as part of the #BISA2025 conference in Belfast, we'll be bringing together a roundtable of distinguished former BISA Chairs to discuss how international relations – as a set of global relations and as a scholarly discipline -  has changed over the last five decades.

 

Speakers

• Professor Barry Buzan (BISA Chair, 1988–1990)
• Professor Chris Brown (1997-1999)
• Professor Christopher Hill (1999-2001)
• Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (2005 – 2007)
• Professor Richard Whitman (2018 – 2019)
• Professor Ruth Blakeley (2021-23)

 

Chaired by Professor Mark Webber (2019-2021)

 

This special event is open both to delegates of #BISA2025 and to the general public. You can attend either in person or virtually.

 

If you have registered for the BISA conference and are attending this event in person, then there is no need to register for this event separately. Please just turn up wearing your conference lanyard. However, if you wish to attend virtually you will need to register here so that you receive the Zoom link.