Richard Ned Lebow Explained

Richard Ned Lebow
Birth Date:24 April 1942
Workplaces:King's College London
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
Yale University
City University of New York
Thesis Title:White Britain and Black Ireland: The Anglo-Irish colonial relationship
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2359600
Thesis Year:1968
Main Interests:International Political Theory, fiction writing

Richard Ned Lebow is an American political scientist best known for his work in international relations, political psychology, classics and philosophy of science. He is Professor Emeritus of International Political Theory at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College. Lebow also writes fiction. He has published a novel and collection of short stories and has recently finished a second novel.

Early life and education

Lebow was born in 1941 in France and was a refugee from Europe, the only member of his family to survive World War II. He was taken to an orphanage before being adopted by an American family and grew up in New York City. He graduated from Lynbrook Senior High School in 1959 in Long Island, New York.[1]

Lebow gained his BA degree from the University of Chicago, his masters from Yale University and his doctorate from City University of New York.[2]

Career

Lebow taught political science, international relations, political psychology, political theory, methodology, public policy at universities in the United States and Europe and strategy at the Naval and National War Colleges. From 2002 until becoming emeritus in 2012, he was James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He taught courses in international relations, political psychology, political theory and Greek literature and philosophy. Since 2012, He has been professor of international political theory in the War Studies department of King’s College London and Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He taught courses on philosophy of science, scope and methods and ancient Greek conceptions of order and justice.

Lebow is a realist.[3]

Lebow has held visiting positions, including:

Controversy

In 2018, Lebow was accused of making an inappropriate joke riding in an elevator during a conference. Simona Sharoni, a feminist scholar and activist, took offense at the joke and reported Lebow to the International Studies Association (ISA).[4] [5] Lebow emailed her to apologize, but said that focusing on minor offenses harms the general fight for women rights. He refused to apologize in the way that the ISA demanded from him.[6] [7]

Honours

Fiction

Scholarly Books since 2003

Winner of the Jervis-Schroeder Award (American Political Science Association) for the best book in history and international relations.

Winner of the Susan Strange Award (British International Studies Association) for the best book of the year.

Winner of the Alexander L. George Award for the best book in political psychology.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hamrah . Satgin . Interview - Richard Ned Lebow. E-International Relations. 15 February 2015 . 19 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Profile: Richard Lebow . dartmouth.edu . .
  3. Book: Lebow, Richard Ned. The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests and Orders. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-53485-7. xi. en. I too am a realist.
  4. News: She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint 'frivolous.' Who's right?. Marcus. Ruth. The Washington Post. en. 2018-08-13.
  5. News: He makes a joke. She isn't laughing: 'lingerie' comment in elevator leads to uproar among scholars. Mangan. Katherine. 6 May 2018. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 May 2018.
  6. News: Lebow . Richard Ned . 14 May 2018 . How my lame joke saw me fall foul of the campus zealots . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703080802/https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/how-my-lame-joke-saw-me-fall-foul-of-the-campus-zealots/ . 2018-07-03 . 15 May 2018 . The Spectator.
  7. Sharoni . Simona . speaking up in the age of #MeToo and persistent patriarchy or what can we learn from an elevator incident about anti-feminist backlash . Feminist Review . November 2018 . 120 . 1 . 143–151 . 10.1057/s41305-018-0127-6 . .

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