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Patricia Owens (DPIR, University of Oxford)

Patricia Owens is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations. In her work, Patricia is focusing on the 20th century international history and theory, and she is the Principal Investigator of the multi-award winning Leverhulme Project on Women and the History of International Thought, the mission of which is to recover the contributions of women to frameworks for thinking about International Relations.

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OxPol Blogcast showcases research, analysis, insights, and experiences from the members of the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), and specialist guests from the Oxford academic community and beyond. Why were the contributions of some thinkers in the field of International Relations erased from history, while others became prominent enough to reach the reading lists of today? Many of those thinkers, whose perspectives never got to see the light of day, happen to be women. On this episode of the OxPol Blogcast, host Anastasia Bektimirova is joined by Dr. Patricia Owens, a Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, who is recovering the thinkers lost in the 20th century by writing a gendered history …