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ATAKA Hiroaki

Department / Course College of International Relations American University Ritsumeikan University Joint Degree Program

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Relations and Area Studies
3.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration The Research and Development Institute of Regional Information

Academic background
1.	～2010/09	Doctorial Course │ Department of Politics and International Studies │ University of Warwick │ Completed PhD in Politics and International Studies
2.	～2004/09	Master Course │ Department of Politics and International Studies │ University of Warwick │ Completed
3.	～2001/03	Department of Political Science │ Faculty of Laws │ Keio University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2022/04/01 ～	Professor │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2015/09/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Visiting Associate Professor │ School of International Service │ American University
3.	2011/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	Associate Professor │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2010/09/01 ～ 2011/03/31	Part-Time Lecturer │ Department of Politics and International Studies, │ University of Warwick
5.	2001/04/01 ～ 2003/06/30	Assistant Economist │ Economic Research Centre, │ Fujitsu Research Institute

Committee and society
1.	2010/10 ～ 2012/11	Japan Association of International Relations Member, Book Review Sub-committee
2.	2008/08 ～ 2013/10	Japan Association of International Relations Representative (Foreign Division; Chairman from 2011.04), Regional/Graduate Students Study Group

Research activities
1.		Japan Association of International Relations
2.		Japan Political Science Association
3.		Peace Studies Association of Japan
4.		British International Studies Association
5.		International Studies Association

Subject of research
1.	Inquiry into the theoretical and pedagogical possibilities of Global IR
2.	Critical examination of the basic categories in IR
3.	Global financial orders in a post-neoliberalism era

Present specialized field
International Relations, Politics (Keyword：Critical International Relations Theory, Global IR, Global Relations, International Political Economy)

Books
1.	2018/11	“End of International Relations Theories?: Tracing Reflexivity in Global IR and Beyond.” Aya Kuzuya and Atsushi Shibasaki eds. The End of “International Politics”: Response from Japan │ ,pp.127-148
2.	2017/05	Barry Buzan. 2014. An Introduction to the English School of International Relations. Cambridge: Polity Press. Ch.4 "International Society in World History │ ,pp.61-78
3.	2016/08	Deconstructing the Westphalian Discourse: International Relations as Historiography
4.	2013/10	'English School as Critical Theory', in Eikokugakuha no Kokusaikankeiron [The English School of International Relations], eds. Makoto Sato, Makoto Onaka and Josuke Ikeda │ ,pp.112-129
5.	2010/10	'Global Financial Order and Embedded Liberalism: Towards a “Post-American” Order', in An Alternative Vision for New Economic Policies: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Well-Being of Nations, ed. Takeshi Nakano │ ,pp.328-346

Papers
1.	2022/05/24	Pluralism, Plurality and Interdisciplinary Relations in IR: Shifting Theoretical Directions │ International Relations │
2.	2021/10	The Constraints of Change: Deconstructing the Westphalian Narrative in Theory and Practice │ Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu │ 34 (2),pp.35-60
3.	2017/06	Resilience of Neoliberalism: The Performative Effects of Neoliberalism in Post-Crisis America │ The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association │ 2017 (1),pp.57-79
4.	2016/06	Geopolitics or Geobody Politics? Understanding the Rise of China and its Actions in the South China Sea │ Asian Journal of Peacebuilding │ 4 (1),pp.77-95
5.	2013	Unthinking the Westphalian Narrative: Towards a Plural Future of World Politics │ Proceedings of the Second Afrasian International Symposium │ ,pp.197-215
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/04/05	Rereading Global IR as Cosmopolitics: Pluriverse, Relationality and Ontological Politics in IR
2.	2023/11/26	Planet Politics: A View from International Relations
3.	2023/08/09	Rereading Global IR as Cosmopolitics: Multinaturalism, Pluriverse, Relationality
4.	2019/10/20	Global Knowledge Production and Critical Theory: The Case of Japan
5.	2018/01/20	Temporal Assumptions in Global IR: A Critique
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