Professor V. Kubálková She received her JUDr, doctorate in International Law (by dissertation) from Charles University, Czechoslovakia and her Ph.D. in International Politics from Lancaster University, England. She is a graduate of the Prague Conservatoire. She has held appointments in England, New Zealand, and Australia as well as Olin fellowship in Munich, Senior Fulbright Professor at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley. Formerly Assistant Provost for University-wide International Studies and the Director of the M.A. program in International Administration (MAIA) an affiliate member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). She served as chair and interim chair of the department of International Studies at the University of Miami. She directed a semester program at Charles University, Prague (UPrague), as well as other under graduate and graduate courses in Russia, Argentina, Africa, and India. Since 2016 she is Visiting Professor at VŠE, University of Economics, Prague, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Czech Republic, teaching during UM semester breaks intensive MA theory course for students drawn from across Europe https://smsjm.vse.cz/english/news/prof-v-kubalkova-will-lecture-on-globalized-international-relations-at-vse/https://smsjm.vse.cz/aktuality/prof-v-kubalkova-bude-na-vse-vyucovat-kurz-globalized-international-relations/She is the past President of International Studies Association South, served at the executive of the Religion and Politics Committee 43 of IPSA/AIPSA (until 2010 as its Vice Chair and co-editor of its e-newsletter) and now she serves at the executive of the Religion and IR section of International Studies Association (ISA)
... Marxism and international relations. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kubálková, V. Auth... more ... Marxism and international relations. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kubálková, V. Author: Cruickshank, AA. PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press (Oxford Oxfordshire and New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1985. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0198761708 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
Soviet" New Thinking" and the End of the Cold War: Five Explanations Ve... more Soviet" New Thinking" and the End of the Cold War: Five Explanations Vendulka Kubalkova Constructivism as an approach to International Relations (IR) and Soviet " new thinking" as a phenomenon of the final years of the Cold War barely crossed paths, since constructivism ...
Abstract In the recent years, R.W. Cox has distanced himself from some genealogical connections m... more Abstract In the recent years, R.W. Cox has distanced himself from some genealogical connections made by his followers in regard to what he meant in his famous 1981 article. Was he mischaracterized, framed? This paper focuses on how Cox has been ‘framed’, a concept elaborated and used across social sciences in different contexts. Here, it is used to look at different mechanisms by which ideas, such as those of Cox, can be connected, ‘framed’ to other ideas, not only to advance knowledge but to strengthen individual careers, to strengthen and construct approaches and disciplines. Framing highlights and creates a space but also constrains and obscures. Cox deserves to be seen outside any frames other than the one he creates for himself, one which is changing and developing as does the real world, not captive to any approach, paradigm, discipline, or any other frame.
... The problem with these classifications is that they reveal two main fea-tures of social ... i... more ... The problem with these classifications is that they reveal two main fea-tures of social ... is little agreement over what social constructivism entails, and second, despite all the differences, the lists ... he wants to propose a form of constructivism that involves causal analysis, and this ...
British Journal of international studies, Oct 1, 1977
The title of the article is intended to focus the attention of Western writers on international r... more The title of the article is intended to focus the attention of Western writers on international relations theory upon two aspects of this rapidly growing research area. Rather than meeting with an incomprehensible neglect it is our argument that the aspects referred to might well be accorded one of the key places. Failure to do so, it our contention, when transferred from considerations of theoretical efficiency into the no less precarious realm of practical policy, might well have proportionately hazardous implications. We would beg forbearance, however, if within the necessarily limited scope of this article only a very perfunctory and sketchy outline of the meaning and implications of the omissions can be given. The sole purpose of this article is to provoke interest in these particular areas rather than to supply the deficiencies – a task which clearly could only be undertaken in the expanded context of a major work.
Religion and the Realist Tradition of IR in a constructed world 1 Vendulka Kubálková, Mika Luoma-... more Religion and the Realist Tradition of IR in a constructed world 1 Vendulka Kubálková, Mika Luoma-aho Do we understand the realist tradition and its connection to religion differently depending on where we as scholars hail from? Does the path indicated by the subtitle of this volume really lead from "political theology to international relations theory", and does it lead in that direction necessarily and everywhere? We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative. In the first part of this chapter we say yes, the mainstream of the colossus which is the academic establishment of International Relations in the United States (henceforth "US/IR") has its own specific answers and views concerning the subject of IR. And it is the question posed in this volume which brings into sharp relief the unique features of US/IR and its conversion en masse to social science. The second part of this chapter argues that US/IR, at least in its mainstream articulations, does not follow the path from "political theology to international relations theory". We argue that US/IR moves from political theology to a different form of political theology-if not a peculiar kind of secular religion. We highlight some lesser known statements by Hans J. Morgenthau that are totally set aside by the US/IR mainstream and yet are highly relevant to the troubled world today. These statements reveal the Judeo-Christian influences characteristic of the Anglo-American IR discipline before the scientific turn of US/IR. In the conclusion we talk about what it would take for US/IR to go through a similar "reformation" as Christianity did in the 16th century.
... Agency and Structure and IP/FP Split 2.1 Locating IR Theories 3.1 Language ... interested in ... more ... Agency and Structure and IP/FP Split 2.1 Locating IR Theories 3.1 Language ... interested in identity, culture, religion, or other'ideational' aspects of international relations, does it ... INTRODUCTION 5 constructivism, and Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics (1999 ...
... The Return of Culture and Identity in International Relations Theory. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rien... more ... The Return of Culture and Identity in International Relations Theory. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.Pettman, Ralph. 1994." What We Think About World Politics, What We Don't Think, and Why?" Paper presented at the US International Studies Association Conference, March. ...
According to Fred Halliday's ‘Vigilantism in International Relations: Kubálková, ... more According to Fred Halliday's ‘Vigilantism in International Relations: Kubálková, Cruickshank and Marxist theory’ (Review of International Studies, Volume 13, Number 3, July 1987) our article entitled ‘The ‘New Cold War’ in ‘critical International Relations studies’’ (Review of International Studies, Volume 12, Number 3, July 1986) along with the rest of our work suffer from serious defects. It appears according to Halliday that we ‘do not understand’, we ‘wouldn't understand’, ‘couldn't understand’, nor could our readers ‘divine from our work’. We are, according to Halliday, ‘simplistic’ and ‘given to overstate’. We are ‘ideological’ and ‘tendentious’, our work is ‘inapposite’ and ‘misleading’. It ‘misrepresents’ and it ‘ignores’, it is ‘disputable’ and ‘contentious’, ‘historically and theoretically inaccurate’, ‘dense and meandering’, ‘spurious’ and ‘ill-intentioned’. We ‘obscure issues with polemic’, our ‘simplifications are underpinned by other simplifications’, we ‘erect on a flimsy base’. ‘More attentive reading’, Halliday feels, would ‘tell us a thing or two’. We are guilty of ‘elisions of argument’, ‘dubious imputation of motive’, and ‘foreshortening of logic’. Others have a ‘historical and theoretical erudition’ that we, Halliday feels, ‘as yet’ cannot ‘muster’. There is more: Halliday finds it necessary to make comparison of our credentials and writing with those of others whose writing he finds less difficult to follow. The credentials of some gain recognition as (somewhat obscurely) ‘second to none’, and the works of some others are judged ‘fine’, ‘able’, and ‘most competent’. He extends his approbation to yet other authors who unlike Kubálková and Cruickshank manage to talk about their subject (Marxism and International Relations) ‘appreciatively’, ‘calmly’, and ‘positively’. In an ad hominem turn Halliday expresses his misgivings as to Kubálková’s scholarship for he again feels she ‘transposes’ (‘with ease’) ‘totalitarian method’ and the ‘conformist disciplining’ of debate ‘from the eastern bloc’ on to Western academia.
Journal of International Relations and Development, Jun 1, 2009
JIRD, an independent, internationally peer-reviewed journal in international relations and politi... more JIRD, an independent, internationally peer-reviewed journal in international relations and political economy.
... Marxism and international relations. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kubálková, V. Auth... more ... Marxism and international relations. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kubálková, V. Author: Cruickshank, AA. PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press (Oxford Oxfordshire and New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1985. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0198761708 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
Soviet" New Thinking" and the End of the Cold War: Five Explanations Ve... more Soviet" New Thinking" and the End of the Cold War: Five Explanations Vendulka Kubalkova Constructivism as an approach to International Relations (IR) and Soviet " new thinking" as a phenomenon of the final years of the Cold War barely crossed paths, since constructivism ...
Abstract In the recent years, R.W. Cox has distanced himself from some genealogical connections m... more Abstract In the recent years, R.W. Cox has distanced himself from some genealogical connections made by his followers in regard to what he meant in his famous 1981 article. Was he mischaracterized, framed? This paper focuses on how Cox has been ‘framed’, a concept elaborated and used across social sciences in different contexts. Here, it is used to look at different mechanisms by which ideas, such as those of Cox, can be connected, ‘framed’ to other ideas, not only to advance knowledge but to strengthen individual careers, to strengthen and construct approaches and disciplines. Framing highlights and creates a space but also constrains and obscures. Cox deserves to be seen outside any frames other than the one he creates for himself, one which is changing and developing as does the real world, not captive to any approach, paradigm, discipline, or any other frame.
... The problem with these classifications is that they reveal two main fea-tures of social ... i... more ... The problem with these classifications is that they reveal two main fea-tures of social ... is little agreement over what social constructivism entails, and second, despite all the differences, the lists ... he wants to propose a form of constructivism that involves causal analysis, and this ...
British Journal of international studies, Oct 1, 1977
The title of the article is intended to focus the attention of Western writers on international r... more The title of the article is intended to focus the attention of Western writers on international relations theory upon two aspects of this rapidly growing research area. Rather than meeting with an incomprehensible neglect it is our argument that the aspects referred to might well be accorded one of the key places. Failure to do so, it our contention, when transferred from considerations of theoretical efficiency into the no less precarious realm of practical policy, might well have proportionately hazardous implications. We would beg forbearance, however, if within the necessarily limited scope of this article only a very perfunctory and sketchy outline of the meaning and implications of the omissions can be given. The sole purpose of this article is to provoke interest in these particular areas rather than to supply the deficiencies – a task which clearly could only be undertaken in the expanded context of a major work.
Religion and the Realist Tradition of IR in a constructed world 1 Vendulka Kubálková, Mika Luoma-... more Religion and the Realist Tradition of IR in a constructed world 1 Vendulka Kubálková, Mika Luoma-aho Do we understand the realist tradition and its connection to religion differently depending on where we as scholars hail from? Does the path indicated by the subtitle of this volume really lead from "political theology to international relations theory", and does it lead in that direction necessarily and everywhere? We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative. In the first part of this chapter we say yes, the mainstream of the colossus which is the academic establishment of International Relations in the United States (henceforth "US/IR") has its own specific answers and views concerning the subject of IR. And it is the question posed in this volume which brings into sharp relief the unique features of US/IR and its conversion en masse to social science. The second part of this chapter argues that US/IR, at least in its mainstream articulations, does not follow the path from "political theology to international relations theory". We argue that US/IR moves from political theology to a different form of political theology-if not a peculiar kind of secular religion. We highlight some lesser known statements by Hans J. Morgenthau that are totally set aside by the US/IR mainstream and yet are highly relevant to the troubled world today. These statements reveal the Judeo-Christian influences characteristic of the Anglo-American IR discipline before the scientific turn of US/IR. In the conclusion we talk about what it would take for US/IR to go through a similar "reformation" as Christianity did in the 16th century.
... Agency and Structure and IP/FP Split 2.1 Locating IR Theories 3.1 Language ... interested in ... more ... Agency and Structure and IP/FP Split 2.1 Locating IR Theories 3.1 Language ... interested in identity, culture, religion, or other'ideational' aspects of international relations, does it ... INTRODUCTION 5 constructivism, and Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics (1999 ...
... The Return of Culture and Identity in International Relations Theory. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rien... more ... The Return of Culture and Identity in International Relations Theory. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.Pettman, Ralph. 1994." What We Think About World Politics, What We Don't Think, and Why?" Paper presented at the US International Studies Association Conference, March. ...
According to Fred Halliday's ‘Vigilantism in International Relations: Kubálková, ... more According to Fred Halliday's ‘Vigilantism in International Relations: Kubálková, Cruickshank and Marxist theory’ (Review of International Studies, Volume 13, Number 3, July 1987) our article entitled ‘The ‘New Cold War’ in ‘critical International Relations studies’’ (Review of International Studies, Volume 12, Number 3, July 1986) along with the rest of our work suffer from serious defects. It appears according to Halliday that we ‘do not understand’, we ‘wouldn't understand’, ‘couldn't understand’, nor could our readers ‘divine from our work’. We are, according to Halliday, ‘simplistic’ and ‘given to overstate’. We are ‘ideological’ and ‘tendentious’, our work is ‘inapposite’ and ‘misleading’. It ‘misrepresents’ and it ‘ignores’, it is ‘disputable’ and ‘contentious’, ‘historically and theoretically inaccurate’, ‘dense and meandering’, ‘spurious’ and ‘ill-intentioned’. We ‘obscure issues with polemic’, our ‘simplifications are underpinned by other simplifications’, we ‘erect on a flimsy base’. ‘More attentive reading’, Halliday feels, would ‘tell us a thing or two’. We are guilty of ‘elisions of argument’, ‘dubious imputation of motive’, and ‘foreshortening of logic’. Others have a ‘historical and theoretical erudition’ that we, Halliday feels, ‘as yet’ cannot ‘muster’. There is more: Halliday finds it necessary to make comparison of our credentials and writing with those of others whose writing he finds less difficult to follow. The credentials of some gain recognition as (somewhat obscurely) ‘second to none’, and the works of some others are judged ‘fine’, ‘able’, and ‘most competent’. He extends his approbation to yet other authors who unlike Kubálková and Cruickshank manage to talk about their subject (Marxism and International Relations) ‘appreciatively’, ‘calmly’, and ‘positively’. In an ad hominem turn Halliday expresses his misgivings as to Kubálková’s scholarship for he again feels she ‘transposes’ (‘with ease’) ‘totalitarian method’ and the ‘conformist disciplining’ of debate ‘from the eastern bloc’ on to Western academia.
Journal of International Relations and Development, Jun 1, 2009
JIRD, an independent, internationally peer-reviewed journal in international relations and politi... more JIRD, an independent, internationally peer-reviewed journal in international relations and political economy.
This book develops an alternative way of understanding international relations as social relation... more This book develops an alternative way of understanding international relations as social relations. Mainstream theorists--and their post-modern critics--leave people out. Constructivism puts people, their activities, and their social arrangements at the forefront. It is now recognized as the most important recent breakthrough in international relations theory.
"Constructivism is ... one of the most promising approaches in theory-building, although it has not always been one of the easiest to understand. Now International Relations in a Constructed World explains with great clarity what we want and need to know. The chapters advance constructivism as a school of thought, situate this approach among others in the field, and apply it to key international issues. I highly recommend this book as one that any scholar or student interested in social science theory in any field will enjoy and profit from reading." -- Yale Ferguson, Rutgers University
"The authors of this coherent collection of essays dig deep into the philosophical, theoretical, historical, and methodological underpinnings of constructivism as an approach to the study of international relations. The results of their exploration are salutary in the challenge they pose to mainstream approaches and in their demonstrated potential for creative insights into the dynamics of world politics. Readers may dissent from some of the book's conclusions, but they are bound to ponder, and be provoked by, its central analytic themes." -- James N. Rosenau, George Washington University
"This book uniquely serves the function of providing an accessible introduction to social constructivism in international relations, especially the theoretically informed and usable variant that Nick Onuf has pioneered. I am particularly excited about the way the editors and contributors have grounded their presentation in the discipline of IR, the often puzzling indeterminacies of the 'agent-structure' controversy (which they help resolve with their emphasis on rules, speech-acts, practices, and institutions), and the exciting new science of chaos, complexity, and emergent systems. The mix of historical-philosophical discussion, guidelines for research, and applications to current problems like national identity, feminist work, and Internet governance should speak to a wide range of students and faculty alike." -- Hayward R. Alker, University of Southern California
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"Constructivism is ... one of the most promising approaches in theory-building, although it has not always been one of the easiest to understand. Now International Relations in a Constructed World explains with great clarity what we want and need to know. The chapters advance constructivism as a school of thought, situate this approach among others in the field, and apply it to key international issues. I highly recommend this book as one that any scholar or student interested in social science theory in any field will enjoy and profit from reading." -- Yale Ferguson, Rutgers University
"The authors of this coherent collection of essays dig deep into the philosophical, theoretical, historical, and methodological underpinnings of constructivism as an approach to the study of international relations. The results of their exploration are salutary in the challenge they pose to mainstream approaches and in their demonstrated potential for creative insights into the dynamics of world politics. Readers may dissent from some of the book's conclusions, but they are bound to ponder, and be provoked by, its central analytic themes." -- James N. Rosenau, George Washington University
"This book uniquely serves the function of providing an accessible introduction to social constructivism in international relations, especially the theoretically informed and usable variant that Nick Onuf has pioneered. I am particularly excited about the way the editors and contributors have grounded their presentation in the discipline of IR, the often puzzling indeterminacies of the 'agent-structure' controversy (which they help resolve with their emphasis on rules, speech-acts, practices, and institutions), and the exciting new science of chaos, complexity, and emergent systems. The mix of historical-philosophical discussion, guidelines for research, and applications to current problems like national identity, feminist work, and Internet governance should speak to a wide range of students and faculty alike." -- Hayward R. Alker, University of Southern California