Section: Staff Profiles

Seán Molloy

Name
Dr Seán Molloy
Title
Lecturer
Organisation
Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
4.26 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
Telephone
+44 (0)131 650 9920
E-Mail
URL
http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/molloy_sean

Office Hours


Dr. Molloy is currently on research leave from September 2011 - 31 May 2012 and will not be holding office hours during this time.


Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) History (Trinity College, Dublin)
  • MA International Relations (Dublin City University)
  • PhD International Relations (University of Limerick)

 

Recent Posts


After his PhD, Dr. Molloy was a visiting scholar at the Watson Institute for International Studies in Brown University, a position that was partly funded by the Fulbright Commission. Prior to Edinburgh, he taught at the University of Glasgow and at the University of Sussex.


Research Interests


Dr. Molloy's research interests are primarily based in International Relations Theory and International Security. He is a member of the International Politics Research Group  and the Political Theory Research Group. 


Dr. Molloy has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council fellowship for the project 'A Critical-Historical Investigation into the Philosophical Roots of Realist Ethics in International Relations Theory.' This project examines the influence of various moral perspectives on the development of E.H. Carr and Hans J. Morgenthau's theories of international relations and seeks to broaden and deepen the understanding of Realist ethics within IR. 


Dr. Molloy is also researching various aspects of Immanuel Kant's writings in relation to international society. 
 
Dr. Molloy has also worked on the security and trade dimensions of Transatlantic Relations.


Recent Publications


Book: The Hidden History of Realism: A Genealogy of Power Politics (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006)


Articles:


'From The Twenty Years’ Crisis to Theory of International Politics: a Rhizomatic Reading of Realism,' Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 13.4, 2010, pp. 378-404.


'Escaping the Politics of the Irredeemable Earth - Anarchy and Transcendence in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon,' Theory & Event, Vol. 13.3, 2010.


'Aristotle, Epicurus, Morgenthau and the Political Ethics of the Lesser Evil,' Journal of International Political Theory, Vol. 5.1, 2009, pp.94-112.


Dialectics and Transformations: Exploring the International Theory of E.H. Carr,' International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 16.4, 2003, pp. 279-306.


'Realism: A Problematic Paradigm.' Security Dialogue, Vol. 34.1, 2003, pp. 71-85.


'The Realist Logic of International Society,' Cooperation and Conflict, Vol.38.2, 2003, pp. 83-99.


'Truth, Power, Theory: Hans Morgenthau's Formulation of Realism.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 15.1, March 2004, pp. 1-34.


Review Essay: 'Global Ethics in the Contemporary Age - Program, Critique, and Deconstruction,' International Studies Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2010, pp. 579-583.


Book Chapters:
'Hans J. Morgenthau Versus E.H. Carr: Conflicting Conceptions of Ethics in Realism,' in Duncan Bell (ed) Political Thought and International Relations. Variations on a Realist Theme (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).


'Security Strategy and the War on Terror.' in John Peterson and Roland Dannreuther (eds), Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations (London: Routledge, 2006).


'The New Politics of Realism: A Theoretical Response to Developments within Transatlantic Relations,' in Jon Micgiel and Glenda Rosenthal (eds), The Changing Face of Transatlantic Relations (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004).


Current Research and Teaching


Dr. Molloy teaches on the compulsory module in IR theory for the MSc International and European Politics. He also delivers lectures on the MA courses in International Relations and Politics, including the Honours course Realism in International Relations.


PhD Supervision


Dr. Molloy is willing to supervise PhDs relating to classical IR theory such as Realism and the English School and post-classical approaches to IR theory such as the various strands of post-positivist theory.


Links to Publications


The Hidden History of Realism: A Genealogy of Power Politics (New York:Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006)

This page was published on 27 October 2011


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