Kimberly Hutchings is

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and

International Relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

. She is a leading scholar in

international relations theory International relations theory is the study of international relations (IR) from a theoretical perspective. It seeks to explain behaviors and outcomes in international politics. The three most prominent School of thought, schools of thought are ...

. She has extensively researched and published on international political theory in respect to

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and

Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a 19th-century German idealism, German idealist. His influence extends across a wide range of topics from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political phi ...

ian philosophy, international and global ethics,

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and philosophy, and politics and violence. Her work is influenced by the scholarly tradition that produced the

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and

Critical Theory Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical perspective which centers on analyzing and challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are ...

. She is the author of ''Kant, Critique and Politics'', ''International Political Theory: rethinking ethics in a global era'', ''Hegel and Feminist Philosophy'' and ''Time and World Politics: thinking the present''. Her current focus is on the areas of global ethics, assumptions about time and history in theories of international relations, and the conceptual relationship between politics and violence in Western political thought. Prior to moving to Queen Mary in the summer of 2014, she worked as Professor of International Relations at the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

, acting as Head of Department from 2010 to 2013. She served as Reader at the same institution from 2003 to 2007. Hutchings was only the third woman to hold a professorial position in the Department of International Relations at the LSE (after

Susan Strange Susan Strange (9 June 1923 – 25 October 1998) was a British political economist, author, and journalist who was "almost single-handedly responsible for creating international political economy." Notable publications include ''Sterling and ...

and Margot Light) when awarded the position in 2007. From 1995 to 2002, she was Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at The University of Edinburgh's Graduate School of Social and Political Studies. Prior to that, she was a Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the

University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a public university in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England, located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Originally founded in 1827 as the Wolverham ...

. She completed her PhD at the

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under the supervision of

Gillian Rose Gillian Rosemary Rose (née Stone; 20 September 1947 – 9 December 1995) was a British philosopher and writer. Rose held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick until 1995. Rose began her teaching career at the ...

Works

*Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist ethics and political violence." In: ''International Politics'' 44:1 (2007), pp. 90-106. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist perspectives on a planetary ethic." In: ''The globalization of ethics''. Edited by Sullivan, W.M.; Kymlicka, W. Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 171-190. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Happy anniversary! Time and critique in international relations theory." In: ''Review of International Studies'' 33, S1 (2007), pp. 71-89. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Simone de Beauvoir and the ambiguous ethics of political violence." In: ''Hypatia'' 22, no. 3 (2007), pp. 111-132. *Hutchings, Kimberly; Frazer, E. "Argument and rhetoric in the justification of political violence." In: ''European Journal of Political Theory'' 6, no. 2 (2007), pp. 180-199. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Hegel, ethics and the logic of universality." In: ''Hegel: New directions''. Edited by Deligiogi, K. Acumen, 2006, pp. 105-123. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Global Civil Society: Thinking Politics and Progress." In: ''Global Civil Society: Contested Futures''. Edited by Baker, G.; Chandler, D. Routledge, 2005, pp. 130-148. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Speaking and hearing: Habermasian discourse ethics, feminism and international relations." In: ''Review of International Studies'' 31, no. 1 (2005), pp. 155-165. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Subjects, Citizens or Pilgrims? Citizenship and Civil Society in a Global Context." In: ''The Idea of Global Civil Society: Politics and Ethics in a Globalizing Era''. Edited by Germain, R. D.; Kenny, M. Routledge, 2005, pp. 84-99. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "From morality to politics and back again: Feminist international ethics and the civil society argument." In: ''Alternatives'' 24 (2004), pp. 239-264. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "World politics and the question of progress." Redescriptions: Yearbook of Political Thought and Conceptual History 8 (2004), pp. 211-234. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism." In: ''Understanding Democratic Politics''. Edited by Axtmann, R. Sage Publications, 2003, pp. 291-299. *Hutchings, Kimberly. ''Hegel and feminist philosophy''. Polity Press, 2003. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism and Global Citizenship." In: ''Global Citizenship: A Critical Reader''. Edited by Dower, N.; Williams, J. Edinburgh University Press, 2002, pp. 53-62. *Hutchings, Kimberly. ''De-Beauvoir's Hegelianism: Rethinking the Second Sex.'' Radical Philosophy 107 (2001), pp. 21-31. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Ethics, Feminism and International Affairs." In: ''Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits''. Edited by Coicaud, J.-M.; Warner, D. United Nations University Press, 2001, pp. 194-216. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist Philosophy and International Relations Theory: A Review." In: ''Women's Philosophy Review'' 27 (2001), pp. 31-60. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "International Politics as Ethical Life." In: ''Ethics and International Relations''. Edited by Seckinelgin, H.; Shinoda, H. Palgrave, 2001, pp. 30-55. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "The Nature of Critique in Critical International Theory." In: ''Critical Theory and World Politics''. Edited by Wyn Jones, R. Lynne Rienner, 2001, pp. 79-90. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Beyond Antigone: Towards a Hegelian Feminist Philosophy." In: ''Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain'' 41/42 (2000), pp. 120-131. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "The Question of Self-Determination and Its Implications for Normative International Theory". In: ''Contemporary Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy'' 3, no. 1 (2000), pp. 91-120. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Towards a Feminist International Ethics." In: ''Review of International Studies'' 26, no. 5 (2000), pp. 111-130. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism, Universalism and the Ethics of International Politics." In: ''Women, Culture and International Relations''. Edited by Jabri, V.; O'Gorman, E. Lynne Rienner, 1999, pp. 17-37. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist Politics and Cosmopolitan Citizenship." In: ''Cosmopolitan Citizenship''. Edited by Hutchings, K.; Dannreuther, R. Macmillan Press, 1999, pp. 120-142. *Hutchings, Kimberly. ''International Political Theory: Re-thinking Ethics in a Global Era''. Sage Publications, 1999. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "New Thinking in International Relations." In: ''Theory and Society: Understanding the Present''. Edited by Browning, G.; Halcli, A.; Webster, F. Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 191-204. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Political Theory and Cosmopolitan Citizenship." In: ''Cosmopolitan Citizenship''. Edited by Hutchings, K.; Dannreuther, R. Macmillan Press, 1999, pp. 3-32. *Hutchings, Kimberly. "Reason, Knowledge and Truth: Speculative Thinking and Feminist Epistemology." In: ''Women's Philosophy Review'' 23 (1999), pp. 5-33. *Hutchings, Kimberly; Dannreuther, R (eds.). ''Cosmopolitan Citizenship''. Macmillan Press, 1999.

External links

Profile of Kimberly Hutchings at LSEDepartment of International Relations at LSE
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchings, Kimberly Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British political scientists Academics of the London School of Economics British international relations scholars Academics of the University of Wolverhampton Academics of the University of Edinburgh British women political scientists