IR on iTunes

26 October 2005, 1558 EDT

A growing number of professors use podcasting – or the functional equivalent – to distribute their lectures, overviews of readings, and so forth. When I have the time, I know that I want to supplement blogging with podcasting. Our very own Patrick Jackson, on the other hand, has long been on the cutting edge of using technology in the classroom. Perhaps some day he’ll tell us about what he’s been up to.

Meanwhile, Stanford is testing the waters in a big way. Coming Anarchy reports on iTunes at Stanford. The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (which was the “Stanford Institute for International Studies” when I was there) already has a number of lectures up by such heavy hitters at Scott Sagan, Larry Diamond, Sandy Berger, and Philip Zeliokow.

At running times ranging from around fifty minutes to ninety minutes, the lectures are better suited for commuting, exercise sessions, or lengthy food preparation than for casual listening. Still, you should check them out.

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Dan Nexon

Daniel H. Nexon is a Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. His academic work focuses on international-relations theory, power politics, empires and hegemony, and international order. He has also written on the relationship between popular culture and world politics.

He has held fellowships at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and at the Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Studies. During 2009-2010 he worked in the U.S. Department of Defense as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. He was the lead editor of International Studies Quarterly from 2014-2018.

He is the author of The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires, and International Change (Princeton University Press, 2009), which won the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Book Award for 2010, and co-author of Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2020). His articles have appeared in a lot of places. He is the founder of the The Duck of Minerva, and also blogs at Lawyers, Guns and Money.