Let the IR blogging begin...
This blog was set up in order to discuss the academic discipline of International Relations. It is for use by part-time MA students who are studying International Relations in Dublin City University from 2005-2007. It is intended to provide a forum for ideas and discussion.
All of us have willingly signed up for the course, and I for one find the subject matter fascinating. In our very first class this semester, mention was made of a ‘scholarly community’. I was thinking about ways to try to interact as a scholarly community of students, and I thought it might be a nice idea to set up a discussion blog where we could exchange ideas and understandings of the subjects of the course.
Last Friday, a few of us went out for a nice meal that Eva arranged for our class (thanks Eva!). At the meal and in the pub afterwards, I ran this idea about a blog by a few of my fellow students. Most of them were encouraging, and thought they might be interested in posting a few thoughts about things on a blog. So I decided just to go ahead and set one up!
I have often asked myself why I bothered signing up for a Masters at all (I've written about this on my own blog). One of the main things I’m interested in is getting into a dialogue with my fellow students about global politics, inequality, war, trade, and other IR stuff. Maybe a blog like this would be a good way to have this discussion? So now let’s see if there are any volunteers to contribute!!
Don’t all rush forward…
All of us have willingly signed up for the course, and I for one find the subject matter fascinating. In our very first class this semester, mention was made of a ‘scholarly community’. I was thinking about ways to try to interact as a scholarly community of students, and I thought it might be a nice idea to set up a discussion blog where we could exchange ideas and understandings of the subjects of the course.
Last Friday, a few of us went out for a nice meal that Eva arranged for our class (thanks Eva!). At the meal and in the pub afterwards, I ran this idea about a blog by a few of my fellow students. Most of them were encouraging, and thought they might be interested in posting a few thoughts about things on a blog. So I decided just to go ahead and set one up!
I have often asked myself why I bothered signing up for a Masters at all (I've written about this on my own blog). One of the main things I’m interested in is getting into a dialogue with my fellow students about global politics, inequality, war, trade, and other IR stuff. Maybe a blog like this would be a good way to have this discussion? So now let’s see if there are any volunteers to contribute!!
Don’t all rush forward…
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