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Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Jack Donnelly

Education

PhD, University of California, Berkeley
BSFS, MA, Georgetown University

Profile

Andrew Mellon Professor and John Evans Professor, University of Denver; 2008 University Lecturer, University of Denver. Previously taught at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, College of the Holy Cross, Tulane University, Mills College. Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore, University of Connecticut, Bar-Ilan University, National University (Costa Rica), University of the Republic (Uruguay). Author of more than 80 articles and book chapters, and many books, including Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (second edition, 2003),  International Human Rights (third edition, 2006), and Realism and International Relations (2000).

Research and Expertise

Principal areas of research: international relations theory, especially structural theories of international politics and comparative analysis of historical international systems; theory and practice of human rights (with a current emphasis on cross-cultural conceptions of human dignity across history).

Courses

INTS 4820: Ancient Political Theory
INTS 4821: Modern Political Theory
INTS 4875: Human Rights and Foreign Policy
INTS 4900: International Politics Theory
INTS 4903: Social Construction of International Society
INTS 4906: Classics of International Theory
INTS 4940: Introduction to Human Rights
INTS 4951: Comparing International Societies

Jack Donnelly
  • jdonnell@du.edu
  • 303.871.2563
  • 304A Ben M. Cherrington Hall
  • Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
    • 2201 South Gaylord Street
    • Denver , CO 80208 USA
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