Editors’ Introduction
| Published date | 01 September 2011 |
| Date | 01 September 2011 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0305829811415574 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
MILLENNIU
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Journal of International Studies
Millennium: Journal of
International Studies
40(1) 107
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Editors’ Introduction
Every year since 1971, a new team of Editors, Deputy Editors and Book Review Editors
is elected among the postgraduate students of the London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE) to run Millennium: Journal of International Studies, an interdis-
ciplinary journal devoted to the discussion of new domains of theoretical inquiry within
International Relations (IR).
Since the mid-1980s, Millennium has stood out for innovating research in a staggering
breadth of issue-areas, including, but not limited to, critical and normative theory, femi-
nist and gender theory, post-structuralism, post-colonialism, empires and imperialism,
nationalism, religion, culture, and the philosophical traditions of IR. Today, Millennium
has a worldwide circulation and enjoys a global recognition for its high professional
standard as well as an established reputation for challenging preconceptions about the
discipline’s topography.
It is no small achievement for a student-run journal to achieve such prominence in the
discipline. To commemorate this achievement, a 40th Anniversary Symposium was held at
the LSE on 11 February 2011. With the invaluable contribution from the Editors of Volume
39, Jasmine Gani, Marta Iniguez de Heredia and Paul Kirby, the Symposium brought
together many academics and students of IR, including Chris Brown, Toni Erskine, Lene
Hansen, John M. Hobson, Mark Hoffman, Kim Hutchings, Naeem Inayatullah, Miljia
Kurki, Andrew Linklater, Sanjay Seth, Chris Stevens and Marysia Zalewsky. Some of the
papers discussed at the forum are featured in this issue’s special ‘40th Anniversary Forum’.
The forum is a recognition, reflection and celebration of Millennium’s 40-year legacy.
Recognition is given to the valuable intuition held by its founding father, Professor Fred
Northedge, that students, with their fresh perspectives, have a key role in putting forward
new understandings about the world, as well as opening up the discipline’s future direc-
tions. Reflection looks at how the innovations associated with the journal have fared across
the decades and how they can be revived or reassessed going forward. Celebration is to
acknowledge Millennium’s success as a leading voice in international relations.
The Editorial Teams which have followed each other for 40 years share this success jointly
with Millennium’s contributors and readers. Given the lasting commitment of the student
community at the LSE, the increasing number of contributions and the faithful affection of
the readers, we are confident that the journal will continue to host groundbreaking research
that will enrich the field of International Relations and our understanding of the world at large.
On behalf of past and present Editorial Teams,
Damiano de Felice, Francesco Obino and Shuxiu Zhang
Editors, Volume 40
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