Hayward Alker
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Hayward R. Alker (1937 – 2007) was a Professor of
Education
He received his
Career
Hayward Alker served as John A. McCone Professor of International Relations at
Research and influence
His 1996 book Rediscoveries and Reformulations: Humanistic Methodologies for International Studies (Cambridge U,
His former students recall his generosity with time and his intellectual creativity. Rather than rewarding only the PhD students who followed his own research program, as some professors do, he stimulated and inspired a wide variety of budding intellects. Prof. Joshua Goldstein wrote: "He was consciously, purposefully multi-methodological and multi-theoretical. He always pushed his students to find other theoretical perspectives and to use multiple methodologies. That had a huge effect on my career."[3] Prof. Thomas J. Biersteker wrote: "When I think of the intellectual legacy of Hayward Alker, a number of phrases come immediately to mind – enormous intellect, insatiable curiosity, exuberant enthusiasm for ideas, intellectual breadth, extraordinary generosity, and most of all, immense vitality... Hayward had an influence on the profession and scholarship of international relations that went far beyond the small number of us who were fortunate enough to have been his students... I have received testimonies from prominent scholars at Oxford, Brown, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva – from individuals who were never formally students of Hayward's – about his impact on their work." Prof. Patrick Jackson wrote: "He was a thoughtful reader even of the work of a young scholar who had not been one of his students, or even one of his grandstudents. I find that attitude somewhat rare in academia these days... And his enthusiasm -- for methodological pluralism, for humanistic-but-rigorous IR scholarship, for ideas -- was contagious!"[4]
A memorial conference in his honor was held at the
The USC Center for International Studies has a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship named in his honor.[6] The ISA posthumously recognized him with its Susan Strange Award, which recognizes a person whose intellect most challenges conventional wisdom in the international studies community.
Social scientists whom Alker taught include
Personal life
Alker was born in
Alker died on August 24, 2007, at the age of 69, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at his family's summer home in Block Island, R.I.
Publications
- Alker, Hayward (2001). Journeys Through Conflict: Narratives and Lessons. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-7425-1027-1.
- Alker, Hayward (1996). Rediscoveries and Reformulations: Humanistic Methodologies for International Studies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46695-4.
- Alker, Hayward (1996). Challenging Boundaries: Global Flows, Territorial Identities. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-2699-5.
- Alker, Hayward (1965). Mathematics and politics. Macmillan. ASIN: B0007DMQ3O.
See also
- University of Southern California School of International Relations
- University of Southern California
- International Relations
- Laurie Brand Director of the School of International Relations
References
- ^ "The Hayward R. Alker Best Student Paper Award – Interpretive Methodologies and Methods". Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "USC School of International Relations- Hayward Alker". Archived from the original on 2006-09-30. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
- ^ a b c "In Memoriam: Hayward Alker". Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "The Duck of Minerva: Hayward Alker". Duckofminerva.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Dr Hayward Alker IR library set up at QAU | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- ^ "Hayward R. Alker Post-Doctoral Research Competition 2011-2012". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-06-28.