Speaker: Prof. Alexander Wendt, Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University

Discussant: Prof. Haotian Qi, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University

Moderator: Prof. Xiaoyu Lu, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University

Time: 21:00-22:30 pm, December 7, 2022, GMT+8

Venue: Zoom Meeting ID: 832 2681 7183 Password: 221207

Language: English

Abstract:

In this lecture, Alexander Wendt will present his latest findings on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Dr. Wendt will explore the definition of ontological security threats, and discuss how UAP might threaten national security and stir up fear, confusion and greed.

Biography:

Alexander Wendt is Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University. He is one of the core social constructivist researchers in the field of international relations. In the 2017 TRIP survey of 1400 International Relations scholars, he was named as the most influential scholar in the field over the past 20 years. His representative work, Social Theory of International Politics (1999), has been translated into 12 languages and received the International Studies Association award for "Best Book of the Decade" in 2006. Another groundbreaking work of his, Quantum Mind and Social Science (2015), examines the crossroads between quantum physics and social science, and challenges traditional concepts and logics in social science, causing extensive debate in the academic circle.

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