The ‘Gandalf of International Relations’

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The first dean’s professor under the leadership of USC Dornsife's Steve Kay gives the inaugural Dean’s Special Lecture — part of the role in the three-year post.

Rings of Power Struggle

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The International Relations of Middle-earth: Learning From The Lord of the Rings (University of Michigan, 2012), which has already been picked up for use in course-work at the University of Glasgow and Heidelberg College. Portrait by Philip Channing." title="Patrick James, the Dean’s Professor of International Relations in USC Dornsife, has co-authored a new textbook, The International Relations of Middle-earth: Learning From The Lord of the Rings (University of Michigan, 2012), which has already been picked up for use in course-work at the University of Glasgow and Heidelberg College. Portrait by Philip Channing." /> USC Dornsife’s Patrick James bases his new book, The International Relations of Middle-earth, on a course he teaches illustrating the power shifts among nations using J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings as inspiration.

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The ‘Gandalf of International Relations’

Rings of Power Struggle