AY2023 Center for Inclusive Leadership（CIL）
Research Project Grant
研究代表者

所属・職位

氏名

ResearchRepresentative

Affiliation/Position

研究課題名
Research Title

Towards Inclusive International Relations (IR): The Pedagogical Use of Aesthetic/Creative Means
When Dealing with Conflict Narratives in Post-war Societies

研究メンバー
Research GroupMembers

Felix Rösch

APS/Associate Professor

Name

Emilia S. Heo

氏名

所属職位

Name

Affiliation

Position
Associate Professor inInternational Relations

University of Sussex, UK

2023 年度 研究経過（研究経過・到達点を明確にご記入ください。800～1,000 字）AY2023 Research Progress (Please state clearly the research progress, results, approx. 400 words.)[AY2023 April to September] Data collection
We have focused on deepening our knowledge on what type of artistic/creative means are/ can be used whenteaching conflict narratives in postwar societies. As the research representative is a Korean teaching in Japan,
and the group member, a German teaching in UK, we both are faced with a situation where we teach IR in acountry that used to be either a victim or a perpetrator of the instructor’s nationality. Our main interest fordata collection is to look for museum studies, exhibition/gallery, sports event, theatre plays or concerts, andnovels that see the issues through the eyes of ‘others’.
[AY2023 October] Conference participation
I participated in the 2023 Catholic Korea Peace Forum: From DMZ to Hiroshima (in person, Hiroshima,Japan) on 28-29 October 2023 organized by the Catholic Northeast Asia Peace Institute. In the presence ofboth Korean and Japanese scholars, religious actors, and young people in particular, I shared my experienceof teaching IR in a classroom where students from (former) enemy states such as China, Japan, Korea /France and Algeria / Turkey and Armenia / India and Pakistan coexist in order to reflect how to cement aspirit of peace through IR studies. We also had a youth workshop during which Korean and Japanese youth
shared how their religious faith affects the way they perceive Japanese-Korean contemporary relations.
[AY2023 November to March] Dissemination
With my research group member, we submitted a book chapter to an edited book entitled “Handbook on
the Pedagogy of International Relations Theory” (to be published by Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2024
forthcoming). Our chapter explores the challenges of teaching IR Theory that transnational scholars meet incountries of the Global North. Bringing humanitas into the IR-theory teaching, we both put emphasis on
aesthetics, as this enables our students and ourselves to approach what unfolds as reality in front of them in
different ways, experience international affairs beyond ‘high politics’, and see the relevance of IR-theories fortheir own life-worlds. We also discussed the outcome of our research in a webinar that celebrates andpromotes the launching of this handbook on IR Pedagogy. We will also present a partial outcome of ourresearch at the International Studies Association (ISA) International Virtual Conference under the title of“how do our nationalities affect the way we teach International Relations?” (For the details see thepublication of research list below).

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2023 年度中の研究発表（予定を含めてご記入ください）
Publication of Research in AY2023 (journal articles, conferences, etc.) (Please include future plans aswell)
発表方法
詳細
Publication
Methods

Details
著書・論文名等
Title of Books or Articles

著書・論文等
Books or Articles

Presentation at anAcademicConference

刊行年月日

Name of Publisher /Name and Volume of Journal

Date ofPublication

Handbook on the Pedagogy of IR Palgrave Macmillan, UKTheory (A book chapter on
Teaching IR Theory as Foreigners in
the Global North)

タイトルTitle

学会等

出版社／掲載誌・巻号等

学会名
Name of an Academic Conference

How do nationalities affect the way Building Connections to Confront
we teach International Relations Complex Challenges, International Studies(IR)
Association (ISA) Virtual Conference2024
Pedagogies of IR Theory
Workshop on Interpretivism in IR
organized by British International Studies
Association (BISA), A Special Webinar toCelebrate and Promote the Handbook on
the Pedagogy of IR Theory
Learning
Peacewiththe 2023 Catholic Korea Peace Forum: DMZ"Enemies":A
Pedagogical to Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Japan)
Perspective

2024(forthcoming)

発表年月日
Date ofPresentation

30 July to 2
August 2024

13 March 2024

25to29October 2023

その他
Others2024 年度 研究計画（800～1,000 字）
Research Plan for AY2024 (Please state clearly the research progress, results, approx. 400 words.)[AY2024 April to May] Class observation
With the data we collected last year (and are currently still collecting), we plan to make multiple
class observations for the purpose of our CIL research on the clash of conflicting narratives in postwar
societies in each university. As for the research representative, two courses, InternationalPeace Studies (200level, IRP specialization, undergraduate course) and Conflict Resolution (IR specialization, graduate course)
are the main target. Both assignments and group works are designed to explore various conflicting narratives
on sensitive and controversial historical and contemporary issues. Participants will be notified in advance that
their activities will be observed for the research purpose. For assignments to be used for research, participants
will be given a choice to clearly state whether they accept their work to be used or not for the research. Basedon the collected data, I will proceed with designing inclusive pedagogical methods for the purpose mentionedabove.
[AY2024 June to November] Data Analysis
With the support of DITAs (If I hopefully get selected to have them) and research assistants, I plan to study,
decode, and analyze participants’ written works as well as group activities in order to identify the nature ofrepetitive conflicting narratives, the way participants react in the presence of others, and which pedagogicaltools may be implemented in order to create a more inclusive environment for participants to study2international relations and peace. I plan to incorporate aesthetic approach to IR teaching, especially visual arts
(art psychology and its interpretation) and literary work (novel), for more inclusive and comprehensive IRcurricula.
[AY2024 December to March] Dissemination and Publication
The final stage will be focused on presenting, writing, editing and publishing. We plan to present our ongoing
research at AP conference as well as other CIL related research events. The major research outcome isexpected to be categorized into three fields: assessing conflicting historical narratives participants bring into
the university classroom, identifying the major challenges teacher/professor faces when teaching sensitive
controversial issues in multinational university classrooms, and finally developing innovative pedagogicaltools (interdisciplinary and aesthetic approach to IR teaching) for this purpose. Depending on the result, weplan to target either one of the two SSCI ranking journals, European Political Science (teaching and trainingsection) and International Studies Perspective (currently emphasizing innovative IR teaching method) or oneof the two SCOPUS journals, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development (inclusiveteaching and education)and Journal of Peace Education (focused on teacher agency).

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