{"id":12188,"date":"2026-09-29T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fpse\/winpec\/?p=12188"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:03:25","slug":"%ef%bc%91%ef%bc%92%e6%9c%88%ef%bc%92%ef%bc%90%e6%97%a5%e7%8f%be%e6%94%bf%e7%a0%94%e3%82%bb%e3%83%9f%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc%ef%bc%88%e5%a0%80%e4%ba%95%e4%ba%ae%e5%85%88%e7%94%9f%ef%bc%89%e3%81%ae-12-2-2-134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fpse\/winpec\/other-en\/2026\/09\/29\/12188\/","title":{"rendered":"IPSA RC31 Public Lecture: \u201cDiscipline, Method, Argument: Rethinking the Place of Methodologies\u201d by Humeira Iqtidar, King\u2019s College London (with opening remarks by IPSA President Yuko Kasuya), October 29, 16:00-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date\u00a0and time:<\/strong>\u00a0 29 October 2026, 4pm\u20135.45pm
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\nVenue:\u00a0<\/strong>Conference Room 1, 3rd Floor, International Conference Center, Waseda University. Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Humeira Iqtidar<\/a>, Professor of Politics, King\u2019s College London\u2013 with opening remarks by IPSA President Yuko Kasuya<\/a>, Waseda University<\/p>\n

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Title:<\/strong> \u201cDiscipline, Method, Argument: Rethinking the Place of Methodologies\u201d<\/p>\n

Abstract:
\n<\/strong>For some decades disciplines have been defined by methodologies. Very schematically:\u00a0 political scientists carry out quantitative analysis building on surveys and field experiments, political theorists interpret texts, and anthropologists carry out ethnography. It is, however, worth pausing to consider whether and why political theory and political science can or should be thought of as distinct disciplines, and the place of methodology in that mix. This lecture builds a brief history of the evolution of political science as a discipline and its relationship with political theory in Euro-American academia with some attention to Asian contexts. The lecture will emphasize the limits placed by aligning disciplines closely with methodologies and then move on to thinking about methodological options that are conventionally not utilized by either political theorists or political scientists, such as ethnography. Highlighting the implications of methodological choices for the kinds of questions asked and answers generated, I will focus on the relatively late engagement with questions regarding colonialism and racism in political theory to emphasize the value of rethinking the relationship between methodologies and disciplines generally.<\/p>\n

Bio:
\n<\/strong>Humeira Iqtidar is Professor of Politics at King\u2019s College London. Her research brings together anticolonial and postcolonial theory, contemporary political theory and Islamic thought with a focus on modern South Asia. Her publications include Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq, Critical Theory and The Global South<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2026), Abul A\u2018la Maududi: Al Jihad fil Islam and Other Writings<\/em> (Cambridge Texts in History of Political Thought, 2026), Tolerance, Secularisation and Democratic Politics in South Asia<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2018, co-edited with Tanika Sarkar), Secularising Islamists? Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Pakistan<\/em> (University of Chicago Press, 2011), and Fundamentalisms: Critical Concepts in Religions<\/em> (Routledge, 2011, co-edited with David Lehmann). She was awarded the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Mid-Career prize in 2021. Together with Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol), Humeira serves as Co-chair of IPSA Research Committee 31 Political Philosophy.<\/p>\n

Language:<\/strong>\u00a0English
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\nFormat: <\/strong>In person. No recording or online participation.
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\nAudience:<\/strong>\u00a0Public. No registration\u00a0required.
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\nOrganizers:<\/strong>\u00a0IPSA RC 31 Political Philosophy<\/a> and WINPEC, Waseda University<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Kei Hiruta<\/a>\u00a0(kei.hiruta@waseda.jp)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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