Matthew S. Weinert Vitae

Ph.D., Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Denver, CO; November 2002: Fields: International Relations and Political Theory
Dissertation, with Distinction: Democratic Sovereignty

M.A., The American University; Washington, DC; May 1994: Fields: International Affairs, International Law & Organizations
Thesis: Space for World Order: Reconceptualizations for Late-Modern Publics

B.A., Magna Cum Laude with Distinction, Boston University; Boston, MA; May 1991: Fields: International Relations; Western European Studies
Senior Honors Thesis: Conflict Management: United Nations Experience and Innovation

Associate Professor: Dept. of Political Science and International Relations; University of Delaware; 9/10 - present

Assistant Professor: Dept. of Political Science and International Relations; University of Delaware; 9/07 - 9/10

Director of Graduate Studies: Dept. of Political Science and International Relations; University of Delaware; 9/11 - present

Director of Internships: Dept. of Political Science and International Relations; University of Delaware; 9/09 - 09/11

Visiting Assistant Professor: Dept. of Political Science and International Relations; University of Delaware; 8/06 – 8/07

Marsico Lecturer: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Division; University of Denver; 9/04 – 6/06

Instructor: Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver; 9/02 – 6/04

Instructor: University of Colorado-Denver, CU-Succeed Program; 8/99 - 12/99
Introduction to International Relations (course for advanced high school students)

Adjunct Faculty: The Metropolitan State College of Denver; 8/97 – 5/98

Books: 2014: Making Human: World Order and the Global Governance of Human Dignity;
Under Contract, University of Michigan Press; 2007: Democratic Sovereignty: Authority, State and Legitimacy in a Globalizing World. London: University College of London Press

Peer Reviewed Review Articles and Book Chapters: 2012: "Sovereignty as an Institution of International Society," in International Security and the Arctic: Examining the Theories and Policies of Circumpolar Politics, Robert W. Murray and Anita Dey Nuttal, eds. (Youngstwn, NY: Cambria Press); Forthcoming; 2012: "Thinking Through, and Beyond, Triumphalism," Invited participant, Roundtable on the Syrian Crisis, Human Rights & Human Welfare, March; 2011: "Reframing the Pluralist - Solidarist Debate," Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol. 40(1), August: 21-41; 2010: "Ethics and Sovereignty," The International Studies Compendium Project, International Ethics Volume (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell), pp. 1639-1656; 2009: "From State Security to Human Security?" The Ashgate Research Companion to Ethics and International Affairs (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, September), pp. 151-165; 2009: "Popularizing International Politics: Human Agency and the Politics of World Order," Perspectives: Central European Review of International Affairs, vol. 17(1), Spring: 5-26; 2008: "'Being' Witness to Human Rights Abuse," Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice; Volume 20(1), Spring: 84-91; 2007: "Bridging the Human Rights - Sovereignty Divide: Theoretical Foundations of a Democratic Sovereignty," Human Rights Review, vol. 8(2), January - March: 5-32; 2006: "Democratic Sovereignty and The Responsibility to Protect," Politics and Ethics Review (now entitled Journal of International Political Theory), vol. 2(2), October: 139-58; 1994: "Making Space for World Order," The Graduate Review; Washington, DC: American University Press, vol. 1(6), July: 22-7; 1992: "Peacekeeping and the Gulf War: UN Action in Perspective," United Nations Association of Greater Boston Forum; Boston: United Nations Association, Spring

Peer Reviewed Review Essays: "Thinking Through, and Beyond, Triumphalism," Human Rights & Human Welfare, Roundtable: Responding to Syria, March 2012; http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/roundtable/2012/panel-a/03-2012/weinert-2012a.html; "Hannah Arendt in a Global Age: Political Evil and International Theory," Human Rights & Human Welfare; vol. 12, Winter 2012: 1-14; http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/volumes/2012/weinert-2012.pdf; "'Revolution by Eradication': The Khmer Rouge and the Tragedy of Cambodia," Human Rights & Human Welfare; vol.10, Summer 2010: 15-25; http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/volumes/2010/weinert-2010.pdf; "Adolf Eichmann: Understanding Evil in Form and Content;" Human Rights & Human Welfare; vol. 6, Fall 2006: 151-64; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/volumes/2006/weinert-2006.pdf; "Globalizing Democracy or Democratizing Globalism?" Human Rights & Human Welfare; volume 5, February 2005: 17-30; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/volumes/2005/Weinert-2005.pdf; "Negotiating Toleration: Engagement, Enforcement, and the Politics of Recognition;" Human Rights Human Welfare; volume 4, July 2004: 101-13; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/volumes/2004/weinert-b-2004.pdf; "Cosmopolitanism-and Cruelty-on Trial," Human Rights & Human Welfare; volume 4, April 2004: 33-43; www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/volumes/2004/weinert-2004.pdf

Book Reviews: William Conklin, Hegel's Laws: The Legitimacy of a Modern Legal Order, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; September 2010; http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/booknotes/2010/weinert-2010.html; "Becoming Sovereign;" International Studies Review, vol. 12(2), June 2010: 325-327; Sandra MacLean, et. al. (eds), A Decade of Human Security: Global Governance and New Multilateralisms, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; May 2008; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2008/weinert-2008c.html; Charles T. Call (ed), Constructing Justice and Security after War, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; April 2008; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2008/weinert2008b.html; Steven Wheatley, Democracy, Minorities, and International Law, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; March 2008; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2008/weinert-2008a.html; Aránzazu Usandizaga and Andrew Monnickendam (eds), Back to Peace: Reconciliation and Retribution in the Postwar Period, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; March 2008; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2008/weinert-2008.html; S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong, Human Security and the UN: A Critical History, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; January 2007; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2007/weinert-2007a.html; Mark Freeman, Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness, in Human Rights &Human Welfare; January 2007; http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2007/weinert-2007.html; Slavery and Emancipation, eds. Rick Halpern and Enrico Dal Lago, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; January 2004; www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2004/bn-weinert-2004b.html; Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, eds. Howard de Nike, John Quigley, and Kenneth Robinson, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; January 2004; www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2004/bn-weinert-2004a.html; Geoffrey Robertson, Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice, in Human Rights & Human Welfare; October 2003; www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/booknotes/2003/bn-weinert-2003.htmm

04/12: The UN Security Council: Making Human for International Peace and Security: 53^rd Annual International Studies Association Convention-San Diego, California
11/11: The United Nations: Innovations in International Peace and Security: Invited Lecture, "United Nations Forum" held at Cabrini College-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8/11: Human Security, Making Human and the Reconstruction of World Order: 3^rd Global International Studies Conference-Porto, Portugal
2/11: Suffering for Sovereignty: The International Court of Justice on Kosovo's Independence: 52^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention-Montreal, Canada
11/10: Making Human: Rethinking the Premise of World Society and Cosmopolitanism: International Studies Association-Northeast; Baltimore, Maryland
9/10: The United Nations: Accomplishments and Challenges: Invited Lecture, Academy of Lifelong Learning; Wilmington, Delaware
2/10: Sovereignty and Ethics, International Studies Association Compendium project webcast
2/10: Hannah Arendt and the Cosmopolitan Transformation of Anarchy: 51^st Annual International Studies Association Convention-New Orleans, Louisiana
10/09: Thinking Outside the Anarchical Box: International Studies Association - Northeast; Baltimore, Maryland
04/09: Compassionate Security: George W. Bush's Untold Human Security Agenda: Conference on the United States in the Global System; Newark, DE
03/09: Invited Roundtable Participant: International Justice Across the Disciplines: 50^th Annual International Studies Association; New York, New York
10/08: Human Security’s Pluralist Solidarism: Re-Articulating the Pluralist – Solidarist Debate: International Studies Association—Northeast; Baltimore, Maryland
07/08: Popularizing International Politics: Human Agency and the Politics of World Order: 2^nd Global International Studies Conference; Ljubljana, Slovenia
4/08: From State Security to Human Security: 66^th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference; Chicago, Illinois
4/07: Disaggregating International Politics: Human Security and World Order: 65^th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference; Chicago, Illinois
12/05: Sovereignty and The Responsibility to Protect: Theoretical Reflections on the UN Report: British International Studies Association; St. Andrews, Scotland
11/02: Democratic Justice: Normative Governance at Home and Abroad: 34^th Annual Northeast Political Science Association Conference; Providence, Rhode Island
3/02: Sovereignty, Justice, and International Relations: 43^rdAnnual International Studies Association Conference; New Orleans, Louisiana
11/01: Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Evolution of International Relations Theory: 33^rd Annual Northeast Political Science Association Conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3/01: Sovereignty: Career of a Concept: 81^st Annual Southwestern Social Science Association Conference; Forth Worth, Texas

8/11: Discussant, Human Rights and Crime Punishment: 3^rd Global International Studies Conference-Porto, Portugal
3/11: Discussant, Playing Politics at the UN Security Council: 52^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention-Montreal, Canada
3/11: Chair, Global Governance: China's Role in Transition: 52^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention-Montreal, Canada
11/10: Chair and Discussant, States Behaving (Badly?): International Studies Association-Northeast-Baltimore, MD
2/10: Chair and Discussant: The English School and the Responsibility to Protect: 51^st Annual International Studies Association Convention-New Orleans, LA
4/08: Chair and Discussant: Power and Institutional Concerns: 66^th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference-Chicago, Illinois
4/07: Discussant: Economic and Social Integration: 65^th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference-Chicago, Illinois
6/05: Chair and Discussant, The Perplexities of Cosmopolitan Law: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Humanitarian Intervention: Law and Society Association-Las Vegas, Nevada
3/03: Chair and Discussant, Emancipation, Sovereignty, and Supranational Institutions: Western Political Science Association-Denver, Colorado
10/99: Discussant, The New World Order and the Fate of Democracy: Conference on Divided Nations; Metropolitan State College of Denver-Denver, Colorado

4/10: Implications of the Legal Personality of International Organizations: University of Delaware
2/09: Invited Talk: Globalization and National Security: National Security Institute; Newark, Delaware
10/08: Martti Ahtisaari and the Nobel Peace Prize: Invited Lecture, 2nd Annual University of Delaware Nobel Prize Symposium
4/08: Tea with Mussolini: Dictatorships and Democracies: Invited Talk, University of Delaware Honors Program Student - Faculty Salon Series
4/96: Inside/Outside Israel: Zionism as (Anti) Democratic Ideology: 5^th Annual International Conference on Democracy and Democratization; University of Denver

Grants Writer (1/01-8/02) Grants Assistant (9/00-1/01): The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, TX
Grant Administrator: Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver; (10/99 - 8/00)
Administrator: Asian Chamber of Commerce; Denver, CO; (1/00 - 8/00)
Political Affairs: U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; (5/93 - 9/93)

University of Delaware

    POSC 240: Introduction to International Relations (regular and Honors sections)
    POSC 363: International Law and Organization (regular and Honors sections)
    POSC 390: Honors Colloquium, "Portrait of a Pariah: The Politics of Exclusion"
    POSC 408: International Organizations
    POSC 409: Topics in World Politics: International Criminal Law
    POSC 448: International Relations Theory
    POSC 463: The UN in the World
    POSC 842: International Organization
    POSC 843: Global Governance

University of Denver

     Introduction to World Politics
     Introduction to International Politics
     Global Issues
     Introduction to International Law
     Law and Society in a Global Age
     Prosecution, Penance, Pinochet: Thinking about International Criminal Law
     Great Powers in International Relations
     Dictators and Despots: Tyranny in the 21 ^st Century
     The Human Monster: Illiberal Regimes, Illiberal Selves
     Portrait of a Pariah: The Politics of Exclusion
     International Law, State Sovereignty, and the Individual (graduate)
     Sovereignty: Past, Present, Future (graduate)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Elected Member, Governing Council, International Studies Association-Northeast, 11/08 - 11/12
Editorial Review Board, Human Rights & Human Welfare, 3/09 - 12/12
Article Referee:
Book Manuscript Referee:
National Security Agency Area Studies seminars:
- Globalization and National Security, 6/07;6/08;5/10
- Multinational Organizations, 12/09; 7/11
- The European Union, 4/10

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Studies Association - Northeast, 9/08 - present
International Studies Association, 9/04 - present

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

Recipient, 2012 University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award

International Studies Association, $250 Travel Award, 08/11
University of Delaware, $750 Institute for Global Studies Travel Award; 08/11
University of Delaware, $6,000 General University Research Grant; 2008 - 09
University of Delaware, $750 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Enrichment Research Award; 07/08
University of Delaware, $750 Center for International Studies Travel Award; 07/08
International Studies Association, $300 Travel Award, 07/08

Research Mentor, UD Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship with Kelly Ehrenreich; summer 2011
Research Mentor, UD Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship with Nicholas Wicks; summer 2009
Research Mentor, UD Social Sciences Undergraduate Research Grant; summer 2008
Recipient, University of Denver Summer Partners in Scholarship (PINS); summer 2004
Research Mentor, University of Denver Summer Partners in Scholarship (PINS); summer 2005
supervised undergraduate research on reducing ethnic tensions in post-genocidal Rwanda

Recognition, Who's Who Among American Teachers & Educators, 2006-07
Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, DU Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society, January 2004
Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, DU Delta Zeta Sorority, November 2003

Distinction on Doctoral Dissertation, 8/02
Distinction, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams, 5/97
Distinction, M.A. Comprehensive Exams, 5/94
Magna Cum Laude with Distinction, B.A., 5/91