Political Science · International Relations
In which university was IR first taught as a separate academic discipline?
AHoward University, USA
BHeidelberg University, Germany
CParis University, France
DAberystwyth University, Wales, UK ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK — IR was first taught at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
Explanation
★IR was first taught at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
★The first chair of international politics was set up there in 1919.
★It was the Woodrow Wilson Chair, funded by David Davies.
★It came in the aftermath of the First World War.
★The aim was to study the causes of war and the conditions of peace.
★This marks the birth of IR as a distinct discipline.
★So the answer is Aberystwyth University.
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