!!Adam Roberts - Curriculum Vitae
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Born in Penrith, England, 1940\\
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Educated at Westminster School, 1953-58; Studied Modern History at University of Oxford, Magdalen College, 1959-1962; Graduate research at the London School of Economics, 1965-1968.\\
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__Career: __
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*Assistant editor, Peace News, London, 1962-1965 \\
*Noel Buxton Student in International Relations, London School of Economics, 1965-1968 \\
*Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics, 1968-1981\\
*Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations, University of Oxford, 1981-1986 \\
*Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, 1986-2007 \\
*Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, and Emeritus *Fellow of Balliol College Oxford, 2007-
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__Positions__
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*Elected Fellow of the British Academy 1990\\
*Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George for services to the study and practice of international relations, 2002\\
*Served on Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2002-2008; Member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board, 2003-, and of the Council for Science and Technology, 2010-13.\\
*Served as President of the British Academy 2009-2013\\
*Appointed Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics; and of Saint Antony's College, Oxford\\
*Held Visiting Appointments at New York University, Tokyo University, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Washington DC
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__Memberships__
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Member of the Council of Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) London, 1985-1991; Governor Ditchley Foundation, 2001-11; Member of the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 2002-2008; Member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board (DAAB), 2003-15.\\
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__Lectures__
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*Delivered Europaeum Lecture, 'International Law and the Use of Military Force: the United Nations, the United States and Iraq', University of Leiden, 2003.\\
*Delivered Lecture in the Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, 'The Equal Application of the Laws of War: a Principle under Pressure', 2009.\\
*Delivered Gresham College Special Lecture, 'Reinventing the Wheel: the cost of neglecting international history', London, 2010.\\
*Delivered Europaeum Lecture,  ‘Civil Resistance and Power Politics: From the Prague Spring to the Arab Spring’, Charles University, Prague, 2013.\\
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Interests include mountaineering and cycling.