The Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations is a named chair at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics, and a former chair at the University of Edinburgh. Created by the endowment of Montague Burton in UK universities,For a short history of the Oxford chair, see Adam Roberts, 'Professing International Relations at Oxford', Oxford Magazine, Oxford, Noughth Week, Hilary Term 2008, pp. 10-12. the Oxford chair was established in 1930 and is associated with a Fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford, while the chair at LSE was established in 1936.
Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at Oxford
1930–1944 Sir Alfred Zimmern 1944–1947 Sir Llewellyn Woodward 1948–1971 Agnes Headlam-MorleyAdam Roberts, ‘Headlam-Morley, Agnes (1902–1986)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004. 1972–1976 Alastair BuchanMichael Howard, ‘Buchan, Alastair Francis (1918–1976)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004. 1977–1985 Hedley Bull 1986–2007 Sir Adam Roberts 2008–2021 Andrew Hurrell 2022-2025 Neta Crawford
Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at LSE
In 1919, Ernest Cassel endowed a £500,000 educational fund which was in part used to establish the Sir Ernest Cassel Professor of International Relations at the University of London.Pat Thane, ‘Cassel, Sir Ernest Joseph (1852–1921)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, October 2008 accessed 5 May 2009 During Manning's tenure in 1936, the chair was re-endowed and renamed the Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations.
1924–1929 Philip Noel-BakerDavid Howell, ‘Baker, Philip John Noel-, Baron Noel-Baker (1889–1982)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 5 May 2009 1930–1962 Charles ManningAlan James, ‘Manning, Charles Anthony Woodward (1894–1978)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 May 2009 1962–1978 Geoffrey Goodwin 1978–1988 Susan Strange 1989–1990 R J Vincent 1991–2004 Christopher J. Hill 2005–2008 Fred Halliday 2009–2011 Barry Buzan 2012–2017 Iver B. Neumann
Montague Burton Professors of International Relations at Edinburgh
1948–1951 James Leslie Brierly 1951–1957 Carlile Aylmer Macartney 1958–1961 Elizabeth Wiskemann 1961–1967 Peter Ritchie Calder, Lord Ritchie-Calder
References
Selected reading
Alderson, Kai and Andrew Hurrell, Hedley Bull On International Society (2003). Markwell, Don (1986), 'Sir Alfred Zimmern Revisited: Fifty Years On', Review of International Studies. Markwell, Donald, 'Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Miller, J.D.B. and R.J. Vincent (eds), Order and Violence: Hedley Bull and International Relations (1990). Adam Roberts, 'Professing International Relations at Oxford', Oxford Magazine, Oxford, Noughth Week, Hilary Term 2008, pp. 10–12. Vigezzi, Brunello, The British Committee on the Theory of International Politics (2005)