Neal Andrew : Curriculum Vitae

Andrew Neal: Curriculum Vitae

Andrew Neal is a Researach Associate for CHALLENGE workpackage 1 in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is working on a research monograph for Routledge on subject of "Exceptionalism and the politics of liberty and security". He is also editing a book with Michael Dillon (Lancaster) for Palgrave called "Foucault on Politics, Society and War". This book contains contributions from many senior CHALLENGE scholars. His research works at the intersection of international relations theory, political theory and security studies, and he is particularly interested in liberal politics, liberal internationalism and their critique; questions on sovereignty; poststructural, critical and constructivist approaches; and the work and reception of Carl Schmitt and Michel Foucault.

Publications

Book -

Co-edited collection of essays Foucault: Politics, Society, War,co-editor (with Professor Michael Dillon, Lancaster) and contributor.

Edited collection of essays which will reappraise Foucault and his insights in relation to politics, society, and war.

Accepted for publication by Palgrave-Macmillan Feb 2005, final draft to be submitted 1st July 2005. Journal Articles «Foucault in Guantanamo: National, Sovereign, Disciplinary Exceptionalism»

forthcoming in Security Dialogue,Vol. 37, no.1, (March 2006), special issue edited by R.B.J. Walker and Didier Bigo, publication and consolidation of ELISE work (see working papers below). ««Cutting off the King’s head»: Foucault’sSociety Must Be Defendedand the Problem of Sovereignty»

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political,Vol. 29, #4 (2004). Refereed Book Review «Nancy Chang, Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties,

Stephen J. Schulhofer,The Enemy Within: Intelligence Gathering, Law Enforcement, and Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11,

Danny Goldberg, Victor Goldberg, and Robert Greenwald (eds.), It’s A Free Country: Personal Freedom in America after September 11.»

In-spire, Journal of Politics, International Relations and the Environment,www.in-spire.org/reviews.htm, May 2004. Working Papers «Foucault in Guantanamo: National, Sovereign, Disciplinary Exceptionalism»,

in Counter-Terrorism, Implications for the Liberal State in Europe, eds. R.B.J. Walker and Vivienne Jabri (ELISE),

published as a Working Document by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, March 2005. «Critical review of the literature on the «state of exception» and the application of this concept to contemporary politics.»

CHALLENGE (The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security), Deliverable no. 5, January 2005. «The Civil Contingencies Bill»

ELISE (European Liberty and Security), part 2 of Deliverable no. 16, February 2004. «Notes on European Liberty and Security: Problems, Principles and Contradictions»

co-author with R.B.J. Walker, ELISE (European Liberty and Security), Deliverable no. 2, April 2003.

Conference Papers

20 Dec 04 «Foucault in Guantanamo: National Disciplinary Exceptionalism:»

BISA (British International Studies Association) Annual Conference. 25 Oct 04 «Carl Schmitt and the Politics of the Exception»

Sciences Po, Paris, colloquium with Northwestern, Chicago on «Liberty and Security From a Transatlantic Perspective». 17-19 Jul 04 «Antigone, the War in Iraq and the Problem of Blair»

Lancaster University, «Security Bytes» conference. 17-19 Jul 04 «Cutting off the King’s head: Foucault’s «Society Must Be Defended» and the Problem of Sovereignty»

Lancaster University, «Security Bytes» conference. 22 May 04 «Foucault, Schmitt and 9/11: Political Historicism and the Problem of Sovereignty»

London School of Economics, CRIPT (Contemporary Research in International Political Theory) Workshop,

«Celebrating International Political Theory: Liminalities and Emancipation(s)». 1 May 04 «Society Must Be Defended? Foucault and Schmitt in Dark Times»

University of Minnesota, Graduate Conference on «Critical Theory in Dark Times: The Political Economy of (In)security». 16 Mar 04 «‘Society Must Be Defended’: Foucault, Schmitt and the post-9/11 sovereignty debate»

Université du Québec à Montréal, ISA (International Studies Association) Workshop on «War, Sovereignty and Security Today». 18 Jun 03 «Liberty & Security/Subjectivity & Sovereignty, or: How is Michel Foucault being made to speak to Carl Schmitt?»

Keele University, Graduate Symposium. 18 Apr 02 «Carl Schmitt and the Spectre of Sovereignty»

Lancaster University, Graduate Conference on «Amity and Enmity».

Degrees and Qualifications

Oct 02 - Jun 03 Keele University Higher Education Associate Teacher Certificate

Accredited by SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) Oct 98 - Jun 01 BA Honours International Relations and Strategic Studies,First Class

Lancaster University Sep 95 - Jun 97 A-levels: Sociology A, English Literature B, Music B,

Fortismere School, Muswell Hill, London

Awards, Grants and Prizes

Jun 04 Research Travel Grant (€2000)

Pertaining to a six-month research trip to Paris and placement at the Centre d’Etudes sur les Conflits.

Awarded from the European Community-supported project ’Security issues, conflict prevention and the role of the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean’, run by Kingston University (UK), Keele University (UK), Panteion University(Greece), Intercollege University (Cyprus) and Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey). Oct 01 Bursary from ‘The Centre for World Dialogue’, Nicosia, Cyprus Jun 01 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

Title: «A Poststructuralist Analysis of Precision-Guided Munitions»

Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University. Jun 00 Second Year Prize

Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University.