School of Political Science & International Studies

Associate Professor Jacinta O'Hagan

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Researcher biography

Ass. Prof. Jacinta O'Hagan is an Associate Professor in International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies. A former diplomat with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, Jacinta O'Hagan has held prior appointments at the Australian National University and held visiting fellowships and affiliations at the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the European University Institute.

Her principal areas of teaching are international history, humanitarianism and culture in world politics. Her research and publications have focused on the role of culture and civilizational in world politics and the politics of humanitarianism, including the role of non-state actors in humanitarianism, and humanitarian diplomacy. She has worked on collaborative projects on the relationship between digital media and political violence and the globalization of international society. Her most recent research and publications have focused on the international humanitarian system, and civilizational politics in international society.

Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (14)
Journal Articles (10)
Conference Papers (2)

Book

O'Hagan, Jacinta (2002). Conceptualizing the West in international relations thought: from Oswald Spengler to Edward Said. Basingstoke, Hamps, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781403907523

Book Chapters

O’Hagan, Jacinta (2023). The ‘West’ in International Relations. The Oxford Handbook of History and International Relations. (pp. 424-438) edited by Mlada Bukovansky, Edward Keene, Christian Reus-Smit and Maja Spanu. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198873457.013.28
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2021). Humanitarianism and the Liberal International Order: A Necessary Relationship?. Amidst the Debris: Humanitarianism and the End of the Liberal Order. (pp. 333-350) edited by Juliano Fiori, Fernando Espada, Andrea Rigon, Bertrand Taithe and Rafia Zakaria. London, United Kingdom: C. Hurst & Co..
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2017). The role of civilization in the globalization of international society. The globalization of international society. (pp. 185-203) edited by Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit. Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198793427.003.0010
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2015). The responsibility to protect: a western idea?. Theorising the responsibility to protect. (pp. 285-304) edited by Ramesh Thakur and William Maley. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139644518
Hirono, Miwa and O'Hagan, Jacinta (2012). The pursuit of humanitarianism in a multicultural world: Critical issues and key tensions. Cultures of humanitarianism: perspectives from the Asia-Pacific. (pp. 3-12) edited by Miwa Hirono and Jacinta O'Hagan. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of International Relations, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University.
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2007). Anti Americanism, the West and the Transatlantic Rift. Anti-Americanism: history, causes, themes. (pp. 41-66) edited by Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths. Oxford, United Kingdom: Greenwood World Publishing.
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2007). Humanitarianism and armed intervention. An introduction to international relations. (pp. 329-340) edited by Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke and Jim George. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2007). Discourses of civilizational identity. Civilizational identity: the production and reproduction of 'Civilizations' in international relations. (pp. 15-32) edited by M. Hall and P. Jackson. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2005). The question of culture. International society and its critics. (pp. 209-228) edited by Alex J. Bellamy. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/0199265208.003.0013
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2004). The power and the passion: civilizational identity and alterity in the wake of September 11. Identity and global politics: theoretical and empirical elaborations. (pp. 27-46) edited by Patricia M. Goff and Kevin C. Dunn. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781403980496
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2002). Conflict, convergence or coexistence? The relevance of culture in reframing world order. Reframing the international: law, culture, politics. (pp. 187-217) edited by Richard Falk, R. B. J. Walker and Lester Ruiz. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
Fry, G. and O'Hagan, J. G. (2000). Contending images of world politics: An introduction. Contending images of world politics. (pp. 1-18) edited by Greg Fry and Jacinta O'Hagan. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan Press.
O'Hagan, J. G. (2000). A 'clash of civilizations'?. Contending images of world politics. (pp. 135-149) edited by G. Fry and J. O'Hagan. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Macmillan Press.
O'Hagan, J. G. and Fry, G. (2000). The future of world politics. Contending images of world politics. (pp. 245-261) edited by G. Fry and J. O'Hagan. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Macmillan Press.

Journal Articles

O’Hagan, Jacinta (2023). Decentring the English School: challenging the boundaries of Eurocentrism in the work of Adam Watson. International Politics. doi: 10.1057/s41311-023-00519-8
O’Hagan, Jacinta (2020). Shape shifting: civilizational discourse and the analysis of cross-cultural interaction in the constitution of international society. Journal of International Political Theory, 16 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1177/1755088220905039
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2016). Australia and the promise and the perils of humanitarian diplomacy. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 70 (6), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2016.1220495
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2015). ‘Martin Wight and the problem of difference’. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 44 (1), 137-140. doi: 10.1177/0305829815588579
O'Hagan, Jacinta and Hirono, Miwa (2014). Fragmentation of the international humanitarian order? Understanding cultures of humanitarianism in East Asia. Ethics and International Affairs, 28 (4), 409-424. doi: 10.1017/S0892679414000586
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2013). War 2.0 - An analytical framework. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 67 (5), 555-569. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2013.823374
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2013). With the best will in the world …’?: Humanitarianism, non-state actors and the pursuit of ‘purposes beyond ourselves. International Politics, 50 (1), 118-137. doi: 10.1057/ip.2012.31
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2005). Beyond the clash of civilisations?. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 59 (3), 383-400. doi: 10.1080/10357710500231255
O'Hagan, Jacinta (2003). Apocalypse forever? A comment. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 49 (3), 326-338. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00289
O'Hagan, Jacinta (1995). Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies. Third World Quarterly, 16 (1), 19-38. doi: 10.1080/01436599550036220

Conference Papers

O'Hagan, J. G. (2002). The concept of humanitarism. APSA50, Canberra, ANU, 2-4 Oct. 2002. Canberra. Aust.: ANU.
O'Hagan, J. G. (2001). Conflict, convergence or co-existence? The relevance of culture in reframing world order. 43rd Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Brisbane, 24-26 September 2001. Brisbane: APSA.

Areas of research

International Relations