HighlightsRecognized for bridging historical and theoretical approaches to international relations, with a distinctive emphasis on Global South agency, norm contestation, and the genealogy of intervention; combines rigorous archival research with conceptual innovation; recipient of multiple international awards and fellowships; book and articles widely reviewed and discussed in leading journals; active in shaping contemporary debates on intervention, justice, and global order.
Focused research areas include Genealogies of intervention and non-intervention in international society; contestation of global norms; the Bandung Conference and Global South agency; humanitarian intervention; conceptual histories of international order; the evolution of global security practices.
- 'Mazzini in Global Asia: In Defence of Non-interventionism', Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1 Grant, SMU Internal Research Grant Category A, 2025-2027, Budget: SGD$33,300.00
- SMU Start-up Research Grant, Singapore Management University (SMU), 2023-2024, Budget: SGD$10,000
- Asia Research Institute (ARI)-Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Book Manuscript Workshop Grant, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2022, Budget: SGD$4,000
- Asia Research Institute (ARI) Research Assistance Grant, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2022, Budget: SGD$900
- Asia Research Institute (ARI) Academic Visitorship and Workshop Grant, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2021, Budget: SGD$1,500
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Vocabularies of the Bandung Spirit: ‘Intervention’ and the Asian-African struggle against apartheid [2025]P Quinton-BrownARIScope (Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore), 2025
- P Quinton-BrownINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 100 (6), 2659-2661, 2024
- R Shilliam, L Benabdallah, H Weber, CN Murphy, S Moyn, JM Welsh, ...International Affairs 100 (6), 2649-2661, 2024
- P Quinton-BrownDuck of Minerva, 2024
- P Quinton-Brown
- P Quinton-BrownOxford University Press, 2024
Patrick Quinton-Brown joined SMU as an Assistant Professor of International Relations in 2023. Previously he was a Departmental Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford where he also held a Senior College Lectureship at University College. From January 2021 to October 2022, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute in the National University of Singapore. His articles have appeared in journals including International Affairs, International Relations, Millennium, and Review of International Studies. His research interests cover theories of international relations and global governance; international institutions and organisations; interpretive and postcolonial approaches; and the Global South in historical international society. Intervention before Interventionism, published by Oxford University Press, is his first book.
Qualifications
- D.Phil. in International Relations, University of Oxford, 2021
- M.Phil. in International Relations, University of Oxford, 2016
- H.B.A. in International Relations, University of Toronto, 2014
Research Interests
- IR Theory
- Globalization of International Society
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Sovereignty and Intervention
- Interpretive and Postcolonial Approaches
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Intervention and Justice in International Relations
- Global Security
- Senior Thesis in Politics, Law, and Economics