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The International Studies Association Theory Section award recognises work that contributes to the theorisation of world politics. Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon is the first anthology of women’s international thought. It explores how women transformed the practice of international relations, from the early to middle twentieth century. Encompassing 104 selections by 92 different female thinkers, including Anna Julia Cooper, Margaret Sanger, Rosa Luxemburg, Judith Shklar, Hannah Arendt, Merze Tate, Susan Strange, Lucy P. Mair and Claudia Jones, it covers the widest possible range of subject matters, genres, ideological and political positions, and professional contexts. 

The anthology is part of the multi-award winning Leverhulme-funded Research Project Women and the History of International Thought (2018-2023) which was conceived at the University of Sussex' International Relations and History Departments before moving to the University of Oxford in 2020. Other outputs include several journal articles, an oral history archive, and an exhibition at the LSE Women’s Library (May-September 2022).

Katharina Rietzler says: 'This award is a wonderful recognition not only of the intellectual importance of recovering women’s thought but also the value of cross-disciplinary research. I am deeply grateful to my co-editors, Cambridge University Press, the awarding committee, and Sussex University, where this collaboration began and whose tradition of intellectual openness was a source of inspiration.’