!!Adam Roberts - Curriculum Vitae \\ Born in Penrith, England, 1940\\ \\ Educated at Westminster School, 1953-58; Studied Modern History at University of Oxford, Magdalen College, 1959-1962; Graduate research at the London School of Economics, 1965-1968.\\ \\ __Career: __ \\ *Assistant editor, Peace News, London, 1962-1965 \\ *Noel Buxton Student in International Relations, London School of Economics, 1965-1968 \\ *Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics, 1968-1981\\ *Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations, University of Oxford, 1981-1986 \\ *Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, 1986-2007 \\ *Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, and Emeritus *Fellow of Balliol College Oxford, 2007- \\ __Positions__ \\ *Elected Fellow of the British Academy 1990\\ *Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George for services to the study and practice of international relations, 2002\\ *Served on Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2002-2008; Member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board, 2003-, and of the Council for Science and Technology, 2010-13.\\ *Served as President of the British Academy 2009-2013\\ *Appointed Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics; and of Saint Antony's College, Oxford\\ *Held Visiting Appointments at New York University, Tokyo University, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Washington DC \\ __Memberships__ \\ Member of the Council of Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) London, 1985-1991; Governor Ditchley Foundation, 2001-11; Member of the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 2002-2008; Member of the United Kingdom Defence Academy Advisory Board (DAAB), 2003-15.\\ \\ __Lectures__ \\ *Delivered Europaeum Lecture, 'International Law and the Use of Military Force: the United Nations, the United States and Iraq', University of Leiden, 2003.\\ *Delivered Lecture in the Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, 'The Equal Application of the Laws of War: a Principle under Pressure', 2009.\\ *Delivered Gresham College Special Lecture, 'Reinventing the Wheel: the cost of neglecting international history', London, 2010.\\ *Delivered Europaeum Lecture, ‘Civil Resistance and Power Politics: From the Prague Spring to the Arab Spring’, Charles University, Prague, 2013.\\ \\ Interests include mountaineering and cycling.