• Civilizational analysis
• International Relations and Historical Sociology
• The Historical Sociology of International Relations
• Mythology as methodology
• International Political Thought and Conceptual History

 Recent/future projects

• Essence of Diplomacy
• The West: an essentially contested concept
• The Making of Norden – a conceptual history
• The history and politics of the idea of Europe
• Barbarian Diplomacy

Publications

Books

Hall, Martin and Patrick T. Jackson (eds) (2007) Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of ’Civilizations’ in International Relations. New York: Palgrave. Read more....

Jönsson, Christer and Martin Hall (2005) Essence of Diplomacy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Read more... Read a review of the book here (Political Studies Review 2008 6:1).

Sundström, Mikael, Malena Rosén and Martin Hall (2004) En guide till mellanstatliga organisationer. Lund: Studentlitteratur.                                                               

Bengtsson, Rikard, Magnus Ericson, Martin Hall and Annica Kronsell (2001) Perspektiv på Världspolitik. Lund: Studentlitteratur.               

Hall, Martin (1999) Constructing Historical Realism: International Relations as Comparative History, Ph D dissertation, Department of Political Science, Lund University.                                               

Articles and book chapters

Hall, Martin (2013), ”What is theory more in Political Science?”, in Hervé Corvellec (ed) What is theory? Answers from the social and cultural sciences. Malmö: Liber and Copenhagen: CBS Press.

Hobson, John and Martin Hall (2013) ”Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in Eurocentric Liberal International Theory” in Tim Dunne and Trine Flockhart (eds) Liberal World Orders, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Boyer, Kurtis and Martin Hall (2013) ”Sverige, EU och vargen: - Motstridiga antropocentrismer som källa till internationell konflikt” in Intenasjonal Politikk, 2013(1).

Hall, Martin "Historiska berättelser om det global politiska rummet: globaliseringsteori eller historisk sociologi och civilisationsanalys", in Magnus Jereck and Björn Badersten (eds) Kontraster och nyanser: Svensk statsvetenskap i brytningstid. Lund: Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift.

Hall, Martin and John M. Hobson (2010) "Liberal Internatiional theory: Eurocentric but not always Imperialist?", International Theory, 2(2): 210-245.

Hall, Martin (2007) ”Toward a fourth generation of civilizational analysis”, in Martin Hall and Patrick T. Jackson (eds) (2007) Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of ’Civilizations’ in International Relations. New York: Palgrave.

Hall, Martin and Patrick T. Jackson (2007) ”Introduction”, in Martin Hall and Patrick T. Jackson (eds) (2006) Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of ’Civilizations’ in International Relations. New York: Palgrave.

Hall, Martin (2006) ”Realism”, in Jakob Gustavsson and Jonas Tallberg (eds) Internationella Realtioner. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Hall, Martin (2006) ”The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as Methodology”, in Daniel Nexon and  Iver B. Neumann (eds) Harry Potter and International Relations. New York: Rowman and Littlefield. Read more... Read a review of the book here (International Affairs 83(1)).

Hall, Martin (2005) ”Has there always been a diplomatic culture?”, in Olav F. Knudsen (ed.) Cultural Barriers, Cultural Bridges: Experience and Evidence from Diplomacy and Politics. Stockholm: Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Conference Papers 34.                                                                

Jönsson, Christer och Martin Hall (2003) “Communication: An Essential Aspect of Diplomacy”. International Studies Perspective, 4(2). Reprinted in Christer Jönsson and Richard Langhorne (eds) Diplomacy. 3 volumes. London: Sage.

Hall, Martin (2002) “Review Article: International Relations and World History”, European Journal of International Relations, 8(4).

Hall, Martin (1999) “Review Essay: International Relations and Historical Sociology: Taking Stock of Convergence”, Review of International Political Economy, 6(1).

Hall, Martin (1998) “International Political Economy meets Historical Sociology: Problems and Promises”, Cooperation and Conflict, 33(3).                               

Popular

Hall, Martin (2004) ”Vad har förändrats i internationell politik?”, Internationella Studier, 4.

Hall, Martin (2004) ”NATO och berättelsen om Västvärlden”, Internationella Studier, 2.