Faruk Yalvaç
This issue brings together some of the key papers presented in the first Spectrum Conference on Historical Materialism, Historical Sociology and International Relations held at the Middle East Technical University on November 3-4, 2012. The papers published represent some of the works of the most well known critical scholars in this field. It is regrettable that it has not been possible to compile all the papers presented during the conference in this one single issue and we hope to publish the other papers in the coming issues. When all the papers are published, it will be possible to see the the different theories and approaches to International Historical Sociology (IHS) in a more integrated way…
