Come join us at the @millennjournal.bsky.social Symposium on Global Politics of Liminality from 2 - 3 November 2026 in London @lseir.bsky.social 🥳
Send in your abstracts until 17 June 🤩
More details 👇🏼📝 See you in London!
You didn't think I'd co-edit a volume (w/ @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social & Ana Barclay) without sneaking my name in the title, did you?
CfP for @millennjournal.bsky.social Vol 55 on The Global Politics of Liminality is live: we'd love to hear from you!
⏰ Due: 17 June
📍 @lseir.bsky.social, 2-3 Nov 2026
Millennium's Call for Papers, full information can be found via the link included.
📣 The call is open! Millennium's 2026 Symposium explores "The Global Politics of Liminality" — and we want to hear from you. Scholars from across the discipline (and beyond) are encouraged to submit.
🔗 Full details here: millenniumjournal.org/call-for-abs...
📣We have kicked of todays event with @epir-bisa.bsky.social!
👉A virtual roundtable to discuss ‘Traversing Memories in Global Politics’, the most recent special issue from @millennjournal.bsky.social
👉We are joined by Arthur Duhé, Anh Nguyen, Chaeyoung Yong, and editor Kinti Orellana!
This Mother's Day, we dug into our archive. Read @Mai'a Williams on the ever so relevant politics of mothering:
"[T]he practice of mothering is fundamental to creating co-liberatory revolutionary movements and societies."
Full piece below👇
tinyurl.com/47netytd
📢Reminder to register for the roundtable on Millennium's Special Issue Traversing Memories on Tuesday! Don't miss it!
📢 Join us for @epir-bisa.bsky.social's roundtable on Vol. 53 SI, "Traversing Memories in Global Politics," featuring
Kinti Orellana Matute, @arthurduhe.bsky.social, @anhphnguyen.bsky.social, Georgios Shani and Chaeyoung Yong
🗓️ Tuesday 17 March, 5pm BST (online)
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/EPIRRoundtable
What is the link between concepts and collective memories? @taylorborowetz.bsky.social & Felix Berenskötter demonstrate how they co-constitute each other in the political process of meaning-making, examining the Haitian Revolution and the Holocaust.
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Why look to the past rather than the future when analysing military tech? Focusing on military ballooning, @fredwindfeld.bsky.social article shows why foregrounding technologies’ antecedents — not imagined futures — helps us rethink disruptive tech debates.
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Can literary figures shape international thought - and if so, how? Find out more and read @daviesthomasr.bsky.social's new article in @millennjournal.bsky.social, which examines the case of Thomas Hardy. Link below👇
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@isatheory.bsky.social
📝 How can memories such as colonisation be mobilised for internationalism? In Vol. 53 Special Issue, @arthurduhe.bsky.social examines how the Zapatistas used traumatic memory in the 2021 Journey for Life to build solidarity with European activists.
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#internationalrelations #politicaltheory #memorystudies @isatheory.bsky.social @standrewsir.bsky.social
📝 Out now in Vol. 53 Special Issue! @anhphnguyen.bsky.social shows how South Korea, Japan and Indonesia navigate unwanted memories and feared futures through anticipatory temporal othering.
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#internationalrelations #politicaltheory #memorystudies @isatheory.bsky.social @jennyedkins.bsky.social
📝 Out now in Vol. 53! Chaeyoung Yong argues that trauma time offers key insights into "understanding GBV by highlighting the socio-political nature of trauma and critiquing the linear narrative of healing and restoring the social order."
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What role do disasters play in global politics? In Vol. 53’s Special Issue, Amy Cortvriend, Lucy Easthope, Jenny Edkins, and @kandidapurnell.bsky.social explore how embodied trauma disrupts the status quo — and may open a path to a new social-political order.
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@isatheory.bsky.social #internationalrelations #memorystudies #politicaltheory
📝 What role do memories play in global politics, and what do they reveal about knowledge production in IR?
Read the Intro to Vol. 53 Traversing Memories in Global Politics by Kinti Orellana Matute, @seowoohyeok.bsky.social & Pauline Zerla 👇
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🚨Millennium’s Vol. 53 Special Issue, “Traversing Memories in Global Politics,” is out! Watch this space for short teasers of the individual articles over the next few weeks.
Symposium presentation
Group picture with symposium participants
Keynote speaker, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare
Throwback to our 2025 Symposium: Grateful to all speakers who presented their drafts and sparked thought-provoking discussions. Special thanks to our keynote, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the special issue featuring the completed articles!
For those who don’t know, on November 3rd I gave my first conference/symposium keynote for @millennjournal.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social. My keynote was based on my 2022 reflection piece,‘Your Work is Not International Relations’.Thank you to everyone who attended and the editors for inviting me
🗳 Reminder EB members – Tomorrow (Thursday, 27/11) is round two of our Vol. 55 elections! Please attend and cast your vote (if you are an eligible voting member) for the new Editors.
❗The meeting will take place via Zoom only, from 12:30–1:30 pm. Check your emails for more information!
🗳Reminder EB members - Today is the first round of our Vol. 55 elections! Please attend and cast your vote (if you are an eligible voting member) for the new Deputy Editors. The meeting will take place via Zoom only, from 12.30pm-1:30pm. Check your e-mails for more information!
I'm delighted to share my new article, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! It examines how the Zapatistas used colonial memory while forging transnational alliances with European activists.
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![Call for applications:
Vol. 55 Editorial Team of Millennium Journal of International Studies
Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team.
All editorial roles at Millennium are elected roles; the elections for vol. 55 (Editors and Deputy Editors) will be held on Thursday, the 20th of November 2025. Please ensure you are available for the elections between 12.30 - 14.00, via Zoom.
To be eligible to stand as a candidate for the Deputy Editor, you must be a postgraduate student (master’s or PhD student) based at a University of London institution (i.e. LSE, SOAS, King’s, Goldsmiths, etc.).
To be eligible to stand as a candidate for Editor, you must a) be a PhD student based at a University of London institution, and b) run as part of a team of three [3]. Please contact us for more information about this role, especially if you have any questions regarding finding additional team members or if you have any questions not answered in this call.
To run for any of the positions, you must email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature (including full name, degree programme, and university affiliation) by 23:59 on 13 November 2025 (GMT).
Please see below for more details on the roles and the election process. For more details about the journal, please see our website https://millenniumjournal.org/
For information on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cJfPXS4i3XedqKSGVsOSzLow0Mq6WNhtVRGwFRlVb4/edit?tab=t.0](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dlzk5tdoxzxyby4uz4hlkpo7/bafkreia7s2v3x6m4h7w4j5ira7nt5kl232nryoa67gsyikw2vdn6j5533i)
Call for applications: Vol. 55 Editorial Team of Millennium Journal of International Studies Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team. All editorial roles at Millennium are elected roles; the elections for vol. 55 (Editors and Deputy Editors) will be held on Thursday, the 20th of November 2025. Please ensure you are available for the elections between 12.30 - 14.00, via Zoom. To be eligible to stand as a candidate for the Deputy Editor, you must be a postgraduate student (master’s or PhD student) based at a University of London institution (i.e. LSE, SOAS, King’s, Goldsmiths, etc.). To be eligible to stand as a candidate for Editor, you must a) be a PhD student based at a University of London institution, and b) run as part of a team of three [3]. Please contact us for more information about this role, especially if you have any questions regarding finding additional team members or if you have any questions not answered in this call. To run for any of the positions, you must email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature (including full name, degree programme, and university affiliation) by 23:59 on 13 November 2025 (GMT). Please see below for more details on the roles and the election process. For more details about the journal, please see our website https://millenniumjournal.org/ For information on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cJfPXS4i3XedqKSGVsOSzLow0Mq6WNhtVRGwFRlVb4/edit?tab=t.0
Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team! To run for any of the positions, email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature by 23:59 on 13 Nov 2025 (GMT). More information on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
On the role of icons in news media: Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson’s insightful new essay open access in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Call for applications: Vol. 55 Editorial Team of Millennium Journal of International Studies Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team. All editorial roles at Millennium are elected roles; the elections for vol. 55 (Editors and Deputy Editors) will be held on Thursday, the 20th of November 2025. Please ensure you are available for the elections between 12.30 - 14.00, via Zoom. To be eligible to stand as a candidate for the Deputy Editor, you must be a postgraduate student (master’s or PhD student) based at a University of London institution (i.e. LSE, SOAS, King’s, Goldsmiths, etc.). To be eligible to stand as a candidate for Editor, you must a) be a PhD student based at a University of London institution, and b) run as part of a team of three [3]. Please contact us for more information about this role, especially if you have any questions regarding finding additional team members or if you have any questions not answered in this call. To run for any of the positions, you must email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature (including full name, degree programme, and university affiliation) by 23:59 on 13 November 2025 (GMT). Please see below for more details on the roles and the election process. For more details about the journal, please see our website https://millenniumjournal.org/ For information on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cJfPXS4i3XedqKSGVsOSzLow0Mq6WNhtVRGwFRlVb4/edit?tab=t.0
Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team! To run for any of the positions, email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature by 23:59 on 13 Nov 2025 (GMT). More information on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.