📣We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @epir-bisa.bsky.social !
👉Today we are joined by Rahul Rao to discuss his book 'The Psychic Lives of Statues'
👀Take a look at the book: www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...
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'Book talk - The psychic lives of statues: reckoning with the rubble of empire' 🌍
Upcoming Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group book talk with Rahul Rao for a discussion on "what do we do with the monuments left behind by empire?" 📚
Sign up today 👉 https://ow.ly/nOoA50YFrW3
"These stories build up over the years to ensure that places like Union Corner fizz with emotional energy."
Brilliant read by @imadgination03.bsky.social in @scotsman.com in the aftermath of Glasgow's Union Corner fire, and why we're so affected by the loss of historic places.
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📢 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
Join us in person or online for our new @visualpolitics.bsky.social events to hear about new research from @mtrotem.bsky.social (Manchester), Saffron O'Neill (Exeter), @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social (McMaster) and @hmberents.bsky.social (Griffith). Zoom rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/new-vis...
Join us this Wednesday!
🚨New Publication🚨I'm thrilled to share my latest article on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ COVID-19 vaccine and its impact on EU-UK relations, now available on @iajournal.bsky.social's website. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
As always, it has been a joy to work with @ngellwitzki.bsky.social on this project.
'Racism without ‘#race’: colorblindness, blackness and everyday #racism in contemporary Germany'
From #Identities issue 32.2, by Daniel Williams:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Don't forget to join us tomorrow!
2025 Dissertation Workshop on Migration and Citizenship | Deadline: April 27, 2025
Migration and Citizenship (Virtual) | Apply Here Join us for a virtual dissertation workshop held from the end of June through the middle of August (exact dates and times will be determined once participants are…
Very happy to see my first article out in the world. Thanks to my supervisors Ali Wedderburn and @tsolomon.bsky.social, and to @risjnl.bsky.social for the massive support!
Really enjoying a workshop on the affective economy of memes organised by @ngellwitzki.bsky.social of @york.ac.uk. Learning about the origins and affects of Pepe, the feels guy, the Godchancellor and the role of memes in the global communication of political sentiments and discourse
Fotograph shows a table with covers of books translated into German: back row: 5 books by Sarah J. Maas middle row: Toni Morrison, Bluest Eyes; Steven Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Orwell, 1984; Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants; Front row: Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why; Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Art Spielman, Complete MAUS; Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid‘s Tale; John Green, For Alaska.
Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway):
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
Had the privilege of reviewing @richardsonma.bsky.social's remarkable work on nonhuman witnessing - an eye-opening and really insightful read! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in witnessing, affect, algorithmic violence, and more.
Just arrived in Canberra. For locals: pease join us on Wednesday for the opening of this exhibition on Alternative Humanitarian Visuals - held in honour of Emma Hutchison - and involving an ICRC-ANU-UQ collaboration. Wed 26 March 5pm. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...
So, my first photoblog is up. There will be more to come, including political ones. For now, though, this was an obvious start but not an easy one. www.rolandbleiker.com/photography/...
66 If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. Hannah Arendt, 1906 - 1975 D NEWS Source: Interview, 1974
The next logical step will be for the PM of Israel to tell Germany they must give a home to the Palestinians as a sign of their Vergangenheitsbewältigung and for the President of the USA to order it.
In an unthinkable world everything becomes is thinkable
A photograph of Professor Cynthia Enloe giving a speech
Prof Cynthia Enloe is giving an opening lecture at our #BISA2025 50th anniversary conference!
In partnership with Mitchell Institute, Centre for Gender in Politics, & the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at Queen’s University Belfast.
Register here:
www.bisa.ac.uk/events/publi...
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NEW EVENT 🚨
Our BISA Postgraduate Network have a new conference: 'Emerging knowledge from emerging researchers' (8-9 May, @edinburghpir.bsky.social). Feat. skills workshops and knowledge exchange!
Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 Mar
For more info & to register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Promotional image for Arctic state identity. Background image of glaciers. An image of the book cover sits to the left. Black text to the right reads: Is there such a thing as an Arctic state identity, and if so, what does that mean for state personnel? Manchester University Press logo.
🐻❄️OUT NOW
Arctic state identity by @ingridagnete.bsky.social charts the reflections and stories of state personnel from Norway, Iceland and Canada.
Providing a 'peopled' view of #geopolitics, it explores their shifting roles and identities in a time of rapid environmental change. 🧊
Jenny Edkins, Maja Zehfuss and Thomas Gregory (eds.), Global Politics: A New Introduction 4th Edition - Routledge, 2025
www.routledge.com/Global-Polit...
A full room of people at Coss Connections
Eddie Barns from the John Smith centre speaking at CoSS connections
Dean Panelists speaking at CoSS Connections.
Peaceful, secure and Empowered Societies IRT Leads speaking at CoSS Connections
Last Friday, we hosted #CoSSConnections, bringing together colleagues from across the College.
The event was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on our successes and explore what’s next for the College.
Thank you to everyone who attended, with special thanks to our speakers.
Emma Hutchison’s work on emotions and international relations defined and informed a generation of scholarship. We have put together a special collection honoring the legacy of Emma's work, including her RIS article and 8 others which have built on it.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Next ICAHD UK Webinar - Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...