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The Professor Who Changed How We Think About Security: Professor Deborah Avant Honored as a Distinguished Scholar - Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs The Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs is proud to announce that Professor Deborah Avant has been recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Studies Association...

Congratulations to Korbel Prof @deborahavant.bsky.social who was honored at this week's @isanet.bsky.social annual meeting, receiving the Distinguished Scholar award from both the International Security Studies Section and Interdisciplinary Studies Section! 🎉

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Conferencing in times of crisis YouTube video by MyBISA

Brief conversation with @mybisa.bsky.social director Juliet Dryden about the @isanet.bsky.social #ISA2026 annual convention and the decisions many of our European and UK colleagues are making about the US context youtu.be/vztEfz1FEdE

War, Law, and a World in Crisis: An interview with Professor Samuel Moyn ahead of the 2026 Cyril Foster Lecture

“What can international law do for us—and how are we changed in our beliefs and strategies by it?”

Ahead of the 2026 Cyril Foster Lecture, Prof. Samuel Moyn explores law, belief, and strategy in times of crisis.

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The ISA-West region is pleased to announce the call for proposals for their 2026 annual conference to take place on 25-26 September in Pasadena, CA. The deadline to submit proposals is 17 April 2026: buff.ly/TdVPQ5P

🏅 The Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (Chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal

This year's award goes to ... 🥁

Patricia Owens for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (Princeton)

And that's a wrap. Thank you for joining us at #ISAGlobal2026! We hope to see you in Columbus, OH, or at any of our Upcoming Conferences that are currently accepting proposals. Visit buff.ly/e2kDJvw for more information.

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'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions': looking ahead to the next 50 years 🌟

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Research Funding Transparency Webinar
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Call for Nominations:

The LGBTQA Caucus is now accepting nominations for four positions. Any caucus member can nominate themselves or a colleague, and we especially welcome nominations from junior scholars and colleagues from institutions in the Global South.

Empathy and Political Reasoning: How Empathy Promotes Reflection and Strengthens Democracy
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Five questions about domestic terrorism and the violence in Minneapolis | School of Foreign Service | Georgetown In January 2026, two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were shot by U.S. federal agents in Minneapolis as part of local protests against U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and...

"We are living in a violent moment, and we should expect to see more acts of violence against both public figures and the general public in the weeks and months ahead."

On the fallout from #Minneapolis, with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social.

Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.

Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps
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In honour of Black History Month, we are sharing the introduction from A Place in the Sun: Haiti, Haitians, and the Remaking of Quebec by Sean Mills.

A richly drawn portrait of Haiti in Quebec, of Quebec through Haiti, and the ways in which migrants transform societies.

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📣 Register for the IPSA RC07 Research Conference on Politics of Precarity on 28 February 2026. The event will be held online via Zoom.
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This LGBT+ History Month, pick up a celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past.

30% off as part of our @lgbthm.bsky.social promotion until 28th Feb.
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?

These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.

So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...

African States vs States in Africa: An Epistemological Interrogation of Africa and the World
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The Most Anticipated Books of the Year The 30 biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and political science.

FP’s annual list of titles that are likely to influence how practitioners, scholars, and analysts approach their work in the coming year.

Mali and Burkina Faso Impose Travel Bans on Americans

“Both governments said in separate statements on Tuesday that they were acting “in accordance with the principle of reciprocity,” and would apply the same restrictions on Americans that were imposed on their countries.”

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“The bad news is that we are under threat. The good news is that we are not alone.
To preserve the humanities as something more than a Disneyfied statue garden means restoring functional democracy and dismantling kleptocracy. Education is the front line.” 💯 🔥 + kleptocrats’ receipts

Entanglements in World Politics by Peter J. Katzenstein
Insights from 20th-century science offer new, unconventional approaches to better understand and navigate 21st-century world politics.
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Columbus, Ohio leader steps forward to defend migrants and deny city resources for anti-migrant raids, earns the ire of those many scholars identify as authoritarian and white supremacist. Christians around the world celebrate the humble birth a savior to his migrant parents.

Backdrop: Christian holiday celebrating the humble birth of a savior while his migrant family is denied housing and his mother, in labor, is forced to seek shelter where animals are fed.

This News is So Gay (12/24/25): Exploring the Importance of Blogs in the LGBTQ+ Journalism Landscape Featuring: Sue Kerr (Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents) and Mark S. King (My Fabulous Disease)

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (12/24/25): Exploring the Importance of Blogs in the LGBTQ+ Journalism Landscape.

Featuring: Sue Kerr (@pghlesbian.bsky.social) and Mark S. King (@marksking.bsky.social).

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