I don’t know if it’s because the existence of St Albans makes St Alban look weird, but I initially thought this referred to Dr Alban. It would be fantastic if we could agree to switch patron saints to Dr Alban.
INFERNO.
18 TRACKS.
70 MINUTES.
2xLP, CD, DIGITAL.
29 MAY 2026.
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See you there!
Happening 2morrow in Oxford. Looking forward to it. Let Alice Baderin know (see pic attached) if you want to attend. Let me know if you want to chat over a coffee about anything vaguely methodological @lisamherzog.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @academic.oup.com @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
(Tonight’s game is currently going less well.)
The Oxford United class of 1986 parading the Milk Cup at the Wrexham game tonight, forty years on.
I think this is the strongest case for my future ennoblement.
Longer version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bgh...
New Boards of Canada, which is not something you get to say every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bgh...
Idlewild in Oxford.
Pet Shop Boys at Camden Electric. With, for the first time, A certain ‘Je ne sais quoi’.
Photo of Professor Alan Renwick with details of his upcoming Bingham Lecture on 'Competing Visions of the UK Constitution: How Should They Be Assessed, and What Are the Implications for Debates about Democratic Reform?’ on 5 May 2025, 5pm, at Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College.
You are warmly invited to the 2026 Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies delivered by Professor Alan Renwick.
5 May 2026, 5pm | Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College
Register: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...
@politicsoxford.bsky.social
My Bloody Valentine and CHVRCHES at the Royal Albert Hall, for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"
I think I have only once seen a real manatee, and that was Snooty the manatee at the South Florida Museum. It was very exciting and I bought a Snooty T-shirt. But I’m afraid this story does not end happily. RIP Snooty. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
I was not aware that it was Manatee Appreciation Day, but now that I am aware that it is Manatee Appreciation Day, please enjoy “Space Manatee” by Heavenly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEO...
Me and my book at the Oxford Literary Festival.
Thanks Daniel for your contribution and to all others! I feel very grateful for having so many people whom I admire commenting on my work!
Heavenly at the Cowley Workers’ Social Club. (Featuring an unplanned Beatnik Boy!!)
Oxford United have just been awarded (and scored) their first penalty for 92 games.
I Should Be So Lucky was number one for 5 weeks mid Feb to mid March, whereas eg Always on My Mind and Heaven is a Place on Earth were out of the charts by this point, so maybe they were just highlighting Kylie.
My article "Immoderate Integrationism: History and Climate Justice", is now out on early view from the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics: ejpe.org/journal/arti.... It's part of a symposium on the splendid "Rectifying Climate Injustice" by @lgarciaportela.bsky.social: ejpe.org/journal
You’ve done well to do that and CSSJ in the same day!
FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!
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JOB
Assistant Professor of Political Theory
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
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Sleaford Mods in Oxford.
The first set of postdocs for our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 postdocs will be based at UC Louvain with my co-PI Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and focus on contemporary democratic theory. Apply! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
