'The Picnic: An Escape to Freedom...' by Matthew Longo #published by Vintage Books & Anchor Books 'A gripping reconstruction of the escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989.' Brought to you by Bookshop.org uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-pi…

#JobAlert We're hiring a full professor in #InternationalRelations at Political Science Leiden! Application deadline 30 September. Please spread the word and let me or the committee chair know if you have questions. universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

All erotic acts are critical acts, said someone, probably. Bravo to thoughtful, non-hysterical politicians. We should all be so lucky.

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Look what arrived in the mail! Congratulations, F. J. Mabhuku Ndhlovu-Mhaso & thanks for including my reflection! Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin Heather Williams Prof Natalie Edwards and so many others, your work has been inspiring in the writing of this chapter!

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Looking for a summer read? 📚☀️ Look no farther than Political Science Leiden! Matthew Longo's latest book: 'The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain', received the prestigious Orwell Prize this summer & is definitely worth the read ➡️ universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

Deeply honored, totally humbled, and extremely excited to have this support to continue researching my next book, tentatively titled ‘Americanu: On the Disappeared’ And what a fantastic crew of grantees! Love that Tucson is twice rep’d by Ryan Devereaux and myself.

So happy to see my latest piece on Habermas's career as a freelance journalist between 1954-56 come out in New German Critique, one of the key outlets for the reception of the Frankfurt School in English! It is a nice précis of my forthcoming book as well read.dukeupress.edu/new-german-cri…

Our winning books together in the sun ☀️

Interested about knowing how #state #enterprises can support long-term #industrial #Development in #mineral #states? Get a copy of my new book #Business of the State: Why #StateOwnership matters for #Resource #Governance published by Oxford Academic Oxford University Press.

Save the date! Thanks to the The Book Corner and to Bluemoose Books … the best home(s) for my book that I could imagine.

#OTD August 19, 1989 The Pan-European Picnic was one of the most important moments of the Cold War, instrumental in bringing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today is the 35th anniversary! #picnic #sopron #piknik You can read about it in my book: wwnorton.com/books/97803935…

ABS Annual Conference Our president-elect Laurie Trautman is hard at work with the organizing team to prepare the call for papers. Keep an eye out - the conference theme will be announced in 14 days!

Berlin launch of my novel A DREAM OF WHITE HORSES (Bluemoose Books) is at Curious Fox Books on 26 November, with Alexander Wells… come join us!

No Monday blues over here: our upcoming book Walled is now live for the world to see! A true collaborative work, with excellent border scholars, reflecting on the last 30 years of a walled US-MX border & what it means at & beyond the border Check it out👇uapress.arizona.edu/book/walled

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CALL FOR PAPERS. Who Needs a Border Wall? Borders, Fences and Walls – Towards a New Research Agenda 2025 Montreal Borders and Borders Walls Conference – 7th edition (April 17 & 24, May 8-9, 2025) colloquemurs.uqam.ca/en/borders-and…

Hey Twitter! #ThePicnic made a cameo on German TV (ZDF)! It is a segment about the Pan-European Picnic (obviously!). zdf.de/nachrichten-se… Here is the still, with Laszlo Nagy holding the book. How cool is that?!!?!?!?!

Hey Twitter - my book in the book room at #APSA2024 Thanks W. W. Norton & Company Norton Poli Sci !!! Also if you’re at APSA, come to my “Author meets Critics” panel, 12-1:30, in PCC 103B.