Last night (a Tuesday, sadly) the Thursday Murder Club sat down with director Chris Columbus and author Richard Osman at the British Library to chat books, murder, and making films about murder that are based on books about murder. THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB comes to Netflix on

Because I know you wanted it, here's the partisan breakdown of mail ballots by party from 2008 to 2024 in each state. Data from the Survey of the Performance of American Elections. For reference, I've also included the national time series.

📢 #CallForPapers We welcome contributions for an upcoming online workshop and prospective special issue on the evolving landscape of Turkish politics. 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 2025 🔗 More details below ⬇️

We invite submissions for the Autumn 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops, co-convened by Dr Aykut Ozturk (University of Glasgow) and Dr Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (University of Aberdeen). psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/09/01/cal…

The series provides constructive feedback on working papers in Turkish politics, with the aim of supporting junior scholars. •Three sessions in Oct–Nov 2025 •One paper per session (1 hour) •In-depth discussion by experts & convenors •Concludes with Q&A More info 👇

Please join Seth Bluestein , Karen Brinson Bell, and me for a vote webinar on public trust in elections, moderated by Jessica Huseman on Friday, Sept. 19, noon EDT. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/public-trust…

📢 Call for Papers! Building Democratic Resilience workshop — Mar 6, 2026 at The LBJ School, UT Austin. Organized by Isabel Laterzo-Tingley & me. Seeking work on democracy, backsliding/resilience, institutions, attitudes & civic engagement. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BDRLatAm

LEGO has announced that they will be making a ‘STAR TREK’ set.

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

For students of Turkish politics: the deadline is tomorrow!

Experience an “absolute rush from beginning to end” and see Tron: Ares in theaters tonight. Get tickets now!

Five 1,300-year-old bread loaves found preserved in ancient Eirenopolis in Turkey. One of the carbonised Byzantine loaves, which were very likely intended for use as communion bread, bears the image of Jesus and an inscription in Greek: ‘With our thanks to Blessed Jesus.’

🚨We’re hiring!🚨 Bilkent IR seeks two open-rank faculty members: one open specialization, one in Historical IR / Historical Political Economy. Deadline: Dec 15. Please reach out with any questions! Bilkent-Uluslararası İlişkiler, Bilkent-IR #polisky #poliscijobs #poliscijobmarket #psjminfo #academicjobs

CEIR has released an important report on who pays for what in election administration (state or local governments). I'm sure I'm going to use this one a lot. electioninnovation.org/research/who-p…

Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe, and the other Neolithic Taş Tepeler (“Stone Mounds”) sites in Turkey are yielding stunning archaeological discoveries year after year. Go in-depth at these monumental complexes where people began settling 12,000 years ago. archaeology.org/issues/march-a…

As the convenors Aykut Öztürk we are happy to share the Fall 2025 program for the PSA Turkish Politics Online Workshops (TPOWs) PSA Turkish Politics The registration information for the TPOWs will be here soon. psaturkishpolitics.uk

I am seeing tons of people react to this and say “Look at the AER, QJE” tons of papers with data from developing countries. I did my first 13 years as an academic in Brazil, of course it’s possible to publish good work from the periphery, but it’s SO MUCH HARDER, you have no idea

The Amiga corner at Spillmesse 2025 in Norway was beautiful! Happy 40th, Amiga! #amiga #retro #retrogamedev

You can now register to join us online to discuss new research on Turkish politics! psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/10/28/joi…