We are accepting submissions for our Fall 2024 season of online workshops until May 31! We welcome presentations by early-career scholars studying authoritarian political regimes regardless of their methodological approaches. Find more information at: apsg.work/cfp/

Hundreds of Tunisian protesters including lawyers, journalists & activists took to the street today to denounce mounting wave of arrests targeting outspoken critical figure & police violence. Slogans included calls for the resignation of justice minister Leila Jaffel.

1/4 Alarming information has emerged indicating that Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured in police custody after his arrest on 13 May. Tunisia's authorities must order an independent and impartial investigation into the allegations and bring those responsible to justice

🇹🇳 V Tunisku se konají demonstrace na podporu zatčených právníků. Jak se mění někdejší úspěšná země arabského jara v diktaturu? Tereza Jermanova z Katedry Blízkého východu FF UK byla hostem ve vysílání Český rozhlas Plus. program.rozhlas.cz/zaznamy#/plus/… (9:08)

🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Our AcPo journal (IPS FSV CUNI) invites submissions on political trust and its aspects, new #cleavages, and political #polarization. Share your insights with us! ⏰Abstract deadline Sep 15, 2024 ⏰Manuscript deadline Nov 30, 2024 #CallForAbstracts

Tracking State reactions to the arrest warrants issued by the ICC OTP against Israeli and Hamas leaders, a thread 🧵

Really important scholarship programme at Oxford for scholars of and, especially, from Tunisia. Please share and circulate. This is going to be great!

"Měli bychom vyjadřovat podporu všem, kdo čelí výhrůžkám kvůli svým politickým názorům – i pokud nám jejich politické názory nekonvenují. Obávám se ale, že česká podpora svobody bádání a veřejného projevu končí tam, kde začíná kritika izraelských politik."

Kais Saied's visit marks the first trip of a Tunisian president to Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Based on the one chapter that I reviewed & knowing how meticulous editor Anne Wolf is, this is going to be a great resource for anyone studying authoritarian politics!

“We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again.”

This made me laugh! Academic fashion is the best (worst) and its flexibility (clumsiness) is one of the reasons I’m still in the industry.

All the time…

68 yrs ago, on August 13, 1956, Tunisia’s first president after French colonialism, Habib Bourguiba (in sunglasses), signed the Personal Status Code into law. It was progressive, in some ways radically so, for the Arab world, prohibiting polygamy & allowing women to divorce. 1/

My partner made a movie - the world premiere is in Venice next week - and you should all watch the trailer👇🏼

📢 How do constitutional change & culture wars shape political conflict today? Join our colleagues from the Faculty of Arts for a multidisciplinary conference featuring Tereza Jermanova, Zora Hesova, Gabriel Negretto, ... 🗓 27 Sept 2024, 9:45–15:00 📍 Prague 🔗 ff.cuni.cz/event/conflict…