Congratulations Rebecca Buxton on a fantastic manuscript workshop at York today. Thanks to the discussants, Megan Blomfield, Rufaida Al Hashmi, Mollie Gerver, and Alasia Nuti.

This thought-provoking lecture delivered by Professor Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò from Cornell University is taking place on 21st May and will be followed by a Q&A and drinks reception, hosted by the York Anti-Colonial Reading Group
Book your ticket here:
york.ac.uk/news-and-event…

We're thrilled to announce the York Anti-Colonial Reading Group workshop 'Anticolonial Agendas: Interrogating Contemporary Notions of Decolonisation' on Tuesday 21 May from 1pm here at York. Workshop will be followed by a keynote lecture from Professor Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Sign up - forms.gle/FaQCkcFDFG4rNN…

A nice interview by Steffen Hornemann just out in Society for Cultural Anthropology with Dr. José Ciro Martínez and Omar Sirri building on their article “Bureaucraft: Statemakers in Amman and Baghdad” which was originally published last August.
#politicsofbread
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📢 Job opportunity 📢

Department of Politics and International Relations are looking for a part-time Research Associate to work on Dr Alex Hall's project 'Volunteers and Vulnerabilities: the Politics of Policing Partnerships', funded by Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

Apply by 07/05/2024

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

It’s filming day for the Department of Politics and International Relations’s MOOC. In this online course, launching this summer, we explore “crisis” and its impact on political power in the 21st century. After a lot of time spent planning and scripting, it’s great to begin production!

In Bradford for Sara de Jong (@uniyorkpolitics) & colleagues exhibition uncovering the experiences of Afghan interpreters in the UK.
Heartbreaking. Important. Urgent.
If you live around Yorkshire do consider making a trip to the Impressions Gallery (free entry).

Delighted to welcome Rebecca Buxton for her book manuscript workshop in York this Tuesday. With Alasia Nuti, Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social, Rufaida Al Hashmi Uni of Reading Politics and IR Department & Megan Blomfield as discussants.

Analysis of our data was undertaken for new research summarised in this LSE EUROPP blog article.

Tim Vlandas (@DSPI_Oxford 🇬🇧) and Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou (@uniyorkpolitics 🇬🇧) considered support for far-right political parties in the context of terrorist attacks.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

Beyond happy that Christoph Valentin Steinert and my paper on protest mobilization and political imprisonment was awarded the Peace Science Society (International) Will H. Moore prize. Many thanks to PSSI and the award committee!
Paper: shorturl.at/eQRZ3
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Very pleased that my article, 'Ripe for Better Post-War Governance? The impact of the 2016 peace agreement on the reestablishment of health services in Colombia' - w U. Jakša, S. Lordemus & R. Moreno-Serra - has been published (open access) by Political Geography tinyurl.com/24hs7mxm

Lecturer Dr. José Ciro Martínez says “The king finds Netanyahu an impossible interlocutor,” in this Al Jazeera English article:
Tightrope: Jordan’s balancing act between Iran and Israel aje.io/ctbqpi

In Britain, women are more undecided than men about their vote choice. Why?

In our new BJPIR article, Rosalind Shorrocks and I find this is partly explained by gender gaps in:

i) political engagement
ii) perceptions of representation
iii) conflict

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

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We are extending the deadline for our Open Research Awards until 12pm next Friday, 26 April 🗓️

Please consider submitting your work for consideration - the panel are especially keen to read about projects in Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences!

👉 bit.ly/OR-awards

Delighted to host Hans Asenbaum for his book talk on The Politics of Becoming Oxford Politics next Tuesday.

Amazing event at our #AfghanInterpreter exhibition Impressions Gallery with Nahid, the wife of one of the interpreters, speaking about her inspirational humanitarian work in Afghanistan & her Afghan pop-up restaurant in Harrogate and Knaresborough.

🚨New article by Dr Eva Heims published this week:
The Board of Trade and the regulatory state in the long 19th century, 1815–1914 - 6 - Regulation & Governance - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

Our Call for Posters and Exhibits will remain open until the 27th May 2024. If you would like to present a Poster/Exhibit at the conference, please email us at [email protected] with a title and 250-word abstract.
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Happy to share that I'm now a Regular Columnist with ALPSblog. It's a great forum for discussions of political science learning and teaching with amazing academics; v. honoured that my incoherent ramblings will now be a regular part of the mix! activelearningps.com/2024/04/17/wel…