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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jul 18

📰"Interwoven Resilience: Non-State Actors and Formal Institutions in Ukraine’s Urban War Effort”📰

By Ostap Kushnir

researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/...

You can read the article here:

www.cejiss.org/interwoven-r... .

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jul 17

'Israel's air strength is giving it a free hand over Iran'

Read the latest from CEISR's Matthew Powell

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#Israel #Iran #TheConversation

Israel’s air strength is giving it a free hand over Iran

The Iranian military has been largely unable to prevent missile attacks and Israeli aircraft from entering its air space.

theconversation.com

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jul 15

The indifference of consumers to the creation of the EC common market, 1979–92*

By Dr Brigitte Leucht (who has also co-edited the this Special Issue:)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The indifference of consumers to the creation of the EC common market, 1979–92*

Against the backdrop of the politico-economic crises of the 1970s the member states of the European Community began putting political weight behind the creation of the common market to strengthen t...

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 30

Happening Today!

"New Area Knowledges – Geographies of Power, Linguistic (In)Justice and Epistemologies of the South"

The lecture by Harry Wilson Kapatika (University of Johannesburg) will take place on TODAY Monday 30 June, from 1pm to 3pm (UK time) online.

port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/8330576552...

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 26

'Israel’s air strength is giving it a free hand over Iran'

@historydafydd.bsky.social‬ latest article for ‪‪@uk.theconversation.com on the air campaigns being waged by Israel and Iran.

Israel’s air strength is giving it a free hand over Iran

The Iranian military has been largely unable to prevent missile attacks and Israeli aircraft from entering its air space.

theconversation.com

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 25

To learn more about Dr Cockel and her research, check out her profile below:

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 25

On 10th June 2025, CEISR member Dr Isabelle Cockel presented a fastinating and enlighting talk entitled:

‘Profitability, Aspiration and Segregation: Coffee as a Class and Ethnicity Signifier in Colonial Taiwan'

at the East Asia and Economic Botany, 1800-1950 Conference at Royal Botanic Gardens

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 New Publication!!!🚨

'Women journalists and online harassment'

By Susana Sampaio Dias, Maria João Silveirinha & João Miranda

in

Insights on Journalism and Human Rights

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Women journalists and online harassment | 8 | A human rights approach

Worldwide, women journalists are often subjected to discrimination and misogynistic abuse while carrying out their professional duties. This chapter represents

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 20

The article explores the resurgence of the Islamic State West Africa Province and its evolving strategic posture.

You can read this article here:

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...

Resurgent jihadist violence in northeast Nigeria part of a worrying regional trend

Challenged by a spreading insurgency that is employing new tactics and equipment, the Nigerian military has lost control of a string of bases.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 20

In June, @stoddarded.bsky.social co-authored a piece with @maliksamuel.bsky.social in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social titled:

Resurgent jihadist violence in northeast Nigeria part of a worrying regional trend.'

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 19

In May, Dr Fatai Alli completed his PhD following an excellent performance at his viva

Titled "Civilian Democratic Control in Limited Access Orders, Examining Civil-Military Relations Using Nigeria as a Case Study".

His supervisory team: Dr Edward Stoddard, Dr Melita Lazell Lazell & Tony Chafer.

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change

Special Issue Theme

Interwoven Struggles: Intersectionality, Culture, and the Politics of Belonging

For further information see the link below:

www.lectitopublishing.nl/journal-of-c...

Call for Papers: Interwoven Struggles - Lectito

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 Call for Papers!!! 🚨

Cultural Vulnerabilities and Planetary Problems: Creating New Sociological Studies of Culture Between Fragility and Fortitude

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 12

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🎧 Episode 5 of Global Aid Rethink lands next Tuesday 17th June! | Dr Melita Lazell

🎧 Episode 5 of Global Aid Rethink lands next Tuesday 17th June! In this episode, we focus on aid in practice, and we joined by my colleague here at the University of Portsmouth, and Co-Director of th...

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 12

Have you listened to the Global Aid Rethink podcast yet?

In this week's episode, CEISR's Dr Melita Lazell interviews the incomprable Professor Tamsin Bradley on how development projects with 'gender' or 'women' in the title are increasingly being cut. Check out the below for further information!

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 10

This was a fascinating and valuable event and we would like to thank everyone who attended and spoke!

#knowledge #practice #decolonising #OldPortsmouth #Research

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 10

On 20 May the Decolonising Spaces Research Group hosted Custodians of Knowledge and Decolonising Practices at the Square Tower in Old Portsmouth.

Librarians, archivists, artists, museum curators & scholars explored how colonial legacies shape the ways we collect, preserve & share knowledge.

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 10

On 20 May, the Decolonising Spaces Research Group hosted Custodians of Knowledge and Decolonising Practices at the Square Tower in Old Portsmouth.

Librarians, archivists, artists, museum curators & scholars explored how colonial legacies shape the ways we collect, preserve & share knowledge.

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 9

Upcoming Event!

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society?

With Professor Jason Arday, University of Cambridge

Wednesday, June 11 · 12 - 1pm GMT+1

Sign up here:

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society?

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society? With Professor Jason Arday, University of Cambridge

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 6

Want to learn more about what we do at CEISR?

Check out our website:

Centre for European and International Studies Research

We're researching topics such as citizenship, race, language across borders, social theory and transnational politics.

www.port.ac.uk

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Nora Siklodi 🍉 @nsiklodi.bsky.social · Jun 4

The wonderful Vlad Bortun from Oxford is visiting us today to share his research and post-PhD academic journey.

Super grateful to Vlad & @ceisruop.bsky.social to spend the afternoon together

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 4

History and Memory in the European Parliament: Reflections on Transgressing Boundaries between Academia and Politics

By Prof. Wolfram Kaiser

You can read this article here:

History and Memory in the European Parliament: Reflections on Transgressing Boundaries between Academia and Politics / Histoire et mémoire au Parlement Européen : réflexions sur la transgression des limites entre le monde académique et le monde politique | EUrope : cultures, mémoires, identités/ EUrope: cultures, memories, identities

This article explores the role of history and memory in the European Parliament. Informed by the author’s experience of heading the newly established European Parliament History Service (EPHS) in a…

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 3

To all UoP Colleagues,

Do not miss this fantastic event tomorrow with Dr Vladimir Bortun, organised by SASSHPL:

SASSHPL PhD Seminar Life After the PhD: A Conversation with Dr Vlad Bortun

Join us for the final session of this year’s SASSHPL PhD seminar series featuring Dr Vladimir Bortun (University of Oxford)

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ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Call for Papers!!! 🚨

Cultural Vulnerabilities and Planetary Problems: Creating New Sociological Studies of Culture Between Fragility and Fortitude

ceisruop.bsky.social @ceisruop.bsky.social · May 30

Upcoming Event!

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society?

With Professor Jason Arday, University of Cambridge

Wednesday, June 11 · 12 - 1pm GMT+1

Sign up here:

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society?

Higher Ground: How can we be better in society? With Professor Jason Arday, University of Cambridge

www.eventbrite.co.uk