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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · 5d

❗ Reminder: deadline for this is a week from now 📅

Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Oct 3

📢Call for Papers for free #Pacifism & #Nonviolence workshop (to be held in April 2026). Deadline 5 Nov. Full info in PDF in CfP tab here: brill.com/view/journal.... Please circulate widely.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 6d

4/ And here’s a video presentation of the paper, including plenty of images (from 5:06 to 7:47) to illustrate the poppy’s extravagant uses these days:
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Dr Alexandre Christoyannopoulos - Contesting the Red Poppy Today: A Pacifist Critique of Dominant...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 6d

3/ Then reflects on poppy’s hegemonizing function in British
#civilreligion, calling for commemorations to better accommodate deeper reflections on the causes of #war &
#militarism (instead of remaining quietly compatible or even complicit).

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 6d

2/ Then reflects on political consequences for #military-#industrial-#entertainment complex, liberal institutionalist projects, & #veterans.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 6d

Short thread summary: 1/ Paper starts with brief history of poppy's contested meaning, followed by pacifist critique of poppy narrative's internal #dissonances, its selective #memory, & its blinkered horizon of #compassion.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 6d

In 2 weeks exactly the UK will fall silent to commemorate #war in a way that is increasingly #militaristic & hegemonic. Here's my #pacifist critique: doi.org/10.1080/2333...

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · 12d

📰Azniv Tadevosyan examines rise of #grotesque aesthetics in nonconformist #Russian popular #music of the late 2010s as a channel for aesthetic #dissensus drawing on #Rancière’s theorisation of politics: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · 13d

📰Adam North reflects on the place of #threats as a nonviolent means of redistributing power (via Sorel, syndicalism & Fanon):
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 14d

👩‍🎓Fee waiver for doctoral study with us in International Relations, Politics and History (or other departments in School of Social Sciences and Humanities) 👇👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · 21d

📰Caroline Kennedy-Pipe argues that, over time & in light of the evolution major international conflicts, Nicholas #Rengger developed an increasingly pacifist sensibility:
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 28d

3/ Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 28d

2/ Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 28d

Short thread summary: 1/ Paper seeks to articulate overdue #anarchopacifist lens to #IR #theory. Explicitly #critical & #normative. Starts with brief #history of cross-pollination between #anarchism & #pacifism.

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 28d

This Saturday was 3rd 🎂 of my article in International Studies Quarterly presenting an #anarcho-#pacifist reading of #IR (freely available via #openaccess): doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Oct 3

📢Call for Papers for free #Pacifism & #Nonviolence workshop (to be held in April 2026). Deadline 5 Nov. Full info in PDF in CfP tab here: brill.com/view/journal.... Please circulate widely.

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International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · Oct 2

Not your typical research seminar...

Earlier this week, Orit Shimoni (@oritshimoni.bsky.social) and Dan Bern discussed the potential for music and art to foster cross-cultural solidarity with the Pacifism and Nonviolence Research Group, complete with live performances.

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Oct 2

📅Today, international day of #nonviolence, why not check out our pages: brill.com/view/journal...? You'll find work on economics, Islam, historiography, unarmed civilian protection, Gandhi, King, BLM, sabotage, AWS, gender, structural & police violence, etc. Follow us for more!

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · Sep 26

Today = 7th🎂of 2nd vol of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-edited with @msadams.bsky.social incl chaps on #YiddishRadicalism, #ByzantineTheology, #Spanishanarchistfilms, #FirstPeter, #Nietzsche & #Benjamin, #ChristianNonviolence, #Blake & #Occult

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Sep 24

📢JPN 3:2 now out. SI on #Economics of Politics & Nonviolence guest edited by Christopher Coyne. Includes articles on practical #pacifism, #nonviolent action, polycentric #peace, female property rights, & 1849 Paris Peace Congress. brill.com/view/journal...

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Sep 22

📰 @jasonleebyas.bsky.social brings economic insights to @chenoweth.bsky.social & @mariajstephan.bsky.social to argue violent resistance common despite nonV more effective due to costliness of participation in violence, which makes its preparation a signal 4 mvmt’s seriousness doi.org/10.1163/2772...

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · Sep 19

🗣️ Looking fwd to presenting on #pacifist rejoinders to #Hitler question #CRS2025 conference

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · Sep 18

🎙A few days ago I was interviewed Mary Youssef about hashtag#Christian hashtag#anarchism (interview proper starts from 3:35 after some technical difficulties :)) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00K...

what is Christian Anarchism ? with dr. Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

YouTube video by ماري يوسف Mary Youssef

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International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · Sep 16

It's another successful year for IRPH in the Guardian University Guide. Loughborough lands sixth for International Relations, ninth for Politics, and eleventh for History.

The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings

Find a course at one of the top universities in the country

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · Sep 15

📰Ravi d'annoncer la parution d' "Une critique de l’orthodoxie guerrière : Réflexions #pacifistes sur la guerre en #Ukraine" (version traduite et un peu abrégée de doi.org/10.1093/ia/i... ): www.pressenza.com/fr/2025/09/u...

Une critique de l’orthodoxie guerrière : Réflexions pacifistes sur la guerre en Ukraine

Quand la Russie a lancé son invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine en février 2022, l’idée largement répandue à travers l’Occident était qu’il y avait un

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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · Sep 12

📰Andrew Fitz-Gibbon examines ethical foundations of #violence & #nonviolence through lens of Pragmatic Ethical Principlism & grounded in cross-cultural ethical traditions, arguing nonviolence is ethically superior by systematically applying 7 core ethical principles

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