Jeremy Menchik
@menchik.bsky.social
Professor of IR & Political Science. Director of CURA https://www.bu.edu/cura/. Scholar of religion, politics, nationalism, the missionary impulse, liberalism, pumpkin whoopie pies. https://jeremymenchik.com/
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The Spirit and/of Political Science
Abstract. The word “spirit” appears in discipline's leading journals more often than other expressions associated with religion like “Christianity,” “relig
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My spiciest publication from 2025 is this article on religion in political science: academic.oup.com/psq/article-...
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
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Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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My spiciest publication from 2025 is this article on religion in political science: academic.oup.com/psq/article-...
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
The Spirit and/of Political Science
Abstract. The word “spirit” appears in discipline's leading journals more often than other expressions associated with religion like “Christianity,” “relig
academic.oup.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My spiciest publication from 2025 is this article on religion in political science: academic.oup.com/psq/article-...
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
Ours is a liberal Protestant discipline.
Haleakalā National Park. Surreal. And feels a lot like Mount Bromo in East Java.
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Haleakalā National Park. Surreal. And feels a lot like Mount Bromo in East Java.
A corollary to this principle is that finding a single hallucinated citation should lead to an automatic rejection. Automatic. This should be a matter of policy.
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
Journal editors: I suggest manually clicking on DOI links in the references section of submitted manuscripts. You may be surprised by what you see.
Gen AI has lots of uses, and one of them is generating fraudulent citations.
Gen AI has lots of uses, and one of them is generating fraudulent citations.
December 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A corollary to this principle is that finding a single hallucinated citation should lead to an automatic rejection. Automatic. This should be a matter of policy.
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
And this is one of easier AI-related problems for our journals!
Here’s my (ongoing) crazy story. The National Endowment for Democracy is the oldest and most influential democracy promotion org in the U.S. Founded by Reagan. Influential in Congress. Promotes democracy, rule of law, transparency, etc.
And… its archives are closed. Completed closed to the public.
And… its archives are closed. Completed closed to the public.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here’s my (ongoing) crazy story. The National Endowment for Democracy is the oldest and most influential democracy promotion org in the U.S. Founded by Reagan. Influential in Congress. Promotes democracy, rule of law, transparency, etc.
And… its archives are closed. Completed closed to the public.
And… its archives are closed. Completed closed to the public.
Make a Bond movie academic
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
December 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Make a Bond movie academic
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
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Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.
Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.
sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.
sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics
| Sociologica
sociologica.unibo.it
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.
Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.
sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.
sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
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Along with wonderful colleagues @jeanhong.bsky.social, @dnsltr.bsky.social, @yuhuawang.bsky.social, and Ann C. Lin, we would like to call your attention to the Asian Political History Workshop to be held on May 4– 5, 2026 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Apply here by Jan. 20, 2026. forms.gle/H9zPa6r2H1Ke...
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Along with wonderful colleagues @jeanhong.bsky.social, @dnsltr.bsky.social, @yuhuawang.bsky.social, and Ann C. Lin, we would like to call your attention to the Asian Political History Workshop to be held on May 4– 5, 2026 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Apply here by Jan. 20, 2026. forms.gle/H9zPa6r2H1Ke...
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It bears emphasizing: The same admin that is attacking and defunding our universities, over what they call an antisemitism crisis, is now saying antisemitism isn't a problem at all.
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It bears emphasizing: The same admin that is attacking and defunding our universities, over what they call an antisemitism crisis, is now saying antisemitism isn't a problem at all.
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The Massachusetts State Commission on Combatting Antisemitism’s final report gives not a single paragraph of concentrated attention to ethnonationalism and right-wing antisemitism. Instead, it obsesses about criticism of Israel.
@alexgourevitch.bsky.social
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
@alexgourevitch.bsky.social
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
The state commission on antisemitism doubles down on its mistakes - CommonWealth Beacon
RIGHT-WING ANTISEMITISM is exploding. Nick Fuentes recently complained to Tucker Carlson about “organized Jewry” and Young Republicans think it’s normal
commonwealthbeacon.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Massachusetts State Commission on Combatting Antisemitism’s final report gives not a single paragraph of concentrated attention to ethnonationalism and right-wing antisemitism. Instead, it obsesses about criticism of Israel.
@alexgourevitch.bsky.social
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
@alexgourevitch.bsky.social
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
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The Pardee School is seeking a junior scholar in Latin American studies. Open to any discipline, countries of specialization, and research topics. Deadline Jan 12.
Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Job #AJO31333, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Specializing in Latin America, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Pardee School is seeking a junior scholar in Latin American studies. Open to any discipline, countries of specialization, and research topics. Deadline Jan 12.
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Reupping in light of the news that SCOTUS will review birthright citizenship conferred by 14th Amendment
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"The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were the target of repeated efforts at repeal in the 1900s and 1910s." 🗃️
I explore how in a scholarly article published in the J GildedAge/ProgressiveEra.
I explore how in a scholarly article published in the J GildedAge/ProgressiveEra.
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Reupping in light of the news that SCOTUS will review birthright citizenship conferred by 14th Amendment
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If we have any hope of restoring democracy, we need to disestablish “democracy promotion.” This government project has been thoroughly corrupted by the Iraq war, 4 decades of failure, and a poverty of imagination. This stale essay could have been written 40 years ago. It was unpersuasive then, too.
America’s promotion of democracy has always been highly imperfect. But the superiority of democracy—and the ideas that animate it—make it essential to securing America’s future.
Why Democracy Promotion Is as Vital as Ever | Journal of Democracy
America’s promotion of democracy has always been highly imperfect. But the superiority of democracy—and the ideas that animate it—make it essential to securing America’s future.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If we have any hope of restoring democracy, we need to disestablish “democracy promotion.” This government project has been thoroughly corrupted by the Iraq war, 4 decades of failure, and a poverty of imagination. This stale essay could have been written 40 years ago. It was unpersuasive then, too.
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Clash of Civilizations was absolute rubbish. The Huntington book that really anticipated the present moment was Who Are We, an anti-immigrant anti-Latino xenophobic screed that’s a blueprint for Trump’s assault on American society and ICE atrocities.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Clash of Civilizations was absolute rubbish. The Huntington book that really anticipated the present moment was Who Are We, an anti-immigrant anti-Latino xenophobic screed that’s a blueprint for Trump’s assault on American society and ICE atrocities.
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BREAKING: Shadow Report from @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social detailing how the #MA Antisemitism Commission is inviting an ADL/MAGA crackdown on civil rights and civil liberties. @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: Shadow Report from @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social detailing how the #MA Antisemitism Commission is inviting an ADL/MAGA crackdown on civil rights and civil liberties. @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
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Just a note to say that the Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social is now an open-access journal. Free to publish, free to read, for every author and every reader in the world. Thanks to @universitypress.cambridge.org for their support. Click here and have a look:
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just a note to say that the Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social is now an open-access journal. Free to publish, free to read, for every author and every reader in the world. Thanks to @universitypress.cambridge.org for their support. Click here and have a look:
Does academic freedom exist in Jewish studies? 🤔
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Does academic freedom exist in Jewish studies? 🤔
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
We are overdue for new democratic leadership. Move aside, please!
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We are overdue for new democratic leadership. Move aside, please!
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
Social movement scholars need more studies like this on the origins, evolution, and changing tactics of the global right wing. Far too much research of our focuses on the left.
"Brokering Right-to-Life: #Poland & the Transnational Entanglements of #Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s" by Piotr H. Kosicki and Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska "examines multi-vector pro-life exchanges between Poland, the US, & #Chile."
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Brokering Right-to-Life: Poland and the Transnational Entanglements of Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cam...
Brokering Right-to-Life: Poland and the Transnational Entanglements of Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Social movement scholars need more studies like this on the origins, evolution, and changing tactics of the global right wing. Far too much research of our focuses on the left.
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save that date. what a line-up!
@peterbeinart.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @menchik.bsky.social
@peterbeinart.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @menchik.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
save that date. what a line-up!
@peterbeinart.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @menchik.bsky.social
@peterbeinart.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @menchik.bsky.social