BISA - British International Studies Association
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British International Studies Association - Engaging the global international studies community. We're known for our working groups, journals, postgraduate network, funding, conference and more!
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
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🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎
Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
📢We have kicked off todays @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop at Durham University!
☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC)
🪡Follow this thread for more
☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC)
🪡Follow this thread for more
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢We have kicked off todays @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop at Durham University!
☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC)
🪡Follow this thread for more
☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC)
🪡Follow this thread for more
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We are looking forward to our 3rd In-Person Workshop tomorrow, kindly hosted by the Space Research Centre at @durham.ac.uk and supported by @mybisa.bsky.social
*good weather not guaranteed, though it is lovely in Durham today!
*good weather not guaranteed, though it is lovely in Durham today!
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are looking forward to our 3rd In-Person Workshop tomorrow, kindly hosted by the Space Research Centre at @durham.ac.uk and supported by @mybisa.bsky.social
*good weather not guaranteed, though it is lovely in Durham today!
*good weather not guaranteed, though it is lovely in Durham today!
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The Review of International Studies (@risjnl.bsky.social) invites proposals for a special issue to be published in 2027.
You can read the full call here - https://cup.org/49YZeOx
RIS special issues contain 7-8 papers as well as an agenda setting introduction/conclusion.
cc @mybisa.bsky.social
You can read the full call here - https://cup.org/49YZeOx
RIS special issues contain 7-8 papers as well as an agenda setting introduction/conclusion.
cc @mybisa.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Review of International Studies (@risjnl.bsky.social) invites proposals for a special issue to be published in 2027.
You can read the full call here - https://cup.org/49YZeOx
RIS special issues contain 7-8 papers as well as an agenda setting introduction/conclusion.
cc @mybisa.bsky.social
You can read the full call here - https://cup.org/49YZeOx
RIS special issues contain 7-8 papers as well as an agenda setting introduction/conclusion.
cc @mybisa.bsky.social
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off to Durham for the @mybisa.bsky.social @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop! Looking forward to a day of discussing space and hopefully a reasonably positive reaction to the draft of chapter 2 of my book!
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
off to Durham for the @mybisa.bsky.social @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop! Looking forward to a day of discussing space and hopefully a reasonably positive reaction to the draft of chapter 2 of my book!
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives w/ Professor Ruth Blakeley - the final in our BISA at 50 series! 🎉
'Democracy and human rights challenges' a look at the events that have shaped the discipline over the past 25 years 🌟
Check out this article and the whole series 👉 https://ow.ly/BFRR50XG6zl
'Democracy and human rights challenges' a look at the events that have shaped the discipline over the past 25 years 🌟
Check out this article and the whole series 👉 https://ow.ly/BFRR50XG6zl
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives w/ Professor Ruth Blakeley - the final in our BISA at 50 series! 🎉
'Democracy and human rights challenges' a look at the events that have shaped the discipline over the past 25 years 🌟
Check out this article and the whole series 👉 https://ow.ly/BFRR50XG6zl
'Democracy and human rights challenges' a look at the events that have shaped the discipline over the past 25 years 🌟
Check out this article and the whole series 👉 https://ow.ly/BFRR50XG6zl
Last week our 5th annual climate negotiation simulation took place in partnership w/ Chatham House 🌎
This year’s event was our largest yet - almost 120 participants from over 30 UK universities! 🎉
Read what we got up to & who won our awards! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey
@julietdryden.bsky.social
This year’s event was our largest yet - almost 120 participants from over 30 UK universities! 🎉
Read what we got up to & who won our awards! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Fifth annual climate negotiation simulation takes place in partnership with Chatham House
Find out what went on at this year's climate simulation and which universities won the awards.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Last week our 5th annual climate negotiation simulation took place in partnership w/ Chatham House 🌎
This year’s event was our largest yet - almost 120 participants from over 30 UK universities! 🎉
Read what we got up to & who won our awards! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey
@julietdryden.bsky.social
This year’s event was our largest yet - almost 120 participants from over 30 UK universities! 🎉
Read what we got up to & who won our awards! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Last chance to sign up for tomorrows Security Policy and Practice WG event 🚨
'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎
Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS
'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎
Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Last chance to sign up for tomorrows Security Policy and Practice WG event 🚨
'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎
Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS
'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎
Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS
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New Special Issue competition for @risjnl.bsky.social just dropped:
www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...
Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea + a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way!
@mybisa.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...
Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea + a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way!
@mybisa.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New Special Issue competition for @risjnl.bsky.social just dropped:
www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...
Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea + a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way!
@mybisa.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...
Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea + a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way!
@mybisa.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
A festive message to everyone at BISA from our chair Juanita Elias has just been published! 🌟
Wishing all members and trustees a restful and peaceful break and thank you for all your hard work in 2025 - looking forward to 2026! 😊
Find Juanita's full message here 👉 https://ow.ly/gfLK50XFyiu
Wishing all members and trustees a restful and peaceful break and thank you for all your hard work in 2025 - looking forward to 2026! 😊
Find Juanita's full message here 👉 https://ow.ly/gfLK50XFyiu
A festive message from BISA Chair, Juanita Elias
BISA Chair, Juanita Elias, addresses and thanks members before the winter break begins.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A festive message to everyone at BISA from our chair Juanita Elias has just been published! 🌟
Wishing all members and trustees a restful and peaceful break and thank you for all your hard work in 2025 - looking forward to 2026! 😊
Find Juanita's full message here 👉 https://ow.ly/gfLK50XFyiu
Wishing all members and trustees a restful and peaceful break and thank you for all your hard work in 2025 - looking forward to 2026! 😊
Find Juanita's full message here 👉 https://ow.ly/gfLK50XFyiu
Do not miss out on our #BISAFCDOModelNATO 2026 call for expressions of interest! 🌟
An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉
More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt
Politics & IR @ De Montfort University
International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni
An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉
More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt
Politics & IR @ De Montfort University
International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Do not miss out on our #BISAFCDOModelNATO 2026 call for expressions of interest! 🌟
An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉
More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt
Politics & IR @ De Montfort University
International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni
An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉
More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt
Politics & IR @ De Montfort University
International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni
Alexander Borum December IR career starters is out now & with Christmas round the corner there is no better time to grind away at those applications! 🌟
inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉
Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri
inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉
Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Alexander Borum December IR career starters is out now & with Christmas round the corner there is no better time to grind away at those applications! 🌟
inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉
Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri
inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉
Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri
Upcoming International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG event! 🎉
Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc
Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA
Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc
Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Upcoming International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG event! 🎉
Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc
Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA
Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc
Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA
📢We have kicked off todays event by the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group!
👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎
👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📢We have kicked off todays event by the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group!
👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎
👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎
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New blog!
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
New blog!
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
In discussion: Jamie J. Hagen 🎉
Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟
Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟
Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH
@julietdryden.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In discussion: Jamie J. Hagen 🎉
Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟
Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟
Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH
@julietdryden.bsky.social
🔉We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social!
🌏We are joined by Carl Death to discuss his new book 'African Climate Futures' followed by a roundtable with Farai Chipato and Audra Mitchell on alternative ecological futures.
🌏We are joined by Carl Death to discuss his new book 'African Climate Futures' followed by a roundtable with Farai Chipato and Audra Mitchell on alternative ecological futures.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🔉We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social!
🌏We are joined by Carl Death to discuss his new book 'African Climate Futures' followed by a roundtable with Farai Chipato and Audra Mitchell on alternative ecological futures.
🌏We are joined by Carl Death to discuss his new book 'African Climate Futures' followed by a roundtable with Farai Chipato and Audra Mitchell on alternative ecological futures.
'Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions' 🌳
Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk
Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk
Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions' 🌳
Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk
Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk
Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
Do you know somebody that wants to join you at BISA ⁉️
Look no further than our BISA REFERRAL SCHEME 🌟
For every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🎉
Make sure they put your name in the referral box here: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Look no further than our BISA REFERRAL SCHEME 🌟
For every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🎉
Make sure they put your name in the referral box here: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4
@julietdryden.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Do you know somebody that wants to join you at BISA ⁉️
Look no further than our BISA REFERRAL SCHEME 🌟
For every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🎉
Make sure they put your name in the referral box here: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4
@julietdryden.bsky.social
Look no further than our BISA REFERRAL SCHEME 🌟
For every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🎉
Make sure they put your name in the referral box here: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4
@julietdryden.bsky.social
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Earlier this week I took two of our amazing @astonpress.bsky.social students to a model COP climate negotiation organised by @mybisa.bsky.social at Chatham House.
They did a great job representing the EU in the simulation, and learnt a great deal about international diplomacy and COP. #ClimateSim
They did a great job representing the EU in the simulation, and learnt a great deal about international diplomacy and COP. #ClimateSim
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Earlier this week I took two of our amazing @astonpress.bsky.social students to a model COP climate negotiation organised by @mybisa.bsky.social at Chatham House.
They did a great job representing the EU in the simulation, and learnt a great deal about international diplomacy and COP. #ClimateSim
They did a great job representing the EU in the simulation, and learnt a great deal about international diplomacy and COP. #ClimateSim
There is a new BISA Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG book talk coming up! 🎉
'The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century' with Philip Cunliffe on 11 December
Free and open to all - sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/LoGn50XBaKv
'The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century' with Philip Cunliffe on 11 December
Free and open to all - sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/LoGn50XBaKv
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There is a new BISA Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG book talk coming up! 🎉
'The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century' with Philip Cunliffe on 11 December
Free and open to all - sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/LoGn50XBaKv
'The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century' with Philip Cunliffe on 11 December
Free and open to all - sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/LoGn50XBaKv
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Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Global Nuclear Order Working Group this year! Wishing everyone a lovely winter break. We’ll be back in the new year with plenty ahead, including our online conference and the 2026 @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton 🌍✨ See you next year!
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Global Nuclear Order Working Group this year! Wishing everyone a lovely winter break. We’ll be back in the new year with plenty ahead, including our online conference and the 2026 @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton 🌍✨ See you next year!
🚨LAST CHANCE for our Environment and Climate Politics Working Group event tomorrow!🚨
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination' the role of art and creativity in imagining alternative ecological futures 🌟
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/2tPJ50XxVaE
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination' the role of art and creativity in imagining alternative ecological futures 🌟
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/2tPJ50XxVaE
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨LAST CHANCE for our Environment and Climate Politics Working Group event tomorrow!🚨
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination' the role of art and creativity in imagining alternative ecological futures 🌟
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/2tPJ50XxVaE
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination' the role of art and creativity in imagining alternative ecological futures 🌟
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/2tPJ50XxVaE
'Outsourcing anti-dependency: Brazil’s fraught embedded-autonomy approach to China' 🌟
New Review of International Studies article and video abstract OUT NOW 🚨
By Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva co-authored with Joel Atkinson 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/vovQ50XB999
New Review of International Studies article and video abstract OUT NOW 🚨
By Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva co-authored with Joel Atkinson 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/vovQ50XB999
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'Outsourcing anti-dependency: Brazil’s fraught embedded-autonomy approach to China' 🌟
New Review of International Studies article and video abstract OUT NOW 🚨
By Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva co-authored with Joel Atkinson 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/vovQ50XB999
New Review of International Studies article and video abstract OUT NOW 🚨
By Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva co-authored with Joel Atkinson 🎉
Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/vovQ50XB999
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Our CPD paper prize is open - until 31 December!
🏆Our BISA Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial WG Prize for Early Career Scholars is open again! 🏆
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our CPD paper prize is open - until 31 December!
Upcoming Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group event 🚨
W/ Todd McGowan presenting his new Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 'Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan'🌟
10 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/7s9p50XAuAg
W/ Todd McGowan presenting his new Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 'Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan'🌟
10 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/7s9p50XAuAg
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Upcoming Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group event 🚨
W/ Todd McGowan presenting his new Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 'Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan'🌟
10 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/7s9p50XAuAg
W/ Todd McGowan presenting his new Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 'Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan'🌟
10 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/7s9p50XAuAg