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IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 9d

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for positions at the 2026/2027 IPS Committee! Self nominations are encouraged. Our deadline is October 22nd, 2025 #isa2026

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us at 11am for the pre-launch of Kerry Goettlich’s “From Frontiers to Borders” - with brilliant interventions from Jef Huysmans, Or Rosenboim, Jens Steffek & Ole Jacob Sending.

Belmeloro - Aula Q

www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come and join us at 11am in Belmeloro Aula E. I’ve been so excited for this panel since we conceived of it in February.

“Global Perspectives on International Human Rights:
Who Writes the Script(s)?”

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 6

Way too kind, thanks so much 🥰

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you so much dear Jan 🙏

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 6

Absolutely mind-blown! 🤯 What an honour to receive this prize. Enormous thanks to the prize committee, everyone who helped sharpen the argument & my incredible interlocutors in Crimea for whom the struggle for human rights continues.

European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Aug 6

🏆 We are pleased to announce @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social as the author of the Best Article in the European Journal of International Relations. Congratulations!

👏 Honorable mention to Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira

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Best article in EJIR 2025. Congratulations to Alvina Hoffmann for the article 'What makes a spokesperson? Delegation and symbolic power in Crimea'.

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · Aug 5

Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...

An Active Project of Exclusion | Los Angeles Review of Books

Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.

lareviewofbooks.org

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 30

So happy and excited for Kerry! 🤩

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Jul 25

Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Cover of book, with photograph of a group of men with surveying equipment standing in front of a mountain range

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Jul 25

We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!!

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Jul 25

Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 25

On 9 July, the US imposed sanctions on special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Below I provide a brief context of this unprecedented attack against this body of experts.

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Jul 25

UN special rapporteurs provide pro bono advice and expertise on vital latters of international law.

The US has sanctioned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese – here’s why she’s the wrong target

UN special rapporteurs provide pro bono advice and expertise on vital latters of international law.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 24

@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social out NOW 🎉

'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎

Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa

DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6

The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence

Alvina Hoffmann discusses the key points from her new RIS article.

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 21

Still thinking back fondly of that workshop in Bologna and hope we can get together again!

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Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · Jul 21

✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨

👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

@ninahall.bsky.social

Journal Article
Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy Open Access
Nina Hall , Nina Reiners , Soumita Basu , Suparna Chaudhry , Laura Henry , Peace A Medie , Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom , Andrea Vilán , Kelebogile Zvobgo
International Studies Review, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2025, viaf015, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaf015

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IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · Jul 17

⏰ We’re two weeks from the deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award!

Nominate now!

IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · May 23

Are you a graduate student who presented at the 2025 ISA in Chicago?

If you were part of a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPS section, consider applying to the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Self-nominations are encouraged!

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · Jul 10

“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese”

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese

GENEVA – The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the si...

www.ohchr.org

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IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · Jun 4

DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 11th, 2025!

We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.

IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · Apr 24

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the Section Chair, Philippe Frowd at [email protected] by June 2nd, 2025 #ISA2026

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 3

👉Deadline reminder!

Submit your abstracts for the annual @dvpw.bsky.social critical security studies section conference by 7 June at the latest.

Link to the official CfP: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

We are looking forward to your proposals and please share widely - thanks!

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IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · May 23

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award! To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd ([email protected]). Books must be received by September 1st, 2025.

For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · May 22

A week from now! Looking forward to share some initial findings on Felix Ermacora and UN human rights fact finding at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May at 10am.

Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · May 7

Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant.

www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora’s travelogues of the first UN human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)

This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el...

www.eui.eu

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · May 22

It was a pleasure to write this blog post on UN special rapporteurs for the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders.

changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...

The UN’s Human Rights Elites: Who Are the Special Rapporteurs?

changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · May 18

‘Adults are going hungrier to keep children better fed. The most vulnerable – infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and others needing special diets – are already starving.’

Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Alex de Waal | Starvation in Gaza

Twice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · May 15

"[ICC prosecutor Karim Khan] has lost access to his email [as a result of Microsoft cancelling], and his bank accounts [in UK] have been frozen (...) the US sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations, not just the Israeli one."

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work

Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · May 7

And Kerry Goettlich will be presenting his book project from 13-15h00: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Looking forward to visiting EUI with the whole family!

From frontiers to borders: how colonial technicians created modern territoriality

This International Relations Working Group session features a book talk by Dr. Kerry Goettlich (University of Reading) who will discuss his forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Pre...

www.eui.eu

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Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · May 7

Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant.

www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora’s travelogues of the first UN human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)

This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el...

www.eui.eu

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IPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · Apr 24

The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the Section Chair, Philippe Frowd at [email protected] by June 2nd, 2025 #ISA2026

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