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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Apr 30

Many congratulations Paul!

Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Feb 7

Job! Our department just advertised a 4-year Lectureship in Eurasian Studies at Glasgow University.

This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details:

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Lecturer in Eurasian Studies

Job Purpose The School of Social and Political Sciences is seeking to appoint a fixed-term lecturer in Eurasian Studies with specific expertise in one or more countries of the post-socialist Eurasi...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Jan 13

V much looking forward to contributing to this intriguing workshop later on this week.

www.unior.it/en/node/2754

“Beyond Moscow? Theories and Research Methodologies" - international workshop

www.unior.it

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Jan 10

Interesting job opening at CERI Sciences-Po. Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign and/or Security Policy of Russia.

Good to see language knowledge mentioned as a desirable skill for potential applicants.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI263/a...

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign And/or Security Policy Of Russia at Sciences Po

An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign And/or Security Policy Of Russia is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and ...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Jan 9

Looks like @europe-asia.bsky.social has landed on @bsky.app. Follow our account to stay updated about online articles, the publication of new issues, and much more!

Europe-Asia Studies @europe-asia.bsky.social · Jan 9

Hello to all our new followers! Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social since 1949, we publish ground-breaking research on the history + current political social economic affairs of the post-socialist countries of Europe + Asia. For all info on EAS, see: www.tandfonline.com/journals/cea...

Learn about Europe-Asia Studies

Learn about Europe-Asia Studies aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.

www.tandfonline.com

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Siobhán Hearne @siobhanhearne.bsky.social · Jan 9

On 5 March, we will host an interdisciplinary workshop 'Migration, Mobilities, and Borders in Eurasia' at Manchester. We invite paper proposals on any aspect of migration & borders in Eurasia in historical or contemporary perspective. Deadline 31 January & CfP here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ETY6...

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Jan 9

Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on #СentralAsia at @harvard.edu's Davis Center. CfP to close on 31.01, with conference held 18-20.04. Of interest to all students pursuing doctoral projects with a focus on Central Asia. More details:

daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/cal...

Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on Сentral Asia

Are you a graduate student writing about Central Asia? Submit your application for the Davis Center Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia by Jan. 31, 2025!

daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · Dec 18

Get your papers in order for the next @apsgworkshop.bsky.social Authoritarian Politics Conference in June 2025! This time even bigger and better!

Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · Dec 18

Polisky Dictatorsky
Yesterday we finished another great season of the virtual workshop! Thank you all for joining!!
While we prepare the Spring season, we want to let you know we will be organizing another in-person conference over the summer! The CfP will be out soon. Stay tuned!

Teaser flyer for the conference. Includes location (King's College, London, and date, 23-24 June)

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 18

Perfect scapegoat: a pro-Ukraine, Central Asian migrant.

Meduza in English @meduza.io · Dec 18

A 29-year-old Uzbekistani national has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov. A video of the suspect’s interrogation shows him confessing to planting the bomb on orders from Ukrainian intelligence.

Russia arrests Uzbekistani citizen over General Igor Kirillov’s assassination, says suspect confessed to working with Ukrainian intelligence — Meduza

A 29-year-old Uzbekistani national has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s radiation, chemical, and biological defense…

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 18

Was on Radio 3 Mondo earlier on to discuss the arrest of an Uzbek citizen charged w/ the assassination of General Kirillov. I talked about Uzbekistan's role in Eurasia's polarised geopolitics & the precariousness of Uzbek migrant communities as the war continues: www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2024/1...

Bomba a Mosca, l'intelligence ucraina e il ruolo dell'Uzbekistan | La situazione sul campo di batta - Radio3 Mondo - Il tenente generale russo Igor Kirillov, capo dell'unità di Difesa radiologica, chi...

www.raiplaysound.it

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 17

Documents including more info on these scheme as well as detailing the procedure for submitting your applications, are available upon request by writing to [email protected]

Please note that deadline for all submissions is 17 January 2025.

Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 17

Specifically, we have opened calls for:
1. Up to 10 Research Projects (max £14k each);
2. Up to 8 research fellowships (max £16k each);
3. Our annual workshop, to be held in Manchester in late June 2025, which this year will focus on Culture, Media, and Resistance in a Polarising World 2/

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 17

As part of the UKRI-funded Network + Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, Eurasia in Transition, which includes the University of Glasgow alongside colleagues in Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, I'm pleased to announce an initial round of funded opportunities made available by the network. 1/

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 9

V long, and typically detailed, @vlastkz.bsky.social feature on social policy in post-Qantar Kazakhstan. Nice to see my views included here alongside those of distinguished colleagues. A must-read to make sense of what’s going on in Kazakhstan.

vlast.kz/obsshestvo/6...

Два года ожидания социальной справедливости Токаева - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть

25 ноября 2022 года Касым-Жомарт Токаев был переизбран президентом Казахстана. Тогда он пообещал миллионам казахстанцам справедливое распределение доходов и борьбу с олигополистическим капитализмом. ...

vlast.kz

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Dec 4

Call for applications for the 2025 Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowship is open until 23.12. The institute is an ideal place to work + a key centre for the study of Eastern Europe & Eurasia. And Helsinki is one of Europe's coolest cities.

Consider apply if you can: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante...

Call for proposals | Aleksanteri Institute | University of Helsinki

The Aleksanteri Institute welcomes applications for its visiting fellowships for April – December 2025. The Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European stud...

www.helsinki.fi

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Nov 28

"Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies" is now available electronically from OUP and the hardback should be out on December 19! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Here is a thread on what we have put together:

Cover of the book Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies featuring an abstract piece of art by Kasimir Malevich

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · Nov 27

Some shocking nonsense from France here. No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they're in office - not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one.

See Article 27 of the Rome Statute: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Nov 27

France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-says-it-cant-arrest-netanyahu-because-icc-immunity

France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity

French foreign ministry say it respects the decision of the ICC but that the Israeli prime minister remains immune while in office

www.middleeasteye.net

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Scott Williamson @scottrw630.bsky.social · Nov 27

My book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point.

If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

The King Can Do No Wrong

Cambridge Core - Middle East Government,Politics and Policy - The King Can Do No Wrong

www.cambridge.org

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Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social · Nov 27

It is horrendous. Just FYI - this report says Achilova has since been released from forced hospitalization. timesca.com/turkmen-huma...

Turkmen Human Rights Activist Soltan Achilova Released After Forced Hospitalization - The Times Of Central Asia

The journalist's release was reportedly facilitated by diplomatic interventions from several countries and pressure from international human rights

timesca.com

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Nov 27

Turkmenistan. Freedom of movement of citizens latest frontier in regime's ever expanding repressive strategy. Due to travel abroad to see her work recognised, journalist Soltan Achilova is forcibly hospitalised so that she can't leave the country.

Simply horrendous.

cpj.org/2024/11/turk...

Turkmen journalist Soltan Achilova forcibly hospitalized, prevented from traveling abroad - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, November 25, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkmen authorities to end the ongoing oppression of veteran journalist Soltan Achilova, who was forcibly hospitalized and aga...

cpj.org

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CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social · Nov 26

Reminder: it's tomorrow! Helen Petrovsky will present her paper "Understanding Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis". She will be discussed by Daria Petushkova. 27 November, 17-19:00 CET, Condorcet campus (Paris) and online. coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/77zdee...

Seminar: Helen Petrovsky, "Understanding Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis", 27 November, 17:00-19:00 (CET)

Wednesday 27 November, 17:00-19:00 (CET), room 2.001, Recherche Nord, Campus Condorcet (hybrid)

coruscant.therussiaprogram.org

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Paul D. Williams @pdwilliamsgwu.bsky.social · Nov 22

⭐Job Alert ⭐
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Security studies: The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science invite applications for a full-time, tenured faculty position in securi...

www.gwu.jobs

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Nov 25

🚨 Few Days Left! 🚨
We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral fellow for our @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Fletcher project, “Securitization without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order”, funded by Carnegie. #migcitsky
📅 Deadline: 1 Dec
📍 Location: Medford, MA
apply.interfolio.com/157756

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Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social · Nov 21

Welcoming to this site the one and only @pannierb.bsky.social, who knows Central Asia like no one else and whose work has taught me so much through the years. A must-follow account if there is one. Hello Bruce!

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