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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 1d

📖 Censorship of Literature in Post-Revolutionary Iran by Alireza Abiz

An analysis of how censorship and the political order of Iran have influenced contemporary Persian literature, both in terms of content and tone.

🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/censorship-o...

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Free Speech and Censorship by Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman

Traces the laws and attitudes around free speech and censorship in the US, with emphasis on contemporary events & controversies related to the First Amendment.

🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/free-speech-...

#BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 1d

📚 Book Banning in 21st-Century America by Emily J. M. Knox

This 2nd edition handbook covers contemporary censorship battles in schools, libraries, and politics.

🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/book-banning...

#BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 It’s #BannedBooksWeek! Celebrate the #FreedomToRead and push back against censorship with this reading roundup from our Politics & Area Studies lists👇

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · 14d

This approachable guide to the political, social and demographic changes happening in Africa is now available.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3W4qqTC

@bloomsburypol.bsky.social #PoliSci #AfricanStudies

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · 12d

Taking a facts-first approach, Gramm and Boudreaux provide a powerful reassessment of economic history.

Learn more: https://geni.us/triumphoeconfreedom

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 5d

Join us for an evening with @mattkennard.bsky.social as he shares insights from his investigations into the violence, exploitation and resistance surrounding global #empire - from Palestine to Haiti.

🗓️ Fri 17th Oct, 7:30pm
📍#Reading International Solidarity Centre
🎟️ https://bit.ly/4pOSM22 (Free)

Matt Kennard - Uncovering Empire from Palestine to Haiti

An evening with Matt Kennard, former investigative journalist for the Financial Times, author of The Racket and Silent Coup.

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 11d

💡 NEW RESEARCH 💡

History of Black Women Deans, College Alumnae Organizations, & Activism by Ashla C. Hill Roseboro

This historical account uncovers the lived experiences and history of pioneering Black women deans.

📓 https://bit.ly/3I9p9rj
#HBCUs #Education #CollegeDeans

History of Black Women Deans, College Alumnae Organizations, and Activism

This historical account uncovers the lived experiences and history of pioneering Black women deans.Few scholars have studied the origins of Black deans of women…

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 12d

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published?

Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @Writers_Artists.

Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · 16d

⏰ Don't forget!

Join us this Thursday at 11am EDT for a discussion about Nicholas Ensley Mitchell's new book, "On Bigotry."

Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 14d

NEW IN PAPERBACK

Leadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On: The Blended Representation Principle as a Cause for Afro-Optimism by Kofi Anani

Examines the benefits of incorporating the Blended Representation Principle into African governance.

📕 www.bloomsbury.com/9781350379718

Leadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On

In this open access book, Kofi Anani finds ways forward through the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipulates that power be shared between leader…

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 16d

🎓 Calling all politics and history teachers!

Want to improve your students’ exam technique in A-level Politics?

🚀 Join our free author webinar: Exam Technique and Assessment Objectives for UK Politics, US Politics & Political Ideas

🕓 Tue 14 Oct, 4-5.30pm (BST)
👉 tinyurl.com/A-levelPoliticswebinar

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 17d

Value Struggles is available to read open access now!

& available in print from 16th October 📚
Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/9781350378629

#ValueStruggles #Capitalism #Wine #PoliticalEconomy #FoodStudies #GlobalValueChains

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 27d

'The Muslim question in The Asian Gang Revisited'

Book Review by Shamim Miah, from #Identities' latest symposium:

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 17d

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book?

Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship open 1st September 2025 to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only).

More info: bit.ly/4mHlgcn OR www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9XM...

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 19d

💡 NEW OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH 💡

Speaking of Trust: #Religion and #MutualAid in Southwest #Kenya by Teodor Zidaru

Examines entanglements between emerging models of formal and informal finance and #welfare with longer-running religious structures.

📘 https://bit.ly/3I6ndjl

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure where to start with your academic book idea?

The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship offers a year of expert guidance to help you shape your work and prepare for publication. Apply until 1st Oct 2025.

🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

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Atifa Jiwa @atifajiwa.bsky.social · 24d

It’s been another great #APSA2025 conference📚✨

As we wrap up and head home, don’t forget: you can still get 30% off all Politics books on the Bloomsbury website www.bloomsbury.com/ca/academic/

See you in Boston #APSA2026 👀

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 26d

Hi #APSA2025! Stop by booth #115 to see our latest Politics & International Relations books!

Atifa Jiwa @atifajiwa.bsky.social · 26d

#APSA2025 Day 2 👋 Come by to browse our titles, pick up a free inspection copy, or chat to an Editor about publishing your book with us 📚

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Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join the book talk sponsored by Women in International Security (WIIS) to hear Joyce Kaufman and Kristen Williams discuss their recent book, GENDER, RACE, & POWER: EXAMINING IR THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS. wiisglobal.org/event/wiis-b...
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WIIS Book Talk with Co-Authors Joyce Kaufman and Kristen Williams September 16 - Women In International Security

Join us for a WIIS Book Talk! On September 16th at 11am ET, WIIS' Dr. Karin Johnston will speak with Joyce Kaufman and Kristen Williams, co-authors of the newly released book, Gender, Race, and Power:...

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fab time at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, New York sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap

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Kevin holding a copy of Rainbow Trap standing in Buffalo Street Books

The events board at Buffalo Street Books

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · Sep 5

NEW RESEARCH

#Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria: Cultural #Imperialism & #Censorship by Abdalla Uba Adamu

This historical account of #cinema in #Nigeria explores the transcultural transfer of media from #India to #Africa thru films.

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/3I4hz0W 📘 🎬

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚶‍♀️🚲 Rethinking Travel: Changing Our Choices to Change the World

Peter Cox explores how transport habits shape our care and connections — with the planet and each other 🌍

📖 Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/4ghC0V3
#Sustainability #Travel #Anthropocene #Commons

Rethinking travel – changing our choices to change the world | Peter Cox on Anthropocene Mobilities: Sustainable Travel and Caring for the Commons

Sustainable travel expert Peter Cox shows how individual transport choices shape the ways we relate to the world and to each other, and can ultimately help address worldwide problems.

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · Sep 2

⏰ The deadline for the @e-international.bsky.social article award is almost here!

We’re honoured to be sponsoring the award this year.

Best of luck to those who have entered already 🍀 and to those who are racing to meeting the deadline 🤞 …

#InternationalRelations

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · Sep 2

TOMORROW!
Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social for a panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion ⤵️

📆 Sept. 3rd
🕖 5:00pm-6:30pm
📍NYC
🎟️ kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...

Kevin's book 🛒 bit.ly/3HCTVrN

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