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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Mar 11

I am putting together a roundtable on race and global capitalism with @tilley101.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social and John Narayan.
Let me know in you are around Leeds in May and interested in attending.

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Mar 13

Yes, come!!

Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Mar 12

Avec plaisir!

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks dear Sandeep x

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Mar 11

I am putting together a roundtable on race and global capitalism with @tilley101.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social and John Narayan.
Let me know in you are around Leeds in May and interested in attending.

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Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social · Feb 6

Time for the ISA to take a stand against colonial genocide & scholasticide in Palestine 🍉
#BDSatISA

BDS in International Studies @bdsatisa.bsky.social · Feb 6

🍉On 13th February, the ISA Council will be voting on a motion against #scholasticide & for #BDS. ISA members: please urge your section & caucus chairs to vote in favour of the motion🍉 #BDSatISA

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Feb 6

Who’s going to the @histmat.bsky.social conference in Athens?

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Feb 6

Congrats Lukas!

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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · Feb 6

📝 My new article “Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts” is out in Energy Research & Social Science! Read and share: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts

The study of policies limiting the production of fossil fuels must be appropriately historicised. Contextualising these policies within a longer-term …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · Feb 3

We're excited to share the programme of CCPT events this semester and hope to see you there!

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Feb 1

The government’s overall Oh well that’s how it is now attitude when one of the main pillars of your economy crumbles right there for everyone to see is quite difficult to comprehend.

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

www.theguardian.com

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Jan 29

“The guarantee of liberty, equality, and property implies that the visible fist of the State must complete the work of the invisible hand of the market”
- Samir Amin in Eurocentrism

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’ve just created a starter pack for those working on racial capitalism, imperialism, ‘third-world’ Marxism. Let me know if you’d like to be added/removed

go.bsky.app/6hwHCnh

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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · Jan 10

Frankfurt Uni cancels a conference on "Talking about (the Silencing of) Palestine“. Can't make it up.

Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · Jan 10

"Wenn dieser Diskurs nicht mehr an deutschen Universitäten, nicht mal am Geburtsort der Kritischen Theorie stattfinden darf, wo dann?"
www.fr.de/frankfurt/go...

Absage an Palästina-Konferenz: Feigheit der Wissenschaft

Die Palästina-Konferenz muss an der Goethe-Uni stattfinden dürfen. Alles andere wäre wissenschaftsfeindlich. Ein Kommentar.

www.fr.de

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Marine Guéguin @marinegueguin.bsky.social · Jan 10

Excited to share that my latest research has been published in the Critical Studies on Terrorism Journal!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

French normalisation of exceptional powers as a response to terrorism post-Paris attacks

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www.tandfonline.com

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · Dec 20

The CfP for Historical Materialism Paris 2025 (26–28 June 2025) 'Conjurer la catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe' is now online. Please send in your abstracts by 15 February. Further details, in both French and English, below.

Historical Materialism Paris 2025 (26-28 Juin 2025) : Conjurer la catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe - Historical Materialism

Le dernier « Congrès Marx International » a eu lieu à Paris en 2010. Depuis lors, dans l’espace francophone, aucune conférence internationale s’inscrivant explicitement dans le cadre du marxisme, dura...

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Dec 6

This looks great!!

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · Dec 4

Excellent opportunity for Black UK students to enrol in a PhD in any research area. 12 scholarships available at the University of Glasgow.

UofG JMS PhD Programme @uofgjmsphd.bsky.social · Nov 21

Our 4th round of applications for the JMS PhD Scholarships is live! 12 Scholarships are available for Black UK students in any research area in which the University can offer supervision! Register your interest at forms.office.com/e/WLa5FJWber .

Image shows JMS Scholar Adam Heron sitting to one side with his arms crossed, wearing a golden shirt and smiling at the camera

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · Nov 26

Great many people show support to our colleague in Anglophone Studies, Dr Maboula Soumahoro, whose specialism in critical race analyses in France & US is well known. EU Parliament cancelled her intervention follwing sustained pressure from the far-right.
Collective✊🏾
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Madame la présidente du Parlement européen, reprogrammez la conférence de Maboula Soumahoro sur l’antiracisme !

Dans une lettre ouverte à Roberta Metsola, plusieurs centaines d’intellectuels et de personnalités dénoncent le report, sous la pression d’élus d’extrême droite, d’une intervention de la chercheuse Ma...

www.liberation.fr

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Nov 25

Preparing next week’s lecture ✍️🧑‍💻

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Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · Nov 21

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.

**Tell Everyone**

www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship

We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).

www.leeds.ac.uk

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Insurgent Thought @insurgentthought.bsky.social · Nov 22

Umm Saeed, a mother of six, is living in the Deir al Balah refugee camp in central Gaza—one of the many families struggling to survive. Their home was bombed, their belongings destroyed, and their world turned upside down. Please donate and share.
chuffed.org/project/1167...

Help Umm Saeed and her family survive in Gaza

Umm Saeed, a mother of six, is living in the Deir al Balah refugee camp in central Gaza—one of the many families struggling to survive amidst the ongoing conflict and devastation. Her family, once ful...

chuffed.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 21

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Move by international criminal court puts Netanyahu at risk of detention if he travels to certain other countries The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the county’s former defence…

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Nov 20

Done ✔️

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Charles des Portes @chdesportes.bsky.social · Nov 20

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