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Current History @currenthistory1.bsky.social · 10d

Also in our new issue: Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) on Caspian green energy ambitions, Catherine Wanner on dispossession and resilience in Ukraine, and J. Eugene Clay on late Soviet spiritualism.

Volume 124 Issue 864 | Current History | University of California Press

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António Ferraz de Oliveira @antoniofdo.bsky.social · 17d

Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social).

Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you so much for your wonderful talk, Patricia! Staff and students were delighted to meet you and celebrate the publication of Erased. We hope to host you again soon and look forward to your next project!

Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 22d

On the train from Amsterdam to Groningen tonight for the first of three September "Erased" tour dates.

Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social

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António Ferraz de Oliveira @antoniofdo.bsky.social · May 19

Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen.

Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social

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gloknos @gloknos.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege

Social Theory and the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge - gloknos

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António Ferraz de Oliveira @antoniofdo.bsky.social · Apr 7

And here is our final term of History and Theory of International History colloquia @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in...

All welcome - See you there!

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 31

👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 31

Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏

Jeppe Mulich @jmulich.bsky.social · Mar 31

I don't know if the world really needs more academic handbooks, but the Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology does have some really excellent chapters. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 31

Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏

Jeppe Mulich @jmulich.bsky.social · Mar 31

I don't know if the world really needs more academic handbooks, but the Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology does have some really excellent chapters. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 31

👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Out now in Open Access: Our colleague Yuleng Zeng's paper with Brad Epperly in the Journal of Law & Courts

The Demand for Insurance: Incorporating the Severity of Losing Office into the Insurance Model of Judicial Independence | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core

The Demand for Insurance: Incorporating the Severity of Losing Office into the Insurance Model of Judicial Independence

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...

A Critical Review of Jes Adolphsen's Problemer i Videnskab: En Erkendelsesteoretisk Begrundelse for Problemorientering (1992) | Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A stack made in heaven? Exploring AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value

How have socio-technical practices in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) communities shaped one another and society more widely? This article…

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Out now in the Italian Political Science Review (open access): CIRR member Matteo Casiraghi's paper with Tiziana Corda 👇

The party politics of diplomatic engagements: evidence from Italy | Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica | Cambridge Core

The party politics of diplomatic engagements: evidence from Italy

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 28

📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...

Graduate symposium – Doing International Political Sociology

International Political Sociology (IPS) has now established itself as an interdisciplinary approach to International Relations that problematizes the...

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 28

📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...

Graduate symposium – Doing International Political Sociology

International Political Sociology (IPS) has now established itself as an interdisciplinary approach to International Relations that problematizes the...

www.rug.nl

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A stack made in heaven? Exploring AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value

How have socio-technical practices in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) communities shaped one another and society more widely? This article…

www.sciencedirect.com

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...

A Critical Review of Jes Adolphsen's Problemer i Videnskab: En Erkendelsesteoretisk Begrundelse for Problemorientering (1992) | Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education

journals.aau.dk

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Out now in Open Access: Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings & her collaborators examine how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents grassroots, participatory approaches to accountability, truth-telling, commemoration and reconciliation.

Participatory Transitional Justice as Anticipatory Project: North Korea, Diasporas and Uncertain Futures

ABSTRACT∞. This article examines how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents g

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

If you missed the launch of the Sustainability Technology (SusTech) Group our CIRR colleague Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn recently launched at the Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, watch it here!

Video Recording | Launch of RAS Sustainable Technology Research Group

YouTube video by Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Congrats to Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler & their authors for this superb Encyclopedia of IR. Delighted to see CIRR members @jcostalopez.bsky.social (Benchmark dates); Filipe dos Reis (State), @berytia.bsky.social (Behaviouralism) & many CIRR collaborators 👏 | www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

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António Ferraz de Oliveira @antoniofdo.bsky.social · Mar 25

Book Launch talk today - come one and all, to hear fascinating histories from below on everyday socialism in Eastern Europe.
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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 25

Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 21

CfP - Deadline 31 March! CIRR colleagues are co-organising the 2025 edition of the Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries (Politicologenetmaal). Submit your proposal to one of 15 fantastic workshops and join us for a promising conference in our wonderful city of Groningen!

Call for Papers 2025 – Politicologenetmaal 2025 in Groningen

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CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen @cirr-ug.bsky.social · Mar 21

CIRR is also on LinkedIn! Follow us there to stay updated on our activities and our members' publications: www.linkedin.com/in/cirr-cent...

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