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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 2d

As a lifelong spurs fan, I can say that as he comes under more pressure, Ange starts to look increasingly like a damp bit of lettuce at the bottom of a bag of mixed greens

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 7d

For some reason predatory journals (and similar things) have latched on to book reviews that I've written. So they invite me to submit something based on... other people's work.

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 12d

The Canadian Academic Mafia

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 14d

Have you run into @aleshaporisky.bsky.social yet?

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 25d

My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!

This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.

Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.

We only work in English, so language is not an issue.

Apply!

IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great forum to present some work and get some feedback if you have a paper on anything on African politics. Given its virtual format, it's a great place for junior scholars and scholars based on the continent to do an hour long workshop-style discussion of a paper!
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APCG Online Colloquium Call for Papers - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026

The APCG Online Colloquium is designed to increase opportunities for scholars of African politics to present and receive timely, constructive feedback on unpublished work. Colloquium sessions will be ...

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Erica De Bruin @edebruin.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are hiring in American Politics at Hamilton College this year! We're seeking a scholar of political institutions, broadly understood. Hamilton's been a wonderful place to work, & I'm happy to answer any questions about the position, department, life in upstate NY, etc. apply.interfolio.com/171832

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah these low numbers scream "attenuation bias from measurement error"

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 22

Second, we show how land reform does not represent an attack on Afrikaans identity. Afrikaans rural identity, at least occupationally, is shifting as the commercial farming world becomes more diverse. But it is very much shifting endogenously and only on the terms of pre-existing group members.

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 22

What does this mean for America's offer of asylum to Afrikaans farmers? First, we challenge the narrative that land reform harms Afrikaans farmers. The stories we outline show huge agency on the part of white farmers to selectively accept others and define the qualities that make a "good" farmer.

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 22

English and Afrikaans speaking farmers have distinct responses to new Black land reform farmers in South Africa based on past stereotypes and forms of discrimination as well as the rural political economy. These responses define contemporary rural relations and shape how different groups interact.

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 22

We started working on this before the international furore over South Africa's Expropriation Act, but this piece has many implications for our understanding of Afrikaner farmers and land. We trace complex negotiations within land reform in South Africa that vary within the white farming community.

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 22

Publication news! An article I wrote with @carolyneholmes.bsky.social holmes.bsky.social has just been published online in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social. We explore the differences in selective integration of Black land reform farmers by white farmers in South Africa.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks Erin! Maybe we'll overlap on family/research trips in SA!

Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks Aditi!!

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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quick update time: I'll be starting as a Lecturer (AP) in African Politics at the University of St Andrews in Jan 2026. If you're in Edinburgh/Fife/Scotland, let me know: I'm always looking for friends. I'm excited to keep up my work on land/SA with a supportive community and great students!

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