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Roots and Branches I The Podcast @rbpodcast.bsky.social · 5d

🔊 Episode #3 out now!
@whitproject.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) explores how the gender binary shaped the production and reception of international thought and what recovering overlooked voices means for present-day international relations.
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End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · 14d

We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.

Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools

End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 23d

I don't think Peter Mandelson is PM's biggest problem. The biggest problem is not standing up to the literal violent racism on our streets, supercharged by the richest man in the world, and threatening the very fabric of our society. If he and so many commentators can't see this, we're truly lost.

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 27d

Why must the framing of this article strike such a disapproving tone, when later it says:

RCOG: "Caesarean births are common and the steady increase isn’t necessarily a cause for concern as long as future services are well-prepared..."

Report: "there is no ‘ideal’ rate for births by caesarean"

More than half of UK births now involve medical intervention, audit finds

Caesareans drive rise in assisted deliveries as experts warn of complex pregnancies linked to age, obesity and other conditions

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 29d

Many congratulations to Johanna! Well deserved for a fascinating paper.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 29d

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #BJPIR John Peterson Best Article Prize for 2024 is Johanna Rodehau-Noack for her article ‘Counting bodies, preventing war: Future conflict and the ethics of fatality numbers’.

🎉 Congratulations to Johanna!

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 29d

🤯 a veritable bounty of opportunities

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 29d

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 29d

I mean, at this point I'd take it tbh

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · 29d

Your regular reminder that things can always get worse

33 Politics & Government Jobs listed on jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · Aug 30

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How to Keep Writing When You Hate Everything You’ve Written

Every good writer goes through their cringe era.

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Emilia Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · Aug 28

💻🗳️ I’m presenting today at #ECPRGC25 on the Territorial Politics, National Identity, and Electoral Dynamics: Shaping Party Systems and Political Behaviour panel! Law School, Floor 3, Room 5 ✍️ I’m presenting a paper on how campaigns target 🎯 gender gaps in the event of a constitutional referendum!

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Aug 21

✍️ @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social just published a new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social: She presents a systematic literature review on narrative approaches in IR, introducing agency-centric and structure-centric approaches.

@ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 18

in any case, as Jana points out I think it's this same phenomenon at work re: "fascism". there are some whose primary concern with labeling is to try to shape politics (we call x fascism to help defeat it) and others for whom certainty is the priority

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · Aug 18

a.k.a. YeAH BuT is iT FaSciSM sort

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Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social · Aug 5

Nothing quite like an academic job rejection email 1.5 years after the last round interview

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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm giving a public lecture, “Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution” on Thursday 16 October 2025, 6-7pm.

This is part of UCL's Current Legal Problems lecture series.

More details here: lnkd.in/e2AJMzbW

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jul 31

Announcing an upcoming event as part of our Current Legal Problems lecture series for 2025-26:

📢 Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution
🗣️ Dr Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social
📅 16 October 2025 | 6pm
🏛️ UCL Laws + online
🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/yz5bnrey

Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · Aug 1

This looks really interesting, link to the paper at the end of the thread too

Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "A new Elizabethan age: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) and the nostalgic politics of Anglofuturism", by Francesca Melhuish.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Jul 29

Do you like ketchup? Not only are you wrong, but you may be a fascist. Not really, but in my 🍅New Publication🍅 "Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce", in International Political Sociology, I argue that memes about ketchup showcase Neo-Nazi solidarity.
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Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce: Memes as Silly/Serious Bordered Spaces in International Relations

Abstract. This paper draws on previous scholarship on humor, memes, and seriousness in International Relations to produce a novel means for understanding o

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · Aug 1

📝On our blog, we reflect on the @psawomenpol.bsky.social y.social annual conference we hosted here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! We were delighted to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines who study gender and inequalities. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/2025/07...

Reflections from the PSA Women & Politics Annual Conference 2025 – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 1

The number of grant applications assessed by UK Research and Innovation has almost doubled over the past seven years, while the award rate has almost halved, new data show.

Trends prompt warning that system is "overstretched or broken".

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

UKRI grant applications double in seven years as award rate halves - Research Professional News

Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”

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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

4/4. It also examines the intersection of nostalgia, race, and the politics of innovation, urging us to critically assess who is celebrated as the 'great men' of science and progress.
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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

3/4. It delves into how nostalgic visions of Elizabethan England and mid-20th-century America shape political aspirations in post-Brexit Britain. It challenges the notion of nostalgia as merely backward-looking, revealing its role in crafting ambitious futures.

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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

2/4. The article explores how Anglofuturism, through the lens of the UK's new Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), seeks to transform Britain from crisis to a future of hope and innovation.

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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "A new Elizabethan age: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) and the nostalgic politics of Anglofuturism", by Francesca Melhuish.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · Jul 29

'We work in a variety of disciplines...generally known as Holocaust & Genocide Studies..we have witnessed the weaponization of Holocaust memory & accusations of antisemitism to justify genocide in Gaza...— not only by state actors but also by institutions & scholars in our field' www.ghscn.org/about

Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network

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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · Jul 29

May be of interest to @sundersays.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @aselrod.bsky.social

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