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Political theorist working on ethics & global politics at GW. Opinions my own. She/her.

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Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Nov 10

I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky

On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · 8d

Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...

Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · 28d

Join us and our 3 great panelists, @aejm.bsky.social (Alison McQueen), Shmuel Nili, and Jack Turner, to talk about academic publishing! Thurs. Oct. 30, 4 pm ET over Zoom! No pre-reading but please register in advance!

Western Political Science Association @wpsa.bsky.social · 28d

The WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community will be hosting a panel on academic publishing on October 30 ⤵️

No advance reading is required, but please register in advance:
luc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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@lrafanell.bsky.social
@tunablazer.bsky.social
@glennmackin.bsky.social

The WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community cordially invites you to a panel on:

Academic Publishing

Thursday, October 30, 2025
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (Eastern Time)

Alison McQueen (Stanford University)
Shmuel Nili (Northwestern University)
Jack Turner (University of Washington)

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us later today! Sure to be a fun discussion! #poltheory #polsky

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 15

I week from today! Come chat w/ 3 great authors about their fascinating new books! 📣 #poltheory #polisky

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 13

Delighted to be in such good company in the latest issue of @internatltheory.bsky.social! Check out the issue, including my open-access article on statelessness, here! #poltheory #polisky

David A. Welch @davidawelch.bsky.social · Aug 13

New issue feat. @obrown.bsky.social & @arturochang.bsky.social; Todd Hall & Pat James; @elifkalay.bsky.social; @lrafanell.bsky.social; Yong-Soo Eun, Peter Marcus Kristensen, & Deepshikha Shahi; Michael Barnett & @aysezarakol.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @internatltheory.bsky.social

Latest issue | International Theory | Cambridge Core

International Theory

www.cambridge.org

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion

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Western Political Science Association @wpsa.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tomorrow! 🔽

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jul 2

After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...

Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jul 9

This Friday! Come join us! #poltheory #polisky @wpsa.bsky.social

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jul 2

After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...

Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jul 2

After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question. @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky Details: mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...

Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks! :)

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jun 30

The EJPT forum on my book, Promoting Justice Across Borders, is out in issue 24/3. Many thanks to Michael Blake for organizing, to Michael, Matthew Lister, & Minh Ly for thoughtful contributions, & to @liorerez.bsky.social for shepherding it at EJPT! #poltheory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Moral judgment, self-determination, and toleration: Reflecting on reform intervention at the outer limits - Lucia M Rafanelli, 2025

Here, I reply to three commentaries on my recent book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention. The main topics include the scope of...

journals.sagepub.com

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Apr 14

My new #OpenAccess article on statelessness and stateless people's resistance movements is now out in International Theory! Check it out below! #PolTheory #PoliSky #FirstView @internatltheory.bsky.social

International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Apr 14

#OpenAccess -

The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ

- @lrafanell.bsky.social

"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions; that others may have obligations to support their efforts"

#FirstView

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Mar 17

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 3/28 4 pm ET to discuss Shirley LePenne's "Guillotining the Political" w/ Banu Bargu as commenter! #polisky #poltheory Details here: mailchi.mp/e42079c050f2...

Friday, March 28 - Shirley Le Penne on "Guillotining the Political"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Mar 11

Fellow academics! I'm putting together my tenure file (😬😵‍💫🤯), so if you've assigned my work in your classes, could you let me know about it via DM/email? Reposts appreciated! Thank you! 🙏 #poltheory #polisky #academicchatter #academicsky

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Feb 26

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community THIS FRIDAY 2/28, 4 pm ET to discuss Donald Zarate's "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. #polisky #poltheory Details here! mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...

Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Feb 14

Next WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community coming up! Fri. 2/28, 4 pm ET, Donald Zarate will present "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. Details below! #polisky #poltheory mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...

Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jan 22

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 1/24, 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss @amitr.bsky.social and Michael Illuzzi's "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood" w/ our very own @tunablazer.bsky.social as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/160b383e0469... #polisky #poltheory

REMINDER: Fri. Jan. 24 - Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron on "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Dec 19

My open-access piece “Not Just War by Other Means: Cross border engagement as political struggle” now has a fancy new issue number in Constellations. Check it out here! #poltheory #polisky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Dec 13

📣 Next session of the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, happening in a few hours! ⬇️ #PolTheory #PoliSky

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Dec 3

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...

#PoliSky #PolTheory

Friday, December 13 - Becca Peach on "Mediating Democracy: How Religious Freedom became a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Dec 3

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...

#PoliSky #PolTheory

Friday, December 13 - Becca Peach on "Mediating Democracy: How Religious Freedom became a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Nov 16

Join us! 🤓

Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Nov 15

Three wonderful colleagues (@lrafanell.bsky.social, @glennmackin.bsky.social, and @jmayerfeld.bsky.social) and I run the WPSA political theory virtual community, a political theory workshop that meets on a monthly basis via Zoom to discuss work in progress. We would love to see new faces!

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Nov 13

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 11/15, 4 pm ET to discuss Katherine Hoyt's fascinating paper on natural law treatments of slavery in 16 & 17 c. political thought. We're happy to welcome @gabrielsalgado.bsky.social as commenter! #poltheory #polisky mailchi.mp/f16c712680a6...

Reminder: Friday, Nov. 15 - Katherine Hoyt on "Can the Enslavement of Africans in the New World be Justified under Natural Law?"

Reposted by Lucia Rafanelli

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Nov 10

I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky

On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Nov 10

I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces! #poltheory #polisky

On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On ethics & AI (@bigdatasoc.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Oct 1

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 10/4, 4 pm ET to discuss Ferris Lupino's paper on Du Bois & charismatic leadership w/ Inés Valdez as commenter! #PoliSky #PolTheory Details here: mailchi.mp/62a07baf5a03...

REMINDER: Friday, October 4 - Ferris Lupino on "Du Bois, Dark Princess, and the Charismatic Scenario"