Jeremy Menchik
@menchik.bsky.social
Professor of IR & Political Science. Director of CURA https://www.bu.edu/cura/. Scholar of religion, politics, nationalism, the missionary impulse, liberalism, pumpkin whoopie pies. https://jeremymenchik.com/
1st is on the spirit of Wilsonianism: doi.org/10.1080/2156....
3rd is a R&R on democracy promotion (forthcoming soon inshallah)
And the book manuscript is under review. Fingers crossed for a 2026 publication date🤞🏼🙏📗
3rd is a R&R on democracy promotion (forthcoming soon inshallah)
And the book manuscript is under review. Fingers crossed for a 2026 publication date🤞🏼🙏📗
Woodrow Wilson and the Spirit of Liberal Internationalism
Woodrow Wilson is among most influential presidents in U.S. foreign policy history, and the most pious. The challenge for scholars is joining Wilson's faith and his foreign policies. What was the r...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
1st is on the spirit of Wilsonianism: doi.org/10.1080/2156....
3rd is a R&R on democracy promotion (forthcoming soon inshallah)
And the book manuscript is under review. Fingers crossed for a 2026 publication date🤞🏼🙏📗
3rd is a R&R on democracy promotion (forthcoming soon inshallah)
And the book manuscript is under review. Fingers crossed for a 2026 publication date🤞🏼🙏📗
Explicating American political science's entanglement with liberal Protestantism helps to explain longstanding gaps in knowledge and systematic exclusions.
Want to learn more? This is the 2nd of 3 articles related to my project on the missionary impulse in world politics.
Want to learn more? This is the 2nd of 3 articles related to my project on the missionary impulse in world politics.
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Explicating American political science's entanglement with liberal Protestantism helps to explain longstanding gaps in knowledge and systematic exclusions.
Want to learn more? This is the 2nd of 3 articles related to my project on the missionary impulse in world politics.
Want to learn more? This is the 2nd of 3 articles related to my project on the missionary impulse in world politics.
For example, American political science's continued entanglement with liberal Protestantism has made the discipline's emphasis on liberal democracy appear natural and given rather than particularistic.
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For example, American political science's continued entanglement with liberal Protestantism has made the discipline's emphasis on liberal democracy appear natural and given rather than particularistic.
We are born of liberal Protestantism and we are still infatuated with the dependent variables entangled with that religious tradition. This entanglement has weakened over time, but remains influential on our concepts, questions, and emphases.
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We are born of liberal Protestantism and we are still infatuated with the dependent variables entangled with that religious tradition. This entanglement has weakened over time, but remains influential on our concepts, questions, and emphases.
So instead, we all have to work around the NED embargo, using presidential and senate archives. The Hoover Institute at Stanford has Allen Weinstein’s archives, the first NED president. Those are gold.
What do you think the NED is hiding? 🙈 🔬 🇺🇸
What do you think the NED is hiding? 🙈 🔬 🇺🇸
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So instead, we all have to work around the NED embargo, using presidential and senate archives. The Hoover Institute at Stanford has Allen Weinstein’s archives, the first NED president. Those are gold.
What do you think the NED is hiding? 🙈 🔬 🇺🇸
What do you think the NED is hiding? 🙈 🔬 🇺🇸
No one has ever gained access. No scholars, no students, no one. I’ve applied a few times. No luck. I ever had my Senator Elizabeth Warren inquire on my behalf. Rejected.
In 2007 the NED deposited its records at the Library of Congress. To much fanfare. Still closed.
In 2007 the NED deposited its records at the Library of Congress. To much fanfare. Still closed.
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No one has ever gained access. No scholars, no students, no one. I’ve applied a few times. No luck. I ever had my Senator Elizabeth Warren inquire on my behalf. Rejected.
In 2007 the NED deposited its records at the Library of Congress. To much fanfare. Still closed.
In 2007 the NED deposited its records at the Library of Congress. To much fanfare. Still closed.
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The Pardee School is seeking a junior scholar in Latin American studies. Open to any discipline, countries of specialization, and research topics. Deadline Jan 12.
Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Job #AJO31333, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Specializing in Latin America, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US
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December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Pardee School is seeking a junior scholar in Latin American studies. Open to any discipline, countries of specialization, and research topics. Deadline Jan 12.