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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Jun 20

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.

But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording at #BISA2025 🎙️

Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions directly from #BISA2025! 🎉

Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/mHkyijl

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Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come join myself, @faloulah.bsky.social and Daniel Drury at the @e-international.bsky.social stand @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Come have a chat and record with us LIVE for the Thinking Global Podcast!

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · Jun 18

#BISA2025 conference delegates, remember to head to the exhibition hall and speak to @e-international.bsky.social who are podcasting live with Thinking Global - stop by for a quick chat about the work you’ve just presented!

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jun 17

In Belfast for the first time, looking forward to the start of @mybisa.bsky.social and meeting colleagues and friends and, especially, a panel tomorrow honoring Emma with several wonderful scholars she read and admired.

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · Jun 16

Pay Attention

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jun 16

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

UN warns of starvation in ‘hunger hotspots’

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · Jun 16

Flying out of Gatwick feels a bit weird on the day I learn that Javed Syed, a graduate of my university along with his wife and children, was on the Air India flight that never made it here. RIP @angliaruskin.bsky.social

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 16

Postgraduate Network and first-timers meet up at #BISA2025 TOMORROW 🎉

Come and join the Postgrad Network @ at The Sunflower Pub & meet fellow first-timers, postgraduates and ECRs! 🌻

Find out more details now 👉 buff.ly/8t8P90k

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Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social · Jun 14

'The “war on woke” is the calling card of the global fascist right. Orbán’s attack on CEU for “gender ideology” began his destruction of 🇭🇺 democracy. Putin justified his full-scale invasion of 🇺🇦 by appealing to the supposed dangers 🇺🇦’s liberal democracy poses for traditional gender roles...'

Bart Bonikowski @bartbonikowski.bsky.social · Jun 13

Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

www.theguardian.com

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 11

🎉 #BISA2025 featured roundtable! 🎉
19 June

'War in the Middle East: Global and Regional Perspectives' w/ Amnon Aran @andypayne.bsky.social‬ Katerina Dalacoura & Sam Rose - director of @unrwa.org‬ Gaza

Read more 👉 buff.ly/4eGQiHv

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Featured events

All the featured events at the #BISA2025 conference, including our journals, special and satellite events.

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · Jun 11

Solidarity with @newcastleucu.bsky.social colleagues today marching to protest against the savage job cuts at their institution! ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 4

📢 National Demo Announced at Newcastle University

UCU members from across the UK will descend on Newcastle on Wednesday 11 June for a national demonstration against job cuts.

✊ Join us and make your voice heard

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University academics to strike for 30 more days

Industrial action among academics at Newcastle University has been extended again, alongside a national demonstration in Newcastle next week

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 10

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jun 8

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it:

"These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza

www.bbc.co.uk

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 6

BISA postgrad network and early-career development day 2025
🎉 17 June @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social‬ 🎉

‪Inc/ @therealisthom.bsky.social‬ @nickcaddick.bsky.social‬ @amnakaleem.bsky.social‬ @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social‬ and more! 🌟

Sign up now 👉

Postgraduate and early-career development day 2025

Register for the PG/ECR workshops taking place in Belfast in June 2025.

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · Jun 5

'Racism without ‘#race’: colorblindness, blackness and everyday #racism in contemporary Germany'

From #Identities issue 32.2, by Daniel Williams:

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · Jun 3

Excited to be serving another term as a trustee at @mybisa.bsky.social and grateful to all the members for voting in the elections! 🙏🏻

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨BISA trustee election results now announced! 🚨

Huge congratulations to all our winners:
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@victoriambasham.bsky.social‬ @jamiejhagen.bsky.social‬ @nickcaddick.bsky.social‬ Marianna Charountaki, Andrew Dorman ‪ @unamcgahern.bsky.social‬ @simonrushton.bsky.social‬ 🎉

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Trustee election results 2025 announced

We are pleased to announce the newly elected members of our Executive Committee.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · May 29

🌟Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial WG Early-Career Researcher Prize 2025 winner:

🏆Asad Zaidi 🏆
“Pakistani contested worldmaking in international politics: The Afghan-Soviet War, Cold War counterinsurgency, and the struggles for decolonization”

More & runner-up 👉

Announcing the winners of the Colonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial Working Group Early-Career Researcher Paper Prize 2025- Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial (CPD) | BISA

- Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial (CPD) Working Group

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · May 19

A friendly reminder to check out the #BISA2025 program and be sure to add our sponsored panels and events to your list!

It’s BISA’s 50th anniversary, so we want to know how this conference has impacted your career. Let us know with the hashtag #MyFirstBISA

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jan 20

📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!!

All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email [email protected]

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A social media card with two images of Belfast at night and the text: #BISA2025 50th anniversary conference. Belfast 18-20 June. Register now: https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · May 12

I fear this is also Labour liberalism showing its true colours

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Ben Rosher @benrosher.bsky.social · May 12

Labour cabinet meetings be like

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · May 10

🌟Africa and International Studies WG and @chathamhouse.org event 🌟
The workshops focus is sharing experience and knowledge-based perspectives on the future of the UK-Africa relationships!
Inc/ @drstephenhurt.bsky.social @ruthbookbinder.bsky.social and more
16 May 👉https://buff.ly/YaxT5Lw

The future of UK-Africa relations- Africa and International Studies | BISA

- Africa and International Studies Working Group

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you so much Toni! 🙏🏻

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · May 6

@mybisa.bsky.social colleagues! After serving as your conference chair for Birmingham and Belfast, I’m standing for election for two more years as trustee. I’d love the opportunity to keep working for our members and would really appreciate your vote! Vote by 12th May! www.bisa.ac.uk/news/executi...

Executive Committee candidates 2025 announced - vote now!

Voting is open for elections to our Executive Committee. View all the nominations and how to vote.

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Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social · May 2

The @mybisa.bsky.social Executive Committee 2025 candidates are now live. I'm running for EDI officer & would appreciate your vote! Eligible voters received an email with their ballot yesterday. Full details, about all the candidates, including my personal statement, available here: bit.ly/4lZWd40

Executive Committee candidates 2025 announced - vote now!

Voting is open for elections to our Executive Committee. View all the nominations and how to vote.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎉Sign up now for Cynthia Enloe's #BISA2025 public lecture!🎉

Titled - 'What feminists reveal when they investigate masculinities: The case of military ‘manpower’'

Bound to be very popular so don't miss out 👉 buff.ly/mcqIxmK
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Public lecture: What feminists reveal when they investigate masculinities: The case of military ‘manpower’

Cynthia Enloe delivers public lecture at Queen's University Belfast to open #BISA2025.

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