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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 8d

We're very excited to welcome Patricia to SPIN tomorrow, chaired by @zaranosaur.bsky.social All welcome!

Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 8d

Re-upping the link to an online book talk tomorrow at 3pm hosted by SPIN.👇 Please email [email protected] for an invite link.

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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 8d

Re-upping the link to an online book talk tomorrow at 3pm hosted by SPIN.👇 Please email [email protected] for an invite link.

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 9d

Our latest SPIN Newsletter is now out! Visit our blog to catch up on all our latest publications, events, and new members including a Call for Papers and our list of upcoming SPIN talks. wp.me/pb19Tu-1d7

In this latest newsletter, we’re pleased to welcome new SPIN members, announce new opportunities and celebrate new publications. ...

Secrecy games, power, and resistance in global politics | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 14d

Next week! Join us for Prof. Patricia Owens' (Oxford) book talk: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, chaired by Dr. Zara Bain (Bristol)
@zaranosaur.bsky.social
1 Oct 3pm (UK Time), Zoom (to register to attend please email [email protected]
All welcome!
wp.me/pb19Tu-1ap

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Elspeth Van Veeren @evanveeren.bsky.social · 23d

And the linked journal article coauthored with @doccstevens.bsky.social and Amaha Senu that also includes a discussion of mazes: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Secrecy games, power, and resistance in global politics

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Security and Space - In Pursuit of Interconnections; By viewing security through a spatial lens, the book uncovers the social, economic and political forces that shape security issues in everyday life...

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Elspeth Van Veeren @evanveeren.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to have my chapter on the security politics of mazes included in this forthcoming volume, shepherded with a lot of patience by Faye and Tillman. Links to prepublication version below.

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 23d

Faye Donnelly and Tilman Schwarze eds. Security and Space: In Pursuit of Interconnections - @brisunipress.bsky.social, May 2026
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/security-and...

Security and Space

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 28d

Delighted to be participating in this! One for the diary for sure

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 29d

Save the date! First event of the academic year. Book Talk: Prof Patricia Owens (Oxford) discussing her latest book: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, chair @zaranosaur.bsky.social
1 Oct 3pm (UK Time), Zoom
All welcome!

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#SPINEvents #InternationalRelations

Book Talk: Erased by Professor Patricia Owens - SPIN

Wednesday October 1st, Professor Patricia Owens Chair: Dr Zara Bains SPIN is pleased to host a book talk by...

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 28d

Very pleased to appear in this stellar lineup!

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 28d

More dates for your diaries! Our line-up of talks this term include:

1 Oct, 3pm (UK time) – Erased - Patricia Owens
22 Oct, 3pm – Articulated Absences Archive - Vera Zurbrügg
19 Nov, 3pm – The Birth of Psychological War - Jeff Whyte

For news, follow us on BlueSky, LInkedIn or secrecyresearch.com

Index - SPIN

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 28d

More dates for your diaries! Our line-up of talks this term include:

1 Oct, 3pm (UK time) – Erased - Patricia Owens
22 Oct, 3pm – Articulated Absences Archive - Vera Zurbrügg
19 Nov, 3pm – The Birth of Psychological War - Jeff Whyte

For news, follow us on BlueSky, LInkedIn or secrecyresearch.com

Index - SPIN

secrecyresearch.com

Book Talk: Erased by Professor Patricia Owens - SPIN

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 29d

Save the date! First event of the academic year. Book Talk: Prof Patricia Owens (Oxford) discussing her latest book: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, chair @zaranosaur.bsky.social
1 Oct 3pm (UK Time), Zoom
All welcome!

wp.me/pb19Tu-1ap

#SPINEvents #InternationalRelations

Wednesday October 1st, Professor Patricia Owens Chair: Dr Zara Bains SPIN is pleased to host a book talk by...

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌍 SPIN is delighted to welcome Dr Tim Aistrope to the network! Tim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent, exploring how conspiracy theories and popular culture shape understandings of global politics.

Read about his latest project: buff.ly/Y676Ll6

#SPINNetwork

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 30

📺 Missed our recent FOIA research methods workshop? You can now stream the full recording, including contributions from Aiden Clarkson, Kevin Walby & Hannah Richards.

Stream here: buff.ly/aX3VI3r

#SPINEvents #FOIA #OpenAccess

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 25

🕵️‍♀️ F is for Five Eyes – the latest post in our A–Z of Secrecy series by Dr Lydia Morgan (University of Birmingham). Learn about the historically important intelligence cooperation alliance of the UK, US, AUS, CAN & NZ.

Read here: buff.ly/fBLEGOK

#SPINBlog #FiveEyes #Secrecy

Community Building, Gender, Power and Resistance, Stealth and Obfuscation

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 23

👋 Please give a warm SPIN welcome to Susannah Lee, a 2025 SPIN Fellow this summer working with SPIN and the Gender Research Centre to explore gender, power, and secrecy in the context of the current challenges in UK and US politics.

Meet the network: buff.ly/clcQe2t

#SPINNetwork #SecrecyResearch

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C.J. Griffin @cjgriffin.bsky.social · Jun 18

Stimulating and interesting essay, esp. how secrecy informs the narrative reconstitution and replenishment of American exceptionalism across time; a 20C redux of manifest destiny is (re)produced via secrecy.

Well worth reading!

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 18

📝 SPIN is delighted to share an essay by Politics & IR student Shae Miles: The Age of Innocence and Ignorance: Exploring the ‘silencing of the past’ in US foreign policy. This was written as part of Shae's excellent work on the University of Bristol's US Foreign Policy unit.

Read: buff.ly/lXhvUsp

SPIN at the BISA 2025 50th Anniversary Conference - SPIN

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 18

📝 SPIN is delighted to share an essay by Politics & IR student Shae Miles: The Age of Innocence and Ignorance: Exploring the ‘silencing of the past’ in US foreign policy. This was written as part of Shae's excellent work on the University of Bristol's US Foreign Policy unit.

Read: buff.ly/lXhvUsp

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 16

🎤 SPIN is at BISA this week! Catch our panel on Thursday. Find more details on our papers: buff.ly/bvqdFhE and search for us on the conference programme: buff.ly/cV4581b

#SPINatBISA #BISA2025 #AcademicEvents

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 11

⏳ Just one week to go until SPIN is at BISA 2025 in Belfast! Please join us for our panel exploring the interconnections of secrecy and international politics. See details of SPIN's panel: buff.ly/bvqdFhE

#SPINatBISA #SecrecyResearch #BISA2025

SPIN is pleased to share that our panel, Secrecy and the (re)making of the global (dis)order, has been accepted for inclusion...

SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of FOIA

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 9

🗂️ Final reminder to register for our FOIA Research Methods Masterclass—this Wednesday, 12 June, 2–4pm BST, online!
Register here: buff.ly/eDwsPBB

#SPINEvents #FOIA #ResearchMethods

Free virtual SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of Freedom of Information Access (FOIA).

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 4

🔍 Missed Dr Shereen Fernandez’s talk on secrecy, redaction and the War on Terror? Now available on YouTube. Chaired by Dr Jeffrey Whyte, this talk explores secrecy and race in policing and surveillance. Watch here: buff.ly/J6BY8gk

#SecrecyStudies #SPINEvents #Surveillance

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join our free SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the Challenges of FOIA—aimed at PhD and Early Career Researchers but open to all.

Wed 11 June | 2–4pm BST | 📍Online

Register now: buff.ly/Vt60p2v

#FOIA #ResearchMethods #SPINEvents

SPIN • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · May 30

🎧 Season 2 of the SPIN Podcast is now complete! Catch all episodes including Peter Finn on the 'Official Record', Lewis Bush on his latest project 'Trading Secrets' and @evanveeren.bsky.social‬ on 'secrecy games'. Listen here: buff.ly/tDSEeMP

#SPINPodcast #SecrecyResearch

This podcast series is brought to you by the members of SPIN, the Secrecy, power and ignorance research network (www.secrecyresearch.com). As a network, we study issues and ideas related to the…