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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · Aug 20

Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social, Jean-François Drolet @jeanfrancoisdrolet.bsky.social, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social, Karin Narita, and Alexandra Gheciu received an honourable mention for "World of the Right. Radical Conservatism and Global Order"

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Jun 27

New article by my soon colleague-to-be Rebekah Lee. There is far too little attention to road accidents in Africa

Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social · Jun 26

New article alert!! In this study, Rebekah Lee uses ‘crash narratives’ to shed light on the wider historicised and contested dynamics around the nature and meaning of road danger and accidental death in South Africa. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Crash Narratives and Accidental Archives: Rethinking Road Safety in South Africa

This article considers the implications of historicising road safety in contemporary South Africa. It offers a critical interrogation of the ‘epidemiological turn’ evident in recent global road saf...

www.tandfonline.com

Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Some professional news from me - Oxford here we come!

www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

Professor Rita Abrahamsen joins the African Studies Centre

The African Studies Centre is very pleased to announce that Professor Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa) has been appointed to the Professorship of African Studies... (more)

www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk

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Seb Kaempf @sebkaempf.bsky.social · May 27

Interested in the connection between IR Theory and Ideology? Then tune into this pod episode in which Benjamin Martill talks about his editor's selection for @risjnl.bsky.social: www.buzzsprout.com/2395572/epis...

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · May 25

Super excited to see this strong pre-release review of my new book by Publishers Weekly. "Weaving a staggering amount of history into a propulsive narrative that recasts the 20th century as a long struggle for liberation, this is a towering achievement." www.publishersweekly.com/9781324092452

The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide by Howard W French

In this magisterial account, journalist French (Born in Blackness) revisits the history of the Pan-Africanist movement through t...

www.publishersweekly.com

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · May 15

🏆RI-IR Félicitations👋🏽👋🏽
@rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social Drolet Williams Vucetic
@srdj.bsky.social Narita
Gheciu | Pingeot | Zeitz
CITATIONS conta.cc/4iyPATt
Winner👉🏽 June 4 TMU cpsaconference.ca/sessions_det...
Jury @clarkkazak.bsky.social Bashovski
@dgrondin.bsky.social

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · May 9

Burnham warned against 'The Suicide of the West'. Now his acolytes in the Trump administration are busy bringing about America's decline. New piece in the Conversation, with Michael C. Williams
theconversation.com/how-donald-t...

How Donald Trump’s assault on universities echoes earlier American conservative ideas

It is easy to recognize the ideas of philosopher James Burnham, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan, in arguments and actions of the Trump administration.

theconversation.com

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Juliet Kaarbo @jkaarbo.bsky.social · May 1

2 new lecturer positions in the Middle East and Africa in the School of International Relations @standrewsir.bsky.social at the University of St Andrews: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Apr 21

Read this outstanding book by @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social and colleagues in prep for a forthcoming talk @edinburghpir.bsky.social. I learned so much - can't wait to hear them speak!

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Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · Apr 21

Really looking forward to this! In 2 days time, join us if you can! (registration required) @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · Apr 2

Interested or worried about the radical right? Join Rita Abrahamsen & Michael C. Williams, who are visiting the Centre for Security Research and @edinburghpir.bsky.social IR Research Group to talk about their new book, World of the Right. Registration required:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-of-t...

World of the Right

The global radical right is ascendant. How did it happen, and what can be done to understand and resist this world historical force?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · Apr 21

There is still time to register for Thursday's Stevenson Trust lecture with @scga.bsky.social

Join Professors @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social & Michael C. Williams to discuss the global impact of the radical right.

Register here: tinyurl.com/yx4ra4p5

Stevenson Trust for Citizenship and Scottish Council on Global Affairs upcoming event poster. The event features Professors Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams and will take place in Room 222, Boyd Orr Building on Thursday, 24th April from 6 to 7:30 pm.

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Sara Hill @sara-hill.bsky.social · Apr 15

It's here! After a great Q&A with the co-authors, and a particularly excellent and nourishing conversation with @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social post event, this went straight to the top of my tbr.

Important work examining the radical Right as a global phenomenon.

#AcademicSky
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A paperback book with a cover in shades of red showing the title 'World of the Right: Radical Conservativism and Global Order' and the list of co-authors Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita, Alexandra Gheciu.

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · Apr 9

There is still time to register for the next Stevenson Trust lecture with @scga.bsky.social on April 24th.

Join Professors @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social & Michael C. Williams to discuss the global impact of the radical right.

Register here: tinyurl.com/yx4ra4p5

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Apr 7

Fantastic postdoc opportunity for anthropologists at the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
www.linkedin.com/posts/rita-a...

Vacancies | Rita Abrahamsen

Fantastic postdoc opportunity for anthropologists at the Aftican Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. Details below 👇 https://lnkd.in/dcpN_q3z

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Apr 7

I admit to being somewhat biased, but this article by Michael Williams in International Affairs is a must-read at this moment in time!

academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...

The crisis of the conservative international order

The crisis of the liberal international order (LIO) is also a crisis of the conservative international order, which has come to oppose the LIO after suppor

academic.oup.com

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Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · Apr 2

Interested or worried about the radical right? Join Rita Abrahamsen & Michael C. Williams, who are visiting the Centre for Security Research and @edinburghpir.bsky.social IR Research Group to talk about their new book, World of the Right. Registration required:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-of-t...

World of the Right

The global radical right is ascendant. How did it happen, and what can be done to understand and resist this world historical force?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social · Mar 14

New interview! Jean-François Drolet (@jeanfrancoisdrolet.bsky.social) discusses changes in American conservatism, New Fusionism, and the New Right's civilizationalism and Gramscianism. Check it out!

@ieres-gwu.bsky.social

Jean-François Drolet on American conservatism, New Fusionism, Civilizationalism, and Right-wing Gramscianism illiberalism.org |

Jean-François Drolet discusses changes in American conservatism, the New Fusionism, and the New Right's civilizationalism and Gramscianism.

www.illiberalism.org

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Mar 17

Great piece by Michael Williams on Trump's continentalism and its possible consequences for Canada.

Trump’s potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics’ poses grave risks to Canada

The possibility that what’s known as continentalist geopolitics underpins recent U.S. foreign policy initiatives has received too little attention in Canada. Here’s what it means.

theconversation.com

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · Mar 2

This may be difficult for some to read, but critical self-examination is important in the global war over who seizes final power in mismanaging the living world. We need to “outgrow modernity” (ref to Vanessa Machado de Oliveira forthcoming book).

Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Jan 20

On this day of Trump’s second coming, we bring you an article on the radical Right’s use of dystopias. Free to read in Global Studies Quarterly:

academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Radical Right Dystopias in the Global Culture Wars

Abstract. Despite the pervasive description of our times as dystopian, the disciplines of political theory and international relations seldom consider the

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Srdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social · Feb 18

Our book reviewed in Perspectives on Politics by Luke Moore www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order By Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-Francis Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita and Alexandra Gheciu. Cambridge: Cambridge Universi...

www.cambridge.org

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · Feb 8

No joke, the Continent is publishing the best coverage of the DRC right now. And you can have it sent to you for free on WhatsApp and Signal!

The Continent @thecontinent.org · Feb 7

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 189 of The Continent.

M23 fighters are marching on to take a second city in the DRC. The Tanzanian president is hosting a leader’s conference to address the crisis. But Tanzania is not a disinterested party.

Read it here: bit.ly/TheContinent...

The cover of issue 189 of The Continent is illustrated by cartoonist Gado. It's a send-up of the infamous Berlin Conference of 1884 which carved Africa amongst thee European powers. Instead of Africa being carved up however, it's the Democratic Republic of Congo being carved up amongst the leaders from the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who are meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. At the head of the table is Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan. They are meeting to discuss the conflict between the DRC government and Rwandan-backed M23 soldiers.

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Feb 8

🚩 Call for Papers 🚩

The uses and abuses of political ideas in Africa:
Pan-Africanism, development and democracy

Thursday 20 March 2025, 2:00PM onwards
University of Birmingham and online

See below for details 👇

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Rita Abrahamsen @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social · Jan 29

Get your free subscription to The Continent now!

The Continent @thecontinent.org · Jan 29

We could really use your help. We’re beginning this year with a big push for new subscribers – because the more subscribers we have, the easier it is for us to raise funding to keep doing the kind of journalism we do. Our subscription details are here 👇

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Jan 27

New article on dystopia and the radical right 👇 by @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social and Michael C. Williams

Continuing theme from their overarching project, they find radical right using 'critical dystopias' (a la Tom Moylan, etc) for non-progressive ends

#utopiainIR

academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Radical Right Dystopias in the Global Culture Wars

Abstract. Despite the pervasive description of our times as dystopian, the disciplines of political theory and international relations seldom consider the

academic.oup.com

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Gregorio Bettiza @gregoriobettiza.bsky.social · Jan 21

Timely article by @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social & M. Williams:

"Radical Right Dystopias in the Global Culture Wars"
@gsqjournal.bsky.social

"critical dystopias" are integral to "the radical Right's ideological critique of managerialism and liberal globalization"

doi.org/10.1093/isag...

Radical Right Dystopias in the Global Culture Wars

Abstract. Despite the pervasive description of our times as dystopian, the disciplines of political theory and international relations seldom consider the

doi.org

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