Şener Aktürk
@senerakturk.bsky.social
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Author of "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe.” Professor at Koç University. Comparative Politics; Nationalism; Religion; Regimes of Ethnicity; History of Ideas; Grand Strategy. www.senerakturk.com
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I'm delighted to announce that my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy," published @jodemocracy.bsky.social is now permanently Open Access!
I thank Koç University Library and its staff for making this possible. Article link: muse.jhu.edu/article/964565
Project MUSE - Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy
muse.jhu.edu
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kevinrothrock.me
Oh welp: "Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the U.S. last year, even after a ban on Russian enriched uranium imports became law in May, data from the Energy Dept. show." This, as Trump lectures Europe and others to curb reliance on Russian oil and natural gas.
Russia Still Top Supplier of US Nuclear Fuel Despite Import Ban
Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the US last year, even after a ban on enriched uranium imports from the country became law in May, data from the Department of Energy shows.
www.bloomberg.com
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senerakturk.bsky.social
I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
senerakturk.bsky.social
We had a productive workshop on September 4th and a great event on September 5th at the Balkan Studies Foundation in Skopje.

"5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective"

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5th International Balkan Studies Congress Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: Nationalism and Religion in Global Perspective |
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senerakturk.bsky.social
Starts now...
senerakturk.bsky.social
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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senerakturk.bsky.social
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
tinyurl.com
senerakturk.bsky.social
Today, I'll chair the #APSA2025 panel on "Borders of/for State Identity" and I'll present my paper on "After Empire: Post-Ukrainian Russia in Comparative Perspective," comparing Russia to post-Irish Britain and post-Algerian France in particular. Come, join us @apsa.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ykuuqe44
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
tinyurl.com
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senerakturk.bsky.social
It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
senerakturk.bsky.social
I'm not at APSA Conference in Vancouver in-person, but APSA attendees can still view my iPoster on "Religious Conflict, Exclusion, and the Origins of the International System" and they can even download it! tinyurl.com/2c9bbg6e
APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
tinyurl.com
senerakturk.bsky.social
It was an intellectually rewarding experience and a great honor to chair the Short Listing Committee for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics in 2025:
apsanet.org/membership/o...
I won't be at APSA conference @apsa.bsky.social but here is a photo of all the short listed books that I took:
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valentimvicente.bsky.social
In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.

Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.

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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD

"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"

- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamics of mainstream and radical political rhetoric regarding anti-immigrant policies, highlighting differences in societal responses and enforcement norms based on the source of the rhetoric.
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valentimvicente.bsky.social
My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.

If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).

First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
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jodemocracy.bsky.social
"Western Europe toward the end of the Middle Ages became the most religiously homogeneous region in the world, and this extraordinary religious homogeneity was related to the origins and consolidation of early parliaments."

Read FREE:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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jodemocracy.bsky.social
"Right-wing populists...have shifted from racism toward fear of Muslims, seeking to exploit popular suspicion of different religious norms as well as the inability of leftist parties to craft an appeal that can accommodate religious minorities’ identities."

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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kevinrothrock.me
Another morale hit: For the 1st time, Russia reportedly seized villages in Urkaine's Dnipropetrovsk region. The NYT calls it "a minor but symbolic gain that gives the Kremlin another bargaining chip" as Russia tries to exert pressure along that stretch of the front. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...
Russian Troops Gain a Toehold in Another Ukrainian Region
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mojourno.bsky.social
Wondering if mounting hatred of Muslims in the west is a way of channeling the rancour of today's polarised society in a bid to unify it? Is this what happened to the Jews in Germany? And is it now Europe's Muslims' turn? From an interesting paper here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
senerakturk.bsky.social
I'm delighted to announce that my article "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe” received the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics! @apsa.bsky.social @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Read it for free direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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senerakturk.bsky.social
Are you teaching a course on democracy? If you are designing your Syllabus for the next academic year, consider these "ten essays you should not miss" from the Journal of Democracy, including my article, "Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy" :) www.journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-upd...
Essential Summer Reads from the JoD | Journal of Democracy
From the early days of this journal to our most recent issue, the JoD editors have compiled ten essays we think you should not miss this summer.
www.journalofdemocracy.org