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Yuna Blajer de la Garza

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Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago. Previously a postdoct at Stanford Ethics. Alumna of the University of Chicago and El Colegio de México. Political theory + ethnographic methods www.yunablajer.com

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Dec 14

I am very excited that this article is out in the world!

"Habits of democracy: practices, mores, and neighborhood meetings in Paris" is now available online at the European Journal of Political Theory.

If you'd like to read it but lack access, let me know.
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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please join us on Friday, August 22nd to discuss three new books in political theory!

Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat. @annajurkevics.bsky.social (Contested Territory), @kdpham.bsky.social (Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion

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Annie Heffernan @annieheff.bsky.social · Jul 30

Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:

(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)

Screen capture of the first bage of an article in American Political Science Review, reading as follows:
Title: "They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business": Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen
Ann K. Heffernan, University of Michigan, United States

Contributing to a growing interest in disability in political science, this article makes the case for the central role of disability in upholding the belief in work as requisite for full citizenship. Turning to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it shows how disability and the figure of the disabled worker were used to fortify emergent understandings of work against the changes wrought by industrial capitalism. Focusing on three sites of disabled labor—the school-based workshop, custodial institution, and industrial factory—it reveals the crucial ideological work performed by disability in sustaining the myth of the independent worker-citizen. Where existing scholarship has focused on disability either as an identity category or as a target of rights and policy, this article models an alternative approach, arguing for the relevance of disability as a concept that is integral to, and productive of, the ways we understand citizenship and political belonging.

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Certainly! www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

How the Benzene Tree Polluted the World

The organic compounds that enabled industrialization are having unintended consequences for the planet’s life.

www.theatlantic.com

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Jul 18

¡Muchas gracias a ambos! Me hicieron el día.

Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · May 26

Looking forward to reading it! Many congratulations!!

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · May 8

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us tomorrow, at noon ET, for the next meeting of the "Interpretivists to Intepretive Methods" series organized by APSA's IMM. Richard Holtzman (Bryant) will be our presenter. The talks are free and open to everyone, but registration is required. We hope you can join!

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TOMORROW - April 25: Richard Holtzman does Presidency Studies through an Interpretive Lens

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Mar 20

If you are interested in interpretive methods, I hope you can join the @interpretivemm.bsky.social tomorrow for the research presentations of our Spotlight Scholars!

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TOMORROW - March 21: Spotlight Scholars Research Presentations

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Mar 7

Excited for this!

LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · Mar 4

Together with Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Leigh Jenco has just published a new introduction to political theory that integrates recent insights from comparative and global political thought. Available here: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/po...

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · Feb 25

We are hiring TWO political theorists as well as a PPE position which is open to theorists (focus on history of economic thought) - please apply and circulate!

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...

Lecturer in Political Theory

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Feb 18

I am not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about Loyola. Here is the link for anyone interested:
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/31133

College of Arts & Sciences, Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professorship (Assistant Professor of Italian American Studies), Tenure Track

Salary Range: $80,000-$87,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidates, discipline open, for a te...

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Feb 18

Loyola has a new search for an Assistant Professor (TT) in Italian American studies. The search is carried out, at large, by the College of Arts and Sciences, and the person hired could be part of any of CAS's departments. I would, of course, love to have a political theorist fill this role!

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Feb 12

For those of you interested in ethnographic methods, please join the IMM next Friday, February 21, for a session on Intepretive Interviewing with Fred Schaffer. The sessions are held on Zoom and are open to the public, but registration is required.

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NEXT WEEK - February 21: Fred Schaffer does Interpretive Interviewing

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𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · Jan 30

Giving online talk on “Ethics in Academic Publishing” at the SJ Center for Business Ethics on Feb. 10 at 5pm EST.

I’ll be discussing the crisis of for-profit academic journal publishing, the emerging diamond open access alternative, and what we can do.

You can register to attend online here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ethics in Academic Publishing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Prof. Arash Abizadeh from McGill University will be discussing the ethics and inequities in academic publishing, focusing on exploitation by commercial publishers and barriers to accessing knowledge. ...

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Jan 26

This was such a good read, a welcome distraction in these times.

sixthformpoet fan account @sixthformpoet-fan.bsky.social · Jan 26

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My dad died. Classic start to a funny story. He was buried in a small village in Sussex. I was really close to my dad so I visited his grave a lot. I still do. [DON’T WORRY, IT GETS FUNNIER.]

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Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · Jan 22

Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 1/24, 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss @amitr.bsky.social and Michael Illuzzi's "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood" w/ our very own @tunablazer.bsky.social as commenter! Details here: mailchi.mp/160b383e0469... #polisky #poltheory

REMINDER: Fri. Jan. 24 - Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron on "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood"

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Jan 15

Very exciting! Many congratulations and I look forward to reading!

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · Jan 14

My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.

It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.

To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jan 14

'Local Peace, International Builders - How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up' by @wnomikos.bsky.social.

Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.

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Front cover of Local Peace, International Builders by Nomikos.

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Jamie Mayerfeld @jmayerfeld.bsky.social · Jan 12

The next meeting of the WPSA Pol Theory Virtual Colloquium, Fri. Jan. 25, will feature Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron @amitr.bsky.social presenting their paper "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood," with Yuna Blajer @tunablazer.bsky.social as discussant. Please join us! mailchi.mp/7d46c2cfd817...

Friday, January 24 - Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron on "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood"

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · Jan 7

In the 1920s, Gandhi developed a distinctive, neglected position in animal ethics - "progressive ahimsaism". To encourage scholarship on this, I've extracted his series of essays "Is this humanity?" from the Collected Works and put it on PhilPapers: philpapers.org/rec/GANITH

A quotation from Gandhi's essay "Is this humanity?"

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jan 9

It's breathtaking both how wrong and how many things are wrong with this guy who believes everything is an alienable commodity.

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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · Jan 7

A reminder about these PhD opportunities. 6+ fully funded open studentships, plus one ring-fenced for UK minority ethnic candidates, in my school. I'm happy to support potential applicants in my research areas, including animal ethics/politics.

Application deadline: 30 January.

#philsky #polisky

Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · Nov 28

My school is advertising 6+ fully funded PhD studentships to start in October 2025, open to UK or international applicants. I'd be very happy to support applicants working in my areas of interest, including animal ethics/animals in political philosophy.

#philsky #polisky

School of Social Sciences and Humanities Funded Studentship | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University

We are keen to receive proposals from scholars interested in working within or across social sciences and humanities.

www.lboro.ac.uk

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Jan 3

Please join the @interpretivemm.bsky.social on Friday, January 10th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time for the next session of the Interpretivists do Interpretive Methods Series!

We will have a talk by the wonderful Diana Kim (Georgetown) on archival research and interpretive methods.

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Next Friday, January 10 - Diana Kim does Archival Research

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · Dec 18

anyone (know anyone) in Chicago available & interested to teach intro to theory for Loyola next semester? we had a part-time instructor leave unexpectedly and kinda leave us hanging!

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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · Dec 15

Thank you! I'd be curious to hear what you and him think, of course!