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Dr Fran Melhuish @fransplains.bsky.social · Jul 28

My latest article is out #OA in @politicsjournal.bsky.social ‪✍️

✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias

💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain

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Politics journal article: A new Elizabethan age: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) and the nostalgic politics of Anglofuturism

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Jul 29

Do you like ketchup? Not only are you wrong, but you may be a fascist. Not really, but in my 🍅New Publication🍅 "Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce", in International Political Sociology, I argue that memes about ketchup showcase Neo-Nazi solidarity.
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Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce: Memes as Silly/Serious Bordered Spaces in International Relations

Abstract. This paper draws on previous scholarship on humor, memes, and seriousness in International Relations to produce a novel means for understanding o

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · Jul 24

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My latest article, "The Declining Kingdom? Emotional Ascription, Emotional Expectations, and Humour in the International Framing of the UK in Crisis”, is now available in @politicsjournal.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Global Britain. 🇬🇧

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Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group @epir-bisa.bsky.social · Jun 3

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 EPIR Thesis Prize!
🏆 Winners: Anne-Marie Houde & Uygar Baspehlivan
🎖 Honourable Mention: Shambhawi Tripathi
Their theses impressed our judges with originality, critical insight, and innovative methods. Congratulations to all! 👏

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · May 23

The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics

Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · May 13

A great discussion and fantastic questions! These @mybisa.bsky.social working groups aren't just good fun, they're great spaces to share and develop ideas in a friendly academic space. 10/10 would recommend. Thank you for organising @epir-bisa.bsky.social and @annemhoude.bsky.social !

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · May 13

📢We had a fascinating concluding event for the year today with @epir-bisa.bsky.social !

👉📚Topic 'Emotions and the right – navigating feeling in the study of populism and reactionary politics' w/ @theoaiolfi.bsky.social
@charlieprice.bsky.social @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social and Elisabeth Mörking

A zoom meeting in which one speaker is gesturing with their hands.

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Apr 10

In his paper in EJIR, charlieprice.bsky.social analyses the Nordic Resistance Movement’s fantasy of the Nordic Nation and shows how collective ideological fantasies become grounded in present bodies to make such fantasies intelligible.

You can read it here: t1p.de/lpjet

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Max Warrack PhD FHEA @maxwarrack.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hegseth's recent assertions about Japan's 'warrior ethos' (str.sg/EB3A) could be dismissed as wishful thinking given its peace constitution and 'military allergy' reputation. However, as outlined in my latest article, there are signs Japan is recovering its 'warrior ethos'.
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Manga and militarism: rehabilitating military violence in Japan

There is an impasse in Japan’s security debate. Realists emphasise defence build-up programmes and policy reforms that are cumulatively developing Japan’s autonomous security capabilities to argue ...

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Mar 10

Have your parents accidentally gone on holiday with conspiracy theorists? Mine have and they let me write about it in Critical Studies on Security!

Help! My parents are normies: family friends, GPS, and the World Economic Forum

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Help! My parents are normies: family friends, GPS, and the World Economic Forum

Many of us know we can never understand everything, but for some this is unacceptable and solutions must be found; for two of my parents’ friends, the world makes sense, but the globalists try to h...

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Mar 5

You know how the far-right is pretty big right now? Well I've got a 🚨New Publication🚨 on interpreting far-right ideologies!

Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in
@ejir.bsky.social

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Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement - Charlie W. Price, 2025

In recent years, the concept of fantasy has been afforded increased attention in psychoanalytic IR. While this scholarship does address bodies and fantasy, the ...

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Veronica Barfucci @veronicabarfucci.bsky.social · Mar 5

Global Studies Quarterly @gsqjournal.bsky.social · Mar 5

Co-editor-in-chief Brent Steele accepted the ISA international ethics section distinguished scholar award this evening

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Mar 4

Absolutely brilliant presentation from @josephhaigh.bsky.social at #ISA2025
“Remembrancing isn't just for Poppymas’: how competing existential anxieties influence the spatial and temporal presentation of British remembrance rituals”

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · Mar 4

Happy pancake day everyone! Here’s a brand new recipe that I’ve spent months working on. Please download and tell your friends! It’s called:

Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement

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East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨New Research Seminar

The EASG is delighted to host Prof Garren Mulloy from Daito Bunka University for a talk on

Asian NATO: Ishiba’s Odessey or Strategic Fool’s Gold?

The seminar is online only. Please email [email protected] for the access link

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East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Feb 14

💡 New Research Seminar

The EASG is delighted to host Dr Dorothy Pihaj from @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a talk on the construction of Japan's national identity

More info here: tinyurl.com/3pnty976

Please contact [email protected] for the access link

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East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Feb 10

🚨 New Research Seminar

The EASG is delighted to host Dr Ra Mason from the University of East Anglia for a talk on Okinawa and great power competition

More info: tinyurl.com/53dpceh8

If you'd like to join us online, please email [email protected]

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Hannah Oorts @hannahoorts.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join me and @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social at @warwickpais.bsky.social for a workshop combining our research interests: #performance 🎭and #polarisation ↔️! With a keynote by Professor Paula Diehl, discussed by Professor Michael Saward and YOUR paper presentations!

✨Hope to see you there!✨

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East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚨 Friendly reminder for tomorrow's research seminar!

If you can't be there in person and would like to join us online, please email the EASG at [email protected] and we will provide an access link

Hope to see you there tomorrow! ✨

East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨Research Seminar

The EASG is delighted to host Dr. William Reynolds @warstudent.bsky.social from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🗺️ 'From Oslo to Tokyo: Britain's Cold War Strategy and Japan'

📅 February 4th, 2025 - 2.15-3.30PM (hybrid)

More info at tinyurl.com/48puxnzc or [email protected]

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Jan 27

#OpenAccess -

The positions of ontological (in)security in international relations: object relations, unconscious phantasies, and anxiety management - cup.org/3PSh0Yr

- C. Nicolai L. Gellwitzki

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East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨Research Seminar

The EASG is delighted to host Dr. William Reynolds @warstudent.bsky.social from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🗺️ 'From Oslo to Tokyo: Britain's Cold War Strategy and Japan'

📅 February 4th, 2025 - 2.15-3.30PM (hybrid)

More info at tinyurl.com/48puxnzc or [email protected]

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Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · Jan 27

What exactly is ontological (in)security? And what is ontological security's ethical, reparative, and transformative potential? In my new article in
@internatltheory.bsky.social, I suggest drawing on Melanie Klein rather than Giddens to conceptualise these questions
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The positions of ontological (in)security in international relations: object relations, unconscious phantasies, and anxiety management | International Theory | Cambridge Core

The positions of ontological (in)security in international relations: object relations, unconscious phantasies, and anxiety management

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Veronica Barfucci @veronicabarfucci.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hi Bluesky friends! I am part of this research group at Warwick - we are very new to Bluesky so it would be really helpful if you could follow us and spread the word so more people get to know about us and what we do 💫

East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick @easgwarwick.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hello Bluesky people!

We are a University of Warwick research group and we organise regular research seminars on the politics and international relations of the East Asian region 🌏

Most of our seminars are in hybrid format so follow us to be up to date and participate in our research activities!

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Guillermo Alonso Simón @galonsosimon.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨Publication alert! 🚨

Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.

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Opening the Black Box of ‘Convergence’ in the European Monetary Union: A Discursive Analysis

‘Convergence’ stands out as a prominent signifier in discourse about the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), recently also gaining prominence in debates within Comparative Political Economy (...

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Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · Nov 18

Following the recent trend on Bluesky and in the hope that more of us will soon join the "good place," I’ve created a starter pack for those studying ontological (in)security in global politics 🤓
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