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Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens is a British-Irish academic, author and professor. She is a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford and a… more

H-index: 21
Political science 53%
Sociology 14%

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🔊 Episode #3 out now!
@whitproject.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) explores how the gender binary shaped the production and reception of international thought and what recovering overlooked voices means for present-day international relations.
open.spotify.com/episode/76f2...

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'Oxford’s chief diversity officer has said that universities must not forget their legal obligations relating to equality, diversity and inclusion if there are changes to the research culture element of the 2029 Research Excellence Framework.'

Yes. More people need to say this repeatedly out loud.
whitproject.bsky.social
Re-upping the link to an online book talk tomorrow at 3pm hosted by SPIN.👇 Please email [email protected] for an invite link.
whitproject.bsky.social
She would warn that, as in ancient Rome and interwar Europe, economic elites mistook material abundance for stability, blind to the fact that their own complacency hastened the collapse they thought could not touch them".

Thanks to DC historian @rcturk.bsky.social for letting me know it was out!
whitproject.bsky.social
is hollowing out the very institutions meant to safeguard democratic government and diplomatic norms (as fragile and compromised as they always were).
whitproject.bsky.social
"If we extended Eileen Power’s critique of pre–World War II Europe to the contemporary scene in D.C., she might view Washington’s diplomatic world as a decadent spectacle. Lavish receptions and constant talk obscure how authoritarian rollback under Trump...
whitproject.bsky.social
I'm told "Washington Life" is DC's premiere lifestyle magazine. They did a feature on Erased in their "Diplomatic Issue". Surprising, but okay...

They edited out some stuff from the original Q&A...
whitproject.bsky.social
Oxford Political Thought Speaker Series 👇

by Patricia OwensReposted by: Patricia Owens

whitproject.bsky.social
Southwest friends: tomorrow at 3pm, I'm speaking in Exeter on the Erased tour, followed by reception. Do come by. @exeter.ac.uk @profalexp.bsky.social
whitproject.bsky.social
“In twenty-three years at Harvard and fifteen as a tenured professor, I have seen a lot of tenure cases.... I have never been at such a total loss to explain Harvard’s decision,” said History professor Mary D. Lewis.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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It was such a fun trip. Thank you so much!
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Podcast of the week! Thanks so much... 🎙️👇
the-syllabus.bsky.social
The field of international relations has always relied on the intellectual labor of women. Yet as our podcast of the week shows, misogyny, racism, and marginalization worked to systematically exclude women’s contributions.

With @whitproject.bsky.social & @javiermejiac.bsky.social

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the-syllabus.bsky.social
The field of international relations has always relied on the intellectual labor of women. Yet as our podcast of the week shows, misogyny, racism, and marginalization worked to systematically exclude women’s contributions.

With @whitproject.bsky.social & @javiermejiac.bsky.social

buff.ly/2a027uQ
whitproject.bsky.social
On the train from Amsterdam to Groningen tonight for the first of three September "Erased" tour dates.

Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social

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"The Starmer leadership want Reform to do well. It's the strategy that you're going to alight upon if you are a centrist political formation with nothing positive to offer, because the only way you can get people to vote for you is to make it a kind of blackmail." - @leninology.bsky.social
whitproject.bsky.social
"The transfer of tens of billions of pounds to the owners of the privatised water, rail, bus, energy and mail services comes as families face soaring bills, polluted rivers and seas, and expensive and unreliable trains and buses".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
whitproject.bsky.social
Does anyone know anyone working on Arthur Creech Jones?

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