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I wore a badge, that came with the 7" of Feelin' by the La's, that said "Skin up, you bastards!". I didn't know what "skin up" meant, I thought it was an anti-racist slogan. "Pay attention to racial disadvantage, for heaven's sake!" Something like that.

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The right wing Policy Exchange has attacked the Church of England’s reparative measures after research showed its endowment fund’s connection with enslavement. Disagreement with reparations is one thing, but denigrating the historical research is disingenuous: alanlester.co.uk/blog/policy-...

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

There was a particular reason for this. They had played a 16-second piece by Poulenc (for Nadia Boulanger’s birthday) earlier on in the show, and two listeners contacted them to suggest the 1.13-second You Suffer. Which Petroc duly played.

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Great thread. There was once a 20C British Politics Q that asked, "Was WWII the making of the Labour Party as a party of government?" I marked a great essay that argued indignantly (in good faith) that no, of course not, because Labour weren't the party of govt in the 30s and didn't cause WWII.

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Interview with @princetonupress.bsky.social on Erased... including why, in the end, I wasn't actually able to write this history ‘without men’... and the broader and contemporary relevance of the story... press.princeton.edu/ideas/patric...

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'As the Church of England has discovered, reparative justice is deeply contentious.' Daniel Butt: A ‘trenchant plea’ for Britain to pay slavery reparations to the Caribbean

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Apply to study for a doctorate in political theory at the Central European University, or tell others about this opportunity. All our students get funding (tuition fees and living costs.) Links to admission procedure and program: dsps.ceu.edu/admission dsps.ceu.edu/tracks/polit...

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I review Michael Banner's book "Britain's Slavery Debt: Reparations Now!" in the current issue of the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode... @thetls.bsky.social

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I review Michael Banner's book "Britain's Slavery Debt: Reparations Now!" in the current issue of the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode... @thetls.bsky.social

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Jacob Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social rocking the (literal!) after-dinner slot at @biapt.bsky.social #BIAPT2025

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Off to York for the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought conference. It’s 7am and minus two degrees, but my scarf and @biapt.bsky.social hat match, so that’s something. #BIAPT2025

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Call for papers: political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars' workshop. Please circulate. #polisky @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Putting these books in their rightful order

submitted 67 days ago • 2 comments

Parents shouldn't feed meat to children - regardless of parents' own views on this. Why? Children might later come to regard meat-eating as wrong. That would damage their future moral integrity, something that parents have duties to protect. So argues Daniel Butt. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

Job! Associate professor/professor, with AOS in any area of theoretical philosophy, and AOC in feminist philosophy, at Oxford. www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/academic-vac...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂

submitted 73 days ago • 37 comments

Don't search for me.

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

This is Millie. Millie is next door's cat, not my cat. But that's my chair, not next door's chair, isn't it, Millie? #BrookeEntryTax

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Ooh I can see @francescagalligan.bsky.social (Well I think I can anyway, embarrassing if I'm wrong.)

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Juries back in the news so here's my article in Counsel from a couple of years ago on "The Mathematics of Juries": www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/the...

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The Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory 2025 is now accepting applications! To submit an abstract, visit the website: oxgradconference.wixsite.com/oxfordgradco...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Should we respond to historical injustices? What if such a response conflicts with other demands of contemporary people? The introduction to the special issue I edited for #ResPublica is out.The latest developments in the debates on historical injustice are here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Ok, I’m going in.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Office tree is UP.

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Applications close soon to study a DPhil in Politics or International Relations. Lara Hankeln(ow.ly/sZfb50UkTaj) is a first year DPhil student researching climate politics. She says Oxford welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds: ow.ly/RXo750UkTal To apply,find more here: ow.ly/sk7j50UkTai

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

As they're back in the news - send the Parthenon Marbles home! iai.tv/articles/the...

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Well yes.

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If you want to know more about Syria’s recent history, you might like this:

submitted 87 days ago • 6 comments

As they're back in the news - send the Parthenon Marbles home! iai.tv/articles/the...

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Apply to be the next Master of Balliol! jobs.theguardian.com/job/9345459/...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I just picked up a copy of George Bernard Shaw’s 1901 Fabian Tract “Socialism for Millionaires” and enclosed is this excellent Humanitarian League pamphlet, “How Ostrich Feathers are Obtained”. “The only consistently humane head-gear is that which dispenses wholly with feathers.” Author is “M.D.B.”

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

Tree is up in Balliol Lodge.

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Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal

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Hard to believe that it was 20 years ago that feminist political philosopher Susan Moller Okin died at only 57 years old. It was a bracing professional and personal loss. New newspaper article about her just published, including reflections from her family. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/d...

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

Enzo Rossi and Uğur Atcay with a message. #WOinActie #StopDeBezuinigingen #EppoCiao

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Oxford Christmas Market in Broad Street from above.

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