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New paper! Identity-protective reasoning—defending beliefs tied to cherished social identities—is often seen as a cognitive vice driving polarization and democratic dysfunction. But what if it’s not all bad? 🧵

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Always good to see methodologically and theoretically expansive work such as this in IR. "‘I will resurrect’: Reading and writing grief as political action" by @qmanivannan.bsky.social 👇

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Great article, worthy winner of the Cynthia Enloe prize 👏

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Beautiful story about a Jewish father and son being able to return to a post-Asaad Syria from New York, to pray in synagogues in Damascus' ancient Jewish quarter, and be well received by neighbors and friends three decades after they left home.

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Academia is censoring itself to avoid visa issues - I guess we should reconsider having conferences in countries where such actions seem to be necessary.

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Adam Elliot-Cooper takes a look at settler colonialism, the Kenya Emergency and the broader histories behind British policing. 🔎 Explore #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project's free open-access educational resources, including lectures and lesson plans.

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"But why must research in dispossession, destruction, and death speak to the perpetrator?" Indeed. All histories (and theorising) are subjective: but which subjectivities are allowed to speak for everyone? and which subjectivities are deemed too provincial or inscrutable to the point of erasure?

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Recording now available for last week's @lseideas.bsky.social event. I discuss the liberal international order, global social movements, & (from my current research) a bit abt the ICJ & Gaza. - Is there a way out of the Middle East Crisis? Pathways for Justice & Peace www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dJ...

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Welcome to the brilliant @rahulraothariel.bsky.social! His new book "The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire" can be pre-ordered here 👇 www.plutobooks.com/978074535076....

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Breathtaking historical illiteracy combined with multiple levels of dehumanisation. At least 1 million people died and more than 15 million people were displaced as a consequence of partition, followed by decades of trauma.

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The LSE Library is hosting a launch event for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" on Wednesday, March 12 · 6pm - 7:30pm. Tickets still avail: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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Forming The Hague Group to pressure the apartheid state into abiding by ICC and ICJ rulings is encouraging and absolutely necessary. Ironically but perhaps predictably, the Netherlands is not one of the 9, nor is any EU state. www.newarab.com/news/nine-st...

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"As the slow and expensive work of rebuilding Gaza begins – the UN estimates that it will take $50 billion and at least a decade – education should be among the priorities." 'Education is Resistance' by @mshwaikh.bsky.social in @londonreview.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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Next Wed, 4-5pm at KCL. All welcome, registration link below: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/gaza-...

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'Retreat is no defense against the political encroachment on university autonomy and more broadly civil society.' RIP Michael Burawoy www.sociologistsforpalestine.org/blog/sociolo...

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Possibly the most cowardly paragraph I've ever read in the Guardian, or any newspaper for that matter. Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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I will be speaking on "Historicising Racial Militarism" at the Institute of historical Research @ihr.bsky.social on Tues 4th February, 5.30-7pm. The event is in-person and online. All welcome, but registration required - details in the link👇 www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...

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I'm looking to hire a student research assistant to work on a BA project on digital Chinese diaspora's engagement in progressive social movements. they could be based anywhere in the UK. if this is of interest to any of your students, please let them know! 🙏 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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We'll be holding our 2nd 'histories of internationalism' reading group at 4.30pm on 27th February on the @cityhistory.bsky.social campus. DM or email me (margot.tudor[@]city.ac.uk] for full details. All welcome!

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This Thursday 👇

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APSA Middle East & North Africa Politics awards are open for nominations: deadline 1 Feb. I'm on the thesis committee- if you recently supervised or examined a top PhD in this field, do consider nominating (or ECRs, let your supervisor know!). 👇 @apsamena.bsky.social apsanet.org/membership/o...

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This is the deputy political editor of the Financial Times, folks. He is right that it wasn't a Nazi salute, because it was two Nazi salutes in two different directions bsky.app/profile/thec... Don't let anyone make you believe the opposite of what your eyes can clearly see.

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#OpenAccess - Law, time, and (in)justice after empire: Germany's objection to colonial reparations and the chronopolitics of deflection - cup.org/4fTQhFy - Sinja Graf #FirstView

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APSA Middle East & North Africa Politics awards are open for nominations: deadline 1 Feb. I'm on the thesis committee- if you recently supervised or examined a top PhD in this field, do consider nominating (or ECRs, let your supervisor know!). 👇 @apsamena.bsky.social apsanet.org/membership/o...

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What impact will #Trump's second term have on the #MiddleEast? Join us for a discussion with Tom Bateman, @meznaqato.bsky.social, Gilbert Achcar and @jasminekgani.bsky.social. Thurs 30 Jan | 6 - 7:30 GMT | LSE www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

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In light of the AHA's unconscionable veto of the members' vote, it's worth reading this excellent & prescient article by Hajir & Qato on how scholasticide operates (precisely via such institutional silences & silencing): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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📌 Event at LSE: "Trump's Second Term and the Middle East" 🗓 Thurs 30 Jan 6pm I'll be chairing this panel of excellent speakers: Gilbert Achcar (SOAS), Mezna Qato (Cambridge) & Tom Bateman (BBC). Registration details 👇 @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

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As a reminder, the AHA council approved the following, about a month after the invasion of Ukraine. www.historians.org/news/aha-sta...

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📌 Event at LSE: "Trump's Second Term and the Middle East" 🗓 Thurs 30 Jan 6pm I'll be chairing this panel of excellent speakers: Gilbert Achcar (SOAS), Mezna Qato (Cambridge) & Tom Bateman (BBC). Registration details 👇 @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

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The idea behind economic sanctions is that they punish particularly egregious behavior when military means are not feasible. Putting the burden of proof on a new Syrian government to show that it 'deserves' sanction relief undermines that logic apply-liberally.ghost.io/syria-underm...

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A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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🚨 #JobAlert: LSE Department of International Relations is looking to hire a Montague Burton Chair in International Relations. Closing date: 9 February 2025. Apply below and please share widely with your networks! #AcademicSky ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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