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Alasia Nuti

@alasianuti.bsky.social
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Political theorist. Historical injustice, gender and sexuality, resistance, political liberalism, and democratic erosion. Senior Lecturer at the UoY. Books: Injustice and the Reproduction of History, and Politicizing Political Liberalism (with G. Badano)

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Very happy to be joining Loubna El Amine as the new political theory co-editors at Perspectives on Politics. Perspectives has been a vital forum for broad-minded political theory, and we're looking forward to continuing that tradition. Send us work that you're excited about!
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Find out about our MA in Gender and Politics: Dr Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social and Dr Joe Turner will guide you through this amazing programme here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6j9...
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Discover MA in gender and politics at York
YouTube video by University of York
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
i wrote this with @alasianuti.bsky.social at a time when the absolute media consensus was that labour needed to move right on immigration, refugees, trans rights, etc, to see off the reform threat
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today Giovanni Martino, who is visiting from KU Leuven, will present his paper "Reparations for Colonial Legacies' at our Workshop in Political Theory -- we look forward to it!
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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Very interesting read on the categorisation, data and measurement of race by @haleymcavay.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
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Taking the measure of race and ethnicity
To address ethnic and racial inequality, researchers and policymakers must grapple with fundamental issues of categorisation, data and measurement.
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“This book is one of the most important contributions to the literature on political liberalism yet published” Blain Neufeld @neufeld.bsky.social reviewing “Politicizing Political Liberalism” in Ethics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🚨Call for papers We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK 🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026 Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Great workshop session with Sameer Bajaj who is talking about his new work on containment, illiberal populism and political liberalism!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Look forward to discussing this book!
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🌟PSA Mackenzie #BookPrize Shortlist 2025-26🌟 Congratulations to Dr Gabriele Badano & Dr Alasia Nuti for 'Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of IlIiberal and Antidemocratic Views' published by OUP @academic.oup.com ➡️ buff.ly/X13TKjK #Books #Politics #Liberalism
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It is such an honour to have our book shortlisted for this amazing prize: www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...
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Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Shortlist Announced - Political Studies Association
Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Does anyone here in Bluesky know people who are part of the Queer Liberation March in NYC? Or, anyone who might have contacts with people involved in it? If yes, please send me a private message!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I could not agree more with what Paul Kelly @pjthinker.bsky.social writes 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Look forward to this event tomorrow!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Really looking forward to this!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A review of our book by Manish Oza at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
There has been a scary increase of racist and xenophobic verbal and physical attacks, racist graffiti and other forms of xenophobic vandalism in York over the last month, in connection with the Operation Raise the Colour. This must stop! If you are in York, do join the rally on the 4th October!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Really look forward to this semester’s workshop in political theory!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This is a fantastic opportunity to receive feedback on a book manuscript! Apply and/or widely circulate!
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Alice el-Wakil @anewq.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This Fall semester at the University of Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social): a new edition of the Political Theory Seminars 🤓🪩 With @beckmanprof.bsky.social, @alasianuti.bsky.social and @j-benson.bsky.social y.social More information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro... #poltheory
Poster of the Political Theory Seminars at the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen. The program includes three sessions:
First, "A Threat to Democracy? Uncivil Speech, Social Media, 
and Democracy's Value" by Ludvig Beckman (University of Stockholm). This session will take place on Wednesday, September 24, from 14.00 to 16.00, in room CSS 4-2-49.
Second, "Affective Polarization, Democratic Backsliding, and the 
Binding Role of Media Systems" by Alasia Nuti (York University).
This session will take place on Wednesday, October 29, from 14.00 to 16.00, in room CSS 4-2-49.
Third, "Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger," by Jonathan Benson (Manchester University). This session will take place on Thursday, November 13, from 14.00 to 16.00, in room CSS 4-2-49.
For more information and registration, please contact Christian F. Rostbøll at cr@ifs.ku.dk
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Derek Edyvane @derekedyvane.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My book exists! Discover the astonishing depths of my social awkwardness, as I grapple with the etiquette of everyday interaction. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Shall we rely on the state in the fight against right-wing populism and the far-right? Gabriele Badano and I answer this question in our just published articles at IAI TV iai.tv/articles/cre...
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Creating populist martyrs is a dangerous game | Alasia Nuti, Gabriele Badano
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
this paper's quite sound generally, the covered my & @alasianuti.bsky.social open letter on immigration, for instance: bsky.app/profile/polp...
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
& here's the bigger open letter i wrote & organised with @alasianuti.bsky.social that over 200 politics academics signed www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Rawls’s political liberalism is an invaluable resource to address contemporary political issues. Baldwin Wong reviews our book “Politicizing Political Liberalism” in Political Theory! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Review Essay: Rawlsians Living in a Non-ideal world - Baldwin Wong, 2025
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I'm very proud to have organised this letter with @alasianuti.bsky.social - my understanding is it was discussed at a reasonably high level in the Labour party www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
How can political philosophers do public engagement in an effective way? Thanks to @polphilpod.bsky.social to explain that to political theorists at York today!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Read this fantastic paper!!
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thank you again to @alasianuti.bsky.social, everyone who signed, & everyone who helped by circulating it www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
UPDATE: my open letter against Starmer's anti-immigrant policies has now passed 200 UK politics academics signing
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Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A week ago there was an open letter signed by politics researchers urging Keir Starmer to abandon his proposed anti-immigrant policies. With the support of the organizers, I've created the same petition but open to all academics. Read and sign the letter here: molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html.
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An Open Letter to Keir Starmer We, the undersigned, strongly advise against the proposed changes to the UK immigration system of May 12, 2025, and your associated rhetoric. We are UK-based academics.....
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
175 - I'll publish a revised list Monday with everyone who signed over the weekend The link is doing the rounds, but if you haven't seen it & want to be added, DM (or email) me or @alasianuti.bsky.social
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Our open letter has been covered in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2517016...
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Academics call out Keir Starmer for 'validating' far-right with immigration crackdown
MORE than one hundred UK-based political academics have condemned Keir Starmer for “validating” the far-right with his immigration plans.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Was my pleasure to comment on our efforts to the press with @alasianuti.bsky.social , hopefully we represented the signatories well, OP post here bsky.app/profile/polp...
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I recently co-authored & circulated (with @polphilpod.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric. Over 100 of my UK-based colleagues signed it. Read the whole thing here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I really look forward to this event next week!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I’m so honoured to have been awarded the 2025 Richard Rose Prize for an early career academic who made an outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies by the Political Studies Association (PSA) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @ycpt.bsky.social
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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Public Political Philosophy
This themed issue bridges the gap between political philosophy and everyday politics.
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
PUBLICATION ALERT: Gabriele Badano's new exciting paper on values in science, public reason, and democracy link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Public reason, values in science, and the shifting boundaries of the political forum - Philosophical Studies
A consensus is emerging in the philosophy of science that value judgements are ineliminable from scientific inquiry. Which values should then be chosen by scientists? This paper proposes a novel answe...
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Incredibly generous review of our book “Politicizing Political Liberalism” by Andrew Joseph Cohen in The Philosophical Quarterly!
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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Thrilled to announce the ASPIRE Network, @aspirenetwork.bsky.social, and its upcoming launch event at King's on 9th June. ASPIRE is a UK-based network for teaching-track academics in Politics & IR. Learn more, register for the launch event, and join the network on our site: www.aspirenetwork.uk
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Our own Alfred Moore @alfredmoore.bsky.social will present his work on technocracy as practice at our workshop in political theory tomorrow! www.york.ac.uk/politics/peo...
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Moore, Alfred - Politics and International Relations, University of York
Dr Alfred Moore, Senior Lecturer
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This looks such an interesting workshop!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Really looking forward to Steven Klein’s @stevenklein.bsky.social talk on a democratic theory of labour unions tomorrow!
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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Were hiring a two - year lecturer to cover teaching while I work on my grant project. Please do share!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Ludvig Beckman @beckmanprof.bsky.social reviewed our book on political liberalism and right-wing populism for Ethical Theory and Moral Practice link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti: Politicising Political Liberalism. On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice -
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Blain Neufeld 🇨🇦 @neufeld.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Interested in defending, revising, or criticizing Public Reason (broadly understood)? Then please submit a proposal to this year's MANCEPT workshop (by 14 May 2025)! #philsky #philosophy #poltheory #polphil
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Theories of Public Reason Panel at the MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory
THEORIES OF PUBLIC REASON Panel at the 2025 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 3-5 September   This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly con...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This week I'm heading up to York to give a Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture on "women in philosophy" initiatives www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Silk Knots and Little Nothings (or the case against 'women in philosophy' initiatives)
Rebecca Buxton talks about how women in philosophy initiatives promote inclusion but may hinder lasting integration by focusing too much on gender identity.
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Tony Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social will give a talk on “Trump in context: History and ideology” at our workshop in political theory tomorrow!
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A great workshop at MANCEPt this year organised by Gabriele Badano and @neufeld.bsky.social
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