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Allyson Edwards

@allysonedwards1.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Global Histories and IR 👩‍🎓 Interested in Russia, youth militarisation and memory politics 💭 love travelling & food 🍜

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🎉 New publication - really pleased that the latest article co-written with @allysonedwards1.bsky.social is now out (open access) in Critical Studies on Security. We focus on #Russia's patriotic youth group Victory Volunteers in the securitisation of history www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Defending historical truth to save the nation: Russia’s youth and the securitisation of history
The Kremlin extensively uses the Great Patriotic War to legitimate its ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine. Focusing on youth militarsation in Putin’s Russia, this article explores Moscow’s sec...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 21/07/2026
The Art of War by @andertoon.bsky.social
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Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is a great collection of articles on the ways Russia's war impacts youth in Ukraine, Russia, and Central Asia. Congrats to @irgarner.bsky.social and @allysonedwards1.bsky.social on this excellent work as guest editors!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/06/2026
If using AI for writing means you never have to stop, backtrack, or start over, you’re missing the most important part of the process, writes Eve Fairbanks: theatln.tc/FqOCuLuP
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Leaving soon for #BISA2026 in Brighton. Presenting on Victory Day celebrations and youth Militarisation! If you want to catch up, send me a message! ✨
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/04/2026
United Nations # @UN •1h
Even wars have rules.
The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and help ensure assistance reaches those in need, without discrimination.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
War impacts all facets of young life. - Children are disproportionately impacted by war as victims themselves or loss of others, they are easily displaced, exposed to horrific forms of violence. (1/)
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just hopping on the check on my fellow academics. Everything feels so relentless. Anyone else feeling this?
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
BBC News - What growing up in war does to a child's brain - and their future - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What growing up in war does to a child's brain - and their future
Fergal Keane has met thousands of traumatised children while reporting on conflicts. Here, he researches the long-term effect on them - and what, if anything, can help.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
BBC News - What growing up in war does to a child's brain - and their future - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What growing up in war does to a child's brain - and their future
Fergal Keane has met thousands of traumatised children while reporting on conflicts. Here, he researches the long-term effect on them - and what, if anything, can help.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
My husband was talking brought up Cynthia Enrivo earlier, but called them Cynthia Enloe by accident & I just realised he does truly listen to me 💓
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Looking forward to presenting work that @allysonedwards1.bsky.social and I have been doing on youth militarisation in #Russia today at a workshop at @swp-berlin.org in #Berlin
An imposing building in Berlin with wooden double doors, tall windows and a balustradePowerpoint slide with a photo of young Russians in military style uniforms looking at some papers, with the title The Militarization of Youth in Putin's Russia
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
Our analysis shows UK defence businesses are benefiting from the skills of high-tariff graduates who studied everything from geography to history or modern languages.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
✨ Pleased to see my article w/ Maryna Shevtsova & Katerina Krulisova has been published in the Journal of Pol and Mil Sociology. The article explores 🇺🇦, 🇷🇺 & 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 media representations of the ICCs arrest warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova & Vladimir Putin. journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/article...
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 17/09/2025
#OpEd Parents cannot just assume that their children will not be affected by attempts to brainwash them. They must take decisive action, recommends teacher Dima Zitser.
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How Russian Parents Can Protect Their Children from Indoctrination in Schools - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Starting on Sept.1, trial runs of “conversations about important things” began in kindergartens — targeting children as young as three to seven in over 100 kindergartens across Russia and oc...
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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The militarization of Russian children continues: www.reuters.com/world/we-thr...
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'We threw hand grenades!' Russian kids as young as 8 get taste of military training
Schoolchildren enjoyed a riverside adventure this week, but it was no ordinary holiday camp.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Lavrov wears a USSR sweatshirt, & people will still comment: "wHaT aBOuT NaTo?"
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Putin is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes, for stealing Ukrainian children. Putin is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes, for stealing Ukrainian children. Putin is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes, for stealing Ukrainian children. Putin is wanted by the ICC on charges...
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Starting our ✨official✨ honeymoon off (only 10 months after the fact) with a wedding trip for friends! Looking less beaut, and much more travel friendly today as we start our journey to Chile! 🇨🇱
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Last minute preparations are underway for my presentation at #IPSA2025 tomorrow morning. I'll be presenting mine & @jgmaber.bsky.social work on a panel with my wonderful colleagues. If you're an early bird with an interest in Ukraine and Russia, come find us at 9am.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Attending Ban Ki Moon's keynote speech at #IPSA2025
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I'm on my way to Seoul for #IPSA2025 to present mine and @jgmaber.bsky.social work on Russian youth militarization. This paper will eventually become the introduction to our book, and applies a feminist IR lens to youth militarization. Reach out if you want to meet for a ☕!
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Who else is going to be at #IPSA2025 in Seoul? I'll be presenting mine and @jgmaber.bsky.social work on feminist approaches to Russian youth militarisation! Reach out if you fancy a coffee ☕
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
For the first time in years, I won't be at BISA 😭 will miss catching up with the BEST people. 💔
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Oh noooo 🙄
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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
🧵NEW research: How is the Russian state turning young people into patriots via Telegram? Spoiler: It’s not just about war—it’s about influencers. We analyzed hundreds of posts by two state youth leaders. What we found is disturbing.👇
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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 28/05/2025
A new Stalin monument in a Moscow metro station is not just historical revisionism — it is a signal. As Putin deepens authoritarian rule and isolates Russia from the West, the glorification of a dictator responsible for mass terror is no coincidence. Nearly 700,000 were executed under Stalin. 1/2
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
✨Excited to share our research "Creating Good Young Patriots," which was published as an Advance Article in @cpcs.bsky.social @irgarner.bsky.social! 🔗 online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article...
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Rebecca Elizabeth @beckyd818.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
My new favorite book
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Ahead of #Russia's Victory Day celebrations tomorrow, my new piece co-authored with @jgmaber.bsky.social is out in The Conversation! It examines the Kremlin's obsession that its youth know and understand the #Kremlin's version of the past: theconversation.com/russia-looks...
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Russia looks to frame war as an inevitable part of life on Victory Day
Russian political figures are worried that young people nowadays are disconnected from their heritage.
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"A celebration of military mothers", right up there with introducing patriotic education. Trump is taking another leaf out of Putin's book. 👀
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I remember reading somewhere (though can't remember the exact source) that for fundamental change to happen, it needs to happen over roughly two generations (roughly 40 years).
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Reform is pointing to Russia as a model. @allysonedwards1.bsky.social and I study patriotic education in #Russia and it is not a harmless way of teaching young people about their history. You can read some of our research here - it's open access (free)! ⬇️ academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
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Anyone can be a hero: the militarization of children in Putin's Russia
In Putin's Russia, state-sponsored patriotic youth groups encourage children and young people to participate in hero-making activities that emphasize the f
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just submitted a piece of mine & @jgmaber.bsky.social work, so I've awarded myself by doing three loads of washing & spending some time reading in the garden.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 16/04/2025
ursula von der leyen tells zeit newspaper: “the west as we knew it no longer exists.” "europe is still a peace project. we don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. we don't invade our neighbors, and we don't punish them."
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Eating & walking in a new city! ☀️🥶
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I love my job, but by god I'm crawling towards the end of today and spring break 🌟
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Here's a reminder that mine & @jgmaber.bsky.social 1st article from our joint research was published w/ @iajournal.bsky.social! If you're interested in youth militarisation in #Russia, political (ab)uses of history & role of emotions - then this could be for you: academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
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Anyone can be a hero: the militarization of children in Putin's Russia
In Putin's Russia, state-sponsored patriotic youth groups encourage children and young people to participate in hero-making activities that emphasize the f
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's been a busy day of writing, editing & cutting ✂️ BUT we've submitted our article @jgmaber.bsky.social ✨ 😴
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cory Booker: "I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America." Historians, crawling back into daylight from the depths of despair: "Did somebody somewhere ask for some wretched truth?"
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a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
ALT: a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I was really pleased to have Dr @lucatrenta.bsky.social deliver a lecture this week at @bathspauni.bsky.social to final year IR & History students taking my 'Cold War on the Periphery' module on his new book 'The President's Kill List' 🌟
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
we shouldn't be altering our behaviour as democratic citizens. I expect freedom of speech and the rule of law and won't adjust to creeping US autocratization by self-censoring. We should be exposing and confronting autocratization in whichever form we encounter it.
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Does anyone have access to the chapter 'Multimodal discourse analysis' by Gunther Kress and Jeff Bezemer (2023) in the Routlefge Handbook of Discourse Analysis?
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Just paid my IPSA registration 🤢 Need some time to recover, both emotionally & financially.
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A lot of cherished values, institutions and communities are under threat around the world, but it’s a bright sunny day in #Aberystwyth and the daffodils are blooming. 🌼
Photo of a large blue tub with gold bands filled with blooming daffodils looking as though they are jostling for space. The tub is outdoors on a street and houses can be seen in the background
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It's been a week since our article 'Anyone can be a hero: the militarization of children in Putin's Russia' was published in @iajournal.bsky.social ✨ Interested in #youth & #Russia & want to take a look? It's 🔓! academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
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Anyone can be a hero: the militarization of children in Putin's Russia
In Putin's Russia, state-sponsored patriotic youth groups encourage children and young people to participate in hero-making activities that emphasize the f
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Steven Seegel @stevenseegel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Democracy can't be saved from our couches.
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New publication! Delighted to see the first academic publication from the research collaboration with @allysonedwards1.bsky.social on youth militarization in Russia out in print. A short 🧵 (link to the article in the next post in the thread) 1/5
Screenshot of the first page of an academic article titled Anyone can be a hero: the militarization of children in Putin's Russia by Allyson Edwards and Jennifer G Mathers
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨 New publication alert! Very pleased to see mine & Dr @jgmaber.bsky.social work in @iajournal.bsky.social ✨ The work focuses on youth militarisation in #Russia through the concept of heroism. (🧵 1/3)
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hi there! 👋 I've had a few new followers, so thought I'd reintroduce myself. I'm Allyson, a feminist IR scholar working on #Russian & #Ukrainian youth militarisation & peace, patriotic education systems & (ab)use of history/ memory. (1/)
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