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Andrea Purdekova

@andreapurdekova.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Conflict and Security at University of Bath. Conflict and peace-building in the Great Lakes of Africa, esp Rwanda and Burundi. Views mine.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 07/08/2026
The Leverhulme Library – showcasing recently published books from researchers the Trust has funded. This month we have @andreapurdekova.bsky.social, @northernpicts.bsky.social, @jamesrpalmer.bsky.social, Clare Brant and Michael Bycroft.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 06/05/2026
Paths to Forgetting by Andrea Purdeková. This book explores how different war-peace transitions in Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya shape public memory and public amnesia of atrocity. 📚 cup.org/4w7KZzk
Paths to Forgetting by Andrea Purdeková.
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Andrea Purdekova @andreapurdekova.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Very excited to share that my new book now has a cover! ‘Paths to Forgetting: Memory and Power After Violence in East Africa’ will be coming out with Cambridge University Press in late spring 2026. More soon… www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Øystein H. Rolandsen @ohrolandsen.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Very happy to share with you all that Toni Sastere Bel and I have published a paper today on the regional dimension of the conflict in #Sudan: Gravitating Toward the Middle East. doi.org/10.7274/2893...
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Gravitating toward the Middle East: How Sudan’s changing regional context fuels conflict and hinders mediation
The Mediation in Regionalized Intra-State Conflict project focuses on international mediation in intra-state conflicts that have significant regional conflict dimensions. The problem of conflict regio...
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Emily K. M. Scott @emilykmscott.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In this new article 📖 ✍️, @adamkochanski.bsky.social, Jennifer Welsh, and I talk ALL about localization, and kick off the Localization in World Politics Special Forum! Dive in open access @gsqjournal.bsky.social #OxfordUniversityPress @isanet.bsky.social 1/ doi.org/10.1093/isag...
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Localization in World Politics: Bridging Theory and Practice
Abstract. This Introduction and Special Forum highlight the importance of localization for the study of world politics, both as a theoretical concept in in
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Andrea Purdekova @andreapurdekova.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My latest article is out in ISQ, and explores the pacification of violent pasts in Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya through the lens of everyday security: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Does Memory Make Safe in the Wake of Atrocity? Pacification of Violent Pasts, Memory Labor, and Everyday Security
Abstract. Does commemoration of violence enhance or undermine everyday security? Whilst memorialization has become a staple of peacebuilding processes, the
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