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The Department of POLIS at the University of Cambridge - teaching and researching the world's most complex and pressing issues in politics around the world. www.polis.cam.ac.uk

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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 14h
Last chance to register for this evening's MSt in International Relations Open Evening. Join us in person or online to find out more about how you can earn your masters in IR part-time. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/mst-i...
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MSt in International Relations Open Evening | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 14h
Prof Helen Thompson is interviewed by the ‘Unhedged’ section of the Financial Times about China and US energy power, high debt levels, and central bank independence. Read it now: www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
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Helen Thompson: “I don’t think we’re ever going back.”
Geopolitical phase change
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🧑‍🎓We're still accepting registrations for next week's MSt in International Relations Open Evening. Learn more about how you can earn your Masters in IR part-time while you continue your career. Attend online or in person. Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/mst-i...
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've got a new piece on imperial state capitalism and frontier tech! A prelude to the full lecture coming out soon in the pages of Antipode. @campolis.bsky.social
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Registration is now open for the 2026 POLIS Lecture. This year we are honoured to welcome Professor Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social who will define and answer the question, "What is Political Progress?" Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/polis-lect...
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POLIS Lecture 2026 - What is Political Progress?
The Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge welcomes Professor Lea Ypi for the 2026 POLIS Lecture.
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Registration is now open for the 2026 POLIS Lecture. This year we are honoured to welcome Professor Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social who will define and answer the question, "What is Political Progress?" Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/polis-lect...
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POLIS Lecture 2026 - What is Political Progress?
The Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge welcomes Professor Lea Ypi for the 2026 POLIS Lecture.
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨 Check out the new courses we've just launched to accompany our Philosophers and Great Essays series! For anyone wanting to go deeper into some of what we cover. Completely free for anyone to use. And more to come. Do please spread the word! www.ppfideas.com/courses
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Courses | Past Present Future
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎉Thrilled to see politics at University of Cambridge ranked #1 in the 2027 @theguardian.com University Guide!🎓 It's a reflection of the dedication of our staff and students, whose hard work and enthusiasm create a vibrant academic community. Find out about studying with us: www.polis.cam.ac.uk
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ARTICLE: Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024) go.shr.lc/3EFfrLf
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John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire: Ingenta Connect
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
PhD candidate Cristian Rivera’s recent paper presents a compelling way out of the discursive dilemma—showing that we don’t have to choose between responsiveness and coherence in collective decision-making. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Majoritarian democracy without the discursive dilemma
The discursive dilemma maintains that incoherent collective judgments can result from the aggregation of coherent individual judgments on logically connected propositions. For democratic theory, th...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Centre of Governance and Human Rights @cghrcambridge.bsky.social welcomes Martin Breaugh this December. In his talk, Professor Breaugh proposes a “living critique of domination” grounded in three gestures for radically rethinking politics. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-...
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Towards a Living Critique of Domination
In this talk, Martin Breaugh proposes a “living critique of domination” grounded in three gestures for radically rethinking politics.
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dr Jostein Hauge @haugejostein.bsky.social was recently interviewed by CNN's Mike Valerio on the topic of automation in Chinese industry. Watch Dr Hauge compare Chinese and American industry in "Inside China's robot-filled 'dark factories'". edition.cnn.com/2026/09/05/w...
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Inside China’s robot-filled ‘dark factories’ | CNN
CNN’s Mike Valerio took a tour of one of China’s “dark factories,” where the robot workers outnumber the human workers.
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Congratulations to the winners of our annual PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition. This year's winners are Janani Mohan, Daniela Meneses Sala and Chelsea Thorpe. The wonderful photographs taken during their fieldwork can be viewed on our website: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
👏🎓Huge congratulations to @duncanbell.bsky.social who has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 🎉
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
✍️We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 R.A. Butler Prize! 👏Congratulations to our First Prize winners, Jasmine Kaur De Lisio (UK) and Erin Jia (International), and to all of our commended students.🎓 Read the full announcement: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2026-ra...
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The 2026 R.A. Butler Prize winners have been announced | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
News article announcing the 2026 R.A. Butler essay competition prize winners
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Want to earn a Cambridge Master’s in International Relations without taking a career break? 🎓🌐 Join our upcoming Open Evening to discover how our 2-year part-time MSt program allows you to study while you work. Register today 👇 www.polis.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dr Antoine Sander's @absander.bsky.social new article in 'Political Studies', based on his PhD research, is titled "Popular tribunate or bourgeois populism? #saccageparis and social media’s radical-democratic paradox". Read it here: doi-org.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/10.1177/0032...
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode exploring how 20th-century philosophy and biography intersect David talks to philosopher and biographer @philosofemme.bsky.social about Jean-Paul Sartre, a thinker whose life has been as closely scrutinised as his ideas. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
👇👇👇 Lilletvedt Saeten, “The Ideology of Sovereign Money: How Bitcoin Harms Politics,” Constellations (2026) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @campolis.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Applications are invited for an organised and experienced administrator with a special emphasis on undergraduate programmes for maternity cover in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). Closing date: Wed 9 September 2026 Apply now: polis.cam.ac.uk/work-with-us
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🤞Good luck to everyone receiving their results tomorrow. We hope you achieve everything you've worked so hard for, and we look forward to welcoming you to Cambridge in October.🍀
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sign up now for Cambridge's Postgraduate College Visit Days from 17-21 September 2026. Take the opportunity to tour the Colleges, chat with current students and academic staff, and learn more about postgraduate life at Cambridge. www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/colle...
The University of Cambridge students sitting on a wall by the river in the Trinity Hall garden watching punts go by.
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For the 1st in a new set of episodes about bad ideas with interesting histories David talks to the writer and broadcaster @helenlewis.bsky.social about hysteria, an ancient idea that became a very modern diagnosis. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social and Peterhouse @peterhousecam.bsky.social are recruiting for an INT Academic Career Development Fellow in Gender Studies & HSPS (Fixed Term) The closing date is 16 July. For more information and to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/int-aca...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📰Dr Tobias Müller @tobiasmueller.bsky.social has published a new paper in Contemporary Political Theory, with Karolin Tuncel, titled “Is Religion a Problem for Intersectional Theory? Muslim Women, Feminism, and Varieties of Patriarchy”. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Is religion a problem for intersectional theory? Muslim women, feminism, and varieties of patriarchy - Contemporary Political Theory
Intersectional theory has been criticised for neglecting religion and for being unable to account for religion’s social complexities. This contribution interrogates this critique by disaggregating dif...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Dr Shruti Balaji @shrutibalaji.bsky.social has published a new article in in the Journal of the History of Ideas titled, "'The African Problem Is a World Problem': (Dis)locating Race in Late Colonial Indian Intellectual Thought". You can read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge @csap.cam.ac.uk · 17/06/2026
Join us for this year’s Reynolds Lecture: “Nature, people and place: the mess we’re in and a possible pathway out” with Dame Fiona Reynolds. 📅 8 July 2026 🕠 17:30–18:30 & reception 📍 Emmanuel College, Cambridge 🎟️ Register: shorturl.at/x865O Hosted with @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk and Emmanuel College
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Are you a prospective international student, thinking of joining one of our postgraduate programmes? Tomorrow (Friday 26 June) is the next Postgraduate International Q&A Webinar from 9am - 10am. Bring your questions and sign up now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/internationa...
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International visits and events | Postgraduate Study
We offer a range of online and in-person events for international students, and regularly attend postgraduate recruitment events around the world. You might also be interested in our UK Events and Ope...
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
That was a really fun conversation! duforumonamultipolarworld.substack.com/p/dr-ilias-a...
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Dr Ilias Alami - State Capitalism’s Role in a Multipolar World
Ilias Alami is Assistant Professor in the political Economy of Development at Cambridge University’s Centre of Development Studies.
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in our occasional series looking at significant political anniversaries explores the Brexit Referendum, 10 years ago this week. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social. Is it too soon to know what it all meant? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s PPF+ bonus is part 2 of David’s conversation with @robertsaunders.bsky.social about the Brexit referendum, exploring the twists & turns of the past decade. Is Britain a more sovereign nation than it was 10 years ago? Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Margaret Anstee Centre, Newnham College @ansteecentre.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We are delighted to be supporting a timely workshop on "What’s Next for Feminist Foreign Policy?" at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social on 3 Sept. Please share the Call for Papers newn.cam.ac.uk/event/worksh... @crasshlive.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @cambridgegender.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social
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Workshop: What’s Next for Feminist Foreign Policy?
We invite academics, postgraduate students, and early career researchers to participate in “What’s Next for Feminist Foreign Policy?”,
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman has published a new peer-reviewed journal article, out now (open access) in Women's Studies International Forum titled "'Trapped In Safety': Carceral Domesticity and the Gendered Geographies of Rohingya Refugee Women in Urban Malaysia". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Claire Crawford 🏳️‍🌈🍉 @claire-crawford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Now available open-access with @ifjpglobal.bsky.social: 'Shutdown, shadowbanned, doxxed: Hindutva governance and digital governmentalities' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Shutdown, shadowbanned, doxxed: Hindutva governance and digital governmentalities
This article details the internet shutdowns, platform shadowbanning, and countermovement doxxing as endured by feminist activists in India. Taken together, these practices and tools represent a dig...
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Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Beyond surveillance and control: how are data and AI mobilized as infrastructures of resistance? This paper shifts attention from data and AI as instruments of authoritarian power to their potential as infrastructures of resistance and political organizing. doi.org/10.1080/0272...
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Data, AI, and infrastructures of resistance under authoritarianism
Existing studies across Geography and related fields have yet to develop a sustained account of how new and emergent digital technologies reconfigure popular resistance and dissent under authoritar...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🎉📢Please join me in congratulating Christian Sorace and Jostein Hauge (@haugejostein.bsky.social) on their promotion to Associate Professor, and Giovanni Mantilla (@giofabman.bsky.social ) and Tomas Larsson on their promotion to Professor. 👏
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What a fabulous summer school
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“The Trump administration is currently involved in an expansive project to reposition the US national economy and the US state within global critical minerals networks.” @iliasalami.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social on Trump’s state capitalist turn. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
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Trumpian State Capitalism | Ilias Alami & Thea Riofrancos
Critical minerals security and US economic interventionism
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
J'ai donné un entretien pour Le Courrier sur les limites et contradictions du G7, qui se réunit prochainement en France lecourrier.ch/2026/06/04/u... @campolis.bsky.social
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This evening we will be hosting the Jo Cox Memorial Lecture at 6pm. On the 10th anniversary of Jo’s death, Kim Leadbeater, Jo’s sister and MP for Spen Valley, will deliver the lecture ‘More in Common: The Life and Legacy of Jo Cox’, followed by a Q&A. Register here: buytickets.at/pembrokecoll...
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Select tickets – Jo Cox Memorial Lecture 2026 – Pembroke Auditorium
Jo Cox Memorial Lecture 2026 – Pembroke Auditorium, Mon 8 Jun 2026 - Kim Leadbeater, MP for Spen Valley and the sister of Jo Cox will deliver the lecture "More In Common: The Life and Legacy of Jo Cox...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
👩‍🎓➡️AIM: Pursue Your Postgrad Day on 17 July 2026 Are you from the UK or Rep of Ireland and thinking about applying for postgraduate study at Cambridge? Would you like to visit Cambridge and hear from students about what it’s really like? Register now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/aim-p...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Dr Glen Rangwala has been awarded the 2026 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize. The prize is a student nominated award given annually to a member of the POLIS academic community in recognition of exceptional teaching. Congratulations Glen. www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-glen...
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Dr Glen Rangwala awarded the 2026 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The new book by Professor Brendan Simms, The Return of the Great Powers, is reviewed in the @financialtimes.com by former MI6 chief John Sawers who calls it “thought-provoking about the dangers ahead”. Read the review: ft.com/content/b847... Check out the book: basicbooks.uk/titles/brend...
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The Return of the Great Powers — the perils of a ‘might is right’ world order
Risk of war is the bleakest warning of Brendan Simms’ book on the competition between the US, Russia and an increasingly dominant China
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/05/2026
Brendan Simms argues in "The Return of the Great Powers that" geopolitical rivalry never actually ceased; dissatisfied imperial powers merely awaited opportunity to press for advantage. Who at this stage can doubt the accuracy of that argument?
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The Holiday from History Is Over
And the great powers are back.
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
There's still time to register for: The Return of the Great Powers Join Prof Brendan Simms for the launch of his new book exploring the rise, fall & return of the Great Powers 🗓️ 8 June, 5.15 - 7 pm 🗺️ The Chadwick Room, Selwyn College 🔗 bit.ly/4nZPs3x
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today David explores Doris Lessing’s bold and brilliant The Golden Notebook (1962), about female emancipation, political disillusionment and much more. Why did Lessing insist that the novel’s original critics misunderstood what the book's about? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Michael Walker from @novaramedia speaks to Jostein Hauge @haugejostein about the rise of China as an economic superpower in an episode titled, "China’s Leaders Are Smarter Than The West’s" . Watch the interview on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK3K...
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EXPERT: China’s Leaders Are Smarter Than The West’s
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This term’s Cambridge Reproduction Forum will convene a community of researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and advocates to examine the challenges and opportunities in advancing global sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-sex...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🤩📢Huge congratulations to Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman who has won another award for her book "After the Exodus". This time she was honoured with the Outstanding Book Award by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) - Global Division. Read more here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-farh...
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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Research workshop on digital platform capitalism and its regulations: Comparative approaches and future research directions 22 June, 13:00-17:00 & 23 June, 9:00 - 17:30 (Alison Richard Building, Cambridge CB3 9DP) Open to all interested researchers: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/50853...
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Digital Platform Capitalism and Its Regulations: Comparative approaches and future research directions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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