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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 26/02/2026

**JOB ALERT** Come work with me in my new COUNTERRR project: We're hiring a PostDoc (2 years) @polscileiden.bsky.social to work on government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in the Sahel *Deadline: 26 March 2026* careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Postdoct...

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Postdoctoral researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies/African politics (2-year position)

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The latest Open Access volume of Conflict and Society: Advances in Research has been published! View the TOC here: bit.ly/4qS0ecM Featuring research by: @corinnajentzsch.com @tavdhoog.bsky.social @angelinauhl.bsky.social @roysneha.bsky.social @pascaleschild.bsky.social @gordonogutu.bsky.social

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025. More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa: Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27. Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET) uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Le 11 novembre, l’ #Angola fête les 50 ans de son indépendance. L’occasion pour certains de demander la réhabilitation de personnalités et de mouvements pour leur rôle dans la guerre contre le colon portugais... Quitte à s'arranger avec l’histoire. 📌 #Portugal #colonialisme #USA #MPLA #UNITA #FNLA

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En Angola, un cinquantenaire de l'indépendance sur fond de polémiques historiques - Histoire

Le 11 novembre, l’Angola fêtera les cinquante ans de son indépendance. Depuis le début de cette année, des commémorations ont lieu dans tout le pays. L’occasion pour certains de demander la (…)

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Femke van Zeijl @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Amsterdam’s squatter wars are back – and wealthy Dutch homeowners have only themselves to blame | Senay Boztas

Those already on the property ladder are fuelling a shameful disparity. Until they wake up, the krakers will keep coming, says journalist Senay Boztas

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 26/08/2025

Job Alert! We're still looking for a **Post-Doctoral researcher for our Governing Jihad in Africa Project**, with a focus on violence and counter-violence: - 3 years - based in Paris/Bordeaux - starting date: Jan 2026 - deadline: 15 Sept 2025 Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Some observations about the Marine Le Pen verdict: 1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty. 2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/

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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭á 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨? -------------------------- "𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨" 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00 Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

People are sleeping on this story—wrongly. Used to be that international media actually dispatched people to cover African events like these, shaping up to be another round of continental war. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes

After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Enzo Nussio @enzonussio.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Closing in two weeks: 2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America. PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a... Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 14/01/2025

JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

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PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has arrived back in the country after his self-imposed exile. He definitely knows how to make an entrance. If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible? web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Fantastic book presentation by @vtsagkr.bsky.social of ‘Radicalisation and Crisis Management’ (Springer) with @dafnoukos.bsky.social and Arjen Boin at @leidensocial.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · 04/12/2024

Very excited to have joined @bubaimrana.bsky.social's PhD supervision team (alongside @janakrause.bsky.social @corinnajentzsch.com). Imrana does really impressive research on civilian agency in the Boko Haram insurgency. Follow him, and check out his 🏆 award-winning paper ⤵️ doi.org/10.1093/isag...

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Civilian Protection Payment and the Escalation of Violence against Civilians in Northwestern Nigeria

Abstract. How do civilian protection payments to militias affect the dynamics of communal conflict? Building on the literature on communal conflict, civili

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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...

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OESO waarschuwt Nederland voor onderfinanciering van hoger onderwijs - ScienceGuide

Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25 procent afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast. Vooral STEM-opleidingen he...

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · 19/11/2024

🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025. conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith... Conflictsky

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CRS | Cedric Smith Prize

The CRS welcomes submissions for the Cedric Smith Prize 2019 which is a peace research prize awarded for the best piece of peace and conflict research by a student

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UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The application for Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2025 is open! We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...

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jenniferhodge.bsky.social @jenniferhodge.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀 conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...

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Call for papers 2025 - CRS

Call for papers 2025 CRS

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Femke van Zeijl @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Lusophone Africa's Gen X joining the choir of discontent: in Luanda, Angola, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against hunger, poverty and unemployment. Echoing the sentiment of Mocambican protesters, they say they're fed up with MPLA's 49 years rule. www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1fri...

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Em Luanda, milhares marcham por uma "Angola livre da fome" e dizem "hoje é FRELIMO, amanhã é MPLA"

Em Luanda, milhares de pessoas saíram às ruas, este sábado 23 de Novembro, para protestar contra a situação de fome no país, a pobreza e o desemprego entre outros. Muata Sebastião, secretário-geral do...

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Mozambique's 🇲🇿 opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, asked people to drive and leave their cars on main roads to turn the streets into “parking lots” throughout the day. Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.

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Sigrid Weber @swebera.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The news is now public: @emorier.bsky.social (QUB), Vincent Foucher (CNRS), @corinnajentzsch.com (Leiden) and I (BICC) are the recipients of an ORA8 research grant! We are delighted. Three years of exciting research ahead. Stay tuned, notably if you'd like to do a postdoc with us

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 09/10/2024

Mozambique's elections for president & parliament are taking place today, follow the live blog below for updates, for background and overview of candidates for president, read this: www.zitamar.com/high-turnout... afripolsky poliscisky

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High turnout hopes raise uncertainty over Mozambique’s elections

Independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has enthused a new generation of voters, but the ruling Frelimo party will do all it can to hold on to the levers of power

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 17/07/2024

We're hiring a full professor of international relations at the institute of Political Science at Leiden University! Please spread the word and get in touch with questions. www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20... poliscisky conflictsky gendersky

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Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations

Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations (38 hours a week) What you will doThe Institute of Political Science of Leiden University is looking for candidates for appointment ...

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PRIF @prif.org · 19/06/2024

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The crime of #CRSV continues to be prevalent on a global scale, as a recent report by the UN Secretary General shows. Simone Wisotzki summarizes its core findings on #PRIFblog. blog.prif.org/2024/06/19/s...

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Shattered Lives: The Global Crisis of Sexual Violence in Conflict - PRIF BLOG

June 19th is the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict. It is a day of silent remembrance, as the crime of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is not a priority on p...

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 10/06/2024

All Souls College, Oxford, is offering six postdoctoral research fellowships in various subjects, including one in Politics. These are 5-year appointments with a start date of October 2025. Deadline: 6 September 2024. Details here: www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships | All Souls College

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Andrea Geier / Bademeisterin der Debattenkultur @andreageier.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Krasser Vorfall im BMBF: Geprüft werden sollte, ob man Wissenschaftler*innen Fördermittel streichen kann. Schon die 1. Antwort (s. Emailverlauf) ist allerdings beruhigend: 'kein prüffähiger Sachverhalt zu erkennen'. #Wissenschaftsfreiheit daserste.ndr.de/panorama/Als...

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Als Reaktion auf Kritik: Bildungsministerium wollte Fördermittel streichen

Dem NDR liegen Unterlagen vor, wonach das Bundesministerium für Bildung prüfen wollte, ob kritischen Hochschullehrenden ihre Fördermittel gestrichen werden können. Grundlage der Prüfung ist ein offene...

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Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Applications now open for the Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War's 2024-25 non-resident fellow program. A low-obligation way to build your network among conflict scholars, with events & opportunities for blog posts/presentations www.civilwarpaths.org/fellowship-s... polisky conflictsky

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Fellowship Scheme Application 2024-2025 - Civil War Paths

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 05/06/2024

A new and generous review of my book was just published in African Affairs; thanks to the authors for their wonderful discussion! academic.oup.com/afraf/advanc...

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Violent Resistance. Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique

If you stop listening to those actively involved in a war, you lost your chance of intervening helpfully.

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Curtis Ryan @curtisryan.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Newest POMEPS studies collection focuses on the many impacts of the war on Gaza:

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Jon Schubert @jonschu.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

very cool #PhD opportunity #anthropology #politicalecology www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

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PhD position - Contested Landscapes

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George Kyris @georgekyris.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

📢The last in this year's seminar series of our ECPR Network is on May 8! We will read 'Diplomacy beyond the State: Ukrainian think tanks as wartime diplomacy actors' by V Axyonova & K Lozka, with Diane Stone leading the discussion. More info & registration: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 🌐 Conflictsky

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

⏰ Applications for our dissertation fieldwork support grants are due in exactly one month! ⬇️ Details below…

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PRIF @prif.org · 08/04/2024

Die deutsche Beteiligung am UN-Einsatz in #Mali wurde bis 2023 immer wieder verlängert, obwohl die Erfolgsaussichten sanken. Im neuen PRIF Report 2/2024 untersucht Thorsten Gromes, mit welchen Argumenten der Bundestag den Einsatz rechtfertigte. www.prif.org/publikatione...

Cover des PRIF Reports 2/2024 mit dem Titel "Ausstieg verpasst? Der Bundestag und die UN-Mission in Mali" von Thorsten Gromes. Das Titelbild zeigt ein abhebendes Flugzeug.

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 08/04/2024

My book "Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique" (doi.org/10.1017/9781...) is now available #OpenAccess Go and check it out! polisky Afripolsky conflictsky AfroLuso

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Violent Resistance

Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Violent Resistance

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Sam Ratner @samratner.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

At extremely long last, the US has released its 10-year Global Fragility Act country plans, including for Mozambique. state.gov/wp-content/u... Here's my early analysis on the plan's notable strengths and considerable weaknesses: acleddata.com/acleddatanew...

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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

"" Black Carnation ** I've co-organised the colloquium " #Carnation #Revolution: Global Perspectives" with 2 panels on #Africa & African #diaspora. This week at @UMassD. LusoAfrica More details here: www.heraldnews.com/story/news/l...

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 13/03/2024

Job alert! We're hiring a PhD student, interested in state repression & computational methods, @unileiden.bsky.social. Position is fully funded w/ generous research funds. The supervision team includes @babakr.bsky.social and @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social Contact us for questions t.co/ohLmduxYd1 polisky

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PhD Candidate in Political Science

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 20/12/2023

Are we measuring terrorism right? Neil Ketchley and I have a new article in the Journal of Conflict Resolution showing that you can get different answers to the question "what causes terrorism" depending on how you operationalize terrorist activity. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Plots, Attacks, and the Measurement of Terrorism - Thomas Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley, 2023

How should we measure terrorism? Political scientists typically use executed attacks as the dependent variable and test covariates to identify factors that prod...

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 20/12/2023

Powerful: "Germany prefers to remember Jews as victims, rather than as the bold and brave champions of universal HR we have sometimes been. It’s a standpoint that not only reveals an ignorance of Arendt; it shows how little the country still knows about Jews." www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/1...

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The Gessen affair and Germany’s ignorance about Jews

By criticising the journalist Masha Gessen, Germany misunderstands one of its greatest thinkers, Hannah Arendt.

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Armen Hakhverdian @hakhverdian.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Adopting policy stances of the radical right is…counterproductive. @tabouchadi.bsky.social explains how in many countries the mainstream right has basically been campaigning for the radical right. The Dutch elections of 22 November are a case in point. stukroodvlees.nl/episode-120-...

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Episode 121 – The clusterf**k of the mainstream right, with Tarik Abou-Chadi - StukRoodVlees

In more and more countries radical right parties are cannibalizing parties of the mainstream right. Many christian democratic, conservative and liberal parties of the right have adopted policy stances...

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Erica De Bruin @edebruin.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

I'm looking to hire a part-time grad student research assistant/lab manager this spring for the Policing Lab at Hamilton College. More details about the lab are here: www.hamiltonpolicinglab.com. Please help spread the word! cc polisky, intsec, dictatorsky

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Joël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Call for application: One-Year Fellowship at the Historisches Kolleg in Munich. If you are an Africa-based scholar at post-doc level with a historical book projet that you want to finish in this writing retreat, please consider applying. www.historischeskolleg.de/consolidator...

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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Wagner in Africa is now Africa Corps. The name's resemblance to the Wehrmacht's Afrikakorps is purely coincidental, of course. www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

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Africa Corps, le nouveau label de la présence russe au Sahel

Sous la tutelle du ministère de la défense, Moscou tente de renouveler son dispositif africain et de faire oublier la « marque » Wagner.

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · 15/12/2023

Territorial control is a core concept in civil war research. In a new essay with @abbeyst.bsky.social in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social, we theorize *social control* as its complement. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... civilwars25thanniversary

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