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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🎂29🎂 Last year of my twenties let’s go gals x

David walking on a beach taking a selfie, he has a moustache and is wearing a green jumper and woolly hat

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

love a lesbian wedding x (congratulations to hayley and niamh)

David and Pádraig in suits for a wedding smiling at the camera. David is wearing a teal tie and Pádraig is wearing a blue tie. Pádraig is wearing blue rimmed glasses. Pádraig has short ginger hair and david has slightly longer dark hair with a beard.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Also, in the same hour this article got published, I received a job rejection. It’s all about ✨balance✨ xoxo

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Yesterday hundreds of thousands of us marched against facism. Marching alongside pals from Lancaster and with people from all across the country made me feel hopeful. THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Happy to say I passed my PhD viva! My thesis: ‘Queering International Solidarity: What Would a Queer British Reaponse to Queerphobia in Uganda Look Like’ Thank you to all my family and friends for putting up with me the last 4 years, couldn’t have done it without you x

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

It’s the pure campness of Wesker in his sunglasses and a lab coat for me!

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Marseille was cuuute! Now, back to thesis redrafting 😬

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

It’s giving Get’cha Head in the Game x

David, standing in front of a car in doc martins, white socks, red and white shorts and a red a white tank top. He is also holding a NEU LGBT+ rainbow fan.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

One year since the publication of my first article! Still proud of this, and happy that people read and engaged with it. Also, still can't believe I was invited to Zaragoza to present to the PRISMA conference about this topic. You can find the article here: postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/articles/24

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Last week, I attended the TUC LGBT+ Workers’ Conference 2025 in London, a key event in my year. The conference passed motions defending trans rights against rising transphobia and combating the far right. It’s vital the trades union movement sees LGBT+ liberation as a key to the workers’ movement.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Travelling to Belfast for #BISA2025 tomorrow, and excited to be presenting my research about international queer solidarity in this panel on Thursday:

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Finally have a (very rough) full first draft of my thesis! Exciting!!!! Now to begin redrafting 😊

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My presentation, titled ‘Queering International Relations, Queering Disciplinarity’ examined the ways in which queer theory and writing on queer IR can change the ways in which we do IR.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Amazing to have run such a good workshop with @erinmcnally.bsky.social surrounding interdisciplinarity within International Relations. We heard from some amazing PGRs within the department, talking all about how their research relates to the ways in which we define the discipline of IR.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

cutest lil walk to janet’s foss x

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It has been amazing working on these two events with @erinmcnally.bsky.social around disciplinarity within International Relations. We will be exploring disciplinary dilemmas in IR, and how postgraduate research in the department can help to define IR. Excited for the workshop and mixer in May!

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It’s giving ✨seven months until submission date✨ x

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

2 years since this sign on the picket line and this queer is still against casualisation

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

2024 you were amazing, from publishing my first article to running a workshop at an international conference. I’m honestly proud of what I’ve achieved this year. Thank you to everyone that helped make this year special and gay Happy new year, and here’s to me actually finishing the PhD in 2025 x 🤞

A picture of david holding a copy of the Postgraduate Pedagogies journal

David as part of the UCU delegation picture at he TUC LGBT+ workers conference

David presenting at the PRISMA conference, with a slide thanking the audience for listening

Pernina, Pod, David and Anna dressed to attend a wedding. The first three are in suits and Anna is dressed in a silver dress.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

cute lil christmas catch up with my cousin x

David, on the left in a navy jumper with brown hat, and Suzanne, blond hair and glasses with a black jumper in, taking a selfie and smiling in a pub

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

another year, another jumper, another selfie x

David taking a selfie in a patterned blue jumper and jeans

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Cute lil Sunday outing to the Old Pier Bookshop x

David, in a navy coat and pink UCU hat surrounded by books on shelves.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

On way home from this year’s UCU Equalities Conference, was very cute and hopeful, til next time everyone x

David taking a selfie in the lobby of a hotel in a red jumper, green coat and pink lanyard.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

With some new followers from starter packs, thought I’d reintroduce myself! Hi everyone, I’m David, a final year PhD student in IR, who looks at international queer solidarity, and queering how we see international solidarity 😊

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

repost your blond era I don’t know think there would be enough quotation marks in the world to put around the word “blond” to describe this piccy, honestly 2017 me was chaotic and I love that for me x

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Had the best time at #ConferenciaPrisma2024, still not over the fact that I was asked to do a workshop here, but thank you so much for having me in Zaragoza 😊😊😊

David doing a presentation with a PowerPoint behind him reading ‘Accessing a Queer Pedagogy: Identity, Power Dynamics and a Queerer Form of Teaching in Higher Education’. David is in a pink and purple shirt and is sat at a desk, in front of a laptop holding a mic.

David is presenting his work, in front of a PowerPoint reading ‘Thank You for Listening’ with a QR code to access David’s article. David is in a pink and purple shirt and is sat at a desk, in front of a laptop holding a mic. He is pointing at the PowerPoint.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

First day of teaching this academic year done x

David taking a selfie in a library in a black and white shirt and glasses

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Cutest time last week at the European Geographies of Sexualities Conference and it was amazing and brilliant and queer. It’s always so good to see so much queer research, and can’t wait to see how all these brilliant projects evolve. Thanks to the organisers and see you all at the next conference x

A selfie of david in a pink and purple shirt in front of some plants and a bannister, in a university building.

The first slide of a presentation with David’s details and the title of ‘Queering International Solidarity: What Does a Queer British Response to Queerphobia in Uganda Look Like?’

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Yes I am still taking selfies instead of writing my PhD… what of it???

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Your favourite wedding guest’s favourite wedding guest x

David in a mint green suit, red doc martins and a white suit.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

Physical copy of the journal has arrived 😍😍😍 Still so weird to see an academic journal with my writing in it x Link to my article: postgradpedagogies.lse.ac.uk/articles/24

A picture of david holding a physical copy of the Postgraduate Pedagogies journal (Vol 4 Issue 1)

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

went out accidentally dressed like lara croft again x

David dressed on a black tank top, green shorts and black trainers. He is smiling at the camera and has one leg bent with foot leaning against the wall.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Little climb finishes off my last day of teaching for this academic year x

David smiling at the camera doing a peace sign with a pink and purple shirt on.

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David Murphy @davidmurph115.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Long weekend let’s goooo!!!! x

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