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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We’re recruiting a researcher for the newly expanded @instituteforgovernment.org.uk public services team (and for a researcher in the UK govt team). If you’re interested in public services policy and want to work for (imho) the best team at IfG the please apply! Application close 1 Nov

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UK Government and Public Services Researchers | Institute for Government

Two roles available now to join the Institute for Government.

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 03/10/2026

New project just dropped! Come join UNM’s Global & National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI) as a non-resident fellow working on project titled: “Practical Deterrence and Global Stability during Strategic Transition.” More information can be found here: gnspi.unm.edu/fellowship/

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GNSPI Fellowship :: Global & National Security Policy Institute | The University of New Mexico

The Fellows will include a cohort of 24 fellows across three levels—Non-Resident Research Fellows (12), Graduate Fellows (5), and Junior Fellows (7)—who will workshop their research, engage in mentori...

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In our next online talk, at 7.00pm on 29 October, @draefox.bsky.social will be speaking on the Life and Times of Major General Guy Dawnay. Open to members and non-members alike; sign up for free at: my.demio.com/ref/ix0f7YFz...

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.

The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055 - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Such a great opportunity. We are offering scholars the chance to spend a year at the Foreign Office through one of our Innovation Fellowships. The priority themes are outlined below. We offer up to £120k for the fellowship. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

The Academy and the FCDO invite applications for Fellowships in any of the following areas:
1. Applied History
2. Critical Infrastructure and European
Warfare
3. South Asia Geopolitics and Regional
Security
4. The UK-France Relationship in 2027 and
Beyond
5. UK National Security Strategy
Scheme opens date: 22 September 2026
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026,

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Attention economic historians. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ... Up to £20k of research funding. And with a smooth and quick application process.

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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Working on a book, article, or dissertation on #18thc British world? The Lewis Walpole Library offers 4-week visiting fellowships and 2-week travel grants for scholars. The deadline for applications is November 2. 🗃️ More info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...

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Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole Library

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Free: what kind of market is that? Attend and find out. In a world that’s in a bad place, good to have conferences with baby changing facilities, hearing loops and accessible parking as standard offers. We’ve come a long way in some ways since 1776, not that resting on those gains is safe.

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I got all the way through, which for the boring war is proof of something

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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Every writer and musician: well who'd have thought it?

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Reviewing the copy-edits for my new book (out in March 2027) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am hiring another postdoc for BLOCKADE's Freiburg team. A 4-year, full time position to explore the impact of blockades in the Americas in both world wars "from below". Please share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @historians.org @royalhistsoc.org www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Given the sort of attention devoted to accusations of plagiarism one assumes that some people will be very exorcised about another Cambridge academic appearing to be involved in *actual crime*

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Did you recently finish your PhD (or are about to do so) and have an interest in deterrence? Our @forsvarsakademiet.bsky.social colleagues from the Institute for Strategy and War Studies might have a job for you as Assistant Professor candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

With a marine biologist whose project had been kept afloat by investment from the US Navy. There are undoubtedly important questions to be asked about the defence-academic complex, but some of the gotcha takes on offer (not from the OP) don’t get us too far in addressing them

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

valuable opportunity to reflect the value of a humanistic, pluralist approach to questions of security and the use of force to audiences who may otherwise not receive it. Equally, I wonder how many UCU members benefit from investments from militaries? I recently had a very interesting conversation

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some of the reactions going around to this story surely give a little pause for thought. It is quite obvious that nobody at Exeter would be ‘training’ members of the Saudi armed forces. You’d hardly hire a British academic for that. If this is an ‘educational’ contract, then one might think it a

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There is probably a visibility dimension to this swell, in the sense that actions in remote/hostile environments produce lower chances of witness testimony (or witness testimony that is believed/considered)

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

environment makes a difference due to distinctions it imposes upon those dynamics). When one encounters questions about treating sailors in the water etc, taking prisoners some interesting comparisons/similarities re-emerge

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes I was very sorry to miss the conference. That dynamic is well covered in Hull's Scrap of Paper and elsewhere, too. Rather than the divide being 'naval' I think that there is something in the extent to which interaction between humans and reciprocal violence is at the core of it (and that

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Possibly on some levels, although I'm uneasy about striking too strong of a distinction. An important issue is the possibility of reciprocity or consequence of some kind, I think

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

whether an act was legal was a serious preoccupation of contemporary militaries - at least when discussed in an abstract classroom setting. That is, of course, not the context Kim has in mind

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think this is key. In many ways you can read the 'hybrid war' moral panic in Western military discourse now as reflecting an almost credulous attitude to the idea that an adversary would not be bound by the same legal tenets as oneself. It is anec-data, but I would say that a concern with

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

adversaries were also breaking the law by placing a defensive gun upon a civilian ship and seeking to attack his submarine etc

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

because I wish that code to be applied to me. One might also observe that acts taken in highly threatening contexts are not subject to singular causation; my submarine commander might have been very worried about the legal implications yet felt compelled to act due to a belief that their

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm sure others who are much more legally fluent than I could expand on this, but it also depends on what you mean by 'law'. In a broader normative sense acting within the law is self-interested insofar as it communicates a desire to be treated reciprocally in similar terms - I abide by a code

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

detrimental in diplomatic and thus strategic terms. The question of law and of the value of the military action could not be separated.

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One can call to mind instances where questions of law and the instrumentality of a military act were inescapably linked; for example a FWW submarine commander choosing whether to launch a torpedo to sink a ship. An 'illegal' act, ie sinking a ship without warning, was also potentially deeply

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Having suffered through Napoleon and now Gladiator 2, it is beyond doubt that Ridley Scott needs to be retired as a matter of urgency

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University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"Framing the First World War," edited by @draefox.bsky.social, @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social, has been awarded the Tomlinson Award from the @ww1ha.bsky.social. Explore "Framing the First World War": kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560 #WarHistory #WWIHistory #UPKansas

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Im ignorant of the specifics, but this seems like such a dubious proposition. Some of this work will be sub contracted out (to universities and others) and other parts of it is surely delivered by former civil servants anyway. Why not bring this back in house and/or pay universities?

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I think this is where the ‘employability’ drive might profitably be reconsidered/reincorporated into core curriculum in the sense that being a thinking human in the world who is capable of articulating the importance of knowledge and cognitive skills has assumed a renewed importance

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It is self evident. I never recall anyone throughout my own education explaining why I was writing an essay etc or what benefit the process had

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It was a very unusual aspect of working in military education to persistently and confidently be asked ‘why’ about virtually everything all of the time. It was an arresting dynamic in many ways, because I think many of us come to take for granted the benefit of what we do - because to us

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Seems almost impossible not to begin every module/interaction with some effort to discuss the why of everything, with a view to AI or more broadly. The combination of fees, LLM use on courses, the job market etc all point in the same direction in that respect

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sought coherence between them oneself - there was no shared experience after 1st year. As such I suspect that whilst a lot of students will have had direct conversations with staff on these issues, many will not have done. Thinking about classes in September in the current context, it

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Agree that it is very hard, not least because colleagues may take a variety of approaches independently and it is hard to know what students that one meets as 2nd-4th years have already done/been told. Then again thinking about my own now very antique UG experience, one moved between modules and

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If only the quiet collapse of our universities got as much attention as Jason Arday has. Here’s @gsoh31.bsky.social’s recent piece for Arguably on the “slow, grim dribbling away of one of Britain’s great triumphs and economic advantages”. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

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The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Of all the decisions we make as citizens, there are few as consequential as those for - or against - war. Good journalism plays an important role in keeping us - as citizen, not just consumers, informed, so this, from an experienced and very talented defence correspondent is important

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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Had some wonderful news yesterday - the WW1 Historical Association awarded Framing the First World War the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize for 2025! Very grateful to our wonderful contributors and their hard work, series editor Bill Allison and the team at @univpressofkansas.bsky.social -

Book cover for 'Framing the First World War', adapted from Christopher Nevinson painting 'Return to the Trenches'. Published by university press of Kansas

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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Come join my fabulous department at Barnard College! We are searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations. #polisky The link is here: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...

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Assistant Professor of Political Science

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Politica...

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 29/07/2026

While the University of Exeter redundancy disaster staggers forward, a reminder that this is not about numbers in spreadsheets but people's lives. lizzywilliamson.substack.com/p/on-redunda...

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On Redundancy

Four weeks ago, the university that I have been working at for 9 years announced massive, unjustified, reckless job cuts, predominantly targeting the humanities, arts and social sciences.

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