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We are International Relations, Politics and History at Loughborough University, part of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. We offer seven undergraduate programmes, an MA in International Security, and doctorates.

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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pleased to see this article published in History Workshop Journal on Gandhi's reception by British anarchists: '‘Saint or Politician?’: Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Independence, and the British Anarchist Movement' Available open access here: academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-... @irph.bsky.social
‘Saint or Politician?’: Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Independence, and the British Anarchist Movement' Abstract: This article interrogates British anarchist responses to Mohandas Gandhi during the 1940s, a pivotal period marked by the reemergence of British anarchism and the intensification of Indian independence efforts. It argues that while anarchists supported Indian self-liberation, they were deeply divided over Gandhi. For some, he was an inspiration for nonviolent tactics; for others, he represented the flaws of nationalist-led independence, auguring poorly for genuine freedom for ordinary Indians. This study critically challenges prevailing scholarship that posits a natural affinity between Gandhism and anarchism. Drawing on unexplored primary material, it demonstrates that British anarchists never reached consensus on Gandhi’s ideas or his significance.
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On the latest episode of Knowing Animals, I speak to @nskiveren.bsky.social about his research into the reception of vegan advocacy films, focussing on the the 2021 documentary Milked. The episode is available free below or in all the usual podcast places. knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-253-...
A cover for the episode, based on the poster for Milked, which features a cow with a factory on her back.
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎙️Looking forward to contributing to #EISAPEC26 roundtable on "How Should We Think About #Violence Today?" with Birgit Poopuu, @sladjanalazic.bsky.social, Zeus Hans Mendez, & Moara Assis Crivelente, in a few mins: eisa-net.org/pec-2026/
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Huge thanks to Kyle Johannsen for his review of my Food, Justice, and Animals in @philosophyinreview.bsky.social! 'Food, Justice, and Animals is a sophisticated, thought-provoking book that significantly advances our understanding of what a just food system would be. I highly recommend it.'
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Josh Milburn, 'Food, Justice, and Animals: Feeding the World Respectfully'. | Philosophy in Review
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did you know the Americans experimented with bat bombs during WWII? I'm interviewed by @charles-parkinson.bsky.social in the @boredpanda.com article below (alongside the bat expert Rodrigo Medellín) about what we can learn from Project X-Ray. www.boredpanda.com/bat-bombs-pr...
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reminder: Applications are due WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST for a lecturer/senior lecturer in philosophy in my department. Teaching/research area open, but it must speak to PPE. I'm happy to speak informally/unofficially to anyone interested in applying. #philjobs
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I was recently interviewed (in English!) by Jin Qian for Slightly Tofu, a Chinese podcast about animals and veganism. Among many other things, we discuss 'animal politics' and my academic journey. You can listen below. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Congratulations to IRPH's Professor Marcus Collins (@elhistorioso.bsky.social) whose research inspired The First Homosexual, a play now making waves at the Edinburgh Fringe and gathering rave reviews in the press. www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/new...
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Loughborough research inspires Edinburgh Fringe hit as critics hail 'The BBC's First Homosexual'
A stage play inspired by research from Loughborough University has become one of this year's critical successes at the Edinburgh Fringe, earning an unbroken run of four and five-star reviews from thea...
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Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence @jpacnv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📰 Jacopo Viti & @alexchristoy.bsky.social reflect on how German, French & Italian #Green parties have struggled to reconcile historic pacifist commitments with #Ukraine crisis, resulting in marginalisation of strategic #pacifism from their discourses: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
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Tom Waldman @tom-waldman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Polemitics: Towards a new conceptualisation of the political nature of war
It is widely accepted that war is a political phenomenon. Yet existing scholarship on war and strategy offers only partial and fragmented accounts of how force and politics interact in wartime, and...
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
On today's episode of Knowing Animals, I speak to @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social about Feed the People (2026, @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, with Gabriel Rosenberg). We discuss food systems, UPFs, animal ag, and more. Available below or in usual podcast places! knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-252-...
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Taku Tamaki, PhD 🎌🇬🇧🌏🚄😷 @takutamaki.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Now out online: my attempt at addressing the "big question"--the ontology of space for IR--via the philosophy of Watsuji Tetsuro. rdcu.be/fuc4D
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Towards an ontology of space for international relations
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word!
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...
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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Loughborough University
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Tom Waldman @tom-waldman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨 My review, with Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, of #Mearsheimer's article on 'War and International Politics' (International Security, 49/4, 2025) for @h-diplo.bsky.social Jervis Forum. Read it here: issforum.org/articlerevie... #realism #war #grandstrategy #power #IR #geopolitics @irph.bsky.social
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Jervis Forum Article Review 197: Kennedy-Pipe and Waldman on Mearsheimer, “War and International Politics”
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Article Review 197 John F. Mearsheimer, “War and International Politics,” International Security 49:4 (Spring 2025): 7-36, https://doi.org/
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Warm congratulations to Prakash Rote, one of IRPH's doctoral researchers, who has passed his viva with minor corrections! Prakash’s thesis—(Counter)Terrorism: Vernacular Perspectives of Counterterrorism Practitioners in India—was examined by Michael Lister, Tim Oliver and Catherine Kennedy-Pipe.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships. (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 3 July.
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MSCA opens €399 million call for Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility.
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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's great to have this brilliant chapter on Individualist Anarchists in the United States by former @irph.bsky.social PhD Shane Little in the second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme in our areas of research expertise! (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 15 July.
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
📢 Call for Papers – Workshop on Obstacles to Civilian-Based Defence, Loughborough University, 22-24 March 2027 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
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#militarisation #nonviolent #defence | Alexandre Christoyannopoulos
📢 Call for Papers – Workshop on Obstacles to Civilian-Based Defence, Loughborough University, 22-24 March 2027   The Ukraine conflict has led to a spectacular escalation of #militarisation and heighte...
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🎙Enjoying roundtable on "Waging #war, making #peace" with @rogermacginty.bsky.social, @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social, Aaron Edwards, Claire Smith, and Mary Kaldor at #BISA2026 panel at 1:15pm: conference.bisa.ac.uk
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Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions
The BISA conference is renowned for being inclusive, diverse and friendly. We bring together a worldwide community of specialists to discuss, promote and develop international studies.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 New Open-Access Paper 🚨 Citizens' assemblies are pitched as one way to break the gridlock on climate policy. But does the public actually want them calling the shots?
Distribution of dependent variables. Bars provide the proportion of respondents giving each response for each DV.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We are delighted to share that IRPH's Güneş Daşlı has published her first monograph, Transitional Justice Without Transition: Grassroots Struggles in the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey, with Palgrave Macmillan. Congratulations, Güneş! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I'm in the Huffington Post today, talking about veganism and the left/right divide in politics. 'My worry is that in all this effort to tie veganism to this or that political position, or to treat "vegan" as a kind of slur against one’s political opponents, the real losers will be animals.'
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🗞️New piece from me in @wagingnv: The “#Hitler question” should never justify #war 👉 wagingnonviolence.org/2026/05/hitl...
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The “Hitler question” should never justify war
The argument that only war could have stopped the Nazis rests on shaky assumptions and simplifications that need to be challenged.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We're very pleased to share the new website of our Centre for Security Studies! The Centre is directed by @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social, and connects with researchers from across the University to analyse security challenges through an interdisciplinary lens. www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/pol...
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Centre for Security Studies | International Relations, Politics and History | Loughborough University
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🎙It was great to present paper on #Tolstoy's #anarcho-#pacifism at Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie conference on "Law in Culture and Pop Culture" earlier this morning
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We're pleased to share that Loughborough University will soon offer undergraduate study in English and History, co-taught between IRPH and our friends at @lboroenglish.bsky.social. The first English and History cohort will start in September 2027. Details below! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/underg...
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English and History BA | Undergraduate study | Loughborough University
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Loughborough University Sanctuary PhD Scholarships | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Huge congratulations to IRPH's Tengjin Bian, who passed her doctoral viva with minor corrections! Tengjin's thesis, 'Bodies in flux: Posthuman drag and performers in the digital age', was examined by Deborah Harty and Nicola McCartney and was supervised by Catherine Rees and IRPH's Rachael Grew.
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Daniel Breeze @danielbreeze.com · 14/05/2026
I’m delighted to share that I have received an Early Career Fellowship Grant from the Royal Historical Society! This support will allow me to finalise the book proposal for my project: 'Creeds of Kinship: Anna Kingsford, Henry Salt, and the Animals that Shaped Modern Ethics'.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Would you like to work in IRPH? We're hiring a University Teacher in Philosophy to start in September 2026. Applications are due by 8 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN776/u...
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University Teacher in Philosophy at Loughborough University
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I'm very excited to share that I'm part of the editorial team for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Animal Politics, along with Matt Perry (@mattwperry.bsky.social), Sara Van Goozen (@drsvg.bsky.social), Steve Cooke (@stevecooke.org), Alasdair Cochrane, and Angie Pepper. Watch this space!
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Kamikaze dolphins... Yes, they're a thing. Listen to Dr Josh Milburn (@joshmilburn.bsky.social), on BBC Radio 5, explain what they have to do with Donald Trump's war in Iran. From 43:24 👇 bit.ly/4f1lE3Z
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Tony Livesey - 05/05/2026 - BBC Sounds
Tony Livesey with late night conversation and in-depth interviews.
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If anyone fancies staying up late, I'm going to be on Radio 5 this evening at around 11 talking about 'kamikaze dolphins' in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The latest issue of IFLScience's magazine Curiosity contains an interview with me about the ethics of training animals to be spies. '...turning cats into recording devices potentially makes cats (all cats) into legitimate military targets ... All cats are thus put at risk by this programme.'
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I’m on my way home from the third CARMA conference, where I was part of a panel on cellular agriculture and fashion. Highlights include some fascinating poster presentations on pet food, growth media, and in vitro hypertrophy.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New from IRPH doctoral researcher Daniel Santos (writing with Raquel da Silva): 'Between Support and Critique: A Social Media Analysis of Public Discourse on Nonviolent Climate Sit-ins in Portugal'.
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Between Support and Critique: A Social Media Analysis of Public Discourse on Nonviolent Climate Sit-ins in Portugal
Climate activism has surged worldwide, with nonviolent sit-ins playing a central role in demanding urgent policy action. In Portugal, these protests have garnered significant attention, raising que...
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New from IRPH's Güneş Daşlı: 'Exploring Relational Agency in Collective Mobilisation for Justice: The Saturday Mothers Movement in Turkey' in The Cambridge Handbook of Victim Engagement in Transitional Justice. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
📢Delighted to announce new article (with Daniel Santos) in @joppower.bsky.social discussing 4 ways in which '#violence' & '#nonviolence' are #contested terms in resistance: doi.org/10.1080/2158...
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Deadline THIS WEEK for a three-year postdoctoral position in political theory in my department.
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Dr Anthony Kevins (@avkevins.bsky.social) from our International Relations dept (@irph.bsky.social) and Communication and Culture research group (@lborocrcc.bsky.social) talks North American politics with @newsweek.com. Read more: 👇 bit.ly/41xGtMK
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Mark Carney scores major election victory in Canada
The prime minister's party has gained a majority after three federal by-elections on Monday.
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I was recently interviewed about the ethics of using animals as 'biodrones' for the Spanish newspaper El Español. You can read the article below. www.elespanol.com/enclave-ods/...
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El dilema ético en torno a los biodrones: "Es difícil imaginar que se pueda hacer sin causar un gran sufrimiento animal"
La colocación de implantes neuronales en los animales para controlarlos con fines humanos despierta las críticas de los defensores de sus derechos. Más información: Reino Unido y EEUU empiezan a eliminar la experimentación con animales pero España duda: "Todavía son indispensables"
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The Feminist Miscarriage Project (@miscarriageproject.bsky.social), co-led by IRPH's Dr Victoria Browne and University College London's Professor Susie Kilshaw, is now on Instagram! Given them a follow to stay up-to-date with the project. www.instagram.com/feministmisc...
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175 Followers - 9 Posts - "New panel discussions announced as part of our Pregnancy Endings Photography Project 🤍 Join us as we explore how pregn…"
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Tom Waldman @tom-waldman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📣 New Publication! 📣 Delighted my new #openaccess article on ‘Strategic Saints and Sinners’ is out in @IAJournal_CH It explores the strategic implications of cynical self-interest in war. Abstract in thread👇Please share/repost! #strategy #war @irph.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
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PSA Political Thought Specialist Group @psapolthought.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Job alert! Loughborough University is advertising a three-year Research Associate position in Political Theory as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment’ (managed by Dr. Guy Aitchison). Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
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Research Associate in Political Theory at Loughborough University
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
JOB! We are offering a THREE YEAR postdoc/research associate role in political theory as part of the Leverhulme-funded (@leverhulme.ac.uk) project The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment, led by Dr Guy Aitchison. Further details below. Deadline: 23 April 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
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Research Associate in Political Theory at Loughborough University
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Charlie, a Part C student in IRPH, is running the London Marathon in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, which supported him after he was diagnosed with cancer last year. You can support Charlie by donating below. www.justgiving.com/page/charlie...
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Charlie's London Marathon Fundraiser for Teenage Cancer Trust
Help Charlie Livingstone-Wyre raise money to support Teenage Cancer Trust
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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📝New article from ARG member @msadams.bsky.social and his @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985' was published in the International Review of Social History. It's available open access here: bit.ly/4qWdBI5
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Anarchism and the “Fascination with Empire”: George Woodcock in India, 1964–1985
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