Reposted by Jan EijkingWomen in the History of Political Thought @whpt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@maryjomacdonald.bsky.social and Geertje Bol wrote on why flattery of rulers isn't the kind of flattery you should be worried about... Tory feminists show us that flattery is particularly dangerous when it is used to subordinate. 👩🏫 First presented at the 2024 WHPT conference in Ghent! 022
Reposted by Jan EijkingMary Jo MacDonald @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social · 03/06/2026New book alert🚨 Geertje Bol's Partisan Virtue is out online! The book offers a timely defence of partisanship by turning to two 18th century women—Astell &Macaulay—for whom parties were a vehicle for political participation. So excited to dig into this! academic.oup.com/book/62949academic.oup.comPartisan Virtue: The Politics of Inclusion in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Political ThoughtAbstract. Partisan Virtue recovers an overlooked tradition of thinking about partisanship in the political thought of two eighteenth-century women writers 093
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 29/09/2026Excellent new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social by Geertje Bol ( @whpt.bsky.social ) and @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social 👏 "From Courtiers to Courtship: Tory Feminism and the Political Dangers of Flattery" 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgFrom Courtiers to Courtship: Tory Feminism and the Political Dangers of Flattery | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CoreFrom Courtiers to Courtship: Tory Feminism and the Political Dangers of Flattery 071
Reposted by Jan EijkingElsa Kugelberg @elsakugelberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026More happy news! @henrikdku.bsky.social’s and my other project, on the politics and normative significance of the pace of social and technological change, was awarded 6M sek by Formas Research Council. www.vr.se/english/swec...vr.seSwecris – search for Swedish research projectsSwecris is a national database, where you can see how the participating research funding bodies have distributed their funds to researchers in Sweden. The database contains data from both governmental... 2153
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 09/09/2026Haven't read this yet but looks pretty interesting – in a cool journal: "Fortified Luxury: How High-Security Residential Architecture is Evolving in an Age of Unrest" 👇tandfonline.comFortified Luxury: How High-Security Residential Architecture is Evolving in an Age of UnrestThis research investigates the evolution of high-security residential architecture, where luxury and fortification intersect in response to growing geopolitical instability, crime, and economic unc... 020
Reposted by Jan EijkingWill Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The @magdalenoxford.bsky.social junior research fellowships are now open, including for politics. Due 15 Oct. 3 years of 100% research time to those who submit their PhD between July 2025-Oct 2027. Comes with good ECR pay, relatively generous support funds. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancie...magd.ox.ac.ukJob Vacancies - Magdalen CollegeMagdalen College is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful colleges in Oxford – it is a wonderful place to work. You can explore and apply for current vacancies on our recruitment website via ... 11521
Reposted by Jan EijkingJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 29/08/2026My latest for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social — with many thanks to Nick Harris for excellent edits.👇newstatesman.comThe loathing of technocracy"Technocrats" are the sworn enemy of populists. But who are they? 0115
Reposted by Jan EijkingTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold. 12473155
Reposted by Jan EijkingCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026AfD gets 44.5 % in the exit poll. Absolutely dramatic! 07416
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 05/09/2026Thanks @europeanisa.bsky.social for organizing a great conference in beautiful Lisbon! 061
Reposted by Jan EijkingCatherine Baker @cat-baker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My first solo-author article, Is the Far-Right Anti-Science?, is now published in Social Epistemology. It explores the far-right’s epistemic struggle to claim scientific authority, attacking and co-opting science to legitimise white supremacy & misogyny—an issue academia must increasingly attend to 18140
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 04/09/2026“The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.”theguardian.comUN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scaleTogo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland 0142
Reposted by Jan EijkingCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 04/09/2026The Merchants of Doubt are back in full swing! New research published by investigative journalists of #FollowtheMoney show that Big Tobacco is back on track of (ab)using both science and politics to roll back laws and regulation in Europe. Read story here: tinyurl.com/4t4xbd4stinyurl.comBig Tobacco stops Brussels from getting tough on vaping, despite proven harmThe tobacco industry is pouring millions of euros into research and lobbying to promote the idea that vapes and other new products are less harmful than cigarettes. In Brussels, that controversial mes... 11312
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 04/09/2026Really happy to receive an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant, for a project on the history of transnational regulation in shipping, agriculture, and telecommunications, 1850-1950. Thanks so much to everyone who’s helped me prepare and practice along the way. 🙏 3181
Reposted by Jan EijkingDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Missed this one when it first came out: @janeijking.com on Jules Verne, fiction/literature, and technocratic worldmaking in RIS. Very good, very interesting piece 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgMachine conquest: Jules Verne’s technocratic worldmaking | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreMachine conquest: Jules Verne’s technocratic worldmaking - Volume 51 Issue 2 132
Reposted by Jan EijkingDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026NEW PAPER Duncan Bell, "Psychic Socialism: Telepathy, Freedom, and Individuality in Interwar Britain" (2026) Forthcoming in Duncan Bell & Eileen Hunt (eds.), Political Theory and Speculative Literature papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comPsychic Socialism: Telepathy, Freedom, and Individuality in Interwar BritainDraft chapter - a version of this essay is forthcoming in Duncan Bell and Eileen Hunt (eds.), Political Theory and Speculative Literature. <div> <br> </div> < 79123
Reposted by Jan EijkingJasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026JOB vacancies in International Relations at LSE: Two Assistant Professorships, focusing on Geoeconomics and Global Environmental Politics. Just over a week until the deadline, 7 Sept 👇 0914
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 29/08/2026My latest for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social — with many thanks to Nick Harris for excellent edits.👇newstatesman.comThe loathing of technocracy"Technocrats" are the sworn enemy of populists. But who are they? 0115
Reposted by Jan EijkingJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 28/08/2026Really interesting forum with excellent contributions on science under attack, and what to do about it 👇 072
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 28/08/2026Really interesting forum with excellent contributions on science under attack, and what to do about it 👇 072
Reposted by Jan EijkingThe Public’s Science @thepublicsscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In the @bostonreview.bsky.social forum, "How to Save Science," @alondra.bsky.social and Jenny Reardon @scijust.bsky.social argue that neither of the architects of the postwar federal science framework adequately considered the role of the public. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-to...bostonreview.netThe Standing the Public DeservesAlondra Nelson and Jenny Reardon respond to Zeynep Pamuk in our forum, “How to Save Science.” 165
Reposted by Jan EijkingSusan Hyde @sdhyde.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Job alert! We are hiring in IR at UC Berkeley this fall. Assistant level position. Please share. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05400aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - International Relations - Department of Political ScienceUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 01713
Reposted by Jan EijkingAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It also became clear that Uni exec were leaning on the advice of a consultancy firm that has been shaping HE policy in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK: Nous (or Nousferatu, as they’re now known). The fact VCs and others are delegating policy to consultants, despite £400k salaries, is disgusting 310029
Reposted by Jan EijkingCarl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The political risk of regulatory capture by the AI inustry is really compounding with the risk of user-lock-in. The big players' ideal scenario would be that AI is indispensable in life and workflows (after eroding human education and training) and regulated as to become an uncompetitive market. 191
Reposted by Jan EijkingHistorical IR Section (ISA) @hist-isanet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🤓 "What's historical about historical IR?" An exciting new article by @mjbayly.bsky.social in CRIA, on "the role of narrative in Historical IR and the study of world orders." Well worth a read! 👇 021
Reposted by Jan EijkingHistorical IR Section (ISA) @hist-isanet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Congrats! 🎉👏 041
Reposted by Jan EijkingJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 18/08/2026A really great essay @aeon.co by Geertje Bol, on the case for righteous zeal:aeon.coPolite debate has privilege. The marginalised need zealotry | Aeon EssaysEarly feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why? 142
Reposted by Jan EijkingDavid Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026THE SHAH'S GREAT TOUR has a cover (and please judge the book by it...) - out on 8 October! @lsehy.bsky.social @academic.oup.com 55911
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 19/08/2026The @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC is around the corner! Excited to discuss & discover new work-in-progress in Lisbon. I will also discuss my book at a roundtable with Joanne Yao, Jens Steffek, @olejacobsending.bsky.social & @littozmonnet.bsky.social. 🗓️ Tue 1/9, 14:00, C4.02 (Building 2) #HistIR 040
Reposted by Jan EijkingTeresa M. Bejan @tmbejan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I wrote about Locke, the liberal establishment, and the role of universities for Persuasion, here: open.substack.com/pub/persuasi... Come for Guy Verhoefstadt's Locke tweets, stay for the (unsung) significance of William Popple for so-called "Lockean" toleration...open.substack.comWhat Locke Knew About ElitesHow liberals learned to stop worrying and love the establishment. 1105
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 18/08/2026A really great essay @aeon.co by Geertje Bol, on the case for righteous zeal:aeon.coPolite debate has privilege. The marginalised need zealotry | Aeon EssaysEarly feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why? 142
Reposted by Jan EijkingElsa Kugelberg @elsakugelberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I spoke to @theguardian.com about the future of online dating: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comAs online dating goes into ‘salvage mode’, can AI solve all its problems?Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ grows 084
Reposted by Jan EijkingChris Aalberts @chrisaalberts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Goed stuk over het wankele onderzoek op basis waarvan #FvD een school mag openen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...nrc.nlForum voor Democratie breidt zijn ecosysteem uit met een nieuwe Almeerse basisschool – maar deze keer betaalt het RijkPolitiek: Met een basisschool in Almere wil FVD de eerste stappen zetten richting een eigen onderwijszuil. Haar eerste publiek bekostigde basisschool opent maandag, mogelijk gemaakt door een nieuwe re... 3159
Reposted by Jan EijkingHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A 3-year-long strike against Tesla in Sweden is over after the company *buys out all of the strikers.* The union calls Tesla "an entirely exceptional employer." Remarkable language in these statements. Elon Musk is truly a global villain. www.industriall-union.org/if-metall-en... 16390129
Reposted by Jan EijkingProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason OkundayeThe Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye 26837281
Reposted by Jan Eijkingdsj2110.bsky.social @dsj2110.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Started a Substack called "The History of Now." Features new/forthcoming books, interviews, my podcast and academic work. etc. Here's the 1st post. The 2nd will be an interview with Duncan Kelly about his important new book on WWI: open.substack.com/pub/historyo...open.substack.comThe History of NowA Resource for New and Forthcoming Books, New Articles, Interviews, Podcast, Archival finds and more... 143
Reposted by Jan EijkingAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 31/07/2026As @janeijking.com argues in this Essay, technocracy lies at the heart of the legitimacy crisis that international organisations face today. The problem is not expertise, but the technocratic use of expert advicebuff.lyAre we witnessing the end of the technocratic international? | Aeon EssaysThrough international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them 0139
Reposted by Jan EijkingJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 31/07/2026Here’s a piece I wrote for @aeon.co on some of the themes of my book: aeon.co/essays/are-w... #HistIRaeon.co 1137
Reposted by Jan EijkingMauricio Sellmann Oliveira @mausellmoli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026“…the most ardent supporters of ‘independence from politics’ have, historically, been those setting the terms of its inverse. To ‘soar above the mists of prejudice’ often was the privilege of none other than the mist-makers. Freedom from power comes easy when you wield it yourself.” 001
Reposted by Jan EijkingBlätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Happy Birthday to.... us?! Die »Blätter« werden in diesem Jahr 70 🥳 Davon sollt auch ihr etwas haben: 👉️ Unser Jubiläums-Abo: Print- und Digital-Abo + USB-Archiv zum Aktionspreis www.blaetter.de/abo70blaetter.deDas »Blätter«-JubiläumsaboZum 70. Geburtstag der »Blätter« haben wir ein besonderes Angebot für Sie 0256
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 31/07/2026More about The Technocratic International over here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...global.oup.com 010