Reposted by Jonathan HarrisUnrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026📘 New book out: rethinking how diplomacy is learned Diplomatic Training: Histories, Geographies, Politics brings together voices from across the world to examine how diplomatic training shapes international relations, and who it includes. Read more here: academy.unpo.org/diplomatic-t... 132
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisNiamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm 12535
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Excellent short piece off the back of #Algeria’s AFCON match today focused on the net positive impact of Franco-Algerian migration on football: africasacountry.com/2025/12/thre...africasacountry.comThree footballers walk into a stadiumWhat the presence of an unlikely trio of football icons at AFCON tells us about migration, African identity, and the histories that continue to shape the modern game 000
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Israel recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu saysbbc.comIsrael recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu saysThe decision has been condemned by Somalia, Egypt, Turkey and Djibouti, who call it a dangerous precedent. 043
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Detractors make every attempt to ignore them, but the Kabyle self-determination movement demonstrates its enduring appeal - particularly in and through diaspora. Markers of nationhood - the flag, the anthem, the president - are part of an effective #diaspora #diplomacy www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...lemonde.frLe MAK annonce l’indépendance de la Kabylie à ParisDimanche 14 décembre, le Mouvement pour l’autodétermination de la Kabylie a tenu, dans la capitale française, une « cérémonie de déclaration d’indépendance » et dénoncé la violence d’Alger à quiconque... 000
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisSport & Rights Alliance (SRA) @sportrightsall.bsky.social · 05/12/2025🚨 FIFA just awarded its newly created “Peace Prize” to U.S. President Donald Trump, without any criteria or transparency on the selection process – and against a backdrop of escalating attacks on human rights and civil freedoms in the U.S. Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/world-cup-20... 01512
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025An excellent way to frame a debate of this kind! I’ve got my hands on the book, to read as I take my almost daily cross-border train… 🤓 000
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Happy Friday 😊 The new issue of Diplomatica (Brill) has been published - with a diverse forum of scholars responding to "Provincializing ‘New’ Diplomatic History: An Interdisciplinary Manifesto", published earlier this year. Chuffed to have been asked to participate! brill.com/view/journal...brill.com 000
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Now there's some product placement I can get behind 010
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisTobias Wille @tobiaswille.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I’m very excited that years of work with Dorry Noyes (@mershoncenter.bsky.social) and a fantastic group of friends and colleagues finally resulted in this, I think, rather beautiful object. The Global Politics of Exemplarity! @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @brisunipress.bsky.social 1/4 33613
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Yet another example of Brexit Britain forgetting Northern Ireland - and complex border arrangements www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comNI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via DublinExclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital 021
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisJon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Solidarity activists with Timor-Leste (East Timor) during the period of Indonesian military occupation (1975-99) were involved in a form of diplomacy. It was messy and often loud. Yet the movement often proved influential in shaping both government and Timorese actions. New open access book 👇pressbooks.pubEveryday Diplomats – Simple Book PublishingAround the world, movements in support of East Timor (Timor-Leste) during the 24-year Indonesian occupation made a diplomatic difference. This book tells some of their stories. 0144
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Late in the day, but Francesco Ventura and I are seeking participants in a paper session on #diaspora #diplomacy for next year's @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2026 in San Francisco. See call for papers here - deadline 28th October: 011
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisRoyal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 20/10/2025Who is most at risk from overcrowding in the UK? Rory Coulter (@uclgeography.bsky.social) explores the answers in a new Geography Directions blog post. Check it out here👇 blog.geographydirections.com/2025/1…blog.geographydirections.comUnderstanding social and spatial patterns of overcrowding in England and WalesBy Rory Coulter, University College London One of the few things that Britain’s political parties agree is that the country faces a housing crisis. One sign of this is overcrowding, where people li… 021
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 17/10/2025#HouseofGuinness Who was the real Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness? More than a brewer, he was a major figure in 19th-century Dublin. His funeral, which opens House of Guinness on Netflix, was one of the city’s largest, with 500 employees and 239 private carriages. 173
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisPolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025📣We're pleased to launch this year's PolGRG Book Prize! The winning book will also be the subject of an Authors meets Critics session at the annual RGS-IBG meeting (2026). Deadline 19 December. Full details available here: polgrg.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/c... #bookprize #polgrg #award 001
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Historians (and geographers) of diplomacy: you might be interested in this article (with @drruthcraggs.bsky.social and Fiona McConnell) as part of an Itinerario special issue on 'Late Colonialism'. We explore tensions in training Ghana's first diplomats in 1957. www.doi.org/10.1017/S0165115325100144doi.orgRethinking the late colonial state in Africa through diplomatic training | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreRethinking the late colonial state in Africa through diplomatic training 010
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisPolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025📣 We’re thrilled to announce that Caleb Tan (UCL) is the winner of the 2025 UG Dissertation Prize for ‘Third space or territorial trap: citizenship and conscription in Singapore’! Congratulations!👏 #PolGRG #prize #education #HE Read about all the finalists on our website 👇polgrg.wordpress.comAnnouncing the results of the Political Geography Research Group 2025 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize!Outcome 2025 PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize The panel of the 2025 PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize (Alexander Manby, Anil, Sindhwani, Öznur Yardımcı, Semra Akay, Shawn Bodden) is de… 011
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisJuliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Prof Claude Raffestin has died. RIP He taught me when I was an undergraduate in Geneva. A formidable force. More info on him here (happy to send pdf): Fall, J. J. (2012). Reading Claude Raffestin: Pathways for a Critical Biography. Env. & Plan. D, 30(1), 173-189. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/... 2196
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisPatrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025The defunct railway network - Belfast and County Railway. All but the line between Belfast and Bangor was closed in the 1950s, although some of it has been restored near Downpatrick by a heritage line, the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. #CountyDown #SpéirGhorm 2125
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisAya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"Egypt's geographical tradition: The post-independence moment and shifting regional imaginations " a short intervention, part of a set, out and open access in case of use. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.comTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online LibraryThe aim of this intervention is to respond to the provocation of how different worlds and regions are imagined from the non-west. To do this from the vantage point of Egypt, I start with the specific.... 054
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 16/09/2025"Killing members of a group, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, and preventing births" This is the daily horror being inflicted on Palestinians through this war, and arguably long before it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukIsrael has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry saysThe panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war. 021
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisDavid Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Identity, patriotism, symbolism @domsball.bsky.social placing flags in context @theconversation.com theconversation.com/ive-research...theconversation.comI’ve researched the politics of flags in Northern Ireland for decades – here’s what England needs to understandI’ve contributed to at least six reports assessing the tensions around flags. 064
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisDónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...universityvacancies.comPost-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland 13762
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisTommy Greene @tommygreene.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Lough Neagh and its system of peripheral waterways on course to record worst year of algal blooms to date. While rescue plans for Ireland's largest inland waterbody stall, the fallout from this pollution crisis deepens. My story in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stallToxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet 02117
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Pariswashingtonpost.comParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. 4040741448
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisMary Gilmartin @marygilmartin.bsky.social · 23/08/2025A thoughtful and considered article; worth a read. 031
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 17/08/2025"I have to play it by ear as I have no money. God has always come through, so I'll see what God sets up next" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDonald Trump posted a pic of me by my tent. Then a bulldozer arrivedDC's largest homeless encampment was destroyed after the president called for a crackdown. What happened to its residents? 000
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I did this a couple of years ago and really benefitted from it! Great to get feedback but even better to read exciting new work from other ECRs before it’s published… 🤓🥰 022
Reposted by Jonathan Harrisnickmegoran.bsky.social @nickmegoran.bsky.social · 06/08/202580 years ago today WW2 reached its cataclysmic conclusion in the bombing of Hiroshima. But as I write here, the extraordinary but virtually-unknown story of the Aka island truce is a sliver of hope. Other outcomes are possible. @spaceforpeace.bsky.social theconversation.com/when-us-and-...theconversation.comWhen US and Japanese troops stopped fighting to talk, eat and pray togetherEighty years ago, this remarkable event showed a rare glimpse of humanity on both sides of a bitter conflict. 023
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Abu Dhabi owned provider of special schools and children's homes sees profits rise by 28% to £44 million due to strong demand. That's all taxpayer money that could be spent on improving state provision. schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...schoolsweek.co.ukAbu Dhabi-owned SEND school firm profits soar to £45mRise in private special school pupils helped deliver 30 per cent profit boost, company says 14273135
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Je suis tout fier de pouvoir partager mon premier article à sortir en francais! Avec Rodrigue Tassé, nous examinons la formation des diplomates à l’Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun depuis 1971. Ce lien donne accès à l'article gratuitement pour un mois shs.cairn.info/tap-xue6pwfw...shs.cairn.infoLa formation des diplomates du développement en Afrique. Le cas de l’Institut des relations internationales du CamerounPas encore de compte ? 000
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisUCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2025'A woman who refused to be silenced in fight for republican independence' Thanks to the @irish_examiner for this wonderful exposure of our new biography on Mary MacSwiney in last Saturday's paper. Mary MacSwiney will have it's Cork launch at City Hall this Friday All welcome RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie 063
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisClaire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Irish-Scottish Cultural Diplomacy and Relations event in Dublin (and online) this September @ria.ie Programme and registration information can be found here: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...tickettailor.comSelect tickets – Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations – Royal Irish AcademyDiscussing the role of arts and humanities in the implementation of the joint Irish-Scottish bilateral review. Join the Irish H... 0147
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisDavid Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Geopolitical football: The cold war match that never happened www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comThe game the cold war scrapped finally set for kick-off 65 years laterAbout a thousand fans from Germany, including a motorcade of bikers, are expected to join Glenavon fans for the friendly in a mix of history, sentiment and unfinished business 001
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisGeography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Warm congratulations to our colleagues @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social on the publication of their new book 'The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism'. www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... 1183
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Listening on my lunch break… Great to hear the work of my colleague @lloislanel.bsky.social on Mary MacSwiney name-checked during a @theresthistory.bsky.social episode on 'The Irish War of Independence (Part 2)'. 🙌 👇 www.connollybooks.org/product/mary...connollybooks.orgMary MacSwineyMary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane Until now, in-depth analysis of key female figures in Irish republicanism in the early twentieth century has been limited. Mary MacSwiney was one of the most single-minde... 120
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 30/06/2025My research over the next four years at @dublincityuni.bsky.social is generously funded by @researchireland.ie! 🥳🙏😇 ‘Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration-Development Nexus’ will work with #Indian, #Brazilian and #Algerian communities across the island of #Ireland. 👇 www.dcu.ie/research/new...dcu.ieFive DCU researchers secure over €3.2 million in Research Ireland Pathways call | Research OfficeThe Research Ireland funding spans a four-year period and will support researchers and provide resources to establish their careers. Dr Eirini Maniou, Dr Purabi Bhagabati, Dr Ciara Mahon, Dr Jonathan ... 1263
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisCordelia Freeman @cordyf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The decimation of life in Gaza is a reproductive genocide. It was a privilege to work with Hala Shoman on our commentary 'No justice in a genocide: sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza' in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comNo justice in a genocide: sexual and reproductive health and rights in GazaSince October 2023, Gaza, Palestine, has been the site of a humanitarian crisis due to violence from Israel, with numerous violations currently undermining sexual and reproductive health and rights... 1108
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisJournal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Vol. 88 is out! It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/31 22717
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Next Wednesday, June 25th! Join us at the Royal Irish Academy for “The 2024 Northern Ireland General Election Survey” with Professors Peter Shirlow & @jontonge.bsky.social The event is free, but registration is required🎟️ Still some tickets left: www.ria.ie/events/arins... 024
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisJonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 27/05/2025📢📢 I'm recruiting for my project “Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration-Development Nexus” here in DCU. Both positions are four years, from September. Postdoc (Brazilian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 9th June www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... PhD (Indian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 12th June www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...dcu.iePhD Research Studentship in Diaspora Geography | School of History and Geography 056
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisNew Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 03/06/2025CFP: Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958 10–11 Nov. 2025 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger Deadline: June 10, 2025 For details: newdiplomatichistory.org/calls-for-pa...newdiplomatichistory.orgCalls for Papers26 May 2025 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958 10–11 Nov.… 011
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisJuliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Once again, @nsousanis.bsky.social demonstrates how to make a clear, multi-layered argument using the language and power of comics. Share widely! 284
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisStephen Legg @stephenlegg11.bsky.social · 19/05/202525 grad students will have accommodation provided (deadline June 9) for this fee-free Summer School, University of Bologna, Italy, Sept 8-12, "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma". centri.unibo.it/memorylab/it... #unibo 01611
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/05/2025There is so much... but this snapshot especially sobering as that (fired) advisory committee was such a terrific group of experts--as are the state dept. historians. 216946
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Great job opportunity here to do some fascinating research with the wonderful @emorier.bsky.social 👇 000
Reposted by Jonathan HarrisGarry Walsh @garry-walsh.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Yes, it took a genocide for our government to finally act & yes, it is disappointingly watered down. Yet this is still historic. Thanks to relentless campaign pressure, Ireland is now poised to be the first Western country to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements www.rte.ie/news/2025/05...rte.ieCabinet approves drafting of bill on occupied territoriesThe Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation to prohibit the importation of goods from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. 021
Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · 27/05/2025📢📢 I'm recruiting for my project “Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration-Development Nexus” here in DCU. Both positions are four years, from September. Postdoc (Brazilian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 9th June www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... PhD (Indian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 12th June www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...dcu.iePhD Research Studentship in Diaspora Geography | School of History and Geography 056