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Martin Bayly

@mjbayly.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, @LSEIRDept. Views my own. Interested in history, theory, empire, anti-imperialism, and South Asia. www.martinbayly.com

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Millennium: Journal of International Studies @millennjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
📢 📢 Do you want to shape the future of critical International Studies? Would you like to see the inner workings of an academic journal? Apply to join Millennium as Editor and Deputy Editor for its Vol. 56 or communications officer! 👇 millenniumjournal.org/2026/10/09/a...
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Maria Framke @mariaframke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After two years of inspiring collaboration, our ‘Arenas in Global History’ on ‘Women and Development in Asia and Africa, 1930–1980’ was published as First View. I am very grateful to my 12 co-authors for for taking part in this collaborative writing project. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Applications are open for our (free) early career researcher leadership programme. We will provide 62 ECRs from humanities and social sciences with coaching, mentoring and peer networking. We can contribute to childcare costs. Apply by 28th October www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career...
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British Academy Elevate Programme - Leadership Stream: key information
An intensive, CPD‑accredited leadership programme for Early Career Researchers delivered through training, mentoring and coaching.
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The final section offers thoughts on how to revisit the multiple narratives structuring the biggest world order shift of the 20th century: decolonization. Thanks to all who offered feedback along the way (and to @jmulich.bsky.social for the repost)! 4/4 @lseir.bsky.social @hist-isanet.bsky.social
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The advantage of this approach is that it allows us to articluate the contributions of historical IR to the wider discipline, to distinguish these contributions from historians themselves, and to identify new research questions ... 3/
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
... Turning to the philosophy of history, and the historical sociology of Andrew Abbott, the paper teases out three logics of narrative and shows how they feature in three recent studies of world order by Ayşe Zarakol, John Ikenberry, and Adom Getachew... 2/
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My new article with CRIA is about the role of narrative in Historical IR and the study of world orders. With some notable exceptions, IR scholars have shown a surprising lack of interest in the way that history is pre-arranged into narrative structures ... 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What’s historical about historical IR? narrativity, the philosophy of history and world order studies
Historical International Relations (HIR) represents a growing subfield within the wider discipline, offering a ‘history-first’ approach, lessening the grip of more theory and/or methods-driven scho...
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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🚨 We're #hiring at LSE! Join our Department of International Relations: 🔹Assistant Professor in IR/IPE (Geoeconomics) ➡️ ow.ly/Ggxs50ZxHFG 🔹Assistant Professor in IR/IPE (Global Environmental Politics) ➡️ ow.ly/oGHT50ZxHGv 📆 Deadline: 7 September 2026. #AcademicJob #AcademicSky #PoliSky
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...
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The Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship Scheme
Two funded-fellowship opportunities for early career, postdoctoral researchers.
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Please share these opportunities with your networks!
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Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Why do nuclear dominoes not fall? The common wisdom holds that each new proliferator goads its rivals into following suit, but they rarely do. Yogesh Joshi and I argue that this gap between expectation and reality cannot be explained by the cost of nuclear pursuit alone. 1/6
Cover for International Security, Spring 2026, Vol. 50, No. 4
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Mirko Palestrino @palestrinomirko.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨🚨 Italo Brandimarte and I have a new article out in International Political Sociology! It is part of the IPS@20 Anniversary Special Issue and is open access at: academic.oup.com/ips/article/.... We call for de-centering the human in temporal world political analysis via 'Deep Global Futures'. ⬇️⬇️
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Check this out! The introduction to a series that will feature some truly brilliant pieces from @smidbob.bsky.social @carolienstolte.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social @snehakrishnan.bsky.social and more!
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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📣 Dr @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social has edited a special issue of the journal Indian Politics & Policy. He also authored the issue’s introduction, “Domestic Change and Foreign Policy in Contemporary #India,” available here: bit.ly/4tQ0OZO 🔗 Explore the full special issue here: bit.ly/41xbtwo #PoliSky
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Guest Editor’s Introduction: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy in Contemporary India
India has experienced over a decade of rule under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This special issue examines how domestic political change during this period has...
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Millennium: Journal of International Studies @millennjournal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📣 The call is open! Millennium's 2026 Symposium explores "The Global Politics of Liminality" — and we want to hear from you. Scholars from across the discipline (and beyond) are encouraged to submit. 🔗 Full details here: millenniumjournal.org/call-for-abs...
Millennium's Call for Papers, full information can be found via the link included.
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Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Very glad to see this article out in the world. In it, I argue for a critical reading of realism's political history, in terms of exile and how realists historically experienced it. /1
Realism, ideology, and exile

Joseph MacKay

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What is the relationship between political ideology and realism in international relations? This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile. Exile was a crucial part of the biographical experience of early realists like Hans Morgenthau and John Herz. I argue that the idea of exile also marked an aspect of their relationship to ideology. Realists often allied themselves with ideological camps, through which they aimed to shape political practice. Yet realists mistrusted ideological utopianisms, and these liaisons often ended badly – in effect driving realists into ideological exile. The resulting exile persona has marked realism durably, recurring among later realists who do not have a biographical experience of exile in the conventional sense. Exile has thus become a persistent, constitutive feature of the intellectual project of realism itself. My argument has ongoing implications for how we understand realism as a political project.

Keywords: realism; ideology; exile; policy practice; history of international thought
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Shruti Balaji @shrutibalaji.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’m pleased to share my new article out in the Journal of the History of Ideas (@jhideas.bsky.social) 📝✨ In this article, I (dis)locate ideas of “race” in the intellectual thought of elite Indian political thinkers in the early to mid twentieth century. Link to article and outline of arguments ⬇️
Picture showing the title page of a publication in the Journal of the History of Ideas on elite Indian intellectual thought on race c.1920-50
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
JOB Assistant Professor of Political Theory University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
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University Assistant Professor in Political Theory
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor (Grade 9) in political theory, to be based in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. The post will be
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Reminder: Proposals for the ISA‑SAWP 2026 Conference, South Asia in a Changing International Order, are due 2 March. The conference meets 6–8 August at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. Details: buff.ly/k96ewHT
Text: ISA-SAWP Colombo 2026
"South Asia in a Changing International Order"
6-8 August 2026
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Submission Deadline: 2 March
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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
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ISA-SAWP Colombo 2026: Call for Proposals
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
International Fellowships 2026
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
Funding status
Open for applications
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Early-career
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Dóra Piroska @piroskadora.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions. careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
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Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution
Join Jelena Subotić for her book launch
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
On Wednesday evening we're hosting @jelenasubotic.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social to talk about her fantastic new book 'The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution'. It's free to attend, but registration is necessary. Please come along! Details below...
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Woohyeok Seo @seowoohyeok.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🎉I am very pleased to share the publication of our @millennjournal.bsky.social Vol. 53 Special Issue: Traversing Memories in Global Politics. You can read our Introduction, co-authored with Kinti Orellana Matute and Pauline Zerla, here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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Traversing Memories in Global Politics - Kinti Orellana Matute, Woohyeok Seo, Pauline Zerla, 2025
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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The new special issue of EJIR is a wonderful and diverse look at "History and Theory in International Relations". The issue includes my article with @caschulz.bsky.social on critical junctures in IR: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🧵🧵🧵 @ejir.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This, we argue, created the conditions for certain policy choices to become imaginable in the first place. @lseir.bsky.social @drkmillar.bsky.social @dryunahan.bsky.social @isq-jrnl.bsky.social
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
In light of yesterday's news on the COVID inquiry in relation to political decision-making, I'm re-posting our recent ISQ article. We show how political elites in the UK, Italy, and Germany varied in the ways they communicated the inevitability of mass death during the onset of the pandemic. 🧵...
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Mariah Thornton (宋妍嫵) @mariahtthornton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Exciting to see my recent article about #disinformation, whole-of-society resistance, and #Taiwan with @ejir.bsky.social was trending in IR according to OOIR. 👉The article: shorturl.at/0DCPz 👉OOIR's post: x.com/ObserveIR/st...
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
JOB College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge [This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations] www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
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College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics
Applications are invited for appointment to a College Lectureship in Modern History and Politics, together with a Fellowship, tenable for five years in the first instance, with the possibility of…
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Please join us this evening for an LSE guest lecture from Iver Neumann, with Federica Bicchi and Jennifer Jackson-Preece, on 'The Changing Geopolitics of Northern Europe'. Covering the Arctic, the Nordics, and the Baltics. Free to all. No registration necessary www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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The changing geopolitics of Northern Europe
6.30pm Thurs 30 Oct | Iver B Neumann, Federica Bicchi, Jennifer Jackson-Preece | Free public event at LSE
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Happening tonight, 6.30pm. Free entry. Join us!
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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨New First View Article🚨 "Weaponised legal dependence: How states repress their globalised oligarchs" by Nikhil Kalyanpur is now available #OpenAccess! Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/1rgOv0s
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Yes. Exactly the same, but even more laughter and ponderous chin scratching.
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Please join us next week for the LSE launch of Kerry Goettlich's terrific new book, 'From Frontiers to Borders', with an all-star panel of @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Joanne Yao, and Edward Keene. Weds 29 Oct. 6.30pm. No registration necessary. All welcome. Details below www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE
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Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This Thursday 16th Oct I'll be speaking on my project on "Severing Colonial Relationality" for the ANU Cais public lecture series. (Online, all welcome). 📍5pm in Canberra (7am BST for early risers in the UK!) Registration link below 👇 @lseir.bsky.social cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/cais-...
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CAIS Public Lecture Series | Severing Colonial Relationality: Towards an Islamicate Theory of Autonomy and Refusal | Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies
In this paper I seek to bring to the fore the theological sources of everyday resistance in the Islamicate, focusing specifically on emancipatory detachment. In doing so, I think with anti-colonial th...
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profmiskimmon.bsky.social @profmiskimmon.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR845/lecturer-in-international-relations and jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR850/l... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social Deadline is 13 October 2025 #InternationalRelations #PublicPolicy
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Lecturer in International Relations at Queen's University Belfast
Apply now for the Lecturer in International Relations role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.
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Call For Applications: Toynbee First Book Workshop Competition 2025-26 | Toynbee Prize Foundation
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William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Hey all, my article "The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line" is published in _Geopolitics_ today: it's OA, so please click and download, for free! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line
This article develops ‘the imperial gaze’ concept to explore how maps not only represent the world, but also do things in geopolitics, even provoking mass demonstrations. It examines China’s early-...
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 16/09/2025
What have we got in the bank? 1) Roundtables on the practice turn, ontological security, and historical international relation. 2) An unreleased recording of a "live taping" a few years back at the LSE. 3) An episode on @profptj.bsky.social's favorite "hate read," the Clash of Civilizations.
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LSE South Asia Centre @lsesouthasia.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Was it just #US withdrawal & #Taliban capture that ended the #Republic in #Afghanistan in 2021? Basir Arian @ids.ac.uk @cheveningfcdo.bsky.social summarises the wider malaise & crisis of legitimacy. blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20... @lseir.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The Inter-National
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
#OpenAccess from our new issue - Negotiating racial subjection: analysing Black and Indigenous resistance from within colonial orders - cup.org/3F8FkmN - @obrown.bsky.social & @arturochang.bsky.social
Abstract of an International Theory article discussing the need for reevaluating agency and resistance in the context of empire and colonisation, mentioning specific historical examples such as the Black Loyalists and Indigenous colonists of New Granada.
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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Assistant Professor in International Political Economy
Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p s...
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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Assistant Professor in International Relations
Assistant Professor in International Relations, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="te...
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Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Two permanent posts at the Assistant Professor grade going in the IR Department at LSE. One with specialism in International Security; one with specialism in International Political Economy (and climate change, or environment, and/or global business). Deadline 7 September. Details below!
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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Devastating account of -the irredeemability of Western govs' responses to 🇮🇱's starvation of #Gaza -our collective moral failure -applicable legal obligations right NOW by the foremost experts on starvation Alex deWaal & @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social justsecurity.org/117962/mass-...
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Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative
It is time for comprehensive, full-spectrum, sustainable, and coordinated humanitarian action. States globally must act without delay on that imperative.
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨My new article, part of a @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on heritage I co-edited with the wonderful @elifkalay.bsky.social. I explore how the frenzy for acquiring antiquities in early 19th century (most famously, the Parthenon Marbles) was really international competition for cultural status.
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The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status
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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
What are Trump's ICE raids really about? To mark World Refugee Day, stephrschwartz.bsky.social reflects on Trump’s immigration crackdown and the extreme measures sparking nationwide protest. Is this restoring order or eroding democracy? #USImmigration #WorldRefugeeDay #LSE youtu.be/xQyUSGN4YY4?...
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What are Trump's ICE raids really about? #USImmigration #WorldRefugeeDay #LSE
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