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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Congratulations to PIRP’s Dr Chris Prosser for joining the editorial board of West European Politics!
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🎉 Congratulations to PIRP's Janina Beiser-McGrath whose group, the PSA Autocracy and Regime Change Group, has just won the PSA's joint prize for Specialist Group of the Year! Janina is one of the group's convenors - a fantastic recognition for her and the whole community of scholars in the group.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New publication alert! In this article, Marco Guglielmo, and PIRP’s Ben O’Loughlin and Henry Snowball theorise the stakes of human–Generative AI communication. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
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What Is at Stake? The Co-Encoding/Decoding Model of Human–Generative Artificial Intelligence Communication | International Journal of Communication
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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📣🚨 New Briefing Paper Alert ! 📃 We are excited to announce the launch of our briefing paper on TikTok, Politics and Elections, co-produced with @wfd.org ➡️ www.wfd.org/tiktok-polit... 🧵[1/4]
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TikTok, politics and power: Implications for democracy
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Interested in the IMF’s role in climate policy? Dr Thomas Stubbs’ new co-authored book examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🎉 Many congratulations to former PIRP PhD student Matthew Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social for winning the 2025 EPSR Early Careers Prize for his article Who benefits from the social democratic march to the middle? ecpr.eu/news/news/de...
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Matthew Polacko is awarded the 2025 EPSR Early Careers Prize
European Consortium for Political Research
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📣 New Publication Alert! In this article, Prof Jennifer Piscopo @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and her co-authors propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Adoption and Implementation as a Two-Stage Process: Feminist Strategies and Conservative Resistance in the Quest for Legislative Abortion Reform | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Adoption and Implementation as a Two-Stage Process: Feminist Strategies and Conservative Resistance in the Quest for Legislative Abortion Reform
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Giacomo Benedetto @gbenedetto.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A few weeks ago at @cont.europarl.europa.eu I was honoured to present research on the #EUbudget audit and #discharge for 1996 that led to the resignation of the @ec.europa.eu in 1999. www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... @euauditors.bsky.social @rhulpir.bsky.social #BrusselsTreaty1975
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Conference on 50 years of the budgetary Treaty of Brussels | Other events | Events | CONT | Committees | European Parliament
All the available information relating to other public CONT events involving external speakers. Links to programmes and contributions from speakers.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Dr Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social speaks to the Telegraph about his experience of spending three years in psychoanalysis as a child. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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Access Restricted
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Andreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...
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Jean Monnet Chair, RHUL @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Today I presented work on the downfall of the European Commission led by Jacques Santer at @cont.europarl.europa.eu together with other experts. #Discharge #EUbudget cc: @rhulpir.bsky.social
People in a committee room
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📣 Congratulations to @andreucasas.bsky.social on winning a Future Leaders Fellowship from @ukri.org! As part of the project, Andreu launches the London Social Media Observatory @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary research centre for cutting-edge research on social media and politics!
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Congratulations to Dr Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social, who has been elected as President of the European International Studies Association @europeanisa.bsky.social for 2025-2027!
Dr Lai speaking in front of a microphone, with a screen in the background stating that she is the new EISA president
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Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Dr Anthony Bruno has published a new book, Facticity and the Fate of Reason After Kant, with Oxford University Press! Available here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📣 One more day until the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Network Conference is taking place at Royal Holloway, organised by PIRP’s Lyn Johnstone and Nat Rutherford! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...
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Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A perfect occasion to read the Roadmap to Votes at 16 and the Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People report: hollodec.github.io/images/ssia_... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be given right to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 Launching: A Roadmap to Votes at 16 🚨 Kaat Smets and @jamessloam.bsky.social contributed to A Roadmap to Votes at 16 🗳️ - a report co-created with organisations, teachers, youth workers and young people to make Votes at 16 a success. 👉 Read the full report: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...
A square image with a pink background. The logo for Democracy Classroom is in the bottom right-hand corner. In the bottom left is the title "A roadmap to votes at 16". From the title is a snaking path which has groups of cartoon people clustered along it. Some groups are holding discussions; one is in a classroom; one is on a protest; and the final is queuing at a polling booth.Another pink square with the democracy classroom logo. There is a large block of text which says "Launching the roadmap to votes at 16, a shared vision to support young people to engage in democracy". There is a smaller cartoon image of two women helping each other carry a large object up a flight of stairs.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Kaat Smets, @jamessloam.bsky.social and @ainebennett.bsky.social are today launching their report "Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People" in collaboration with Partnership for Young London and the Pan-London CiCC hollodec.github.io/images/ssia_...
The front page of the report. The background is navy blue. The Royal Holloway and Partnership for Young London logos are in the top left hand corner. Underneath this is the title "Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People". In the centre of the page is an image of three young people talking intently. Under the image is the text "Kaat Smets, James Sloam and Aine Bennett in collaboration with Matthew Walsham and Nora Zia from Partnership for Young London and Louisa Foyle from Pan-London CiCC".
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Giacomo Benedetto @gbenedetto.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I am delighted that this is now published in @wepsocial.bsky.social : our assessment of the 2020 negotiations on #RuleofLaw #conditionality and grants vs loans in the #RRF. #FunctionalSpillover #EUbudget
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Jean Monnet Chair, RHUL @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Last month I was very pleased to host a Jean Monnet seminar in London on the democratic versus audit-based accountabilities within the EU's finances #EUbudget. Thanks to María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco, Andreea Hancu Budui, and Paul Stephenson for their papers. 1/2
Four people standing in front of a PowerPoint screen
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Five of our 2nd-year undergraduates have recently completed a week's work experience in the House of Commons🧑‍⚖️ Each worked with a different select committee, they met MPs and the speaker of the house, and attended PMQs and OPQs Well done all!
Five young women stand arm-in-arm in a low-lit wood-paneled room lined with oil paintings.The same five young women sit in a panel in front of a dramatic red painting. Their hands are clasped in front of them and they have name signs on their desks.The same five young women stand in front of the houses of parliament.
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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Sharing a blog post by @rhulpir.bsky.social final year student @tayapanter.bsky.social on the % of MPs who are [active] on BlueSky v. X: hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b... Three key takeaways (1/n)
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Right-wing MPs are more active on X/Twitter and less present on Bluesky
(This is a lightly edited version of an essay written by Taya Panter, a final year undergraduate in PIRP. Taya wrote the essay for Nick Allen’s Parliamentary Studies module.)
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Jean Monnet Chair, RHUL @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I am delighted to have been nominated for a @royalholloway.bsky.social Education Excellence Award. One of the comments from a nominating student said: 'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars... 1/2
Education Excellence Award 2025, banner.
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Aine Bennett @ainebennett.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
In the Linen Hall library finishing prep for this roundtable and panel I am very excited to be on tomorrow at #BISA2025 If you're also in Belfast, come and join us! 🌈🎓
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Yoav Galai @yoavgalai.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Students made thus website after a doing week-long workshop with @trillingual.bsky.social on social justice and journalism. Some powerful stories from our graduates, and incredible visuals as well well worth a read at - rtn.earth
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Our PhD student Samer Jaber's latest analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict is out now in @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Israel’s strategic failure is now apparent
Israeli aggression and expansionism are not signs of ascendance; rather they point to inevitable failure.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Last week, students embarked on an intensive week-long workshop on Social Justice Journalism led by @trillingual.bsky.social convened by @yoavgalai.bsky.social from PIRP. Students researched and wrote the articles, made the visuals and designed the website at: rtn.earth
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RTN: Reclaim the Narrative
A social justice journalism project at Royal Holloway, University of London
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Jean Monnet Chair, RHUL @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Are they worth it? Democratic and audit-based accountabilities in the EU's finances. Workshop at Bedford Square, London, 19 June 2025: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... #EUbudget @uaces.bsky.social @rhulpir.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @euinuk.bsky.social
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Are they worth it? Democratic and audit-based accountabilities in the EU’s finances
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Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is taking place tomorrow!
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Students of Law and Social Science are taking part in a week-long workshop on social justice journalism led by @trillingual.bsky.social and PIRP’s @yoavgalai.bsky.social Watch this space for student work! visualwriting.org/sj/
A classroom with 10 young people watching a presentation from a white man in a grey shirt. The man is stood in front of a slide that says "Types of news writing: 1. News story" and has a screenshot from the BBV news. Some students are watching intently, while others take notes by hand or on their laptops.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Visual Writing module is a research-led course on Political Visual Literacy designed and taught by @yoavgalai.bsky.social whose eye for design can be seen in the website! Yoav's work on Political Visual Literacy is published open-access here: academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The in-person exhibition of student work from the Visual Writing module was a huge success and you can now see the students' work exhibited online: visualwriting.org/exhibition/ 🧑‍🎨🖼️
A group of young people stand in a brightly lit room deep in conversation. Some people in the background are looking at or gesturing to artwork hung densely on the wall.Another angle of the same room. Two of the groups in the foreground feature a young black woman appearing to explain something to an older white woman. Behind them, two people are seated, looking at the art. In the background a small group of white men are listening intently, with another work of art on a screen behind them.Two young women stand at the other end of the brightly lit room while the exhibition is being installed. One looks at her phone while the other looks thoughtfully at the work on the wall. In the foreground we can see one of the art pieces: a collage of a mythological scene with an american flag and photographic faces.
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Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@michaelbacon.bsky.social 's new grant is featured in this month's issue of the @leverhulme.ac.uk newsletter 📰📰 Read the short piece here: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...
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Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social For details, please p. 5 of the Trust’s newsletter: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...
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Leverhulme Trust Newsletter - May 2025
Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📢We're hiring!📢 Are you well versed in the history of political thought from the 17th C and contemporary Anglo-American political theory? We are hiring a 12-month, teaching-focused Lecturer in Political Theory - it could be you! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Political Theory
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (12 months)The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Political Theory (teaching focused). The successful...
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Our students on the final-year visual writing module will be exhibiting a selection of their work Thursday 29th May at 5pm in the Chris Rumford Library in the McCrea Building Come along to meet the markers and enjoy their excellent work 🖼️🎨
Poster advertising the event.
Across the top is the text "Visual/Writing Exhibition of student work. Chris Rumford Library, Royal Holloway (Egham) 29 May 2025, 17:00"
Taking up most of the page is a collage piece by Phoebe Solomon. Most of the image is a black and white shot of a white family. The child in the centre is watching a TV which has a colour union jack on it. The child's face has been collaged over with black features. Out of the window behind the family is a colour photo of Grenfell tower burning and in the top right hand corner is an England flag.
The right hand side of the poster is a quote from Stuart hall about racialised forms of looking.
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Lasse Thomassen @lassethomassen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Political Theory Lectureship @rhulpir.bsky.social jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Political Theory
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (12 months)The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Political Theory (teaching focused). The successful...
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Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Dr Roberto Buonamano who is visiting us from the University of Technology Sydney will be presenting "From the Exception to Form-of-Life: What Agamben's political ontology can tell us about human rights" 4-5:30pm on Friday 6th June in Room 1-02 in Senate House - we hope to see you there! 🧑‍🏫📚
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Join @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social and @jamessloam.bsky.social next Wednesday 21st May at 4pm BST/11am EDT for an online open event to learn more about the masters programmes at Royal Holloway 🖥️📚 All prospective students welcome, we will particularly be talking about coming to the UK from abroad 🌍🌎
A poster advertising the event. 
There is a dark grey banner across the top, with the Royal Holloway logo on the right and a title that says "Discover Masters Opportunities at Royal Holloway, University of London - Open Event Online".
There is a photo of Founders' Quad with the sun rising over the building in the bottom right hand corner.
The main paragraph of text says "All are welcome to join us for a discussion of Masters opportunities in Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. We will explain
the different programmes we offer, where we are, fees and finances, and what kind of careers our students go into. We will also be joined by a current MSc Media, Power & Public Affairs student who can give first-hand experience of life at Royal Holloway and in the UK. We will take all your questions and you can ask whatever you like. We would love for you to consider joining us next September!"
At the bottom of the poster is text saying "Dr Janina Beiser-McGrath
and Prof James Sloam
Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EDT
Date: 21 May"
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This year's Magna Carta lecture "The rule of law in a changing world" is being given by Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC on the 9th June at 6:15pm in the Windsor Auditorium 👩‍⚖️👩‍⚖️ Get your free ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rule-o...
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The rule of law in a changing world
This year's Magna Carta lecture will be delivered by The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC, former Attorney General for England and Wales.
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Check out Antara's fascinating new article, an early version of which was presented at our research seminar back in 2023!
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
@cvtrc.bsky.social are setting up a new, interdisciplinary PGR network and invite any interested PGRs to join them on 2nd June for lunch! 🥪🍏 Email @katosborne5.bsky.social to register your interest
A poster advertising the event. The Royal Holloway logo and the banner for the Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre are at the top of the page and an arial view of Founders' Building is at the bottom. The centre is plain text saying "PGR Network Meet and Greet Lunch. PGRs researching conflict, war, violence and terrorism please join us for our first event as a network! Monday 2nd June at 12-1:30 Room TBC. Please email kat.osborne.2023@rhul.ac.uk by the 19th of May to register your interest and dietary requirements."
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Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@michaelbacon.bsky.social writes in @psyche.co about what the philosophy of pragmatism can offer us in uncertain times 👓📰 psyche.co/ideas/to-res...
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To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist | Psyche Ideas
Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Join us and @genderrhul.bsky.social next Tuesday from 4:30 in McCrea 0-02 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Gender Institute with a talk from founder and former PIRP Head of Department Laura Sjoberg - all staff and students welcome to the talk and refreshments afterwards!
A poster with the text: "The Gender Institute presents a May Celebration for all students and staff. Tuesday 6th Mat 4:30-7:00pm.
4:30 McCrea 0-02 "Dynastic Marriages, Sex Acts and the Making of the Modern State" presented by Professor Laura Sjoberg, founder of the Gender Institute and now Kloppenburg Official Fellow and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Exeter College, Oxford.
5:30 Networking and general get together with refreshments in the Chris Rumford Library to celebrate 4 cohorts of Go Run Lead and 5 years of the Gender Institute.
6th May fun facts:
1954 Roger Bannister first sub 4-minute mile
1998 First Apple iMac PC
2020 Royal Holloway Gender Institute founded
2023 King Charles III coronation"
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Check out Yoav's critical new intervention in the field of visual politics out now in International Political Sociology!
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@danielalai.bsky.social 's analysis of the UK government intervention to save British Steel and "economic security" for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Our friends at the Gender Institute have joined Bluesky, give them a follow at @genderrhul.bsky.social !
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The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
📣 Call for Papers 📣 The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre is pleased to announce a one day Symposium on: 'Popular Culture and World Politics: Portraying War, Conflict, & Political Violence' 📅 24/07/25 at Stewart House, London ⏳ Submission deadline: 23/06/25. Full Call for Proposals 👇
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Giacomo Benedetto @gbenedetto.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#SedeVacante #Conclave #PopeFrancis Expect to get lots of atheist Brits moaning about the media coverage in the next few weeks. The Conclave matters even for non-believers as the papacy has agenda-setting capacity in global public policy. 1/3
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PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
First year PIRP student Amelie Abass won Young Campaigner of the Year this weekend at the 2025 Inspirational Youth Awards! A huge congratulations to Amelie 🥳🎉 #IYA25
Two young black women in formal wear stand together in front of a large screen saying "young campaigner of the year winner"
Amelie is on the right in a pink dress and with her hair in braids - she is holding her award. Both women are smiling.
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