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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Iranian Studies Vol. 59 , No. 2 (2026) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @biblioiranica.info @danamir.bsky.social @shabnamholliday.bsky.social

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This extract from @profmabon.bsky.social's new book looks at how the conflict that erupted after the 2026 attacks on Iran threatens to reopen many of the same sectarian fractures unleashed by the Iraq War & the Arab uprisings — only now on a far wider regional scale. yalebooks.co.uk/war-sectaria...

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War, Sectarianism and the Middle East After Iran

This extract from Simon Mabon's book, Schism: The Story of Sectarianism in the Modern Middle East, looks at how political crises transform religious

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Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📖New book: Sovereignty in Iran, edited by @shabnamholliday.bsky.social, examining sovereignties as a plural concept from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic📖 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-soverei...

Book cover: Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentricism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic, edited by Shabnam J. Holliday

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Naghmeh Sohrabi @naghmehs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Everyone I know in Iran is waiting to see if the US will bomb them further into the stone age. Read this achingly beautiful letter from Zahra in Tehran to get a sense of what that feels like:"Where can they begin when every beginning might be an end?" open.substack.com/pub/naghmehs...

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Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, All Wrapped Up in One, in Iran

A beautiful letter from Zahra in Tehran as she waits for Tuesday

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Reza H. Akbari @rezahakbari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The #Iran war dominates the headlines, but the commentary overwhelmingly centers on strategy, energy flows, military posturing, escalation risks, and the regional balance of power. Amid the geopolitical noise, the lived realities of people caught within the conflict fade from the view. 1/6

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Delighted to announce my edited volume, Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic, @Edinburghup.bsky.social available for pre-order: lnkd.in/efUUStHD Early 30% discount: NEW30

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LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

You can find all our blogs here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/ Thank you for reading and engaging with our work in 2025!

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LSE Middle East Centre Blog

Latest thinking and research on the Middle East and North Africa from LSE

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Exeter Green Party @exetergreens.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Will you take a stand on Saturday to protect the right of everyone to coexist safely and with dignity in Exeter? Read our full statement of solidarity: exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2025/10...

The image is a promotional flier for the Exeter is for Everyone celebration which is taking place on Saturday 25th October to oppose the far right patriots march. The celebration will meet from 11am at Bedford Square.

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LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Competing values drive conflict and narratives, as with Israel and Iran's moral claims in their war. @shabnamholliday.bsky.social's new piece examines the values underpinning Netanyahu's 'Operation Rising Lion' through the prism of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/09/...

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The Competition over the Values of World Order: Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement and Israel’s ‘Operation Rising Lion’ - Middle East Centre

Competing values drive conflict and narratives, with Israel and Iran appealing to a moral universe as they engage in war. Shabnam Holliday's new piece examines the values underpinning Israeli Prime Mi...

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Ben Christian @benchristian.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Book Launch: Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology Interested in all things IPS? Join us for our online book launch featuring Co-Editor Ole Jacob Sending and Discussant Ingvild Bode on June 16 at 2 pm (CEST). Details for the @dvpw.bsky.social event: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

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Brieg Powel @briegp.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Here's the text of the open letter protesting against the BBC's coverage of #Gaza. Robbie Gibb comes under particular scrutiny www.scribd.com/document/883...

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BBC Open Letter | PDF | Bbc | Gaza Strip

An Open Letter to BBC Management, Written by BBC Journalists and Signed by Media Industry Professionals

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Brieg Powel @briegp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Delighted that my chapter 'Historicizing the Global' in the weighty Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology is now out in both print & ebook! Huge thanks to the editors Stacie Goddard, @georgelawson.bsky.social , & Ole Jacob Sending for the hard work doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

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Historicizing the Global

AbstractThis chapter challenges the preoccupation (“chronofetishism”) of international–political–sociological scholarship with the present. The rare studie

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

There are discussions regarding how & if Iran’s regime will evolve/survive. My article shows how the Islamic Republic reinvented itself following the largest protests it had seen at the time, 2009, & intensification in #Iran-#Israel relations under Ahmadinejad journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Looking for some in-depth analysis on Iran-Israel? My article, Populism, the International and Methodological Nationalism: Global Order and the Iran–Israel Nexus, looks at Islamic Republic constructions of Israel under Ahmadinejad & Rouhani: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

My article, ‘Beyond hegemony, world order as domination: Iran’s Green Movement and the nuclear sanctions regimes’, is now in print. It looks at #Iran- #Israel #US relations through Green Movement. shows how sanctions were detrimental to organic democracy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Beyond hegemony, world order as domination: Iran’s Green Movement and the nuclear sanctions regimes - Shabnam J Holliday, 2025

Contributing to neo-Gramscian IR and debates regarding world order, this article puts forward Gramsci’s domination as a framework for better understanding the d...

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our latest issue is still free to access until the end of the month, so be sure to check out fantastic articles from @chrishesketh.bsky.social‬, @shabnamholliday.bsky.social, & more. buff.ly/KJ3teXT

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Our article on Dialogue among civilisations has been published in @risjnl.bsky.social. Wastnidge & I show how Dialogue among Civilisations is an example of moving beyond the West/non-West bifurcation in a Global IR and is itself a blurring of ‘West’ & ‘non-West’ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Towards a post-imperial and Global IR?: Revisiting Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations - Volume 51 Issue 1

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 11/12/2024

🌡️ Toxic period products: the hidden health and environmental crisis Chemicals in period products pose health and environmental risks, yet UK regulations lag, leaving consumers uninformed and unprotected By Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

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Toxic period products: the hidden health and environmental crisis

Chemicals in period products pose health and environmental risks, yet UK regulations lag, leaving consumers uninformed and unprotected

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 29/11/2024

6/ We also hear your feedback: users want more ways to verify their identity beyond domain verification. We’re exploring additional options to enhance account verification, and we hope to share more shortly.

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My article in Political Studies on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s perceptions of #Israel gives some historical context to current events and how it relates to world order: ow.ly/qKgo30nAIn7

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

go.bsky.app/8yfzmLa Let me know if you or someone you know should be added to this list! AncientBlueSky

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I’m looking forward to presenting on #Iran’s role in #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine at MESA next week. I’ll be part of Iran 1400 Project’s panel (iran1400.org), Vexing questions about the interplay of Iran’s regional and domestic politics. mesana.org/pdf/MESA2024...

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Simon Mabon @profmabon.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Ahead of Tuesday’s election I wrote a piece on sectarianism in the US informed by work done by SEPAD on the Middle East. It highlights some worrying trends. t.co/29RPASpUOu

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

My article in Political Studies on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s perceptions of #Israel gives some historical context to current events and how it relates to world order: ow.ly/qKgo30nAIn7

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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

A very positive review of Original Sin! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social stratheia.com/book-review-... "a seminal work... interweaving historical analysis with contemporary geopolitical discourse and making it accessible to a broader space-minded audience."

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Book Review- Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space - Stratheia

Dr Bowen looks beyond the Cold War, examining the contemporary relevance of space in conventional warfare and counterinsurgency.

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

A book worth checking out if you have an interest in space security, now with review for more info! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

@sainsburys.bsky.social i did the @greenpeaceeu.bsky.social #thebigplasticcount. 52% of my of my plastic is soft, much of that comes from my Sainsbury’s delivery. Is it necessary is it recyclable?

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Our new article co-written with Edward Wastnidge on Global IR and how Iran’s complex history and Dialogue among Civilisations problematise the west/non-west bifurcation @risjnl.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Gregorio Bettiza @gregoriobettiza.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Thrilled to see my chapter "The Illiberal Global Politics of Religions and Civilizations" now online (first view). It is part of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism (ed. Marlene Laruelle). Terrific project! academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Latest article on Global IR is out @risjnl.bsky.social Edward Wastnidge & I show how Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations & Iran’s complex heritages challenges the west/non-west binary in IR www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/tow...

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Towards a post-imperial and Global IR?: Revisiting Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations

The authors discuss their new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

“How can we recentre just war thinking as a ‘lived’ theory?” In the latest issue, Cian O'Driscoll finds the historic links between the theory of ‘just war’ and lived experience of war using existentialism as a conduit. Read: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

polisky cpesky I have 2 open positions in my team Goethe Uni #Frankfurt: I am looking for - a PhD student - a student assistant. You should be interested in comparative politics, ideally with a focus in public policy, comparative political economy, welfare research, or education/social policy.

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

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Towards a post-imperial and Global IR?: Revisiting Khatami’s Dialogue among Civilisations

The authors discuss their new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.

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Shabnam Holliday @shabnamholliday.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

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