iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Link below--feel free to email me for a .pdf if you don't have access. Big thanks to @smotus.bsky.social at The Forum & the entire crew from the Politics of Andor conference (we're writing a book!).

degruyterbrill.com

052

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Christiana Parreira @cmparreira.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In a new paper with @mweitzel.bsky.social in @pspolisci.bsky.social, we ask: how well does the field of political science prepare scholars of the Middle East for fieldwork? We surveyed MENA academics and found an important gap between formal training and practice. /1

174

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Anne Meng @annemeng.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🚨Job alert 🚨 UVA is hiring an assistant professor in CP! Apply here 👉🏻 apply.interfolio.com/190673

apply.interfolio.com

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

02426

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thrilled to see my co-authored chapter with @marsin.bsky.social out in Ba'thist Iraq Through Archives edited by @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social. In our opening chapter, we argue uneven access has produced hierarchized knowledge production through of wartime expropriation

145

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

APSA MENA Politics Section @apsamena.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Conference funding opportunity! Deadline May 10. APSA is offering up to $4000 in funding per panel for travel to an international conference of select political science associations. Full info here, including links to eligible conferences including ECPR and CEPSA: apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/Int...

apsanet.org

International Conference Panels Travel Grant - American Political Science Association (APSA)

International Conference Panels Travel Grant Call for Panel Proposals: International Conference Panels Travel Grant APSA is pleased to announce a call for

065

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Arbella Bet-Shlimon @abshlimon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

April 24th is remembrance day for the Ottoman Empire’s WWI genocide of Armenians and Assyrians—which, for decades, was routinely denied by academic historians. My new article in Review of Middle East Studies documents and explains one of the legacies of that denial www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.org

“Propaganda of the Victims”: Atrocity Denial, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Disparagement of Assyrians in Middle East Studies | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

“Propaganda of the Victims”: Atrocity Denial, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Disparagement of Assyrians in Middle East Studies

3156

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

When I think about how many different kinds of social inquiry have been gutted over the last two or three generations in order to hire in and fund allegedly more scientific work that turns out to be non-replicable or even irreproducible... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences - Nature

A study of reproducibility in a stratified random sample of 600 papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 62 journals spanning the social and behavioural sciences finds higher reproducibility among more&n...

47119

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Not sure its yet sufficiently understood that there is a major and escalating U.S.-militia conflict in Iraq in parallel to the Iran war, and that by increasingly compromising the state it is posing significant risks of broad destabilization there.

312538

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The APSA Nationalism & Politics Section is seeking nominations for the 2026 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award relating to the study of nationalism and politics, broadly defined. I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions-self nominations welcome! Deadline is March 31: lnkd.in/e8dNt2Wt

lnkd.in

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

020

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

In this piece with Yasir Kouti, we argue Trump's policy toward Iraq's government formation re Noori al-Maliki's nomination creates diplomatic and strategic hazards & offer paths for recalibrating US posture toward Iraq while avoiding foreign meddling in electoral outcomes

021

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Compelling piece from @bulaw.bsky.social colleagues on how AI is built to tear down civic institutions-the bedrock of any democracy and rule of law.

000

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 29/01/2026

You should vote, even if your vote won't change the outcome, because this is how we uphold the democratic principles that underlie our republican ideals. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Democratic theorists hold that voting contributes to some political good: individual and collective autonomy, equality, justice, pluralism, stability, better policies, and many others. But elections are common under authoritarianism, and empirical research finds that holding elections can stabilize authoritarian regimes. This creates what we term the democrat’s dilemma, where citizens who vote in authoritarian elections may bolster the regimes they wish to unseat, even when they cast a vote for the opposition. We identify three major ways of thinking about the democratic value of electoral participation—justice-based, epistemic, and proceduralist approaches—and use them to examine the complex moral considerations that confront voters in authoritarian regimes. We contend that authoritarian elections’ residual democratic value can justify voting, even when doing so could further entrench the autocrat. Our argument also implies that the democratic principles that justify voting in authoritarian elections oblige citizens to choose the most democratic alternative.

17024

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Excited to be co-leading the MENA Development group for early career scholars at APSA's annual meeting in Boston this year with @shalaby12.bsky.social & @aklawrence.bsky.social. APSA travel grant will cover accommodation & travel up $1000. See call below: urldefense.com/v3/__http://...

urldefense.com

020

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Checkout this fantastic collection of papers from @pomeps.bsky.social with contributions from scholars doing important and grounded work on Syria's transition and statebuilding after Assad's ouster

010

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Islamic Politics in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/pomeps-islam...

pomeps.org

Call for Papers: Islamic Politics in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings - Project on Middle East Political Science

The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel. Pop...

031

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Donghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.

25027

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Glad to see this important volume come to fruition- kudos to @lisablaydes.bsky.social & @samuelhelfont.bsky.social for putting us all in conversation with each other. Thrilled to have co-authored a critical chapter with @marsin.bsky.social on archival access & hierarchies of knowledge production

042

Shamiran Mako @smako.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The @pomeps.bsky.social junior scholar book development workshop is an incredible opportunity to receive substantive feedback on first book projects relating broadly to Middle East politics. I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions: smako@bu.edu

000

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

pomeps.org

Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop - Project on Middle East Political Science

The stunning collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has thrown up crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. For example, is Syria transitioning mainly from fourteen yea...

022

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

More important things going on, but I have a new article out in @comppol.bsky.social on how ideology shapes rebels' wartime institutions, carrying over to postvictory statebuilding & governance approaches, w/original evidence from Nicaragua, Liberia, & Uganda www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

ingentaconnect.com

From Insurgent to Incumbent: Ideo...fter Rebel Victory in Civil Wars: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article

1123

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

May Darwich @maydarwich.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Pleased to have contributed to the APSA MENA Newsletter Thanks to the editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @samershehata.bsky.social for putting together such an amazing collection! My piece: zenodo.org/records/1533... The Issue: zenodo.org/records/1538...

043

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social! Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani... Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

0169

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

What is the Middle East? I’m thrilled to announce the publication- and free download - of my new, hopefully provocative Cambridge Element on the theory and practice of regions and area studies. Get it now and let me know what you think! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

abuaardvark.substack.com

What is the Middle East?

I'm thrilled to announce publication of my hopefully provocative new Element!

46118

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

How do autocrats stay in power? Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇

801683733

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

APSA MENA Politics Section @apsamena.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#menasky It's award nomination time for the 2024-2025 year! Please send your nominations our way for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, & Best Paper on MENA politics! You can find all the details of eligibility & submission below. Deadline is February 1, so spread the word!

apsamena.org

APSA-MENA Section Awards, 2024-25 - APSA MENA POLITICS

The Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) seek nominations for several awards recognizing exceptional contributions to the field that integ...

01513

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If you are a post doc or faculty member please apply or reshare!

01920

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

New policy brief for the Crown Center, in which I detail the Houthis' devastating campaign this summer against Yemeni CSOs and INGOs. Tldr; it's both a cause and a consequence of regime consolidation and it's really bad for our understanding of Yemen if knowledge-producers are in prison or exile.

brandeis.edu

Consolidation through Crackdown: Understanding Houthi Rule in Yemen

3157

Reposted by Shamiran Mako

Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Our book Making Sense of the Arab State is published today - open access to boot! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/seeing-lik...

abuaardvark.substack.com

Seeing Like a MENA State

Our new book is sadly relevant in memory of the great James Scott; plus this week's MENA Academy weekly roundup.

01311