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Innovative theoretical research on #IR free of the requirement for direct policy relevance @sussex.ac.uk. Director @felixroesch.bsky.social

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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨Very happy to see that the pedagogical paper of Emilia S Heo and me on 'Drawing #peace: Towards a #pedagogy for positive international relations' is now online available with @epsjournal.bsky.social Get it open access here 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Drawing peace: Towards a pedagogy for positive international relations | European Political Science | Cambridge Core
Drawing peace: Towards a pedagogy for positive international relations
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🏆Thank you @mybisa.bsky.social British International Studies Association for awarding Emilia SH Heo and me the Distinguished Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize this year. I am so deeply honoured to receive this prize. @sussexfss.bsky.social
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Recently, our former director Kamran Matin published a book with @brisunipress.bsky.social with University of Sussex colleagues @sussexfss.bsky.social Further details about "Decolonizing Queer Migration Iranian Voices in Exile" here (open access) 👇 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/decolonizing...
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Decolonizing Queer Migration
Decolonizing Queer Migration - Iranian Voices in Exile; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book offers an unprecedented study of how forced migration shapes gender and sex...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Our director Felix Roesch @felixroesch.bsky.social has a new publication on #practices, #time, and #emotions. More details below 👇
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🚨 New Publication 🚨 My latest paper "Theorising Practices, #Time, and #Emotions. Time for #Sociability at the Potsdam Conference?" has been published in the @pvs-journal.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... @sussexfss.bsky.social
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Theorising Practices, Time, and Emotions. Time for Sociability at the Potsdam Conference? - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
So far, practice theory has not considered in detail how practices contribute to the constitution of time. This paper aims to address this lacuna by investigating what role emotions play in this proce...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Join us this Tuesday (19th May) for the Sussex International Theory Prize Lecture. Details below 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Join us this Tuesday (19th May) for the Sussex International Theory Prize Lecture. Details below 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
🚨 Sussex International Theory Prize Lecture 2025 🚨 📌 Date: Tuesday, 19th May Time: 10am-12pm (UK time) Venue: Arts C233 or online @pquintonbrown.bsky.social Patrick Quinton-Brown on "Intervention before Interventionism: A Global Genealogy". Sign up here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sussex-int...
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Sussex International Theory Prize Lecture 2025
Sussex International Theory Prize Lecture 2025. Intervention before Interventionism: A Global Genealogy by Patrick Quinton-Brown
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The deadline for the 2026 Sussex International Theory Prize has now passed. Thank you for all the amazing submissions, showing the depth and breadth of international political thought. We are looking forward to going through all submissions, and announcing the winner during the summer.
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
One week to go (deadline: 4th May) if you want to submit your fabulous books to be considered for the Sussex International Theory Prize 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We had a great book launch at CAIT with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his book "Axis of Empire". In case you missed it, the event was recorded and will be made available soon on our Youtube Channel. Find more information about his book here 👇 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Axis of Empire
Ironic plot twists and colorful characters abound in Afshin Matin-Asgari’s accessible history of relations between the United States and Iran. The missionaries and educators who descended on Iran in t...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Happening tomorrow 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us on 22nd April, to launch the timely Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari (California State University, Los Angeles). The book launch is hybrid and will take place at 5pm. For anyone on campus, please come to Fulton 102. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/axis-of-em...
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Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari
Book Launch: Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari (California State University, Los Angeles)
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David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Germany reintroduced a soft form of military service in 2026. While service remains voluntary, all male 18‑year‑olds must undergo military medical tests, including a testicle check. But what is this sovereign touch about? Spoiler: it offers little medical value but plenty of sociological insight.
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When the state grabs you by the balls: reintroducing military service and corporeal power in Germany
This essay reflects on an intimate encounter with the German state: the compulsory medical examination that all male teenagers underwent as part of military conscription until its suspension in 201...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Congratulations to our CAIT director, @felixroesch.bsky.social, who has received the 2026 Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations. 🏆 Find more details below 👇 and the paper is available (open access) here: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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Toward IR’s “Fifth Debate”: Racial Justice and the National Interest in Classical Realism
Abstract. This article addresses growing calls for a fifth debate on international relations’ (IR) “race amnesia.” The central argument is two-fold. First,
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🚨 2026 Sussex International Theory Prize 🚨 📚 All monographs that advance the discipline of International Relations theoretically (broadly conceived) or engage with international political thought and have been published in 2025 are eligible. 📌 Deadline: 4th May 2026. Please circulate widely!
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨 Our edited volume "Discourses in Global Political Theory. Reimagining #Peace in the 21st Century Through Narratives of Belonging" has been published with Palgrave Macmillan @springer.springernature.com With the code 💷 PALAUT you get 20% off: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Discourses in Global Political Theory
This book traces narratives of belonging around the globe from a political theory perspective. It highlights the context of cultural exchange
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize winner and honourable mention. The panel selected Patrick Quinton-Brown @pquintonbrown.bsky.social "Intervention before Interventionism. A Global Genealogy" for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize (1/4)
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Reminder about the BISA - ISA workshop in Newcastle and our workshop on temporalities, improvisation and uncertainty. Might be particularly interesting to scholars working on practice theory, emotions, and ontological security. Further details👇👇👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
📯 Our director @felixroesch.bsky.social has a new publication in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs @cambridgecria.bsky.social on populism and classical realism. To access the paper, please follow the link below 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📢 New publication by CAIT director @felixroesch.bsky.social in International Political Sociology on "Sociability, Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan" 👇👇👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📢 New publication by CAIT member Faiz Sheikh and @drowendthomas.bsky.social in @ejir.bsky.social on "Dynastic International Relations: understanding race and the crisis of liberal order through Ibn Khaldun" For the open access copy follow this link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dynastic International Relations: understanding race and the crisis of liberal order through Ibn Khaldun - Faiz Sheikh, Owen David Thomas, 2025
This paper offers insights into the Crisis of Liberal International Order by combining Ibn Khaldun’s theory of change with scholarship on liberalism and race. W...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join us Monday (19th May, 2-4pm, Arts C333) for the last CAIT talk this semester. Ferran Perez Mena talks about Contender States and Modern Chinese International Thought: From the Republican era until the ‘Chinese School of International Relations​. Get in touch, if you want to join online.
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David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) are key actors in Myanmar's revolutionary war. But their positioning towards the crisis has been far from clear. How do we make sense of their strategies? I hope to shed some light on this with my new open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0047... Some takeaways🧵1/8
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Rebel Politics after the Coup: Ethnic Armed Organisations and Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
Ethnic armed organisations or EAOs play a pivotal role in the revolutionary war against Myanmar’s junta. These ethno-national rebel movements have not only captured large swathes of territory, but ...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📣 Join us this Friday (9th May), when we welcome Alistair Markland to talk about "Whose Age of Anxiety? Provincialising Ontological Insecurity". If you are in Brighton, the talk will take place in Arts C333 from 1pm - 3pm. Get in touch if you want to join online.
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🚨 Last call for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize. Deadline for submissions is next Friday (2nd May 2025). Further details below 👇
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Great “Sussex International Theory Book Prize” lecture by Ajay Parasram on his book “Pluriversal sovereignty and the State”
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
On Wednesday (9th April), we host our Sussex International Theory Book Prize Lecture. Ajay Parasram will talk about his book "Pluriversal sovereignty and the state", the 2024 winner. If you are in Brighton, join us in Fulton A from 4pm - 6pm. If you want to join online, please get in touch.
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@support.bsky.team what would one need to do to get any reply from you guys whatsoever?
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This Thursday (3 April), CAIT welcomes Jaakko Heiskanen (QMUL) to talk about his book "Ethnos of the Earth. International Order and the Emergence of Ethnicity", currently shortlisted for the @mybisa.bsky.social L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Award. Join us in C333 (2-4pm) if you are in Brighton.
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨 A reminder that we still welcome submissions for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize until 2nd May. Further details below. #IR #int-rel #IRTheory #internationalrelations #worldpolitics #internationalpolitics
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📣 Great to see Beate Jahn's and Sebastian Schindler's Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations published with 179 (!) entries on all things #IR. 🚨 @elgarpublishing.bsky.social Find my chapter on #realism here: www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Next Tuesday (18th March, 1pm-3Pm), CAIT welcomes Aaron McKeil @lseideas.bsky.social to talk about his recent book "Cosmopolitan Imaginaries and International Disorder". If you want to join remotely, get in touch. press.umich.edu/Books/C/Cosm...
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Cosmopolitan Imaginaries and International Disorder
While the idea of a cosmopolitan order embracing all humankind is ancient, after the Cold War it was widely believed to be an emerging future. As global interdependence and interaction through new tec...
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As @bsky.app thinks a book prize call is Spam.... 📢 We invite submissions for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize. Details below. Please share widely! 🚨 #IR #int-rel #IRTheory #internationalrelations #worldpolitics #internationalpolitics @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
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Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) @sussexcait.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📢 We invite submissions for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize. Details below. Please share widely! 🚨 #IR #int-rel #IRTheory #internationalrelations #worldpolitics #internationalpolitics @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
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Centre of Advanced International Studies @cais-exeter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Follow and support the fantastic group of IR theorists at Sussex! 💪🏻
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Felix Rösch @felixroesch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📣The Sussex Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) is now on Bluesky. Please give it a follow here for all things #IR Theory @sussexcait.bsky.social and repost. Thank you! For more information on the Centre: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
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