Lucia Rafanelli
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Political theorist working on ethics & global politics at GW. Opinions my own. She/her.
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I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces!
#poltheory
#polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (
@bigdatasoc.bsky.social
):
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8675.12719
over 1 year ago
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TENURE! (I’ve gotten it.) Now I can tell you all my hot takes, like about which Star Trek episodes are best.
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Some reflections on how political theory can help us meet the political moment. Freely available to the first 50 readers courtesy of Taylor & Francis!
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Reflections on global citizenship in a turbulent world
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reflections on global citizenship in a turbulent world
This piece explores how political theory can inform current thinking about our international obligations, especially given recent global political challenges. In particular, it canvasses some insig...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17449626.2026.2663763
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This Friday! Register below to join us! ⬇️📢
@wpsa.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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The WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community is back! Join us Fri 3/20, 4 pm ET to discuss Theodore Lai Wenming's "War and Persuasion in Aeschylus’s Oresteia" w/ Agatha Slupek as commenter. Registration & details below!
@wpsa.bsky.social
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#poltheory
mailchi.mp/83e701b5b91f...
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Friday, March 20 - Theodore Lai Wenming - War and Persuasion in Aeschylus’s Oresteia
https://mailchi.mp/83e701b5b91f/academicpublishing-10146639?e=81130e750c
3 months ago
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New job at GW! Ad coming to ejobs soon: Open subfield (theory friendly), full time, non-TT, 3 year renewable contract to direct our Politics & Values program + equivalent of a 3-3 teaching load. I'm on the committee, so feel free to ask me your questions! Details:
www.gwu.jobs/postings/124...
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
The Department of Political Science invites applications for a three-year, non-tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor to direct freshman program called “Politics and Values.” “Politics and Va...
https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/124385
3 months ago
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Lucia Rafanelli
BISA - British International Studies Association
6 months ago
🚨New
Shepherd.com
article by
James Pattison
article out now! 🚨 Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/
Anne Applebaum
,
Lucia Rafanelli
Henry Farrell
Abe Newman
and more! 🌟 Read more about his book and his picks here 👉
https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
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The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
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The
@wpsa.bsky.social
Political Theory Virtual Community ~academic publishing panel~ is in a cool two weeks. Register today! (link in the quoted post)
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7 months ago
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Join the
@wpsa.bsky.social
Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (
@aejm.bsky.social
), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here:
mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
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Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing
https://mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2/academicpublishing-10144477?e=81130e750c
8 months ago
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Join us and our 3 great panelists,
@aejm.bsky.social
(Alison McQueen), Shmuel Nili, and Jack Turner, to talk about academic publishing! Thurs. Oct. 30, 4 pm ET over Zoom! No pre-reading but please register in advance!
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9 months ago
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Join us later today! Sure to be a fun discussion!
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#polsky
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9 months ago
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I week from today! Come chat w/ 3 great authors about their fascinating new books! 📣
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9 months ago
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Delighted to be in such good company in the latest issue of
@internatltheory.bsky.social
! Check out the issue, including my open-access article on statelessness, here!
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10 months ago
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Join the
@wpsa.bsky.social
Political Theory Virtual Community 8/22, 2 pm ET to discuss 3 new books, no pre-reading required! Feat.
@annajurkevics.bsky.social
(Contested Territory),
@kdpham.bsky.social
(Architects of Dignity), & Graham Wright (Persuasion, Integration, & Deliberative Democracy).
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SAVE THE DATE - Friday, August 22 – New Books Celebration & Discussion
https://mailchi.mp/6b708b05f7f4/newbooks?e=81130e750c
10 months ago
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Western Political Science Association
11 months ago
Tomorrow! 🔽
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This Friday! Come join us!
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@wpsa.bsky.social
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11 months ago
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After a brief hiatus, the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community returns 7/11, 4 pm ET w/ Andrew March's "Can a State Have a Right to Exist?" & Anna Stilz as commenter! Join us to discuss this important & timely question.
@wpsa.bsky.social
#poltheory
#polisky
Details:
mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9...
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Friday, July 11 - Andrew March on “Can a State Have a Right to Exist?”
https://mailchi.mp/0cc5739fb0a9/andrewmarch?e=81130e750c
11 months ago
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The EJPT forum on my book, Promoting Justice Across Borders, is out in issue 24/3. Many thanks to Michael Blake for organizing, to Michael, Matthew Lister, & Minh Ly for thoughtful contributions, & to
@liorerez.bsky.social
for shepherding it at EJPT!
#poltheory
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Moral judgment, self-determination, and toleration: Reflecting on reform intervention at the outer limits - Lucia M Rafanelli, 2025
Here, I reply to three commentaries on my recent book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention. The main topics include the scope of...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14748851241282856
11 months ago
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My new
#OpenAccess
article on statelessness and stateless people's resistance movements is now out in International Theory! Check it out below!
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
#FirstView
@internatltheory.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 3/28 4 pm ET to discuss Shirley LePenne's "Guillotining the Political" w/ Banu Bargu as commenter!
#polisky
#poltheory
Details here:
mailchi.mp/e42079c050f2...
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Friday, March 28 - Shirley Le Penne on "Guillotining the Political"
https://mailchi.mp/e42079c050f2/zarate-10141752?e=81130e750c
about 1 year ago
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Fellow academics! I'm putting together my tenure file (😬😵💫🤯), so if you've assigned my work in your classes, could you let me know about it via DM/email? Reposts appreciated! Thank you! 🙏
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#academicchatter
#academicsky
about 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community THIS FRIDAY 2/28, 4 pm ET to discuss Donald Zarate's "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter.
#polisky
#poltheory
Details here!
mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
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Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"
https://mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c/zarate?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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Next WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community coming up! Fri. 2/28, 4 pm ET, Donald Zarate will present "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism" w/ Patricia McManus as commenter. Details below!
#polisky
#poltheory
mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c...
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Friday, February 28 - Donald Zarate on "Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism"
https://mailchi.mp/a30e2acd013c/zarate?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 1/24, 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss
@amitr.bsky.social
and Michael Illuzzi's "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood" w/ our very own
@tunablazer.bsky.social
as commenter! Details here:
mailchi.mp/160b383e0469...
#polisky
#poltheory
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REMINDER: Fri. Jan. 24 - Michael Illuzzi and Amit Ron on "Stories of Transnational Peoplehood"
https://mailchi.mp/160b383e0469/illuzziron-10140945?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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My open-access piece “Not Just War by Other Means: Cross border engagement as political struggle” now has a fancy new issue number in Constellations. Check it out here!
#poltheory
#polisky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8675.12719
over 1 year ago
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📣 Next session of the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, happening in a few hours! ⬇️
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
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over 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 12/13, 4 pm ET to discuss Becca Peach's paper on democracy & religious freedom w/ Chelsea Ebin as commenter! Details here:
mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff...
#PoliSky
#PolTheory
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Friday, December 13 - Becca Peach on "Mediating Democracy: How Religious Freedom became a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"
https://mailchi.mp/4659ab80a2ff/beccapeach-10140199?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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Join us! 🤓
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over 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 11/15, 4 pm ET to discuss Katherine Hoyt's fascinating paper on natural law treatments of slavery in 16 & 17 c. political thought. We're happy to welcome
@gabrielsalgado.bsky.social
as commenter!
#poltheory
#polisky
mailchi.mp/f16c712680a6...
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Reminder: Friday, Nov. 15 - Katherine Hoyt on "Can the Enslavement of Africans in the New World be Justified under Natural Law?"
https://mailchi.mp/f16c712680a6/katherinehoyt?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
Lucia Rafanelli
I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces!
#poltheory
#polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (
@bigdatasoc.bsky.social
):
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8675.12719
over 1 year ago
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I see many new people here so I thought I’d share a couple of my *open access* pieces!
#poltheory
#polisky
On why it’s dangerous to frame wartime reporting as “media warfare” (Constellations):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On ethics & AI (
@bigdatasoc.bsky.social
):
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Click on the article title to read more.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8675.12719
over 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Friday 10/4, 4 pm ET to discuss Ferris Lupino's paper on Du Bois & charismatic leadership w/ Inés Valdez as commenter!
#PoliSky
#PolTheory
Details here:
mailchi.mp/62a07baf5a03...
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REMINDER: Friday, October 4 - Ferris Lupino on "Du Bois, Dark Princess, and the Charismatic Scenario"
https://mailchi.mp/62a07baf5a03/ferrislupino-9456973?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community tomorrow 9/20, 4 pm ET to discuss Eric Mackey's paper on ideology critique and democratic theory w/ Molly Scudder as commenter!
#poltheory
#PoliSky
Details here:
mailchi.mp/7722afd9e751...
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REMINDER: Friday, September 20 - Eric Mackey on "Nuanced Ideology Critique in Deliberative Democratic Theory"
https://mailchi.mp/7722afd9e751/ericmackey-9455773?e=81130e750c
over 1 year ago
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Happy to be part of this symposium on Inés Valdez's excellent Transnational Cosmopolitanism, now out in Philosophy & Global Affairs. Check out my contribution here!
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#PolTheory
www.pdcnet.org/pga/content/...
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Political Craft as Moral Innovation - Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024
https://www.pdcnet.org/pga/content/pga_2024_0004_0001_0189_0194
almost 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 7/26, 4 pm ET! We will discuss Althea Sircar's paper on transcultural adoption and settler-colonialism w/ Craig Fortier as commenter.
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
Details here:
mailchi.mp/e435fd1d0916...
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REMINDER: Friday, July 26 - Althea Sircar on "Saving All the Children of the World"
https://mailchi.mp/e435fd1d0916/altheasircar-9452089?e=81130e750c
almost 2 years ago
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Join the next session of the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, 7/26, 4 pm ET w/ Althea Sircar on transcultural adoption and settler-colonialism & Craig Fortier as discussant!
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
Details here:
mailchi.mp/691fb1ebf663...
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SAVE THE DATE: Friday, July 26 - Althea Sircar on "Saving All the Children of the World"
https://mailchi.mp/691fb1ebf663/altheasircar-9451637?e=81130e750c
almost 2 years ago
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Come join us this Friday to discuss Noga Rotem's fascinating paper!
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almost 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Fri 6/28 4-5:30 pm ET to discuss Noga Rotem's paper on Hobbes & paranoia w/
@kyebarker.bsky.social
as commenter! Details here:
mailchi.mp/607e21ff3003...
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
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SAVE THE DATE: Friday, June 28 - Noga Rotem on "'No More Wonder': Hobbes's Leviathan and the Politics of Paranoia"
https://mailchi.mp/607e21ff3003/nogarotem-9449509?e=81130e750c
almost 2 years ago
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New review of Promoting Justice Across Borders just dropped! Thanks to Christopher Finlay for the generous and careful engagement!
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Promoting Justice across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention, by Lucia Rafanelli, New York: Oxford University Press, 2021, 280 pp., $86 (hardback), ISBN 9780197568842, $39.95 (paperback), ISBN ...
Promoting Justice across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention, by Lucia Rafanelli, New York: Oxford University Press, 2021, 280 pp., 39.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780197770566.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/promoting-justice-across-borders-the-ethics-of-reform-intervention-by-lucia-rafanelli-new-york-oxford-university-press-2021-280-pp-86-hardback-isbn-9780197568842-3995-paperback-isbn-9780197770566/4DC2570F9BCD4BB89A3ECC646C784086
almost 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community this Friday 5/24, 4 pm ET to discuss Jamie Mayerfeld's "The Riddle of Hate Speech" w/ Erin Miller as commenter! Details here:
mailchi.mp/95fb927c3781...
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
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REMINDER: Friday, May 24 - Jamie Mayerfeld on "The Riddle of Hate Speech"
https://mailchi.mp/95fb927c3781/jamiemayerfeld-9447553?e=a80709bef3
about 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Fri 5/24, 4 pm ET to discuss Jamie Mayerfeld’s “The Riddle of Hate Speech” w/ Erin Miller as commenter.
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
Details:
mailchi.mp/01e7dc7497fe...
about 2 years ago
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Join us TOMORROW 4/18, 1 pm ET to discuss dirty hands problems w/ Gianni Sarra (presenter) and John M. Parrish (discussant)!
#PolTheory
#PoliSky
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about 2 years ago
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Forgot to tag
#PolTheory
and
#PoliSky
! See the details for our next WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community meeting below! ⬇️
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about 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community Thurs. 4/18, 1 pm ET. We’re talking *dirty hands* w/ Gianni Sarra. John M. Parrish will be discussant. Details here!
mailchi.mp/128cd15cde09...
about 2 years ago
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Unfortunately we’ve had to postpone this event and are working to reschedule. Look out for our future announcements!
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about 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community, 3/21, 4 pm ET! We'll read Althea Sircar's "Saving All the Children of the World: Trans-cultural Adoption and the Political Theologies of Contemporary Settler-colonialism" w/ Craig Fortier as commenter:
mailchi.mp/82a1e5e9d131...
#PolTheory
#Polisky
about 2 years ago
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Join us tomorrow to discuss this fascinating paper! 🤓
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about 2 years ago
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Join the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community 2/29, 4 pm ET for a joint event w/ UW's Political Theory Colloquium, feat. Kevin Duong's "Psychiatry for Internal Colonialism: Harlem's Lafargue Clinic, 1946-58"! Jeffrey Grove will discuss. Details:
mailchi.mp/4c13807cf3f4...
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over 2 years ago
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Alisa Bokulich
over 2 years ago
Via Prof. Julie Jebeile: The Institute of Philosophy in Bern invites applications for a 4-year fully funded PhD position in feminist philosophy of climate science, starting 1 September 2024
www.philosophie.unibe.ch/research/pro...
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over 2 years ago
Deadline for the special issue on relational equality & migration has been extended to April 15th. Please share and considering submitting!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Jamie Mayerfeld
over 2 years ago
I'm greatly looking forward to the next WPSA Political Theory VC meeting with Kevin Duong (University of Virginia) to discuss his paper "Psychiatry for Internal Colonialism: Harlem’s Lafargue Clinic, 1946-1958." Co-hosted with the University of Washington Colloquium in Political Theory. Jeffrey
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