They were actually mostly careerists.

Perspectives on Politics did a review forum on "Erased" without telling me. 🫣 @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Thanks so much to Sandra Whitworth, Brooke Ackerly, Shruti Balaji, Jenna Marshall, Laura Sjoberg, Peter Kristensen, and Ann Tickner for their thoughtful readings. A link to each one below.

Interrupers foreign policy books of 2025 💅 interruptrr.substack.com/p/the-2025-b...

“Lebensraum: is it prudent fiscal policy?” 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Again, one thing I was completely wrong about is that I believed there was a baseline level of professional pride & integrity below which supposedly serious journalists would not sink in the face of the far right authoritarianism.

Another top book of the year commendation for @whitproject.bsky.social's ERASED, this time from @chathamhouse.org: www.chathamhouse.org/publications... @princetonupress.bsky.social

Wonderful to see @whitproject.bsky.social's Erased as one of the top 10 books of the year from @iajournal.bsky.social!

'US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims told the BBC it was "shocking" that there has never been a "full-scale UK investigation" into his activities on the other side of the Atlantic. The UK was one of the "centrepieces" of Epstein's operations, one said.' 2/2

'Almost 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein arrived at and departed from UK airports, some with British women on board who say they were abused by the billionaire, a BBC investigation has found.' 1/2

Top 10 books: The International Affairs Christmas reading list 2025 📚🎄 Ahead of the holidays, Book Reviews Editor Mariana Vieira has curated a list of books that reflects our commitments to covering the whole of the International Relations discipline. Check them out 👇 medium.com/internationa...

The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde

‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Find books by and about women who have pushed boundaries, effected change, redefined roles, or who have complicated our understanding of what it means to be powerful. Explore the gift guide and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/collections/... #ReadUP #GiftGuide #Books #HappyHolidays

A special issue that I edited on "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (2025) by Patricia Owens has gone to production – I look forward to seeing the collection published @global-ih.bsky.social! It includes five review articles and a reply article by @whitproject.bsky.social

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford! We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History. This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance” Deadline: 17 Dec 2025 Please share widely!

This week on the podcast, @whitproject.bsky.social, Professor of International Relations at Oxford, tells us about the women of her new book, Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... Transcript: www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...

Edina Paleviq's MUST READ: Patrica Owen's Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. It debunks the familiar portrayal of male thinkers in IR as only a partial story reflecting a structural distortion in how the discipline remembers its past. globaleuropejournal.org/2025/10/octo...

Watch his victory speech for how it gives zero time to the nonsense binary of "idpol" vs "class politics". The stars of that speech are the *multi-ethnic* working class. It's a speech grounded in the rich complexity of material reality, not two dimensional caricatures and facile abstractions.

Applications are now open for the Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk offering scholars the opportunity to advance research in women’s history. Find full details: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh... #WomensHistory #ResearchFellowship #BodleianLibraries

Is anyone else having problems submitting papers/panels for @mybisa.bsky.social on the "Indico" platform??!? 😩 @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

"They also raise concerns about the depth of analyses and increased specialization at the expense of broader synthesis".

John Ikenberry reviews Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/eras...

1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social

Looks outstanding - see the thread for more on the forum entries.

"many academics from prestigious universities". RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

OMG, so do I!?!?

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

JOB: Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Merton College. AoS Ethics and/or Political Philosophy, with at least an AoC in Feminist Philosophy. #PhilJobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW474/a...

Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

🔊 Episode #3 out now! @whitproject.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) explores how the gender binary shaped the production and reception of international thought and what recovering overlooked voices means for present-day international relations. open.spotify.com/episode/76f2...

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'Oxford’s chief diversity officer has said that universities must not forget their legal obligations relating to equality, diversity and inclusion if there are changes to the research culture element of the 2029 Research Excellence Framework.' Yes. More people need to say this repeatedly out loud.

Re-upping the link to an online book talk tomorrow at 3pm hosted by SPIN.👇 Please email [email protected] for an invite link.

I'm told "Washington Life" is DC's premiere lifestyle magazine. They did a feature on Erased in their "Diplomatic Issue". Surprising, but okay... They edited out some stuff from the original Q&A...

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Oxford Political Thought Speaker Series 👇

Everyone’s looking forward to this! Great way to kick off the new academic year!

Southwest friends: tomorrow at 3pm, I'm speaking in Exeter on the Erased tour, followed by reception. Do come by. @exeter.ac.uk @profalexp.bsky.social

“In twenty-three years at Harvard and fifteen as a tenured professor, I have seen a lot of tenure cases.... I have never been at such a total loss to explain Harvard’s decision,” said History professor Mary D. Lewis. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

🥂 www.arsenal.com/news/arsenal...

Podcast of the week! Thanks so much... 🎙️👇

Amy Goodman and Judith Butler chatting about Hannah Arendt 🔥🎙️ www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/ju...

On the train from Amsterdam to Groningen tonight for the first of three September "Erased" tour dates. Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social

Queen

"The Starmer leadership want Reform to do well. It's the strategy that you're going to alight upon if you are a centrist political formation with nothing positive to offer, because the only way you can get people to vote for you is to make it a kind of blackmail." - @leninology.bsky.social

"The transfer of tens of billions of pounds to the owners of the privatised water, rail, bus, energy and mail services comes as families face soaring bills, polluted rivers and seas, and expensive and unreliable trains and buses". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Does anyone know anyone working on Arthur Creech Jones?

It's not just that there are lots of racist extremists on X (there are) or attempts to 'interact' with them are doomed to failure (they are), it's that your participation on the platform further enriches the racist extremist Elon Musk and amplifies his agenda. Why cannot people understand that?