Living in Budapest in 2002-03 helped me to accept who I really was. The bars, the friends I made, the clubs, the drag, the baths, the freedom! I can’t tell you how heart warming it is to see the city rise up and be seen. Orbán is wrong - the protesters represent true humanity! Keep flying that flag!

So, I don’t post on social media much these days, but I’m currently at Philly airport waiting for a flight back to Scotland after a ‘bijou’ but very thoughtful and engaging @ces-europe.bsky.social conference. My thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a success! Thank you!

Online Conference Day – June 16th (via Zoom)! Due to travel and funding constraints raised by our members, we’re adding a special Online Day to this year’s conference! Save the date: June 16th Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/31st-inter... Let’s connect across borders!

⏰ 1 week left! Registration for #CES2025 closes May 9! Remote presenters: this is your deadline too. 🧑‍💻 🔗 ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a #CES2025 #ConferenceCountdown #LastCall

Our early-bird conference registration deadline has been extended to April 22! ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a If your paper was accepted to the conference and you are unable to join us in person, we have options for presenting in a hybrid format. Please email us at [email protected].

Applications are now open for our Access to Higher Education Programme! Part-time and flexible, it’s a route into degrees including Nursing, Education, Law, Arts, Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering. glasgow.ac.uk/access

Early-Bird Registration Deadline is fast approaching! Make sure to register before April 10th in order to get the discounted rates. You can register here ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a!

Don't miss the upcoming event "Whose democracy? Europe in the Shadow of Trump II and Far-Right Movements and potential counter-strategies" co-organized by the CES Radicalism and Violence Research Network on April 3rd 2025 from 4-5pm CET. Register here: dezim.limequery.com/988169?lang=de

🙅‍♀️ ‘The UK’s reluctance to engage in a UK-EU youth mobility scheme is not purely a policy decision but a political framing born out of fear that appearing to engage with the EU could undermine hard-won ‘Brexit red lines’ Kirsty Warner on the EU youth mobility scheme👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/youth-mobili...

The Christmas Amaryllis has finally bloomed and it looks spectacular

Well this has finally happened. Shameful! Pride at its core is a celebration of identity and a protest against discrimination. Banning pride won’t make queer go away! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The world is rather chaotic just now! But the CES annual conference is a steady constant. It offers a safe space for genuine critical debate, engagement with new research, champions connection & strengthening transatlantic ties! Do join us & keep this beacon of academic excellence shining bright!

The Race and Racism in Europe Research Network is looking for new members! Visit councilforeuropeanstudies.org/membership/r... for more

These travel grants are of huge importance! Do use them.

The CES is proudly sponsoring the Seminar "Contested Solidarities" organized by ESA RN 25 on Social Movements; ECPR Standing Group on Participation and Mobilization; CES RN on Social Movements; Shattuck Center for Human Rights at CEU & Department of Public Policy, CEU

APSA European Politics and Society is delighted to announce calls are open for the following awards: - Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award; Best Book Award; Best Paper Award; Best Article Award. Visit connect.apsanet.org/s21/awards/ for more information.

Guess its time to jump ship