What have we got in the bank? 1) Roundtables on the practice turn, ontological security, and historical international relation. 2) An unreleased recording of a "live taping" a few years back at the LSE. 3) An episode on @profptj.bsky.social's favorite "hate read," the Clash of Civilizations.

Was it just #US withdrawal & #Taliban capture that ended the #Republic in #Afghanistan in 2021? Basir Arian @ids.ac.uk @cheveningfcdo.bsky.social summarises the wider malaise & crisis of legitimacy. blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20... @lseir.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social

The Inter-National

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Negotiating racial subjection: analysing Black and Indigenous resistance from within colonial orders - cup.org/3F8FkmN - @obrown.bsky.social & @arturochang.bsky.social

Two permanent posts at the Assistant Professor grade going in the IR Department at LSE. One with specialism in International Security; one with specialism in International Political Economy (and climate change, or environment, and/or global business). Deadline 7 September. Details below!

Devastating account of -the irredeemability of Western govs' responses to 🇮🇱's starvation of #Gaza -our collective moral failure -applicable legal obligations right NOW by the foremost experts on starvation Alex deWaal & @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social justsecurity.org/117962/mass-...

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

🚨My new article, part of a @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on heritage I co-edited with the wonderful @elifkalay.bsky.social. I explore how the frenzy for acquiring antiquities in early 19th century (most famously, the Parthenon Marbles) was really international competition for cultural status.

What are Trump's ICE raids really about? To mark World Refugee Day, stephrschwartz.bsky.social reflects on Trump’s immigration crackdown and the extreme measures sparking nationwide protest. Is this restoring order or eroding democracy? #USImmigration #WorldRefugeeDay #LSE youtu.be/xQyUSGN4YY4?...

This online workshop on academic publishing (July 9 at 15:00 GMT) from the Toynbee Prize Foundation and the Journal of Global History, hosted by @emleake.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity for early career #skystorians: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

👉 Take a look at this CfP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History, for those working on "any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined" 👇 Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social,‬ @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR

I am very excited to be giving the opening remarks at the annual History of Political Thought Conference this Thursday at LSE. Thanks to the organisers for the invitation! Check out the programme and come listen to these fantastic papers.

indiasworld.in/70-years-of-... An interview with India's World Magazine on the significance of Sapru House, the home of the Indian Council of World Affairs, as it celebrates its 70th anniverary.

Come along tonight to what will be a great Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture. Speaker: George Lawson Discussant: Jasmine Gani Chair: Toby Dodge www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/... @lseir.bsky.social

My new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is now out on @globalhistjnl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Our annual IR-History conference is a happening a bit later this year, but it is happening. The theme is 'Times of Disorder'. If you work in the IR-History space, do join us to meet likeminded researchers. ECRs especially welcome! Please register for free at tinyurl.com/June13Cam

Happening on Thursday this week at City University (London). Free, in person, and online. I’ll be speaking on the Indian independence struggle as a form of world ordering, culminating in the 1947 Asian Relations Conference. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Happening on Tuesday next week. Online and in person. Don’t miss out!

Dr @drkmillar.bsky.social, Dr @mjbayly.bsky.social, and Dr Yuna Han have published a new research article titled, "The Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic." 📄Read the full article: academic.oup.com/isq/article/... #AcademicSky #PoliSky

I am delighted to share the programme of 'Global Order and Governance beyond the West' (May 29) at @cityhistory.bsky.social. Featuring talks by Arnulf Becker Lorca (EUI), Emma Mackinnon (Cambridge), @mjbayly.bsky.social (LSE). In person/online registration: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join us for the Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture 2024/25, where Prof @georgelawson.bsky.social, Dr @jasminekgani.bsky.social, and Prof Toby Dodge will explore the relationship between revolutions and world order in contemporary geopolitics. 🎫 Find out more & register to attend online: bit.ly/4kh5uTy

My department is hosting an exciting event at the end of the month, on global order beyond the west. Including talks by Arnulf Becker Lorca, Emma MacKinnon, and @mjbayly.bsky.social.

👋 If you're looking for updates of the ISA's Historical Section (HIST), you're in the right place! Please like, share, and follow to help us spread the word 😀 #HistIR

@politicsoxford.bsky.social just published a short interview with me on our article 'Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 pandemic' doi.org/10.1093/isq/... - tldr; version of our argument + some background to our project www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-yuna...

'India and Visions of World Order'. A free in-person conference taking place in Cambridge on 22-23 May, with a stellar line up. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/conferenc...

A new article in ISQ on the politics of inevitability with brilliant colleagues @dryunahan.bsky.social and @drkmillar.bsky.social.

The forthcoming Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology, edited by Stacie Goddard, @georgelawson.bsky.social, and @olejacobsending.bsky.social, looks great. Including some exciting #HistIR contributions 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Among @pkcmac.bsky.social’s long list of terrific pubs is his 2009 Security Studies article, “Is Imperial Rule Obsolete?: Assessing the Barriers to Overseas Adventurism.” The gist is that those barriers are “overstated” and formal imperialism could easily return. /1

We are looking for a PhD student who wants to rethink Historical International Relations/the History of the Social Sciences from Latin America! Fully funded position with an interdisciplinary supervisory team (Ian Merkel, Konstantin Mierau and myself): www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3505...

An (updated) Bluesky intro: I work in the intersection of history, sociology, and IR, thinking about empire, law, revolution, and int'l theory. My first book is on the Caribbean in the age of revolutions, new research is on protests and policing in Hong Kong and history of int'l order in the Pacific

Great piece by Kerry Goettlich in @aeon.co 👇

In other news, LSE has seen fit to promote me to Associate Professor, the closest we get to tenure in our system, so get ready to hear my unvarnished views on world politics from now on. On a more serious note, thanks to friends, colleagues, students, and most of all family who helped get me here.

As the #Indo-Pacific becomes increasingly important in #global #geopolitics, the #IndianOcean is once again centre stage. Join us for this discussion & hear why. 📆 Thurs, 13 Mar ONLINE 🕒 3pm🇬🇧 🆓 Reg & Speaker details: www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-c... @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

History lovers rejoice! We got two great @isanet.bsky.social HIST panels tom focused on the theme of revisionist historical IR, what is it, and how does it work? Lots of great panelist so come check it out at WA19 and WC19! Folks include Matthewspecter.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social And more!

Lectureship in International Politics - a new permanent post in my department. Field and expertise open. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ790/l...

🧵 In our 2020 book, Exit from Hegemony: the Unravelling of American Global Order , Alex Cooley and I identified three processes that were hollowing out the the American "international system." global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our book reviewed in H-Diplo by Katharina Rietzler hdiplo.org/to/E616

We are looking to appoint 2 Lecturers in Political Theory. The positions are open to all subfields of political theory (please note: you need only apply for one of the advertised posts to be considered for both): www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...

Really appreciate how much more has been uploaded onto the Abhilekh Patal portal for the National Archives of India. It makes a lot of Indian primary sources far more accessible (link w/example below)

The 2025 Ashoka Diplomatic Studies Workshop for early-career researchers will be held at Ashoka University on 10-11 Oct. We welcome research on India's diplomatic studies using IR & historical approaches. Please submit a 250-word abstract and one-page CV by 10th March.

The LSE Library is hosting a launch event for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" on Wednesday, March 12 · 6pm - 7:30pm. Tickets still avail: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

@emleake.bsky.social will be delivering a lecture 6th March titled Decolonization's Discontents, hosted jointly by @rshc.bsky.social , @qmul.ac.uk 's History and IHSS . It will be great, event (and wine reception) free, but do register here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Cambridge is looking for an Assistant Prof in the History of International Political Thought 👇 #HistIR www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU018/a...

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

The closing date for applications to the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations at LSE is at the end of this week. Past holders include Iver Neumann, Fred Halliday, Barry Buzan, and Susan Strange. See below for more…

Delighted that my first book was awarded the 2025 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations! Many thanks to the prize committee and to my friends and colleagues in the Historical IR section at ISA!

We'll be holding our 2nd 'histories of internationalism' reading group at 4.30pm on 27th February on the @cityhistory.bsky.social campus. DM or email me (margot.tudor[@]city.ac.uk] for full details. All welcome!

@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are open! If you’re a #esrlycareerresearcher in #humanities #socialsciences based anywhere in 🌍 apply to do your research in 🇬🇧 for 2 years. Deadline for applications is 17.00 on 18 March www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Some afternoons are more productive than others! Just spent one recording a podcast with Whisky and IR, courtesy of @dhnexon.bsky.social and @profptj.bsky.social. Discussing Historical IR in the excellent company of @jcostalopez.bsky.social and @bdecarvalho.bsky.social Follow this space for more...

APSA Middle East & North Africa Politics awards are open for nominations: deadline 1 Feb. I'm on the thesis committee- if you recently supervised or examined a top PhD in this field, do consider nominating (or ECRs, let your supervisor know!). 👇 @apsamena.bsky.social apsanet.org/membership/o...