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Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.

Our new schedule for the Winter Term - now corrected. Thursdays 4pm. All welcome!

Congratulations to our graduates MSc Political Theory 2025! (Better photo to follow!)

What an incredible week of political theory talks at LSE. Yesterday, David Owens presented on "The Fragmentation of Justice" in the LEJ seminar series @lsephilosophy.bsky.social . Today Chandran Kukathas launches his new book in the Legal and Political Theory Forum. @lselaw.bsky.social.

Workshop this Thursday with @vharting.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com .

Our last research seminar this term: Pablo Gilabert (Concordia) “Why We Should Support Working Artists” Thursday, 11 December, 4:00 PM OLD.4.10 All welcome! If you are external to LSE, please register in advance so you can pass security: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

Our very own @pjthinker.bsky.social on Ideas Matter!

Our next research seminar: Speaker: Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University); Title: Three Bad Arguments Against Lottocracy; Date & Time: Thursday, 4 December, 4:00 PM; Location: OLD.4.10 All welcome. If you are external to LSE, please register in advance:  forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

Wonderful reflection with Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán on the relation between journalism and political theory, and careers connecting the two. Also a great opportunity to hear about Máriam's new book. www.penguinlibros.com/es/economia-...

The recordings of our virtual graduate open day are now available. For all MSc programmes in @lsegovernment.bsky.social and for the MSc Political Theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=My__...

Great collection -- with @halcyene.bsky.social editing.

Our very own @brunoleipold.com wins the Deutscher Prize 2025. Amazing news! And we celebrate by walking to Marx's grave with our Msc students. www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/

Next LSE Political Theory research seminar is with Agnes Tam (Calgary & Frankfurt). The paper is called “The Social Normativity of Social Norms: A Pluralist Account”. All welcome. Thursday 4pm in OLD.4.10. @lsegovernment.bsky.social Please register if LSE-external: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.

This Thursday, 4pm, in our research seminar: Jeff Spinner-Halev (UNC) on "Liberal Democratic Theory and the Rebuilding of the Administrative State". @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

TODAY 11:30am! Tickets are gone but returns may be available. Chaired by our @pjthinker.bsky.social . www.lse.ac.uk/events/on-li...

Thanks to Daniel James (TU Dresden) for a great talk on racialized oppression, followed by a great exchange. An absolutely brilliant research seminar.

TODAY!

We can't wait to see it!

Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm. PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj danieljamesphilosophy.com

Big thanks to Paul Weithman (Notre Dame) for giving our MSc students in Political Theory a great masterclass on Rawls. Paul is visiting LSE's Cohesive Capitalism Project and the @lsegovernment.bsky.social .

From political philosophy to political proposals via the social sciences. A lively debate, launching Tom Parr's new book. With Becky Clark (LSE), David Axelsen (Essex) and @brunoleipold.com .

We'll be launching Tom Parr's new book next week Thursday for our first LSE political theory seminar of the year. Register below!

On Thursday 2 October, we'll be kicking off our 2025-26 LSE poltiical theory seminar with a book launch of Tom Parr's "Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation". The event will be followed by a reception at the George IV pub. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering...

Event announcement: 👤 Paul Weithman (Glynn Family Honors Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame) 💬 Has Liberalism Failed? ↪ With a response from Paul Kelly (Professor of Political Philosophy, LSE) 📅 Monday 6 October, 4.30–6.00pm 📍 Room 3.05, SAL

Fantastic news! And great to see that work speaking to political scientists AND theorists does so well. Congrats, Mathias!

New seminar schedule for Autumn Term. All welcome!

English translation now available verfassungsblog.de/marx-constit...

In a piece for @verfassungsblog.de I critique a recent Hamburg court decision that Marx is an enemy of the German constitution. (English translation out soon)

Penultimate day as HoD and last in office before Sara Hobolt takes over - good luck to her. Journey home - David Bowie, Massive Attack and Motörhead…

🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize ⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social) 👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes

Congratulations to Assistant Professor @brunoleipold.com on the publication of his new #article, "Constituency #Juries: Holding Elected Representatives Accountable through Sortition" in Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2025. 👏👏👏 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"

The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!

New article from our colleague @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social :

My new article in Political Studies: ‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

Last week, we held our annual graduate political theory conference with keynotes from Rufaida Al Hashmi and John O'Neill. Big thanks to our brilliant PhD students @yusufimaadkhan.com @janwasserziehr.bsky.social‬ @cristinaconesa.bsky.social‬ & Emma Obermair for organising!

This week, Eric MacGilvray will give a paper called "What Is It to be a Realist about Democracy?" from his book in progress. Thursday May 15 16:00 - 18:00. All welcome! Please note NEW VENUE: OLD.4.10 (OId Building)! Registration for non-LSE participants: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj

There will be a book launch on 12 June at LSE for the new political theory introduction Leigh Jenco has written with Paulina Ochoa Espejo & Murad Idris. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-we...

Workshop | Ethics and Politics in Marx 26 May · HU Berlin · 10–18h With @vcwills.bsky.social & @brunoleipold.com presenting their new books: Marx’s Ethical Vision & Citizen Marx. Comments by Gädeke, James, Müller & Wollner. Register by 16 May: [email protected]

Enjoyed talking to Yiannis Kouris for the ENA Institue about my book, the methodological relationship between political theory and the history of political thought, and what if anything republicanism has to offer in the present moment enainstitute.org/en/publicati...

Really enjoyed talking about Marx and the Paris Commune for this week's episode of Past Present Future

Are political theorists necessarily philosophers?

@jackwilkinson.bsky.social told me about this saying today. It will stay with me for a while.

Our PhD student @janwasserziehr.bsky.social is organising an exciting conference on 10th June about AI, consiousness, and morality. Register here: www.eventbrite.de/e/lse-worksh...

Watch @pjthinker.bsky.social on post-liberalism, which he will also be teaching a new course on next year for our MSc in political theory!

Teaching year ended today for me with my last GV326 class - Arendt contra Schmitt. Great bunch of students and such a privilege to get to discuss this stuff with them @lsegovernment.bsky.social