✨ Our own CPE superstar John Boswell will be speaking in the "Interpretivists do Interpretive Methods Series"! He’ll share insights on meta-ethnography from his forthcoming How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State (with Oxford University Press).

🎉 What an incredible year for CPE! We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵

📢 Check out the new Spring issue of QMMR! It features a Classroom Notes piece by our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social, reflecting on how the digital world has become central to everyday life and how we can prepare researchers to engage with it as a vital window into the lives of those we study

Fabulous to be with the @polethnography.bsky.social and an honour to give the keynote Brilliant work by @marianaborges.bsky.social @cintranatalia.bsky.social & Antje Scharenberg is pushing Great to see @kkcheuk.bsky.social again! A room full of excellent early career researchers.

Fabulous to be with the @polethnography.bsky.social and an honour to give the keynote Brilliant work by @marianaborges.bsky.social @cintranatalia.bsky.social & Antje Scharenberg ❤️ Great to see @kkcheuk.bsky.social again! A room full of excellent scholars Can’t wait to continue the conversation!

It has been a pleasure to present at the @polethnography.bsky.social workshop "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?” at the University of Southampton, UK. Very interesting papers, nice discussions and welcoming vibe. Great event: )

I was glad to present my paper at this excellent workshop. Thanks to @cintranatalia.bsky.social @marianaborges.bsky.social and Antje for organising it, and to @fransplains.bsky.social for her generous insights. Congratulations to all presenters for such engaging and rigorous work!

The first CPE workshop, "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?" happened yesterday, with the presence and keynote lecture of Prof Rosana @pinheiromachado.bsky.social - we thank her and all attendees,l & discussants and look forward to our next one!

If you are in Southampton, join me for my public keynote and an engaging workshop on ethnography and political studies next Wednesday, hosted by the @polethnography.bsky.social alongside extraordinary colleagues.

The CPE is delighted to welcome prof Rosana @pinheiromachado.bsky.social to @unisouthampton.bsky.social for our workshop next week for a keynote lecture entitled: Rage, Dreams and Insubordination: How the Far Right and Social Media Mobilize the Working Class. If you are around, please pop by!

*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social. 📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton. ➡️

We’re excited to share that our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social will be delivering an in-person Political Ethnography methods course this September, in partnership with @ncrm.ac.uk The course offers hands-on activities and a deep dive into what makes a good ethnography in political research.

🎙️ Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Graham Denyer Willis from @campolis.bsky.social for a powerful talk as part of our CPE Talks in Political Ethnography series. Graham shared his recent research on the evolution of Brazil’s prison system.

⚠️ Heads up to all who submitted papers for our workshop: the outcome of your applications is in your inbox! Check it and if you haven't seen it, verify your spam folder. In any case, drop us a line. And to all who applied, we thank you for your interest in the CPE and hope to engage with you soon!

📢 Friendly reminder: today is the last day to submit your abstract for our upcoming workshop "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?". If you're a PhD student or ECR using ethnographic or related qualitative methods to study politics, don't miss this opportunity!

Reminder that our CfP is still open!

📣 Have you sent in your paper yet? If you're researching politics through an ethnographic lens, don’t miss the CPE Workshop this July at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social ! Join us for a full day of conversation, feedback, and community with like-minded scholars. 📬 Full details and submission link 👇.

🗓️🔔 CfP for CPE's upcoming workshop on "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?" July 2nd! If you want feedback on working papers&projects, and use qualitative methodologies, this workshop is for you. Some bursaries are available. Please share! More info below:

So happy to finally announce our CPE BlueSky account! Please, follow us to know our activities, courses, lectures, workshops, coming forward as we slowly move from the other network to this one. You can find more info on the CPE in our page: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...