🎙️Looking forward to presenting on #memories of #war in the British #militarisation offensive in #BISA2026 panel alongside Larry Attree, Victoria Basham & Paul Kirby at 9am: conference.bisa.ac.uk

🎙️Looking forward to "Dissenting #Theology: Faith Against Authoritarianism" workshop in Birkbeck today where I'll be talking about Christian #anarchist #dissent in theory and practice across time & space: evhttps//www.eventbr...

📜Ravi d'avoir participé à ce travail collectif avec Repenser la Sécurité France face au retour en force de la guerre et du militarisme en Europe: "Repenser la #Sécurité : Réinventer la #Paix !" www.repenserlasecurite.org/blank-3

🗞️New piece from me in @wagingnv: The “#Hitler question” should never justify #war 👉 wagingnonviolence.org/2026/05/hitl...

We're very pleased to share the new website of our Centre for Security Studies! The Centre is directed by @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social, and connects with researchers from across the University to analyse security challenges through an interdisciplinary lens. www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/pol...

🎙It was great to present paper on #Tolstoy's #anarcho-#pacifism at Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie conference on "Law in Culture and Pop Culture" earlier this morning

Today's = 10th 🎂of my article on #LeoTolstoy's #anticlericalism, looking at both what he said then and how some of it still applies today. Freely available here: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/...

Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Would you like to work in IRPH? We're hiring a University Teacher in Philosophy to start in September 2026. Applications are due by 8 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN776/u...

👨‍🎓Looking forward to 2-day symposium starting now in Copenhagen on "Thinking #Nonviolence with #Art and Art’s Histories: #Aesthetic Theories and Practices for a Peaceful Planet", to lead to a special issue of @jpacnv.bsky.social

📰Brian Martin reflects on how powerful opponents have incorporated insights about political #jiujitsu in the dynamics of #nonviolent action (following #Sharp), & considers activist counter-tactics to overcome them: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

Today = 9th 🎂 of 1st V of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-ed with @msadams.bsky.social, incl chapts by @benjaminjpauli.bsky.social, @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social, @egalvanalvarez.bsky.social, @justinmeggitt.bsky.social, @franziskah.bsky.social, Simon Podmore & Hugo Strandberg: doi.org/10.16993/bak

📢Delighted to announce new article (with Daniel Santos) in @joppower.bsky.social discussing 4 ways in which '#violence' & '#nonviolence' are #contested terms in resistance: doi.org/10.1080/2158...

Saturday was 8th 🎂 of publication of #Anarchisme et #religion (co-authored with Lara Apps) with Atelier de création libertaire: atelierdecreationlibertaire.com/Anarchisme-e..., French translation of drive.google.com/file/d/0B4_f...

Yesterday = 3rd 🎂 of opening editorial for JPN where I reflect on why " #pacifism *and* #nonviolence" (as well as their definitions, differences, & shared territories) & then delineate the research agenda/questions JPN intends to nurture: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

To learn more about PhDs in IRPH, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... We have multiple studentships available right now. For more details, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

4 years today since Putin launched his full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. Are we still sure there was no better way to respond to it? #pacifist #critique #war 🇺🇦☮️⚖️

📢JPN 4:1 now out. Includes articles on #Ukraine, #Hobbes, #ontology, #Islam, & #care, plus 3 book reviews: brill.com/view/journal...

💷👇Funding opportunity for doctoral research in my department. Get in touch if you're interested in submitting a proposal around #anarchism, #pacifism and/or #nonviolence.

📰Vassilios Paipais responds to Croline Kennedy-Pipe's article pitching #Rengger as edging towards pacifism, arguing Rengger the #Oakeshottian sceptic would refuse the label: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

📰Boris Tsokov explores how #pacifism & #prefiguration come together in prefigurative pacifism and illustrates it through case study of Iliya Enchev's early twentieth-century #Tolstoyan & #vegetarian –pacifist movement in #Bulgaria: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

📢 Delighted to announce publication of #pacifist rejoinders to the #Hitler question, with @ejisbisa.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/eis..... Paper tackles head on some of arguments pacifist detractors expect victory over, complicating their critique, & expanding unpacking pacifist critique.

Today's the 7th🎂of my article exploring the subversive potential of #Tolstoyan #defamiliarisation. Freely available here: repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/jou...

📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Pacifism and Nonviolence: Questioning IR's Theories, Practices and Epistemologies New section at EISA Pan-European Conference 📍 Lisbon 📅 1-4 September 2026 As violent crises intensify globally, how can pacifist and nonviolent approaches reshape International Relations?

Today's = 1st 🎂 of article in International Affairs articulating #pacifist critique of reactions to Russian invasion of #Ukraine ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/ia/i... #nonviolence #pacifism #war #Russia #militarism

🎄⛪ Yesterday Christians celebrated the birth of an early #anarcho-#pacifist. My book on why I say this: sites.google.com/site/christo... #christmas

🏅 Today I received this award. Lots has happened in 15 years. Overall I'm rather proud to be working @irph.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social, delighted to have so many great colleagues, & looking fwd to the hopefully many years to come. Thanks to all who shared part of the journey so far.

🎙️A Paris pour participer à un sémaire (demain) sur "La mobilisation non militaire: un pilier invisibilisé de la #résiliencesociétale" organisé par Organization for Nonviolent Movements, @novact.bsky.social, @ipp-france.bsky.social & International Center for Nonviolent Conflict

This week, students from the Part B module Politics of Development (convened by @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social) displayed their work at the module's poster session. Keep your eyes open for some of these posters appearing around the department in the near future!

🇫🇷 Il n'y a pas que la défense militaire pour se protéger. Il est temps d'investir dans la défense civile non-armée: www.pressenza.com/fr/2025/08/l... #ServiceMilitaire #nonviolence #france

🎙️Looking forward to participating at tomorrow's webinar on the Radical #Left & the War in #Ukraine organised by @dewalius1961.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social

What have you been up to since graduation? If you graduated from IRPH at Loughborough between May and July 2024, we need you! You’ll have received an email about the Graduate Outcomes Survey. Check your inbox and take part by 30th November: make your voice count!

Aujourd'hui = 3eme🎂de la parution de mon livre sur l'#anarchismechrétien qui offre une exégèse #anarchiste du #nouveautestament: atelierdecreationlibertaire.com/L-anarchisme...

🎙️A Paris pour une journée d'échanges sur " #Paix, guerres et souveraineté" au Sénat, demain, organisée par @guybenarroche.bsky.social de @lesecologistes-pdl.bsky.social @ecologistesenat.bsky.social, où j'évoquerais des sujets abordés dans pressenza.com/fr/2025/09/u....

📢Interested in applying for #Leverhulme Early Career #Fellowships 2025 (3yrs full time) with @irph.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social? Note our internal demand-management deadline of 4pm on 1 Dec (!), & pls contact potential supervisors asap: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

🎂Today is #DorothyDay's birthday. Here's a free article exploring the extent to which she was influenced by #LeoTolstoy: repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/jou... #anarchism #pacifism #anticlericalism

❗ Reminder: deadline for this is a week from now 📅

In 2 weeks exactly the UK will fall silent to commemorate #war in a way that is increasingly #militaristic & hegemonic. Here's my #pacifist critique: doi.org/10.1080/2333...

📰Azniv Tadevosyan examines rise of #grotesque aesthetics in nonconformist #Russian popular #music of the late 2010s as a channel for aesthetic #dissensus drawing on #Rancière’s theorisation of politics: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

📰Adam North reflects on the place of #threats as a nonviolent means of redistributing power (via Sorel, syndicalism & Fanon): brill.com/view/journal...

👩‍🎓Fee waiver for doctoral study with us in International Relations, Politics and History (or other departments in School of Social Sciences and Humanities) 👇👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...

📰Caroline Kennedy-Pipe argues that, over time & in light of the evolution major international conflicts, Nicholas #Rengger developed an increasingly pacifist sensibility: doi.org/10.1163/2772...

This Saturday was 3rd 🎂 of my article in International Studies Quarterly presenting an #anarcho-#pacifist reading of #IR (freely available via #openaccess): doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

📢Call for Papers for free #Pacifism & #Nonviolence workshop (to be held in April 2026). Deadline 5 Nov. Full info in PDF in CfP tab here: brill.com/view/journal.... Please circulate widely.

Not your typical research seminar... Earlier this week, Orit Shimoni (@oritshimoni.bsky.social) and Dan Bern discussed the potential for music and art to foster cross-cultural solidarity with the Pacifism and Nonviolence Research Group, complete with live performances.

📅Today, international day of #nonviolence, why not check out our pages: brill.com/view/journal...? You'll find work on economics, Islam, historiography, unarmed civilian protection, Gandhi, King, BLM, sabotage, AWS, gender, structural & police violence, etc. Follow us for more!

Today = 7th🎂of 2nd vol of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-edited with @msadams.bsky.social incl chaps on #YiddishRadicalism, #ByzantineTheology, #Spanishanarchistfilms, #FirstPeter, #Nietzsche & #Benjamin, #ChristianNonviolence, #Blake & #Occult www.stockholmuniversitypress.se/books/e/10.1...

📢JPN 3:2 now out. SI on #Economics of Politics & Nonviolence guest edited by Christopher Coyne. Includes articles on practical #pacifism, #nonviolent action, polycentric #peace, female property rights, & 1849 Paris Peace Congress. brill.com/view/journal...

📰 @jasonleebyas.bsky.social brings economic insights to @chenoweth.bsky.social & @mariajstephan.bsky.social to argue violent resistance common despite nonV more effective due to costliness of participation in violence, which makes its preparation a signal 4 mvmt’s seriousness doi.org/10.1163/2772...

🗣️ Looking fwd to presenting on #pacifist rejoinders to #Hitler question #CRS2025 conference