Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025 (Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)

September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨

EDITORIAL: The BDO final report should be of serious concern to Minister Cable, incoming university president Dr. Christine Cnossen and the current members of the Brandon University Board of Governors. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #mbpoli

Friends who study all things demonic: For the CHA this coming June at UPEI, my colleagues and I are arranging sessions that explore aspects of devil belief & their consequences in any historical period, w/ any geographical focus. Please get in touch with @devilprof.bsky.social if you have questions!

Join us for the online launch of a special issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension.' Expertly edited by @giudifontana.bsky.social with some great articles by @elisabethking.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social and many others! 4 Sept, 9am EST

📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR 27(3) 'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch. 🔗: buff.ly/tLIXZEz @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit: pomeps.org/call-for-app...

This Labour Day, the CAUT Journal is proud to release its newest issue, Seeing Equity as Labour Justice. As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.” Read more: journal.caut.ca

In his recent article, just attributed to the latest issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, PhD candidate Alexandre Raffoul explores conceptual issues in the typology of ethnic power-sharing – and proposes ways to "reassemble" the framework more productively: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Research Committee 14 Politics and Ethnicity of @ipsa.org will be organising a colloquium hosted by @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social in Bolzano/Bozen in June 2026. See the RC14 website for further details. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...

L'APPUSB a déjà récolté plus de 200 signatures.  Avez-vous envoyé votre lettre ? Deux minutes suffisent:  https://f.mtr.cool/qgadwknnxc –––– ––– –––  APPUSB has collected over 200 signatures.  Have you sent your letter? It only takes two minutes:  https://f.mtr.cool/qynsahohxd

On 4 September, join @giudifontana.bsky.social and some of the authors of articles from the new special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social's Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension' for an online event launching the issue. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gove...

Dalhousie faculty association facing imminent lockout. “Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.” Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...

Professors are calling on Manitoba’s only French-language university to take their input on campus issues more seriously, and put that pledge in writing.

As of today, 19,892 square kms of Manitoba has burned this wildfire season. That’s 3.6% of Manitoba’s land mass. For context, that area is equivalent to burning the entire land mass of New Jersey.

With Syria's minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the need to preserve national unity 👇

I think a lot of people continue to operate in, theorize and conduct analysis about a world that no longer exists.

As of today, 3% of Manitoba’s land mass has burned this fire season. The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres. That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7

BREAKING: Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip says five people in Gaza have died due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/610v30

“Demonism served not just as a useful frame for the assimilation and comprehension of difference, it was the filter through which to process their observations and experience.” A brilliant book.

BBC NEWS / AFP / BBC NEWS / REUTERS JOINT STATEMENT: “We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. "They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering. "

The International Court of Justice -- the UN's top court -- on Wednesday described climate change as an "urgent and existential threat", as it handed down a landmark ruling on the legal obligations of countries to prevent it ➡️ u.afp.com/Sg55

With New Caledonia’s new political agreement, the devil’s in the detail. My feature for Islands Business magazine looks at the Bougival Accord, signed on 12 July, and the long (and likely contested) process to implement its provisions. islandsbusiness.com/news-break/d...

Delighted to join @aimeejaysmith.bsky.social to write this piece in July issue of Fortnight. ‘Is Labour Listening on Legacy?’ We argue for a more inclusive victim centred approach @inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social @neophytosloizides.bsky.social @allimcculloch.bsky.social

Now out: The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition, edited with my brilliant colleagues, @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @devilprof.bsky.social !

A suicide bomber attacked a crowded church in Damascus, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens, according to Syria’s Health Ministry and security officials aje.io/mkpsht

Some excellent perspectives on power-sharing, lessons from across different cases & need to build #InclusivePeace for settlements to have legitimacy & more robust institutions. Top work from top scholars @inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social @neophytosloizides.bsky.social @allimcculloch.bsky.social

The Trump 1.0 security crises were more bluster than real. This one is extremely dangerous. The range of things that could happen is immense. The people and mechanisms that could lead to cooler heads prevailing are far fewer. 7/7

I couldn't agree more, and have been saying this for a couple of months at least. We are under an authoritarian regime right now, the question is whether it manages to consolidate its power or is beaten back by the democratic forces that are stilling operation.

New data from UCDP shows the highest number of active conflicts ever recorded, press release found here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’

The absolute horror of these deaths … www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

UN says Gaza’s population is being subjected to one of the ‘most obstructed aid operations’ in recent history.

An excellent Symposium upcoming at Waseda University on 5 June for those interested in comparative dimensions of Inclusive Peace and wider peacebuilding in ethnically divided societies 👏👏👏 @neophytosloizides.bsky.social @allimcculloch.bsky.social

‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike

I'm pleased to share a call for papers for an edited volume that Veronica Kitchen @vmkitchen.bsky.social, Tanya Narozhna (University of Winnipeg), and I are putting together on Gender and National Security. More information can be found in the poster. Please share widely!

Reposting for the post-long weekend crowd. At 7,700 words, this is the longest article I've written – full stop. I'm grateful to the @winnipegfreepress.com for being willing to dedicate an entire section of the paper to this and not belittling our audience by deciding it's 'too long' to read.

Blocked emails, frozen bank accounts, travel risks, war crimes investigations halted: How Trump's sanctions have stymied the work of the ICC.

The comparativists are making good sense of US politics: a great new piece by my old friend and collaborator @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has condemned the Israeli attack on Beirut and called on the US and France to “assume their responsibility” as the sponsors of the ceasefire agreement and tell Israel to end its violations of the deal. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oan9l8

‘It makes me want to scream’: Nobel peace prize winner horrified by planned exits from landmine treaty

Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.

🧵🇸🇩 Today April 15 marks two years since the war in Sudan began, claiming the lives of 150,000 and displacing 12 million from their homes. On this painful anniversary, we stand with Sudanese civilians and we encourage our readers to learn more. Here are five things you can start with.