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👀 what better way to start the week than a brilliant new article from our very own @DrPaulGiladi : 'Does contemporary recognition theory rest on a mistake?' in Journal of Philosophy and Social Criticism. Congrats Paul!
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Check this out! Our very own and the truly awesome @N_S_Fouad is featured here!
"What I find most exciting about my current post is that I am able to teach topics at the intersection of technology/cybersecurity and international relations, without having to prioritise one over the other."
➡️ New 3Q's from @N_S_Fouad of @ManMetUni
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Our research group co-lead, Steven Hurst, is featured in this @BBCSounds discussion session!
Any early birds catch our US politics expert Dr Steve Hurst on @bbc5live with @seanfarrington chatting about Donald Trump and his legal hearing?
Listen here (from 14.24):👇
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Guess what?
@IR_MotherGoose has just had her article 'Absent Mothers: A Folkloric Reading of the Exclusionary Practices of Writing IR's Canonical History' published in a special issue of 'Global Studies Quarterly'
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It's open-access, too! 🙌🎉
Ding-ding-ding!
A one-day workshop on nationalism, populism, and social media is taking place on 12th May at Manchester Met!
If people want to attend the event in-person, visit: eventbrite.co.uk/e/600299350…
If people want to attend the event online, visit: eventbrite.co.uk/e/601169453…
Don't forget to register for and attend @davide_schmid's book launch on Wednesday 29th March, folks!
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Very exciting times!
With regret, we have had to cancel this week's and next week’s sessions in our Spring Research Seminar series. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. We'll, of course, issue a new invitation to our two speakers for 23/24 - all covered, folks :)
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Our first book launch event @davide_schmid's 'The Poverty of Critical Theory in International Relations' (Palgrave 2023)!
Wednesday 29th March from 13:30-15:00 (venue deets in the weblink)
Woop-woop!
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Today at 13:30 via MS Teams! What are you waiting for? Get registering! :)
With regret, we have had to cancel next week’s session in our Spring Seminar series. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. We very much hope that ‘Populist feminism & the performative securitisation of reproductive rights (in Poland)' can take place another time :)
👀 New article by our very own @SadiyaAkram link.springer.com/article/10…
New @PRG book alert! @davide_schmid 's 'The Poverty of Critical Theory in International Relations’ is now out! This is a research monograph drawn from Davide's doctoral research. Looks fantastic - congrats Davide! Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Congrats, Davide! No, not from Love Island but from @PRGmanmet 😎 link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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On Wednesday 29th March from 13:30-15:00, we’ll host a Frankfurt School-themed book launch to mark the publication of @davide_schmid’s imminently-coming-out monograph on CT and IR and @DrPaulGiladi’s 2020 and 2022 edited collections!
More details soon
Dr. Robert Jackson, one of our members, has just been informed that his paper, '‘Disfigurations’ of Democracy? Pareto, Mosca and the Challenge of ‘Elite Theory’', has been accepted for presentation at the upcoming Political Studies Association Conference!
Bravo, Rob!🥳
Check out our undergrad philosophers kicking butt in research and knowledge-exchange! Amazing stuff
If REF included undergrad initiatives like this in 'Environment' scores, we would be certainly be Numero Uno 😉
OMG ... 84 registrations for the 2nd Annual @ManMetUni Undergraduate Philosophy Conference! (26th-27th January)!
Am particularly super-proud of my students!
... And there's still some time to register, folks - let's get it to 100. Go on: you know you want to come :)
Oh, look what we've found: a paperback version of @DrPaulGiladi's 'Hegel and the Frankfurt School'! 📖
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Is that the sound of an incoming Twitter thread about the 22/23 Politics & IR Spring Semester Seminar Series Yes, it is! 🧵
The first four events are part of a special series on Russia, Eastern Europe and Ukraine with support from the @McrJMCE
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15th March 2023 (In Person)
Tomila Lankina @TomilaLankina
'The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia'
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@LSEIRDept @RCASSmmu
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22nd March 2023 (In-person)
Amna Kaleem @amna_kaleem:
'From ‘battle of ideas’ to ‘British values’: Overview of Prevent Strategy'
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