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Keep updated with news from our three departments: 🗣️Department of Sociology, Politics, and International Relations 📚Department of History 🌍Department of Geography and Environmental Science https://www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-environment/
"The book is an invitation to readers to reckon with our complicity and our collective responsibility, especially in these violent times, globally, because as Maya Angelou reminds us, none of us can be free until all of us are free."
Read full interview with Niharika👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
According to Microsoft, AI is going to replace historians. SSE historian Leslie James writes how this just will not be the case in a world where knowledge exists in song, dance, and parchment, not just as digital data.
Read article 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Prof Patrick Porter speaking at QMUL on Thursday 5 March 2026, taken by Gary Schwartz.
Close-up of Prof Patrick Porter speaking at QMUL on Thursday 5 March, taken by Gary Schwartz.
Sophia Gaston speaking at QMUL on Thursday 5 March, taken by Gary Schwartz.
Prof Patrick Porter, Sophia Gaston and Dr Robert Saunders at QMUL, taken by Gary Schwartz.
A magnificent lecture by @patporter76.bsky.social on Thursday, marking 80th anniversary of Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech.
We then had a fascinating response by @sophgaston.bsky.social on the challenges of the UK-US relationship today.
Thank you to everyone who joined us @qmulsse.bsky.social!
Remarkably blurry picture of two speakers and an enchanted audience
Yay Leslie!!! Excited to be launching The Moving Word by Leslie James @harvardpress.bsky.social with colleagues from @qmulsse.bsky.social & beyond:
Get your copy here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #Skystorians
Tonight, we’re delighted to welcome @patporter76.bsky.social to @qmulsse.bsky.social to mark 80 years since Winston Churchill’s momentous “Iron Curtain” speech.
Patrick has written for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social to explore its impact & lessons for today.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/0...
‘We are nature’
A few photos from last night's parliamentary reception, where current students, alumni, MPs, Peers and academics met up to celebrate the success of the parliamentary studies placements this year.
My excellent @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague Leslie James finds a glimmer of hope in the ashes of the AI revolution...
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For #WorldBookDay: History @qmulsse.bsky.social is bringing a lot of excellent books to the world :)
Come and celebrate them -- dates & details in the thread. #SkyStorians
Queen Mary Gardening Club hosted an event at #CAW2026 to give staff and students the chance to discover ways of tackling sustainability by building relationships with plants and soil at the QMUL campus:
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
By our brilliant @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @elkeschwarz.bsky.social
Next Thursday, we will welcome @patporter76.bsky.social and @sophgaston.bsky.social to @qmulsse.bsky.social to mark 80 years since Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech.
All of our events are free-to-attend and tickets are still available so do join us if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
Queen Mary has been named one of the UK’s Best Employers 2026 by the @financialtimes.com.
8th among @russellgroup.bsky.social universities.
12th in education.
109th across all sectors.
Learn more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
#ClimateActionWeek2026 continues at SSE today with the gardening club. Open to beginners & the plant-curious, the Gardening Club is a student- and staff-led initiative that reclaims unused space to grow flowers and herbs, and host plant-related workshops. More info 👇️
www.qmul.ac.uk/about/sustai...
The official book launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime is only one week away!
Join us at @qmulsse.bsky.social on 3 March 2026, from 17.15 onwards.
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
SSE is kicking off #ClimateActionWeek2026 with a screening of David Attenborough's ‘Oceans’ to dive into the extraordinary worlds beneath the waves. Followed by a panel chaired by Head of School Martin Coward, Joanne Yao, Ray Ward & Simon Layton. More info👇️
www.qmul.ac.uk/about/sustai...
New! MA in Political Theory @qmulsse.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @drjoehoover.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social More info here: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
New book from one of our SSE Colleagues, @lassethomassen.bsky.social
'Derrida, Deconstruction and Political Theory' takes a unique approach presenting deconstruction as a methodology for political theory. Find out more / join the launch event:
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Very excited to share that we’ll be running a new political theory MA at @qmulsse.bsky.social from next year. If you know (or are) a talented student looking for a London postgraduate course in political theory that is practical, critical, and diverse, do have a look. www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful than others? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and Alejandro Bonvecchi (UTDT-Conicet) tackle this question Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Polisky
📢 Job alert - Lecturer in Public Policy (Teaching & Scholarship)
A new position has opened at SPIR, one of the UK’s leading centres for the research and teaching of Politics and International Relations, with a uniquely diverse cohort of students.
Find out more 👇
qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
In lieu of more book spoilers in post form… here below an interview from the fantastic Keren Weitzberg for the @qmulsse.bsky.social
We talked about my book, its relevance for world politics today, key takeaways, and what’s next for me.
It’s a super short read, but it does have it all!
"Trump is a paradigmatic example. Think about how he renamed ‘Veterans Day’ to ‘Victory Day’; how he has claimed over and over again that he has ended numerous wars[...]"
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
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And another QM @qmulsse.bsky.social book launch - Leslie James' The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought: Thurs 5 March 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
A useful reminder on today of all days from our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @colmpm.bsky.social
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The launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime will be on 3 March 2026, 5.15pm @qmulsse.bsky.social
Chuffed to be joined by Aggie Hirst, Paul Higate, Kim Hutchings, @therealisthom.bsky.social, and @debbielisle.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Beyond the West? Modern Japanese Political Thought as a Resource for Comparative Political Theory 18 March 2026 @qmulsse.bsky.social @theorylab.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here:
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Current & historic landfills across the UK & Europe are sited near rivers, on coasts, in flood risk zones, explains @profkatespencer.bsky.social - climate change means extreme rainfall events & flooding are happening more often, increasing risk of pollutants entering waterways.
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I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin
28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...
@qmulsse.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social
