PSA Political Thought Specialist Group

We are extending our CfP for the Spring Symposium by one week to 17th March. This is a great opportunity to discuss your work with a senior discussant and there is no need to write a full paper. Submit here: forms.gle/EYoenyfo9KAY...

POST-DOC!

3-year job in history of political thought / visual culture / art history
Department of Politics & International Studies
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54724/

Political Thought - Political Studies Association The Political Thought Specialist Group of the PSA aims to promote the study of political theory, political philosophy and the history of political thought in the wider political studies community by w...

✋ We're also holding our Annual General Meeting 11:30am-12:30pm Tuesday 31 March - venue tbc

All members welcome - come along, get involved, and have your say on the future of the group!

If you're not yet a member, you can join here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist_g...

Political Thought panel 8
✊ Resistance and politics from below
🗣️ Panellists: Jess Mezo, @abhishek-choudhary.bsky.social, @alinau27.bsky.social, Vidhu Verma
⏰ 3:30pm Wednesday 1 April

Political Thought panel 7
🗳️ Democratic theory and theories of democracy
🗣️ Panellists: María José Gómez Ruiz, @antejcolic.bsky.social, Charlie Bradley, @bentan.bsky.social
⏰ 1:30pm Wednesday 1 April

Political Thought panel 6
🕊️ Towards the Just Society
🗣️ Panellists: Gah-Kai Leung, Hannah Siddle, Ming Kit Wong, Truman Venters
⏰ 9:30am Wednesday 1 April

Political Thought panel 5
🌍 Colonialism and postcolonialism
🗣️ Panellists: Tobias Mueller, @wendymartineau.bsky.social, Zeynep Kevser Şerefoğlu Danış, Ayşe Betül Ekici
⏰ 3:30pm Tuesday 31 March

Political Thought panel 4
📜 Histories of political thought
🗣️ Panellists: Mian Xu, Giuseppe Ballacci, @bingshuz.bsky.social
⏰ 1:30pm Tuesday 31 March

Political Thought panel 3
🏛️ Political theory and political institutions
🗣️ Panellists: Michael Da Silva, Callum Watts, @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social, Maria Giorgia Caraceni, Rochana Bajpai
⏰ 3:30pm Monday 30 March

Political Thought panel 2
👥 The self and alienation
🗣️ Panellists: Matías Volonterio, Gajendra Nath Trivedi, H. Melisa Acar
⏰ 1:30pm Monday 30 March

Political Thought panel 1
🤝 Communitarianism and theories of the good
🗣️ Panellists: Karen Wright, @simon-griffiths.bsky.social, Cloé Artaut
⏰ 09:30 Monday 30 March

PSA26 Annual Conference - Political Studies Association Join us in Oxford to discuss ‘Political Studies Futures’ “The best gathering for politics scholars in the UK and beyond” – PSA25 delegate Open to both members and non-members, the PSA annual conferenc...

We're very much looking forward to the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford at the end of this month!

We have EIGHT panels on political thought (programme here: www.psa.ac.uk/wp-content/u...)

🏫 All of our panels are in the Okinaga Room in Wadham College

www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...

This year's Warrender Lecture will be given by Professor Duncan Ivison ( @duncanivison.bsky.social ), President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester (and political philosopher!).

Deatails of the lecture can be found at the below link.

sheffield.ac.uk/spir/school/...

2025-26 Dissertation Prizes - Nominations Open! - Political Studies Association Dissertation Prizes Nominations for our 2025-26 Dissertation Prizes are now OPEN for the: PSA Dissertation Prize for government and public administration Sir Ernest Barker Prize for political theory…

*PSA Prizes* Nominations open for Dissertation Prizes 2025-26
We invite nominations for dissertations covering: government & public administration; political theory; comparative politics; elections & electoral systems; international relations
📆 Deadline: 6 April 2026
➡️ Full details

CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN
International Politics/(Un)Ethical Worlds: Morality, Power, Resistance and the Aesthetics of Politics in Dark Times.

20th-21st July 2026 │In-Person @standrewsir.bsky.social
Keynotes:
- Dr. Seán Molloy @seanmolloyir.bsky.social
- Dr. James Souter
Call closes: 20th April 2026

The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought awards the Melvin Richter Prize annually for the best doctoral dissertation in the history of political thought

📆 Deadline for submission - 15 April 2026

💵 Prize is $1000

💻 Further details: www.icspt.org/richter-prize

Apply Now! Our 12th Flexible Grants for Small Groups competition aims to provide flexible support for a period of (up to) one year for the activities of a small research group. Deadline 13th March 2026.

More Info: isrf.org/competitions...

TPTN Workshop: Designing Political Theory Curricula An important part of teaching political theory and philosophy involves the designing of curricula, programmes and modules. However, in doing so, political theorists may face any number of challenges a...

A great idea for a workshop, organised by a great group of people in York, on the challenges of designing political theory curricula: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Of interest I would guess across @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity Social and political relationships constitute the foundation of our shared communities. Yet, scholars working in the field of animal politics have not had these social ties as their primary focus. The...

Conference announcement/CFP:

Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity
University of Sheffield
8-9 September 2026

This is the latest installment in the long-running Animal Politics series. Abstracts due 12 June. Spread the word!

We are delighted to announce the CfP for our Spring Symposium on 27th April at UCL! More info here - including the link to submit your abstract by 9th March: www.globaltheoryforum.co.uk/spring-sympo...

What's behind US attacks on EU tech rules? National security and AI weapons The Trump administration has gone to war against the EU’s tech regulations, deriding them as censorship and free-speech infringements. But Michael Keary, an International relations and EU policy scholar, explains to EUobserver how the US actually sees this conflict as a national security issue.

The Trump administration has gone to war against the EU’s tech regulations, deriding them as censorship and free-speech infringements. But Michael Keary, an International relations and EU policy scholar, explains to EUobserver how the US actually sees this conflict as a national security issue.

Very happy/honoured to be giving a keynote at this excellent conference along with similarly excellent Chiara Cordelli. Do consider submitting a paper or sharing with your grad students. @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social

PSA Annual Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA) Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies…

*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
➡️ buff.ly/uILVJGQ

🗣️ JOB! Professor of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

📅 Deadline - 11 December 2025

berufungsportal.uni-jena.de?showProcedur...

Authority, Authoritarianism, and Political Theory General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels & Papers
🏛️ Authority, Authoritarianism, and Political Theory
🪑 @tlechtable.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/sOfsXUu

#PoliSky #CallforPapers #Democracy

Political Theory Prize Deadline: Friday 9 January 2026

📢 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 #ECPRPrizes

🏆 2026 Political Theory Prize

Honour the best recent book by a first-time writer in #PoliticalTheory

💰 £450 fund
💡 Must be an ECPR Member affiliate to nominate
⏳ 9 Jan buff.ly/1FHPpmr

Jury: @diapopescusarry.bsky.social @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social

Global Theory Forum Spring 2026 Abstract Submission This form is for submitting your abstract for the Global Theory Forum Working Groups taking place in the Spring term of 2026. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words. Please submit your abstract ...

We’re delighted to announce our CfA for the Spring Working Group sessions, held in person at KCL, QMUL, UCL and Birkbeck!

The series offers a conversational space to share ideas in international political theory — no paper draft required.

Submit here by Dec 8th: shorturl.at/u9xiL

JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Job Vacancy at the University of Greenwich: Lecturer in International Relations The School of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in International Relations. Based at the st...

🗣️ JOB! Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Greenwich

📅 Deadline - 4 November 2025

jobs.gre.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Poster publicising workshop on Rethinking Political Agency to be held in Bristol on 8th November

🗣️ We're funding this workshop on Rethinking Political Agency

🕒 14:00-17:30

📅 Saturday 8 November

📍 People's Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol

👉 Registration and details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rethinking...