🏅 The Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (Chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal
This year's award goes to ... 🥁
Patricia Owens for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (Princeton)
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Call for Nominations:
The LGBTQA Caucus is now accepting nominations for four positions. Any caucus member can nominate themselves or a colleague, and we especially welcome nominations from junior scholars and colleagues from institutions in the Global South.
Empathy and Political Reasoning: How Empathy Promotes Reflection and Strengthens Democracy
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"We are living in a violent moment, and we should expect to see more acts of violence against both public figures and the general public in the weeks and months ahead."
On the fallout from #Minneapolis, with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social.
Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps
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In honour of Black History Month, we are sharing the introduction from A Place in the Sun: Haiti, Haitians, and the Remaking of Quebec by Sean Mills.
A richly drawn portrait of Haiti in Quebec, of Quebec through Haiti, and the ways in which migrants transform societies.
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
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African States vs States in Africa: An Epistemological Interrogation of Africa and the World
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FP’s annual list of titles that are likely to influence how practitioners, scholars, and analysts approach their work in the coming year.
“Both governments said in separate statements on Tuesday that they were acting “in accordance with the principle of reciprocity,” and would apply the same restrictions on Americans that were imposed on their countries.”
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“The bad news is that we are under threat. The good news is that we are not alone.
To preserve the humanities as something more than a Disneyfied statue garden means restoring functional democracy and dismantling kleptocracy. Education is the front line.” 💯 🔥 + kleptocrats’ receipts
Entanglements in World Politics by Peter J. Katzenstein
Insights from 20th-century science offer new, unconventional approaches to better understand and navigate 21st-century world politics.
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Columbus, Ohio leader steps forward to defend migrants and deny city resources for anti-migrant raids, earns the ire of those many scholars identify as authoritarian and white supremacist. Christians around the world celebrate the humble birth a savior to his migrant parents.
Backdrop: Christian holiday celebrating the humble birth of a savior while his migrant family is denied housing and his mother, in labor, is forced to seek shelter where animals are fed.
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#Vermont Air National Guard and their F35s are deployed to potential operations in the Caribbean. On the darkest days of the year, as we celebrate the hope that is light in the dark, our thoughts are with our neighbors whose loved ones are far away.
📣 New IRC insights released today show a surge in humanitarian crises as international support collapses.
In this "New World Disorder", conflict is used for profit, global cooperation is unravelling and overseas aid is being cut.
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Welcome Maria Balinska as Practitioner Associate with the Centre for Democratic Resilience. Former Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, Maria brings deep expertise in higher ed leadership, international exchange & diplomacy.Learn more: ow.ly/It5P50XKck8
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At the end of the Cold War, we wanted Russia to become more like us. Trump wants US to become more like Russia.
Trump “is lighting that international order on fire in a way it’s going to take a generation to repair.”
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
