Am so grateful to be given the space to think through what WPS offers for the future, and how hope as resistance still cracks open possibilities for a different kind of world
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Am so grateful to be given the space to think through what WPS offers for the future, and how hope as resistance still cracks open possibilities for a different kind of world
What resonated most for me was their sense of imagination and their willingness to hold space for futures that do not yet have language. Ending the quarter with these reflections is always a gift, returning us to Cynthia Enloe's invitation to pause, wonder, and squint that the class is built around.
About the importance of reflexivity, of asking why we believe what we believe, and of finding the courage to sit with uncertainty. And about the power of personifying IR and making human lives visible in our research…
This quarter, students talked about becoming more attentive to the words we use and the worlds they make possible. About the need for more intersectional research and the value of looking again at something we thought we already understood...
Last week marked the last day of my Critical Security Studies seminar. We cap out our quarter together by discussing what stuck with us and what might have shifted in how we see the world. Without fail, the responses on this last day are always a reminder of why I love teaching this course…
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Annika Bergman Rosamond discusses:
'The protection of cultural property in times of armed conflict: Ethics, gender, and coloniality' in new Review of International Studies article & video abstract 🌟
Read and watch now! 👉 https://ow.ly/6bL150XyvMt
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR
We’ll explore how creativity transforms classrooms into spaces of curiosity, vulnerability, and discovery, and how it challenges the boundaries of what counts as political knowledge.
Come ready to listen, reflect, and maybe even create a little yourself :)
What happens when we teach politics through poetry, story, sound, film, and art?
Tomorrow at ISA Northeast, I’ll be moderating a roundtable on creative pedagogy in political science, bringing together some amazing educators who use arts-based methods to rethink what learning can look and feel like🧵
Was such a pleasure to be a part of this conversation!
…we discussed our respective research on masculinities, justice, disarmament, and the WPS Agenda. It was an absolute pleasure to take part in this dialogue and to remind ourselves that, though it feels like much has been lost recently, progress is never linear and we continue making good trouble ♀️
It was an honor being in conversation with the Community of Practice on Men, Masculinities, and Peace, spearheaded by WILFP's Mobilizing Men for Feminist Peace, Pax Netherlands, and the VIP Lab at USD. Alongside Ray Acheson and Germán Otálora-Gallego, and moderated by Henri Myrttinen…
It's out 🎉😊❤️ In 'Teaching to say "no"' (published now in
@teachinginhe.bsky.social) Jennifer P. Eggert,
@lewisturner.bsky.social
& I build on decolonial, indigenous scholarship to discuss how university teachers can teach their students how to refuse to engage in harmful research.
bit.ly/43XMzYG
What a way to kick off my first BISA conference. Cynthia Enloe speaking on masculinities, militarization, disposability, and feminist resistance. Moderated by the incomparable Marsha Henry.
If you're considering alternative, creative assessments, I can’t recommend it enough. You’ll be amazed by what your students create when given the trust and space to do so!
These projects have reminded me that critical thinking doesn’t need to be confined to the standard paper format. When we invite students to express their ideas through new pathways, we open the door to deeper learning, and to voices we might otherwise never hear.🧵
Submissions included poetry grounded in personal histories, multimedia art, original songs, and even a piano composition (performed by the student) layered over news clips from conflict zones. 🧵
Earlier in the course, students also had the option to replace traditional response papers with a creative response to academic readings. These weren’t just “alternative” formats. They were full of depth and intention, emotionally resonant, and rich with critical engagement. 🧵
The results? Powerful and deeply human submissions, including lived experience interviews, podcasts, blog series, professional-quality policy reports, interactive story maps, and stunning websites.🧵
For their final case studies on post-conflict peace, students were invited to choose any format that met the assignment’s objectives: assessing the current state of peace in a specific context and imagining interventions grounded in their analysis. 🧵
Spring quarter grades are submitted and I’m feeling super inspired by the students in my Peace in International Relations seminar. Their intellectual curiosity, compassion, and creativity transformed our classroom into something truly special 🧵
🎉 Our congratulations to Heather Smith, this year’s ELIAS Distinguished Scholar Award recipient! 🏆 Join us to celebrate at the ELIAS Business Meeting: 📅 March 4, ⏰ 6 PM, 📍 Stevens Salon C-6
So stoked to receive this award! Thanks a million to the committee❤️
🥂 Join us to celebrate @kahooser.bsky.social , recipient of the ELIAS Early Career Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award, at the ELIAS/TCIC Joint Reception! 📅 March 4, ⏰ 7:30 PM, 📍 Williford C.
my new article that analyses the colonial logics and underpinnings of militarisation, and builds a critique of liberal feminist IR analyses and research agendas is now out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
the article also lays the conceptual framework of my forthcoming book.
Thrilled to be featured on this list TWICE! I'll be at ISA to accept the 2025 Deborah Gerner Grant from the Women's Caucus, as well as the Early Career Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award from the Education and Learning in International Affairs Section.
www.isanet.org/News/ID/6582...
Delighted to see our new article published! In it, Nick Robinson and I explore the value of children's books as a site of critical engagement with world politics, focusing on the forcible exclusion of unwanted individuals. Open access and free to read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Publication alert!
In this article with International Politics, I converse with @drljshepherd.bsky.social “The Self and Other Stories”, contending w. her text’s absences, and celebrating its vulnerability. I ask what it means to consider writing as doing justice.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Emma Hutchison’s work on emotions and international relations defined and informed a generation of scholarship. We have put together a special collection honoring the legacy of Emma's work, including her RIS article and 8 others which have built on it.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Very happy to share our 2024 transdisciplinary book Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees, which brings together academics, practitioners and refugees. It's open access so you can download the pdf for free or purchase a hard copy here: www.aupress.ca/books/120327...