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Research Seminar on Myanmar with Dr. Henri Myrttinen The Contestation and Re-Constitution of Femininities, Masculinities and Diverse Gender Identities in Myanmar’s ‘Spring Revolution’

Join us for a fascinating talk by Dr. Henri Myrttinen on "The Contestation and Re-Constitution of Femininities, Masculinities and Diverse Gender Identities in Myanmar’s ‘Spring Revolution’". Magee Campus, April 20, 12-1.30pm, lunch offered. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-s...

Call for Papers: Disappearance Studies Conference August 30 - September 1, 2026 at INCORE, Ulster University | Re-(E)MBody | Tampere Universities INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute, Ulster University), in collaboration with the Journal of Disappearance Studies, invites contributions for its conference, scheduled to take place fro...

@ulsteruniincore.bsky.social & @jdsjournal.bsky.social invite applications for the Disappearance Studies Conference scheduled to take place from 30.08.26 – 01.09.26 on the Derry-Londonderry Campus of Ulster University.
Proposals can be submitted by March 20, 2026.
Learn more at our website ⬇️

INCORE co-hosted an event entitled 'Bridging Individual, Organisation, and Community-Wellbeing: Hope as a Framework for Collective Action', at Magee, Ulster University @ulsteruni.bsky.social, on 17/02. This seminar kickstarts a new, large, and multiyear project on hope in the Derry/Londonderry area.

Neither from within nor from without: how states securitize diasporas Diasporas and their transnational ties to homelands and other networks often generate heightened suspicion in countries of residence. They are perceived as non-state actors forming non-transparent ...

Proud to announce the publication of this OA article, which was long in the making. In it, @baharbaser.bsky.social & I argue that diaspora securitization works in a similar way to reaffirm national unity and safety for both host and home states. Please share!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

INCORE Blog – Call for Contributions INCORE is inviting contributions for a new series of short, accessible blog posts that explore how peace and conflict are lived, understood and negotiated in different places and communities.

NCORE is inviting contributions for a new series of short, accessible blog posts that explore how peace and conflict are lived, understood and negotiated in different places and communities. Please share the call widely!
www.ulster.ac.uk/incore/blog-...
@ulsteruni.bsky.social

The demise of conflict studies- Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights | BISA - Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group

Great opportunity to engage further with the arguments @wlacher.bsky.social and I are developing in our latest piece in @dissentmag.bsky.social. Sign up!

Re-(E)MBody Researchers Participate at the CEESHub Inaugural Conference in Tallinn, Estonia | Re-(E)MBody | Tampere Universities

On January 24, 2026, Re-(E)MBody project members @eliseferon.bsky.social and @anoushpetrossian.bsky.social presented their ongoing research with Vadim Romashov at the Between Peripheries Inaugural Conference of the CEESHub @securityhub.ee in Tallinn, Estonia.
To learn more follow our website!

Kurdish friends are sharing their horror about what's happening in Kobani & the lack of attention this is getting. My friend has shared details of a press conference from the region today (22 Jan 2pm CET) if anyone knows a journalist who might attend.

#Rojava

📣 Call for Contributions –Disappearance Studies
📅 Abstract Deadline: March 20, 2026
📌 August 30-September 2, 2026 – Derry/Londonderry
🖋️ incore@ulster.ac.uk
INCORE & the Journal of Disappearance Studies invite applications for the Disappearance Studies Conference. Please share the call widely!

Yes, of course, Ana! The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 11, and the guidelines can be found here: eisa-net.org/ewis-2026/ab...
We look forward to receiving your abstract!

We are advertising for expressions of interest in ESRC funded PhD opportunities at @livunipol.bsky.social. The dept has a very wide range of exciting research specialisms, including British Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy, amongst others.

Have a look at the workshop on Feminist Knowledge Production as Resistance in Times of Remilitarisation @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social and I are organising, and join us in Izmir, Turkey this July!
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We're excited to share details for our second Conversation on Disappearance, taking place on January 27! This session will be focused on cultural responses to disappearance. Further information and registration available here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...

The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.

An excellent and thoughtful piece by @yguichaoua.bsky.social and @wlacher.bsky.social, well worth reading for those of us who have been wondering where the future of peace and conflict research, and more importantly, teaching, lies.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy

Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

INCORE wishes you a peaceful holiday season!

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me. I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

I try to avoid linking to Substacks but this essay is FASCINATING

Please come attend what promises to be a fascinating panel on Truth, Memory & Justice on 10 December from 6 to 8 pm at @ulsteruni.bsky.social organised in cooperation with @conflicttextiles.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and the Tower Museum in Derry-Londonderry

Belfast book launch today! 📚

INCORE & The John and Pat Hume Foundation are delighted to invite you to an address by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC on ‘Lawyers in the Firing Line: Attacking the Advocates' at 6.30pm on 8 December in Room BC LG 304 on our Belfast campus
@ulsteruni.bsky.social
Register here: buytickets.at/humefoundati...

The Spanish public television has published the first audiovisual map showing the 6,000 mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the subsequent Francoist dictatorship (1939-1975). A testimony of what happens when fascism wins -something unknown in most of Europe.

Assistant Professor in Environmental #Sociology, Trinity College Dublin.
5 year fixed term tenure track, full time. Closing Date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), 01 December 2025

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...

How Did We Get Here? The Rise of Britain’s Far Right (Derry Event) Join us for a fascinating talk by Daniel Trilling on the rise of the far right in the UK given on the Derry Londonderry Campus.

Join us on Nov 25 at 5.30pm for Daniel Trilling' talk on “How Did We Get Here? The Rise of Britain’s Far Right” (Magee Campus, Derry). This is the first lecture in our “Safety, Security and Wellbeing for All” series. Register there:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-did-we...
@ulsteruni.bsky.social

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space....

This is not normal. I have no words.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Transitional Justice and the Kurdish Conflict: A Grassroots Approach Book launch of “Transitional Justice and the Kurdish Conflict: A Grassroots Approach”

Celebrate with us the publication of “Transitional Justice and the Kurdish Conflict: A Grassroots Approach” (Routledge 2025) by Dr Nisan Alıcı! The event, co-hosted by INCORE & TJI, will take place on December 12 at 2pm on our Belfast Campus. More info 👇
www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

Really looking forward to discussing my latest book ‘Constructing Victimhood’ @QUBMitchell on 29 Oct, 1pm - 2.30pm.

With Legacy back on the agenda, sign up and join this timely conversation: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructi...

My co-authored article with Iepke Rijcken and Kyoko Shinozaki, “Embodied experiences in motion: integrating the senses in research and teaching” has just been published in
@ersjournal.com as part of the Special Issue: Multisensory Approaches in Migration Studies.

The Disappearance Studies Conference opened yesterday and continues today at Notre Dame.

The event marks the launch of the Journal of Disappearance Studies — an interdisciplinary platform to examine the phenomenon of disappearance worldwide.

@eliseferon.bsky.social @profcheryllawther.bsky.social