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Anne Cousson

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MCF civilisation britannique Université de Poitiers / Associate professor British studies Université de Poitiers. I study British political discourse, human rights, relationship with Europe. Paris lover, music fan, I also answer to "Mamaaaan"

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Anne Cousson @acousson.bsky.social · Jul 26

Quick #introduction skeet! I'm associate professor in British Studies at the Université de Poitiers. I focus on political and parliamentary discourse in the UK, particularly on human rights and constitutional issues.

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Dr Charlotte Galpin @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social · 1d

Stark warning from the Council of Europe today about how the EHRC’s proposed guidance on the Equality Act will conflict with the UK’s international human rights obligations.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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olivier maheo @maheo.bsky.social · 4d

Merci au jury du prix de la recherche @afea.bsky.social
et @saesfrance.org d'avoir sélectionné mon livre pur-editions.fr/product/9745...
aux @editionspur.bsky.social aux côtés du prix 2025, A-F Gillard Estrada et de J. Zarifian, une occasion de le présenter en ligne saesfrance.org/prix-de-la-r....

Olivier Mahéo, présentation de 'De Rosa Parks au Black Power'

YouTube video by SAES

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C François Denėve @cfrancoisdeneve.bsky.social · 12d

Et alors justement, si vous avez envie de faire une thèse sur cinéma et décadence (avec moi, mais payée)
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Contrat doctoral de 48 mois en cotutelle entre l'Univ. Bourgogne Europe et Goldsmiths University

Contrat doctoral de 48 mois en cotutelle entre l'Univ. Bourgogne Europe et Goldsmiths University Horizon Europe Framework Programme – MSCA Présentation : DECADOCS (Decadence for Doctoral Studies) est ...

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Esther Cyna @esthercyna.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 23d

Very much not the point of Reform's announcement, but existence of this and ECHR withdrawal in UK political debate will make EU cautious about entering in more commitments with a UK that doesn't look like it's got back on board with good faith implementation of treaty commitments

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23d

If the Reform Party plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain also abolishes settled status for EU citizens, that would be a breach of the withdrawal agreement, liable to lead to the EU retaliating by removing trade preferences.

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Dr Viviane Gravey @vgravey.bsky.social · 27d

Come work with me, we've got two permanent lectureship (aka assistant prof) to join our politics & IR group:

- lecturer in IR

- lecturer in Public Policy

Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 27d

Two permanent job opportunities at Queen's University, Belfast - one in IR and one in Public Policy. www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...

Academic Opportunities | Career Opportunities at Queen's | Queen's University Belfast

www.qub.ac.uk

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Anne Cousson @acousson.bsky.social · 28d

Pfffffffffff... la fatigue.

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Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · Sep 13

As a faculty in the humanities and social science, we @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social engage with contested contemporary issues on a daily basis in #learning, #teaching & #research. We are therefore happy to host the new Viewmaster exhibition PROTEST which opened yesterday. See: tinyurl.com/viewprotest

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Anne Cousson @acousson.bsky.social · Sep 13

Oh no :(
Courage Margaux, tiens bon, ça va s'arranger ❤️

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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · Sep 12

So brilliant. RIP Conor Gearty, the British government's essential critical friend

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 12

Conor Gearty, a professor of human rights law at the LSE and a regular contributor to the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, has died at the age of 67.

In 2022, he wrote a piece for the paper on the UK Supreme Court; a follow-up will be published in a future issue.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · In the Shallow End

Boris Johnson’s Brexit administration is in many ways an exercise in nostalgia, a search for a lost England, and the...

www.lrb.co.uk

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Sep 11

UACES Virtual Conference Day is TOMORROW.
After an amazing week in Liverpool, we're continuing the research conversations online. Join us for flexible sessions across 14 panels covering everything from EU security to digital policy.
Liverpool attendees: check ConfTool for access links.
#UACES2025

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 8

For a clear explanation of The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its relationship with the UK, take a look at this explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social 👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/e...

Explainer: Compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights: the UK and Europe - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its relationship with the UK.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

The takeaway:

👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

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Tom Menger @tommenger.bsky.social · Sep 5

Publication day! My book The Colonial Way of War has finally appeared with CUP. The book is the first comparative & transimperial study of the violence of colonial warfare around 1900, based on an extensive empirical base &case studies from the British, German & Dutch Empire. It... shorturl.at/crWw2

The Colonial Way of War

Cambridge Core - Global History - The Colonial Way of War

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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Anne Cousson @acousson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Back home after five days in the UK, including 3 days of conferencing. Great presentations, very interesting colleagues, fun conversations. This is a fantastic way to start the academic year! Thanks to everyone at #UACES2025 ! @uaces.bsky.social

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Alex @alexsippel.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've re-read passages from the Putney debates to use them as an introduction to my new class on a (more or less) comparative/parallel history of voting rights and voting rights militancy in the US and UK, and it's still as amazing, even askin the question of foreigners' voting rights.

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's been a delight to attend #UACES2025: great discussions, lovely colleagues and a brilliant location

Thanks to the @uaces.bsky.social team, the local organisers @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and all the volunteers who made it happen!

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Sep 3

That’s a wrap on #UACES2025!

Thank you to all the delegates and presenters who joined us at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

We hope you had a fantastic time exchanging ideas, sharing research, and connecting with colleagues. Safe travels and we hope to see you next year at Charles University in Prague.

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Karina Bénazech Wendling @karinabwendling.com · Aug 29

Cette fois, c'est officiel : l'ouvrage tiré de ma thèse, "De la Bible irlandais au soupérisme : éducation, missions protestantes et nationalisme en Irlande (1800-1853)", publié par @honorechampion.bsky.social sortira de presse le 28 novembre 2025. #publication #Irlande #religions #Histoire

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s time for the third and final plenary session of #UACES2025. ‘Navigating Transatlantic Turbulence: Europe’s Role in a Shifting Global Order’ is starting at 11:00 in the Redmonds Building.

What an enthralling discussion to end with!

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Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · Sep 2

@simonusherwood.bsky.social and I hope this will be the start of a new @uaces.bsky.social trend: clothing that is reflective of your paper’s topic

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

Laura Nordström received the Best PhD Thesis Award for her outstanding thesis: Power of Experts in the EU: Birth of the Troika and Resilience of EMU Paradigm in the European Debt Crisis of 2010.

An incredible addition to emerging scholarship in European studies.

@lauranordstrom.bsky.social

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

The winners of this year’s UACES Best Book Award goes to @fionacostello.bsky.social, @cbarnard.bsky.social and @sarahfraserbutlin.bsky.social for: Low Paid EU Migrant Workers: the House, the Street, the Town.

We congratulate all three authors on this significant achievement.

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