Catherine Lu
@catherinelu.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Director of the Yan P. Lin Centre, and Coordinator of the Research Group on Global Justice, McGill. Co-editor of International Theory. Posts here speak only for myself.
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Excellent, can’t wait to watch/listen. Obviously I recommend it to you all.
A wide-ranging video podcast in which I answer questions about why & how we should argue, the importance of thinking clearly & academic freedom, what to think about historic, structural and global justice, who broke international order & how did we get here. Happy 10th Anniversary to the Lin Centre!
Lin Centre Director and RGCS faculty member @catherinelu.bsky.social Catherine Lu discusses the Centre as well as her own ideas on "Freedom and justice in a polarized world."
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November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Excellent, can’t wait to watch/listen. Obviously I recommend it to you all.
A wide-ranging video podcast in which I answer questions about why & how we should argue, the importance of thinking clearly & academic freedom, what to think about historic, structural and global justice, who broke international order & how did we get here. Happy 10th Anniversary to the Lin Centre!
Lin Centre Director and RGCS faculty member @catherinelu.bsky.social Catherine Lu discusses the Centre as well as her own ideas on "Freedom and justice in a polarized world."
youtu.be/Lso9Ew_k5Vg?...
youtu.be/Lso9Ew_k5Vg?...
Freedom and justice in a polarized world
YouTube video by McGill University Alumni
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November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A wide-ranging video podcast in which I answer questions about why & how we should argue, the importance of thinking clearly & academic freedom, what to think about historic, structural and global justice, who broke international order & how did we get here. Happy 10th Anniversary to the Lin Centre!
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See you tonight!
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
See you tonight!
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If you missed last week’s "Climate at a Crossroads," the recordings are now up! Hosted by The Walrus, the Max Bell School and the Centre for MTD, expert panels examined how climate disinformation crosses borders and shapes global action.
Watch the recordings below.
Watch the recordings below.
Climate at a Crossroads | Ecofiscal Annual Conference - YouTube
Thursday, October 9, 2025 https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/events/past/2025/climate-crossroads At a time of mounting climate urgency, the integrity of our...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you missed last week’s "Climate at a Crossroads," the recordings are now up! Hosted by The Walrus, the Max Bell School and the Centre for MTD, expert panels examined how climate disinformation crosses borders and shapes global action.
Watch the recordings below.
Watch the recordings below.
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Hi anglo friends!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi anglo friends!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️
I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social
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Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am!
Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
September 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am!
Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
This enthralling examination of a tragic personal/political story reimagines how people respond to politically tumultuous times, uncertainty & injustice. A bold, riveting, humbling reflection on humanity & human dignity. Congratulations, @leaypi.bsky.social! www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/752510...
Indignity by Lea Ypi | Penguin Random House Canada
The award-winning author of Free returns with an extraordinary investigation into historical injustice, personal and collective dignity, truth and imagination
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September 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This enthralling examination of a tragic personal/political story reimagines how people respond to politically tumultuous times, uncertainty & injustice. A bold, riveting, humbling reflection on humanity & human dignity. Congratulations, @leaypi.bsky.social! www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/752510...
'It shouldn't be so easy to nudge people toward what might be their own destruction.' Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents.
August 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
'It shouldn't be so easy to nudge people toward what might be their own destruction.' Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents.
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A very important message that everyone who assumes Ru victory needs to hear. But unfortunately Ru’s deluded fans and paid stooges in the West are so disconnected from reality they repeat that Ru has won already or will win tomorrow every day for 3.5yrs now.
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A very important message that everyone who assumes Ru victory needs to hear. But unfortunately Ru’s deluded fans and paid stooges in the West are so disconnected from reality they repeat that Ru has won already or will win tomorrow every day for 3.5yrs now.
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Check out this conversation I had about Trump, Europe, and the Russo-Ukrainian war for Pacifica Network's Ukraine 4 2 4 series: soundcloud.com/pacificanetw...
07.16.25 / Europe:
Dr. Maria Popva, Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University in Montreal and expert in European, Russian, and Ukrainian geopolitics, describes the current situation for Europe: What
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July 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out this conversation I had about Trump, Europe, and the Russo-Ukrainian war for Pacifica Network's Ukraine 4 2 4 series: soundcloud.com/pacificanetw...
This Fourth of July, remember Fritz Gerlich, who warned his fellow Germans of Hitler and the road to ruin, and who was shot and killed on the Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, during a purge of critics of the Nazi regime.
July 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This Fourth of July, remember Fritz Gerlich, who warned his fellow Germans of Hitler and the road to ruin, and who was shot and killed on the Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, during a purge of critics of the Nazi regime.
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Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy.
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
Read the latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @christines.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/junetee...
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
Read the latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @christines.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/junetee...
Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy.
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy.
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
Read the latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @christines.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/junetee...
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
Read the latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @christines.bsky.social:
goodauthority.org/news/junetee...
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Tonight it is finally time for Tommie Shelby's first Benjamin Lecture! He will begin with the topic of "Race and Class in the Political Ethics of the Oppressed". We are looking forward to seeing many of you at Haus der Kulturen der Welt at 6pm!
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June 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tonight it is finally time for Tommie Shelby's first Benjamin Lecture! He will begin with the topic of "Race and Class in the Political Ethics of the Oppressed". We are looking forward to seeing many of you at Haus der Kulturen der Welt at 6pm!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...
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JUST IN: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Sen. Padilla removed from DHS press conference
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
JUST IN: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Tomorrow
Our annual IR-History conference is a happening a bit later this year, but it is happening. The theme is 'Times of Disorder'. If you work in the IR-History space, do join us to meet likeminded researchers. ECRs especially welcome! Please register for free at tinyurl.com/June13Cam
June 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tomorrow
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Co-lauréats 2025 du Prix de l’atelier annuel de théorie politique de Montréal du GRIPP:
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Dates à venir
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Dates à venir
Gagnants du Prix de l’atelier annuel de théorie politique de Montréal du GRIPP 2025 | GRIPP Montréal
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June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Co-lauréats 2025 du Prix de l’atelier annuel de théorie politique de Montréal du GRIPP:
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Dates à venir
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Dates à venir
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GRIPP Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award 2025 co-winners:
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Dates TBA
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Dates TBA
GRIPP 2025 Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award Winners | GRIPP Montréal
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June 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
GRIPP Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award 2025 co-winners:
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Dates TBA
Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social
Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social
Dates TBA
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State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
Sadly, this warning is even more true today. Courage to my American friends.
Perhaps, as a Canadian to Americans, I can offer this thought: a friend is another 'self'. Trump's 'friend' is Russian President Putin, whose main accomplishment is to screw the Russian people. Whatever Trump is doing to Canada, he's doing it even more to the American people.
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sadly, this warning is even more true today. Courage to my American friends.
Congratulations, @jakobhuber.bsky.social ! Looking forward !
Very excited to find out about this, but also slightly terrified to subject myself to grilling by @catherinelu.bsky.social @jacobtlevy.bsky.social @abizadeh.bsky.social @pablogilabert.bsky.social and all the other smart people in Montreal grippmontreal.org/2025/06/grip...
GRIPP 2025 Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award Winners | GRIPP Montréal
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June 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Congratulations, @jakobhuber.bsky.social ! Looking forward !
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Make no mistake about what the unfolding political struggle in California is about. Are Americans free from tyranny and enslavement? 'This is what it means to be a slave: to be abused and bear it, compelled by violence to suffer wrong.' Euripides, Hecuba. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
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June 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Make no mistake about what the unfolding political struggle in California is about. Are Americans free from tyranny and enslavement? 'This is what it means to be a slave: to be abused and bear it, compelled by violence to suffer wrong.' Euripides, Hecuba. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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First Canada, then, maybe California? With the militarization of US federal-state relations, we can see now how presumptuous it was for Tyrant Trump to mock Canada becoming the 51st state, as if he could be certain that the union of 50 states would continue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
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June 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
First Canada, then, maybe California? With the militarization of US federal-state relations, we can see now how presumptuous it was for Tyrant Trump to mock Canada becoming the 51st state, as if he could be certain that the union of 50 states would continue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...