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Critical Military Studies Working Group at the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social

https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/cms

Conveners: @gabicosta.bsky.social, @lauramills.bsky.social, Hannah Richards and Alice Cree
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Critical Military Studies WG at BISA @cmsbisa.bsky.social · Sep 10
#BISA2025 was fantastic and we can't wait to see you all again at #BISA2026! Looking forward to receiving your submissions ✨
mybisa.bsky.social BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 10
🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉

Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟

We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk

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BISA logo, #BISA2026, Brighton, UK, 3-5 June, conference.bisa.ac.uk
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Exciting event coming up!
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Celebrate BISA's 50th anniversary with us 🌟

Revisiting the 1st ever BISA conference held in 1975 'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' 🎉

Sign up! 👉 https://ow.ly/cBVX50XnBcO

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November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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'Reimagining internationalisation in International Studies' 🌎

Focussing on the role & benefits of scientific associations w/ Simon Rushton Daniela Irrera & Marianna Charountaki 🎉

Joint with International Studies Association & European Consortium for Political Research 👉 https://ow.ly/JURC50XoeLo
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!) with Professor Jack Holland 🌟

Looking back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975. 🎉

Read here now 👉 https://ow.ly/RqvL50Xqolq

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BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!)
Professor Jack Holland looks back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Are you a BISA member and know somebody that wants to join?

Our BISA referral scheme allows current members to receive three months free BISA membership added on to the end of their membership for every new member they refer! 🎉

Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/34K250XoeCI

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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚
Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉

Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟

Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🚨 Upcoming event 🚨

Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG Book talk on the fantastic book Securing the Sahel 📚
'A 'security traffic jam' or networking missions in Mali?' with Nina Wilen 🎉

Held on 19 November sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/IRhp50Xp9bs

Oxford University Press
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November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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'Global development cooperation at a crossroads: what ground rules for partnership in a fragmented world?' 🌍

An upcoming Global Politics and Development WG event held in collaboration with the Global Crises and Development EADI WG 🎉

Sign up now! https://ow.ly/MIwo50XmhTu
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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“Having seen the incredible talent of young BISA scholars, and knowing the difficult situation they face at the beginning of their career, the AspIRing Scholars Fund is a cause well worth supporting.” - Roland Bleiker 🌟

Donate to make a difference today! 👉 https://www.bisa.ac.uk/give/donate
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'Strategic alignment: Explaining Iran's integration of offensive cyber operations into its military strategy' 19 November with International Studies and Emerging Technologies Working Group 🌟

With speaker Eugenio Lilli it is not one to miss 👉
https://ow.ly/VJQQ50XmVQq

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November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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🚨Upcoming event 🚨

'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' revisiting the first ever BISA conference held in 1975 and looking backward & forward🌟

Free and open to all, sign up now! https://ow.ly/5EJ550XkMYK

Inderjeet Parmar Pedro Perfeito da Silva
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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LAST 12 HOURS! HURRY UP!
mybisa.bsky.social BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 12d
#BISA2026 submissions deadline is TODAY at 11:59pm 🌟

We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉

Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨

Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions 🎉

Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Our BISA/ISA joint workshops brought together people from all over the world 🌎
Find out all about them and why collaboration between associations is important in our review video 👉 https://ow.ly/Uo1A50Xk7Xj

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BISA ISA joint workshops 2025: Transforming the International - a review
In September 2025 BISA and our sister association ISA (International Studies Association) held our inaugural joint workshops on the theme 'Transforming the I...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Currently trying to put a panel together on West African security for #BISA2026. We have 3 panelists and need at least another. If interested could you please inbox or email me? conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @mybisa.bsky.social @samjarvis.bsky.social @drswhite.bsky.social
Call for papers
The call for papers for the BISA 2026 conference taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Remember - our Early Career Small Research Grants are open now! 🎉

"The Grant has helped me lay the groundwork for future impact." Alex Gilder
Receive up to £3,000 to cover the cost of research expenses! 💵

Eligibility requirements 👉 https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/funding

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October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.

Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Remember - our Learning and Teaching funds applications are open NOW! 🎉
Deadline: 24 November! 🗓️

Find out all the requirements here 👉 https://ow.ly/GHSL50XiRoo

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October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A little reminder that the deadline for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 is coming up in 5 days! 😊
mybisa.bsky.social BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 24
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

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October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Please see the below CfP for what looks to be a fascinating panel for next year’s BISA conference. Do reach out to Nico and Mark if you would like to submit an abstract.
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Circulating Violence and Capital: The (Geo)Political Ecologies and Geographies of Military Technologies Military spending, production, and innovation has reached historic highs, while sites and conditions of armed violence across the globe proliferate and intensify. The development and deployment of military wares is happening in the context of – and exacerbating – rising global temperatures, ecological collapse and the devastation of lived environments at multiple sites across Palestine, Ukraine, Tigray, Yemen, Myanmar, Sudan and beyond. This panel invites contributions that trace and interrogate the production and circulation of military technologies and their position within global circuits of violence and capital. How do military hard- and software circulate? What actors, cultures, social and power relations have emerged to facilitate and profit from their circulation? What political ecologies and geographies are found along the before-, mid- and aftermaths of weapons systems? Put differently, what socioecological harms link sites of extraction, production, testing, use and disposal? What are the climate impacts of armed violence? And how are the production, circulation and profiteering from military technologies normalised and legitimated? We invite abstracts on themes such as (not exhaustive): • Tracing military supply chains and logistics • Socioecological before, mid and aftermaths of weapons production and use • Resource metabolism of military technologies • Weapons production and the green transition (e.g. integration of advanced military and lower-carbon technologies) • Studies of the normalisation and legitimation of arms production and military-industrial relations • Geopolitical ecologies of emerging military technologies (e.g. military AI and growing influence of venture capital and Big Tech) • The politics of knowledge production about weapons and military supply chains • Movements resisting the arms trade • Movements linking struggles such as for demilitarisation, collective liberation and social and ecological justice • Feminist, decolonial and abolitionist approaches to war-, weapons- and wealthmaking Please send an abstract of about 250 words to Nico Edwards (ne204@sussex.ac.uk) and Mark Griffiths (Mark.Griffiths@newcastle.ac.uk) along with your name, affiliation, career stage and location by 12pm GMT Friday 31 October 2025. The panel will be submitted to BISA’s Critical Military Studies Working Group. Convenors: Nico Edwards (University of Sussex/Newcastle University); Mark Griffiths (Newcastle University); Benjamin Neimark (Queen Mary University of London); Anna Stavrianakis (University of Sussex)
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Please see the below CfP for what looks to be a fascinating panel for next year’s BISA conference. Do reach out to Nico and Mark if you would like to submit an abstract.
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#BISA2026
Circulating Violence and Capital: The (Geo)Political Ecologies and Geographies of Military Technologies Military spending, production, and innovation has reached historic highs, while sites and conditions of armed violence across the globe proliferate and intensify. The development and deployment of military wares is happening in the context of – and exacerbating – rising global temperatures, ecological collapse and the devastation of lived environments at multiple sites across Palestine, Ukraine, Tigray, Yemen, Myanmar, Sudan and beyond. This panel invites contributions that trace and interrogate the production and circulation of military technologies and their position within global circuits of violence and capital. How do military hard- and software circulate? What actors, cultures, social and power relations have emerged to facilitate and profit from their circulation? What political ecologies and geographies are found along the before-, mid- and aftermaths of weapons systems? Put differently, what socioecological harms link sites of extraction, production, testing, use and disposal? What are the climate impacts of armed violence? And how are the production, circulation and profiteering from military technologies normalised and legitimated? We invite abstracts on themes such as (not exhaustive): • Tracing military supply chains and logistics • Socioecological before, mid and aftermaths of weapons production and use • Resource metabolism of military technologies • Weapons production and the green transition (e.g. integration of advanced military and lower-carbon technologies) • Studies of the normalisation and legitimation of arms production and military-industrial relations • Geopolitical ecologies of emerging military technologies (e.g. military AI and growing influence of venture capital and Big Tech) • The politics of knowledge production about weapons and military supply chains • Movements resisting the arms trade • Movements linking struggles such as for demilitarisation, collective liberation and social and ecological justice • Feminist, decolonial and abolitionist approaches to war-, weapons- and wealthmaking Please send an abstract of about 250 words to Nico Edwards (ne204@sussex.ac.uk) and Mark Griffiths (Mark.Griffiths@newcastle.ac.uk) along with your name, affiliation, career stage and location by 12pm GMT Friday 31 October 2025. The panel will be submitted to BISA’s Critical Military Studies Working Group. Convenors: Nico Edwards (University of Sussex/Newcastle University); Mark Griffiths (Newcastle University); Benjamin Neimark (Queen Mary University of London); Anna Stavrianakis (University of Sussex)
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The Emergent Nonfiction Lab at the University of Salford welcomes Nadia El-Shaarawi for this online talk on her recent book Collateral Damages: Tracing the Debts and Displacements of the Iraq War.

You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collateral...
Collateral Damages, book talk and discussion with Nadia El-Shaarawi
Nadia El-Shaarawi on her recent book Collateral Damages: Tracing the Debts and Displacements of the Iraq War
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October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Looking to put together 2 panels for #BISA2026 @mybisa.bsky.social on #Russia's war against #Ukraine - on Russian discourse/narrative and the war, and another on #gender and the war. If anyone has a paper or paper idea relevant to one of these themes that is looking for a home, please get in touch!
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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1 WEEK LEFT FOR SUBMISSION!

That's right, submissions close next Monday, 3 November 2025, at 11:59pm (UK time)!

If you haven't sent your proposal yet, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

We're looking forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you all in Brighton next year!

#BISA2026
mybisa.bsky.social BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 24
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

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October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Are you a UK-based PGR student who is beyond their first year of PhD study?
Global Nuclear Order BISA Working Group are looking for a PGR officer! 🎉

A fabulous opportunity to have equal voice in the running of the group 🌟

Find out more today 👉 https://ow.ly/Hqhw50Xhr6q

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Join the GNO Group team: PGR officer wanted- Global Nuclear Order (GNO) | BISA
- Global Nuclear Order (GNO) Working Group
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October 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda: new Review of International Studies edition by Katrina Lee Koo 🎉

All articles free to read until end of Jan!
Inc: Maria Martin de Almagro, Sara E Davies, Hannah Wright, Alexandra Phelan & more! 🌟

Read here 👉 https://ow.ly/rqR450XhsZt
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM