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Nicola J. Smith
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From Friedrich Engels to Shulamith Firestone to NAncy Fraser, these books offer the foundations of Marxist Feminist theory.
Feminist Theory | Verso Reading Guide
Featuring books by Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Vivian Gornick, Andreas Long Chu, and more!
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January 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans," by Nikita Dhawan, which makes the case for rescuing the best aspects of the Enlightenment in order to further the critical project of decolonization. #PostcolonialStudies buff.ly/2ToxO2i
Cover of Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization by Nikita Dhawan. The cover is brown featuring a print of a person huddled at a desk with their arms covering their face. Owls, bats, and other creatures surround them. The side of their desk reads “El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.” The title is written in the upper left in white, with the word ‘Enlightenment’ in yellow. The subtitle is lower and to the right. The author’s name is in the bottom right.
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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"How does settler colonialism shape world politics?"

Federica Caso's latest article explores this question through a critical examination of Australia as a case study. It's #OpenAccess on our website ⤵️

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January 16, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, August 2025
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh newbooksnetwork.com/from-frontie...
From Frontiers to Borders | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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January 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study call for fellowship applications is now open
Opening space for bold ideas: NIAS fellowship calls now open | NIAS
In January 2026, NIAS opens its fellowship calls - welcoming thinkers whose curiosity transcends disciplinary boundaries. Scholars, journalists, artists, and writers come together in a vibrant communi...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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🎧 New Podcast Episode! 🎧

In this episode, our editor Seb Kaempf speaks with Professor Roland Bleiker about his 2025 BISA keynote address ⤵️

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'Seeing and sensing world politics' with Professor Roland Bleiker - Review of International Studies – The podcast
In this episode, we talk about ‘seeing and sensing world politics’, the title of the keynote address which was delivered by Roland Bleiker at the 2025 BISA conference. Roland is a Professor in In...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Aston uni Centre for Migration and Forced Displacement is looking for participants for a workshop on centring abolition as transformative practice in our daily lives within and outside of academia🌟

Deadline 26 Jan & workshop on 12-13 May 🎉

👉 More info on sheet attached below!

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare
Promotional page for “Connecting Abolition(s),” a two-day workshop taking place 12–13 May 2026 at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. The page announces a call for contributions focused on abolition in theory and practice, including border abolition, prison and police abolition, climate justice, settler colonialism, mutual aid, and international solidarity. The event includes panels, roundtables, and creative workshops, with plenary speakers Ajay Parasram and Amal Abu-Bakare. A submission deadline of 26 January 2026 and contact email cmfd@aston.ac.uk are listed, along with a note that limited funding is available, prioritising PhD students and early career researchers.
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Books on cyberfeminism, reproductive labour, desire, and more by the most prescient feminist theorists.
Feminist Theory | Verso Reading Guide
Featuring books by Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Vivian Gornick, Andreas Long Chu, and more!
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January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Political (In)stability and Research on Gender-Based Violence in Africa", Enzo Lenine and Naentrem Sanca discuss how political context can change research methods and possibilities.

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Notes from the field article titled "Political (In)stability and Research on Gender-Based Violence in Africa: Experiences from Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau" by Enzo Lenine and Naentrem Sanca.
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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New research by #SFUSPP's @alibhagat.bsky.social & @gclebaron.bsky.social & Kam Phung (SFUBeedie) uncovers forced labour & exploitation risks faced by migrant farm workers in B.C. See the reports & National Post coverage.
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'This is the new slavery': Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured
Investigation finds temporary foreign labourers in Canada are tied by law to employers who can — and do — readily exploit them.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Looks like a very interesting @posthumanresinst.bsky.social online event on conceptualization of the #Anthropocene!

@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
posthumanresinst.bsky.social Posthumanism Research Institute @posthumanresinst.bsky.social · Dec 18
Join us for a thought-provoking PRI event!
"Competing and Contrasting Conceptions of the Anthropocene: In Search of Unity"
📅 Monday, January 26, 2026. 2:00 pm ET
💻 Attend virtually: live.lifesizecloud.com/extension/22...
For more details, please visit our website: brocku.ca/pri/2025/12/...
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!!
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
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January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Our latest special forum on oligarchic sovereignty could not be more relevant this week. Check out the video introduction and be sure to read to #OpenAccess forum, which poses pertinent questions about tech billionaires in politics.

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January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨

You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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My contribution to a forum on Shirin Rai's book Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring - out now in social politics academic.oup.com/sp/article/3...
Working with Depletion
Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring (Oxford University Press, 2024) is a book that I’ve followed closely, from its origin in a 2014 journal publication (Ra
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM