Michelle D. Weitzel
@mweitzel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor The Graduate Institute Geneva
Sensory politics, MENA, security, conflict, emotions, interpretive polisci. New Yorker/Hawaiian at heart.
Sensory politics, MENA, security, conflict, emotions, interpretive polisci. New Yorker/Hawaiian at heart.
Interpretive political science grad students, don't miss the chance to apply for the Alker Award! @interpretivemm.bsky.social offers annual awards from grad students through senior faculty.
The deadline to submit nominations for book and paper awards from IMM is March 30, 2025. Self-nominations welcomed!
Details on the awards, which recognize books, articles, and conference papers, are available on the IMM website: https://www.<wbr>interpretivemethods.com/<wbr>summary-of-awards
Details on the awards, which recognize books, articles, and conference papers, are available on the IMM website: https://www.<wbr>interpretivemethods.com/<wbr>summary-of-awards
March 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Interpretive political science grad students, don't miss the chance to apply for the Alker Award! @interpretivemm.bsky.social offers annual awards from grad students through senior faculty.
My heart is with Ahmad and Mahmoud and the Muna family amidst this latest assault on democracy, decency, and rule of law. The Educational Bookshop and the Bookshop at the American Colony Hotel are sparkling gems in these dark times. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/w...
Israeli Police Raid Two Palestinian Bookshops in East Jerusalem (Gift Article)
The police said the stores were selling books that supported terrorism and that two members of the family who owned the business had been arrested. A lawyer said their detention was “political” rather...
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My heart is with Ahmad and Mahmoud and the Muna family amidst this latest assault on democracy, decency, and rule of law. The Educational Bookshop and the Bookshop at the American Colony Hotel are sparkling gems in these dark times. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/w...
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Scholars! I'm in charge of African Politics at @mpsa.bsky.social conference this year.
We're recruiting discussants for 3 great sessions:
Critical Theory - Fri, 4/4
Democracy & Contesting Power - Fri, 4/4
Politics of Development/Development Politics - Sat, 4/5
Let me know if you're interested!
We're recruiting discussants for 3 great sessions:
Critical Theory - Fri, 4/4
Democracy & Contesting Power - Fri, 4/4
Politics of Development/Development Politics - Sat, 4/5
Let me know if you're interested!
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scholars! I'm in charge of African Politics at @mpsa.bsky.social conference this year.
We're recruiting discussants for 3 great sessions:
Critical Theory - Fri, 4/4
Democracy & Contesting Power - Fri, 4/4
Politics of Development/Development Politics - Sat, 4/5
Let me know if you're interested!
We're recruiting discussants for 3 great sessions:
Critical Theory - Fri, 4/4
Democracy & Contesting Power - Fri, 4/4
Politics of Development/Development Politics - Sat, 4/5
Let me know if you're interested!
"Making Political Science" @gsqjournal.bsky.social
is finally out-- and is open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... I argue for the importance of moving beyond text and the written word in political science research. Let's make things!
is finally out-- and is open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... I argue for the importance of moving beyond text and the written word in political science research. Let's make things!
January 8, 2024 at 9:36 PM
"Making Political Science" @gsqjournal.bsky.social
is finally out-- and is open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... I argue for the importance of moving beyond text and the written word in political science research. Let's make things!
is finally out-- and is open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... I argue for the importance of moving beyond text and the written word in political science research. Let's make things!
Reposted by Michelle D. Weitzel
Society and Space has a free virtual issue on Palestine that gathers their publishing on the subject. It includes something I wrote in 2014 called Habit of Destruction about Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza. What is happening now is orders of magnitude worse, but the plan/politics are the same.
Society and Space statement and virtual issue on Palestine and Israel
www.societyandspace.org
November 10, 2023 at 7:44 AM
Society and Space has a free virtual issue on Palestine that gathers their publishing on the subject. It includes something I wrote in 2014 called Habit of Destruction about Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza. What is happening now is orders of magnitude worse, but the plan/politics are the same.
Jadaliyya's "Gaza in Context" teach-in, with great people. Today, October 20, at 13:00 EST. Check it: www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4541...
October 20, 2023 at 8:21 AM
Jadaliyya's "Gaza in Context" teach-in, with great people. Today, October 20, at 13:00 EST. Check it: www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4541...
Hello, Bluesky! I am mustering the courage for another platform...
October 14, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Hello, Bluesky! I am mustering the courage for another platform...