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Stephen Holden Bates
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Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Birmingham, UK.
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Thanks to @houseofcommons.parliament.uk and @houseoflords.parliament.uk for another brilliant visit!

University of Birmingham ftw!
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Traditional photo of traditional early start for @unibirmingham.bsky.social visit to @houseofcommons.parliament.uk and @houseoflords.parliament.uk.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Bloomsbury Set hangout.

Nice venue for the Birkbeck / Birmingham / @psa-parliaments.bsky.social sponsored workshop on what is a parliament.
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?

***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***

Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.

Full details below.

Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Please apply and/or spread the word!
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?

Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.

Full details below.

Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Please apply and/or spread the word!
Call for Papers: What is a Parliament? Are parliaments institutions, organisations, corporations or something else? Does it make sense to ask the question Who is Parliament? or should parliaments always be considered a thing or set of relations of some kind? This interdisciplinary one-day workshop will consider such questions from all points of view, from the metaphysical to the political, historical, legal and anthropological, as well as how our different understandings of parliaments affect the way we study, critique and run them. We welcome papers operating at all levels of abstraction and those concerned with concrete cases. Our aim is for the workshop to include scholars working in different academic disciplines, from different intellectual traditions, and who are at all career stages from PhD onwards. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send a title and abstract of no more than 250 words to Stephen Holden Bates (s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk) by 4th July 2025. The workshop will be held on Friday 19th September 2025 in Birkbeck’s Keynes Library (46 Gordon Square, London). It is being co-convened by Stephen Holden Bates (University of Birmingham), Paul Seaward (History of Parliament Trust) and Ben Worthy (Birkbeck, University of London) and co-sponsored by the School of Social Sciences at Birkbeck, the Department of Political Science & International Studies at the University of Birmingham and PSA Parliaments. The workshop will be free, and refreshments and lunch will be provided. Early career researchers who have a paper accepted will be able to apply for funding from PSA Parliaments to cover some or all travel expenses on a case-by-case basis.
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?

Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.

Full details below.

Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Please apply and/or spread the word!
Call for Papers: What is a Parliament? Are parliaments institutions, organisations, corporations or something else? Does it make sense to ask the question Who is Parliament? or should parliaments always be considered a thing or set of relations of some kind? This interdisciplinary one-day workshop will consider such questions from all points of view, from the metaphysical to the political, historical, legal and anthropological, as well as how our different understandings of parliaments affect the way we study, critique and run them. We welcome papers operating at all levels of abstraction and those concerned with concrete cases. Our aim is for the workshop to include scholars working in different academic disciplines, from different intellectual traditions, and who are at all career stages from PhD onwards. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send a title and abstract of no more than 250 words to Stephen Holden Bates (s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk) by 4th July 2025. The workshop will be held on Friday 19th September in Birkbeck’s Keynes Library (46 Gordon Square, London). It is being co-convened by Stephen Holden Bates (University of Birmingham), Paul Seaward (History of Parliament Trust) and Ben Worthy (Birkbeck, University of London) and co-sponsored by the Department of Politics at Birkbeck, the Department of Political Science & International Studies at the University of Birmingham and PSA Parliaments. The workshop will be free, and refreshments and lunch will be provided. Early career researchers who have a paper accepted will be able to apply for funding from PSA Parliaments to cover some or all travel expenses on a case-by-case basis.
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A packed room to hear Nicole Curato give the final plenary of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference. #PSA25
April 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Good morning on the third and final day of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Birmingham. #PSA25
April 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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My greatest birdwatching moment was seeing this black redstart in deepest Birmingham with Jonathan Dean. Please join us in the Assembly Rooms at the Exchange at 11.30 today to celebrate his life and work. #PSA25
April 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Welcome to Day 2 of the 75th @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference! Hope everyone is having a good time.
April 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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POLSIS celebrated its ruby anniversary last night in the glamorous environs of the Vault in the Exchange. Thanks to all who came! #PSA25
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Great turnout for Rosie Campbell’s plenary! #PSA25
April 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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And here’s the view from the PSA Parliaments room!
April 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Head to Centenary Square for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference. Registration is behind the big wheel! #psa25
April 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Good morning from Birmingham! #psa25
April 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Welcome to Birmingham for the 75th @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference! #PSA25
April 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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What other conference can you go from watching a plenary session to going on a helter skelter in 30 seconds flat? #psa25
April 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Look at this great event on the future of Birmingham! 👀

What a line-up of speakers! 🤩

Feat. @janerockhouse.bsky.social, @cllrjohncotton.bsky.social, BCFC's Jeremy Dale, civicsquare.cc Immy Kaur & WMCA's Mat MacDonald.

The Exchange, Wed 9 April. It's free!

www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-next...
Picture of Birmingham featuring the Rotunda, St Martin's Church and Selfridges.
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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We look forward to seeing you in April in Birmingham for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference!
January 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Sneak preview of the venue for this year’s @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference dinner. Doesn’t look too shabby…

#psa25
January 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Ringway Centre on Smallbrook Queensway. Why would you ever want to knock it down?!
January 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Thanks to Parliament for another successful @unibirmingham.bsky.social visit!
November 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Early start for our trip to Parliament.
November 25, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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Thanks to @psa-parliaments.bsky.social for organising a brilliant workshop - very enjoyable! Hope the conference goes well tomorrow - I’m sorry I can’t make it.
Sunset over the river Severn on the way to Gloucester.
November 21, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Snow-capped Malverns on my way to Cardiff for the @psa-parliaments.bsky.social early career workshop. Looking forward to it!
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM