Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group
@epir-bisa.bsky.social
The Emotions in Politics and International Relations BISA (British Association for International Studies) working group aims to promote the study, research and teaching of emotions in politics and international relations.
The conference submission deadline for papers for #VirtualBISA2027 is TOMORROW 🌟 'Conflict and cooperation in a changing world' 🌍 Find all information here! 👉 https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social Jamie J. Hagen City St George's, University of London
'Conflict and cooperation in a changing world' 🌍 The deadline to submit papers for #VirtualBISA2027 is approaching 🌟 Find all information here! 👉 virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk @simonrushton.bsky.social @jamiejhagen.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social
It’s #BISA2026 time! ☀️ 📆 Day 1 Catch our panels for today, Wednesday 3👇🏻 📍And join us for our annual meeting at 12:15, Brighton Centre, Meeting room 3. Drinks and food provided👀
📣We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off the annual virtual lecture from @epir-bisa.bsky.social! 👉Today we are joined by Ty Solomon (@glasgow.ac.uk) who will explore the gendered and affective dimensions of the decline of the liberal international order.
Thank you for the invitation! Looking forward to the conversation...
Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group@epir-bisa.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨 ANNUAL LECTURE🚨 👨🏫 We are excited to invite you to attend the our annual lecture for 2026: ‘Masculinity, micropolitics, and global (dis)ordering’ By Professor @tsolomon.bsky.social (University of Glasgow) 📆 Thursday, 28th May, 4pm BST (Online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
🚨 ANNUAL LECTURE🚨 👨🏫 We are excited to invite you to attend the our annual lecture for 2026: ‘Masculinity, micropolitics, and global (dis)ordering’ By Professor @tsolomon.bsky.social (University of Glasgow) 📆 Thursday, 28th May, 4pm BST (Online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Masculinity, micropolitics, and global (dis)ordering- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 🏆We are thrilled to announce the 3 shortlisted authors for the EPIR Thesis Prize: Elisabeth Moerking, U Bristol Anh Nguyen, SOAS/U St Andrews Bruno Sowden-Carvalho, U Birmingham 🎉Congratulations & good luck for the final outcome!
📣We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @epir-bisa.bsky.social ! 👉Today we are joined by Rahul Rao to discuss his book 'The Psychic Lives of Statues' 👀Take a look at the book: www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...
🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 📖 Book talk: ‘The psychic lives of statues: reckoning with the rubble of empire’ Discussion of Rahul Rao’s (@rahulraothariel.bsky.social) latest book 🗓️ Monday 20 April, 4pm BST (online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Book talk - The psychic lives of statues: reckoning with the rubble of empire- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group
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📢 Join us for @epir-bisa.bsky.social's roundtable on Vol. 53 SI, "Traversing Memories in Global Politics," featuring Kinti Orellana Matute, @arthurduhe.bsky.social, @anhphnguyen.bsky.social, Georgios Shani and Chaeyoung Yong 🗓️ Tuesday 17 March, 5pm BST (online) 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/EPIRRoundtable
Traversing memories in global politics- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
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🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 📖 Roundtable on @millennjournal.bsky.social ‘s SI ‘Traversing Memories in Global Politics’ with contributors Arthur Duhé; Phuong Anh Nguyen, Giorgio Shani, Chaeyoung Yong, and Kinti Orellana. 🗓️ Tuesday 17 March, 5pm BST (online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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🚨EPIR THESIS PRIZE CALL We are pleased to announce our 2026 Thesis Prize, to be awarded for the best doctoral thesis on emotions in Politics and IR.🏆 The Prize is a collaboration with he Brill Critical Emotion Studies book series. Deadline: 20 March 2026 @mybisa.bsky.social
Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture! 🎉 ‘Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order’ trying to provide an explanation why the events in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 unsettled the international order 🌍 Space is limited so register now! 👉 https://ow.ly/qhIf50Y4lfY
Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture on Gaza as an epicentre
The #BISA2026 conference in Brighton will commence with a lecture given by Professor Ilan Pappe.
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⚡ Looking for career inspiration? Want to start 2026 off with some new connections and insights? Join us on Friday 27 February 2026 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for our event 'Speed Networking: Opportunities in Security Studies'! 👇 www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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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 🌊🏖️ @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
Thank you so much for everyone who attended today’s event with Todd McGowan’s amazing talk, and to Todd himself! Hope you all enjoyed it. Keep tuned for our next seminar series events! Until then, happy holidays!🎄
This is today! Don’t miss out on the amazing Todd McGowan talking all things Lacanian politics👇🏻🙌🏻
Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group@epir-bisa.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 📖 Seminar series session with Todd McGowan (U of Vermont), presenting his new ‘Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan’ and introducing Lacanian psychoanalysis for politics & IR. 🗓️ Wednesday 10 December, 4pm BST (online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Join us this Wednesday!
Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group@epir-bisa.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 📖 Seminar series session with Todd McGowan (U of Vermont), presenting his new ‘Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan’ and introducing Lacanian psychoanalysis for politics & IR. 🗓️ Wednesday 10 December, 4pm BST (online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
🚨NEXT EVENT🚨 📖 Seminar series session with Todd McGowan (U of Vermont), presenting his new ‘Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan’ and introducing Lacanian psychoanalysis for politics & IR. 🗓️ Wednesday 10 December, 4pm BST (online) 🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
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This is today👇🏻 don’t miss out!
Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group@epir-bisa.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨Next event! 📖 Book talk with Billy Holzberg (KCL) on his new ‘Affective Bordering: Race, Deservingness and the Emotional Politics of Migration Control’ 🗓️ Next Tuesday, 25th November at 4:00pm (Online, UK time) 📝 To register for the event: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
🚨Next event! 📖 Book talk with Billy Holzberg (KCL) on his new ‘Affective Bordering: Race, Deservingness and the Emotional Politics of Migration Control’ 🗓️ Next Tuesday, 25th November at 4:00pm (Online, UK time) 📝 To register for the event: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Book talk - Affective Bordering: Race, Deservingness and the Emotional Politics of Migration Control- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group
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#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
🔔Reminder that there’s just one week to go to make your submissions for #BISA2026! Deadline: 3 Nov We’re looking forward to your panel/paper submissions to our section✊🏻👇🏻
BISA - British International Studies Association@mybisa.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎉 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 @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
I was very honoured to chair and help organise this special roundtable in honour of Prof Emma Hutchison at #BISA2025 - a moving tribute to her work on emotions and politics. Deep thanks to @rbleiker for his generous support, and to all the speakers who made it so meaningful 🌟
The EPIR Working Group was honoured to host this special #BISA2025 roundtable in memory of Prof Emma Hutchison - a moving tribute to her groundbreaking work on emotions and politics. Deep thanks to @rbleiker for his generous support, and to all the speakers who joined us 🌟
🌟 Join us for the EPIR Working Group lunch meeting at #BISA2025 - right after the roundtable in honour of Prof. Emma Hutchison! A chance to continue the conversation over lunch 📩 RSVP to epir.group@bisa.ac.uk (for catering purposes) All welcome! #EPIR #EmotionsInIR #BISA25
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🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 EPIR Thesis Prize! 🏆 Winners: Anne-Marie Houde & Uygar Baspehlivan 🎖 Honourable Mention: Shambhawi Tripathi Their theses impressed our judges with originality, critical insight, and innovative methods. Congratulations to all! 👏
🚨 BISA 2025 Conference Panel Alert: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Emotions 📍 Blackstaff Room, Grand Central Hotel 🗓️19/06 / 15:00-16:30hs. Sponsored by the @BISAWG_Emotions #Belfast2025 #EPIR #EmotionsInIR #AffectInIR
