Nicola J. Smith
@drnickismith.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Political Science @BhamPolsis (she/her)
So excited to see this incredible book by @columbaachilleos.bsky.social is out - absolutely essential reading! academic.oup.com/book/62997
Advocating for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Abstract. On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 under the title of ‘women and peace and security’—the first forma
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Read below as Juanita Elias reflects on what growing demands for greater public accessibility to academic research mean for the future of international studies 🌟 'Open access and the future of the monograph in International Studies' 📚 Find the full blog here 👉 https://ow.ly/xoPL50Zmigh
Open access and the future of the monograph in International Studies
Juanita Elias reflects on how greater public accessibility will affect long-form publications.
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"We live in an imaginary lived relationship to our real conditions of existence". love this so much, and how passionately it's delivered. youtu.be/bHpht1nNtB0?...
Studying the Conjuncture - STUART HALL: THROUGH THE PRISM OF AN INTELLECTUAL LIFE
YouTube video by Media Education Foundation
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Six years ago I published a book that engaged machine learning in terms of the politics of text, language & the impossibility of definitive authorship. Are any of the men writing now on LLMs, authorship, and text citing my 2020 work?…. No, reader, they are not.
🚨 One of the most prestigious awards in the field of IPE: nominations are open now for the International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize 2026! 🚨 To be eligible, the book must have been published in 2025 🌟 Submit today here! 👉 https://ow.ly/zu8e50Z5pZr Asma Abdi 🍉 Matt Barlow
📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from #BJPIR - Volume 28, Issue 2 (May 2026) 'How Britain’s efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights contributed to a forgotten UNGA declaration' by Tendayi Bloom 🔗 buff.ly/eWjMasS @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Erin Torkelson, Predatory Welfare: Debt, Race, and Cash Transfers - @dukepress.bsky.social, May 2026 www.dukeupress.edu/predatory-we...
Predatory Welfare: Debt, Race, and Cash Transfers
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Now is a great time to order my book! 40% off! dukeupress.edu/the-business...
The Business of Racism: Labor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism
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Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur Spring sale starts today! Save 40% on in-stock books & journal issues, and save 50% if your order totals $100 or more. Use coupon SPRING26. buff.ly/fPGFs72
Tonight! I'll be at the Cambridge Literary Festival discussing Sick of It: the Global Fight for Women's Health. Come along, the Festival line up is amazing. www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/sophi...
Sophie Harman | Sick of It: the global fight for women’s health - Cambridge Literary Festival
Sophie Harman | Sick of It: the global fight for women’s health comes to Cambridge Literary Festival - make sure to get your tickets!
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Sophie Harman@profsophieharman.bsky.social · 4mo agoI am going to be talking all things Sick of It at the Cambridge Literary Festival! Expect... - Healthwashing, Gates, & Epstein - Attacks on maternity clinics - Gender filibuster bingo Utter excitement being on same bill as Mary Berry & Deborah Levy www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/sophi...
As the crowdfunder for the first radical bookshop icon Newcastle for 40 years gets closer to the end I’m making the bold move of calling on all the academics I sort of vaguely know and also those I don’t to share the link for our crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...
“Sorely needed” The Othered Woman by Shahed Ezaydi reviewed for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social: www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Review: The Othered Woman and how white feminism harms Muslim women
Author Shahed Ezaydi's The Othered Woman explores the many guises of Islamophobia, particularly when turned upon Muslim women
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“I’m hopeful that in 50 years’ time, many more doors will have opened for many more women, not just for white feminists.” Shahed Ezaydi, author of The Othered Woman, interviewed in @theskinnymag.bsky.social: www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur...
Shahed Ezaydi on The Othered Woman, white feminism and Islamophobia – The Skinny
We chat with author and journalist Shahed Ezaydi on her debut book The Othered Woman and her years of research into the harms of white feminism.
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Along with @cmsbisa.bsky.social we are hosting a panel discussion of Julia Welland’s new book Pleasure and Depletion in Contemporary Militarism on the 22nd April, 2-3:30pm GMT 📚👩🏫
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social - Dominating the Narrative: How Scholars Outside of Africa Define African Politics in the Top Political Science Journals - https://cup.org/4c9Xtxk - Zack Zimbalist & @elisaomodei.bsky.social #FirstView
Preorders on Unpaid are included in our Theory Sale! "Unpaid unflinchingly catalogues the reality of labour exploitation under capitalism, presenting Marx's most important ideas in a clear, succinct and compelling way." - @graceblakeley.substack.com
Unpaid
Unpaid upends conventional wisdom about how we value work, exposing wage theft as one of capitalism’s enduring open secrets. From unpaid overtime and under-the-table jobs to algorithmic exploitation, ...
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🚨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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New episode of @politicalworldview.bsky.social podcast out now!🎙️ This time I’m talking recognition with the excellent @georgekyris.bsky.social, who’s thought about it a lot — and looked into some interesting cases. Check it out! 👇Audio links in thread under original post👇
Political Worldview Podcast@politicalworldview.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew episode out now! 'Recognize Me?' 🎙️ @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social chats with @georgekyris.bsky.social about national recognition: who gets a state, and says who? How it works in theory, and some cases (Palestine, Taiwan, and more) that show it's trickier in practice! 👇Audio links in thread below👇
Delighted to be participating in this BSA roundtable on theorising from lived experience in feminist and queer theory (21 April). This event is free to attend, but don't forget to register! Details here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Feminist and Queer Theory
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New paper out from @drnickismith.bsky.social and me! It offers a queer typology of radical right populism, focusing on the UK as an exemplar of broader trends. It focuses particularly on anti-migrant and anti-gender discourses in this context. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Common sense and the common people: a queer typology of radical right populist discourse in the UK - British Politics
Populist discourses and politics, especially from the radical right, are becoming increasingly prominent in numerous national contexts across the world. This article examines the UK as a particularly ...
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Come and join us at #ISA26 today for our Review of International Studies special issue “International Politics of Cultural Heritage” 🎉 📣 4pm today at 23 - C150, Greater Columbus Convention Center With Elif Kalaycioglu, Jelena Subotic, Franziska Boehme, Annika Bergman Rosamond and more! 🌟
Great new article by @rosamaryon.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Security assistance, authoritarian neoliberalism and racial capitalism: entangled mechanisms of coercion and control in post-2011 Tunisia
Security Assistance (SA) – training and equipping another state’s security forces has become the dominant form of external intervention in the Mediterranean. Scholars have reflected upon trends suc...
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures" by Kathi Weeks, which examines the works of Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway to build a case for the abolition of prison and family and the refusal of work. buff.ly/WNQyfxY
We invite you to join this upcoming book launch of "Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia" by Ferdiansyah Thajib on March 18th. Many thanks to the organizers, @nysean.bsky.social, co=sponsors@sunycunyseac.bsky.social and NYU MAIR Program! buff.ly/Cz28R6z
BISA postgrad network call for papers deadline is this SUNDAY‼️ 'Supporting research by emerging scholars' to promote the production and exchange of knowledge 🎉 Do not miss out today @irpnorthumbria.bsky.social 👉 https://ow.ly/Njbh50YglhK
Centre for Palestine Studies Annual Lecture: "History, Gaza, and the question of Genocide" Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley 2 March 2026, @soasuni.bsky.social Register here: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
CPS Annual Lecture: history, Gaza, and the question of genocide
Ussama Makdisi asks why, across so many parts of the liberal West that so solemnly proclaims the universality of law and human rights, is Palestinian life consistently devalued?
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Elections in #Slovenia next month. For those looking for a primer on the development of the party system over the past few decades and insights into the last elections in 2022 check out our article in @europe-asia.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney is an ambitious masterwork of political economy — now in a beautiful new edition! Preorder from Waterstones with the discount code FEB26 for 25% off.
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Buy How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney, Angela Davis from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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for the price of 2.5 admittedly overpriced flat whites, you can pre-order the paperback edition of 'The Psychic Lives of Statues', out with a NEW PREFACE in June 2026 use code FEB26 for a 25% discount at Waterstones THIS WEEK ONLY: www.waterstones.com/book/the-psy...
