Harris Mylonas
@harrismylonas.bsky.social
▫️Prof. of Political Science @gwu1821.bsky.social ▫️Director of IERES @gwu1821.bsky.social ▫️Editor-in-chief of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social ▫️Nationalism | nation-building | migration | diasporas 🔗 https://harrismylonas.com
Zeynep Bulutgil and I wrote the first draft four years ago, and finally today, "Theory before method: The case for methodological pluralism in political science," was published in the International Political Science Review #OpenAccess Check it out 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Zeynep Bulutgil and I wrote the first draft four years ago, and finally today, "Theory before method: The case for methodological pluralism in political science," was published in the International Political Science Review #OpenAccess Check it out 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The new issue of Nationalities Papers (54.3) has been published #openaccess 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Keep reading, keep citing! On the Cover: Photo by Marco Abram
📷 Call for Submissions: 7th Annual Nationalities Papers Photo Contest 🗓 Deadline: May 20, 2026 🏆 Winners announced at the Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities on May 30, 2026 Full contest rules and submission details at the link below. 👉 nationalities.org/prizes/natio...
Nationalities Papers Photo Contest - Association for the Study of Nationalities
Nationalities Papers Photo Contest The annual photo contest rewards scholars for the best photos from their fieldwork. These photos are judged in terms of their content, synthesis, and visually comp...
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Excited to announce a new Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies special issue co-edited with @harrismylonas.bsky.social: The Logics of Eliminationist Politics. @scmrjems.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/5...
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
The Logics of Eliminationist Politics. Volume 52, Issue 4 of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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The first issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social for 2026 has been published #openaccess. Check it out here 👉 cambridge.org/core/journal... Keep reading, keep citing! Photo taken by Rimantė Jaugaitė. Appeal to Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2023.
I’m writing this post to share a new article, co-authored with @mmgarrity.bsky.social, that examines eliminationist politics and proposes an analytical framework for their study, published in @scmrjems.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... nationalisky | polisky 1/8
Eliminationist politics: an analytical framework
The study of eliminationist policies – deliberate actions by state or non-state actors aimed at destroying, removing, or erasing groups based on salient identity categories – has yielded significan...
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Under what conditions do kin-states pursue militarized irredentism rather than limiting themselves to irredentist rhetoric or cultural engagement with co-ethnics abroad? Check out my @journalofgss.bsky.social article here 👉 academic.oup.com/jogss/articl... polisky | nationalisky
The year 2024 confirmed a global environment defined by: ↔️ pronounced political fragmentation 🗳️ heightened electoral activity 📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory. ⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now! buff.ly/lSheCuB
📌 The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has been published #openaccess. Check it out here 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Keep reading, keep citing! On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak polisky / nationalisky
An interdisciplinary group of panelists mulled over immigration and national unity during a panel hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics on Wednesday. Maya Y. Fu, Adrian U. Ramirez, and Alexa M. Schmitt report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘Turn the Temperature Down’: Panelists Talk National Unity, Immigration at Harvard Safra Center Talk | News | The Harvard Crimson
An interdisciplinary group of panelists mulled over immigration and national unity during a panel hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics on Wednesday.
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My chapter on "State- and Nation-Building in Modern Greece," written for The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek History, has been published online 👉 academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 📌PM me if you want a copy!
🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData 🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/O8e3giN
The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-9 Kathleen E. Powers’s Nationalisms in International Politics “challenges the conventional wisdom about nationalism and supranationalism by demonstrating that not all nationalisms and supranationalisms are the same.” –Jiyoung Ko wp.me/p2Insd-7wj
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-9 on Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-9 Kathleen E. Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics. Princeton University Press, 2022. ISBN: 9780691224572.
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Interested in #nationalism and international relations? Check out the latest @h-diplo.bsky.social Jervis Forum Roundtable on Powers’ book Introduction by Jonathan Renshon; reviews by Jiyoung Ko, Deborah Welch Larson, and Harris Mylonas; reply by Kathleen Powers issforum.org/roundtables/...
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-9 on Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-9 Kathleen E. Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics. Princeton University Press, 2022. ISBN: 9780691224572.
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The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social is now published www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Check it out. On the cover, photo taken by Isabelle DeSisto #polisky #nationalisky
*Nationalism and ethnicity in the study of international relations* a chapter that @erinjenne.bsky.social and I co-authored for the Elgar Handbook of International Relations edited by @cameronthies.bsky.social has (finally) been published! www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... nationalisky | polisky
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The 2024 Impact Factor for @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has increased to *1.6*, up from *1.3* in 2023. This marks a remarkable climb from 0.728 in 2019. A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated editorial board, reviewers & authors! @asn-org.bsky.social #nationalism #polisky #nationalisky
Fantastic dissertation! Great meeting you @axelcronert.bsky.social !
Axel Cronert@axelcronert.bsky.social · last yr.Thrilled to see my PhD student Anna Jeglinska defend her excellent thesis on Polish diaspora policy – "Co-nationals under construction" – with flying collars today! Thank you @harrismylonas.bsky.social for a highly constructive discussion! Now, Dr. Jeglinska – time to party! 🥳
Looking forward to it
Department of Government, Uppsala University@uu-polisci.bsky.social · last yr.Tomorrow at the Department of Government, Anna Jeglinska defends her thesis Co-nationals under construction: Poland’s diaspora policy 1989–2023, with @harrismylonas.bsky.social as external reviewer. Location: Brusewitzsalen, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala Time: 13:15 www.uu.se/en/events/de...
Deborah Boucoyannis and I draw on Richard Bensel’s “The Founding of Modern States” to highlight a point overlooked in political science: state- and regime-building are deeply tied to how “the people” are defined—nation-building. Check out the piece👉 academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Varieties of Nationalism @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org co-authored with Maya Tudor was released into the world 2 years ago. Thank you to everyone who has adopted it in their courses or incorporated its ideas into their research, helping it find a place in the field www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Varieties of Nationalism
Cambridge Core - Economic Development and Growth - Varieties of Nationalism
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In 2018, David Laitin and Pål Kolstø engaged in a discussion at the Annual Meeting of the @asn-org.bsky.social The panel was a 20-year retrospective on Laitin’s “Identity in Formation: the Russian-speaking populations in the Near Abroad” 1/4 @nationalitiesp.bsky.social polisky | nationalisky
Don't forget to submit your fieldwork photos to the annual @nationalitiesp.bsky.social Photo Contest by May 15! The photo submissions should be accompanied by a brief description (300-400 words) Email them to our Managing Editor: np.managingeditor@gmail.com
Issue 53.3 of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social is now published. Check it out 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... On the cover, photo taken by Elena Denisova-Schmidt #polisky #nationalisky
If you'll be in Princeton on May 1 👇
Lecture: Harris Mylonas, “The Politics of State- and Nation-Building in Greece”
The talk will investigate the formation of the modern Greek national state over the nineteenth century, focusing on its transformation from an imperial Ottoman domain into a nationalizing state. Centr...
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Meghan Garrity@mmgarrity.bsky.social · last yr.First @bsky.app post! @joshschwartz.bsky.social & I are conducting a survey on the treatment of women & girls in #Afghanistan & #Iran. Academics, practitioners, policymakers - we would love to hear from you! The survey is fully anonymous & will only take 5 mins: cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
New Issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social published 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... On the Cover. Photo taken by Roi Pérez Keep reading, keep citing #OpenAccess #nationalisky #polisky
