Marshall Beier
@jmarshallbeier.bsky.social
Researching imagined childhood as a social technology of governance and the everyday militarization of children’s lives; International Relations; Critical Security Studies. Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University. marshallbeier.com
Just published: "Childing War: Codex Rescriptus" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Childing war: codex rescriptus
What should we make of a warplane as a playground feature or war museums hosting children’s birthday parties? Intuitively, we might expect that weapons of war would be difficult to reconcile with t...
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I had the pleasure of giving a talk today at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, “Child’s Play: Making Social Meaning in Kids’ Zones and War Zones.” Many thanks to Izabela Steflja for the invitation and to all who attended for the warm welcome and excellent discussion.
Coming soon from Manchester University Press. Cover photo was taken while on fieldwork travel in July 2024. Caption: decommissioned U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F9F Cougar repurposed as children’s playground equipment, Boysen Park, Anaheim, California.
REMINDER: *** Please share widely *** Call for Papers: Childhood and Public Memory Editor: J. Marshall Beier Deadline for chapter proposals: 30 April 2026 marshallbeier.com/.../cfp-chil....
Join us in person or online for our new @visualpolitics.bsky.social events to hear about new research from @mtrotem.bsky.social (Manchester), Saffron O'Neill (Exeter), @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social (McMaster) and @hmberents.bsky.social (Griffith). Zoom rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/new-vis...
Just received from University of Toronto Press. Very happy to have my chapter, “Childhoods’ Diplomacies”, in the company of so many smart people rethinking how we understand diplomacy.
Published today in The Conversation. theconversation.com/why-canada-m...
Why Canada must step up to protect children in a period of global turmoil
Violence against children is a global crisis. States must take urgent action to prevent it or the cost will continue to impact communities around the world.
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Looking forward to speaking on children’s rights and social imaginaries of childhood at Peter A. Allard School of Law today.
Dr. Lindsay Robinson at lunch with grad students today, following her excellent talk at the McMaster University Department of Political Science: "Colonial Constructions of Girlhood and Climate Vulnerability: A Feminist Care Ethics Critique of Plan International’s 'Real Choices, Real Lives’ Program".
NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED 📚 I'm very glad to share that the article "The Boundaries of the Future: Child Protection as a Promise of Peace for the Democratic Republic of the Congo" was published in Contexto Internacional, one of Brazil’s most prestigious academic journals in International Relations.
*** Please share widely *** Call for Papers: Childhood and Public Memory Editor: J. Marshall Beier Deadline for chapter proposals: 30 April 2026 marshallbeier.com/wp-content/u...
The Blue Blaze substack takes a deep dive into Rosenwald postdoc alumni Mariya Grinberg's pending, "Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines." Grinberg is assist. prof. of pol sci in MIT’s Security Studies Program. zurl.co/3sj6y #DartmouthDavidson #learnfromthebest
Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines
New book by Mariya Grinberg
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Sharing on behalf of a colleague: Call for papers: Building Future Leaders?: Critical Perspectives on the History of Youth and Civic Engagement in Canada, - Editors Liam Devitt, Kristine Alexander, and Kristina R. Llewellyn
Deadline to submit an abstract to the always fabulous @histchild.bsky.social conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026, coming up on 14th December!* #histchild #histyouth #skystorians *this is also a reminder to myself www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
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Interested in gender & military? Check out the Advances in Critical Military Studies series, ed by @victoriambasham.bsky.social & Sarah Bulmer. I am delighted that Sex & the Nazi Soldier appeared there. This WE books are 50% off @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-sex-and...
Sex and the Nazi Soldier
Sex and the Nazi Soldier
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Another 2024 Grant Project Complete 🎖️ Refreshing for a Younger Generation – Cheshire Military Museum Our grant helped the museum create new displays & learning materials to engage school groups & families with Cheshire’s military history. Read more 👉 www.armymuseums.org.uk/amot-2024-gr...
AMOT 2024 Grants – Cheshire Military Museum - Refreshing for a Younger Generation - Army Museums Ogilby Trust
A reflection of the success of their grant project.
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Call for Papers 📢 Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies Keydates: Abstracts - December 12, 2025 Full papers - June 1, 2026 Publication ~ mid-2027 meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies publishes research on the critical aspects of military power and operations, institutions and international relations.
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The use of drones in armed conflicts has increased dramatically since 2020. Lauren Spink writes that urgent, collective action is needed to reduce civilian harm and suffering from drone attacks around the world. www.justsecurity.org/123474/drone...
Drones are Changing How Wars Harm Civilians
Drones are rapidly changing war. Without global action, their use will lead to greater civilian harm and expand human suffering in conflict.
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Are you going to #BISA2026? @drswhite.bsky.social, @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social Katie Hodgkinson and I have two CPFs for your consideration: Roundtable: "Integrating a youth lens across Intl Studies". Panel: "Shaping the intl through a lens of accountability to children & young ppl"
I'm honored to appear in the Journal of International Political Theory in a series on "Global Crises and Utopian Hope." My article: "Children and their 'Right to be Heard': On a Child-Friendly Politics in an Age of Polycrisis." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... A short 🧵 on my piece —
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🔔Call for Papers🔔 Graduate Panel: Including Indigenous Nations in International Relations Two participants will be selected and paired with an expert from the Indo-Pacific to discuss their work. This is an opportunity to gain mentorship in conference presentation and writing. >>> bit.ly/4gWF5Kj
#DYK War zones are breeding grounds for drug-resistant infections. Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine: collapsed health systems + chaotic antibiotic use = antimicrobial resistance exploding. Militarism isn’t just killing people. It’s killing the medicines that could save them.
How Human Conflict Accelerates Antimicrobial Resistance | ASM.org
War and conflict accelerate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) due to the spread of infections and misuse of antibiotics. Addressing the challenges presented by AMR requires international coordination.
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"Rights Education and the Children's University," now published in vol. 24, no. 4 of the Journal of Human Rights. For those without institutional access, please contact me for the e-offprint link.
Rights education and the children’s university
This article approaches children’s university programs as engaged forms of rights education allied with efforts toward democratic inclusion of children. To the extent they produce opportunities for...
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121 charities have urged the government to bring children's rights in England in line with Scotland & Wales. The changes, in 2 proposed amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill include placing a statutory duty on ministers to protect children’s rights. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
‘Put children’s rights at heart of UK law’, urge campaigners - CYP Now
"Landmark moves" to bring England into line with Scotland and Wales on children’s rights are being urged by a coalition of 121 charities and organisations.
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The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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Sonia Livingstone@sonialivingstone.bsky.social · 11mo ago💡New #DigitalFutures4Children research just out - A child rights audit of GenAI in EdTech: Learning from five UK case studies ⁉️Is #GenAI serving children well at school? Hardly! Our #ChildRights audit is led by Ayca Atabey 🔗https://www.digital-futures-for-children.net/our-work/genai-edtech
National Atomic Testing Museum (Las Vegas) rebranded as The Atomic Museum in 2022 and has been positioning itself as a Las Vegas attraction.
Exhibits, Museums, and Historic Facilities
This page provides details on exhibits, museums, historic facilities and public tours affiliated with the Department of Energy.
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from banal militarism to "cute" militarism
Alex Colville@colvap.bsky.social · 11mo agoCCTV has a montage of cute small children watching the military parade yesterday, netizens saying this is "the best patriotic education." There really isn't any national security topic state media hasn't tried levering cuteness into to make it more appealing. mbd.baidu.com/newspage/dat...
