This week's writing is going pretty much as usual. Yesterday I struggled all day with a paragraph on p.5, so in order to smash that hold-up today I decided to carefully refine the previous pages in the hope of building up momentum. Instead I have now spent 4 hours stuck on a new issue I found on p.3

Interested in organising a political philosophy panel at the IPSA biennial conference in Rome '27? If so, why not propose an open/closed panel here: wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/submit-pa... & put down @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social in the form when doing so. Will be a veritable festival of ideas in the eternal city.

Do think about coming/organising! Perhaps what the conference needs is a strong panel on 'methods'? Either way, would be good to see lots of theorists turning up & reminding management just what a hotbed of humanistic excellence Exeter continues to be. The staff there deserve ribbons not scissors...

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social · 2w ago

The deadline for submissions to our annual conference (this time in lovely Exeter) has been extended to July 31st. Full details 👇

Come work with us at @durham.ac.uk : Teaching Fellow in Ethics and Political Philosophy www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSI217/t...

Teaching Fellow in Ethics and Political Philosophy at Durham University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Teaching Fellow in Ethics and Political Philosophy at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Last talk/bake/photo of the year for Bristol' pol-philosophers yesterday. Very happy to say that, because we hosted good friend & marvellous collaborator @sania-ismailee.bsky.social, we went out on a high, which is more than many Prime Ministers & football teams manage. See you all soon!

Interested in giving an online pol-theory seminar to an excellent audience made up of members of the 4 ECPR pol-theory Standing Groups? If so, just fill in this form (These are always Wednesdays 5pm CET): app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82952... p.s. I'm not the organiser, so don't ask me questions!

I'm DELIGHTED 2 say that @psapolthought.bsky.social have just approved a funding application I put in to host a pol-theory book workshop in Spring '27. If you have a manuscript you think would benefit from this then let me know! @biapt.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social

Further evidence that @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social is the most blessed of all the colleges.

I am very happy to say that @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social has a friendly fox, as seen at 4-30am, long before the heat or the students could interfere with its scavenging. Just wish I'd had a telephoto with me @wiglet1981.bsky.social.

I do like these early days of the World Cup, with everyone included and still full of hope. Right now everyone is smiling and has a chance of success! Rather like that precious time window you get before the short-listing for a political theory job. Soon, sadly, reality will reassert itself.

Very happy to promote this public philosophy collaboration by my newish & most excellent colleague Ana Milioni (who is not on social media!): www.the-pamphlet.com Also of interest 2 e.g @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social @enzoreds.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social

The Pamphlet

The Pamphlet is philosophy's most accessible magazine.  Here at the Pamphlet, we believe everyone can learn and be inspired by philosophy, regardless of their education. That's why we’ve made it our ...

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Let me know if you're keen to take part, because @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social will be organising a LOT of panels. We're on a mission to make this the biggest IPSA ever for political philosophy. Tell @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social or me if you have a paper or panel idea wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/home

After 2 years of hard work Bristol now officially has a PPE degree! www.bristol.ac.uk/study/underg... Wouldn't have been possible without working alongside @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social every step of the way, plus extra thanks also to @lisamherzog.bsky.social and @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social

BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

Over three years, BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bristol offers in-depth and stimulating study in three different disciplines. The programme aims to open doors and prepare ...

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After a marvellous lecture yesterday from @tmbejan.bsky.social on equality (before egalitarianism) we had this morning a fascinating talk on Locke (before liberalism) to our usual talk-and-bake group. Both occasions marked by rich insight & conversation and for that we are very grateful indeed 😁

Very happy to promote this event in Tokyo in October & even happier to be taking part! www.waseda.jp/fpse/winpec/... Will be the 1st of many ventures by the now thoroughly revitalised @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social that I'm lucky enough to co-lead with @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social...

CFP: IPSA RC31 Political Philosophy Methodology Workshop 2026, Waseda University

Co-organizers  IPSA Research Committee 31 (Political Philosophy) and the Waseda Institute of Political Economy, Waseda University   Worksho...

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Delighted to say that we're hosting @tmbejan.bsky.social here in Bristol this week. If you're interested in coming along to her talk at 2pm on June 9th (connected to this book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...) then just send me an email. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social

First Among Equals — Harvard University Press

An incisive account of how equality transformed from an abstract ideal into a concrete social and political vision, thanks to seventeenth-century English dissidents like the Levellers and the politica...

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Great work by the newsletter team! And very much looking forward to the conference in September @edmundhandby.bsky.social @sunelaegaard.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprtheloop.bsky.social @simonpaulstevens.bsky.social

Methods of Normative Political Theory - ECPR Standing Group@ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📬 Our June newsletter has landed! Inside: highlights from Innsbruck JS, updates on #ecprgc26 in Kraków, insights from the Waseda methodology workshop, member achievements, recent publications, and much more. Take a look 👇 @ecpr.bsky.social @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

Had a marvellous time at Brave New World in Manchester last week, thanks to hosting from @yonghaohuang.bsky.social, Anthony McMullin, @liamshields.bsky.social @jamespattison.bsky.social & others. As usual took the chance to ask a few questions of the audience, and thus gather a bit more data...

Manchester old and new.

Very much looking forward to giving a keynote at 'Brave New World' tomorrow in Manchester: sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancept/brav... Will be trying to tell the good folk there what the 'point' is of doing methodology work in our field, because really you would think I might have figured that out by now

Brave New World 2026

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Tewkesbury Abbey enjoying the sunset. Just around the bend, a few cygnets enjoy their first paddle. How could anyone ever think of them as ugly ducklings?

I would apply for this if I could.

Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Department of English and Related Literature University of York Salary: £28,549.66 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...

Lovely to get a signed copy of this excellent book handed to me earlier in the week by @georgeboss.bsky.social Lucid, original, precise, and engagingly written from start to finish.

Bank holiday trilogy. Neither philosophical nor political. Halfway between International Workers Day and intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you). Just swanning around.

New pile of marking just arrived, so guess this sunset marks the end of my research aspirations this week.

It's great when your former Bristol students take interesting jobs & then invite you to work @edmundsprof.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @tariqmodood.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social Had a v interesting few hours inside afterwards, inc. stroking marvellous Larry.

Happening 2morrow in Oxford. Looking forward to it. Let Alice Baderin know (see pic attached) if you want to attend. Let me know if you want to chat over a coffee about anything vaguely methodological @lisamherzog.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @academic.oup.com @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

Lecturing in Bristol 2day on PublicPoliticalPhilosophy. Will talk lots about Onora O'Neill, Elizabeth Anderson & Michelle Moody-Adams, all of whom (1) were supervised by Rawls though (2) are not on B-sky. Thankfully I have other examples who are, Inc. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social

IN, FOR, and WITH the public 🎉Extra thanks from me to @georgeboss.bsky.social for doing the hard graft on this from start to finish! Looking forward very much to seeing where the debate goes next...@ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social

George Boss@georgeboss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our issue on Public Political Philosophy is out in the world! tinyurl.com/PublicPolPhilo We asked about the gap between political philosophy and everyday politics: why it’s there, how to close it, whether we ought to. The answers were engaging, rigorous, exciting, often surprising. Do take a look!

Are there manipulative methods of argument in pol-phi? Ways of reasoning that distort/deceive? Is it eg manipulative 2 use a picture of your cats or endless rhetorical questions? Discussing this 2day w. hopefully non-manipulative feedback from @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social