It’s been wonderful to collaborate with Gazua Eluan on this book project and share her passion for preserving Bedouin cultural heritage. We’re having a book launch in Amman later this month: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/book-l...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Constructing citizenship & indigeneity in Jordan: The politics of Bedouin rights & identities in cultural heritage sites' by Taraf Abu Hamdan & @oliviamason.bsky.social This piece is part of a Special Section entitled 'Glimpses beyond citizenship'. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana

As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...

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Muna Dajani, @casesofyou.bsky.social and I are organising a session at the RGS-IBG AC25 on the theme of ‘unearthing colonial and ecological violence in the Middle East’ Share with anyone who might be interested in being part of this session.

Now out and #openaccess in issue 30(1): "A Cultural Geopolitics of Hosting: Domesticity, Violence and Hospitality in the Home" by Olivia Mason and Sarah M. Hughes @oliviamason.bsky.social @sarahhughes90.bsky.social Download and read for free:

This now has an issue number! It draws on case studies of Palestinian homestay and refugee hosting in the UK. Was a pleasure to write with @sarahhughes90.bsky.social.

Geopolitics Journal@geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now out and #openaccess in issue 30(1): "A Cultural Geopolitics of Hosting: Domesticity, Violence and Hospitality in the Home" by Olivia Mason and Sarah M. Hughes @oliviamason.bsky.social @sarahhughes90.bsky.social Download and read for free:

Join us at the AAG preconference hosted by Geographers for Justice in Palestine in Detroit!

"Syria after Assad" - On the coexistence of relief, uncertainty & fear, and Israel's (re)invasion of Syria. jasminekgani.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/s...

Syria after Assad

The Assad regime, which ruled over Syria for more than fifty years, has ended. The scenes of people being freed from some of the world’s most brutal and notorious torture prisons were deeply m…

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Universities can't afford: research, manageable classes sizes, conference funding, mental health support Universities can afford: expensive VCs/deputy VCs, change managers, external consultants, shiny new buildings, Research Excellence Framework, clunky virtual learning environments, annual fun run

Really looking forward to speaking at this workshop in February about my work on socio-environmental and colonial histories of nature reserves in Jordan 🌿🌿

Mingcan Rong@mingcan-rong.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our workshop ‘From Archives to AI: Researching and Imagining Socioenvironmental Relations’ will be held at Bristol on 12 Feb 2025, which includes talks by @oliviamason.bsky.social @mattinbiglari.bsky.social @jwyg.bsky.social & a panel discussion chaired by Mark Jackson! 🤩 Please find details below!

We welcome applications to join our editorial board, from a range of career stages as well as regional, period and methodological specialisms. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our board as part of our mission to decolonise journal practice. Deadline: Dec 31 Details: bit.ly/JHGBoard

Two permanent human geography posts at Durham University ( a focus on nature, climate change and just futures) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

In a letter in Science magazine Hussam Hussein and I argue for heritage conservation efforts in Petra to better incorporate local Bedouin communities into decision making over these sites and value their cultural heritage and environmental knowledge. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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Please join us for the second online seminar in the series Student Solidarities with Palestine, organised by the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG): *November 27th 1pm-2:30pm. Online*.  Sign up here: lnkd.in/dCBw9Gb8

So we now have a bluesky account too! 🦋☁️🩵 For more info and updates, here's our website: polgrg.wordpress.com And do subscribe to our mailing list: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j... For past posts, here's our X: x.com/RGS_PolGRG?t... Any questions about the Research Group, do get in touch! 🙌

Political Geography Research Group

A research group of the RGS-IBG

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Hi folks, as part of the Political Geography Research group of RGS IBG, we are organising a mentorship session for ECRs on 4th December. Please register and join us if you are interested www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @ingridagnete.bsky.social @oliviamason.bsky.social

‘Perhaps this is why he did it: he was already burning. I guess we all are. God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, the fire next time’. We will never forget Aaron Bushnell offering his own body to resist such cruelty and protest against genocide. Thank you @erikmbaker.bsky.social.

Madeleine Baker@madeleineebaker.bsky.social · 3y ago

New from me on a very difficult subject. Thanks for reading. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

This article is based on my research in Palestinian homestays 9 yrs ago and @Sarah_Hughes90's research on refugee hosting. We muddy the cultural/political borders of home + hosting and show how the home is a site of geopolitical violence across scales. t.co/5M3F4BDzNp

A Cultural Geopolitics of Hosting: Domesticity, Violence and Hospitality in the Home

This paper aims to enhance geopolitical understandings of hosting by exploring the practice of bringing guests – known or unknown – into a home. It starts with a recognition that whilst a growing b...

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It’s really heartening to see editorial statements like this. We need more academics, editors, academic societies, and journals speaking out about the violence of Israel’s war on Gaza and calling for a ceasefire. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dr Wiesam Issa was a CARA fellow in our department in 2019. I didn’t know him well beyond chats in the hall, but he was a lovely colleague & loved his work. He was recently awarded another fellowship to come to the U.K. but unable to leave before being killed. #CeasefireNOW

An open letter to the RGS about its decision not to host a PalFest event during Israel's War on Gaza . The piece reflects on the responsibility and histories of our academic societies and the silencing of Palestinian voices. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

1 out of every 20 Palestinians in Gaza has either been killed, injured, or declared missing....

Statement in support of South Africa's ICJ submission by international lawyers. Scholars of international law, international studies and genocide studies can sign here 👇

Public Statement: Scholars support South Africa’s submission to the International Court of Justice...

Text and signature link for this public statement.

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Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe

Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe

Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows

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