The first review of Luke Ulas's recent book is here

Eilidh Beaton@eilidhbeaton.bsky.social · last mo.

Pleased to share that my review of Luke Ulaş's 'Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach' is now out in Contemporary Political Theory. Ulaş's project is super interesting and forced me to grapple with some big questions about self-determination. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...

🗣️ JOB! 12-month fixed-term lecturer in Political Philosophy at Sheffield 📅 Deadline - 19 July 2026 jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...

Sheffield is department of the year! So pleased to have found a home among caring and brilliant colleagues. bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/

BPA Prizes 2026 - British Philosophical Association

The British Philosophical Association is delighted to celebrate the inaugural recipients of our new BPA Prizes. These awards were established to recognise and promote the outstanding breadth, depth, a...

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I am hugely honoured to be giving this year’s Warrender lecture, especially given the extraordinary array of political theorists who precede me - including Lea Ypi, Quentin Skinner, and David Miller, among others. My topic: ‘How not to defend liberal institutions’. Looking forward to it!

Sheffield Political Theory Group @polshef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This year's Warrender Lecture will be given by Professor Duncan Ivison ( @duncanivison.bsky.social ), President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester (and political philosopher!). Deatails of the lecture can be found at the below link. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/school/...

New from Ed Hall in European Journal of Political Theory 'Seductions of power: political irresponsibility and the theory of dirty hands' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Coming very soon from our former group member!

Peter Verovšek@pjv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Author copies just arrived! The book officially comes out on March 24, but now I have the first printed examples in hand for my presentation in The Hague tomorrow afternoon as part of the Radical Readings of the Philosophical Canon workshop

This year's Warrender Lecture will be given by Professor Duncan Ivison ( @duncanivison.bsky.social ), President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester (and political philosopher!). Deatails of the lecture can be found at the below link. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/school/...

Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). You can order here: linktr.ee/whyplatomatt...

Just published (open access) in The Review of Politics: Robin Douglass and Ed Hall, 'Judith Shklar's Ethos of Skeptical Vigilance' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thanks to @mattpolprof.bsky.social for his engaged and thoughtful review of both my own and @pjthinker.bsky.social new books on post-liberalism.

Matt McManus@mattpolprof.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My new piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social reviewing two good books on post-liberalism ala Vance, Deneen and the rest of the gang. jacobin.com/2025/12/post...

A couple of years and a @leverhulme.ac.uk research fellowship in the making, my book on post-liberalism is out next month and available to pre-order. www.amazon.co.uk/Post-Liberal...

My short explainer on post-liberalism for The Conversation. theconversation.com/j-d-vance-ca...

J.D. Vance calls himself a ‘post-liberal’: here’s what that means for US government

J.D. Vance is religious, has conservative views on social issues, but also believes in big government’s power to change society.

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Ed Hall's 'Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century' is out now. See below a code for 30% off.

Ed Hall's Power And Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century is now available online at Oxford Academic, a month ahead of its print publication: doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Sheffield Political Theory Group @polshef.bsky.social · last yr.

Coming in July, by group member Ed Hall: Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century shorturl.at/wkELc

A couple of years and a Leverhulme Trust research fellowship in the making, I am excited to see that my book on post-liberalism is now available to pre-order. amzn.eu/d/7gmUUxD

New episode out today, in which Josh Hobbs and Luke Ulas give me their thoughts on cosmopolitanism. What is it? Should we be cosmopolitans? Does anyone want to be a cosmopolitan? What might make want to be a cosmopolitan? ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

39. How Should We Motivate Cosmopolitanism? With Luke Ulas and Josh Hobbs - Ethics Untangled

Luke Ulas from the University of Sheffield and Josh Hobbs from the University of Leeds are both interested in cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism is a name used for a few different political ideas, but t...

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IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · last yr.

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social Jim Baxter speaks to Luke Ulas, University of Sheffield and Josh Hobbs from IDEA about Cosmopolitanism - "the idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, are (or can and should be) citizens in a single community."

Introduction now available open access until June 20th: academic.oup.com/book/59708/c...

Sheffield Political Theory Group @polshef.bsky.social · last yr.

Luke Ulas, Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach Out now in print, as an ebook, and online via Oxford Academic: academic.oup.com/book/59708?s... Audiobook coming in June!

The books by group members keep (forth)coming... This time @mattsleat.bsky.social

Paul Kelly@pjthinker.bsky.social · last yr.

The Kelly / Sleat postliberalism double act forthcoming from @politybooks.bsky.social - @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Coming in July, by group member Ed Hall: Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century shorturl.at/wkELc

Luke Ulas, Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach Out now in print, as an ebook, and online via Oxford Academic: academic.oup.com/book/59708?s... Audiobook coming in June!

Woah, my book is published! Available online! Please read it! Or at least get your library to order it, or maybe download some PDF chapters with good intentions... :) academic.oup.com/book/59557 #academicsky #philsky

Oppressive Praise

Abstract. This is a book about praise: in particular, the expressions we use to elevate others, esteem them, celebrate the things they do. These expression

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A Centre for Engaged Philosophy Workshop on Praise & Commemoration, 19th May, Sheffield. Details & registration here: engagedphilosophy.org/2025/03/10/w... Support with costs of attendance available thanks to support from Society for Applied Philosophy. Please share widely! #academicsky #philsky

Some nice events coming up here in Sheffield: 11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social 7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan' 28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social 2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social

Pleased to announce that Cheryl Misak and I will be giving the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture at Sheffield on June 2nd. Our talk is titled "Pragmatism, Truth and Politics"; it draws from the book Cheryl and I are currently writing together. www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

Coming in February, by group member Luke Ulas Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach shorturl.at/MuQMY

Published earlier this year, co-edited by group member Alasdair Cochrane, and Mara-Daria Cojocaru. global.oup.com/academic/pro...