Jack Holland
@profjackholland.bsky.social
Work: Professor and APVC (R&I, Environment and Social Science). Edit BJPIR. Research: IR, security, terrorism. US, UK, Australia (AUKUS). Discourse, culture, narrative. Own views. https://profjackholland.com Life: Dad, Arsenal, running, 90's guitars.
A new article by Lee Jarvis offers a new approach to vernacular security discourse not (only) as a window into everyday experiences of fear, risk, danger. But (also) as an site of political argumentation where the security-ness of issues, actors, and decisions is explored and contested. ⬇️
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Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/3STjhlv #PSHighlyViewed 6/10 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci
Congratulations to Professor Alex Beresford and Dr Ruth Bookbinder on receiving the Priestley Centre Prize for Collaboration, awarded by @priestleycentre.bsky.social Read more about this fantastic achievement ⬇️ shorturl.at/nD0gF
‘Outstanding contribution to climate’: Politics and International Studies academics win prize
Professor Alex Beresford and Dr Ruth Bookbinder have been awarded the Priestley Centre Prize for Collaboration in recognition of their pioneering work on just energy transitions in South Africa.
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'Conflict and cooperation in a changing world' 🌍 The deadline to submit papers for #VirtualBISA2027 is approaching 🌟 Find all information here! 👉 virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk @simonrushton.bsky.social @jamiejhagen.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Are you going to #BISA2026 in Brighton next month? If so, join us the evening of Thursday 4 June for a Feminist and Queer Happy hour. Dean Cooper Cunningham and I will also be using the get together as an informal joint book celebration. RSVP to join! www.eventbrite.com/e/bisa-2026-...
BISA 2026 Feminist and Queer Happy Hour
Meet with fellow feminists and queer folks for a chill get together and catch-up.
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Looking forward to #BISA2026 this week in Brighton. 😎 1) a roundtable on the role of emotions in the global Far Right, 2) examining fascism and the 2nd Trump presidency with Jonny Hall and @profjackholland.bsky.social , 3) Alex Homolar and I look at fantasies of nationalist populism.
Come and join our Postgraduate Network and first-timers meet up at #BISA2026 🎉 A great way to meet and network with fellow first-timers, postgraduates and ECRs in a relaxed and welcoming environment! 🌟 Sponsored by the PGN on Tuesday 2 June at The Mesmerist 👉 https://ow.ly/hRLL50Z5239
En route to #bisa2026 in Brighton and a packed schedule Huge thanks to everyone who helps to put on this brilliant annual conference
Landed on holiday and was still in the airport when Arsenal won the league (frantically smashing refresh in the passport queue), so you've escaped any posts! Fair to say the family are ecstatic and we (literally) flew the Arsenal flag by the swimming pool all week. Over land and sea! COYG.
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Met (C) 🏆@afcmet.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur hype video includes LOKI in it. I can't describe how hyped that video made me
A second new article published this week: Ontological Security beyond Binaries: Islamic State’s brOthering of Jihadist Competitors through Genocide published in ISQ, with Harry Swinhoe academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
🪖🇺🇸 NEW: Constructivism and the Capitol riots: Beyond single dominant narratives, towards eventful sociology from @profjackholland.bsky.social & Ryan O’Connor. 📑👉 Open access - read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Delighted to see this article, co-authored with @profjackholland.bsky.social, is now out! 'Ontological Security beyond Binaries' makes original contributions to debates on Ontological Security and brOthering; moving beyond identity binaries in Genocide Studies; and theorising IS genocidal violence.
Jack Holland@profjackholland.bsky.social · 5mo agoA second new article published this week: Ontological Security beyond Binaries: Islamic State’s brOthering of Jihadist Competitors through Genocide published in ISQ, with Harry Swinhoe academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
A second new article published this week: Ontological Security beyond Binaries: Islamic State’s brOthering of Jihadist Competitors through Genocide published in ISQ, with Harry Swinhoe academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Constructivism and the Capitol riots: Beyond single dominant narratives, towards eventful sociology - https://cup.org/3QWigh7 - @profjackholland.bsky.social & Ryan O’Connor #FirstView
New article, many years in the making
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 5mo ago#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Constructivism and the Capitol riots: Beyond single dominant narratives, towards eventful sociology - https://cup.org/3QWigh7 - @profjackholland.bsky.social & Ryan O’Connor #FirstView
Submissions of papers for our 2027 virtual conference #VirtualBISA2027 are OPEN NOW 🌟 'Conflict and cooperation in a changing world' 🌍 Find all information here! 👉 https://indico.bisa.ac.uk/event/659/ Simon Rushton Jamie J. Hagen @julietdryden.bsky.social City St George's, University of London
High above the Parkinson steps, a pair of peregrine falcons tend to their eggs. The birds are oblivious to their growing global fanbase, but they appear on screens around the world. With the eggs due to hatch any day now, watch the live stream of the nest: sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/bio...
Our 2027 virtual conference #VirtualBISA2027 call & homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉 Submissions for papers open on 5 May 🌟 Find our call for papers here 👉 https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers Simon Rushton Jamie J. Hagen @julietdryden.bsky.social City St George's, University of London
Our Susan Strange Best Book Prize 2026 shortlist has been announced! 🎉 The shortlisted authors this year were Peter Katzenstein, Patricia Owens, Marina Duque, Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas 🌟 Find out more about their books! 👉 https://ow.ly/clbY50YwbMC Princeton University Press
Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture! 🎉 ‘Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order’ trying to provide an explanation why the events in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 unsettled the international order 🌍 Space is limited so register now! 👉 https://ow.ly/qhIf50Y4lfY
Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture on Gaza as an epicentre
The #BISA2026 conference in Brighton will commence with a lecture given by Professor Ilan Pappe.
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Nominations are open now for our Susan Strange Best Book Prize honouring the work of Susan Strange! 🎉 It's important to note that self nominations are now allowed - check all eligibility requirements below! 🌟 👉 https://ow.ly/FRXO50Y04A9 @julietdryden.bsky.social Juanita Elias Jack Holland
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!! Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk Participant registration deadline: 2 March See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️ @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that my article has been published @bjpir.bsky.social sky.social In this piece, I explain why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries from invading those allies in the context of extended deterrence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... [1/10]
Why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries in extended deterrence: Evidence from US extended deterrence for South Korea - Do Young Lee, 2025
In extended deterrence, a nuclear patron assumes a dual role: reassuring its clients while deterring adversaries. Policymakers and scholars widely recognise tha...
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Nominations for our annual BISA prizes have opened today! 🎉 Recognising excellence & achievement through research & teaching in the field of International Studies! 🌟 Open until the 3 February & presented at our annual conference find all info here 👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/prizes
Just before Xmas, Laura C and I had career firsts: 2 PhD students successfully defended their theses on the same day, passing their vivas. Very many congrats to Dr Laura Rose Brown and Dr Charles Gray! And very many thanks to the internals (Louise and Olaf) and externals (Catherine and Kyle)
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some journal/ed. data: as one of BJPIR's editors, so far I have processed 330 articles in an average of 19.73 days we are nearly 3/4 of the way through a 6-year term and the submission rate is increasing (a lot) this is furthered by our current impact factor (3.4) which ranks us 14th in IR
