"Nine Mojo Secrets" (1971) by US artist Betye Saar, known for her work in the medium of assemblage and she was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s #womensart

We are wrapping on the 2025-2026 academic year, but we have lots planned for next year. To see the latest news, visit our website for our Summer Newsletter 2026. We have new events planned, new members, and new publications. secrecyresearch.com/2026/06/25/s...

A little light reading over the summer: SPIN-ster Tim Aistrope has a new article out in RIS on the Covid-19 conspiracy theories and anti-elite discourses: 'Conspiracy theory as counter-securitization: Contestation and resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We are pleased to share the recording of our final SPIN event of the 2025-2026 academic year. 'Aliens Exist: secrecy and revelations through UFOs/UAPs' by Dr. Louise Pears and Dr. Anna Miller. Stream now via our website or through our SPIN YouTube channel. secrecyresearch.com/2026/06/15/s...

This Wednesday, join us for our next SPIN talk with Louise Pears and Anna Miller (Leeds) exploring secrecy and revelations through conspiracy theories, UFOs/UAPs, US National Intelligence, and Blink182. All welcome, see link to sign up! 📆 13 May | 15:00 (UK time) | Online 🔗https://buff.ly/H7oOUEa

👽 Do aliens exist? Join Louise Pears and Anna Miller (Leeds) to discuss secrecy and revelations through their paper on conspiracy theories, UFOs/UAPs, US national intelligence, and Blink182 as part of our SPIN talk series. Sign up with link: 📆 13 May | 15:00 (UK time) | Online 🔗 buff.ly/H7oOUEa

Our next SPIN talk features Louise Pears and Anna Miller (Leeds) exploring secrecy and revelations through the compelling frame of conspiracy theories, UFOs/UAPs, US National Intelligence, and Blink 182. 📆 13 May | 15:00 (UK time) | Online

New article now online by SPIN-ster @evanveeren.bsky.social with co-authors Elisabeth Moerking and Harvey Dryer on the powerful and pervasive 'red pill' conspiracy theories inviting us to think more about intertextuality and about gender in conspiracy theories. Published in @ifjpglobal.bsky.social

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New article out in @ifjpglobal.bsky.social ‘Taking the red pill: conspiracy theories, gender, and the “elusive epistemologies” of the “manosphere”’ Very pleased to have co-authored this with the brilliant Elisabeth Moerking and Harvey Dryer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article out in @ifjpglobal.bsky.social ‘Taking the red pill: conspiracy theories, gender, and the “elusive epistemologies” of the “manosphere”’ Very pleased to have co-authored this with the brilliant Elisabeth Moerking and Harvey Dryer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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📆 This Wednesday, join us for new state secrecy research: Nicolo Miotto and Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Vienna) ‘Behind Closed Doors: Navigating Secrecy in the Study of Wargames’ and Daniel de Zeeuw (Amsterdam) ‘The tragedy of the leak’. 22 Apr | 15:00 (UK time) See link to sign up:

📢 SPIN is delighted to welcome Dr. Steph Codsi (Bristol) to the network! Steph's current research focuses on surveillance and the spy figure in late eighteenth-century British radical literature Read more about her fascinating work here: buff.ly/mWJIjMv #SPIN #secrecyresearch

Join our SPIN Panel Session next week with Nicolo Miotto and Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Vienna) and Daniel de Zeeuw (Amsterdam) discussing State Secrecy. See link to sign up, all welcome! 📆 22 Apr | 15:00 (UK time) | Online Chair: Dr Elspeth Van Veeren 🔗 buff.ly/m90E9OP #secrecyresearch

Our next SPIN talks are coming up: Nicolo Miotto and Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Vienna) ‘Behind Closed Doors: Navigating Secrecy in the Study of Wargames’ and Daniel de Zeeuw (Amsterdam) ‘The tragedy of the leak’ - all welcome! 📆 22 April | 15:00 GMT | Online Sign up here:

📢 Our SPIN community is growing! We are delighted to welcome Dr. Ziyun Fan (York) whose interests span secrecy, sustainable transitions and climate change Learn more about her brilliant work here: 🔗https://buff.ly/EiwUThP #SPIN #secrecyresearch

Ziyun Fan - School for Business and Society, University of York

Ziyun Fan, Associate Professor in Responsible Management

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✨ SPIN Spotlight ✨ Catch conversations between Elspeth Van Veeren and Peter Finn on the official government record, with Lewis Bush on his project Depravity's Rainbow and Trading Secrets, and more on SPIN's podcast series. 🔗 buff.ly/tDSEeMP #SPINpodcast #SecrecyResearch

SPIN • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

This podcast series is brought to you by the members of SPIN, the Secrecy, power and ignorance research network (www.secrecyresearch.com). As a network, we study issues and ideas related to the…

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📢 We are delighted to welcome Dr Aidah Aljuran to the SPIN community. Aidah's interests include concealment, secrecy, gender, and Ismaʿili epistemology. Learn more about her fascinating work here: 🔗 buff.ly/0LEGmP9 #SecrecyResearch #SPIN

Covert Meanings: Concealment and Dissimulation among Ismaʿili Women - SPIN

Covert Meanings: Concealment and Dissimulation among Ismaʿili Women    The book examines how Ismaʿili women in Saudi Arabia creatively cultivate...

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📆 Our next SPIN talks are on 22 Apr - Nicolo Miotto & Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Vienna) ‘Behind Closed Doors: Navigating Secrecy in the Study of Wargames’ and Daniel de Zeeuw (Amsterdam) ‘The tragedy of the leak’ Click the link for more info, incl how to sign-up: 🔗 buff.ly/YvgHHgS All welcome!

Join us on 22 April for Nicolo Miotto and Nina Klimburg-Witjes (Vienna) ‘Behind Closed Doors: Navigating Secrecy in the Study of Wargames’ and Daniel de Zeeuw (Amsterdam) ‘The tragedy of the leak’ More information, including how to sign-up, available on our website: 🔗 bit.ly/4qAHQVL All welcome!

SPIN Winter Newsletter - SPIN

In this latest newsletter, we’re pleased to welcome new SPIN members, announce new opportunities and celebrate new publications.  ...

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How does knowledge production--and the possibility of ignorance production--contribute to social injustice? And what can social researchers with strong ethical commitments do to counteract such contributions? Join us on Tues 24 Feb for a free webinar with our Founder & CEO, Dr Zara Bain 👇

WEBINAR: Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers - Sign-up Page

Expand your conceptual toolkit with our accessible introduction to the concepts every social researcher should know.

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✨ SPIN Spotlight: Catfishing and the ocularcentric ✨ Catfishing isn’t just about false profiles — it’s how we trust what we see. Dive back into this essay from 2020 to read about how secrecy, sexuality, and visuality are intertwined in digital life 🔗 buff.ly/XOqjoO5 #Valentines #secrecyresearch

🪙 This Wednesday we welcome Ana Flamind on Secrecy and the Politics of Transgression, and Jamie Johnson and Victoria Basham on Sense-Making at the End of Liberalism. See link for details, there are still spaces available. Do join us 📆 11 Feb | 15:00 | Online 🔗 bit.ly/3Lv5rbc #SPINTalk #secrecy

✨ SPIN Spotlight: Erased by Prof Patricia Owens ✨ In October we welcomed Prof Patricia Owens to discuss her fantastic book 'Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men' 💡Patricia's work shines a light on history of women in the field of IR, more here: buff.ly/hOR01pK #secrecyresearch

Book Talk: Erased by Professor Patricia Owens - SPIN

Wednesday October 1st, Professor Patricia Owens Chair: Dr Zara Bain   SPIN is pleased to host a book talk by...

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🪙 Join our SPIN Panel Session to hear more about the research underpining two chapters in our forthcoming SPIN volume. Ana Flamind on 'Secrecy and the Politics of Transgression' and Jamie Johnson and Owen D Thomas on 'Sense-Making at the End of Liberalism' 11 Feb | 15:00 | Online 🔗

📖 Missed Dr Jeff Whyte discussing his book The Birth of Psychological War? You can watch it now on YouTube. The book explores propaganda and military violence from WWII to Vietnam. Chaired by Prof Brian Rappert Watch here 🔗 buff.ly/SSVsnrW #SPINevents #PsychologicalWarfare

SPIN Talk: Jeffrey Whyte, The Birth of Psychological War

SPIN is delighted to share a recording of Dr Jeffrey Whyte recent talk (Lancaster) discussing his book The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the…

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🪙 SPIN hosts a panel session next month with two presentations: Ana Flamind, 'Secrecy and the Politics of Transgression' and Jamie Johnson and Owen D Thomas, 'Sense-Making at the End of Liberalism'. Hear about the latest research on secrecy and scandal 📆 11 Feb | 15:00 | Online 🔗

✨ SPIN Spotlight: F is for Five Eyes ✨ Dr Lydia Morgan's blog was published as part of our A-Z of Secrecy series. Learn more about the historically important, though increasingly under strain, intelligence cooperation alliance of the UK, US, AUS, CAN & NZ 🔗 buff.ly/bnXDWzQ #SPINblog #FiveEyes

📆 Save the dates! SPIN’s winter/spring 2026 online talks line-up is now available: 11 Feb – Secrecy and the Politics of Transgression by Ana Flamind and Sense-Making at the End of Liberalism by Jamie Johnson, Owen D Thomas & Victoria Basham 1/3

Last term we welcomed Vera Zurbrügg to discuss counter-archival work challenging Switzerland’s WWII neutrality myth. 🪙 You can watch it now on YouTube. Chaired by Dr Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol). Watch here youtu.be/nhosgQdqjvE #SPINevents #CounterArchives

SPIN Talk: Dr Vera Zurbrügg

YouTube video by Secrecy, Power and Ignorance research Network

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We’re excited to be in London today with the London College of Communication for our Artist Lab! Bringing together visual artists, academics, and practitioners to explore and discuss practices of visualising secrecy and power 🕵️🎨 More here:🔗 bit.ly/3Zekitz #SPINevents #visualart #secrecyresearch

LCC/SPIN 'Artist Lab' - January 16th, London - SPIN

SPIN and the London College of Communication have partnered to organise a multi-disciplinary one-day symposium in London on January 16th...

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In a moment that feels like the constant 'revelation' of never-ending scandal, our first event of 2026 is a panel with scandology experts Dr. Ana Flamind (Groningen) plus Jamie Johnson (Leicester) and Owen Thomas (Exeter), 11 February, 3pm (UK time), online. Please join us. All welcome.