Luca Anceschi
@anceschistan.bsky.social
Professor in Eurasian Studies at the University of Glasgow
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Luca Anceschi
@anceschistan.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hello to all my new followers! I study personalism + personalist forms of authoritarian rule w/ particular reference to Central Asia. I'm currently writing a book that studies how pandemic politics became an instrument of authoritarian consolidation for regimes in Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan.
Job! Our department just advertised a 4-year Lectureship in Eurasian Studies at Glasgow University.
This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Lecturer in Eurasian Studies
Job Purpose The School of Social and Political Sciences is seeking to appoint a fixed-term lecturer in Eurasian Studies with specific expertise in one or more countries of the post-socialist Eurasi...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Job! Our department just advertised a 4-year Lectureship in Eurasian Studies at Glasgow University.
This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
This is a rare opportunity to join one of Europe's top Area Studies departments, building up our expertise on Central Asia or the Caucasus. More details:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
V much looking forward to contributing to this intriguing workshop later on this week.
www.unior.it/en/node/2754
www.unior.it/en/node/2754
“Beyond Moscow? Theories and Research Methodologies" - international workshop
www.unior.it
January 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
V much looking forward to contributing to this intriguing workshop later on this week.
www.unior.it/en/node/2754
www.unior.it/en/node/2754
Interesting job opening at CERI Sciences-Po. Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign and/or Security Policy of Russia.
Good to see language knowledge mentioned as a desirable skill for potential applicants.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI263/a...
Good to see language knowledge mentioned as a desirable skill for potential applicants.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI263/a...
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign And/or Security Policy Of Russia at Sciences Po
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign And/or Security Policy Of Russia is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and ...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Interesting job opening at CERI Sciences-Po. Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science: Foreign and/or Security Policy of Russia.
Good to see language knowledge mentioned as a desirable skill for potential applicants.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI263/a...
Good to see language knowledge mentioned as a desirable skill for potential applicants.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI263/a...
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Hello to all our new followers! Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social since 1949, we publish ground-breaking research on the history + current political social economic affairs of the post-socialist countries of Europe + Asia. For all info on EAS, see: www.tandfonline.com/journals/cea...
Learn about Europe-Asia Studies
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January 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Looks like @europe-asia.bsky.social has landed on @bsky.app. Follow our account to stay updated about online articles, the publication of new issues, and much more!
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On 5 March, we will host an interdisciplinary workshop 'Migration, Mobilities, and Borders in Eurasia' at Manchester. We invite paper proposals on any aspect of migration & borders in Eurasia in historical or contemporary perspective. Deadline 31 January & CfP here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ETY6...
January 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
On 5 March, we will host an interdisciplinary workshop 'Migration, Mobilities, and Borders in Eurasia' at Manchester. We invite paper proposals on any aspect of migration & borders in Eurasia in historical or contemporary perspective. Deadline 31 January & CfP here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ETY6...
Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on #СentralAsia at @harvard.edu's Davis Center. CfP to close on 31.01, with conference held 18-20.04. Of interest to all students pursuing doctoral projects with a focus on Central Asia. More details:
daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/cal...
daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/cal...
Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on Сentral Asia
Are you a graduate student writing about Central Asia? Submit your application for the Davis Center Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia by Jan. 31, 2025!
daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
January 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on #СentralAsia at @harvard.edu's Davis Center. CfP to close on 31.01, with conference held 18-20.04. Of interest to all students pursuing doctoral projects with a focus on Central Asia. More details:
daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/cal...
daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/cal...
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Get your papers in order for the next @apsgworkshop.bsky.social Authoritarian Politics Conference in June 2025! This time even bigger and better!
Polisky Dictatorsky
Yesterday we finished another great season of the virtual workshop! Thank you all for joining!!
While we prepare the Spring season, we want to let you know we will be organizing another in-person conference over the summer! The CfP will be out soon. Stay tuned!
Yesterday we finished another great season of the virtual workshop! Thank you all for joining!!
While we prepare the Spring season, we want to let you know we will be organizing another in-person conference over the summer! The CfP will be out soon. Stay tuned!
December 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Get your papers in order for the next @apsgworkshop.bsky.social Authoritarian Politics Conference in June 2025! This time even bigger and better!
Perfect scapegoat: a pro-Ukraine, Central Asian migrant.
A 29-year-old Uzbekistani national has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov. A video of the suspect’s interrogation shows him confessing to planting the bomb on orders from Ukrainian intelligence.
Russia arrests Uzbekistani citizen over General Igor Kirillov’s assassination, says suspect confessed to working with Ukrainian intelligence — Meduza
A 29-year-old Uzbekistani national has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s radiation, chemical, and biological defense…
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Perfect scapegoat: a pro-Ukraine, Central Asian migrant.
Was on Radio 3 Mondo earlier on to discuss the arrest of an Uzbek citizen charged w/ the assassination of General Kirillov. I talked about Uzbekistan's role in Eurasia's polarised geopolitics & the precariousness of Uzbek migrant communities as the war continues: www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2024/1...
Radio3 Mondo | S2024 | Bomba a Mosca, l'intelligence ucraina e il ruolo dell'Uzbekistan | La situazione sul campo di batta | Rai Radio 3 | RaiPlay Sound
Bomba a Mosca, l'intelligence ucraina e il ruolo dell'Uzbekistan | La situazione sul campo di batta - Radio3 Mondo - Il tenente generale russo Igor Kirillov, capo dell'unità di Difesa radiologica, chi...
www.raiplaysound.it
December 18, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Was on Radio 3 Mondo earlier on to discuss the arrest of an Uzbek citizen charged w/ the assassination of General Kirillov. I talked about Uzbekistan's role in Eurasia's polarised geopolitics & the precariousness of Uzbek migrant communities as the war continues: www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2024/1...
As part of the UKRI-funded Network + Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, Eurasia in Transition, which includes the University of Glasgow alongside colleagues in Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, I'm pleased to announce an initial round of funded opportunities made available by the network. 1/
December 17, 2024 at 12:03 PM
As part of the UKRI-funded Network + Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, Eurasia in Transition, which includes the University of Glasgow alongside colleagues in Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, I'm pleased to announce an initial round of funded opportunities made available by the network. 1/
V long, and typically detailed, @vlastkz.bsky.social feature on social policy in post-Qantar Kazakhstan. Nice to see my views included here alongside those of distinguished colleagues. A must-read to make sense of what’s going on in Kazakhstan.
vlast.kz/obsshestvo/6...
vlast.kz/obsshestvo/6...
Два года ожидания социальной справедливости Токаева - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть
25 ноября 2022 года Касым-Жомарт Токаев был переизбран президентом Казахстана. Тогда он пообещал миллионам казахстанцам справедливое распределение доходов и борьбу с олигополистическим капитализмом. ...
vlast.kz
December 9, 2024 at 12:33 PM
V long, and typically detailed, @vlastkz.bsky.social feature on social policy in post-Qantar Kazakhstan. Nice to see my views included here alongside those of distinguished colleagues. A must-read to make sense of what’s going on in Kazakhstan.
vlast.kz/obsshestvo/6...
vlast.kz/obsshestvo/6...
Call for applications for the 2025 Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowship is open until 23.12. The institute is an ideal place to work + a key centre for the study of Eastern Europe & Eurasia. And Helsinki is one of Europe's coolest cities.
Consider apply if you can: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante...
Consider apply if you can: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante...
Call for proposals | Aleksanteri Institute | University of Helsinki
The Aleksanteri Institute welcomes applications for its visiting fellowships for April – December 2025. The Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European stud...
www.helsinki.fi
December 4, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Call for applications for the 2025 Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowship is open until 23.12. The institute is an ideal place to work + a key centre for the study of Eastern Europe & Eurasia. And Helsinki is one of Europe's coolest cities.
Consider apply if you can: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante...
Consider apply if you can: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante...
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"Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies" is now available electronically from OUP and the hardback should be out on December 19! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Here is a thread on what we have put together:
Here is a thread on what we have put together:
November 28, 2024 at 12:38 PM
"Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies" is now available electronically from OUP and the hardback should be out on December 19! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Here is a thread on what we have put together:
Here is a thread on what we have put together:
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Some shocking nonsense from France here. No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they're in office - not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one.
See Article 27 of the Rome Statute: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
See Article 27 of the Rome Statute: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-says-it-cant-arrest-netanyahu-because-icc-immunity
France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity
French foreign ministry say it respects the decision of the ICC but that the Israeli prime minister remains immune while in office
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Some shocking nonsense from France here. No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they're in office - not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one.
See Article 27 of the Rome Statute: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
See Article 27 of the Rome Statute: www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
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My book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point.
If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
The King Can Do No Wrong
Cambridge Core - Middle East Government,Politics and Policy - The King Can Do No Wrong
www.cambridge.org
November 27, 2024 at 10:37 AM
My book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point.
If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
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It is horrendous. Just FYI - this report says Achilova has since been released from forced hospitalization. timesca.com/turkmen-huma...
Turkmen Human Rights Activist Soltan Achilova Released After Forced Hospitalization - The Times Of Central Asia
The journalist's release was reportedly facilitated by diplomatic interventions from several countries and pressure from international human rights
timesca.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM
It is horrendous. Just FYI - this report says Achilova has since been released from forced hospitalization. timesca.com/turkmen-huma...
Turkmenistan. Freedom of movement of citizens latest frontier in regime's ever expanding repressive strategy. Due to travel abroad to see her work recognised, journalist Soltan Achilova is forcibly hospitalised so that she can't leave the country.
Simply horrendous.
cpj.org/2024/11/turk...
Simply horrendous.
cpj.org/2024/11/turk...
Turkmen journalist Soltan Achilova forcibly hospitalized, prevented from traveling abroad - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, November 25, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkmen authorities to end the ongoing oppression of veteran journalist Soltan Achilova, who was forcibly hospitalized and aga...
cpj.org
November 27, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Turkmenistan. Freedom of movement of citizens latest frontier in regime's ever expanding repressive strategy. Due to travel abroad to see her work recognised, journalist Soltan Achilova is forcibly hospitalised so that she can't leave the country.
Simply horrendous.
cpj.org/2024/11/turk...
Simply horrendous.
cpj.org/2024/11/turk...
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Reminder: it's tomorrow! Helen Petrovsky will present her paper "Understanding Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis". She will be discussed by Daria Petushkova. 27 November, 17-19:00 CET, Condorcet campus (Paris) and online. coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/77zdee...
Seminar: Helen Petrovsky, "Understanding Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis", 27 November, 17:00-19:00 (CET)
Wednesday 27 November, 17:00-19:00 (CET), room 2.001, Recherche Nord, Campus Condorcet (hybrid)
coruscant.therussiaprogram.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Reminder: it's tomorrow! Helen Petrovsky will present her paper "Understanding Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis". She will be discussed by Daria Petushkova. 27 November, 17-19:00 CET, Condorcet campus (Paris) and online. coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/77zdee...
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⭐Job Alert ⭐
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Security studies: The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science invite applications for a full-time, tenured faculty position in securi...
www.gwu.jobs
November 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
⭐Job Alert ⭐
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
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🚨 Few Days Left! 🚨
We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral fellow for our @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Fletcher project, “Securitization without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order”, funded by Carnegie. #migcitsky
📅 Deadline: 1 Dec
📍 Location: Medford, MA
apply.interfolio.com/157756
We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral fellow for our @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Fletcher project, “Securitization without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order”, funded by Carnegie. #migcitsky
📅 Deadline: 1 Dec
📍 Location: Medford, MA
apply.interfolio.com/157756
November 25, 2024 at 7:59 AM
🚨 Few Days Left! 🚨
We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral fellow for our @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Fletcher project, “Securitization without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order”, funded by Carnegie. #migcitsky
📅 Deadline: 1 Dec
📍 Location: Medford, MA
apply.interfolio.com/157756
We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral fellow for our @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Fletcher project, “Securitization without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order”, funded by Carnegie. #migcitsky
📅 Deadline: 1 Dec
📍 Location: Medford, MA
apply.interfolio.com/157756
Welcoming to this site the one and only @pannierb.bsky.social, who knows Central Asia like no one else and whose work has taught me so much through the years. A must-follow account if there is one. Hello Bruce!
November 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Welcoming to this site the one and only @pannierb.bsky.social, who knows Central Asia like no one else and whose work has taught me so much through the years. A must-follow account if there is one. Hello Bruce!
Reposted by Luca Anceschi
I was interviewed by @radiofreeasia.bsky.social on the new report "Beyond the Silk Road: Navigating the Complexities of Central Asia's Public Opinion on China" for Central Asia Barometer written with J.Neafie, R.Gabdulhakov, I.Supyaldiyarov and K.Sheraliev.
www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
www.rfa.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I was interviewed by @radiofreeasia.bsky.social on the new report "Beyond the Silk Road: Navigating the Complexities of Central Asia's Public Opinion on China" for Central Asia Barometer written with J.Neafie, R.Gabdulhakov, I.Supyaldiyarov and K.Sheraliev.
www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
Another case wherein an European government is complicit in wave of repression going on in Central Asia.
Deported from Germany where his asylum application was denied, opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev is now in a jail in Tajikistan.
Read @hrw.org's account: www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Deported from Germany where his asylum application was denied, opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev is now in a jail in Tajikistan.
Read @hrw.org's account: www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Tajikistan: Tajik Activist Deported from Germany Jailed
Dilmurod Ergashev, a Tajik opposition activist deported from Germany on November 6, 2024 after being refused asylum, is reported to have been provisionally detained for two months by a city court in D...
www.hrw.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Another case wherein an European government is complicit in wave of repression going on in Central Asia.
Deported from Germany where his asylum application was denied, opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev is now in a jail in Tajikistan.
Read @hrw.org's account: www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Deported from Germany where his asylum application was denied, opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev is now in a jail in Tajikistan.
Read @hrw.org's account: www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Hello to all my new followers! I study personalism + personalist forms of authoritarian rule w/ particular reference to Central Asia. I'm currently writing a book that studies how pandemic politics became an instrument of authoritarian consolidation for regimes in Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan.
November 20, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Hello to all my new followers! I study personalism + personalist forms of authoritarian rule w/ particular reference to Central Asia. I'm currently writing a book that studies how pandemic politics became an instrument of authoritarian consolidation for regimes in Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan.