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BISA South East Europe
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We are a community of scholars focused on South East Europe, broadly conceptualised, and the role region plays in contributing, shaping and inspiring International Relations.
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BISA SEE has joined @bsky.app, and we hope to reach out to the academic and non-academic communities across and beyond the region. Follow us to learn more about us, @mybisa.bsky.social, SEE, and the events we organise to bring researchers into conversation and create spaces for insightful exchange.
📢We are looking for a Postgraduate Convenor to join the South East Europe Working Group (SEE WG) team alongside @ebstavrevska.bsky.social Stavrevska and @matesuba.bsky.social

📩 Apply by: 1 December 2025
✉️ Send your expression of interest to: seewg.group@bisa.ac.uk

More info: tinyurl.com/37czc6pr
South-East Europe Working Group - Call for new postgraduate convener- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA
- South East Europe (SEE) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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📢 BISA 2025 Call for Papers is open!

The proposals submission deadline is 3 November.

Got an idea for a panel but need a few more contributors?
Not sure whether your research fits this year’s theme?

💡 Get in touch — we may be able to support the development of ideas and connect you with others.
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Yesterday’s Annual Workshop 2025 was a real highlight!

Great discussions, new ideas, and voices from across South East Europe & the UK. We’re pleased to be engaging with multiple research communities and inviting them to help shape the work of our Working Group and BISA.
October 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📢 BISA 2025 Call for Papers is open!

The proposals submission deadline is 3 November.

Got an idea for a panel but need a few more contributors?
Not sure whether your research fits this year’s theme?

💡 Get in touch — we may be able to support the development of ideas and connect you with others.
🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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A year in working groups - 2024/25 with BISA 🌟

Come and read our article describing what all of our amazing working groups have been up to in the last academic year - we are extremely grateful to the conveners who are all volunteers 🎉

👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/year-wo...
A year in working groups - 2024/25
Find out what each of our working groups achieved in 2024/2025 academic year.
www.bisa.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
One of the most rewarding aspects of the academic environment is the chance to bring our community together—sharing ideas, learning from one another, and being inspired by the incredible work of colleagues across BISA and beyond 👇👇
A year in working groups - 2024/25 with BISA 🌟

Come and read our article describing what all of our amazing working groups have been up to in the last academic year - we are extremely grateful to the conveners who are all volunteers 🎉

👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/year-wo...
A year in working groups - 2024/25
Find out what each of our working groups achieved in 2024/2025 academic year.
www.bisa.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Check our Call for Papers for 4th Annual (and virtual) Workshop 👇👇
Call for papers ‼️
BISA South East Europe is holding its fourth annual workshop and they need you 🎉

'Worlding from South East Europe, Remaking International Relations' 🌎
Deadline for abstracts: 6 October 📆

Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/aNlk50X49M8

Elena B. Stavrevska Mate Subašić
Call for papers: Worlding from South East Europe, remaking international relations- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA
- South East Europe (SEE) Working Group
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October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
📢Attention please: for the fourth year in a row, the BISA South East Europe Working Group is bringing together people working on International Relations (in the absolute broadest sense possible!) and/from/in South-East Europe for an explorative online workshop
September 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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As we reach the end of #BISA2025 we would like to say a huge thank you to every delegate that took part in #BISA2025!

To help make this conference even better next year we would be grateful if you could check your emails to complete our short conference survey! 🎉
June 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🔴 Roundtable: (Counter)solidarities in Times of Genocide
Exploring historical & contemporary ties between SEE societies, Palestine & Israel.

📍Amsterdam, Europa Hotel

#BISA2025 #SEE #SolidarityPolitics
June 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Happening now at #BISA2025:

📍Panel – Life and Death on the Balkan Route: Traces and Haunting
Organised by the South East Europe Working Group

Exploring the spectral, material & embodied geographies of migration across the Balkan Route.

#BorderViolence #MigrationStudies #Balkans #SouthEastEurope
June 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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📚Introduction to book publishing! 📚
w/ @julietdryden.bsky.social Isobel Cowper-Coles,
Fiona Richman, Don Jacobs, John Haslam & @atifajiwa.bsky.social

#BISA2025
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📍 South East Europe Working Group rountable at #BISASA2025:

"Life and Death on the Balkan Route: Violent Borders" 🧵

How EU border regimes regulate life, death, and mobility on the move?

#Migration #BorderViolence #BalkanRoute
June 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚨 #BISA2025 is live!

We kicked off with a powerful panel on movements and contestations in South East Europe:

🔋 Lithium mining
🌱 Green activism
⚖️ Transitional justice
🇪🇺 EU–Kosovo–Western Balkans interaction
#InternationalRelations #Balkans
June 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎓 Are you heading to #BISA2025?
Don't miss what the South East Europe Working Group has in store!
June 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
##BISA2025 is just around the corner. See you all on in Belfast.

Check the panels and rountables sponsored by us 🔽🔽
#BISA2025 starts in less than a month (though a busy month) and we are looking forward to 25 BISA SEE speakers represented across 3 panels and 4 round tables 👇

@mybisa.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording at #BISA2025 🎙️

Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social@faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions directly from #BISA2025! 🎉

Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/mHkyijl

@bisasee.bsky.social
@ipegbisa.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🌟We are still open for papers for our BISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2025! 🌟

'Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities'

Submit now 👉 buff.ly/hVecwF2

@eeeswg.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social @ipegbisa.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social
buff.ly
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🎉 New @bisasee.bsky.social article 🎉

'Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: a field of struggle' w/ @anavilenica.bsky.social reflecting on the book 'Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: A Lexicon of Reorientation'

Read now - www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: a field of struggle- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA
- South East Europe (SEE) Working Group
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#BISA2025 starts in less than a month (though a busy month) and we are looking forward to 25 BISA SEE speakers represented across 3 panels and 4 round tables 👇

@mybisa.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📘 New blog post alert! 🚨

Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: a field of struggle

What does it mean to decolonise knowledge in a region caught between the legacies of socialism, neoliberal transitions, and war?

Read more on our blog.

🔗 www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: a field of struggle- South East Europe (SEE) | BISA
- South East Europe (SEE) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
May 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
For those among you and your networks interested in just energy transitions and gender in the Balkans who might be considering doing a PhD, this call might be of interest (Deadline: 7 April)

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Gender and Energy: Developing Social and Political Engagement at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Gender and Energy: Developing Social and Political Engagement at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Rounding up the BISA SEE Liverpool Workshop with few photo highlights.

Massive thanks goes to all contributors and audiences.

Special thanks go to @mybisa.bsky.social and @livunipol.bsky.social for supporting us (and ensuring such an inspiring working space in @sotauol.bsky.social libray)
March 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Panel 2: @saricjo.bsky.social, Islam Jusufi and Filip Balunovic engage with 'klećavci,' 'land' and 'disapora.'
March 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM