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CCPT's programme of events for the coming term is now out! We're looking forward to the discussions at our upcoming research seminars.
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📣 I am delighted to announce our international conference “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change”, taking place on 6–7 November 2025 at the University of Graz.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
📣 I am delighted to announce our international conference “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change”, taking place on 6–7 November 2025 at the University of Graz.
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#COP30 in Belém, Brazil is one week away. But what does the conference mean for the global south?
➡️ Simon Manda explores this in his blog written for the Priestley Centre: climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou...
#GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice #UniOfLeeds
➡️ Simon Manda explores this in his blog written for the Priestley Centre: climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou...
#GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice #UniOfLeeds
November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#COP30 in Belém, Brazil is one week away. But what does the conference mean for the global south?
➡️ Simon Manda explores this in his blog written for the Priestley Centre: climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou...
#GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice #UniOfLeeds
➡️ Simon Manda explores this in his blog written for the Priestley Centre: climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou...
#GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice #UniOfLeeds
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The End of the World - a participatory film co-led by Prof Rebecca Jarman - was shortlisted for the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition. See it Thursday at the Everyman: Exploring the Yungay landslide disaster in 1970, community and commemoration
www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/lou...
www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/lou...
Louis le Prince International Short Film Competition 3
The third of five programmes in our prestigious international competition for short films, with selections from Turkey, Colombia, Russia, Peru, and Philippines.
www.leedsfilm.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The End of the World - a participatory film co-led by Prof Rebecca Jarman - was shortlisted for the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition. See it Thursday at the Everyman: Exploring the Yungay landslide disaster in 1970, community and commemoration
www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/lou...
www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/lou...
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#BISA2026 submissions deadline is TODAY at 11:59pm 🌟
We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉
Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉
Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#BISA2026 submissions deadline is TODAY at 11:59pm 🌟
We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉
Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉
Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
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Reminder: we're still looking for paper and panel proposals for our section "Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment". Interdisciplinary approaches and a wide range of contexts welcome! #cfp @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social
✨ How does 3 days of academic & social exchange in the beautiful city of Newcastle sound? #ecpg26
The European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social is seeking Paper & Panel proposals to kickstart the event!
📆 15–17 Jun 2026
📍 @nclpolitics.bsky.social
⏳ 7 Nov buff.ly/1JuXxxz
The European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social is seeking Paper & Panel proposals to kickstart the event!
📆 15–17 Jun 2026
📍 @nclpolitics.bsky.social
⏳ 7 Nov buff.ly/1JuXxxz
Calling for Panels and Papers
European Consortium for Political Research
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Reminder: we're still looking for paper and panel proposals for our section "Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment". Interdisciplinary approaches and a wide range of contexts welcome! #cfp @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social
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A few days left to apply! Have a look at the section description below and join us in Newcastle!
Reminder: we're still looking for paper and panel proposals for our section "Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment". Interdisciplinary approaches and a wide range of contexts welcome! #cfp @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social
✨ How does 3 days of academic & social exchange in the beautiful city of Newcastle sound? #ecpg26
The European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social is seeking Paper & Panel proposals to kickstart the event!
📆 15–17 Jun 2026
📍 @nclpolitics.bsky.social
⏳ 7 Nov buff.ly/1JuXxxz
The European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social is seeking Paper & Panel proposals to kickstart the event!
📆 15–17 Jun 2026
📍 @nclpolitics.bsky.social
⏳ 7 Nov buff.ly/1JuXxxz
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A few days left to apply! Have a look at the section description below and join us in Newcastle!
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Did you go to @lightnightleeds.bsky.social last week? ✨
If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃
Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇
If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃
Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you go to @lightnightleeds.bsky.social last week? ✨
If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃
Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇
If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃
Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇
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We are looking for a chair of our new Department of AI and Society. The vision is to create a future where AI systems are built by society, for society. Please share widely. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58816
Professor, Department Chair of AI and Society
The Department of AI and Society at the University at Buffalo, invites applications from outstanding scholars with excellent leadership abilities for the position of Department Chair. The Department o...
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We are looking for a chair of our new Department of AI and Society. The vision is to create a future where AI systems are built by society, for society. Please share widely. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58816
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Boost your career with a postgraduate degree 🎓
Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November!
Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student.
📅 Save the date and book your spot now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry
Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November!
Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student.
📅 Save the date and book your spot now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Boost your career with a postgraduate degree 🎓
Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November!
Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student.
📅 Save the date and book your spot now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry
Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November!
Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student.
📅 Save the date and book your spot now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry
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#Fellowships: Academy in Exile invites 5 international scholars at risk for a 12-month fellowship. The fellowship opens up the opportunity to pursue a career in the humanities, social sciences, or law in a secure environment.
@mellon.org
📍KWI Essen/ TU Dortmund
⏱️15 Nov 25
🔗 tinyurl.com/mwv3amzb
@mellon.org
📍KWI Essen/ TU Dortmund
⏱️15 Nov 25
🔗 tinyurl.com/mwv3amzb
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#Fellowships: Academy in Exile invites 5 international scholars at risk for a 12-month fellowship. The fellowship opens up the opportunity to pursue a career in the humanities, social sciences, or law in a secure environment.
@mellon.org
📍KWI Essen/ TU Dortmund
⏱️15 Nov 25
🔗 tinyurl.com/mwv3amzb
@mellon.org
📍KWI Essen/ TU Dortmund
⏱️15 Nov 25
🔗 tinyurl.com/mwv3amzb
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“Earth’s destruction is becoming our single biggest achievement. Beyond inventions, works of art, music, and even trips to the moon, it is the annihilation of climate and biosphere which will be our ultimate legacy as a species”
From my book IN THE GRIP OF NECROCAPITALISM
From my book IN THE GRIP OF NECROCAPITALISM
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Earth’s destruction is becoming our single biggest achievement. Beyond inventions, works of art, music, and even trips to the moon, it is the annihilation of climate and biosphere which will be our ultimate legacy as a species”
From my book IN THE GRIP OF NECROCAPITALISM
From my book IN THE GRIP OF NECROCAPITALISM
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Another episode of Drag Race UK tonight. And of course, there's more Dragula Titans this week too. I wonder if anyone has ever written about whether drag reality TV shows are miniature legal systems, and applied queer theory to RPDR? HMMMMM?!??
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Ru of Law: how legal systems, principles, and aesthetics are queered and ‘dragged up’ in RuPaul’s Drag Race
This paper explores the jurisprudential concepts of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race (RPDR): how legal norms and aesthetics are intrinsic to the show’s structure, and how in turn R...
www.tandfonline.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Another episode of Drag Race UK tonight. And of course, there's more Dragula Titans this week too. I wonder if anyone has ever written about whether drag reality TV shows are miniature legal systems, and applied queer theory to RPDR? HMMMMM?!??
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What a fantastic evening at @lightnightleeds.bsky.social yesterday — full of striking, creative, and fun installations 💡
If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm.
Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇
www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm.
Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇
www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
What a fantastic evening at @lightnightleeds.bsky.social yesterday — full of striking, creative, and fun installations 💡
If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm.
Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇
www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm.
Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇
www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
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📖 Leeds Professor Richard Beardsworth states how #COP30 Brazil could help define the next decade of climate governance and argues Belém needs a disciplined package that turns headline ambition into executable policy.
👉 Read the full blog here: policyleeds.medium.com/cop30-in-bel...
👉 Read the full blog here: policyleeds.medium.com/cop30-in-bel...
COP30 in Belém: Leadership between two worlds
Professor Richard Beardsworth continues his analysis of expectations for COP30 in Belém, as he navigates leadership between two realms, one…
policyleeds.medium.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📖 Leeds Professor Richard Beardsworth states how #COP30 Brazil could help define the next decade of climate governance and argues Belém needs a disciplined package that turns headline ambition into executable policy.
👉 Read the full blog here: policyleeds.medium.com/cop30-in-bel...
👉 Read the full blog here: policyleeds.medium.com/cop30-in-bel...
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There is still time to send your paper and panel proposals for the feminist theory section at the next ECPG in Newcastle. Have a look at the section description ⬇️
Check out the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026—Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment. Please share widely and join us in Newcastle! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There is still time to send your paper and panel proposals for the feminist theory section at the next ECPG in Newcastle. Have a look at the section description ⬇️
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Leeds’ annual arts and light festival @lightnightleeds.bsky.social will be taking place across Leeds City Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October!
Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇
Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Leeds’ annual arts and light festival @lightnightleeds.bsky.social will be taking place across Leeds City Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October!
Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇
Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇
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📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with our Contemporary Research on International Political Theory Working Group !
👉We are joined by Prof Richard Jackson for a PG masterclass on Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war.
👉We are joined by Prof Richard Jackson for a PG masterclass on Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war.
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with our Contemporary Research on International Political Theory Working Group !
👉We are joined by Prof Richard Jackson for a PG masterclass on Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war.
👉We are joined by Prof Richard Jackson for a PG masterclass on Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war.
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Congratulations to Leila Aboulela and Stella Gaitano, two writers honored with @englishpen.bsky.social's 2025 #PENPinterPrize. Aboulela named Gaitano as the 2025 Writer of Courage for Gaitano's active defense of freedom of expression. Read about their work: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Leila Aboulela shares PEN Pinter Prize 2025 with Stella Gaitano - News & Events - English PEN
Stella Gaitano is named Writer of Courage 2025 by Leila Aboulela, PEN Pinter Prize 2025 winner.
www.englishpen.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Congratulations to Leila Aboulela and Stella Gaitano, two writers honored with @englishpen.bsky.social's 2025 #PENPinterPrize. Aboulela named Gaitano as the 2025 Writer of Courage for Gaitano's active defense of freedom of expression. Read about their work: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
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📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢
💡 Researchers in Leeds - inc @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social - have joined experts across the world warning Earth is reaching the first of many climate #TippingPoints that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
💡 Researchers in Leeds - inc @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social - have joined experts across the world warning Earth is reaching the first of many climate #TippingPoints that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢
💡 Researchers in Leeds - inc @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social - have joined experts across the world warning Earth is reaching the first of many climate #TippingPoints that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
💡 Researchers in Leeds - inc @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social - have joined experts across the world warning Earth is reaching the first of many climate #TippingPoints that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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"Asked what freedom felt like, [Alaa] said: “It is overwhelming. It is also comfortable and natural, and I am immediately fitting in with them, including witnessing three family fights in two days. The usual stuff."
Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"Asked what freedom felt like, [Alaa] said: “It is overwhelming. It is also comfortable and natural, and I am immediately fitting in with them, including witnessing three family fights in two days. The usual stuff."
Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Our wonderful seminar series starts today at SOAS with Esmat Elhalaby, also Mai Taha & Nivi Manchanda as discussants 🫶
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Our wonderful seminar series starts today at SOAS with Esmat Elhalaby, also Mai Taha & Nivi Manchanda as discussants 🫶
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🎓 Apply now for ESRC White Rose DTP PhD studentships commencing Oct 26 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026
Open to UK & international applicants.
Funding includes fees + stipend.
Specialist awards available.
👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM
#Funding #PhD #Studentships
Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026
Open to UK & international applicants.
Funding includes fees + stipend.
Specialist awards available.
👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM
#Funding #PhD #Studentships
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎓 Apply now for ESRC White Rose DTP PhD studentships commencing Oct 26 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026
Open to UK & international applicants.
Funding includes fees + stipend.
Specialist awards available.
👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM
#Funding #PhD #Studentships
Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026
Open to UK & international applicants.
Funding includes fees + stipend.
Specialist awards available.
👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM
#Funding #PhD #Studentships
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We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Programme | Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
ccpt.leeds.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Programme | Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
ccpt.leeds.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely
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Announcing our #BISA2026 conference keynote as leading scholar Professor Kimberly Hutchings @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social 🎉
The title will be 'Violence and the Meaning of Peace’ and we are very excited! 🌟
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/c46i8zp
@simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
The title will be 'Violence and the Meaning of Peace’ and we are very excited! 🌟
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/c46i8zp
@simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Announcing our #BISA2026 conference keynote as leading scholar Professor Kimberly Hutchings @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social 🎉
The title will be 'Violence and the Meaning of Peace’ and we are very excited! 🌟
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/c46i8zp
@simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
The title will be 'Violence and the Meaning of Peace’ and we are very excited! 🌟
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/c46i8zp
@simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social