P&IR Edinburgh
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
The official bluesky account of Politics & International Relations (PIR) of the University of Edinburgh. This account is monitored Mon-Fri.
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Great turnout last night at Edinburgh Uni for “Still a Model? What We Can (and Can’t) Learn from German Federalism” — a joint BGA & @ccc-research.bsky.social event. Thanks to @angusrobertson.bsky.social, Elke Heins, David Smith, and everyone who joined us! 🙌📸 #GermanFederalism #Edinburgh
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great turnout last night at Edinburgh Uni for “Still a Model? What We Can (and Can’t) Learn from German Federalism” — a joint BGA & @ccc-research.bsky.social event. Thanks to @angusrobertson.bsky.social, Elke Heins, David Smith, and everyone who joined us! 🙌📸 #GermanFederalism #Edinburgh
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Research-led teaching at @edinburghpir.bsky.social live in podcast form. Thanks @snellarthur.bsky.social for the chance to talk about several of my favourite topics!
It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 11/11/2025 · 47m
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Research-led teaching at @edinburghpir.bsky.social live in podcast form. Thanks @snellarthur.bsky.social for the chance to talk about several of my favourite topics!
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Good to speak to #BBC_Radio Scotland this morning about #COP30 prospects and what the absence of a formal US delegation might mean. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Good Morning Scotland - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Good to speak to #BBC_Radio Scotland this morning about #COP30 prospects and what the absence of a formal US delegation might mean. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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It's not too late to register for our upcoming event with Angus Robertson on what we can and can't learn from German federalism.
More info here: edin.ac/46JYj2v
More info here: edin.ac/46JYj2v
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It's not too late to register for our upcoming event with Angus Robertson on what we can and can't learn from German federalism.
More info here: edin.ac/46JYj2v
More info here: edin.ac/46JYj2v
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Book Launch
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online
Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub
Info and booking:
edin.ac/4nKszjT
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online
Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub
Info and booking:
edin.ac/4nKszjT
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Book Launch
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online
Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub
Info and booking:
edin.ac/4nKszjT
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online
Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub
Info and booking:
edin.ac/4nKszjT
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🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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This is my latest piece in The Loop @ecpr.bsky.social based on recent fieldwork in Argentina 🇦🇷. Thank you to all the officials and informants who shared their insights with me.
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social.
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
Milei’s Argentina and the unmaking of diplomacy
Consuelo Thiers argues that Javier Milei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling its diplomatic institutions. As ideology replaces expertise, and institutional norms…
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August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is my latest piece in The Loop @ecpr.bsky.social based on recent fieldwork in Argentina 🇦🇷. Thank you to all the officials and informants who shared their insights with me.
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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At @edinburghpir.bsky.social, I was lucky enough to share an office with @ugurozdemir.bsky.social and @jess-smith.bsky.social, and then with Nicola Nymalm. I can't imagine better office-mates; fun, friendly, and thoughtful.
August 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
At @edinburghpir.bsky.social, I was lucky enough to share an office with @ugurozdemir.bsky.social and @jess-smith.bsky.social, and then with Nicola Nymalm. I can't imagine better office-mates; fun, friendly, and thoughtful.
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Delighted to see this excellent and very timely piece by my PhD student Sarah Cheung now published. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Generative AI, generating crisis: framing opportunity and threat in AI governance
The public release of high-profile generative AI models in late 2022 and early 2023 spurred widespread concerns over ‘existential threats’ to humanity from AI. This paper explores how this AI ‘cris...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Delighted to see this excellent and very timely piece by my PhD student Sarah Cheung now published. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to see our amazing @edinburghpir.bsky.social academics contributing to key debates at this year’s Festival of Politics! 🗣️📢
festivalofpolitics.scot
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Festival of Politics
The Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics is open to everyone. It aims to engage, inspire and inform.
festivalofpolitics.scot
August 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Excited to see our amazing @edinburghpir.bsky.social academics contributing to key debates at this year’s Festival of Politics! 🗣️📢
festivalofpolitics.scot
festivalofpolitics.scot
Congrats to all @uoe-sps.bsky.social summer grads! 🎓 Great to see @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff celebrating your achievements. Well done, students! 👏
Politics and IR @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff processing at today's @uoe-sps.bsky.social summer grad. Congrats students! @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congrats to all @uoe-sps.bsky.social summer grads! 🎓 Great to see @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff celebrating your achievements. Well done, students! 👏
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Wonderful Politics & IR @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff presence at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social summer graduation. Congrats to our fab students! @uoe-sps.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wonderful Politics & IR @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff presence at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social summer graduation. Congrats to our fab students! @uoe-sps.bsky.social
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📢We first hear from:
- Prof Will Jessett CBE (SC Strategy)
- Prof Paul Rogers (Emeritus, @uniofbradford.bsky.social)
- Dr Claire Duncanson (@edinburghpir.bsky.social)
🍃Both Claire and Paul commented on the lack of acknowledgement of climate change in the new National Security Strategy.
- Prof Will Jessett CBE (SC Strategy)
- Prof Paul Rogers (Emeritus, @uniofbradford.bsky.social)
- Dr Claire Duncanson (@edinburghpir.bsky.social)
🍃Both Claire and Paul commented on the lack of acknowledgement of climate change in the new National Security Strategy.
July 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢We first hear from:
- Prof Will Jessett CBE (SC Strategy)
- Prof Paul Rogers (Emeritus, @uniofbradford.bsky.social)
- Dr Claire Duncanson (@edinburghpir.bsky.social)
🍃Both Claire and Paul commented on the lack of acknowledgement of climate change in the new National Security Strategy.
- Prof Will Jessett CBE (SC Strategy)
- Prof Paul Rogers (Emeritus, @uniofbradford.bsky.social)
- Dr Claire Duncanson (@edinburghpir.bsky.social)
🍃Both Claire and Paul commented on the lack of acknowledgement of climate change in the new National Security Strategy.
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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Making sense of 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 – insights from an 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Achim Hildebrandt, Simon Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#federalism #democracy
Making sense of 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 – insights from an 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Achim Hildebrandt, Simon Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#federalism #democracy
Making sense of federalism – insights from an open-ended survey question
While there is much debate in research about nuances of federal governance, we actually know little about how citizens make sense of federalism. As several studies show, citizens often hold vague a...
doi.org
August 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Making sense of 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 – insights from an 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Achim Hildebrandt, Simon Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#federalism #democracy
Making sense of 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 – insights from an 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Achim Hildebrandt, Simon Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#federalism #democracy
👏 A brilliant final contribution from @niceonecombo.bsky.social — this collection of blog posts from the political behaviour course is full of sharp, thoughtful insights. Well worth exploring!
Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛
Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛
The last thing I did at @edinburghpir.bsky.social and @uoe-sps.bsky.social, was create this site for the best blog posts from the political behaviour course that I ran:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/political_be...
There's some excellent stuff on a range of topics (see below). Well worth a read, in my opinion!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/political_be...
There's some excellent stuff on a range of topics (see below). Well worth a read, in my opinion!
July 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
👏 A brilliant final contribution from @niceonecombo.bsky.social — this collection of blog posts from the political behaviour course is full of sharp, thoughtful insights. Well worth exploring!
Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛
Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛
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In response to the new UK National Security Strategy and SDR, here's my analysis of changing threat topics in UK national security and defence documents since 1998.
@uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
@uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In response to the new UK National Security Strategy and SDR, here's my analysis of changing threat topics in UK national security and defence documents since 1998.
@uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
@uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
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Thrilled to have received the "honourable mention" (runner up place) from the Journalism Studies division of #ICA2025, together with longstanding coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social. Our hearty congratulations to the overall winner @ruthmoon.bsky.social!
June 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thrilled to have received the "honourable mention" (runner up place) from the Journalism Studies division of #ICA2025, together with longstanding coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social. Our hearty congratulations to the overall winner @ruthmoon.bsky.social!
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I’m thinking that my course next semester on authoritarianism (might need a week on authoritarianism in books and on film?! (Autocracy and Resistence in the 21st Century! @edinburghpir.bsky.social )
Just watched ep. 8 of Andor.
Filmed in 2023, but plot revolving around the Empire sending stormtroopers to a city, deliberately provoking demonstrations, and then ensuring that violence ensues as an excuse for imposing military rule/occupation doesn't exactly look subtle right now..
Filmed in 2023, but plot revolving around the Empire sending stormtroopers to a city, deliberately provoking demonstrations, and then ensuring that violence ensues as an excuse for imposing military rule/occupation doesn't exactly look subtle right now..
June 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I’m thinking that my course next semester on authoritarianism (might need a week on authoritarianism in books and on film?! (Autocracy and Resistence in the 21st Century! @edinburghpir.bsky.social )
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@uoe-cahss.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @edcdcs.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoesocialwork.bsky.social #RefugeeWeek
Art Exhibition: Aesthetics of One Health
In celebration of Refugee Week 2025, join us at the Chrystal Macmillan Building for a showcase of Syrian agricultural heritage through art and music.
Exhibition: All week, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Reception: Tues 17th, 3-4pm, Booking: edin.ac/4j9Gtcd
In celebration of Refugee Week 2025, join us at the Chrystal Macmillan Building for a showcase of Syrian agricultural heritage through art and music.
Exhibition: All week, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Reception: Tues 17th, 3-4pm, Booking: edin.ac/4j9Gtcd
June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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@alyssamartin.bsky.social joins us from @edinburghpir.bsky.social to discuss her observations from the Scottish Carers Parliament
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@alyssamartin.bsky.social joins us from @edinburghpir.bsky.social to discuss her observations from the Scottish Carers Parliament
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Essay Prize 2025 📝
🧑🏻🎓 Undergraduate and school pupil competitions
📆 Deadline 6th July
Fantastic judging panel of @simeonkerr.bsky.social, @yougov.co.uk's Abigail Axe-Browne and @edinburghpir.bsky.social's own Alan Convery!
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/06/09/e...
🧑🏻🎓 Undergraduate and school pupil competitions
📆 Deadline 6th July
Fantastic judging panel of @simeonkerr.bsky.social, @yougov.co.uk's Abigail Axe-Browne and @edinburghpir.bsky.social's own Alan Convery!
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/06/09/e...
Essay Prize 2025 – Deadline 5th July
We are delighted to announce the 2025 edition of our annual essay prize. We run parallel prizes for secondary school pupils and undergraduate university students, both of which are judged by a prestig...
scottishelections.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Essay Prize 2025 📝
🧑🏻🎓 Undergraduate and school pupil competitions
📆 Deadline 6th July
Fantastic judging panel of @simeonkerr.bsky.social, @yougov.co.uk's Abigail Axe-Browne and @edinburghpir.bsky.social's own Alan Convery!
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/06/09/e...
🧑🏻🎓 Undergraduate and school pupil competitions
📆 Deadline 6th July
Fantastic judging panel of @simeonkerr.bsky.social, @yougov.co.uk's Abigail Axe-Browne and @edinburghpir.bsky.social's own Alan Convery!
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/06/09/e...
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Really looking fw to these events - pop round if you're in Helsinki and interested in academic publishing, existentialism, or the intellectual and cultural underpinnings of the radical right @edinburghpir.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @gnobisa.bsky.social
📚 We warmly welcome you to join us for two events with Dr Andrew Hom (University of Edinburgh): a workshop and a seminar titled: "Anti/hero: The existential stories violent men tell themselves". More info via link in bio.
🕐 30.5.2025, 10-11 AM and 13-14 PM (UTC+3)
📍 Unioninkatu 33, room 247 / Zoom
🕐 30.5.2025, 10-11 AM and 13-14 PM (UTC+3)
📍 Unioninkatu 33, room 247 / Zoom
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Really looking fw to these events - pop round if you're in Helsinki and interested in academic publishing, existentialism, or the intellectual and cultural underpinnings of the radical right @edinburghpir.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @gnobisa.bsky.social
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A quick reminder that the last seminar in our series for this term will be happening online tomorrow 💫
Join us to hear about the QUALREP project from PIs @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @profsarahchilds.bsky.social
We hope you can join us!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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Join us to hear about the QUALREP project from PIs @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @profsarahchilds.bsky.social
We hope you can join us!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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💫QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar💫
We're putting our own PIs in the hot seat for the final seminar this term - @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & @profsarahchilds.bsky.social!
Event details:
📆 Wed 28 May
⏰3-4pm GMT
📍Online - register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfd7b0...
www.qualrep.org
We're putting our own PIs in the hot seat for the final seminar this term - @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & @profsarahchilds.bsky.social!
Event details:
📆 Wed 28 May
⏰3-4pm GMT
📍Online - register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfd7b0...
www.qualrep.org
QUALREP
www.qualrep.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A quick reminder that the last seminar in our series for this term will be happening online tomorrow 💫
Join us to hear about the QUALREP project from PIs @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @profsarahchilds.bsky.social
We hope you can join us!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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Join us to hear about the QUALREP project from PIs @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @profsarahchilds.bsky.social
We hope you can join us!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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“We didn’t really get to hear what [English nationalism] is in simple language, but we were left in no doubt about what it is not – European.” Important read 👇 (includes h/t to @ailsahenderson.bsky.social’s research, ping @edinburghpir.bsky.social)
“Low-income households in Britain are now 27 per cent poorer than their equivalents in France and a staggering 60 per cent poorer than those in Ireland.” 🔥 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
If there’s so much buyer’s remorse about Brexit, why is Nigel Farage the rising figure in UK politics?
Ten years on, an angry tribe sees itself as more English than British - and Ireland must stay alert to the dangers
www.irishtimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“We didn’t really get to hear what [English nationalism] is in simple language, but we were left in no doubt about what it is not – European.” Important read 👇 (includes h/t to @ailsahenderson.bsky.social’s research, ping @edinburghpir.bsky.social)
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A @uoe-sps.bsky.social, Staff Pride, BAME Network, & Queer.ED collab! Curtis Chin talks about growing up/ coming out as gay in a working-class immigrant community and first gen University student. ☕️🍵🍪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, with Curtis Chin
Join author Curtis Chin for his story of what it was like growing up Asian in Detroit and coming out to his working class immigrant family.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A @uoe-sps.bsky.social, Staff Pride, BAME Network, & Queer.ED collab! Curtis Chin talks about growing up/ coming out as gay in a working-class immigrant community and first gen University student. ☕️🍵🍪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social