Mirko Palestrino
@palestrinomirko.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Political Sociology @QMPoliticsIR | Military Sociology, Critical War Studies, IR Theory | Victory, Sociology of Time, War Bodies
In lieu of more book spoilers in post form… here below an interview from the fantastic Keren Weitzberg for the @qmulsse.bsky.social
We talked about my book, its relevance for world politics today, key takeaways, and what’s next for me.
It’s a super short read, but it does have it all!
We talked about my book, its relevance for world politics today, key takeaways, and what’s next for me.
It’s a super short read, but it does have it all!
"Trump is a paradigmatic example. Think about how he renamed ‘Veterans Day’ to ‘Victory Day’; how he has claimed over and over again that he has ended numerous wars[...]"
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Interview with Author Mirko Palestrino
Mirko Palestino is a senior lecturer in International Policy Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations. His new book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outs...
www.qmul.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
In lieu of more book spoilers in post form… here below an interview from the fantastic Keren Weitzberg for the @qmulsse.bsky.social
We talked about my book, its relevance for world politics today, key takeaways, and what’s next for me.
It’s a super short read, but it does have it all!
We talked about my book, its relevance for world politics today, key takeaways, and what’s next for me.
It’s a super short read, but it does have it all!
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
"Trump is a paradigmatic example. Think about how he renamed ‘Veterans Day’ to ‘Victory Day’; how he has claimed over and over again that he has ended numerous wars[...]"
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Interview with Author Mirko Palestrino
Mirko Palestino is a senior lecturer in International Policy Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations. His new book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outs...
www.qmul.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
"Trump is a paradigmatic example. Think about how he renamed ‘Veterans Day’ to ‘Victory Day’; how he has claimed over and over again that he has ended numerous wars[...]"
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Read the full interview with @palestrinomirko.bsky.social 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
⬇️ Discount on Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime! ⬇️
OUP has also made the Introduction available for free until the official book launch, on March 3 - academic.oup.com/book/60859
Book launch registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
OUP has also made the Introduction available for free until the official book launch, on March 3 - academic.oup.com/book/60859
Book launch registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
⬇️ Discount on Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime! ⬇️
OUP has also made the Introduction available for free until the official book launch, on March 3 - academic.oup.com/book/60859
Book launch registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
OUP has also made the Introduction available for free until the official book launch, on March 3 - academic.oup.com/book/60859
Book launch registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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The launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime will be on 3 March 2026, 5.15pm @qmulsse.bsky.social
Chuffed to be joined by Aggie Hirst, Paul Higate, Kim Hutchings, @therealisthom.bsky.social, and @debbielisle.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
The launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime will be on 3 March 2026, 5.15pm @qmulsse.bsky.social
Chuffed to be joined by Aggie Hirst, Paul Higate, Kim Hutchings, @therealisthom.bsky.social, and @debbielisle.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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The launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime will be on 3 March 2026, 5.15pm @qmulsse.bsky.social
Chuffed to be joined by Aggie Hirst, Paul Higate, Kim Hutchings, @therealisthom.bsky.social, and @debbielisle.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
The launch of Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime will be on 3 March 2026, 5.15pm @qmulsse.bsky.social
Chuffed to be joined by Aggie Hirst, Paul Higate, Kim Hutchings, @therealisthom.bsky.social, and @debbielisle.bsky.social.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Today is (print!) publication day!
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today is (print!) publication day!
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025
Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...
journals.sagepub.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
In an expected, but timely, turn of events, with @europeanisa.bsky.social in full swing, my first book “Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield” has been now published digitally, with the EISA-OUP Series Voices in IR. Print version in December.
academic.oup.com/book/60859?s...
academic.oup.com/book/60859?s...
Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime
Abstract. This book rethinks hegemonic understandings of military victory as the outcome of war by focusing on the relationship between victory and time. W
academic.oup.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
In an expected, but timely, turn of events, with @europeanisa.bsky.social in full swing, my first book “Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield” has been now published digitally, with the EISA-OUP Series Voices in IR. Print version in December.
academic.oup.com/book/60859?s...
academic.oup.com/book/60859?s...
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
I have a new article out at @polstudies.bsky.social. In "Electoral Hope", I make the case that supposedly irrational "wishful thinking" is actually a crucial part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies.
OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...
OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I have a new article out at @polstudies.bsky.social. In "Electoral Hope", I make the case that supposedly irrational "wishful thinking" is actually a crucial part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies.
OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...
OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
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“’Sow the seeds of victory’: wartime gardening and the ontology of military victory“ by @palestrinomirko.bsky.social
t1p.de/ajj2p
“’Sow the seeds of victory’: wartime gardening and the ontology of military victory“ by @palestrinomirko.bsky.social
t1p.de/ajj2p
July 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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“’Sow the seeds of victory’: wartime gardening and the ontology of military victory“ by @palestrinomirko.bsky.social
t1p.de/ajj2p
“’Sow the seeds of victory’: wartime gardening and the ontology of military victory“ by @palestrinomirko.bsky.social
t1p.de/ajj2p
🚨 My book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime, has a webpage! As Trump seeks to rename Veterans Day to Victory Day, the timing couldn’t be better. Out in December with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social as part of @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices in IR. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨 My book, Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime, has a webpage! As Trump seeks to rename Veterans Day to Victory Day, the timing couldn’t be better. Out in December with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social as part of @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices in IR. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Hot off the press! My new article on wartime gardening and the meaning and politics of military victory is now out #openaccess in @EuroJournIN at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... What does it argue? A thread:
March 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hot off the press! My new article on wartime gardening and the meaning and politics of military victory is now out #openaccess in @EuroJournIN at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... What does it argue? A thread:
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Looking forward to welcoming Jaakko Heiskanen (QMUL) for a launch event on his exciting book "Ethnos of the Earth" (CUP) this week Thursday. Join us if you're in Oxford!
20 March, 4pm • Brasenose College, Lecture Room VII
With comments from Faridah Zaman & Musab Younis
20 March, 4pm • Brasenose College, Lecture Room VII
With comments from Faridah Zaman & Musab Younis
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking forward to welcoming Jaakko Heiskanen (QMUL) for a launch event on his exciting book "Ethnos of the Earth" (CUP) this week Thursday. Join us if you're in Oxford!
20 March, 4pm • Brasenose College, Lecture Room VII
With comments from Faridah Zaman & Musab Younis
20 March, 4pm • Brasenose College, Lecture Room VII
With comments from Faridah Zaman & Musab Younis
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening.
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening.
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Read this as soon as you can!
Hot off the press! My new article on wartime gardening and the meaning and politics of military victory is now out #openaccess in @EuroJournIN at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... What does it argue? A thread:
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Read this as soon as you can!
Hot off the press! My new article on wartime gardening and the meaning and politics of military victory is now out #openaccess in @EuroJournIN at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... What does it argue? A thread:
March 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hot off the press! My new article on wartime gardening and the meaning and politics of military victory is now out #openaccess in @EuroJournIN at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... What does it argue? A thread:
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Last chance to register for the 2nd DoingIPS Spring Symposium @QMUL, this year co-organised with
@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social and @giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
Sign-up link below. Pls share widely!!
www.doingips.org/symposium2024
@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social and @giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
Sign-up link below. Pls share widely!!
www.doingips.org/symposium2024
Symposium 2024 — DoingIPS
www.doingips.org
April 4, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Last chance to register for the 2nd DoingIPS Spring Symposium @QMUL, this year co-organised with
@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social and @giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
Sign-up link below. Pls share widely!!
www.doingips.org/symposium2024
@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social and @giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
Sign-up link below. Pls share widely!!
www.doingips.org/symposium2024
Happening tomorrow at QMUL, co-organised by @doingips.bsky.social and Global Politics Unbound. Join Hannah, Melissa and myself for what promises to be a great discussion of an incredibly exciting book!!
November 21, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Happening tomorrow at QMUL, co-organised by @doingips.bsky.social and Global Politics Unbound. Join Hannah, Melissa and myself for what promises to be a great discussion of an incredibly exciting book!!
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Cheer up this rainy Thursday with some of the latest research in IPS! Read this brief post about Jef Huysmans and Joao Nogueira latest article in @ejir.bsky.social and how it relates to their previous work on IPS and critique!!
New article on IPS and critique: Against Resistance? — DoingIPS
www.doingips.org
October 19, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Cheer up this rainy Thursday with some of the latest research in IPS! Read this brief post about Jef Huysmans and Joao Nogueira latest article in @ejir.bsky.social and how it relates to their previous work on IPS and critique!!
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Only one week to go until this talk on ‘International Organizations and Research Methods’ (online). Make sure to register before!
📣 Come to our online talk with the editors of the book ‘International Organizations and Research Methods’ newxt week!
On 24 Oct., Audrey Alejandro will host and moderate the discussion with Fanny Badache, Leah Kimber, Lucile Maertens.
More infos and registration: www.doingips.org/news-events/...
On 24 Oct., Audrey Alejandro will host and moderate the discussion with Fanny Badache, Leah Kimber, Lucile Maertens.
More infos and registration: www.doingips.org/news-events/...
Talk with the Editors: “International Organizations and Research Methods” (2023) — D...
www.doingips.org
October 18, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Only one week to go until this talk on ‘International Organizations and Research Methods’ (online). Make sure to register before!
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Read about what IPS Brazil have been up to this past summer and how the 8th edition of the IPS Winter School went!!
IPS Winter School PUC-Rio 2023 — DoingIPS
www.doingips.org
October 18, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Read about what IPS Brazil have been up to this past summer and how the 8th edition of the IPS Winter School went!!
Reposted by Mirko Palestrino
Today is the first day of my British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at QMUL! I'll be studying 'The Political Psychology of the Future' – an attempt to do some blue sky thinking of my own about how politics works in people's heads.
October 2, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Today is the first day of my British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at QMUL! I'll be studying 'The Political Psychology of the Future' – an attempt to do some blue sky thinking of my own about how politics works in people's heads.