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Jack Holland
@profjackholland.bsky.social

Work = Professor. IR, security, terrorism. US, UK, Australia (so, AUKUS). Discourse, culture, narrative etc. Pro-Dean Research. Edit BJPIR. Own views. https://profjackholland.com

Life = Dad, mainly. Like Arsenal, running, beer, and 90's guitars .. more

Political science 56%
Sociology 23%

Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?

Lots of great #AUKUS research in @austjia.bsky.social, including a great forthcoming SI which will house this paper
🚨New online! Jack Holland discusses the "silent whiteness" and "racialised warfare" that underpins AUKUS and calls for "open debate on the problematic underpinnings of AUKUS". #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ⬇️

European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war - the whole special issue is now available here:

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This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨

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

Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

#Trump on #Rudd: "I don't like you and I probably never will"

Brutal.

#Trump on #AUKUS: "full steam ahead".
🎉 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

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🚨New online! Jack Holland discusses the "silent whiteness" and "racialised warfare" that underpins AUKUS and calls for "open debate on the problematic underpinnings of AUKUS". #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ⬇️

Been very impressed with the standard of papers and panels at #apsa2025 - happy to chat if you’re keen to submit to @bjpir.bsky.social

Vancouver is also lovely - from flying in over the mountains to watching seaplanes taking off outside the conference

Brutal jet lag making the 8am panels easy!
🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉

Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟

We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk

@visitbrighton.bsky.social
@simonrushton.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social

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I’ll be presenting tomorrow at 14.00 on Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative and then at 16.00 I’m on a Global IR panel talking about my forthcoming OUP book, Securing China: Worlding Security Studies #EISAPEC2025 come join!

Ordering breakfast in Bologna #EISAPEC2025

Strong opening panel at #EISAPEC2025!

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I am excited to share that I'll be presenting three times next week as part of the @europeanisa.bsky.social Pan European Conference. Please reach out if you're an IR or Security Studies scholar with an interest in race and IR or anticolonial theory. It'll be my first time there #EISAPEC2025

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Professor Jason Ralph recently joined the Hayseed Scholar podcast to talk about his path from school through university and into academia:

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Jason Ralph
The Hayseed Scholar Podcast · Episode
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⭐️Become a BISA trustee!⭐️

We are thrilled to announce that we have six trustee positions up for election to the BISA Executive Committee.

Find further details here - www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-no...

@izbaron.bsky.social
@unamcgahern.bsky.social

#trusteeelection
#executivecommittee
Call for nominations to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025
We're pleased to announce we have six trustee positions up for election to the Executive Committee.
www.bisa.ac.uk
📣 Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4!

This achievement is also reflected in our rankings:
📌 14th out of 169 in International Relations
📌 36th out of 322 in Political Science

Thank you for your support!

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

BJPIR is 14th in IR

Thanks to a great team

Will have a beer to celebrate

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The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has achieved an outstanding score of 3.4 for its impact factor for 2024! 🥳 It also achieved a ranking of 14/169 in the International Relations category, and 36/322 in Political Science 🎊

@bjpir.bsky.social

#BJPIR #Impact

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🌟 Nominations close tonight!🌟
Last chance to submit your applications to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025.
Deadline - 11.59pm (UK time) TONIGHT.
link - buff.ly/ErPLmMh
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Call for nominations to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025
We're pleased to announce we have six trustee positions up for election to the Executive Committee.
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In Oxford today to visit a few libraries. Enjoying the guidance of previous readers!

BISA AspIRing Scholars Fund🌟
Just launched - a fund that will be entirely dedicated to providing vital grants for PhD students and early-career academics - every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference! buff.ly/ba1kXbR
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Register for our 2025 Postgraduate and early-career development day!

With panels including: @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social ,
@nickcaddick.bsky.socia l, @amnakaleem.bsky.social , @profjackholland.bsky.social and @drnickwright.bsky.social a must register 👉 buff.ly/hYKG2bu

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Postgraduate and early-career development day 2025
Register for the PG/ECR workshops taking place in Belfast in June 2025.
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IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/1XMno5B

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky @sagepub.com
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📚SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT 📚

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 shortlist!

To read more about all the incredible books and their talented authors 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...

#BookPrize #BookShortlist
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📈 Trending in BJPIR this week

'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social

Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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@oupolitics.bsky.social
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📣 New BJPIR article out now!

'Reframing internationalism and patriotism: The Labour Party and the Ukraine–Russia war' by Jasper Miles

🧵 Find out more below and access the article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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