Emma Murphy
@emmamurphy.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Researching transitional justice, agonistic peace, gender, identity. she/her
excited to launch this conversation series! join us on November 24 for our first session
JDS is pleased to announce a series of ‘Conversations on Disappearances'. These workshop and networking events are designed to develop thematic discussions about disappearances, create a network of scholars and practitioners working on disappearance and develop potential submissions to the Journal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
excited to launch this conversation series! join us on November 24 for our first session
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Tickets are going fast! Authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride will discuss #Irish #Unification at the National Concert Hall of #Dublin on 11/30. Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish their new book, FOR AND AGAINST A UNITED IRELAND.
Event information: https://bit.ly/4hGoUBn
Event information: https://bit.ly/4hGoUBn
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tickets are going fast! Authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride will discuss #Irish #Unification at the National Concert Hall of #Dublin on 11/30. Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish their new book, FOR AND AGAINST A UNITED IRELAND.
Event information: https://bit.ly/4hGoUBn
Event information: https://bit.ly/4hGoUBn
delighted to have had the opportunity to engage with Johanna, Malin, and Anna's excellent work on relational peace - roundtable review below
Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward!
With M Åkebo and A Jarstad
Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl
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With M Åkebo and A Jarstad
Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-11 on Jarstad, et al, eds., Relational Peace Practices
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds., Relational Peace Practices. Manchester University Press…
issforum.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
delighted to have had the opportunity to engage with Johanna, Malin, and Anna's excellent work on relational peace - roundtable review below
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🚨 Heather Humphreys has told RTÉ she concedes the Presidential Election and has congratulated Catherine Connolly on her victory.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Heather Humphreys has told RTÉ she concedes the Presidential Election and has congratulated Catherine Connolly on her victory.
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@virginmedianews.bsky.social
my partner is a doctor!
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
my partner is a doctor!
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My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters.
Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters.
Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
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The Disappearance Studies Conference opened yesterday and continues today at Notre Dame.
The event marks the launch of the Journal of Disappearance Studies — an interdisciplinary platform to examine the phenomenon of disappearance worldwide.
@eliseferon.bsky.social @profcheryllawther.bsky.social
The event marks the launch of the Journal of Disappearance Studies — an interdisciplinary platform to examine the phenomenon of disappearance worldwide.
@eliseferon.bsky.social @profcheryllawther.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Disappearance Studies Conference opened yesterday and continues today at Notre Dame.
The event marks the launch of the Journal of Disappearance Studies — an interdisciplinary platform to examine the phenomenon of disappearance worldwide.
@eliseferon.bsky.social @profcheryllawther.bsky.social
The event marks the launch of the Journal of Disappearance Studies — an interdisciplinary platform to examine the phenomenon of disappearance worldwide.
@eliseferon.bsky.social @profcheryllawther.bsky.social
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New deal to address Troubles legacy issues agreed between Dublin and London
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
New deal to address Troubles legacy issues agreed between Dublin and London
Tánaiste sees framework as ‘step change’ in relations between governments and reset after Tory Legacy Act
www.irishtimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New deal to address Troubles legacy issues agreed between Dublin and London
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
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New publication in @millennjournal.bsky.social Theorising Feminist Peace with Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art. Co-authored with my colleague Heidi Riley as part of our project Talk4Peace #IRSky #FeminsitSky #AcademicSky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unfinished Peace, Unfinished Memory: Theorising Feminist Peace With Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art - Maria-Adriana Deiana, Heidi Riley, 2025
The critical engagement with everyday lived experiences and the politics of memory are key dimensions in Feminist Peace Research. They help us theorise feminist...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New publication in @millennjournal.bsky.social Theorising Feminist Peace with Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art. Co-authored with my colleague Heidi Riley as part of our project Talk4Peace #IRSky #FeminsitSky #AcademicSky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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happening at the end of the month - the inaugural Disappearance Studies Conference at the University of Notre Dame. check out the program here: irishstudies.nd.edu/events/2025/...
Disappearance Studies Conference
Disappearance Studies Conference The Journal of Disappearance Studies, in collaboration with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish…
irishstudies.nd.edu
September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
happening at the end of the month - the inaugural Disappearance Studies Conference at the University of Notre Dame. check out the program here: irishstudies.nd.edu/events/2025/...
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NEW ARTICLE📢 We show how redactions in war crimes judgements obstruct transparency, prevent reckoning with past violence & highlight limits of digital data for quant analysis in TJ w/ @lanabi.bsky.social T.W.Waters @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social @journalgenocide.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia
Secrecy is an essential element in war crimes trials, as it protects vulnerable individuals and sensitive information, ensuring trials can proceed effectively. However, secrecy often conflicts with...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NEW ARTICLE📢 We show how redactions in war crimes judgements obstruct transparency, prevent reckoning with past violence & highlight limits of digital data for quant analysis in TJ w/ @lanabi.bsky.social T.W.Waters @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social @journalgenocide.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
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I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
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🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
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Today is August 1.
Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.
Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today is August 1.
Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.
Asking an academic how their book is going is a felony.
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There needs to be a ceasefire *and* a Palestinian state.
Recognising Palestine isn’t a punishment for Israel. It’s about the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Starmer’s approach suggests Palestinians can either have a ceasefire or a state—and that it is Israel that will make the decision.
Recognising Palestine isn’t a punishment for Israel. It’s about the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Starmer’s approach suggests Palestinians can either have a ceasefire or a state—and that it is Israel that will make the decision.
With Keir Starmer announcing that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel calls a ceasefire in Gaza, new YouGov data shows Britons support recognition by 45% to 14%
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
July 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There needs to be a ceasefire *and* a Palestinian state.
Recognising Palestine isn’t a punishment for Israel. It’s about the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Starmer’s approach suggests Palestinians can either have a ceasefire or a state—and that it is Israel that will make the decision.
Recognising Palestine isn’t a punishment for Israel. It’s about the Palestinian right to self-determination.
Starmer’s approach suggests Palestinians can either have a ceasefire or a state—and that it is Israel that will make the decision.
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Add this to the already long list of moral failures by big consulting groups
BCG modelled plan to ‘relocate’ Palestinians from Gaza
Consulting firm had multimillion-dollar role in contentious new aid scheme for shattered enclave
www.ft.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Add this to the already long list of moral failures by big consulting groups
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How is this happening simultaneously, I feel like I’m going more insane every day
June 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How is this happening simultaneously, I feel like I’m going more insane every day
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Had a great first day at the Future of Irish Studies in Leuven!
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@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
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June 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Had a great first day at the Future of Irish Studies in Leuven!
@emmamurphy.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
@emmamurphy.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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got an article rejection this morning (fine) with some pretty mean reviews (not fine). sharing this + a bit of a convo with a good friend, to say - we all get rejected & if you're in the same boat, hi, sending hugs. and to also say, if you're an editor, please edit mean reviews, this stuff matters.
June 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
got an article rejection this morning (fine) with some pretty mean reviews (not fine). sharing this + a bit of a convo with a good friend, to say - we all get rejected & if you're in the same boat, hi, sending hugs. and to also say, if you're an editor, please edit mean reviews, this stuff matters.
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My first single authored publication is out! This article critiques the carceral logics of the ICC. I offer this critique alongside abolitionist tools to show how we can start to move away from harmful, carceral justice, beginning with the abolition of the ICC.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Abolishing the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was formed through, and remains situated within, oppressive structures. Accordingly, critical legal scholars have questioned the Court’s ability to foster mea...
www.tandfonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My first single authored publication is out! This article critiques the carceral logics of the ICC. I offer this critique alongside abolitionist tools to show how we can start to move away from harmful, carceral justice, beginning with the abolition of the ICC.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
sadly I can't make BISA this year but FYI for if you're there:
Lots of opportunities to be involved in action for Palestine at #BISA2025.
June 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
sadly I can't make BISA this year but FYI for if you're there:
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It is possible to have an opinion on things happening in the world that is not shaped by what is (il)legal but by like a set of political and ethical commitments that are not derived from liberal legalism
June 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It is possible to have an opinion on things happening in the world that is not shaped by what is (il)legal but by like a set of political and ethical commitments that are not derived from liberal legalism