Dr Fran Melhuish
@fransplains.bsky.social
Postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social, interested in nostalgia, visual politics and the gothic.
"Needlessly polemical"
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/65lr7v/doctor-francesca-melhuish
"Needlessly polemical"
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/65lr7v/doctor-francesca-melhuish
Your regular reminder that things can always get worse
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Your regular reminder that things can always get worse
My latest article is out #OA in @politicsjournal.bsky.social ✍️
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My latest article is out #OA in @politicsjournal.bsky.social ✍️
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The lowest number I've seen, at any time of year
July 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The lowest number I've seen, at any time of year
Proud that my article on Powellite nostalgia has been shortlisted, amongst great company, for the John Peterson prize for best paper published in @bjpir.bsky.social in 2024
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Proud that my article on Powellite nostalgia has been shortlisted, amongst great company, for the John Peterson prize for best paper published in @bjpir.bsky.social in 2024
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
If you're wondering about the symbolism of the suit - notably donned by Musk at last night's SOTU, in a departure from his usual attire - we have some bits on this in our recent article @benclift.bsky.social @benrosamond1.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
March 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If you're wondering about the symbolism of the suit - notably donned by Musk at last night's SOTU, in a departure from his usual attire - we have some bits on this in our recent article @benclift.bsky.social @benrosamond1.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
We return to the idea of authenticity in the conclusion, reflecting on its relationship with affective representation.
February 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We return to the idea of authenticity in the conclusion, reflecting on its relationship with affective representation.
Unusually, nostalgia is also relevant for us methodologically. It allows us to develop the concept of simulated authenticity and show how being white, male and suit-wearing confers authority in gendered expertise regimes (cf. @mergito.bsky.social)
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Unusually, nostalgia is also relevant for us methodologically. It allows us to develop the concept of simulated authenticity and show how being white, male and suit-wearing confers authority in gendered expertise regimes (cf. @mergito.bsky.social)
But it wouldn’t be one of my papers if *nostalgia* wasn’t involved somehow.
As ever in British politics, imperial and colonial nostalgias are evident here. They shape the content and style of our two masculinised modes of expertise.
As ever in British politics, imperial and colonial nostalgias are evident here. They shape the content and style of our two masculinised modes of expertise.
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
But it wouldn’t be one of my papers if *nostalgia* wasn’t involved somehow.
As ever in British politics, imperial and colonial nostalgias are evident here. They shape the content and style of our two masculinised modes of expertise.
As ever in British politics, imperial and colonial nostalgias are evident here. They shape the content and style of our two masculinised modes of expertise.
We trace two masculinised styles of expertise – the priest and the hired gun. But we also find that these modes of expertise view the economy in similarly exclusionary ways.
Our analysis also applies to other ‘scientific’ domains of expertise, e.g in public health and climate governance.
Our analysis also applies to other ‘scientific’ domains of expertise, e.g in public health and climate governance.
February 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We trace two masculinised styles of expertise – the priest and the hired gun. But we also find that these modes of expertise view the economy in similarly exclusionary ways.
Our analysis also applies to other ‘scientific’ domains of expertise, e.g in public health and climate governance.
Our analysis also applies to other ‘scientific’ domains of expertise, e.g in public health and climate governance.
My latest article, written with @benclift.bsky.social and @benrosamond1.bsky.social, is out #OA in Economy & Society. We use Brexit discourses as a window into the gendered politics of economic expertise. @sotonpolitics.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
February 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My latest article, written with @benclift.bsky.social and @benrosamond1.bsky.social, is out #OA in Economy & Society. We use Brexit discourses as a window into the gendered politics of economic expertise. @sotonpolitics.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Imagine closing your doc to reveal this 👀
December 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Imagine closing your doc to reveal this 👀
That's my excuse
August 17, 2024 at 11:21 AM
That's my excuse