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Harris Mylonas
@harrismylonas.bsky.social
▫️Political Scientist @gwu1821.bsky.social
▫️Editor-in-chief of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social
▫️Nationalism | nation-building | migration | diasporas
🔗 https://harrismylonas.com
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Ever wondered why governments assimilate certain groups, grant minority rights to some, yet exclude others?

I dive into the logic of #nationbuilding (plus my own story!) in this @TEDxFoggyBottom talk

Check it out & share your thoughts!

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Nation-Building: Past, Present, and Future | Harris Mylonas | TEDxFoggyBottom
Harris Mylonas is a GW professor and political scientist. His research focuses on nation- and state-building, diaspora policies, and political development. I...
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📌 The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has been published #openaccess. Check it out here 👇

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On the Cover: Photo by Sanja Zlatanović and Juraj Marušiak

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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by Harris Mylonas
An interdisciplinary group of panelists mulled over immigration and national unity during a panel hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics on Wednesday.

Maya Y. Fu, Adrian U. Ramirez, and Alexa M. Schmitt report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘Turn the Temperature Down’: Panelists Talk National Unity, Immigration at Harvard Safra Center Talk | News | The Harvard Crimson
An interdisciplinary group of panelists mulled over immigration and national unity during a panel hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics on Wednesday.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My chapter on "State- and Nation-Building in Modern Greece," written for The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek History, has been published online 👉 academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

📌PM me if you want a copy!
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-9
Kathleen E. Powers’s Nationalisms in International Politics
“challenges the conventional wisdom about nationalism and supranationalism by demonstrating that not all nationalisms and supranationalisms are the same.” –Jiyoung Ko
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Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-9 on Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-9 Kathleen E. Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics. Princeton University Press, 2022. ISBN: 9780691224572.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interested in #nationalism and international relations?

Check out the latest @h-diplo.bsky.social Jervis Forum Roundtable on Powers’ book

Introduction by Jonathan Renshon; reviews by Jiyoung Ko, Deborah Welch Larson, and Harris Mylonas; reply by Kathleen Powers

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Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-9 on Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 17-9 Kathleen E. Powers, Nationalisms in International Politics. Princeton University Press, 2022. ISBN: 9780691224572.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reposted by Harris Mylonas
The new issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social is now published
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On the cover, photo taken by Isabelle DeSisto

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July 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
*Nationalism and ethnicity in the study of international relations* a chapter that @erinjenne.bsky.social and I co-authored for the Elgar Handbook of International Relations edited by @cameronthies.bsky.social has (finally) been published!

www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... nationalisky | polisky
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June 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The 2024 Impact Factor for @nationalitiesp.bsky.social has increased to *1.6*, up from *1.3* in 2023. This marks a remarkable climb from 0.728 in 2019.

A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated editorial board, reviewers & authors!

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June 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Fantastic dissertation! Great meeting you @axelcronert.bsky.social !
Thrilled to see my PhD student Anna Jeglinska defend her excellent thesis on Polish diaspora policy – "Co-nationals under construction" – with flying collars today! Thank you @harrismylonas.bsky.social for a highly constructive discussion! Now, Dr. Jeglinska – time to party! 🥳
June 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Looking forward to it
Tomorrow at the Department of Government, Anna Jeglinska defends her thesis Co-nationals under construction: Poland’s diaspora policy 1989–2023, with @harrismylonas.bsky.social as external reviewer.

Location: Brusewitzsalen, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala
Time: 13:15

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Anna Jeglinska: Co-nationals under construction: Poland’s diaspora policy 1989–2023 - Uppsala University
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June 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Deborah Boucoyannis and I draw on Richard Bensel’s “The Founding of Modern States” to highlight a point overlooked in political science: state- and regime-building are deeply tied to how “the people” are defined—nation-building. Check out the piece👉 academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Varieties of Nationalism @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org co-authored with Maya Tudor was released into the world 2 years ago. Thank you to everyone who has adopted it in their courses or incorporated its ideas into their research, helping it find a place in the field

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Varieties of Nationalism
Cambridge Core - Economic Development and Growth - Varieties of Nationalism
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May 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In 2018, David Laitin and Pål Kolstø engaged in a discussion at the Annual Meeting of the @asn-org.bsky.social The panel was a 20-year retrospective on Laitin’s “Identity in Formation: the Russian-speaking populations in the Near Abroad” 1/4

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May 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Don't forget to submit your fieldwork photos to the annual @nationalitiesp.bsky.social Photo Contest by May 15!

The photo submissions should be accompanied by a brief description (300-400 words)

Email them to our Managing Editor: np.managingeditor@gmail.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Issue 53.3 of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social is now published. Check it out 👇
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On the cover, photo taken by Elena Denisova-Schmidt

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April 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
March 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by Harris Mylonas
New Issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social published 👉
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On the Cover. Photo taken by Roi Pérez

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March 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
March 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New Issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social published 👉
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On the Cover. Photo taken by Roi Pérez

Keep reading, keep citing

#OpenAccess #nationalisky #polisky
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The first issue of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social for 2025 is published online 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On the Cover. Photo taken by Nino Gozalishvili

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February 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM