Travis B. Curtice
@travisbcurtice.bsky.social
Climber. Assistant Prof Drexel University. Studying police, repression & conflict. Fmr Carter Center, USIP, & Dartmouth Dickey Center. PhD Emory Polisci. Views are my own.
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The Kenya Human Rights Commission (an independent nonprofit, not the statutory body) now estimates that up to 3,000 people might have been killed by the police and armed forces in post election violence in Tanzania.
The situation in Tanzania is worse than we realised. Some journalists have managed to smuggle information out of the country. Current death toll is close to 1,000 by some reports. A harshly enforced curfew is in place.
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (an independent nonprofit, not the statutory body) now estimates that up to 3,000 people might have been killed by the police and armed forces in post election violence in Tanzania.
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Nick Kristof travels to Uganda and shows that the Trump DOGE cuts to foreign assistance and humanitarian aid are killing kids who are dying unnecessarily from hunger and disease b/c Elon needed a tax cut. Many stories of suffering of little children. GIFT LINK. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Nick Kristof travels to Uganda and shows that the Trump DOGE cuts to foreign assistance and humanitarian aid are killing kids who are dying unnecessarily from hunger and disease b/c Elon needed a tax cut. Many stories of suffering of little children. GIFT LINK. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Couldn’t be more proud of @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social. Here’s the Kirkus Review for her upcoming children’s book.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
January 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Couldn’t be more proud of @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social. Here’s the Kirkus Review for her upcoming children’s book.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Bumping this back up -- deadline is about 24 hours from now. The application is short. Please consider applying!
This Friday (Jan 3rd) is the deadline to apply to be in the 2nd cohort of @goodauth.bsky.social fellows: goodauthority.org/news/goodaut...
Please share with scholars who want to bring insights from political science to a broader audience.
Please share with scholars who want to bring insights from political science to a broader audience.
Good Authority fellows program now open for applications!
Join the team at Good Authority! Our 2025-2026 fellow program is now accepting applications.
goodauthority.org
January 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bumping this back up -- deadline is about 24 hours from now. The application is short. Please consider applying!
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So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
It was a joy to review Rebecca Tapscott’s @ox.ac.uk book, Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
December 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
It was a joy to review Rebecca Tapscott’s @ox.ac.uk book, Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Almost to winter break.
December 9, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Almost to winter break.
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In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday.
goodauthority.org/news/martial...
goodauthority.org/news/martial...
South Korea's president briefly declared martial law.
President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?
goodauthority.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM
In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday.
goodauthority.org/news/martial...
goodauthority.org/news/martial...
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APSR will start inviting replications for a random subset of accepted papers. I really like this as well as the constructive tone around it 👏 (from the latest Notes from the Editors)
December 5, 2024 at 12:30 PM
APSR will start inviting replications for a random subset of accepted papers. I really like this as well as the constructive tone around it 👏 (from the latest Notes from the Editors)
Just finished my fall quarter teaching intro to comparative politics and the politics of policing.
Even with the many challenges in higher education and academia, teaching remains such a privilege.
Even with the many challenges in higher education and academia, teaching remains such a privilege.
December 5, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Just finished my fall quarter teaching intro to comparative politics and the politics of policing.
Even with the many challenges in higher education and academia, teaching remains such a privilege.
Even with the many challenges in higher education and academia, teaching remains such a privilege.
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Applications are now open for IPSI 2025! June 8-12, 2025 Washington, DC.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research.
IPSI — Bridging the Gap
www.bridgingthegapproject.org
December 3, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Applications are now open for IPSI 2025! June 8-12, 2025 Washington, DC.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research.
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Want some good news? However bad the next administration is going to be, very few models of strongman authoritarian rule start with the strongman losing publicly on his first picks as minister of war and head of law enforcement
December 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Want some good news? However bad the next administration is going to be, very few models of strongman authoritarian rule start with the strongman losing publicly on his first picks as minister of war and head of law enforcement
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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Applications for “Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...
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Untitled - November 19, 2024 at 11.34.29
See the story
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December 2, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Applications for “Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...
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From our new issue: "In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes" by Sabrina Arias (@sabrinabarias.bsky.social) and Christopher Blair (@chriswblair.bsky.social). www.cambridge.org/core/service...
November 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
From our new issue: "In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes" by Sabrina Arias (@sabrinabarias.bsky.social) and Christopher Blair (@chriswblair.bsky.social). www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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⏰ Please share widely!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
Predoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 303)
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social ...
wzb.hr4you.org
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
⏰ Please share widely!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
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The childcare reimbursement form for @APSAtweets 2024 conference in Philly is now open! It is due by August 2nd. It covers $500 of expenses, which can include a Philly based provider OR travel costs for a non-guardian caregiver connect.apsanet.org/apsa2024/chi...
April 10, 2024 at 3:36 AM
The childcare reimbursement form for @APSAtweets 2024 conference in Philly is now open! It is due by August 2nd. It covers $500 of expenses, which can include a Philly based provider OR travel costs for a non-guardian caregiver connect.apsanet.org/apsa2024/chi...
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The Independent has made some major headway on the story of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary OK high schooler who died after being brutally beaten by older teenage girls at school.
They've found reason to believe Nex was bullied for being nonbinary, making it likely this led to their death.
They've found reason to believe Nex was bullied for being nonbinary, making it likely this led to their death.
Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead
Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they we...
www.independent.co.uk
February 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The Independent has made some major headway on the story of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary OK high schooler who died after being brutally beaten by older teenage girls at school.
They've found reason to believe Nex was bullied for being nonbinary, making it likely this led to their death.
They've found reason to believe Nex was bullied for being nonbinary, making it likely this led to their death.
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watch this space! thrilled that "In Love and at War: Marriage in Non-State Armed Groups" will be the inaugural text in the Cambridge Elements in Gender and Politics.
www.cambridge.org/core/element... gendersky polisky
www.cambridge.org/core/element... gendersky polisky
In Love and at War
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - In Love and at War
www.cambridge.org
October 12, 2023 at 4:39 PM
watch this space! thrilled that "In Love and at War: Marriage in Non-State Armed Groups" will be the inaugural text in the Cambridge Elements in Gender and Politics.
www.cambridge.org/core/element... gendersky polisky
www.cambridge.org/core/element... gendersky polisky
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Hi there! We are Ufahamu Africa, a podcast about life and politics on the African continent. Cohosted by @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social.
www.ufahamuafrica.com
www.ufahamuafrica.com
Ufahamu Africa – A podcast about life and politics on the African continent
www.ufahamuafrica.com
October 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Hi there! We are Ufahamu Africa, a podcast about life and politics on the African continent. Cohosted by @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social.
www.ufahamuafrica.com
www.ufahamuafrica.com
Hi, @profmusgrave.bsky.social can you add me to the Polisky list. Thanks.
October 3, 2023 at 12:13 AM
Hi, @profmusgrave.bsky.social can you add me to the Polisky list. Thanks.
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Colleagues in political science, please share this opportunity for a full-time position at @ucrpolisci.bsky.social for a recent graduate who will support the NSF-funded MSIRA program. Will be especially beneficial for someone considering a PhD in political science!
Post-baccalaureate Fellow – Junior Specialist
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
October 2, 2023 at 11:34 PM
Colleagues in political science, please share this opportunity for a full-time position at @ucrpolisci.bsky.social for a recent graduate who will support the NSF-funded MSIRA program. Will be especially beneficial for someone considering a PhD in political science!
Emory's political science department has a junior search for IR and an open search for CP.
Emory Political Science is hiring! Applications welcomed from scholars with a broad range of substantive foci and methodological approaches. Please consider applying!
1. assistant in IR: apply.interfolio.com/130947
2. assistant, associate, or full professor in CP apply.interfolio.com/130944
1. assistant in IR: apply.interfolio.com/130947
2. assistant, associate, or full professor in CP apply.interfolio.com/130944
September 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Emory's political science department has a junior search for IR and an open search for CP.
Publication day for this co-authored article on the potential limits of human rights related trade linkage.
"The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/V7V8N...
"The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/V7V8N...
September 29, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Publication day for this co-authored article on the potential limits of human rights related trade linkage.
"The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/V7V8N...
"The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/V7V8N...