π’Reminder to register for the roundtable on Millennium's Special Issue Traversing Memories on Tuesday! Don't miss it!
π’Reminder to register for the roundtable on Millennium's Special Issue Traversing Memories on Tuesday! Don't miss it!
π’ Join us for @epir-bisa.bsky.social's roundtable on Vol. 53 SI, "Traversing Memories in Global Politics," featuring
Kinti Orellana Matute, @arthurduhe.bsky.social, @anhphnguyen.bsky.social, Georgios Shani and Chaeyoung Yong
ποΈ Tuesday 17 March, 5pm BST (online)
πRegister: tinyurl.com/EPIRRoundtable
What is the link between concepts and collective memories? @taylorborowetz.bsky.social & Felix BerenskΓΆtter demonstrate how they co-constitute each other in the political process of meaning-making, examining the Haitian Revolution and the Holocaust.
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Why look to the past rather than the future when analysing military tech? Focusing on military ballooning, @fredwindfeld.bsky.social article shows why foregrounding technologiesβ antecedents β not imagined futures β helps us rethink disruptive tech debates.
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Can literary figures shape international thought - and if so, how? Find out more and read @daviesthomasr.bsky.social's new article in @millennjournal.bsky.social, which examines the case of Thomas Hardy. Link belowπ
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π How can memories such as colonisation be mobilised for internationalism? In Vol. 53 Special Issue, @arthurduhe.bsky.social examines how the Zapatistas used traumatic memory in the 2021 Journey for Life to build solidarity with European activists.
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π Out now in Vol. 53 Special Issue! @anhphnguyen.bsky.social shows how South Korea, Japan and Indonesia navigate unwanted memories and feared futures through anticipatory temporal othering.
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π Out now in Vol. 53! Chaeyoung Yong argues that trauma time offers key insights into "understanding GBV by highlighting the socio-political nature of trauma and critiquing the linear narrative of healing and restoring the social order."
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What role do disasters play in global politics? In Vol. 53βs Special Issue, Amy Cortvriend, Lucy Easthope, Jenny Edkins, and @kandidapurnell.bsky.social explore how embodied trauma disrupts the status quo β and may open a path to a new social-political order.
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π What role do memories play in global politics, and what do they reveal about knowledge production in IR?
Read the Intro to Vol. 53 Traversing Memories in Global Politics by Kinti Orellana Matute, @seowoohyeok.bsky.social & Pauline Zerla π
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π¨Millenniumβs Vol. 53 Special Issue, βTraversing Memories in Global Politics,β is out! Watch this space for short teasers of the individual articles over the next few weeks.
Symposium presentation
Group picture with symposium participants
Keynote speaker, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare
Throwback to our 2025 Symposium: Grateful to all speakers who presented their drafts and sparked thought-provoking discussions. Special thanks to our keynote, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the special issue featuring the completed articles!
For those who donβt know, on November 3rd I gave my first conference/symposium keynote for @millennjournal.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social. My keynote was based on my 2022 reflection piece,βYour Work is Not International Relationsβ.Thank you to everyone who attended and the editors for inviting me
π³ Reminder EB members β Tomorrow (Thursday, 27/11) is round two of our Vol. 55 elections! Please attend and cast your vote (if you are an eligible voting member) for the new Editors.
βThe meeting will take place via Zoom only, from 12:30β1:30 pm. Check your emails for more information!
π³Reminder EB members - Today is the first round of our Vol. 55 elections! Please attend and cast your vote (if you are an eligible voting member) for the new Deputy Editors. The meeting will take place via Zoom only, from 12.30pm-1:30pm. Check your e-mails for more information!
I'm delighted to share my new article, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! It examines how the Zapatistas used colonial memory while forging transnational alliances with European activists.
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Call for applications: Vol. 55 Editorial Team of Millennium Journal of International Studies Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team. All editorial roles at Millennium are elected roles; the elections for vol. 55 (Editors and Deputy Editors) will be held on Thursday, the 20th of November 2025. Please ensure you are available for the elections between 12.30 - 14.00, via Zoom. To be eligible to stand as a candidate for the Deputy Editor, you must be a postgraduate student (masterβs or PhD student) based at a University of London institution (i.e. LSE, SOAS, Kingβs, Goldsmiths, etc.). To be eligible to stand as a candidate for Editor, you must a) be a PhD student based at a University of London institution, and b) run as part of a team of three [3]. Please contact us for more information about this role, especially if you have any questions regarding finding additional team members or if you have any questions not answered in this call. To run for any of the positions, you must email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature (including full name, degree programme, and university affiliation) by 23:59 on 13 November 2025 (GMT). Please see below for more details on the roles and the election process. For more details about the journal, please see our website https://millenniumjournal.org/ For information on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cJfPXS4i3XedqKSGVsOSzLow0Mq6WNhtVRGwFRlVb4/edit?tab=t.0
Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team! To run for any of the positions, email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature by 23:59 on 13 Nov 2025 (GMT). More information on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
On the role of icons in news media: Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilsonβs insightful new essay open access in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Call for applications: Vol. 55 Editorial Team of Millennium Journal of International Studies Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team. All editorial roles at Millennium are elected roles; the elections for vol. 55 (Editors and Deputy Editors) will be held on Thursday, the 20th of November 2025. Please ensure you are available for the elections between 12.30 - 14.00, via Zoom. To be eligible to stand as a candidate for the Deputy Editor, you must be a postgraduate student (masterβs or PhD student) based at a University of London institution (i.e. LSE, SOAS, Kingβs, Goldsmiths, etc.). To be eligible to stand as a candidate for Editor, you must a) be a PhD student based at a University of London institution, and b) run as part of a team of three [3]. Please contact us for more information about this role, especially if you have any questions regarding finding additional team members or if you have any questions not answered in this call. To run for any of the positions, you must email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature (including full name, degree programme, and university affiliation) by 23:59 on 13 November 2025 (GMT). Please see below for more details on the roles and the election process. For more details about the journal, please see our website https://millenniumjournal.org/ For information on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cJfPXS4i3XedqKSGVsOSzLow0Mq6WNhtVRGwFRlVb4/edit?tab=t.0
Millennium is seeking three Editors and three Deputy Editors to make up the Vol. 55 Editorial Team! To run for any of the positions, email us at millennium@lse.ac.uk declaring your candidature by 23:59 on 13 Nov 2025 (GMT). More information on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
β³ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
Millennium is looking to hire a communications officer. This is a paid position for 2 hours/week, lasting for a year. University of London (of any colleges) postgraduate students (Masterβs and PhD students) are eligeble to apply. The deadline is 12pm GMT (noon) 14th October. Interviews (online) to be held on Friday 17th October. For further information, see the full call for applications.
We are looking to hire a Communications Officer! Are you a University of London (of any college) Master's or PhD student with some experience working with WordPress, newsletter-ing, and social media? Consider applying! Deadline: Wednesday, 14th October, at 12pm GMT. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Millennium is looking to hire a communications officer. This is a paid position for 2 hours/week, lasting for a year. University of London (of any colleges) postgraduate students (Masterβs and PhD students) are eligeble to apply. The deadline is 12pm GMT (noon) 14th October. Interviews (online) to be held on Friday 17th October. For further information, see the full call for applications.
We are looking to hire a Communications Officer! Are you a University of London (of any college) Master's or PhD student with some experience working with WordPress, newsletter-ing, and social media? Consider applying! Deadline: Wednesday, 14th October, at 12pm GMT. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
My new article is out now in @millennjournal.bsky.social !
Not the first paper I wrote during the PhDβbut the first one to make it into the world π
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New publication in @millennjournal.bsky.social Theorising Feminist Peace with Northern Irelandβs Contemporary Art. Co-authored with my colleague Heidi Riley as part of our project Talk4Peace #IRSky #FeminsitSky #AcademicSky
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πThe last article from Vol. 53, Issue 2 is now available on SAGE! Oleksandr Svitych explores how algorithms and big data reinforce power and domination in "Algorithms and IR: Towards a Critical Quantum Theory". Read it here π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...