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As a University of St Andrews Senior Global Fellow I will talk about #DeepContestation : To the Rescue – Rupture and Resilience of the UN Charter Order
25/02/26 11am, Arts Building Room 2
@anettestimmer.bsky.social @proftonylang.bsky.social @scripts-berlin.eu
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And my discussion on Joe's Great Books about CS Lewis's Books The Magician's Nephew!
youtu.be/-MlIc9DaTlQ?...
I'm rewatching Game of Thrones. This part of Season 7, Episode 1 depicting Samwell Tarly's crappy work as a junior maester is like being a junior academic. Im lucky to be past that stage. Sorry for those still in the midst of it- sorry!
www.dailymotion.com/video/x5u3iq6
Wow, that's just awful. I can't believe this. The US helped to found so much of global governance institutions, and this administration is just throwing this all away.
My son, Henry, is climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to support Amnesty International (one of my favourite organizations). If you can support him, go to this website and dig deep! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I don't just write about International Relations, but I write fiction too! This is my first book, a fantasy novel for young adults in the JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis mode. Available in paperback and Kindle versions! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPNJ8S8...
What Donald Trump thinks is necessary in Chicago youtu.be/dNfziz4_1P8?...
Really enjoyed speaking with @kieranomeara.bsky.social and Dan Drury on @e-international.bsky.social on my intellectual journey in IR: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Well well well, look what was waiting in the mail this morning. It really exists. To be released for purchase in the UK/Europe on August 28, and in the USA on October 27. Hope you enjoy it!
A fun talk with my good friend, Joe Sharkey, who hosts Joe's Great Books. We talked about George Orwell's Animal Farm, which is a great 'fairy tale' as Orwell calls it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=paAy...
Really sad to hear that Alasdair MacIntyre has died. I was lucky enough to be taught by him as an undergraduate (as evidenced by this photo from many years ago). I also have been reading his work for a chapter I just wrote on him. He will be missed.
We are hiring @standrewsir.bsky.social! If you work on African or Middle East politics, consider applying to work with us:https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/3611/0/450221/889/lecturer-ac2593dd
In light of Trump's overriding of basic checks and balances, worth listening to this BBC episode on Montesquieu - or better yet read his Spirit of the Laws! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An excellent (and depressing) analysis: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
📢Join us on Tuesday, 11 February at 1pm in The Undercroft for an insightful conversation with Taylor St John (St Andrews) on 'The UN Negotiation Process'. 🍽️ Lunch served at 12.30pm. Don't miss it!
#UN #GlobalGovernance #Negotiation
@standrewshist.bsky.social
Excellent analysis by Judith Butler of Trump's cruelty and a warning not to be overwhelmed by it: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The books I'm currently reading:
Plato, The Laws
Hobbes, Behemoth
Hugo Grotius, The Truth of the Christian Religion
Alasdair MacIntyre, God, Philosophy, Universities
Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson Facts and Explanations
I love being an academic!
A really fun discussion on Joe's Great Books with my brothers Jim Lang and Bill Lang on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1QC...
Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
A great speical issue on Academic Freedom in @globcon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @joshaw.bsky.social @antjewiener.bsky.social Well done!
Hello! We're the 'International Ethics' Section of ISA (@isanet.bsky.social). We're thrilled to be here. Be sure to join our 'International Ethics Section' when you sign up for/renew your ISA membership! Your support makes the best panels at ISA's 's annual conference possible! isanet.org/membership
Yes, a very sad loss. Jorg was a lively, intelligent, and supportive colleague. He will certianly be missed.
Please join us for an what I hope will be an interesting discussion on academic freedom and professional associations!
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/the-c...
I will be speaking on the contested use of #Staatsraison #reasonofstate in St Andrews on Thursday. If you are interested and in the area please be invited 👇🏻👇🏻
As of January 2025, the Cambridge University Press journal @globcon.bsky.social (Global Constitutionalism) will be based at the University of Edinburgh, supported by a fruitful partnership between University of Edinburgh Law School & University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science.
