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🚨Important Update 🚨 We have a new official X account! This is now the official account of the ISA Theory section. Unfortunately, we can no longer access our old account, so we appreciate your support. #ISAtheory #NewBeginnings #StayConnected @isanet
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How do recent waves of student activism compare to prior waves & why? Call for Papers: #POLITICAL #SCIENCE & THE #UNIVERSITY Guest Editors: @AnjaNeundorf, @ProfessorPape, & @NTampio Deadline: August 1, 2025 More info here: buff.ly/3Wfo0Cq
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Spring 2025 issue preview @IntSecHarvard @mitpress! @MearsheimerJ ➡️War & international politics @stephenWalt ➡️Realism & China Z. Burdette➡️U.S.-China Military Balance in Space Nilay Saiya @NTUsg & @StutiManchanda ➡️ Buddhist violence @Don_Casler & @tcjost➡️Noisy negotiations
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Excited to share The Palgrave Handbook on the Pedagogy of International Relations Theory, ed by Jamie Frueh, Jacqui Ala, Michael P.A. Murphy & Paul F. Diehl. A comprehensive guide on teaching IR theory. Interested in reviewing for our newsletter? Email: pooja74_ise@jnu.ac.in
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Registration is open for a @TheorySectISA webinar on Theorizing Emotions in World Politics in memory of Emma Hutchison. 5 June 2025 14:00h GMT. Big thanks to the organisers and participants: @acalkivik, Jessica Auchter, @drzelb, Annette Freyberg-Inan. isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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📢 Calling all scholars! Applications are now open for multiple short-term #Fellowships in the #SocialSciences and #Humanities for the academic year July 2026 – June 2027. ✅ Check your eligibility and apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de… ⏳ Deadline: 15 July 2025
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The Power to Kill Life Itself: Michel Foucault, Biopolitics, and the Political Challenge of Human Extinction. Perspectives on Politics. Shared by our member Dr Daniel Zimmer Stanford University bit.ly/4iE497Y Description in the image. His profile: stanford.academia.edu/DZimme…
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Our call for Contributions for the ISA Theory Section Newsletter is out. Submit by May 25th to the mentioned email ID.
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📢 ISA Headquarters has released a statement on social media and upcoming changes. Scroll ➡️ for the full update.
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Happening today! Learn more and register: ow.ly/FCij50UKAMz
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Attending #ISA2025? Sign up for a Professional Advancement Seminar Series course, focused on providing #ProfessionalDevelopment, building new #Skills, and expanding your #Network. Learn more: ow.ly/m0KO50U9iB2
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Something I see a lot in qualitative research is a lack of analysis. Basically a rundown of what's in the data, but without doing anything with it (analysis). It's the qualitative equivalent of descriptive stats. Short thread.
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Academics will download your article, cite your article, critique your article, praise your article. Basically everything other than read your article.
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We’re excited to announce the program for #ISA2025 has been released. Click here: isanet.org/Conferences/ISA20… to check it out! Register by 10/23 to remain in the program.
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📣 The grant application deadline for the 2024 IPSA-ABU Summer School for Social Science Research Methods has been extended to 31 July 2024 ⏳ Please visit the school website for the details on courses, instructors, registration fees and more: ipsaabusummerschool.org
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We are delighted to launch Global Theory Forum, in collaboration with @lissdtp and @Theory_LAB. This seminar series will provide a dedicated space for those thinking with international political theory to discuss their work.
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📢 📣 Calling Junior Scholars to apply for this exciting academic workshop! ⏳ Deadline Aug 9, 2024 details ⬇️
The IR Theory Colloquium will give you the *unique* opportunity to join a small cohort of junior IR theorists and get feedback from top scholars! I was privileged to be part of last year’s cohort, a fantastic experience all around. Do file your application, deadline August 9.
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Registration for #ISAVirtual2024 is still open! Complete yours today via isanet.org/Conferences/Virtu…
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🚨📚 Nomination Call for the Best Book Award! Just one week left. Nominate your groundbreaking work by June 30, 2024. Don't miss out! 🏆✨ #ISABookAward @isanet
📚 ✨ Calling all authors! The ISA Theory Section invites nominations for the Best Book Award! 🏆 Submit your entries now and showcase your groundbreaking work! Deadline June 30, 2024. Details 👇 #ISABookAward ⁦@isanet⁩ #ISA2025
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🚨🗓️ Deadline Approaching! Nominate for the Theory Section Edited Volume, Special Issue, or Symposium Award by June 30th, 2024! 🏆📚 Send in your nominations to @jasweidner. Details 👇 #ISAAwards #TheoryExcellence #Hurry @isanet
🏆🌍 Nominate now for the Theory Section Edited Volume, Special Issue, or Symposium Award! Recognizing the best in world politics theorization. Submit by June 30th, 2024! 📚✉️#ISAAwards #WorldPolitics #TheoryInnovation Details below
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⏰🚨 Deadline Alert! Last call for nominations for the Theory Section Paper Awards! Submit by July 1st, 2024. Don’t miss out! 📄🏆 #ISAPaperAwards #DeadlineReminder
🏆✨ Recognizing Excellence in International Theory! Nominate superlative papers from ISA 2024. Open to all, including self-nominations! Submit by July 1st, 2024. 📄✉️ #ISAPaperAwards #InternationalTheory #AcademicExcellence Check out the details below
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