CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen
Research unit of the Department of International Relations & International Organization (IRIO) at the University of Groningen's @facultyofartsug.bsky.social | www.rug.nl/let/cirr | cirr@rug.nl
Current Director: Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social
- Matthew Perkins-McVey, Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, February 2026 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
- My inaugural lecture, "Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology” last October was an opportunity to share my vision for a new field of knowledge and celebrate the creation of the first ever chair in Global Political Anthropology | @facultyofartsug.bsky.social books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
- 1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social
- In our annual Russia and Eurasia issue, Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) details the Caspian ecological crisis and the region's green energy ambitions.
- Also in our new issue: Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) on Caspian green energy ambitions, Catherine Wanner on dispossession and resilience in Ukraine, and J. Eugene Clay on late Soviet spiritualism.
- Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social). Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
- Thank you so much for your wonderful talk, Patricia! Staff and students were delighted to meet you and celebrate the publication of Erased. We hope to host you again soon and look forward to your next project!
- On the train from Amsterdam to Groningen tonight for the first of three September "Erased" tour dates. Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social
- Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen. Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism! @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
- Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege
- And here is our final term of History and Theory of International History colloquia @facultyofartsug.bsky.social With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in... All welcome - See you there!
- Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏
- I don't know if the world really needs more academic handbooks, but the Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology does have some really excellent chapters. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- 👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- 📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...
- 🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- 🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...
- Book Launch talk today - come one and all, to hear fascinating histories from below on everyday socialism in Eastern Europe. @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
- Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
- Out now in the Italian Political Science Review (open access): CIRR member Matteo Casiraghi's paper with Tiziana Corda 👇
- Congrats to Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler & their authors for this superb Encyclopedia of IR. Delighted to see CIRR members @jcostalopez.bsky.social (Benchmark dates); Filipe dos Reis (State), @berytia.bsky.social (Behaviouralism) & many CIRR collaborators 👏 | www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
- If you missed the launch of the Sustainability Technology (SusTech) Group our CIRR colleague Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn recently launched at the Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, watch it here!
- Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
- Out now in Open Access: Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings & her collaborators examine how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents grassroots, participatory approaches to accountability, truth-telling, commemoration and reconciliation.
- Out now in Open Access: Our colleague Yuleng Zeng's paper with Brad Epperly in the Journal of Law & Courts
- We were delighted to sponsor this excellent workshop convened by our collaborators at @cirr-ug.bsky.social. Looks like everyone had a great time, too!
- Fantastic last day also for our 2nd workshop International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises organized by @nfgaeckle.bsky.social & @kawezel.bsky.social Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
- What a great workshop on 'International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises' with @nfgaeckle.bsky.social at @apbtutzing.bsky.social. Big thanks to the participants, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social @hannahrichter.bsky.social as well as @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social for sponsoring!
- 🎉 Out now! CIRR members Agha Bayramov & Marek Neuman's edited volume on European Union Governance in Central Asia, just published w/ Routledge. Read more 👇
- Fantastic last day also for our 2nd workshop International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises organized by @nfgaeckle.bsky.social & @kawezel.bsky.social Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
- 🎉 Many congratulations to Lukas Linsi on his promotion to Associate Professor of International Political Economy! Lukas' research examines multinational firms as sites of contestation & lenses through which to study broader trends in IPE. Learn more about his work 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GijF...
- CfP - Deadline 31 March! CIRR colleagues are co-organising the 2025 edition of the Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries (Politicologenetmaal). Submit your proposal to one of 15 fantastic workshops and join us for a promising conference in our wonderful city of Groningen!
- CIRR is also on LinkedIn! Follow us there to stay updated on our activities and our members' publications: www.linkedin.com/in/cirr-cent...
- CIRR is a unique community of researchers exploring the complexity of world politics across a wide spectrum of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Follow us for updates on our projects and events. Get in touch (cirr@rug.nl) for talks, collaborations, and more | www.rug.nl/let/cirr
- It was a pleasure to host @janeijking.com and listen to his fascinating research on Technocratic Capture and the Rise of International Health Governance at the HTIR Chair Group’s colloquium convened by Guilherme Marques Pedro & @antoniofdo.bsky.social. We look forward to seeing the paper published!
- 🎙️Listen to the our #podcast #epic F.A.I.L., an exploration of failure, growth & how we perceive setbacks & resilience in the dynamic world of academia. Available on all major podcast platforms. 👇 app.springcast.fm/podcast/epic...
- Excited to announce the first Graduate Symposium on Doing International Political Sociology at Uni Groningen this summer. Join us to collaborate, workshop, share your work and engage with the Doing IPS network. Deadline 1 April. Questions? Federico Petris and I are here to help. CfP below.
- Come join us for the first Graduate Symposium on Doing IPS at the University of Groningen on 4-5 June 2025. The symposium offers PhD/ERC a space to collaborate and discuss what – in all its plurality – the doing of IPS entails for ERC today. CfP below, deadline 1 April 2025 @doingips.bsky.social
- Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...
