Orçun Selçuk

📣📚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚: 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 & 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮 with @orcunselcuk.bsky.social

🗓️ Fri, Oct. 17, 2025
⏰ 1:30 - 2:50 PM
🏫 Bolivar House
582 Alvarado Row, Stanford, CA 94305

👉🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/SelcukStanford

I'll be giving a book talk at Stanford University next month. You can find more information about it below.

I think APSA needs to decide primarily based on the geographic distribution of its membership. I am not sure about what you mean by DC or LA as dangerous places for organizing a conference.

#APSA2025 in Vancouver was a fine event but we need to rethink organizing political science conferences in Canada. It puts additional barriers for non-U.S. citizens and perpetuates inequalities in the field. No wonder many international students on F1 visas could not attend.

Heading to APSA in Vancouver tomorrow. I will be part of the following panels:

Democratic Backsliding and Opposition Resistance on Thursday at 8 am

Applying for a Job at a Teaching Institution on Thursday at 2 pm

The First-Gen Handbook: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum on Friday at 10 am

APSA Virtual Exhibit 2025 - University of Notre Dame Welcome to our virtual exhibit! We are extremely excited to bring our political science and theory books directly to your screen! Enjoy browsing our

You can find my book, The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, at the #APSA2025 exhibition hall. Even if you are not attending the conference, you can still order it using the link below with a 40 percent discounted price.
undpress.nd.edu/apsa-virtual...

Unless we acknowledge how much political violence already has a place in American politics, we won't be able to address it. Elites on both sides of the aisle need to take responsibility for fanning the flames of polarization and be intentional about toning down the divisiveness.

For those in Vancouver, the Democracy and Autocracy Section will be holding our business meeting tomorrow (9/11) from 6:30-7:30pm at the Convention Center (West) Room 115. Our reception will be right after from 7:30-9:30pm at Steamworks Brewpub (375 Water Street). Come join us!

APSA Virtual Exhibit 2025 - University of Notre Dame Welcome to our virtual exhibit! We are extremely excited to bring our political science and theory books directly to your screen! Enjoy browsing our

You can find my book, The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, at the #APSA2025 exhibition hall. Even if you are not attending the conference, you can still order it using the link below with a 40 percent discounted price.
undpress.nd.edu/apsa-virtual...

At 2 pm, I'll be joining several colleagues including @orcunselcuk.bsky.social to talk about landing positions at teaching focused institutions. And Thursday isn't even my busy day 😆 6/6

The new season of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social is starting soon!!
Save the dates!

Heading to APSA in Vancouver tomorrow. I will be part of the following panels:

Democratic Backsliding and Opposition Resistance on Thursday at 8 am

Applying for a Job at a Teaching Institution on Thursday at 2 pm

The First-Gen Handbook: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum on Friday at 10 am

Excited to share that The Authoritarian Divide was reviewed in Latin American Politics and Society. Many thanks to Alejandra López Villegas @alelov.bsky.social for the thoughtful and generous review. You can read it here:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is our second journal article together. The collaboration started at Luther College and we presented earlier drafts at MPSA and LASA conferences. Thanks to everyone who offered their feedback and support. Check the article out and share it with others. It is open access.

New episode. @jlkucinskas.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social #civilservices #federalemployees #constitution #DwightWaldo #HerbertSimon #trump #sociology Music by @musicandjustice.bsky.social
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This is our second journal article together. The collaboration started at Luther College and we presented earlier drafts at MPSA and LASA conferences. Thanks to everyone who offered their feedback and support. Check the article out and share it with others. It is open access.

this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.

United States is openly trying to interfere into the internal affairs of Brazil. Kudos to Brazilian authorities for prosecuting Bolsonaro. In democracies, nobody is above the law, especially ex-presidents who attempted a coup. This is not 1964.

Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.

Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.

Thanks!

Book launch day! You can read the first chapter here (in Spanish): www.pescaditoeditoriales.com/pdf/fragment...

Thanks for reading it so quickly. Glad you enjoyed it!

Our co-authored article on Correa's polarizing legacy in Ecuadorian politics is published! We focus on the dynamics of populism, polarization, and opposition to explain the runoff reversals in the 2021 and 2023 presidential elections, leading to the election of Guillermo Lasso and Daniel Noboa.

My book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization is now available in Spanish. If you are in Quito, come to the book launch event on July 16.

⚡ NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!

Authors and their essays below 👇

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55125

Trump continues to misread his mandate, dragging the US into an unpopular military adventure. This is an important test for the MAGA coalition, though populists are good at saying one thing, doing the exact opposite, and convincing their followers that it was a necessary move.

Join us on Sunday!

I’m thrilled to announce that, after ten years of research, my book on the birth of democracy in South America is finally out!
I'm especially excited to be publishing it #openaccess, which means you can download a PDF for free at: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Six recently published book suggestions to make sense of the current moment in American politics from a global and comparative perspective. They cover successful and unsuccessful power grabs by leaders such as Fujimori, Uribe, Chávez, Correa, Erdoğan, Orbán, Morales, and Trump.