Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies

Matt Kennard - Uncovering Empire from Palestine to Haiti An evening with Matt Kennard, former investigative journalist for the Financial Times, author of The Racket and Silent Coup.

Join us for an evening with @mattkennard.bsky.social as he shares insights from his investigations into the violence, exploitation and resistance surrounding global #empire - from Palestine to Haiti.

🗓️ Fri 17th Oct, 7:30pm
📍#Reading International Solidarity Centre
🎟️ https://bit.ly/4pOSM22 (Free)

History of Black Women Deans, College Alumnae Organizations, and Activism This historical account uncovers the lived experiences and history of pioneering Black women deans.Few scholars have studied the origins of Black deans of women…

💡 NEW RESEARCH 💡

History of Black Women Deans, College Alumnae Organizations, & Activism by Ashla C. Hill Roseboro

This historical account uncovers the lived experiences and history of pioneering Black women deans.

📓 https://bit.ly/3I9p9rj
#HBCUs #Education #CollegeDeans

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published?

Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @Writers_Artists.

Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

⏰ Don't forget!

Join us this Thursday at 11am EDT for a discussion about Nicholas Ensley Mitchell's new book, "On Bigotry."

Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing

Leadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On In this open access book, Kofi Anani finds ways forward through the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipulates that power be shared between leader…

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Leadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On: The Blended Representation Principle as a Cause for Afro-Optimism by Kofi Anani

Examines the benefits of incorporating the Blended Representation Principle into African governance.

📕 www.bloomsbury.com/9781350379718

🎓 Calling all politics and history teachers!

Want to improve your students’ exam technique in A-level Politics?

🚀 Join our free author webinar: Exam Technique and Assessment Objectives for UK Politics, US Politics & Political Ideas

🕓 Tue 14 Oct, 4-5.30pm (BST)
👉 tinyurl.com/A-levelPoliticswebinar

Value Struggles is available to read open access now!

& available in print from 16th October 📚
Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/9781350378629

#ValueStruggles #Capitalism #Wine #PoliticalEconomy #FoodStudies #GlobalValueChains

'The Muslim question in The Asian Gang Revisited'

Book Review by Shamim Miah, from #Identities' latest symposium:

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @bloomsburypol.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book?

Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship open 1st September 2025 to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only).

More info: bit.ly/4mHlgcn OR www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9XM...

💡 NEW OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH 💡

Speaking of Trust: #Religion and #MutualAid in Southwest #Kenya by Teodor Zidaru

Examines entanglements between emerging models of formal and informal finance and #welfare with longer-running religious structures.

📘 https://bit.ly/3I6ndjl

Not sure where to start with your academic book idea?

The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship offers a year of expert guidance to help you shape your work and prepare for publication. Apply until 1st Oct 2025.

🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

It’s been another great #APSA2025 conference📚✨

As we wrap up and head home, don’t forget: you can still get 30% off all Politics books on the Bloomsbury website www.bloomsbury.com/ca/academic/

See you in Boston #APSA2026 👀

Hi #APSA2025! Stop by booth #115 to see our latest Politics & International Relations books!

Join the book talk sponsored by Women in International Security (WIIS) to hear Joyce Kaufman and Kristen Williams discuss their recent book, GENDER, RACE, & POWER: EXAMINING IR THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS. wiisglobal.org/event/wiis-b...
@bloomsburypol.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Kevin holding a copy of Rainbow Trap standing in Buffalo Street Books

The events board at Buffalo Street Books

Fab time at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, New York sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburypol.bsky.social

NEW RESEARCH

#Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria: Cultural #Imperialism & #Censorship by Abdalla Uba Adamu

This historical account of #cinema in #Nigeria explores the transcultural transfer of media from #India to #Africa thru films.

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/3I4hz0W 📘 🎬

Rethinking travel – changing our choices to change the world | Peter Cox on Anthropocene Mobilities: Sustainable Travel and Caring for the Commons Sustainable travel expert Peter Cox shows how individual transport choices shape the ways we relate to the world and to each other, and can ultimately help address worldwide problems.

🚶‍♀️🚲 Rethinking Travel: Changing Our Choices to Change the World

Peter Cox explores how transport habits shape our care and connections — with the planet and each other 🌍

📖 Read the blog post: https://bit.ly/4ghC0V3
#Sustainability #Travel #Anthropocene #Commons

⏰ The deadline for the @e-international.bsky.social article award is almost here!

We’re honoured to be sponsoring the award this year.

Best of luck to those who have entered already 🍀 and to those who are racing to meeting the deadline 🤞 …

#InternationalRelations

TOMORROW!
Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social for a panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion ⤵️

📆 Sept. 3rd
🕖 5:00pm-6:30pm
📍NYC
🎟️ kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...

Kevin's book 🛒 bit.ly/3HCTVrN

Panel & Book Discussion: What are Iran's options after the 12-day war?

Join the Middle East Institute for a discussion of Iranian politics and foreign policy as Israel continues to inflame tensions in the region.

⏰ Thurs 4th Sept, 12:30 - 2pm
📍 #WashingtonDC & live online
🎟️ https://bit.ly/45FR0bz

📢 Calling all residents of Dundee and the surrounding area!

Don't miss the book launch for 'America & Islam' with Lawrence Pintak!

📆 Thursday 30th October 2025
🕕 18:00
📍Waterstones, Dundee

Registration details 👉 bit.ly/4k5F1Zi

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Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda: Clientelism, Coercion and Social Control edited by Moses Khisa

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4oZ2fUa

#Uganda #Politics #Autocracy #Museveni

NEW IN PAPERBACK with in-depth case studies from a wide range of countries

A Taxing Journey: How Civic Actors Influence Tax Policy
edited by Paolo de Renzio

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/47eR3ME
Read open access: https://bit.ly/45ZJwz8

#TaxEquity #Budgets #Economics #Policy

OUT NOW

Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan: An Ecological Approach for Political Cooperation by Daniel Akech Thiong

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4g2Yk4A 📘
Read open access: https://bit.ly/4mK9vBq 📖

#SouthSudan #Climate #Migration #Ecology #Politics

New Books Network Podcast on ‘Assignment Moscow’ On 18 August, I spoke to Paul Starobin for his ‘America and Beyond’ podcast (part of the New Books Network). Paul and I spoke for almost an hour about Assignment Moscow, and more. We ta…

This week I spoke to Paul Starobin for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, about my @bloomsburypol.bsky.social book, 'Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin.'
More details and a link to listen here, in a new post on my website
jamesrodgersauthor.com/new-books-ne...

Never thought I would be talking about mysticism and Trump in the same breath! Two books hitting the market. Couldn’t be more different. Suggestions on how I simultaneously promote them? @ibtauris.bsky.social @bloomsburypol.bsky.social #islam #middleeast #mysticism #spirituality #muslims #booksky

Failure. Russia Under Putin Examines the significant failures Russia has faced under Vladimir Putin's leadership and presents an important counterpoint to a broad range of studies emphasiz…

'Failure. Russia Under Putin' presents an important counterpoint to a broad range of studies emphasizing Russia’s resurrection, status as a persistent power, or successful military reform.

Learn more about the book ➡️

Look out for the release of the paperback of America & Islam by @lpintak.bsky.social. 📕 Hitting bookshelves in October 2025!

🛒 Pre-order your copy bit.ly/43MkpQf

Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social for a panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion ⤵️

📆 Sept. 3rd
🕖 5:00pm-6:30pm
📍NYC
🎟️ kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...

Kevin's book 🛒 bit.ly/3HCTVrN

Modern Political Campaigns Dr. Michael D. Cohen, a 30+ year veteran of working on, teaching, and writing about political campaigns shows readers how campaigns are organized, explains stat…

Stay abreast of the rapidly changing world of political campaigns with the new edition of 'Modern Political Campaigns' by @michaelcohen.us -- now 30% off in our back to school sale!

📘 www.bloomsbury.com/modern-polit...