Mark Griffiths

this was an honour! Congratulations Dr De Smet!

I’m so happy for / proud of / inspired by my brilliant student Zena Agha who just passed her viva. Congratulations Dr Agha!

Women Leaders, Queer Faithfuls With a vivid ethnographic lens on a Spanish village, Josep Almudéver Chanzà brings to life the resurgence of religion at the heart of European public life amid…

Long in the making, my first monograph has been born today. Chuffed and a bit terrified. Thanks, as always, to my many interlocutors. @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social
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Screenshot of a paper in Transactions by Mark Griffiths (2025) entitled: 'Geopower, Geos and the colonisation of Palestine' with a red banner at the top. While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. Three arguments are made over three corresponding sections. The first draws on recent writing on geopower and geos (primarily that by Elizabeth Grosz, Elizabeth Povinelli and Kathryne Yusoff) that addresses the idea that political order and subjectivities grow from geological formations and life/non-life divisions. Following this work, I make an argument with obvious significance for geographers: the geos is a theoretically under-explored spatial unit that may predicate manifold spatial relations (e.g., the practices and politics that produce ‘land’ or ‘territory’). The second section considers historical accounts of early Zionist and Israeli settlement to show how geopower underpins the conceptualisation of Palestinian space as alternatively life-sustaining or life-threatening in ways that predicate the sequester of land and territorial claims. The stakes are not merely historical or theoretical: the third section focuses on three contemporary sites—(i) the war-affected soils of Gaza, (ii) the cultivation of olive trees in the West Bank (iii) and practices of agri-resistance in Bethlehem—to explicate how geopower and geos remain central to ongoing colonial control and struggles in Palestine.

New in TIBG:

'Geopower, Geos and the colonisation of Palestine' by @casesofyou.bsky.social

This paper draws on Grosz, Povinelli & Yusoff to examine how geopower underpins the conceptualisation of Palestinian space as either life-sustaining or life-threatening.

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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. It shows how geopower....

for anyone interested, here's a new article (open-access) on geopower and Palestine:

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

CfP POLLEN26 - please join our panel, "Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War" - see for more details and how to submit a proposal before 5th of December here; nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...

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When “conflict free” minerals go to war The article develops a simple but important argument: “conflict free” minerals are essential to the waging of contemporary war. This argument is subst…

based on this:

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How ‘conflict-free’ minerals are used in the waging of modern wars Minerals are tied intimately with conflict, at both ends of the supply chain.

here's a short summary of our recently published research on the weapons industry and "conflict free" minerals

theconversation.com/how-conflict...

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​Book cover of Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine by Mark Griffiths. Blocked title with black and red lettering on a black-and-white image of an institutional hallway divided by a metal gate and enclosed turnstile.

Out today: Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, a sensitive, timely examination of how colonial power infiltrates family dynamics, enforces gendered mobility restrictions, shapes local economies. Checkpoint 300 by @casesofyou.bsky.social

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Here's our article on how arms companies purchase "conflict free" minerals for use in weapons production, connecting wars in Gaza and DRC/Rwanda

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this book is now shipping. Please be in touch if you want to review it — and to organise a book talk (I have some funding). Thank you @uminnpress.bsky.social

it's real! Thanks Jason

Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.

Postdoc researching military support chains & the environmental legacies of militarism w/ my fantastic colleague Mark Griffiths. Check it out 👇

Postdoc RA in Military Support Chains at Newcastle University Searching for an academic job? Explore this Postdoc RA in Military Support Chains opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job announcment: post-doc at Newcastle on the War & Geos project (warandgeos.co.uk). Please share and email me with questions!

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Genocidal warfare in Gaza and the issue of balance in political geography

our commentary on genocidal warfare in Gaza and the issue of balance in political geography is out and open access

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The Ongoing Environmental Destruction and Degradation of Gaza: The Resulting Public Health Crisis | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 7 This essay examines the resulting environmental health conditions in Gaza since October 2023. Evidence is drawn from international agency reports and peer-reviewed literature to document destruction a...

we've got a co-authored piece in the latest volume of The American Journal of Public Health: 'The Ongoing Environmental Destruction and Degradation of Gaza: The Resulting Public Health Crisis'

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....

This event is coming up next week! With Mark Griffiths (@casesofyou.bsky.social) and Kali Rubaii. You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-moder...

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

“raising fears of ethnic cleansing” — we’ve been screaming this for more than a year and a half

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My colleagues are all frantically trying to write their ‘justification’ document for compulsory redundancies at the same time as finish up teaching semesters & do fantastic research, as well as parent, live lives, and carry on regardless. This is an unnecessary cruelty. Brutal.

yeah we shared it with the Mpala and Princeton people but they weren’t so keen 🤷‍♂️

thanks Markus! I didn't know anyone had actually read this paper!? :) Hope you're doing well

Checkpoint 300 Tracing how a notorious checkpoint shapes power, resistance, and lives in Palestine   Checkpoint 300, the highly securitized border facility between occupi...

all of a sudden, after a decade of research, this book is available to pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...

Read our new commentary on Gaza:

Screenshot of a commentary abstract in Transactions by Zena Agha, James Esson, Mark Griffiths & Mikko Joronen (2024) entitled 'Gaza: A decolonial geography' with a red banner at the top.

New in TIBG:

'Gaza: A decolonial geography' by Zena Agha, James Esson, @casesofyou.bsky.social & @mikkojorge.bsky.social

This piece considers what geographers can do in response to the ongoing military assault on Gaza - free to access for 3 months.

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An open letter to the RGS about its decision not to host a PalFest event during Israel's War on Gaza . The piece reflects on the responsibility and histories of our academic societies and the silencing of Palestinian voices.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Ishraq — my PhD student at Newcastle — is trying to help her family in Gaza. Please consider donating if you can. And please share

gofund.me/0687b519

’Encountering Palestine’ is out, discount code 🔽. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978... #Palestine

Northumbria University is bringing Lockheed Martin money into Newcastle at a time when its warplanes and bombs are being used to raze Gaza. If anyone is interested in organising around this, please be in touch

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