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Erased: a history of international thought without men, by Patricia Owens

Very excited to be attending this talk by Patricia Owens about Erased: a history of international thought without men.

Thanks so much @researchspin.bsky.social for organising!

Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions The BISA conference is renowned for being inclusive, diverse and friendly. We bring together a worldwide community of specialists to discuss, promote and develop international studies.

SPIN is hoping to head to #BISA2026 in Brighton in June. If you would like to contribute a paper to a panel on secrecy and/or ignorance in international politics, please send a quick expression of interest thsi week followed by abstracts and titles by 27 Oct. conference.bisa.ac.uk

We're very excited to welcome Patricia to SPIN tomorrow, chaired by @zaranosaur.bsky.social All welcome!

Re-upping the link to an online book talk tomorrow at 3pm hosted by SPIN.👇 Please email secrecyresearch@gmail.com for an invite link.

SPIN Autumn Newsletter - SPIN In this latest newsletter, we’re pleased to welcome new SPIN members, announce new opportunities and celebrate new publications.  ...

Our latest SPIN Newsletter is now out! Visit our blog to catch up on all our latest publications, events, and new members including a Call for Papers and our list of upcoming SPIN talks. wp.me/pb19Tu-1d7

Next week! Join us for Prof. Patricia Owens' (Oxford) book talk: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, chaired by Dr. Zara Bain (Bristol)
@zaranosaur.bsky.social
1 Oct 3pm (UK Time), Zoom (to register to attend please email secrecyresearch@gmail.com
All welcome!
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And the linked journal article coauthored with @doccstevens.bsky.social and Amaha Senu that also includes a discussion of mazes: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Delighted to have my chapter on the security politics of mazes included in this forthcoming volume, shepherded with a lot of patience by Faye and Tillman. Links to prepublication version below.

Delighted to be participating in this! One for the diary for sure

Very pleased to appear in this stellar lineup!

More dates for your diaries! Our line-up of talks this term include:

1 Oct, 3pm (UK time) – Erased - Patricia Owens
22 Oct, 3pm – Articulated Absences Archive - Vera Zurbrügg
19 Nov, 3pm – The Birth of Psychological War - Jeff Whyte

For news, follow us on BlueSky, LInkedIn or secrecyresearch.com

Save the date! First event of the academic year. Book Talk: Prof Patricia Owens (Oxford) discussing her latest book: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men, chair @zaranosaur.bsky.social
1 Oct 3pm (UK Time), Zoom
All welcome!

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#SPINEvents #InternationalRelations

🌍 SPIN is delighted to welcome Dr Tim Aistrope to the network! Tim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent, exploring how conspiracy theories and popular culture shape understandings of global politics.

Read about his latest project: buff.ly/Y676Ll6

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📺 Missed our recent FOIA research methods workshop? You can now stream the full recording, including contributions from Aiden Clarkson, Kevin Walby & Hannah Richards.

Stream here: buff.ly/aX3VI3r

#SPINEvents #FOIA #OpenAccess

🕵️‍♀️ F is for Five Eyes – the latest post in our A–Z of Secrecy series by Dr Lydia Morgan (University of Birmingham). Learn about the historically important intelligence cooperation alliance of the UK, US, AUS, CAN & NZ.

Read here: buff.ly/fBLEGOK

#SPINBlog #FiveEyes #Secrecy

👋 Please give a warm SPIN welcome to Susannah Lee, a 2025 SPIN Fellow this summer working with SPIN and the Gender Research Centre to explore gender, power, and secrecy in the context of the current challenges in UK and US politics.

Meet the network: buff.ly/clcQe2t

#SPINNetwork #SecrecyResearch

Stimulating and interesting essay, esp. how secrecy informs the narrative reconstitution and replenishment of American exceptionalism across time; a 20C redux of manifest destiny is (re)produced via secrecy.

Well worth reading!

📝 SPIN is delighted to share an essay by Politics & IR student Shae Miles: The Age of Innocence and Ignorance: Exploring the ‘silencing of the past’ in US foreign policy. This was written as part of Shae's excellent work on the University of Bristol's US Foreign Policy unit.

Read: buff.ly/lXhvUsp

🎤 SPIN is at BISA this week! Catch our panel on Thursday. Find more details on our papers: buff.ly/bvqdFhE and search for us on the conference programme: buff.ly/cV4581b

#SPINatBISA #BISA2025 #AcademicEvents

SPIN at the BISA 2025 50th Anniversary Conference - SPIN SPIN is pleased to share that our panel, Secrecy and the (re)making of the global (dis)order, has been accepted for inclusion...

⏳ Just one week to go until SPIN is at BISA 2025 in Belfast! Please join us for our panel exploring the interconnections of secrecy and international politics. See details of SPIN's panel: buff.ly/bvqdFhE

#SPINatBISA #SecrecyResearch #BISA2025

SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of FOIA Free virtual SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of Freedom of Information Access (FOIA).

🗂️ Final reminder to register for our FOIA Research Methods Masterclass—this Wednesday, 12 June, 2–4pm BST, online!
Register here: buff.ly/eDwsPBB

#SPINEvents #FOIA #ResearchMethods

🔍 Missed Dr Shereen Fernandez’s talk on secrecy, redaction and the War on Terror? Now available on YouTube. Chaired by Dr Jeffrey Whyte, this talk explores secrecy and race in policing and surveillance. Watch here: buff.ly/J6BY8gk

#SecrecyStudies #SPINEvents #Surveillance

Join our free SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the Challenges of FOIA—aimed at PhD and Early Career Researchers but open to all.

Wed 11 June | 2–4pm BST | 📍Online

Register now: buff.ly/Vt60p2v

#FOIA #ResearchMethods #SPINEvents

SPIN • A podcast on Spotify for Creators This podcast series is brought to you by the members of SPIN, the Secrecy, power and ignorance research network (www.secrecyresearch.com). As a network, we study issues and ideas related to the…

🎧 Season 2 of the SPIN Podcast is now complete! Catch all episodes including Peter Finn on the 'Official Record', Lewis Bush on his latest project 'Trading Secrets' and @evanveeren.bsky.social‬ on 'secrecy games'. Listen here: buff.ly/tDSEeMP

#SPINPodcast #SecrecyResearch

SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of FOIA Free virtual SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of Freedom of Information Access (FOIA).

Register now for our free SPIN Methods Masterclass: Navigating the Challenges of Freedom of Information Access (FOIA). Open to all, but especially aimed at PhD and early career researchers.

Wed, 11th June, 2-4pm (GMT+1) Online

Further details and to register: buff.ly/Vt60p2v

We did a thing. We analyse the ‘red pill’ discourse and its use of The Matrix to help produce and circulate popular anti-feminist manosphere conspiracy theories. Principally annoyed that they’ve messed with one of the greatest sci-fi texts ever.

Taking the Red Pill: Conspiracy Theories, Gender, and the ‘elusive epistemologies’ of the Manosphere In this article we analyse the gender politics of the anti-feminist "red pill" or Matrix conspiracy theory. Extending the work of Jaron Harambam and Stef Aupers on how conspiracy theorists legitimise…

🧠 New article by SPIN member @evanveeren.bsky.social‬, Elisabeth Moerking & Harvey Dryer explores conspiracy theories, gender and the ‘elusive epistemologies’ of the manosphere. Pre-pub version of Taking the Red Pill is now avail: buff.ly/TvaMZxN

#SPINNetwork #FeministPolitics #ConspiracyTheories

Call for Chapter Proposals - New SPIN Edited Volume, Initial Deadline: 1 June - SPIN Call for Chapter Proposals: Deadline 1 June 2025     Working title: Secrecy Studies: Enduring Themes, New...

🗓️ Less than a month to go! We’re seeking contributions for an edited volume on secrecy in an era of polycrisis.

Call for Chapter Proposals for edited volume: Secrecy Studies: Enduring Themes, New Directions
Details at: buff.ly/bSnIaw6
Deadline: 1st June

📝 New publication from SPIN-ster @drowendthomas.bsky.social, with @victoriambasham.bsky.social and @rhyscrilley.bsky.social, Death and denial in the city: Making sense of London Bridge and Grenfell, is out now in Politics & Space.

Access here:

This is an exciting time for secrecy research and an important time to understand how central it is to our current crises. Do consider contributing a chapter to what we hope will be a new definitive volume.