Hakan Sandal-Wilson

Elected in 1972 as the first openly gay politician in the UK, Sam Green served his community with commitment and courage, and we’re proud that Ed Davey was there to unveil a plaque in his honour.

Master's Dissertation Prize The LSE Middle East Centre runs a prize for LSE Master's student dissertations.

LSE Master’s students, receiving your thesis grades? Our annual Dissertation Prize is now open: if you get a grade of 70 or above for your research on the #MiddleEast, apply & get your hard work recognised.

Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

Empire of Officials: Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Bureaucracy | @hakirmizi.bsky.social

➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/empire-of...

🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨

You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc

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I’ll be in London next week to launch my new book about LGBT rights. Come along for good chats and refreshments! 🍷📖

📆: Tuesday 11th November
⏰: 6.30-8.00pm
📍: Council Room, King’s College London, The Strand

It’s free to attend. Just register for a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...

The Zheen Centre for Documentation and Research: Preserving Archival Materials for Kurdish Historical Research - Middle East Centre An archive in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks to preserve and restore archival material essential to understanding Kurdish history.

A centre in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks to document and preserve Kurdish archival materials for researchers to better understand the history of the Kurds. Marouf Cabi for the blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/11/...

Don't miss a visit on Monday 3 Nov from our PhD alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues". 12:30-1:30 ARB S1

Join us for our event with Prof Seema Arora-Jonsson and @sumimadhok.bsky.social, co-hosted by @gsos-lse.bsky.social 🌳

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica hit with powerful winds and heavy rain The US National Hurricane Centre says the category four storm is

Holding Jamaica and all who have loved ones there in my prayers. 🙏🏽

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"

"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"

"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today the PKK announced the full withdrawal of its forces from Turkey.
To understand the scale of this moment, here’s a look back at the group’s five-decade trajectory, from its founding in 1978 to today’s declaration in the Qandil Mountains. 🧵

The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa

“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
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The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa

“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...

The new logo of Inclusive Church: it is described on their website as: "Inclusive Church new core logo with rainbow beam above a cluster of buildings, one with a cross."

Fellow members of the Church of England — please consider signing this open letter to show your support for the full inclusion and equality of LGBTQ+ people within the Church.
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social

www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...

Jobs | City University of New York

Our Black & Latino Studies Department is hiring a tenured associate professor in black and/or Latino queer studies (open discipline)! I'm so excited about this hire—excited enough to have agreed to serve on the search committee! Please spread the news. Baruch's great, and so is NYC!

@lsesociology.bsky.social is now recruiting: Assistant Professor in Cultural Sociology. Please apply!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

The crackdown on LGBTI people in Turkey is drastically intensifying. New draft laws criminalise anyone who “engages in behaviours contrary to biological sex and general morality.” Even promoting or supporting LGBTI rights could become a crime. 🧵

#PaCT
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z

UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it. UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu #EducationalLiberty #SaveUT

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

So excited to hear that Dame Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury! Just two weeks ago, she licensed me as a Lay Minister — and now this incredible news. Feeling deeply moved.

Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far Two Jewish people died in a car and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

Absolutely horrific. My thoughts and prayers with those affected, Jewish friends, colleagues, and students, and the wider Jewish communities in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS

"Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary"

"...The Government runs the risk of this country accelerating along a dangerous path, and now is the time to urgently correct this and change course."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@sumimadhok.bsky.social welcoming our new cohort this morning ❤️

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@aikoiiris.bsky.social
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@hsw.bsky.social

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.

Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

Join us for our first event of the academic year in collaboration with @lseir.bsky.social and other great co-hosts!

Bringing together four leading experts, we will explore the legacy and future of the UN WPS agenda.

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

@aikoiiris.bsky.social @drkmillar.bsky.social

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

“‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza” Ahmed Kamal Junina
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Now in Tel Aviv: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are marching together against the starvation in Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire deal to end the annihilation and return the hostages

Police detain dozens, including journalists, at İstanbul Pride March Groups of people attempting to join the march were blocked by police before reaching the area.

Solidarity with Turkey’s defiant queer communities!

“Police detain dozens, including journalists, at İstanbul Pride March”
bianet.org/haber/police...