New book, coming soon! Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026) It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Last chance to sign up for our Student Group! Application deadline: midnight, TONIGHT! Several committee roles available for academic year 2025/26. cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/articles/join-…

I'm on MACRODOSE alongside great peeps, for an episode on war, climate crisis, and the economy. My own remarks focus on the rise of state capitalism with a military-imperial twist, at the very heart of US empire open.spotify.com/episode/4un13F… Cambridge Centre of Development Studies Politics and International Studies Cambridge

Join us on Monday for a visit from the Spanish Ambassador, José Pascual Marco Martínez, to discuss Spain-UK Relations: Strategic Partners in a Challenging Global Landscape. 🕑Mon, 27 Oct 14:00 - 15:00 GMT 📍Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk

My recent podcast with David Runciman: we had a historical & comparative conversation about strongmen ppfideas.com/episodes/fixin…

If anyone is interested, two of my books - Dreamworlds of Race (2020) and Reordering the World (2016) - are 70% off in the excellent Princeton University Press sale. It's on until the end of the month press.princeton.edu

Don't miss! Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna from 1945 Prof Oliver Rathkolb joins CfG & Modern European History at Cambridge to discuss Vienna post-1945. 🗓️Wed 5th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C 🖋️More info: bit.ly/471fjkT

New event! The geopolitics of the Panama Canal Join Amb G Martinelli as he reflects on the Canal’s importance to Panama and the wider world. 🗓️ Wed 12th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College ✒️ More info & registration: bit.ly/3JlxJnq

How do you make your way to morning lectures? 🚲 🛴 🚶 #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge #Autumn #Morning

Season 9 of #DeclarationsPodcast is out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1GEMLX… Our first episode explores human rights & American foreign policy with historian Andrew Preston (University of Virginia) Share your thoughts via #declarationspodcast #humanrights #cghr #cambridgeuniversity

Year 12 UK students thinking about applying to Cambridge: if you're from an underrepresented group, this free programme from Trinity Hall aims to support students from backgrounds that are underrepresented at Cambridge. Check out their page on insta:🔗instagram.com/reel/DQWzHn8ie…

New event! Britain and the Balkans – 30 years after the Dayton Agreement Fiona Lloyd-Davies’ Studio 9 Films and Helen Smith Western Balkans Department discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans 🗓️20th Nov, 17:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ

📰Dr Holly Porter CambridgeGender @ bsky.social has written an article titled 'Rebel Sex: male combatants and desire in coercive circumstances'. Read the article now: doi.org/10.17863/CAM.1…

🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open! 📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning. 📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025 ➡️ Full details, guidelines and forms online buff.ly/kwDhPuv

Join us this afternoon for our Virtual Postgraduate Open Day session for the: MPhil in Politics and International Studies: 15:00-15:45 Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies (PhD + MPhil): 17:00-17:45 Register and find out more on the postgraduate website: postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

Please join us for a talk with Professor Amitav Acharya on his new book 'The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West'. 🗓️Thurs, 13 Nov 2025 🕔5pm-6.30pm 📍SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge All welcome.

📣 British Academy Early Career Researchers Network launch Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers Join & register bit.ly/43byupL

Today! Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna from 1945, with Professor Oliver Rathkolb Make sure to attend this insightful event! 🗓️ Today at 17:30-19:00 🗺️ The Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius ✒️ More info and registration: bit.ly/471fjkT

Join Alan Blackwell, Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, Cambridge University, for our final seminar of the series on #AlgorithmicGovernance. 🗓️ Wednesday 12th November 2025 🕔 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM 📍 SG2, Alison Richard Building Get tickets here: cghr-12Nov25.eventbrite.co.uk

The world is tilting towards competition over the southern western hemisphere because that is where there is scope for growth of all of oil production, energy-transition metal extraction, and rare earth mining. ft.com/content/9e2585…