The #Eurovision Song Contest and International Politics - Roundtable at #BISA2023 BISA - British International Studies Association Catherine Baker has put together an exciting rountable. There is still one spot free — if you are interested, get in touch with Catherine Baker (email below) by Saturday (12/11) evening.

We are looking for new conveners! A great opportunity to grow SEE scholarship BISA - British International Studies Association. Please share widely and let us know if you have any questions—@KatKusic & Lydia Cole are always available for a chat about their experience over the last two terms. bisa.ac.uk/members/workin…

Thanks for highlighting my recent article International Political Sociology! In it, I propose the idea of activist curatorship + explore a range of creative and curatorial practices at Vraca Memorial Park / Spomen-park Vraca Sarajevo. It's available #OpenAccess + would be keen to hear thoughts!

Very much looking forward to this talk on Thursday 11 May at Global Politics and Practice Research Group CEU Department of International Relations. In it, I'll discuss arts-based activism at sites of memory in Bosnia and Herzegovina. See you then!

On Thursday, we have two panels on the Politics of Landscapes and nature in SEE! Day 2: 9:00 / (Kinloch, Hilton) gendered hydropolitics, urban environmentalism, protest politics, and extractivism with @KojanicOgnjen Saska Petrova Mate Subašić Nina Djukanovic @KatKusic Michiel Piersma

Day 2: 13:15 / (Ewig, Marriott) with papers on transformative justice, the question of 'nature' in BiH, tourism and space, and rural land politics of renewable energy with Daniela Lai Michiel Piersma Sladjana Lazic Freya Cumberlidge @KatKusic @rkrystalli Lydia Cole See you there!

Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at University of Manchester are hiring a Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies. You'd be working with Birte Vogel , @RoisinRead & other fantastic colleagues there! Job ad here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?….

Interested in taking part in the 2nd BISA SE Europe virtual workshop 'Worlding from South East Europe, remaking International Relations'? Abstracts due 11 Oct, workshop on 30 Oct. See below for full details:

Abstracts are due tomorrow (11 Oct) to take part in BISA SE Europe's virtual workshop. We have lots of great abstracts already but space for a few more! BISA - British International Studies Association Sussex IR🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

My policy brief for HCRInstitute reflects on community arts and the transformation of contested space in #Mostar, BiH. Reflections centre on Street Arts Festival Mostar and sound art from OKC Abrašević. It's one in a series of pieces from The Art of Peace project.

Deadline extended until next week! Let us know if you need help finalising panels and roundtables. We look forward to your submissions!

Calling all interested #Art and #Peacebuilding. Prof Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and I reflect on the state of the field for Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies: rb.gy/e04gpq (ISA members should have free access, others can DM for access) Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Sussex IR🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Call for new postgrad WG convener for BISA SE Europe🔊 You will join a great team alongside Elena B. Stavrevska and Mate Subašić Becoming a WG convener is a great opportunity to shape your area of research and expand your networks! Read more: bisa.ac.uk/members/workin… BISA PGN PSA ECN

Sussex staff, students & alumni, please sign and share!

A new short article for BISA - British International Studies Association on my BISA Early Career Small Research Grant project 'Peace on display'. I share some initial thoughts on representations Imperial War Museums London and The Peace Museum, and directions for further research. Pinging Visualising War and Peace!

The exhibition is on the walls, and we are open and ready to welcome visitors. We are outside Vathi library on #Samos and would love to see you if you are on the island.

7 days left ⏳ to submit your abstracts for BISA South East Europe Working Group's Annual 'Worlding from South East Europe' Workshop! We promise engaging conversations focused around your ideas, insights and experiences 📖 Get in touch, submit your abstract, and join us! ⬇️

Very much looking forward to this BISA SE Europe & UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies virtual book launch of the formidable @VjosaMusliu and Itziar Mujika Chao's brilliant next book Feminist Encounters in Statebuilding, taking place 5 Dec. The always fantastic Piro Rexhepi and I will be chairing. Sign up below👇

Last month, I spoke to Visualising War and Peace about "Curating Peace: the role of museums", alongside Charlotte Houlahan The Peace Museum. Listen at buzzsprout.com/1717787/episod…. With thanks to BISA - British International Studies Association for the ECSRG that funded the first stages of my research on this!