Looking forward to speaking in London next week on why liberal democracies create militarized police readied for authoritarian rule (spoiler alert: the answer is not about whether you have liberal or right wing leaders but rather is about histories of colonialism).
💡 How do imperial tactics return home to reshape policing, citizenship and democracy?
Join us for 'From citizen to subject', a free public event at LSE with @juliango.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social.
#LSEEvents #LSESociology
6.30pm Wed 27 May | Professor Julian Go, Dr Mahvish Ahmad, Professor Aaron Reeves | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
“GeoCities remains an important reminder that collective labour on the internet is not new — and that recognising ourselves as workers is the first step towards organising as such.”
Maria Dudko on social media as work.
Bodybuilding, imperialism and masculinist culture wars - a little-discussed side of the international extreme right. Good article.
Very interesting piece on the Meloni regime in Italy, emphasising it is close to mainstream conservatism despite its populist rhetoric.
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 27 May – 3 June.
For more resources, information and events visit the Reconciliation Australia website
www.reconciliation.org.au
Artwork by renowned Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung artist Otis Hope Carey.
#NationalReconciliationWeek2026 #NRW2026 #AWGSA
One month left! ⏰
CALL FOR SESSIONS 🔊 #ISAWCS27
XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology
'Global Sociology in Turbulent Times'
July 4 – 10, 2027
Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Details about the Call at 🔗 www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferenc...
#Conference
ℹ️ From Enforced Disappearance to Border Violence: New Directions in the Study of Necropolitics
International Conference with ISA RC48 (Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change) on September 7–9, 2026 at the Bizkaia Aretoa, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
Crisis in #HigherEducation - Open-access symposium in the latest issue of Australian Historical Studies. My essay "Deeper #history and democratic politics" is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#universities #coloniality #democracy
Melbourne friends: launch for my new book "Trans Lives". 6 pm Wednesday 27 May, Readings shop 1 in Emporium, Level 1, 287 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne CBD. I will be joined by Son Vivienne, CEO of Transgender Victoria.
Free, but Readings ask you to register here: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
Elite football in the modern world - the happy broker between big money and authoritarianism. Analysis by @davidroweics.bsky.social:
theconversation.com/why-trump-an...
Raewyn Connell
Raewyn Connell
Overland Journal
The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association
GeoCities remains an important reminder that collective labour on the internet is not new — and that recognising ourselves as workers is the first step towards organising as such.
Josh Vandiver analyzes the geopolitical visions of the masculinist right, arguing that “BAPian masculinists” form a strategic community with a coherent worldview shaping interpretations of global conflicts.
We are delighted to have Professor Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney) and Son Vivienne (CEO of Transgender Victoria) join us to talk...
New piece! Giovanni Orsina investigates the nature of Giorgia Meloni's political project and evaluates her time in power.
Illiberalism Studies Program
Josh Vandiver examines the geopolitical visions of the masculinist right through the lens of strategic culture arguing that the “BAPian masculinists” associated with the pseudonymous Bronze Age Perver...
