@SamRitholtz

Fellow of All Souls College; DPhil @RefugeeStudies; Research queer experiences of conflict & displacement, new book: https://xitter.cf/t.co/azfmdWdxSL

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It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out! It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, & it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote & thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at ucpress.edu/books/the-way-ou…
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Enzo Nussio@EnzoNussioSep 2
I wrote a book! Weak State, Strong Community is out soon with @CUP_PoliSci. It's about lynching in Latin America, but really it's about a bigger question: how do states and communities limit or enable violence? More info here: amazon.com/dp/1009856642?lv=… Happy about retweets!
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Graeme Reid@IESOGIApr 2
Humanitarian systems are designed to protect the most vulnerable. But what happens when some people remain invisible within those systems?
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Do you research or work in civil society on issues related to queer justice, peace or security? Join me & @SamRitholtz at @OfficialUoM, 12 & 13 Oct., 2026 for the Security Peace & Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict conference. Express your interest! bit.ly/3NG09dR

Express your interest in participating in “Securing Peace and Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict"...

You are invited to apply to participate in a two-day conference on the theme “Securing Peace and Justice for Queer Lives in Conflict" in Manchester, UK. This Hallsworth funded conference is arranged...

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Annette Idler@AnnetteIdlerMar 10
Very much looking forward to discussing "The Trump Effect" with fellow panelists Maryhen Jiménez, @tomlongphd & David Doyle later at St. Antony's College, @UniofOxford today! lac.ox.ac.uk/event/main-semi…

Joint Seminar: The Trump Effect: What Next For Venezuela?

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And this book will be so good!!!
Will Freeman@WillGFreemanFeb 24
This is a core theme of the book I'm writing. Latin America has long had liberal democratic laws, but real power has often resided elsewhere, with what I call 'parallel powers.' Landowners' enforcers, paramilitaries, or today, organized crime groups, tolerated, bargained...
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The photograph on the front of the book is of a flower trapped in ice, taken by the incredibly talented Carlos Saavedra as part of his series 'Limipia' on the trans community in Colombia. You can follow more of his work here: instagram.com/carlosaavedra7…
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A final thanks to the long list of people/orgs whose work inspired this book, & whose feedback helped improve it: @mengiatschalaer @sarahschulman3 @amiasrinivasan @IESOGI @MicroRainbow @RainbowRailroad @refugeestudies @MigOxford @Politics_Oxford @NaomiUCPress @ucpress @SOGICA1
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To wrap up the year, I am happy to share a new article, written with Anna Corrigan, in Security Dialogue. Using political theory and cultural studies, we present a theory of transformative aesthetics to show how art reshapes political life after violence journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Transformative aesthetics after war: Grief, repair, and feminist resistance to political violence...

Art can transform narratives of trauma by centring the experiences of victims and survivors in public consciousness. It is with this reparative potential that a...

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Considering the works of Lucila Quieto and Doris Salcedo, we analyze how their artistic practices in Latin America corrupt the intimate material of domestic life to display the fragments left after enforced disappearance, thereby confronting the stigma placed on grieving families
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We argue that these pieces constitute materialities of dissent that center intimate domestic items as objects of political critique, conceptualizing artistic production and its associated material intimate practice in domestic spaces as crucial sites of meaning and politics.
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1/ Ayer la administración Trump retiró asistencia económica para Colombia en la “guerra contra las drogas” y sigue atacando lanchas supuestamente usadas para traficar cocaína en el Caribe y el Pacífico. Decisiones peligrosas y principalmente simbólicas. 🧵
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#homefront article of the week: @SamRitholtz presents an unflinching study of anti-#LGBTQ brutality in the #ColumbianCivilWar—and the tabloid coverage that shamefully promoted it & thus perpetuated #stigma. Disquieting, graphic, & sadly essential reading. doi.org/p5v9
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Thrilled to Announce Pub of Special Issue @ps_polisci on Contemp & Future #LGBTQ Scholarship in Political Science in Honor of @KenSherrill2's first @APSAtweets conf paper 50 Years Ago. Great late summer beach reading @LGBTQCaucus @sexualitypolsci bit.ly/3GWBluU

Latest issue | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core

PS: Political Science & Politics

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Come along to the UCL Institute of the Americas for the inaugural meeting of the Latin American Research Community! A new interdisciplinary network of PhD students working on Latin American topics. More details of the event below! 👇🏻 ucl.ac.uk/americas/events/20…

LARC: Inaugural meeting - film screening | UCL Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences

Join this innaugural meeting of the Latin America Research Community of PhD Researchers (LARC).

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Graeme Reid@IESOGI10 Jul 2025
🛤️Displacement should never mean more danger. 🏳️‍🌈While fleeing persecution, many #LGBT refugees face continued threats; on the road, at borders, and in shelters meant to protect them. 🙌It’s time to ensure safety, dignity, and rights every step of the way.
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