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Rescheduled Event – Secrecy and Ignorance: SPIN Colloquium 2022

October 17, 2022

Conspiracy Theory Series

Harvye Dryer, Politics BSc Student, University of Bristol
October 10, 2022

Book Launch – Performing Deception

Prof. Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)
September 7, 2022

SPIN’s Twitter hour co-hosted with @DefenceResNet and @womenknowintel

Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol)
July 1, 2022

June 2022 Newsletter

Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol)
June 24, 2022

Recording – Book discussion of ‘Violent Ignorance: Confronting Racism & Migration Control’

Hannah Jones (University of Warwick)
May 30, 2022

Recording – Poisons and Podcasts lunchtime talk by Dr. Brett Edwards

Dr. Brett Edwards (University of Bath)
May 25, 2022

Essay – The Great Global Warming Conspiracy: A Critical Analysis of the Political Implications of a Conspiracy Theory

Clara Rayner, Economics and Politics BSc Student, University of Bristol
May 13, 2022

Book discussion – Violent Ignorance: Confronting Racism & Migration Control

Hannah Jones (University of Warwick)
February 25, 2022

Lunchtime Talk: Poisons and Podcasts, March 7th

Dr. Brett Edwards (University of Bath)
February 7, 2022

February 2022 Newsletter

Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol)
January 31, 2022

Expression of Interest: Teaching Secrecy

Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol)
January 19, 2022

Adam Sisman on John le Carré: Writing and Researching Elusive Subjects

Adam Sisman, Author of 'John le Carré: The Biography'
January 17, 2022

Democracy Lives in Darkness: Discussion with Professor Emily Van Duyn

Emily Van Duyn (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
January 5, 2022

Back by popular demand… Magical Encounters: Presented by Prof. Brian Rappert

November 29, 2021

‘Revelations’ Online Workshop

Prof. Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)
October 25, 2021

Magical Encounters: Presented by Prof. Brian Rappert

Prof. Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)
October 11, 2021

Charles W. Mills: Legacies of Thought in Bristol

Julia Paulson, School of Education, University of Bristol; Education, Justice and Memory (EdJAM)
October 6, 2021

SPIN September Newsletter

September 15, 2021

Essay – The Role Ignorance Plays in US Politics

Grace Williamson-Beare, Final Year Student, Politics and International Relations BSc, University of Bristol
September 13, 2021

Announcement: New SPIN-ster, ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Chloe Peacock joins with a project on ignorance and UK criminal justice

Dr Chloe Peacock, ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (October 2021), University of Bristol
August 23, 2021

Book Launch – Professor William Walters’ new book: State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary

August 18, 2021

SPIN Panel – Twenty Years of the Global War on Terror: Looking back, looking forward

Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren (Bristol)
August 11, 2021

SPIN Publication – Ruination is a Form of Time Travel

James Mansfield, PhD Researcher (University of Reading) 2021 SPIN Fellow
August 9, 2021

Essay – Ignorance: An Undemocratic Threat from Above

Nicola Fincham, Final Year Student, Politics and International Relations BSc, University of Bristol
August 2, 2021

Call for abstracts: ISA North East Virtual Conference – November 4th to 6th

SPIN Admin
July 20, 2021

New publication – Counting the dead and making the dead count: configuring data and accountability

Prof. Brian Rappert (Exeter)
July 6, 2021

LIVE: SPIN-We the Curious A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance

SPIN Admin
June 22, 2021

New Publication – Decolonising Curricula and Pedagogy in Higher Education

Dr. Manjeet Ramgotra (SPIN Visiting Researcher/SOAS)
June 22, 2021

Call for Abstracts: EISA Early Career Workshop 2021

May 7, 2021

‘#Classified: The CIA on Twitter’ Research Talk by SPIN Fellow Dr. Louise Pears

SPIN Admin
April 22, 2021

Introducing our 2021 SPIN Fellowship Recipients

April 22, 2021

New Publication – A Critical Analysis of the Impacts & Discursive Framework of Surveillance Capitalism

Mikey Ettlinger (University of Bristol)
March 2, 2021

Brigstow Institute Research Funding and Fellowship Announcement

Patterson Deppen (University of Bristol)
February 1, 2021

The Magic of Social Life

Prof. Brian Rappert (Exeter)
January 28, 2021

BISA Conference CFP: Forget International Studies?

Patterson Deppen (University of Bristol)
December 19, 2020

New Publication – Seeing and unseeing Prevent’s racialized borders

Dr. Nadya Ali (University of Sussex)
November 23, 2020

Security in the Balance: How Britain Tried to Keep its Iraq War Secrets

Dr. Owen Thomas (University of Exeter)
November 3, 2020

New Publication – Truth and Consequences? Reconceptualizing the Politics of Exposure

Dr. Lisa Stampnitzky (University of Sheffield)
October 29, 2020

Decolonising the SPAIS Curriculum: New Prelim Report Released

Lauren Hutfield (Bristol)
October 12, 2020