African Politics Conference Group
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Lecturer (AP) at the University of York| Postdoc at LSE Gov | Ph.D. Cornell Gov | African politics, democracy, political institutions (courts and legislatures) | www.thaliagerzso.com
African Politics Conference Group
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🚨 Today !! 🚨
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African Politics Conference Group
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Our next APCG Online Colloquium will be held on 2nd July at 10M EST/ 2PM GMT. It will feature work by Janek Sunga (Northern Illinois University) entitled “Barriers to Democratic Consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Focusing on Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia”. Please sign-up here: forms.gle/vC9Y6z29FNGS...
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Anna Meier
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Thinking a lot about this article today after three relatively junior women, including me, resigned from my department—two of us deciding to leave academia entirely—in a little over a month.
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Women in Legislative Studies
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Writing group is today at 1:30 ET! Join us for writing time, feedback, advice, and networking. If you don't have the Zoom link, register here: docs.google.com/form...
Polisky
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Thalia Gerzso
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Congrats Jeremy!
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Felix Wiebrecht
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How do we engage with authoritarian regimes and how do we study them?
For the launch of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Specialist Group on Autocracy and Regime Change, we discuss these timely issues!
Join us in London or online and register here: forms.gle/Hvh4KRewuUr7...
polisky dictatorsky
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Thalia Gerzso
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Just a reminder: because France is a semi-presidential system, the Prime Minister could be Jordan Bardella or Marine Lepen if the RN wins the majority of the vote at the next legislative election. As a result, Macron would have to "cohabitate" with the RN and manage a far-right government.
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Thalia Gerzso
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Why did Macron dissolve the parliament? More and more people argue that Macron will let the RN win in three weeks to have a "cohabitation" and show how incompetent the party is. By doing so, the RN would lose popular support and the presidential election in 3 years.
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Thalia Gerzso
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Is it going to work? Well if Jacques Chirac’d be still alive, he would remind him that such a move can blow up in his face (cf. the 1997 French election)
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Thalia Gerzso
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Why? Probably because he thinks the RN’s victory tonight will scare people and incentivize them to support him (le fameux sursaut républicain pour faire barrage à l’extrême droite)
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Thalia Gerzso
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Macron just announced the dissolution of the French parliament. Elections will take place on June 30 and July 7.
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POLITICO Europe
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🚨 BREAKING: The far right National Rally (RN) is projected to win the European election in France with 31.5 percent of the vote — more than twice the presidential list.
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Thalia Gerzso
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The APCG has its own Bluesky account! Follow it if you want to be updated with the latest news.
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Thalia Gerzso
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Congrats Lindsey!
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Ufahamu Africa
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Happy 200 episodes of Ufahamu Africa!! We're excited to bring you a mashup with Kellogg Institute's Global Stage podcast about the return of military coups in Africa. Thanks to Rasheed Ibrahim for a great conversation with Joseph Asunka and our own @beattyriedl.bsky.social.
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Alex Dyzenhaus
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Are you wondering how to understand the South African elections in relation to land, the economy and KwaZulu-Natal? Conveniently, I have a newly published article on land reform in KZN's sugar sector.
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Women in Legislative Studies
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Don't miss our monthly professional development discussion! This month's topic is preparing your job market files, and we'll meet THIS FRIDAY at 2pm Eastern.
Register in advance: docs.google.com/form...
Polisky
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Yvan Guichaoua
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A tour de force by @comfortero.bsky.social and Murithi Mutiga digging deep into the origins of coups in Africa "The fact that so many different predicaments have ended the same way ... suggests that the idea of launching a coup to resolve any manner of problems may indeed be becoming entrenched"
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Jesse Stommel (Jessifer)
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Some examples of academic gatekeeping: 1) telling someone their research “doesn’t count” 2) excluding adjuncts/staff from professional development or funding 3) drawing arbitrary disciplinary boundaries to exclude people 4) reinforcing faculty/staff hierarchies 5) defaulting to blind peer review
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Fabio Angiolillo
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New CfP round!
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Thalia Gerzso
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🚨 @saragoodman.bsky.social and Jen Cyr's book on how to conduct good qualitative (and mixed-method) research is now out! @beattyriedl.bsky.social and I have a chapter on the benefits and pitfalls of mixed methods and how to combine different methodological tools.
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group
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Call for papers! Polisky Dictatorsky
We are accepting submissions for our Fall 2024 season of online workshops. We welcome presentations by early-career scholars studying authoritarian political regimes regardless of their methodological approaches.
Find more information at: apsg.work/cfp/
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Thalia Gerzso
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This is a friendly reminder that you have until May 4 to nominate the best article, the best conference paper, the best dissertation, and the best distinguished Africanist. Reach out if you have questions #APCG #Afripolsky #Polisky
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Fabio Angiolillo
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What: Great opportunity for anyone interested in sharpening their job talk (or any public talk, really)! It will be the first time this workshop will be held in person in Europe — so register and attend! When: Cologne, 2 July
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Thalia Gerzso
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Do we use a research method because it's the most equipped to answer our research question or because it will attract funding? This fascinating piece from @tamirmoustafa.bsky.social shows how the NSF can shape the type of work we produce and what we consider to be "good" political science.
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Eun A Jo
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For those interested in African politics, formal institutions, and competitive authoritarianism, check out this piece and other works by @thaliagerzso.bsky.social!
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Comparative Politics
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New article on Fast Track by @thaliagerzso.bsky.social "A Two-Headed Creature: Bicameralism in African Autocracies,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Thalia Gerzso
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Thank you Darin!
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Thalia Gerzso
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My findings have important implications. In 2016, the president of the French senate toured Western Africa to promote bicameralism and its benefits for democracy. My research shows the opposite. In hybrid regimes, bicameralism undermines the opposition and weakens the legislature as a whole.
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Thalia Gerzso
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My new piece on the resurgence of the African bicameral parliament is out! Using a mixed-method approach, I argue that incumbents introduce a second chamber when the opposition has sufficient power in the lower chamber to constrain the executive branch. @comppol.bsky.social @winls.bsky.social
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Alex Dyzenhaus
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Reminder that nominations for the APCG-African Affairs Best Graduate Student Paper should be in by May 4th. If you discussed, read, saw or know of any great graduate student work at APSA, ASA, ISA or MPSA on African Politics last year, send it in to Michael Wahman! polisky afripolsky
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Thalia Gerzso
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This year’s committee consists of Adigun Agbaje, University of Ibadan (Chair); Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, University of Oxford; and  Ramola Ramtohul, University of Mauritius. Please send nomination letters to the committee chair, Adigun Agbaje, at agbaje.adigun@gmail.com by May 4, 2024.
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Thalia Gerzso
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The Distinguished Africanist Award. The award is presented to a senior scholar in recognition of distinction in publications, undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, mentoring, leadership, and institution-building in the area of African politics.
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Thalia Gerzso
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 Copies of nominated books must then be sent to each committee member at the addresses listed below no later than May 4, 2024.  The award is made every year at the annual ASA meeting.
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Thalia Gerzso
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The APCG Best Book Award. (Awards for 2022 and 2023). To be eligible for the Book Award, books must have been published in English in 2022 or 2023.  Edited volumes are not eligible. Please send nominations to the committee chair, Brett Carter, at blcarter@usc.edu.
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Thalia Gerzso
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The APCG Best Article Award. All articles published in peer-reviewed journals in 2023 are eligible. Please send the full abstract and, if possible, a copy of the article itself to the committee chair, Danielle Resnick, at D.Resnick@cgiar.org. .
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Thalia Gerzso
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Best Graduate Student Paper Award: The papers cannot have a co-author with a Ph.D. To nominate a paper, please send an email with the paper and the conference name to the committee chair, Michael Wahman, at wahmanmi@msu.edu. No self-nomination
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Thalia Gerzso
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Best Graduate Student Paper Award: Eligible papers must be nominated by a member of the APCG (self-nominations not allowed), written by a graduate student, and presented at the 2023 APSA, 2023 ASA, 2023 ISA, or 2023 MPSA annual meeting.
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Thalia Gerzso
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Best Dissertation Award. The committee invites submissions for the best dissertation in African politics. Only one dissertation may be nominated per department. Departments are requested to submit a letter of nomination and an electronic copy of the dissertation to robert.mattes@strath.ac.uk.
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Thalia Gerzso
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🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4. More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆
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Ryan Jablonski
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We're hiring for a post-doctoral fellow in political science. A core part of the role is teaching on a core comparative politics course with amazing folk like @msands.bsky.social
@pavisuri.bsky.social (and me!). tinyurl.com/5n743sma #psjobs
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Department of Comparative Politics UiB
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📢 We are hiring! Please share 🌟
👉 Postdoc 4 years
🔎  Project: Representing the Future in an Aging Europe: The Politics of Demographic Change
🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
⏳ 3 May 2024
đź”— www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Thalia Gerzso
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An important presentation for job market candidates thinking of applying to the US
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Thalia Gerzso
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🚨 QMMR crowd: @beattyriedl.bsky.social and I co-authored a chapter on the potential of mixed-method for qualitative (and quantitative) research.
You should also check out the rest of this fantastic book put together by @saragoodman.bsky.social and Jennifer Cyr!
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Thalia Gerzso
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Important - and unexpected - ruling from the Senegalese Constitutional Council preventing Macky Sall from delaying the presidential election.
This decision is clearly departing from the Council's handoff jurisprudence when adjudicating electoral cases.
www.jeuneafrique.com/1537744/poli...
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Christina Wolbrecht
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ADVICE REQUESTED I am speaking to grad students about dealing with classroom challenges, esp. strategies for dealing with students who challenge authority or dominate discussion or make inappropriate comments and so on. So: What is bsky's best advice for these sorts of situations?
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Thalia Gerzso
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Congratulation!
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Alesha Porisky
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The APCG Online Colloquium is accepting applications for the Spring 2024 Colloquium. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on a work-in-progress. Preference is given to junior scholars and scholars based in Africa. Message me with any questions!
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group
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Polisky Dictatorsky
CfP! Following the success of our first Pre-EPSA Mini Conference on Authoritarian Regimes (shorturl.at/jzIU7) we are calling for participants for our second edition in Cologne, Germany, on July 3 You have time to apply until March 1!
shorturl.at/aHIM2
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Thalia Gerzso
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Thanks Carl!
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