Professor of Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London; Deputy Director (Training and Cohort Development) LISS DTPhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mkhhzlema22j👓Looking forward to discussing deconstruction and political concepts in the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Concepts seminar on 7 May at 4 pm BST 🙂 Details & registration: https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/1800027 Apr 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhhzlema22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mjwiv3cvvs2i📣 Interested in deconstruction and discourse theory as methods for social research? 💥2-week online course on Deconstruction and Discourse Theory as Method at the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social💥 Details & registration: https://essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2026-course-list/3j/20 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwiv3cvvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mj5fikablc2rLooking forward to this on Tuesday next week! CEPS Seminar "Derrida, Deconstruction and Political Theory" 14/04/2026 @ 3 pm With: António Baião (CEPS, Minho) Ines Zampaglione (CEPS, Minho) @bolandeira.bsky.social (CEVIPOF, Sciences Po) Giuseppe Ballacci (CEPS, Minho)10 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5fikablc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3miv4f7pvl22dJacques Derrida, Specters of Marx reading group We’ll meet three times at Queen Mary’s Mile End Campus to discuss the book and its implications for us today 23/4, 1/5, 5/5 @ 2-4 pm @qmul.bsky.social IHSS @qmulsse.bsky.social @theorylab.bsky.social DM for info and registration07 Apr 2026 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv4f7pvl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3miv45qmnq22dStudying Populism as Discourse: New Directions Research Workshop 22 April 2026 @ 1-5 pm @qmul.bsky.social A critical assessment of the discourse theoretical (Essex School) approach to the study of populism IHSS @qmulsse.bsky.social @theorylab.bsky.social DM for info & to register07 Apr 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv45qmnq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3miv3ys2we22dAnalysing and Using Concepts: Discourse Theoretical Approaches Research workshop for Master’s students, PhD-students and ECRs on discourse theoretical approaches to political concepts 30 April @ 1-5 pm IHSS/@qmulsse.bsky.social/@theorylab.bsky.social/ @qmul.bsky.social DM for info & to register07 Apr 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv3ys2we22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mf2hwa6uwc2yNew! MA in Political Theory @qmulsse.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @drjoehoover.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social More info here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coursefinder/courses/political-theory-ma/17 Feb 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2hwa6uwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mcr36nt7wk2qBeyond the West? Modern Japanese Political Thought as a Resource for Comparative Political Theory 18 March 2026 @qmulsse.bsky.social @theorylab.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-west-tickets-1979682647089?aff=oddtdtcreator19 Jan 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcr36nt7wk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3mabuyna75k2nJust out! Representative Institutions and Radical Change symposium in @npsjournal.bsky.social 47:4 with contributions from Lisa Disch, @lawrencehamilton.bsky.social Hamilton and Efthimios Karayiannides read.dukeupress.edu/nps/issue/47/4 https://read.dukeupress.edu/nps/issue/47/418 Dec 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabuyna75k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3ma65zhz4422mBook launch! 25 February @qmulsse.bsky.social launching https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-derrida-deconstruction-and-political-theory.html @edinburghup.bsky.social Registration link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-derrida-deconstruction-and-political-theory-tickets-1977380455171?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl17 Dec 2025 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma65zhz4422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3m7dtbjjsuk2iDeconstruction and Discourse Theory as Method course @essexsummerschool.bsky.social 3-14 August 2026 https://essexsummerschool.com/courses/ess-2026-course-list/3j-deconstruction-and-discourse-theory-as-method/06 Dec 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7dtbjjsuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3m7aw6anqxc2kBook launch! Engin Isin's The Birth of Sensory Power: Doing Things with Words, Numbers and Neurons @edinburghup.bsky.social with @couldrynick.bsky.social @rachelhumphris.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @cearadau.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-birth-of-sensory-power-doing-things-with-words-numbers-and-neurons-tickets-1976872935165?aff=oddtdtcreator05 Dec 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aw6anqxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3m5tdg52qzs2cFully funded PhD scholarships @qmulsse.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social Doctoral research studentships for 2026 start https://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/hss/research/postgraduate-research-student-funding-opportunities/doctoral-research-studentships/17 Nov 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tdg52qzs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3m5cakvsuos2cFully funded PhD scholarships from the AHRC. Deadline 1 Dec 2025. Come and work with us at @qmulsse.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social https://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/hss/research/postgraduate-research-student-funding-opportunities/ahrc-doctoral-landscape-awards-in-the-arts-and-humanities-/10 Nov 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:ondyn4ehl52za24oam6visnq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cakvsuos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lassethomassen.bsky.social/post/3m4rzjlpws22fProfessorship in Political Theory and the History of Political Thought @ Friedrich Schiller University in Jena berufungsportal.uni-jena.de?_sc=MTQ1MjY5... 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