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New Article: Beyond production: Following nomadic space in IR
Our visiting lecturer Dr. Srishti Malaviya has published her latest article in the Review of International Studies journal
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/abs/beyond-production-following-nomadic-space-in-ir/734A092CFDD7F0B95F030FA4705D6D1D
The paper critiques dominant approaches in International Relations that treat space mainly as a socially produced outcome. Using Deleuze and Guattari’s ideas of nomadism and the war machine, it argues for viewing space instead as an open process of becoming, emphasizing “smooth space” and its latent possibilities beyond fixed structures. Through the case of violence in Punjab during the 1947 Partition, the study shows how nomadic forces disrupted organized spatial orders. It calls for new methodological shifts that embrace indeterminacy and expand how IR engages with space and violence.
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Brown Bottle Talk - Event Series: "Rethinking Resistance in the Anthropocene: Catastrophic Biopolitics and Nomadic Methodologies"
With the topic "Rethinking Resistance in the Anthropocene: Catastrophic Biopolitics and Nomadic Methodologies", the second round of talks will be held by Prof. Julian Reid (University of Lapland) and Dr. Srishti Malaviya (Visiting Researcher at OvGU).
📆 When: 19th of June
⏰Time: from 17:30 until 19:00 (ST).
📍Where: G40 Room 332
In the face of climate crisis and escalating global instability, much of contemporary political thought is shaped by catastrophic narratives that frame governance through the lens of impending collapse.
Our first guest speaker, Julian Reid, critiques this catastrophic biopolitics - a framework that treats planetary survival as a management problem centered on 'saving life.' Rather than seeking more expansive or inclusive biopolitical models, Julian Reid proposes an alternative approach that abandons 'life' as the central referent of politics. Drawing on political eschatology, nomadic imagination, and contemporary cinema, his presentation outlines the conditions for a political subject capable of resisting biopolitical reason and its hold on Anthropocene thinking.
Building on this, our second speaker, Srishti Malaviya, invites us to think with nomadic methodologies of resistance - those that do not solidify into clear narratives or enduring movements. What forms of resistance emerge when we let go of the need for meaning, coherence, or institutional recognition? Through this lens, resistance becomes a moment of rupture and reinvention rather than consolidation. Following these moments of nomadic imagination may allow insight into methodologies of resistance that appear outside of institutional framings of resilience.
You can prepare yourself for the event with: https://www.academia.edu/120147887/Resistance - Not mandatory!
We will provide beer, soft drinks and some snacks. It is a great possibility to have a chat in an informal setting.
We very much look forward to seeing you all there!
New Article: Was Wissenschaft für die humanitäre Hilfe tun kann
Our professor Kristina Roepstorff along with Professor Joël Glasman have published their latest article in Zeit Online https://www.zeit.de/2025/25/humanitarian-studies-forschung-wissenschaft-krisen
In this article, they explore how humanitarian aid can become more efficient, fairer, and more professional amid the enormous financial challenges and the exploitation and misuse of humanitarian aid.
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