Thread by @Usherwood

An apposite day to announce I'm going to be next @UACES chair

Moving out of @SurreyPolitics office, ahead of starting @OUPolitics in May, and remarking in what a big part of my professional career @UACES has been

Since I started by PhD @LSEEI in 1999, @UACES has been central to my work, first with @UACESgf colleagues and then with those working on euroscepticism, including the very excellent @NicholasStartin, whose shoes I will be trying to fill as Chair

But @UACES folk have been there since I was a student, with their numerous textbooks and research outputs, and the events so numerous that I gave up trying to count a bit before lunchtime

Even today, the messages from across the Association, both in the UK and beyond, have reminded me why I feel so strongly that @UACES has a central role to play for European Studies, and in offering a good example to all professional associations

On that note, it's been great to see @UACES making closer links with colleagues in @MYBISA @ECPR and @PolStudiesAssoc, as well as with individual institutions

I'm also really excited to have the chance to work on bringing L&T closer into the fold of our work, at a time when we've all come to appreciate the importance of this strand of what we do

But mostly today, I just want to say thank you to all of the @UACES community (not least the incredible office) for this opportunity

Roll on #UACES2021!