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The publications discussed in this exchange are outcomes of the ongoing work of the Leverhulme-funded ‘Women and the History of International Thought’ project (2018-2022). The authors are grateful to Leverhulme for their generous support for this work.

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Hutchings, K., Dunstan, S., Owens, P. et al. On canons and question marks: The work of women’s international thought. Contemp Polit Theory 21, 114–141 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-021-00516-7

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