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Alexandra Irimia

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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking forward to meeting new colleagues and learning more about their ongoing research / translation projects! nec.ro/fellowships/...
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Current Fellows : NEC
NEC Institute for Advanced Study
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What images keep surfacing – and why? – in our stories about bureaucracy? Why does the language of horror creep into descriptions of administrative form? I'll be digging into that in mid-January at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, in conversation with Irina Dumitrescu.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy to rejoin the #Eustory network after 18 years! Grateful to the organizers and @koerber-stiftung.de for a week of thrilling lectures and workshops in Hamburg, with historians and young researchers from all across Europe. Program here: koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Looking forward to the Eustory Past Forward festival in Hamburg! Thanks to the Körber Foundation for putting together such an inviting line-up of workshops and talks on public history topics. Program and details here: koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/eus...
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EUSTORY Past Forward Festival
Vom 7.-11. September feiert EUSTORY sein 25-jähriges Jubiläum mit einem internationalen Festival zur historisch-politischen Bildung in Hamburg. Das Programm ist bereits online. Registrieren Sie sich!
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
my research made it to German radio today — thanks, Julia Westlake and the NDR Kultur @ndr.de team! www.ndr.de/kultur/von-k...
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Von kafkaesk bis leidenschaftlich: Die Ästhetik der Bürokratie
Alexandra Irimia erforscht, wie Bürokratie in der Literatur dargestellt wird. Sie erzählt, was Texte über Monotonie, Vorgänge und Formulare so interessant macht.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
long overdue and still in the making, but now there's a website alexandrairimia.net
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Plus: the Cultural Bureaucracy Studies Network now officially exists! www.bureaucritics.com
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Bureaucritics
A hub for presenting our research network, featuring information about our members, upcoming events, recent publications, and ongoing research at the intersection of art, literature, and bureaucrac…
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Inside: Brazil's literary civil service (Machado, Drummond, and the most lyrical diplomatic corps on record), a monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat in Reykjavík, a tax museum in Linz, a Chilean office that administers the night sky, and a speculative Swedish Ministry for Meaning.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Issue no. 7 of Bureaucritics is now out! This time, we open the file on "papereality," David Dery's name for the world where the written record creates the reality it describes. Read and subscribe here: bureaucritics.substack.com/p/paperealit...
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Paperealities
Dear Bureaucritics,
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Researchers with more than 6 years postdoc experience are welcome to apply for Thyssen@KWI Fellowships: www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/u...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🌟 Calling early-career researchers in the humanities! The KWI is inviting applications for 6-month International Fellowships starting in April 2027! Join a lively interdisciplinary community in Essen. 📅 Deadline: Aug 17
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, photographed by Marcel Odenbach — from "Beweis zu nichts [Proof of Nothing]", Sternberg Press, 2017, pp. 10-11.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The series consists of six scenes known as the Allegory of Good Government, the Allegory of Bad Government, the Effects of Bad Government in the City, the Effects of Bad Government in the Country, the Effects of Good Government in the City, and the Effects of Good Government in the Country.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Effects of Bad Government in the City (detail) — part of the larger series of fresco panels "The Allegory of Good and Bad Government" (Allegoria ed effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo) by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338-1339, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
www.bureaugraphies.com/events
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Events & Workshops – Bürographien
Workshops, Vorträge und Termine zum Projekt. Kommende und vergangene Events mit Ort, Datum und Kurzbeschreibung.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The colleagues from the #Bürographien research project are convening in Vienna for 3 days of discussions on the archaeology of #administration. Find out more details about the concept and the conference programme on their website!
Conference program
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
some poems and treatises of aesthetics were written on the back of insurance forms, and I argued it's important to understand why.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
on the Death Master File at the US Social Security Services (yes, that's a thing), and how DOGE tried to mess with it www.thisamericanlife.org/888/not-toda...
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Cerberus - This American Life
In Greek mythology, there's Hades, where everyone goes when they die.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
My project on bureaucratic fiction is slowly coming to an end, but the conferences are not: next week, in Paris, I'm presenting on Benjamin Fondane's practice of writing drafts on the back of insurance forms. First talk at the Sorbonne! Full program here: univ-droit.fr/recherche/ac...
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Peter Plener @peterplener.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Listen der Verwaltung (27.–29.5.; Wien) cenex.net/listen-der-v...
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Listen der Verwaltung; ein Programm
27.–29. Mai 2026 — Rennweg 97–99, 1030 Wien — Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (›T-Center‹), Raum Lissabon (7. OG) [Sachverhaltsdarstellung] [Programm {.pdf}] [Abstracts] Mittwoch 27.05. 14.00–15.30 …
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Great topic, nice line-up! Perhaps of interest: www.listlit.uni-freiburg.de
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About — Lists in Literature and Culture
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Thrilled to present work done in collaboration with Jonathan Foster on the literary history of algorithmic governance at the upcoming conference of the CST (Center for Science and Thought) @unibonn.bsky.social Program and details here: www.desirableai.com/events/irrat...
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Irrationality and the Age of AI — Desirable AI
Conference hosted by the Center for Science and Thought (CST), University of Bonn, in collaboration with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), University of Cambridge. Funded by...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"While the transmission ranges across different periods, the main focus lies in the late twentieth century, particularly the 1970s and 1980s." The episode is now in circulation on Cashmere Radio. Playlist attached. cashmereradio.com/episode/offi...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.) streamed the latest installment of their ongoing investigation into music produced from within and around bureaucratic systems. I am somewhere in it, along with fellow bureaucritic Jonathan Foster and poet laureate Alexandria Peary.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Detail from Alexander Kluge's installation "Ontime/Offtime" (2024), currently on display at Lenbachhaus in Munich.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Grant funding currently used to pay for-profit publishers should be reinvested into public publishing infrastructure that serves the common good.
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The EU now has its own publishing platform, Open Research Europe, that functions like a journal free to both authors and readers for all EU-funded research, across all disciplines. Open peer review (!) No author fees No paywalls Fast publication process Indexation open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ci/2026/...
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
What a nice surprise: my review of @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social's "The Rise of Office Literature" made it into the print version of Critical Inquiry -- and it's in great company! @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social Have a look at the Spring 2026 issue:
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
today and tomorrow in Munich, curious where this takes us
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In Figures of Radical Absence I argue that empty signifiers are frequently used as tools of political contestation, which is why you see them so often in acts of protest and institutional critique. All that to say: always cool to see empty books making the news www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
this year marks Foucault's centenary -- a good occasion to share this call with French-speaking doctoral students interested in his work. imec-archives.com/qui-sommes-n...
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Appel à communication | 11e rencontres doctorales du Centre Michel Foucault
Appel à communications/ Pour le centenaire de Michel Foucault, l’Imec accueille les rencontres doctorales de l’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault. Ces journées en immersion à l’abbaye d’Ardenn...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Increasingly normalized by current strands of populist rhetoric, the phenomenon has a long tradition, I argue, that can be traced back at least to Georges Courteline's 1893 "Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir." 2/2
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
⏳ Thrilled to co-host this two-day panel with Karolin Schäffer at the ACLA annual in Montreal! Eight contributions will unpack a wide range of literary case-studies which illustrate the objectification of office workers. www.acla.org/conference/s... 1/2
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Paper Pushers and Ink Suckers: Objectifying the Administrative Subject in Bureaucratic Fiction | American Comparative Literature Association
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Had a great time yesterday in Brussels at this workshop on faces and figures of administration (mis)handling all sorts of European political crises, 16th to 21st century -- thanks, @ferrerbartomeu.bsky.social, for the impeccable organisation!
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Issue #6 of Bureaucritics is out now! Catch up with the latest in art, fiction, and scholarship about bureaucracy. bureaucritics.substack.com/p/cultural-b... #newsletter #bureaucracy #administration #officeliterature #bureaucraticfiction #parliaments
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
so thrilled about this! www.romania-insider.com/romania-gues...
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Romania to be guest of honor at Frankfurt Book Fair 2028
Romania will be the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2028 and will manage a pavilion of approximately 1,500–2,000 sqm, according to a memorandum approved by the Romanian government on Thur...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: Die Zeit published a long-form piece featuring my research. Many thanks to Katharina Meyer zu Eppendorf and to everyone who, directly and indirectly, made this possible. www.zeit.de/campus/2026-...
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Bürokratie: In die Bürokratie hineingerutscht wie andere in ihre Midlife-Crisis
Andere kaufen sich ein Rennrad, Alexandra Irimia erforscht die Bürokratie. Mal sieht sie darin eine verwunschene Schönheit, mal tödliche Gefahr.
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🗞️ Lesenswertes @zeitonline.bsky.social-Porträt der Literaturwissenschaftlerin @alexandrairim.bsky.social (ehem. KWI Int Fellow), die äußerst erfolgreich Bürokratie beforscht. Artikel (Paywall): www.zeit.de/campus/2026-...
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Bürokratie: In die Bürokratie hineingerutscht wie andere in ihre Midlife-Crisis
Andere kaufen sich ein Rennrad, Alexandra Irimia erforscht die Bürokratie. Mal sieht sie darin eine verwunschene Schönheit, mal tödliche Gefahr.
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
13 is your lucky number? Become part of KWI’s 13th International Fellowship cohort and apply by 28 Feb 2026! We invite #Postdoc scholars in the #humanities, #socialsciences, or #culturalstudies to join us at KWI from 1 Oct 26 until 31 Mar 27. 📢 Call: www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/u...
Group picture of the recent cohort of KWI International Fellows
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
on the visual representations of parliamentarism in Europe (in French & German) kgparl.de/tagung-visue...
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Tagung »Visuelle Repräsentationen des Parlamentarismus seit 1789. Ein europäisches Panorama« | kgparl
Ohne Bilder kann der moderne Parlamentarismus nicht existieren. Als repräsentative Herrschaftsform, die auf tendenziell freien Wahlen und dem freien Mandat beruht, ist er auf schriftliche…
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
In German: www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/im-...
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Im Labyrinth der Formulare: Die seltsame Anziehungskraft der Bürokratie
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I answered some questions about my #research for @unibonn.bsky.social, so now this short #interview exists: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/in-t... (German version below) Thanks, as always, to the @humboldt-foundation.de for the support! #postdoc #complit #bureaucraticfiction #sciencecommunication
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In the Maze of Forms: The Curious Allure of Bureaucracy
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
soon in Heidelberg, on the last talk for the project this conference season! 🍂
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IHB_OeAW @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#Conference ARCHITECTURE AND BUREAUCRACY As part of the FWF project ‘Invisible Agents’, the conference is convened by the IHB and the Institute of Art History at CAS and will take place on 6 and 7 November 2025 at the PSK-Building, 1010 Vienna. See more ⬇️ www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#KWIonTour: @schalkewins.bsky.social & @awierzock.bsky.social are giving presentations at the workshop “Temporary Intensities. Ephemeral Media, Practices, and Archives” @unituebingen.bsky.social. Also participating: our ex-fellows @alexandrairim.bsky.social & Ádám Havas. ✨ 🔗 tinyurl.com/4kavv67d
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
Das Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) ist ein interdisziplinäres Forschungskolleg für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften in der Tradition internationaler Institutes for Advanced Study. Als i...
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
next week in Tübingen, looking at ephemeral media, practices, and archives with @schalkewins.bsky.social, @awierzock.bsky.social, @takapp.bsky.social & her emerging research network on ephemeral epistemologies and encounters www.ephemeralnetwork.com
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2025 Workshop | Ephemeral Encounters
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thanks, Daniel, I'm really happy you could join us—you classify bureaucratic paradoxes like no other!😉
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
For more details, see filesformsfictions.com
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Files, Forms, Fictions International Symposium
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Alexandra Irimia @alexandrairim.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
the fun begins tomorrow — grateful to everyone involved, I couldn't have made it happen without you!
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