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Dr Ladan Rahbari

@ladanrahbari.bsky.social
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Associate prof in Political Sociology UvAmsterdam #MigrantAcademics #media #migration #nationalism #Islam #Iran #diaspora #gender Former FWO fellow, member@AmsterdamYoungAcademy "Migrant Academics Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe"

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Zero-Sum Game of #Gender Justice and National Liberation: Anti-Gender Mobilization, #Diasporic Harassment, and Academic Freedom after the 2026 Massacre of Iranians and the #US-Israeli #War on #Iran www.digest.ugent.be/article/id/1...
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The Zero-Sum Game of Gender Justice and National Liberation: Anti-Gender Mobilization, Diasporic Harassment, and Academic Freedom after the 2026 Massacre of Iranians and the US-Israeli War on Iran
In January 2026, large-scale and nationwide protests broke out in Iran. The protests, which were violently suppressed by the state, killing thousands of people, revealed, once again, many people’s des...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If you are looking for a summer read that explores #childhood #trauma, coming of age, and #exile, consider reading #Exilium. It is accessible worldwide. In the Netherlands and Belgium, it can be bought here: www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/exil...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If you are looking for a summer read that explores #childhood #trauma, coming of age, and #exile, consider reading #Exilium. It is accessible worldwide. In the Netherlands and Belgium, it can be bought here: www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/exil...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Join our Book launch next Wednesday at the UvA library | From the Margins: Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity @aissr.bsky.social register here: aces.uva.nl/content/even...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Join our Book launch next Wednesday at the UvA library | From the Margins: Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity register here: aces.uva.nl/content/even...
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The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A crucial edited volume that will be of great interest to our RUTA communities
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
From the Margins: #Migrant #Academics' Narratives of Precarity is online #openaccess: tinyurl.com/4x83var5 Thank you our fantastic contributors who trusted us with their critical, sharp, and beautiful #autobiographical and #autoethnographic essays. @openbookpublish.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
👏 @ladanrahbari.bsky.social & Olga Burlyuk- another crucial volume, so many perspectives! Glad to have been invited to share what it’s been like as an ‘East European scholar’ in various corners of Western academia, esp in an increasingly far-right Germany www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
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From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity
From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity is the much-anticipated second volume following Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe published in 2023, and ...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#Let’smakeithappen If there are at least one million valid signatures by EU citizens & if the threshold is met in at least 7 EU countries, a proposal for the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement must be submitted to a vote at the European Council eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’
Wie kunnen het overnemen als de Islamitische Republiek aan haar eind komt? Socioloog Ladan Rahbari, die Iran in 2015 verliet, kent genoeg kandidaten. Die zijn niet allemaal even serieus te nemen. ‘De ...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Although the country lives under a brutal dictatorship, the regime has failed quite dramatically in its attempts to impose its ideology on society. Given the scale of resources it has at its disposal, this defeat is extraordinary." www.sestry.eu/statti/ladan...
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Sestry | Ладан Рахбарі: «Сила може змусити людей замовкнути, але не здатна вбити прагнення жити з гідністю»
Докторка Ладан Рахбарі — соціологиня, яка досліджує іранські міграційні й соціально-політичні процеси і порушення прав людини. В інтерв’ю Sestry вона розповідає про жіночий опір, колективну травму піс...
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Globalnyt @globalnyt.dk · 20/01/2026
Iranerne vil af med præstestyret, men der ophører enigheden også for de 90 millioner mennesker, mener iransk forsker, der advarer mod at lade sig rive med af shahens søn, Reza Pahlavis synlighed. @ladanrahbari.bsky.social globalnyt.dk/er-vesten-ve...
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Er Vesten ved at forelske sig i en rig PR-prins, som iranerne ikke vil have? | Globalnyt
De iranske protester er angiveligt stilnet en smule af, men det er kravet om et nyt Iran næppe. “Indtil mullaherne ligger i ligklæder bliver denne nation al ...
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Kayhan Valadbaygi @kayhanvaladbaygi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The paper edition of my book "Capitalism in Contemporary Iran: Capital Accumulation, State Formation and Geopolitics" will be released this month and is included in Manchester University Press’s January Sale. (1/8)
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’
Wie kunnen het overnemen als de Islamitische Republiek aan haar eind komt? Socioloog Ladan Rahbari, die Iran in 2015 verliet, kent genoeg kandidaten. Die zijn niet allemaal even serieus te nemen. ‘De ...
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Carolina Rabasa Rucki @carorabasarucki.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🔔 Reminder: #DecolonizingBodies seminars this week! 📅 8 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Fear w/ @psimonetto.bsky.social & Prof. Ashley Mears 📅 9 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Dignity w/ @ladanrahbari.bsky.social 🎙 Key speaker both days: Prof. Walter Mignolo 👉 Register: lnkd.in/eUyWH5Ke See you online!
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Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🔥Great event!🔥 Please join us for the second and third Decolonizing Bodies seminar, organized by the formidable @carorabasarucki.bsky.social. With guest of honor Walter Mignolo, discussing decoloniality, bodies and emotions with Ashley Mears, @psimonetto.bsky.social and @ladanrahbari.bsky.social
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says - www.middleeasteye.net/news/at-least…
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US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says
The National Iranian American Council tells Middle East Eye that the community was targeted following the Israel-Iran '12-day war'
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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My fellow academics: the @aaup.org is doing amazing work, successfully! defending faculty and universities against attacks from Vought/the Trump administration. Proud to be a member. It takes only 3 minutes to join, to support them fighting the good fight for all Americans ✊ www.aaup.org
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omerbartov.bsky.social @omerbartov.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
My NYT op-ed this morning I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We (a group of academics and scholars) are calling for an immediate end to #Israel’s war against #Iran and #Palestine. If you support this call, please add your name to the petition here. Thank you! #solidarity #ceasefirenow #petition docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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[Petition] Stop the war on Iran!
Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The masks are coming off: human values and international law seem to count for nothing anymore. This was already evident when the world did nothing to stop the genocide in Gaza. As you read this, Israel is still killing civilians who are already displaced & starving. www.standaard.be/opinies/je-k...
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Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn
Zelfs wie het Iraanse regime haat en meedeed aan de Mahsa Amini-protesten, ziet de Israëlische bombardementen als een externe aanval die gestopt moet worden, schrijft Ladan Rahbari. Al zijn er altijd enkele royalisten die de aanval toejuichen.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/06/2025
Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war. These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack. We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Like many other #Iranians living outside the country, I’ve been watching anxiously and worrying sick about my family, friends and loved ones in Iran. When they can get a stable enough internet connection, they tell me about the constant fear and uncertainly they’re living in.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We had the great honor of hosting Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social at the Amsterdam Center for Gender & Sexuality this week. We learned about his amazing research on club nights & the book Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution @aissr.bsky.social
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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) @aissr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🕺🏽The Closure Epidemic: Why are gay bars disappearing? What comes next? Join our Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality this Friday for @aminghaziani.bsky.social’s talk on queer nightlife’s joyful, mobile reinvention 👇 23 May | 15:30 – 17:00 🔗 arcgs.uva.nl/content/even...
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The Closure Epidemic. How disruptions affect queer nightlife - ARC-GS
Discover how queer nightlife is evolving beyond bar closures in Amin Ghaziani’s talk on club nights, joy, and urban sexualities.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"We must act now in the interest of human life and dignity. Here is an urgent plea to #Dutch higher education institutions to cut ties with #genocide and refuse #police on campus!" #Academia #Netherlands #palestine #actnow #sign openletter.earth/nederlandse-...
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Urgent plea to Dutch higher education institutions: Cut ties with genocide and refuse police on campus!
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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PhD in Iranian Secular Visual Culture
In this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My paper 'Dual #Nationality, Anti-Citizenship, and Xeno-Racism: Online Tropes on #Migrant (In)gratitude, and (In)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,' is now published in the #British Journal of #Sociology. #xenoracism #dualnationality #Iran onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dual nationality, anti‐citizenship, and xeno‐racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and charged with spying and propaganda activities against the Iranian state...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
If you are interested in the intersection of #queer #aging and #sexuality, check out the new paper published in the Journal of Women and Aging titled 'Unruly Temporalities: Older Queer Women and Non-Binary People Narrating Later-Life Sexuality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality
In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people’s sexuality later in life. Drawing on 30 interviews with 32 queer women and non-binary people aged 49-...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
On December 3rd, I had the immense privilege of witnessing my PhD student, Dr. Nika Looman, successfully defend their thesis: “Queer late/r life sex. Women and non-binary people’s unruly stories.” #PhDDefense #ProudSupervisor #Queer #Sex #Aging #AcademicAchievement @aissr.bsky.social
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...
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Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands
Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...
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Sarah Bracke @antigonesdream.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Seeking to navigate the political turbulence in NL with a steady compass, I wrote this essay. So we can defend what needs to be defended: Higher education and the right to protest. Rendez-vous in Den Hague, Monday Nov. 25. 1pm, Malieveld. www.diggitmagazine.com/refusing-mor...
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Refusing Moral Panics/Defending Education and the Right to Protest
Universities under AttackIf education is the midwife of democracy, as U.S. philosopher John Dewey once argued, then authoritarian political visions have a stake in dismantling institutions of educatio...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Right-wing accounts & #bots have become active here too. I’ve noticed an increase in #racist #anti-Palestinian bots using derogatory language in their interactions. As others have suggested, the best approach is to #report & #block them. Engaging with them only gives them the attention they seek.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Please consider signing this letter: ‘Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians’ An open letter to the federal government of #Germany, to exert pressure on #Israel to end the #killing, maiming, & destruction of #Palestinian life #freepalestine docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians
Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide co...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...
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Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands
Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...
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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
2) DM for an AM copy & many thanks again to Ladan for getting this writing project going! See www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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(Post-)pandemic Somatechnics, Neoliberalism, and the Return to (Academic) Normalcy: Digital Conversations | Somatechnics
This essay consists of a set of digital (post-)pandemic email correspondence held between a political sociologist and an interdisciplinary philosopher working at western European universities while th...
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I had the pleasure of working with Dr Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social on a paper during the #covid19 #pandemic. The paper is now out: “#(Post-)pandemic #Somatechnics, #neoliberalism, and the Return to (Academic) Normalcy” #Somatechnicsjournal
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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
1) New publication - the digital conversations I had with @ladanrahbari.bsky.social during the pandemic have been published in #Somatechnics. If you are interested in a spicy dose of #criticaltheory in conjunction with #irruptive thinking & weird memetic interruptions, then go check it out.
Picture of the promoted Somatechnics article, plus abstract
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Call for #Applications: #Post-Doctoral #Fellowship in #Palestine Studies at the #UniversityofToronto The Hearing Palestine Initiative at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a call for applications with a focus on #Palestine and/or %Palestinian #archives.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Call for #Applications: #Post-Doctoral #Fellowship in #Palestine Studies at the #UniversityofToronto The Hearing Palestine Initiative at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a call for applications with a focus on #Palestine and/or %Palestinian #archives.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Right-wing accounts & #bots have become active here too. I’ve noticed an increase in #racist #anti-Palestinian bots using derogatory language in their interactions. As others have suggested, the best approach is to #report & #block them. Engaging with them only gives them the attention they seek.
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
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Light in Gaza
Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be.
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#CFP #NWSA2024: Check out the latest call for papers for the Signs Journal on "#Feminism, #Antifeminism, and The Mobilization of #Regret." signsjournal.org/for-authors/... #Callforpapers #gender
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This year the theme for these fellowships is Science, Politics, and Justice and they'd be held in partnership with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Deadline to apply is Feb 24th 2025 #histsci #philsci #histmed #sts
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Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South - CRASSH
A new programme of funded Visiting Fellowships for scholars from the Global South
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Please consider signing this letter: ‘Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians’ An open letter to the federal government of #Germany, to exert pressure on #Israel to end the #killing, maiming, & destruction of #Palestinian life #freepalestine docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians
Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide co...
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We collectively agreed to donate all royalties to Gaza. Please order Handbook for your library (publication July 2025). My chp theorising coloniality of sexuality will be of interest, but another far better chp on decolonising/ debrahminising queerness enacts epistemic transformation.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
New #TenureTrack assistant professor vacancy at the Department of #Sociology at #TrinityCollegeDublin. More info about the department: www.tcd.ie/sociology/ Deadline: December 2nd Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKG430/a...
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
An academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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