Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Finally, on my first day of teaching at SOAS, my office is starting to look and feel like mine. I feel beyond fortunate to be here. 070
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If your colleagues and friends from Turkey are sharing lots of videos of a guy getting hugged by people, it’s because comedian Deniz Göktaş was released pending appeal after 88 days in dire conditions. Among so many detained, Deniz became a focus. He told jokes, and refused to be co-opted. 020
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Always fun to read authors' otherwise very diligent responses to my reviewer comments stating "we thank him for X suggestion..." Come on people 000
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Thanks to our awards committee members, organizers @seanyom.bsky.social and Chantal Berman, and our outgoing leadership @nerminallam.bsky.social and Sarah El-Kazaz! We still have six more fantastic panels. Please attend if you can, as attendance shapes panel allocation for next year. See you there! 000
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We had great turnout last night at our @apsamena.bsky.social annual business meeting and reception co-hosted by @pomeps.bsky.social. Huge congrats to all our awards winners and to our new leadership members Tamirace Fakhoury and Salam Alsaadi! 010
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I was fortunate to win two @APSAtweets service awards. The most meaningful was the one shared with my first three MENA writing solidarity group co-hosts. Congrats to @devrimyavuz.bsky.social, Feyda Sayan-Cengiz, and Madonna Kalousian! 271
Reposted by Lisel HintzRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone. 38984424236
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Taking the oil” has become a heuristic for Trump. A pleasingly powerful shortcut for thinking about complex stuff. Remember when US officials suggested Trump keep troops in northern Syria “for the oil”? 182
Reposted by Lisel HintzDalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Good summation from @ishaantharoor.bsky.social on the strategic failure of the Iran war six months on. The scorecard is pretty dismal: --more dangerous Iranian leaders/more suffering for its people --more instability across the region --more setbacks for US interests globally 174
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This piece has the in-depth analysis I've come to expect from @turkeyrecap.bsky.social, plus a new fact I learned today: Turkey recently became the world's second-largest megayacht builder, nudging out the Netherlands and ranking behind Italy. It's number one in European plastic waste imports. 051
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Screenshot (with permission of all) of a writing session in July. Please send anyone from/working on the MENA region who might benefit from a structured writing community my way! 021
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is the award I’m the proudest of, because it recognizes the tremendous efforts of the co-hosts who make our MENA writing solidarity group possible globally. Congratulations @devrimyavuz.bsky.social, Feyda Sayan-Cengiz, and Madonna Kalousian! And the co-hosts who have since joined us! 092
Reposted by Lisel Hintzelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The British press is by and large one of the most revolting institutions I’ve ever encountered. They hounded him to death for hate and clicks. He had two kids. F-ing monsters 6692189
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I have truly amazing colleagues at SOAS - huge congratulations @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social! 151
Reposted by Lisel HintzDiana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I was so moved by this personal familial history from my friend and colleague @danaelkurd.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/1hdS... It is only 16 minutes and I highly recommend you give it a listen.open.spotify.comNakba StoriesIt Could Happen Here · Episode 3297
Reposted by Lisel HintzElizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 28/07/2026much solidarity to our colleagues in sociology. DDRIG grants are truly transformative for early career scholars’ ability to conduct research with benefits not only for their disciplines, but also for society as a whole 24415
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Ballots are now open for @apsamena.bsky.social members to elect Vice Chair and At-Large Member positions. Vote by July 31! And mark your calendars for the Section business meeting: Friday Sept 4 from 6:30-7:30 in Room 110 of the Convention Center. Reception with @pomeps.bsky.social to follow! 030
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I’m honored to win two APSA career awards, both for my MENA writing solidarity group (in Week 168). The Sage/CQ Press Award recognizes social justice+equity projects I share the APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award with cohosts @devrimyavuz.bsky.social Madonna Kalousian and Feyda Sayan-Cengiz 172
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thank you for highlighting this key aspect! Most analyses of the 2016 coup and its aftermath highlight the purges, arrests, etc. But @hakkitas.bsky.social did some serious data work on the building of the state. I was glad to contribute to how AKP narratives made this possible. 062
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Tomorrow marks 10 years since Turkey's failed coup attempt. With @hakkitas.bsky.social, we unpack how the events of 15 July 2016 catalyzed a decade of "epic autocratization." Epic in scale, epic in the narrative of "destan" the AKP used to legitimize it. www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...giga-hamburg.deEpic Autocratisation: Turkey’s Decade of Coup-Fuelled Transformation 042
Reposted by Lisel HintzCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com 149578692943
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I used to observe the construction of this monstrosity each day on my walk to and from work. Thankfully I now have a slightly different commute. Brilliant coverage. 000
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I’m over the moon our MENA writing solidarity Zoom group won the 2026 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award. Started after the Feb 2023 earthquakes, we’re in Week 166. My co-hosts are @devrimyavuz.bsky.social, Madonna Kalousian, Feyda Sayan-Cengiz. Simin Kargar, İrem Cihan, and Özlem Tunçel. 070
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Today I officially started at SOAS, but faculty and affiliates have made me feel at home since my journey to London began. It’s hard to express how excited and honored I am to work with such truly outstanding colleagues. Same with my time at GIGA. Say hello if you’re in London! 080
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I am so glad I am out of Trump-era DC. The pathetically performative displays of force - including an MRAP caravan haplessly turning the wrong way down my Navy Yard street - were one of a few last straws. 050
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I'm equally honored that my article on cooking shows as "gender edutainment" received the 2026 Best Qualitative Evidence Award from the APSA QMMR Section. As a former pastry chef studying politics in non-traditional sites, this one is deeply personal. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgCooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey | Politics & Gender | Cambridge CoreCooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey - Volume 22 Issue 1 1120
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I am awed and honored that Film-Making the Nation Great Again, with @draege.bsky.social, received the 2026 Alexander L. George award from the APSA Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section. We created a dataset of 11,000+ YouTube videos to study how autocratizing leaders instrumentalize history 161
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026And with a final MENA Zoom session, my time at GIGA ends. It was a magnificent two weeks. New IMES colleagues, old friends, presenting my work, co-authoring a paper, and experiencing lovely Hamburg in my long-forgotten German. Tschüss - next stop, London! PS Yes, I take Turkey recap wherever I go 030
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026LAST DAY to nominate yourself or someone you think should serve in the @apsamena.bsky.social Section leadership. I'm biased, but I think it's a pretty great team! 020
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026AI writing as "a crime against yourself." Brilliant. 072
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I am thrilled to receive special recognition by @apsamena.bsky.social Best Article committee for my work on gender "edutainment" in authoritarian regimes. My pastry chef past makes it personal. But I'm also on a quest to audio-visualize the political science toolkit. This means a tremendous amount.cambridge.orgCooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey | Politics & Gender | Cambridge CoreCooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey 2103
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Rana Khoury's book Civilizing Contention is outstanding: deeply thoughtful, intellectually rigorous, supremely important work. Huge congrats on your @apsamena.bsky.social Best Book award @rbkhoury.bsky.social! 131
Reposted by Lisel HintzJocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter 7378174
Reposted by Lisel HintzJosh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 792140886
Reposted by Lisel Hintzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2026wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.theatlantic.comThe Betrayal of Black PatriotsThey devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome. 7234161216
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Fabulous from @baykurt.bsky.social. Her recent post unpacks the quiet, sometimes boring, stages of resistance. These less-shiny periods of horizontal "muscle-building" can be formative, even essential, for later vertical challenges. Check it out: itallhappenedbefore.substack.com/p/what-does-...itallhappenedbefore.substack.comWhat does challenging authoritarianism look like?Everyday activism, diaspora memory, and what South Africa can tell us about the long game 021
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is abominable US behavior. It's a devastating outcome from the personal to the global level. 0143
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026One more reason why Turkey recap is an outstanding independent news source. 001
Reposted by Lisel HintzClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/06/20261/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 6731001367
Reposted by Lisel HintzJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026In Mississippi, lawyers on both sides of a court case were caught using AI, essentially two LLMs arguing against each other. The judge dismissed all lawyers from the case and canceled the trial: www.404media.co/judge-learns...404media.coJudge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the CaseWhen two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses. 8030711057
Reposted by Lisel HintzAPSA MENA Politics Section @apsamena.bsky.social · 09/06/2026New @pomeps.bsky.social Studies collection out! Examines both structural challenges for "weak" states in the Middle East and the agency they display in confronting them: "Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East" pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...pomeps.orgPOMEPS Studies 60: Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East - Project on Middle East Political ScienceIn the context of the current US and Israeli wars on Iran (and Lebanon) and during what appears to be the eclipse of US primacy, we brought together a group of scholars with expertise on the “weak” st... 0125
Reposted by Lisel HintzKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026I love how people can breezily be like “so much that divides people” like it’s a brunch menu when the division is over whether people should be dead or not 8247361004
Reposted by Lisel HintzMichael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026In light of recent reports about Bari Weiss’s execrable attempts to paint Renee Good as a threat, I’m re-upping this piece I wrote on the last minutes of her life. There still has been no accountability for her death, and we can’t allow people to slant or rewrite the history of what happened.lawfaremedia.orgBefore and After the Trigger Press That Killed Renee GoodRegardless of whether deadly force was legally justified, Renee Nicole Good’s death was preventable. 312150
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The Boğaziçi University resistance is indefatigable. Yesterday marked its 1324th vigil. For FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, they have has stood EACH DAY in protest against govt-installed rectors, judicial targeting of faculty and students, campus bans (including Can Hoca), group closures, more. Solidarity. 0104
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026On the rise of the UK right’s “sectarian politics” discourse from the expert, and always excellent, @profmabon.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Lisel HintzIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 06/06/2026“I saw it in their eyes, the moment they realized their stories had value.” In Sudan, women displaced by war are creating intimate DIY films about rebuilding lives, teaching children, starting small businesses, and, as Mohammed Ahmed Wad Al Sak reports, refusing to disappear.inthesetimes.comSudanese Filmmakers Forge New PathsYoung women forced from their homes in the ongoing war are creating a new form of resistance cinema. 04136
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Language matters. “Civil terrorism” serves not just to vilify but to criminalize. Like pro-AKP actors labeling queer representation in Turkish media as “socio-cultural terrorism.” I unpack this with baykurt.bsky.social, @ekoshy.bsky.social on their great podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEpisode 8: We've Seen Protesters Called Terrorists - A Conversation with Dr. Lisel HintzPodcast Episode · It All Happened Before · May 6 · 58m 025
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Nominations (and self-nominations!) for @apsamena.bsky.social Section Officer positions due next Friday June 12. We're holding elections for Vice Chair and Member-At-Large. apsamena.org/2026/05/29/u...apsamena.orgUpcoming Section Election: Call For Nominations - APSA MENA POLITICSDear APSA-MENA Section Members, Our nominating committee will be assembling candidates for our upcoming section elections (to be held this summer). We are soliciting nominations from our membership fo... 020
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Issue 3 of our @interpretivemm.bsky.social Research Digest is out! It's a repository of recent articles applying interpretive methods and ethnographic sensibilities that we compile quarterly. I hope it's of use in your reading and teaching! Enjoy, and please share! mailchi.mp/d4d246f8e792...mailchi.mpIMM Research Digest No. 3 032
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Nominations and self-nominations now accepted for @apsamena.bsky.social Section Officer positions. Deadline June 12. I'm biased, but I think it's a pretty fantastic group to work with! apsamena.org/2026/05/29/u...apsamena.orgUpcoming Section Election: Call For Nominations - APSA MENA POLITICSDear APSA-MENA Section Members, Our nominating committee will be assembling candidates for our upcoming section elections (to be held this summer). We are soliciting nominations from our membership fo... 000