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O. L. Silverman

@olsilverman.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate in Political Theory at the CUNY Graduate Center (they/them)

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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The CUNY Political Theory Workshop Spring 2026 lineup is out! Join us for an exciting slate of presenters in the coming months. To receive updates about future workshops: cuny.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @williamcallison.bsky.social
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I am so grateful for having the pleasure of presenting at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Political Theory Workshop! Spring presentations by Stefan Eich, Ferris Lupino, @williamcallison.bsky.social, Sam Galloway, Noga Rotem, and more! Mailing list: cuny.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
My article “Unfinished Acts: Utopia, Thomas More, and the Peasants’ War” is out now in Political Theory! ☄️☄️☄️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Milo Ward @miloward.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New @olsilverman.bsky.social blowing the lid of utopia journals.sagepub.com/eprint/MEB9U...
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Brian Connolly @brianconnolly.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
New Issue of History of the Present - Special Issue: "Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants' War at 500 Years" edited by Massimiliano Tomba and Loren Goldman read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t... @dukepress.bsky.social
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Volume 15 Issue 1 | History of the Present | Duke University Press
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I am so honored to be part of this special issue of History of the Present commemorating the 500 year anniversary of the German Peasants’ War! Read it on open access here, and happy May Day! 🔥🌈🔥 nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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“We Are Free and We Wish to Be Free”: Political Thought and the Peasants’ War
Abstract. This essay explores the symptomatic absence of the German Peasants’ War (1525)—the largest popular uprising in Europe before the French Revolution—from classical political thought. It begins...
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Midwest Political Science Association @mpsa.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New to the MPSA blog: A conversation with a sociologist fellow who attended MPSA, by Juan Corredor-Garcia, PhD student in political science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Read it here! www.mpsanet.org/a-conversati... #MPSA2025
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Please join us for the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social tomorrow, Friday, April 4th to discuss Professor Samuel Chambers “A Contribution to the Critique of Fictitious Capital”!
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Please join us Friday at the CUNY Political Theory Workshop to discuss the work of Chiara Boticci @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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Jochen Schmon @jochenschmon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Entering the blue sky with my new Constellations article co-authored w/ Udeepta Chakravarty   We inquire the “essentially oligarchic character” of the US Constitution, making Trump its illiberal radicalization Part of forthc. Oligarchy Special Issue 1/10 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Oligarchic Unconscious of Liberal Republicanism
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Join us tomorrow for the Political Theory Workshop at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social !We’re welcoming George Shulman to our workshop to discuss his current book project. To receive updates about upcoming workshops: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Time to read CUNY Grad Center’s @miloward.bsky.social whose new and excellent article “A Democracy of Authorities: Broken Windows Policing and the Neoconservative Political Theory of the Police” is out with @poppublicsphere.bsky.social !!! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This Friday, please join the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for Tyler Crown presenting his paper “Transimperial Protectionism:The American System and the Critique of Political Economy” !
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Today: The Political Theory Workshop of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social presents a discussion of Robert Nichols’s work, “Red Power Partisans: Native American Activism and the ‘New Indian Wars’” with comments from Laura Altinsoy! Email gcpoliticaltheory@gmail.com for the paper and the zoom link.
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Read @miloward.bsky.social's essay on the politics of law and order! It is an instant classic.
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O. L. Silverman @olsilverman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social has announced its spring 2025 schedule!
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