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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

So enthusiastic about today's class on comparison, in justice institutions in Europe, at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social Here are 2 quotes from readings -- compared and twinned ! One by Rossi in LRB on twin studies, and the other by Foucault on psyc expert reports from 1955 & 1974.

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

And next week, in our course on justice institutions in Europe … Witnesses, Publics, Victims, Events ...! We are covering a lot of ground!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Today (20 March), at Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at UofT! Eitan D. Hersh, on “The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on College Students.” www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

«Les juifs se trouvent, encore une fois, au cœur de la crise de la République et de ses valeurs universelles. Ils n’ont pas voulu occuper ce rôle, mais force est de constater qu’au travers de la question juive se joue à nouveau l’avenir moral et politique de notre société. » t.co/34qK5Zhwyk

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hooray ! Thrilled to have this out in the world, w/ Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Coedited by Antonin Cohen & myself, on Funding & Disciplinary Arrangements. Brilliant papers, and we introduce with an essay on academic fields, funding, & turbulent times. journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Took some time out to read this today. A brilliant and timeless sociological reminder about sociology. Howie Becker, reflecting on a class taught by Everett Hughes (in What About Mozart? What About Murder?: Reasoning From Cases).

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

events.au.dk/isrlc2024/home

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Yup. And the autocracy problem is connected with exclusion and potential for violence. As we’ve worked on, America First incited and leveraged a volatile exclusionary populism, that is focused on distrust of others, & connected with criminal arrests. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

This is superb; Conversation with Alexander Paseau. With thanks to Brian Leiter’s blog for pointing to something I’d never have otherwise read. Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

say what now ??? www.lapoliticaonline.com/amp/269721-f...

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

I research and teach on the sociology of atrocities, including collective memory, legacies, and events of mass violence over time. A far better response here would be to call for deeper recognition, engagement, and collective learning. This isn't it. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Back for another research trip in Bakersfield!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

very sad sign but also the most awesome sign . #torontoneighbourhood

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

This is awesome. Molokhia, the soup of my childhood, & eaten exactly as below, is now … part of a description for how to drink arak at the LCBO website here in Ontario (over in Canada) ! Best part: molokhia isn’t included on the label itself! So someone wrote it for the website? That’s super.

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

I sometimes try to say what binds my interests. Now I read a stunning account in Rogues, of Patrick Radden Keefe‘s “abiding preoccupations” of “crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Just wow.

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

research trips still mean letters home. A little retro but meaningful to do!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

More from Queen Mary University of London

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

A real honour to be IHSS visiting fellow this week at Queen Mary University London. And just came across the Jewish Novo Cemetery on the QMUL campus, of the Spanish and Portuguese community of London. Having grown up through the Spanish and Portuguese in Montreal, incredible to see this here today.

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

It was the morning before camp. Fantastic weeks ahead, and with some Margaret Atwood in her back pocket!

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

today’s Turkish coffee happened with no foam at all and that’s just the kind of day it’s been

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Ron Levi @ronlevi.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

let the AI get the ball whatever

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