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Stéphane Gerson

@sag111.bsky.social
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Histories, families, forms of historical writing. Professor of French, French Studies, and History, NYU.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
this is honestly an excellent celebratory and motivational speech from Mamdani at the Knicks parade. i'm ready to run through a wall, and i'm not even a Knicks fan
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Join us on Wed. April 21 to discuss Thomas Dodman's fine new book, Les Volontaires: Roman familial de la Révolution française. With Sylvaine Guyot, at La Maison Française of NYU, 6:30pm
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Why Mamdani Mentioned Palestinians in His St. Patrick’s Day Message www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...
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Why Mamdani Mentioned Palestinians in His St. Patrick’s Day Message
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Honored to deliver the 2026 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies at UNC next Thursday March 5. If you’re in the triangle, join us! iah.unc.edu/reckford-ger...
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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Honored to take part in this symposium/art exhibition in Paris next week, "The Memorial for Those Who Did Not Fall in War," Reid Hall/Columia globalcenters.columbia.edu/.../memorial....
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Mardi prochain, fin de notre cycle de rencontres avec Vinciane Despret: Le pouvoir de la fabulation: raconter pour résister. Avec Yala Kisukidi et Benoît Loiseau. Maison française de NYU, 18h30
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Conversations avec Vinciane Despret 2: Nos morts, nos défuntes. Merc. 28 fév., 18h30, Maison française, NYU
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Next Wed. Jan. 21: Vinciane Despret and others in conversation, « Cosmopoetic Ethologies », NYU Maison française, 6:30pm
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
So excited to welcome Vinciane Despret (U. Liege) as a visiting professor at NYU (IFS/French). We're starting things off with three roundtables about her work and ours: Cosmopoetic Ethologies (1/21), our relationships to the Dead (1/28), and Fabulation as resistance (2/3). Join us!
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Foucault-Fassin-Stoller. Don’t miss the IFS’s next event: Eric Fassin and Ann Stoler in conversation about the new edition of Foucault’s manuscript, ‘Les Hermaphrodites’ (Gallimard, 2025). Wed. 11/19, NYU, 14A Washington Mews, 6:30pm
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Truly insightful portrait of @juliangerson.bsky.social in the Guardian. Love the insider's view of writing for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
The mayor-elect’s address pulled from Socialist titans, Astoria’s uncles and his rival’s father. Julian Gerson explains how the two collaborated on the ‘love letter to New York’
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Tomorrow evening! "Gurs, Les Milles, Rivesaltes: New Perspectives on French Concentration Camps (1939-2007)", with Emily Marker and Terry Peterson (FIU), NYU, 53 Washington Square North, 6:30pm. More info: as.nyu.edu/.../-gurs--l....
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Unpacking Mamdani’s Viral Victory Speech www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Unpacking Mamdani’s Viral Victory Speech
A close annotation of the references, applause lines and barbs in Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s address to his supporters.
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“Mamdani’s speech was reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ , with its passionate evocations of commuting New Yorkers, or even Woody Guthrie’s ‘This land is your land’
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Melissa K Byrnes @profmkbyrnes.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This is such an amazing lineup!
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Join us next Tuesday: "Gurs, Les Milles, Rivesaltes: New Perspectives on French Concentration Camps (1939-2007)", with Emily Marker and Terry Peterson (FIU), NYU, 53 Washington Square North, 6:30pm. More info: as.nyu.edu/departments/...
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 05/11/2025
Julian Gerson is Mamdani’s speech writer, and this is a barn burner.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
“Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black. 🤨
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Sébastien Fontenelle @vivelefeu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Il sera difficile, même pour “Le Point“, de faire beaucoup plus immonde que ça.
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Les éditorialistes du Point
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BHL : « Un maire antisémite à New York ? »
BLOC-NOTES. La mairie de New York risque d’avoir à sa tête Zohran Mamdani, un partisan du boycott d’Israël. Un danger pour les Juifs et l’avenir de la démocratie en Amérique, souligne le philosophe.
Par Bernard-Henri Lévy
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This is the third death that I'm aware of this year where a person died trying to flee from ICE.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 21/10/2025
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/10/2025
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This Sunday, we’re SHREDDING 🎸 Join me (or someone who looks a lot like me) at one of two locations to safely dispose of old bills, bank statements and documents you no longer need. + DJs, family portraits and frozen treats. 12-3pm in Harlem and the Bronx. Details in the video ⬇️
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
So unexpected that letting people keep their freedom, safety, and not be arbitrarily deported to foreign torture gulags might resonate with voters….
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
79. American citizen.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2 When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline. 109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 23/09/2025
You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation
Eric Adams surrounded by members of the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation. He is wearing a blue velvet jacket that is embroidered with gold Magen David’s and other Jewish seeming patterns, including multiple menorahs. Everyone else is just in button down shirts or normal suits. He is not blending in.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city. This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
If you know about Korea, you know that people will tell this story for generations. Given the scale, tech savvy, cultural sway, strategic importance, and national pride of ROK, this might be *the* most lastingly damaging, idiotic move team MAGA has made. Blessed by SecState Marco.
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
South Korean press speaking the obvious truths American papers are too afraid to publish
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media. They are also drinking heavily.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"Even in a contest against men twice his age, Mamdani has begun to sound like the adult in the room on issues of public safety, offering detailed, thoughtful policy proposals." 🙏 @errollouis.bsky.social
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Mamdani’s New Ideas on Crime Show Make His Opponents Look Old
What he understands and they don’t.
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New NYT/Siena poll of the NYC mayoral race has- *Mamdani: 46% *Cuomo: 24% *Sliwa: 15% *Adams: 9% www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/n...
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Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
😢 Rick Davies, Lead Singer of Supertramp, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...
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Rick Davies, Lead Singer of Supertramp, Dies at 81
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My god…
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border. This is how the police dealt with them. Literally beat the hell out of them. This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Paging Manchester
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”
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More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions
The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.
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Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
My grandfather Jules in Knokke (Belgium, ca. 1978). He rocked it
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