Niklas Plaetzer
@nplaetzer.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in political theory. University of Chicago / Sciences Po Paris. https://niklasplaetzer.com/
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I am very happy to share that my article on the institutional thought of Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama (1830-1882) is now out in Contemporary Political Theory: "Insurgent legality: Luiz Gama’s plebeian republicanism between law and prefiguration" #OpenAccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT
UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it. 
UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu
UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu
College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu 
#EducationalLiberty #SaveUT
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miriamposner.com
You have to really *try* to convince a 20-year-old that it’s not worth asking what justice or freedom or social good is. They don’t come by that incuriosity naturally.
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reneengel.bsky.social
Hallo Bluesky, ihr wisst, was zu tun ist: Folgt @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social, bestellt dort vielleicht ein Weihnachtsgeschenk, unterstützt sie im Kampf gehen rechtsextreme Lügner.
ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social
Die Extremisten von NIUS greifen einen der markantesten und innovativsten deutschen Kleinverlage an. @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social
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schlawinerkreis.bsky.social
1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.

Thread below ⬇️
Hegel and Colonialism
Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism
www.cambridge.org
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ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Grace Lee Boggs, one of the great guides of my life. In her spirit, let us always keep asking ourselves, "What time is it on the clock of the world?"

If you're in Detroit, consider going to this.
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dukepress.bsky.social
Save 30% on #NewBook "The Possible Form of an Interlocution" by Nahum Dimitri Chandler, which examines the correspondence between W. E. B. Du Bois & Max Weber in 1904 and 1905. #Sociology #LiteraryStudies buff.ly/YRlFRim
Cover of The Possible Form of an Interlocution: W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber in Correspondence by  Nahum Dimitri Chandler. It features a black-and-white photograph of W.E.B. Du Bois wearing a dark suit, vest, white shirt, and bow tie, set against a gray background. The left side of the cover features a bold vertical red stripe. Below the photograph, a dark brown section contains the title in beige text. The author's name is printed at the bottom in the same beige font.
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youssef-ibrahim.bsky.social
Excited to share that my dissertation has now been published with @velbrueckw.bsky.social: www.velbrueck.de/Programm/The...

It looks at how society became a concern for the climate sciences and how climatological theories of society have evolved since the mid-19th century.
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nplaetzer.bsky.social
If you're at APSA, come join us for the discussion of Anna Jurkevics's excellent "Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds" (Oxford UP 2025) on Thursday. I'm honored to be a part of this conversation, and hope to see you there!

academic.oup.com/book/59797
nplaetzer.bsky.social
If you're at APSA, come join us for the discussion of Anna Jurkevics's excellent "Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds" (Oxford UP 2025) on Thursday. I'm honored to be a part of this conversation, and hope to see you there!

academic.oup.com/book/59797
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schlechteidee.bsky.social
Gerade ist dieser wunderbare Sammelband über Charles Mills' Politische Philosophie erschienen, zu dem ich einen Text über männliche und weiße Ignoranz beitragen durfte. Die digitale Version erscheint Ende des Monats und ist open access! @transcript-verlag.bsky.social #philsky #feministsky
Charles Mills’ politische Philosophie
Ein Vordenker der politischen Philosophie: über das Vermächtnis von Charles W. Mills.
www.transcript-verlag.de
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strassenverlauf.bsky.social
Zum jüdischen Neujahrsfest Rosch ha-Schana wurde die Neue Synagoge in der Oranienburgerstraße am 5. September 1866 eingeweiht.
Antisemiten agitierten von Beginn an gegen den von Eduard Knoblauch und Friedrich August Stüler entworfenen Bau.

Emil Pierre Joseph de Cauwer: Neue Synagoge, 1865.
Emil Pierre Joseph de Cauwer (1827-1873): Neue Synagoge, 1865.
Gemälde zeigt einen Straßenzug links, mittig die Synagoge, die mit Backstein im orientalisierenden Stil erbaut wurde und mit der Kuppel mit den goldenen Strängen die dreigeschossigen Häuser überragt. Nachweis von wiki commons folgt.
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dvpw.bsky.social
Nicht vergessen: Der Call für die #Impulstagung am 22.-23.01.26 läuft noch bis zum 30.09.!

#Politikwissenschaft #PoWi #Weltordnung #Krieg

@dvpw-vergleich.bsky.social @dvpw-regieren.bsky.social @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social @dvpw-ipe.bsky.social @akpf-dvpw.bsky.social
dvpw.bsky.social
#CfP 30.09.: 1. DVPW #Impulstagung am 22.-23.01.26 an der TU #Chemnitz:

#Weltordnung im Wandel – #Politikwissenschaft in Kriegszeiten

Alle Infos 👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...
Schrift in Schwarz und Magenta auf weißem Hintergrund. Unten rechts das Logo der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW). Text: Call for Papers. 1. DVPW-Impuls-Tagung. Weltordnung im Wandel - Politikwissenschaft in Kriegszeiten. 22.-23.01.2026, TU Chemnitz. Bewerbungsfrist: 30.09.2025. Infos auf www.dvpw.de
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heikedelitz.bsky.social
CfP bis 31.10.25:
"Soziale Unordnung, Transindividualität, Volk-Werden. Sozialtheorie bei Georges Canguilhem, Gilbert Simondon und Gilles Deleuze"
Workshop an der Uni Regensburg, 19./20.6.2026, gemeinsam mit Sebastian Dute)
Der Call findet sich u.a. hier: www.heike-delitz.de
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bachynski.bsky.social
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…”
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.
www.insidehighered.com
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sonjabuckel.bsky.social
Oliver Eberl + ich organisieren 1 Tagung zum Werk der am 14.12.2024 verstorbenen Ingeborg Maus. Durch ihren unerschütterlichen Widerspruchsgeist avancierte sie zu einer der großen Leitfiguren aufklärerischen und kritischen Denkens der Bundesrepublik.
@unimarburg.bsky.social @unikassel.bsky.social
Das abgebildete Plakat zeigt das Programm. Es wird auch auf der Homepage der Uni Marburg zu finden sein.
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nathankhensley.bsky.social
“Theory’s” material basis: the inventor of modern liberty was a committed agent of corporate colonialism, in this case “operating behind the scenes…to reorganize commercial relations between Ireland & England” by artificially suppressing Irish wool trade to further English imperial interests
historicaljnl.bsky.social
📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript

We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's
article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇

It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript
www.cambridge.org
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aobst.bsky.social
Fred Moten has a nice way of explaining that too. keywords.nyupress.org/american-cul...
nplaetzer.bsky.social
If you are thinking with & about Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, please consider submitting a proposal to this upcoming conference in Paderborn/Germany in May 2026 to commemorate its 75th anniversary. Organized by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen and Maria Robaszkiewicz, abstracts due end of August.