Aleks Lewicki
@aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Political sociologist @sussex.ac.uk, writing on #racialisation, political economy of race-making, east-west inequalities in Europe, #migration, political resistance: Reader in #Sociology & Director @sei-sussex.bsky.social
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OUT NOW: 'Vigilant Whiteness: Racism, Transphobia and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics in Britain' - by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social & Maddy Clark @identitiesjournal.bsky.social - a brief summary🧵(2-11) below: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In unserem Graduiertenkolleg 2571 „Imperien: Dynamischer Wandel, Temporalität und nachimperiale Ordnungen“ sind 4 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen-Stellen, befristet auf drei Jahre, Teilzeitstelle (65 %), Eintrittstermin: 01.05.2026, zu besetzen!
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In unserem Graduiertenkolleg 2571 „Imperien: Dynamischer Wandel, Temporalität und nachimperiale Ordnungen“ sind 4 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen-Stellen, befristet auf drei Jahre, Teilzeitstelle (65 %), Eintrittstermin: 01.05.2026, zu besetzen!
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What can the concept of “affective labour” tell us about how capitalism extracts value from the self?
Diana García-Catena and co-authors on hospitality workers in Spain, precarity and the risk of investing yourself in your work.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/JhjgHtX
Diana García-Catena and co-authors on hospitality workers in Spain, precarity and the risk of investing yourself in your work.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/JhjgHtX
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What can the concept of “affective labour” tell us about how capitalism extracts value from the self?
Diana García-Catena and co-authors on hospitality workers in Spain, precarity and the risk of investing yourself in your work.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/JhjgHtX
Diana García-Catena and co-authors on hospitality workers in Spain, precarity and the risk of investing yourself in your work.
#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/JhjgHtX
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I have a new blog out @identitiesjournal.bsky.social #IdentitiesBlog
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
Bluesky: @identitiesjournal.bsky.social
www.identitiesjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I have a new blog out @identitiesjournal.bsky.social #IdentitiesBlog
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
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Have you read our latest #IdentitiesBlog?
Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain' by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain' by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Have you read our latest #IdentitiesBlog?
Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain' by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain' by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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The Labour government has successfully triangulated itself to somewhere to the right of the Tories, Reform, and "Tommy Robinson" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after invitation to join Reform
It came after Nigel Farage said the home secretary sounds like a Reform supporter following her controversial proposals to overhaul the asylum system
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Labour government has successfully triangulated itself to somewhere to the right of the Tories, Reform, and "Tommy Robinson" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Unsurprisingly, privatised humanitarian routes - such as the „Homes for Ukraine” scheme - are the new model for the future. That’s because they provide only temporary protection and are another nail in the coffin of full state based asylum: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What changes to the UK asylum system are being proposed by Labour?
Refugees would face longer waits and possible return to their home country if deemed safe, under proposals
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Unsurprisingly, privatised humanitarian routes - such as the „Homes for Ukraine” scheme - are the new model for the future. That’s because they provide only temporary protection and are another nail in the coffin of full state based asylum: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“At the summit, Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the slave trade was abhorrent but countries should be “looking forward” and addressing current challenges such as climate change.”
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
A delegation from the body leading the Caribbean’s slavery reparations movement will be in the UK next week for a “historic” first official visit to advocate for former British colonies.
The Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) will be meeting with UK parliamentarians, Caribbean diplomats, academics and civil society groups from 17 to 20 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“At the summit, Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the slave trade was abhorrent but countries should be “looking forward” and addressing current challenges such as climate change.”
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
Some philosophers — Nuti and Táíwò among them — might have a thing or two to say about that ‘but.’
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It’s almost become a prerequisite for the office of Home Secretary to demonstrate prowess at the cruelty olympics.
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It’s almost become a prerequisite for the office of Home Secretary to demonstrate prowess at the cruelty olympics.
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mamdani‘s victory reminds one of the leading German news outlets (FAZ) of Houllebecq‘s „Submission“ (!) - no further comment
Der konservative Anti-Mamdani-Diskurs ist einer der krassesten Fälle von Islamophobie, die ich erlebt habe. Ein Politiker wird nur aufgrund seiner Herkunft immer wieder als Islamist dargestellt, obwohl er ganz andere Ansichten vertritt.
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Mamdani‘s victory reminds one of the leading German news outlets (FAZ) of Houllebecq‘s „Submission“ (!) - no further comment
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Deadline tomorrow! (just to note, the only reason why I am not going for this is because as a former recipient I am ineligible - but it is an absolute recommendation)
Apply apply apply! The site (and fellowship) of one of my first archival dives, @archivum.org has a wealth of material and is an absolutely great place to work from. Deadline: 15 November, topic: Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after), details: archivum.org/academics/vi...
Visegrad Scholarship at OSA
archivum.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Deadline tomorrow! (just to note, the only reason why I am not going for this is because as a former recipient I am ineligible - but it is an absolute recommendation)
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“Quite often, big social theorists actually formed their ideas in social movements, or in radical or activist spaces – what sociologists call counter-public spheres.”
@alimeghji.bsky.social talks to Iris Pissaride about W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy in the Magazine’s most recent issue.
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@alimeghji.bsky.social talks to Iris Pissaride about W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy in the Magazine’s most recent issue.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Quite often, big social theorists actually formed their ideas in social movements, or in radical or activist spaces – what sociologists call counter-public spheres.”
@alimeghji.bsky.social talks to Iris Pissaride about W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy in the Magazine’s most recent issue.
buff.ly/BWdBY33
@alimeghji.bsky.social talks to Iris Pissaride about W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy in the Magazine’s most recent issue.
buff.ly/BWdBY33
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OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
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📣 Join us this Thursday: Europe's 'Muslim Question' and the politics of gender and sexuality (Felix Meritis, Amsterdam). A public presentation of the main findings of our research on how to better understand the systematic problematization and dehumanization of Muslims in Europe.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
📣 Join us this Thursday: Europe's 'Muslim Question' and the politics of gender and sexuality (Felix Meritis, Amsterdam). A public presentation of the main findings of our research on how to better understand the systematic problematization and dehumanization of Muslims in Europe.
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📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Call for Participation: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction Workshop The Sociological Review Foundation Seminar Series
Call for participation in a seminar funded by The Sociological Review Foundation exploring methods, ethics and innovative approaches to social reproduction research.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Methodologies and Epistemologies of Social Reproduction
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
Apply by 15 Nov to join a 2026 #workshop for scholars, practitioners and activists engaging with social reproduction theories, and employing traditional and non-traditional methods.
➡️ Find out more: buff.ly/ZFAUEkF
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'Racist and transphobic tropes thereby fulfil distinctive, but also complementary functions: both operate via projected scenarios of biological contamination and criminal transgression.'
'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
'Racist and transphobic tropes thereby fulfil distinctive, but also complementary functions: both operate via projected scenarios of biological contamination and criminal transgression.'
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'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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🎥 WATCH: Immigration, Policy and Protest
What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.
VIDEO: buff.ly/MWOKjcO
What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.
VIDEO: buff.ly/MWOKjcO
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎥 WATCH: Immigration, Policy and Protest
What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.
VIDEO: buff.ly/MWOKjcO
What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.
VIDEO: buff.ly/MWOKjcO
See, all that stuff about the underdeveloped „wild east“ with its animals roaming free is just not true. We even put nappies on our sheep when we take them on the high speed train
Passengers on a high-speed train between Poland's two largest cities were taken by surprise when a sheep wearing a nappy began wandering through the carriages.
Sheep in nappy spotted on Polish high-speed train
notesfrompoland.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
See, all that stuff about the underdeveloped „wild east“ with its animals roaming free is just not true. We even put nappies on our sheep when we take them on the high speed train
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NEW ISSUE: The Sociological Review journal 73.6 features 18 new papers and review articles, including 15 #openaccess.
Our contributors turn a sociological eye on au pairing, Uber drivers and bonded labourers, kin-making and houseplants, and much more.
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Our contributors turn a sociological eye on au pairing, Uber drivers and bonded labourers, kin-making and houseplants, and much more.
➡️ buff.ly/Xsw48ZN @journals.sagepub.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW ISSUE: The Sociological Review journal 73.6 features 18 new papers and review articles, including 15 #openaccess.
Our contributors turn a sociological eye on au pairing, Uber drivers and bonded labourers, kin-making and houseplants, and much more.
➡️ buff.ly/Xsw48ZN @journals.sagepub.com
Our contributors turn a sociological eye on au pairing, Uber drivers and bonded labourers, kin-making and houseplants, and much more.
➡️ buff.ly/Xsw48ZN @journals.sagepub.com
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German Court: Systemic flaws in Poland’s asylum system, especially for people entering via Belarus, mean Germany can’t send them back under the Dublin rules.
Oha: Wer über Belarus und Polen nach Deutschland reist, kann hier einen Asylantrag stellen, so das VG Hannover. "Systemische Mängel" in Polen verhinderten eine Rücküberstellung nach den Dublin-Regeln. Details von @mkolter.bsky.social.
Systemische Mängel: Keine Dublin-Überstellung nach Polen
Wer über Belarus und Polen nach Deutschland reist, kann dort zulässigerweise Asyl beantragen, so das VG Hannover. Polen verweigere ein ordentliches Verfahren.
www.lto.de
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
German Court: Systemic flaws in Poland’s asylum system, especially for people entering via Belarus, mean Germany can’t send them back under the Dublin rules.
Join us tonight for the online lecture series: „Border Regimes on the Move" - I will share a panel with Hans Kundnani (Eurowhiteness) & discuss how thinking racialisation from its ambiguities helps us to dismantle key myths about race. Details and registration here: uni-goettingen.de/en/694576.html
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Join us tonight for the online lecture series: „Border Regimes on the Move" - I will share a panel with Hans Kundnani (Eurowhiteness) & discuss how thinking racialisation from its ambiguities helps us to dismantle key myths about race. Details and registration here: uni-goettingen.de/en/694576.html
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It's been a busy October filled with some great events, including @thesociologicalreview.org Conversation on Immigration, Policy and Protest with @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social, Fizza Qureshi, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and me.
Here's the recording:
youtu.be/FCiI5uH_vVM?...
Here's the recording:
youtu.be/FCiI5uH_vVM?...
Immigration, Policy and Protest: Michaela Benson, Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter
YouTube video by The Sociological Review Foundation
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's been a busy October filled with some great events, including @thesociologicalreview.org Conversation on Immigration, Policy and Protest with @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social, Fizza Qureshi, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and me.
Here's the recording:
youtu.be/FCiI5uH_vVM?...
Here's the recording:
youtu.be/FCiI5uH_vVM?...
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🎥 VIDEO: Immigration, Policy and Protest
Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.
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Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎥 VIDEO: Immigration, Policy and Protest
Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.
buff.ly/vBALT9v