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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · 10d

Suddenly #Schmitt is everywhere, popping up in current affairs and employed to explain them...
When we had to read him in introduction to political thought / history of ideas classes, we used to think of his ideas as an artifact from a long gone era...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Reading Schmitt in Beijing

How China’s rise provoked America’s illiberal turn.

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · 27d

Nice, many thanks for both, I have a literature review forthcoming and I'll feature Topal's book which I had missed until your blog post.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 27d

Last month I rode my motorbike in the depths of (Western) Turkey and I half-joked that I crossed villages where people haven't heard of the Republic yet. As on cue @selimkoru.bsky.social analyzes the politics of that visceral feeling in the current context
kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/we-are-des...

The Roots of Turkish Republicanism

A new book argues that Turkey’s republican culture goes deeper than we thought

kulturkampftr.substack.com

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · 27d

interesting thx; reading this, I thought of Banu Turnaoğlu's book - I had the feeling that it didn't get the attention it deserved.

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Nicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social · 28d

My latest from @foreignpolicy.com

"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...

Erdogan’s Irredentism Just Can’t Keep Up

As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · 29d

Today's #Ausnahmezustand - just how absurd things have become. Stay on top of the daily madness but then also get acquainted with Carl Schmitt, Nietzsche, Heidegger, René Girard, Saint Augustine, etc.
And when things get this Teutonic, it's usually not a good sign... 😵

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Sep 15

Today, JD Vance urged Republicans to put on the "full armor of god" to fight their opponents.

Tonight, some of the most powerful people in tech will gather to hear Peter Thiel—who created Vance—give a secret lecture on the Antichrist.

It's all the same talking point, folks: politics as holy war

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Sep 9

I Ngurah Suryawan's essay on anti-government protests in #Bali; culturalist attitudes that view the Balinese as politically passive, harmonious, peaceful subjects; and commodification of "pure and authentic" Balinese culture...
@BaleBengong
balebengong.id/bali-dan-ras...

Bali dan Rasisme yang Mengakar

Kemarahan ini bukan sekadar soal “isu politik sesaat”. Ia akumulasi. Bertahun-tahun. Lapisan demi lapisan. Dari dapur yang makin lapar, dari

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European Network in Universal and Global History @eniugh-comparativ.bsky.social · Aug 28

Coming soon:
Eight European Congress on World and Global History 2025
"Critical Global Histories: Methodological Reflections and Thematic Expansions"
Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
10-12 September 2025
eniugh.org/congress/

Connecting Scholars, Expanding Horizons

Every three years, ENIUGH convenes the European Congress in World and Global History. Since the inaugural congress in 2005, it has developed into an outstanding meeting place for scholars in the fast…

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Inalco @inalco.fr · Aug 25

[Replay] 📺 Revivez la conférence inaugurale du professeur Sanjay Subrahmanyam : "Empires, nations, réseaux : les fabriques des récits civilisationnels", prononcée lors du coup d'envoi du programme DECRIPT, le 25 juin dernier à l'Inalco.

Empires, nations, réseaux : les fabriques des récits civilisationnels - Sanjay Subrahmanyam

YouTube video by Inalco

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Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris @dhi-paris.fr · Sep 2

Our scholarship holder Taesoo Kim @uni-goettingen.de explores the entanglements of the #ConservativeRevolution, the #NouvelleDroite & the #NeueRechte. His project traces how ideas circulated transnationally & shaped Europe’s right-wing intellectual postwar networks.

The Conservative Revolution, the Nouvelle Droite, and the Neue Rechte: A Transnational History of Entanglements

During my three-month research stay at the German Historical Institute in Paris, I have been working on a project that investigates the ideological and intellectual entanglements between the German Konservative...

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · Sep 2

Let me tell you as a historian of Nairobis matatu men: this will not end well for the government: Jan is correct, don’t mess with them.

Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Aug 29

On its march towards authoritarianism, the Indonesian government has now created an enemy of the legions and legions of #ojek guys. Probably not a group anyone would want to mess with... These guys work their ass off and keep the capital and country running.

Tempo.co @tempo-poster.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ojol Drivers in Yogyakarta Protest After Colleague Run Over by Brimob in Jakarta - https://en.tempo.co/read/2044217/ojol-drivers-in-yogyakarta-protest-after-colleague-run-over-by-brimob-in-jakarta

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Sep 2

News of a student killed at protests in #Yogya, family made to sign a pledge that they won't press charges against authorities

Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Aug 29

On its march towards authoritarianism, the Indonesian government has now created an enemy of the legions and legions of #ojek guys. Probably not a group anyone would want to mess with... These guys work their ass off and keep the capital and country running.

Tempo.co @tempo-poster.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ojol Drivers in Yogyakarta Protest After Colleague Run Over by Brimob in Jakarta - https://en.tempo.co/read/2044217/ojol-drivers-in-yogyakarta-protest-after-colleague-run-over-by-brimob-in-jakarta

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Aug 29

On its march towards authoritarianism, the Indonesian government has now created an enemy of the legions and legions of #ojek guys. Probably not a group anyone would want to mess with... These guys work their ass off and keep the capital and country running.

Tempo.co @tempo-poster.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ojol Drivers in Yogyakarta Protest After Colleague Run Over by Brimob in Jakarta - https://en.tempo.co/read/2044217/ojol-drivers-in-yogyakarta-protest-after-colleague-run-over-by-brimob-in-jakarta

Ojol Drivers in Yogyakarta Protest After Colleague Run Over by Brimob in Jakarta

Hundreds of ojol drivers in Yogyakarta protested on Friday, mourning Affan Kurniawan, who was killed after being run over by a Brimob armored vehicle.

en.tempo.co

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Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org · Aug 8

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

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Gustav C Gressel @gresselgustav.bsky.social · Aug 9

I declined interviews on the Trump-Putin nonsense. I don't want to speculate on rumours and I don't think it will deliver substance.
However I created my first #substack text on what challenges lie ahead for 🇪🇺 supporting 🇺🇦 alone: open.substack.com/pub/gustavgr...

Europe Alone

Supporting Ukraine, Rearming, and Deterring Russia without the US

open.substack.com

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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our joint SWP-Comment on the role of Turkey in a future European security architecture is now online and can be accessed at the link below 👇

www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · Aug 3

The memorial at Bologna Centrale.

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Jan Vömel @janvoemel.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Jul 27

The EU-US trade deal is here - it's probably not the end of uncertainty as the details are ironed out, but it's a momentous deal. In sum, it's a political defeat for the EU, but in economic terms I see it as, under the circumstances, a win of sorts. 🧵

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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Jul 28

People need to distinguish between a political win for the Trump administration (who gets the policy they want) and a win for the US as a country (who will get that policy good and hard)

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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · Jul 27

"What does the PKK disarming mean for Turkey and the Kurds?" by @galipdalay.bsky.social. [3/5]

Explainer | What does the PKK disarming mean for Turkey and the Kurds?

YouTube video by Chatham House

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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · Jul 21

Die russische Föderation nachdem ein ehemaliger deutscher Ministerpräsident (SPD) zum 13ten mal nach Moskau gereist ist

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Jul 21

🪧Applications invited from post-doctoral/early career scholars at German universities and research institutions, for a three-month #fellowship
🕔26 September 2025 (23:59 CET)
Details👇
karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/f...
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @icasmp.bsky.social

GHIL-MWF Delhi Joint Fellowship on "The British Empire and the History of Colonialism"

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