Kat Hunfeld
@kathunfeld.bsky.social
Political theorist // editor at Historical Materialism // working on the climate crisis, commons, ecosocialist strategy & desire 🍉
I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...
Enemies, Comrades, and The Counterrevolutionary Logic of Cisness - Historical Materialism
Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, Trans femme futures: Abolitionist ethics for transfeminist worlds. Pluto Press, 2024. Sophie Lewis, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses against Liber...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...
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My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Free gifts: capitalism and the politics of nature - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory -
link.springer.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!!
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026
From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters
hmistanbul.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!!
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
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Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
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Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!
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Now live, the Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli.
Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture: Matteo Pasquinelli
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Now live, the Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli.
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Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Gaza students second MP letter template
Dear [Name] MP On Monday 22 September, and as reported in the Guardian, 34 students from Gaza arrived in the UK to take up their places at our country’s top universities. These students have overcom...
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”
At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine
A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing
xtramagazine.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”
Still beaming from teaching with this today - it’s incredible to witness the ease with which students make sense of complex theory when it comes to applying it to the most urgent contexts. Thanks for writing it @pashukanist.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam!
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Still beaming from teaching with this today - it’s incredible to witness the ease with which students make sense of complex theory when it comes to applying it to the most urgent contexts. Thanks for writing it @pashukanist.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam!
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Comrades, registration for the twenty-second annual Historical Materialism Conference in London is now open. The plenaries and programme will be released soon.
Join us this year (and every year) in November!
Join us this year (and every year) in November!
Twenty-Second Annual Conference Registration - Historical Materialism
Online registration is now open. Please register and pay the correct conference fee as soon as possible, as it helps us to plan ahead and ensure the smooth running of the conference. You can select ...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Comrades, registration for the twenty-second annual Historical Materialism Conference in London is now open. The plenaries and programme will be released soon.
Join us this year (and every year) in November!
Join us this year (and every year) in November!
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In case you missed it, you can now catch @kathunfeld.bsky.social and Andreas Malm discussing *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature* with author Alyssa Battistoni on the Historical Materialism YouTube channel.
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In case you missed it, you can now catch @kathunfeld.bsky.social and Andreas Malm discussing *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature* with author Alyssa Battistoni on the Historical Materialism YouTube channel.
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Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.
Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank.
👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.
Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.
Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank.
👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.
August 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.
Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank.
👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.
Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.
Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank.
👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.
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Stop rolling out the welcome mat for fascists by pretending that refusal is beyond human capacities. It isn’t.
It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together
It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together
August 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Stop rolling out the welcome mat for fascists by pretending that refusal is beyond human capacities. It isn’t.
It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together
It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together
There is still time to sign up for what I am sure will be a fantastic event!
Very excited for this book talk with @alybatt.bsky.social , Andreas Malm and myself hosted by @histmat.bsky.social - sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-gifts...
'Free Gifts:' A Book Talk with Alyssa Battistoni
Join us for a discussion of 'Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature,' with author Alyssa Battistoni, Andreas Malm & Kat Hunfeld.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There is still time to sign up for what I am sure will be a fantastic event!
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St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews
www.ucustandrews.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
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Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
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This is an attempt to remove trans people from public life and no other spin on it should be accepted.
🚨 BREAKING | Labour is set to impose a sweeping ban on trans people using any "single-sex space".
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
August 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is an attempt to remove trans people from public life and no other spin on it should be accepted.
Very excited for this book talk with @alybatt.bsky.social , Andreas Malm and myself hosted by @histmat.bsky.social - sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-gifts...
'Free Gifts:' A Book Talk with Alyssa Battistoni
Join us for a discussion of 'Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature,' with author Alyssa Battistoni, Andreas Malm & Kat Hunfeld.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Very excited for this book talk with @alybatt.bsky.social , Andreas Malm and myself hosted by @histmat.bsky.social - sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-gifts...
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The deadline for our Edinburgh conference has been extended to July 22nd. So there’s still ample time to submit something. Join us in Scotland!
We're delighted to launch our CfP for our next conference, our first in Scotland. Join us in lovely Edinburgh, January 7th-9th. Submissions are open until July 17th. Full details below! 👇
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-2026-i...
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-2026-i...
BIAPT 2026 in Edinburgh: call for papers - BIAPT
CALL FOR PAPERS: Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Conference 7–9 January 2026 – University of Edinburgh Academic Convenors: Alfred Moore (York), Tom O’Shea (Edinburgh) and Signy G...
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The deadline for our Edinburgh conference has been extended to July 22nd. So there’s still ample time to submit something. Join us in Scotland!
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Any help on this would be appreciated. We've been inundated with enquiries we cannot answer from academics, public sector workers and journalists about what they can and cannot say. One writer has been advised to temporarily stop promoting their book as it includes a chapter on Palestine Action
Does anyone have guidance on how the proscription of Palestine Action might affect academic freedom? The worrying part for scholars of Palestine/Israel would seem to be 'whether what you say about them could encourage others to support them'. Would appreciate info or links to existing discussions!
Palestine Action have been banned as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Read our FAQ on the proscription and find out what this means in practice for campaigners.
netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...
Read our FAQ on the proscription and find out what this means in practice for campaigners.
netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...
July 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Any help on this would be appreciated. We've been inundated with enquiries we cannot answer from academics, public sector workers and journalists about what they can and cannot say. One writer has been advised to temporarily stop promoting their book as it includes a chapter on Palestine Action
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This scheme is still open, and includes Palestine:
British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships @iashedinburgh.bsky.social (2 x 12-month fellowships)
Open to postdoctoral researchers based in any ODA-recipient country where British Council operates (inc. Brazil)
Deadline: July 28, 23:59 UK time
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
Open to postdoctoral researchers based in any ODA-recipient country where British Council operates (inc. Brazil)
Deadline: July 28, 23:59 UK time
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
www.britishcouncil.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This scheme is still open, and includes Palestine:
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Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...
July 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...
Training starts now comrades 💅
looking forward to HM 2025 aka Marxist hunger games
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Training starts now comrades 💅
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I wrote a blog post for @versobooks.bsky.social on writing a social history of analytic philosophy www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/o...
On Writing a Social History of Analytic Philosophy
[book-strip index="1"] To write a social history of analytic philosophy, the dominant mode of academic philosophy in the English-speaking world and beyond, is to subject it to a kind of treatment to w...
www.versobooks.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I wrote a blog post for @versobooks.bsky.social on writing a social history of analytic philosophy www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/o...
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hey! Haymarket is making our book No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement FREE in ebook form for the next 12 days!
hopefully it's very clear this book is not about making money (& it won't 😂) lol so please tell everyone to download it if they want!
hopefully it's very clear this book is not about making money (& it won't 😂) lol so please tell everyone to download it if they want!
FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...
www.haymarketbooks.org
June 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
hey! Haymarket is making our book No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement FREE in ebook form for the next 12 days!
hopefully it's very clear this book is not about making money (& it won't 😂) lol so please tell everyone to download it if they want!
hopefully it's very clear this book is not about making money (& it won't 😂) lol so please tell everyone to download it if they want!