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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 21d

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · 24d

Watching different scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail for teaching prep - I think my life is peaking 😍

a man in a knight 's helmet is standing on top of a stone wall .

ALT: a man in a knight 's helmet is standing on top of a stone wall .

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Nicki Hitchcott @nickihitchcott.bsky.social · Jul 29

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter

Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Katja Berlin @katjaberlin.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · Jul 20

Der CDU-Politiker Lübcke wurde von einem AfD-Wahlkämper erschossen. SPD-Politiker Ecke wurde krankenhausreif geschlagen, mutmaßlich von AfD-Fans. Alice Weidel & ihre Faschisten werden da friedlichen, demokratischen Protest bei einem Interview aushalten. Lasst die Täter nicht Opfer spielen.

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · Jul 17

My favourite quote from this (which rings true so loudly) is: "Liberal learning occurs in dialogue with those who object to us, who offer a different perspective or experience — who read the same book as us in a completely different light."

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Jul 17

“It’s not that traditional liberal arts is out of step with student demand. Instead, it’s out of step with the priorities values desires of a powerful board of trustees with no apparent commitment to liberal education, an administrative class.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · Jul 13

Excellent representation of @standrewsenglish.bsky.social in this book with essays by my supervisor James Purdon and @dranindyar.bsky.social 😍 Go give it some love!

Matthew Taunton @matthewtaunton.bsky.social · Jun 3

A reminder that The British Novel of Ideas: George Eliot to Zadie Smith is out! It includes brilliant essays by Amanda Anderson, Janice Ho, Peter Boxall and many more. Please do consider ordering it for your library, or reviewing it.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

The British Novel of Ideas

Cambridge Core - English Literature 1900-1945 - The British Novel of Ideas

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Susanne Mohr @susannemohr7.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do you want to work with us? 7 PhD positions, full time, for 3 years, at the faculty of humanities at NTNU (Trondheim): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadline for applications is 15 October, applicants must align the application with one of the relevant research groups (see the call for details).

UP TO 7 PhD POSITIONS (282483) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: UP TO 7 PhD POSITIONS (282483), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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P. Dominikus Kraschl OFM @dominikuskraschl.bsky.social · Jun 25

Cologne

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jun 22

Requesting signatures and circulation assistance for this letter, please.

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Open Letter re Chancellorship

Open Letter re the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge The next Chancellor will, we are told, ‘play a vital part in Cambridge’s public-facing activities, fundraising, and in providing advi...

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BACLS @bacls.bsky.social · May 5

📢Our new website is finally live!

Visit us at www.bacls.org to:
* sign up for membership
* apply for the 2025 BACLS Prizes
* nominate yourself to become part of the BACLS Executive Committee

and much more!

British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies

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Dr. Melissa Schuh @melissaschuh.bsky.social · Jun 12

We’re in great company in our panel on ‘Speculative Fiction, Speculative Politics’ with papers by @sandropology.bsky.social on spy fiction and @thehubble101.bsky.social on Ken MacLeod.
@bacls.bsky.social #WHN25

Photograph of the BACLS WHN25 conference programme showing panel G2:

PANEL G2. Speculative Fiction, Speculative Politics:
Chair: Bob Eaglestone
• Sandro Eich, "Her duty to her country was done. Now she could do duty to her conscience': whistleblowing and neoliberalism in Matthew Richardson's spy fiction novel The Scarlet Papers (2023)
• Nick Hubble, "The Situation is Nominal': Ken MacLeod's Critique of the Scottish Programme'
• Anneke Schewe & Melissa Schuh, ""This was how they altered the tracks of history": subversive dark academia in R.F. Kuang's Babel'
• Sam McReavy, '"Retro-Utopian Second Wave Feminism Revisited: the Right to the City and Utopian Spatial Imaginaries in Sarah Hall's The Carhullan Army."›

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · May 29

Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.

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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · May 13

We have a new review on the BSLS website, Sandro Eich has reviewed Paul Hamann-Rose's Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction (www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/05/hama...)

Hamann-Rose, Paul, Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction – The British Society for Literature and Science

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Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social · Apr 25

OfS does not know cost of Sussex inquiry.

After I sent an FOI request, the Office for Students refused to divulge the known costs it incurred during its probe into free speech at the Uni of Sussex, & said it doesn't know how much it spent in total.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

OfS does not know cost of Sussex free speech inquiry - Research Professional News

Regulator has not tracked internal cost of inquiry and refuses to reveal external costs

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Apr 3

I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share:

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature (R&T)

College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Critical Studies Lecturer in Early Modern English LiteratureVacancy Ref: 170953Salary, Grade 7 / 8, £40,497 - £45,413 / £49,559 - £57,422 per annum The...

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BACLS @bacls.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢Exciting opportunity: @c21literature.bsky.social is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025

C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.

More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/

Editorship of <em>C21 Literature</em>

C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings is the journal of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS). The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publica...

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · Mar 26

The state is now disappearing people, in this case another graduate student, because of their political beliefs. This is fascism. We have arrived. Where is Rumeysa Ozturk?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Sandro Eich @sandropology.bsky.social · Mar 25

I got my first payment today and it properly paid off!! 😍 How is this not communicated to PGRs on day 1 when they arrive at their university!?!!

ALCS @alcs.co.uk · Mar 25

🚨 Reminder folks, payments are expected to reach most UK bank accounts TOMORROW! Non-UK bank accounts may take a little longer.

Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · Mar 25

@alcs.co.uk Hullo team - I've got a statement telling me I'm expecting a payment but it hasn't turned up in the nominated account yet. Same details as previous years which have worked fine. Any advice for next steps?

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Mar 24

632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.

Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.

Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632

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We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out

YouTube video by Dundee UCU

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · Mar 22

Tenure didn’t protect anyone at Columbia. Let this be a lesson in the need for labor solidarity across all ranks in higher ed.

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Mar 21

Regierungssysteme in der globalen Demokratiekrise. @transcript-verlag.bsky.social verlost 5 Ex. meines Buches. Der Blog argumentiert, dass nicht alle demokratischen Regierungssysteme gleich anfällig für die Autokratisierung sind. Teilnahme durch Teilen! blog.transcript-verlag.de/globale-demo...

»Es ist keineswegs ausgeschlossen, dass die Zeit der Demokratien zu Ende gehen wird« — transcript.Blog

Steffen GanghofDer weltweite Anstieg rechtspopulistischer Bewegungen verursacht eine globale Demokratiekrise. Besonders besorgniserregend ist, dass Staatsoberhäupter aktiv daran arbeiten, demokratisch...

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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · Mar 21

“I have been watching my friends lose their postgraduation jobs and seeing layoff announcements at places where I thought I might work. The opportunities we worked so hard to pursue are evaporating in front of us. Some are considering leaving the country after graduation.”

We started our Ph.D.s during COVID-19. Now, we’re graduating into political chaos

“It is difficult to absorb all the uncertainty and still hold on to hope,” this Ph.D. student writes

www.science.org

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