Yuri van Hoef
vanhoef.bsky.social
Yuri van Hoef
@vanhoef.bsky.social
IR and political history @erasmusuni | Expert on friendship in international politics, especially US politics and Franco-German relations | #History #International #Relations #Politics | PhD @UniversityLeeds
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Scholars of Friendship, Positive Peace, Emotions, come join our section @europeanisa.bsky.social this summer in Bologna (abstracts due 20 March 2025):

eisa-net.org/section-list/

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"bekogeld met een exemplaar van de verzamelde werken van Charles Bukowski"

www.nu.nl/achterklap/6...
Radiomaker Mischa Blok belaagd door jongens op fatbike: 'Gekneusde rib rijker'
Mischa Blok is zondagavond aangevallen op straat, laat ze weten op X. De radiopresentatrice werd door jongens op een fatbike bekogeld met een boek van de Amerikaanse schrijver Charles Bukowski. Ze hie...
www.nu.nl
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2009

"But damn it, doesn't anybody know how to write an ending any more?"

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November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great article; great person.
I'm delighted to share my new article, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! It examines how the Zapatistas used colonial memory while forging transnational alliances with European activists.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the release of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on November 19, 1975, I want to reshare my contextual history review of the film that doubles as a guide for thinking through our reactions to films, why we feel the ways we do, with my own thinking as a case study.
I'm a God Damn Marvel of Modern Film Scholarship – Black and White and Read All Over
A Contextual History Approach to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next (1975 [Content Warning: Mention of suicide] [Contains light spoilers] Poster for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) via IMDb One Fl...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem, but they don't know me"
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Big fan of your work. Friends & followers: this is going to be a great keynote to attend:
My FIRST EVER keynote. I've been practicing and everything.

11am EST this Saturday November 15th on the linked Zoom meeting!
Got plans this Saturday? Ho ho hold up, you should check out 'Tis the Season: Christmas in Pop Culture, 1900-2000, a virtual conference feat a keynote from @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social, a closing panel moderated by @lizwfab.bsky.social, & much more! 🗃️

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November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a bi disk. When it stands its cry expresses profound loneliness like a black dragon floating above the clouds."

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Japan's Love-Hate Relationship With Cats
From shapeshifters to demonic corpse eaters, supernatural cats have roamed for centuries in the country's folklore
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Final call to jump onboard our "Friendship & Positive Peace" section for @europeanisa.bsky.social in 2026. Deadline is 17/11
Currently finalizing our "friendship & positive peace" section proposal for @europeanisa.bsky.social. Do feel free to get in touch if you're working in this area as well; there's room for everyone.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Not only did my desktop die last week, my laptop died today as well, live, in an important meeting, as I was about to take the floor, with the most melodious beep possible. Twice.

youtube.com/shorts/6avdY...
Lenovo Thinkpad Musical Tone Error at boot up - Black screen beeping error #shorts
YouTube video by IFix Tech
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November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"do you think the French are better?"
Trump says that HBCUs would be "all be out of business" if fewer Chinese students were allowed to go to American universities
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
Top Mamdani-leaning neighborhoods, top Cuomo-leaning neighborhoods, and results from the highest-turnout areas: www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... And the map: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"The Netherlands is one of the last cases of “pure” proportional representation (PR) anywhere in the world, and certainly the only one in an established democracy"
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Zelfs in Omtzigts thuisstad Enschede, waar twee jaar geleden nog meer dan een kwart van de mensen op hem stemde, stemde nog maar 1 procent van de kiezers op NSC."

www.nu.nl/tweede-kamer...
Van twintig naar nul zetels: NSC verdwijnt na snelle opkomst uit Kamer
NSC bestormde twee jaar geleden met twintig zetels de Tweede Kamer, maar kwam deze verkiezingen keihard ten val. De partij kwam de deelname aan de rommelige coalitie met de PVV en het vertrek van Piet...
www.nu.nl
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side?
Been sworn my soldier, bidding me depend
Upon thy stars, thy fortune, and thy strength?
And dost thou now fall over to my foes?
War, war, no peace! Peace is to me a war.
True Story: JRR Tolkien plotted a sequel to Lord Of The Rings where a couple generations later, disaffected teenage boys in Gondor start LARPing as orcs to be edgy.

He wrote a chapter or two but abandoned it as “too depressing”.

No, really. Absolutely true— tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_New...
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"celebrating the enduring friendship through taste"

New article title just dropped
the ketchup banchan is fucking destroying me
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
10/16 and the world makes no sense anymore

www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
www.americansurveycenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Trump en Xi zijn twee wereldleiders die meer gemeen hebben dan ze toegeven. Beiden geloven dat macht belangrijker is dan het respect van vrienden"
‼️Vannacht staat de belangrijkste diplomatieke ontmoeting van het jaar gepland. Eentje waarvan we de gevolgen allemaal voelen. Ik schreef er alvast deze analyse over: “Waarom de ontmoeting tussen Donald Trump en Xi Jinping in Zuid-Korea de wereld in spanning houdt” @vrtnws.be

vrtnws.be/p.43vQLpbA6
Waarom de ontmoeting tussen Donald Trump en Xi Jinping in Zuid-Korea de wereld in spanning houdt | VRT NWS: nieuws
Na zes jaar schudden Donald Trump en Xi Jinping elkaar morgen opnieuw de hand, in Busan in Zuid-Korea. Hun eerste ontmoeting sinds Trump opnieuw in het Witte Huis zit, komt op een cruciaal moment in d...
vrtnws.be
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
Marking the tenth anniversary of the DVPW Working Group on Critical Security Studies, this roundtable brings together leading scholars from Germany and beyond to take stock of a decade of critical engagement with security politics.
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
Janan Ganesh puts it well:

on.ft.com/48TsW78 Europe and the curse of geography

Eg.
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Yuri van Hoef
Que peut la #fraternité ? À-peu-près tout et son contraire : exclure/inclure.. Alors faut-il s’en défaire ? Dans « Fraternité » @anamosa-ed.bsky.social, @arthurduhe.bsky.social invite à se saisir de la puissance de la métaphore fraternelle, pour « frapper juste ». Pas de combat sans #images !
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Currently finalizing our "friendship & positive peace" section proposal for @europeanisa.bsky.social. Do feel free to get in touch if you're working in this area as well; there's room for everyone.
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom - BBC News share.google/sHVc69CwfsTF...
White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom
Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump's new event space.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The necessity of peace and restoration, the hard work they require, are left to the cutting floor, while hour-long scenes of heroic violence take more and more space in each subsequent film"

www.avclub.com/return-of-th...
Why do Return Of The King adaptations flinch away from its most crucial chapter?
Why do Return Of The King adaptations flinch away from its most crucial chapter?
www.avclub.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM