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Catherine E. de Vries

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Generali Endowed Chair in European Policies, President of the Institute of European Policy Making at Bocconi University (she/her) www.catherinedevries.eu Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Launching the Etched in Marble series on my Substack today.
 💡 Conversations with writers + thinkers about how ideas last.

First guest: Simon Kuper, FT columnist & author of Football Against the Enemy & Chums

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Etched in Marble: Simon Kuper on Clarity, Memory, and Why Writing Still Matters

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you Virginia!

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Virginia Mucchi @virginiamucchi.bsky.social · 1h

@catherinedevries.bsky.social interviews @casmudde.bsky.social. Very interesting and insightful as usual.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 3h

Interestingly it was in English. Cas and I sometimes find that easier! 🤣

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4h

It was such a joy to have this conversation with you.

I’m so privileged to be able to write these posts and hope folks will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 4h

This was a really challenging interview and I thank @catherinedevries.bsky.social for pushing me to reflect on why and how I write. I was kind of surprised by the result myself.

Hope you like it… and read the other interesting interviews by her.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.

Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

📢 I would love to hear from others about how they try to find and protect their voice in a world that rewards volume and hot takes. Let me know!

Message me here, via my Substack or email.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Read more about my conversation with Cas Mudde here 👇

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Thank you so much @casmudde.bsky.social for taking the time! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

His advice for writers: “Value voice over volume.”

It’s not about producing more, publishing more, or being everywhere.

It’s about sounding like yourself.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Finding and protecting one’s voice has become even harder.

Across media, and now through AI, language is being standardised, polished until it all sounds the same.

“We risk narrowing the debate,” Mudde warns.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

What struck me most: his commitment to his voice.

After writing for outlets like The New York Times, he would sometimes get edits back and think: “That wasn’t my voice.”

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

But these maps change with life.

“When I was single, I could work anytime. Now, with a family, it’s harder.”

Writing, like life, adapts to circumstance.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

He can’t write until he sees the structure. “If I don’t see the structure, it means I don’t see my argument.”

The structure is the map. Once he has it, the words flow.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

That contrast says a lot: some writing exists to meet expectations, and other writing to make sense of the world.

You do your best writing, Mudde suggests, when you manage to do both.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

“When I write op-eds,” Mudde told me, “it’s often because I can’t get something out of my head. I need to start my day by writing it down.”

Academic writing, he added, is “more instrumental, because academia pushes you to.”

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Cas Mudde is one of the world’s leading experts on populism & the far right.

In our conversation for Etched in Marble we talked about his writing, finding one’s voice, and the quiet power of staying true to oneself.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 22h

Big congrats to you all, and definitely a great contribution.

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Great work, Alvaro!

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Tim Haughton @timhaughton.bsky.social · 1d

A quick take on the Czech elections 🇨🇿 written with one of my PhD students, Marek Prsin: views-from-central-and-balkan-countries.eu/motorists-pi... @sarahobolt.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social

Motorists, Pirates and Dissatisfied Citizens: Recipes for Electoral Success in the Czech Republic – Views from Central Europe and the Balkans

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Giovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 3d

Please share!

Call for papers in the formal theory section at EPSS 2026 @epssnet.bsky.social.

Call for papers is open: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We welcome individual and panel submissions on all substantive areas of political science!

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

It’s high time to present European integration not as a threat to national identity, but as the means to protect and strengthen it -
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Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno

Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris

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Marike Stellinga @marikestellinga.bsky.social · 4d

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Waarom euro-obligaties wél een goed idee zijn

Column: De EU is een economische macht van jewelste. Toch leunt het Europese financiële systeem nog steeds op de dollar en de Amerikaanse centrale bank. Dat moet anders.

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to visiting @ipp-csic.bsky.social and presenting joint work with @siennanordquist.bsky.social @mattiacecchi2000.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social!

Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 5d

El próximo miércoles recibimos a Simone Cremaschi (@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) de la Bocconi University.

👉 Acceso libre hasta completar aforo.

Vente al @cchscsic.bsky.social, tómate un café ☕ y escucha, comparte e intercambia ideas con otros investigadores y estudiantes.

¡Te esperamos!

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We'll feature four sections this week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 Judicial Politics + Public Policy & Administration + Migration Politics + Gender & Sexuality Politics

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EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK

Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Submit your excellent gender, sexuality, and politics papers & panels for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 👇

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com

📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>

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