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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 19h

Upcoming talk by the historian of eugenics Marius Turda!
👉 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin...
🗓 Tuesday 4th November, 6.30pm, London

Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 7d

The exhibition 'We are not Alone': Legacies of Eugenics was first displayed @wienerlibrary.bsky.social in London 4 years ago. It has since travelled to countries in Europe, South and North America. Here's a short film providing an overview of its main themes and aims.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...

“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics

YouTube video by Marius Turda

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 8d

Check out this paper by @bobi24.bsky.social & #MariusTurda on #colonialism #eugenics & #race in #Central & #Eastern #Europe published by @gscjournal.bsky.social Here is the link:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 9d

Marius Turda's incisive text on the #legaciesofeugenics is published by @tandfresearch.bsky.social and available on #OpenAccess.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Legacies of eugenics: confronting the past, forging a future

The anti-eugenic commemoration of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York between 22 and 28 September 1921, was unprecedented in te...

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · Mar 16

To learn more about eugenics in global context check out the Small Beginnings link on the Confront Eugenics platform. There are several recorded academic seminars, which can help to better understand our current political moment and issues. confront-eugenics.org?fbclid=IwZXh...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 9d

On 13 October 2025 @drshantella.bsky.social will be the guest of #CIER and #BabeșBolyaiUniversity in #Cluj. Her talk will focus on #feeblemindedness and #eugenics among American Blacks. Event co-sponsered by @confronteugenics.bsky.social

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 14d

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 29d

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Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...

wienerholocaustlibrary.org

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Aisling Shalvey @ashshalvey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Unsere Datenbank ist jetzt online! Ich bin sehr glücklich ein Teil davon gewesen zu sein, und es nun mit der Welt teilen zu können

Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · Aug 27

Erzwungene medizinische Forschung im Nationalsozialismus: Historiker und Leopoldina-Mitglied Paul Weindling von der Oxford Brookes University spricht über Hirnforschung in der NS-Zeit und die neue Opfer-Datenbank von @maxplanck.de und Leopoldina➡️ www.leopoldina.org/presse/newsl...

Porträt von Prof. Dr. Paul Weindling im Freien, lächelnd in die Kamera blickend. Er trägt ein helles Sakko, ein blaues Hemd und eine grüne Krawatte mit weißen Punkten.

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 30

Join Marius Turda for an illustrated talk & Q&A on his book In Search of the Perfect Romanian. Explore history, identity & eugenics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carteadevi...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Aug 21

It promises to be a special event!

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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossb-brighton.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm looking forward to returning to Oxford Brookes University (where I did my BA, MA, and PhD!) on 3rd October for this inspired event marking the 40th anniversary of Dan Kevles' landmark work 'In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity.' All welcome.

#histsci #histbio #STS 🗃️

Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jul 1

Check out Claire Hilton's book Petty Tyranny and Soulless Discipline published today. Read & download free at: bit.ly/43GTPI5

Petty Tyranny and Soulless Discipline?

High expectations for a better world followed the First World War. Many changes took place aligned with ‘progress’, but in England the poorest benefited little from them. This was all too evident in t...

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · Jun 30

Attend if you can. Marius Turda is an absolutely brilliant speaker and thinker - highly recommend!

Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 30

Join Marius Turda for an illustrated talk & Q&A on his book In Search of the Perfect Romanian. Explore history, identity & eugenics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carteadevi...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 30

Join Marius Turda for an illustrated talk & Q&A on his book In Search of the Perfect Romanian. Explore history, identity & eugenics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carteadevi...

Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which was backed by 314 votes to 291, will now go to the House of Lords!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MPs back assisted dying bill in historic Commons vote

The bill would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their own lives.

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 15

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Genetics Startup Advertises App-Based Eugenics Service for Parents to Select "Smartest" Embryos

A Gen Z entrepreneur with a passion for eugenics has launched an app that allows prospective parents to rank which embryos they want.

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Jun 9

Published in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social and
@washingtonpost.com this important call to take the history of eugenics seriously!
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Expert says eugenics history is relevant in today’s college classrooms

The topic’s continued relevance and the potential to misuse science for political ends make teaching eugenics history “essential” in science courses, a professor writes.

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · May 19

It's been 40 years since the publication of the seminal work on the history of eugenics by Daniel Kevles. To celebrate this achievement a one-day conference will be held in Oxford on 3 Oct., including a special lecture by Kevles. More details to follow!

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · May 6

In this piece, Bernard Rorke reveals the shocking anti-Roma racism that continues to inform daily life in Hungary
www.errc.org/news/aparthe...

Apartheid by stealth: shocking scandal of ‘Gypsy free’ village in Hungary revealed - European Roma Rights Centre

By Bernard Rorke Investigative journalist Róbert Báthory has revealed how, for almost 20 years the ...

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · May 5

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Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Apr 24

It’s been said many times before, but worth repeating. Human geneticists must take a stand against #eugenics.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is happening in a few days! Watch live here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOk...

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

📣 New Long Read!

Cristian Cercel provides an in-depth reflection on Marius Turda’s new book În căutarea românului perfect. Specific național, degenerare rasială și selecție socială în România modernă, published by Polirom in 2024.

Read it here:
ceureviewofbooks.com/longread/the...

The past and present of the history of racism in Romania - CEU Review of Books

Cristian Cercel provides an in-depth reflection on Marius Turda’s new book În căutarea românului perfect. Specific național, degenerare rasială și selecție socială în România modernă, published by Pol...

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