Erik O’Barr
@erikcharlemagne.bsky.social
Columbia Ph.D. // Ottoman and Iranian History // Other Random Stuff
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Learning that the great Turkish political scientist Taha Parla has passed. He was the first to really theorize Kemalism as a corporatist ideology. His book, /Corporatist Ideology in Kemalist Turkey: Progress or Order?/ Co-authored with Andrew Davison, was absolutely foundational for my own work.
Siyaset bilimci Prof. Dr. Taha Parla vefat etti
Siyaset bilimci Prof. Dr. Taha Parla vefat etti
Türkiye'de siyasal kültür ve rejim tartışmaları üzerine önemli eserler veren Prof. Dr. Taha Parla yaşamını yitirdi.
medyascope.tv
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Learning that the great Turkish political scientist Taha Parla has passed. He was the first to really theorize Kemalism as a corporatist ideology. His book, /Corporatist Ideology in Kemalist Turkey: Progress or Order?/ Co-authored with Andrew Davison, was absolutely foundational for my own work.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
www.openculture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
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Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
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New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
Is college enrollment really plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
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Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.
Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.
In 2024, Columbia kept the campus locked down. It put in place so many rules governing protests that it effectively quashed
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
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I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
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For more details, visit the NMC event page (www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events).
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For more details, visit the NMC event page (www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events).
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Tapping the sign: professors today have enough trouble getting students to *read* - let alone "stepping them in leftist dogma"?
(NYTimes says what?)
(NYTimes says what?)
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Tapping the sign: professors today have enough trouble getting students to *read* - let alone "stepping them in leftist dogma"?
(NYTimes says what?)
(NYTimes says what?)
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Here are some places to donate $$ to help. In south FL, there are places to donate provisions.
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here are some places to donate $$ to help. In south FL, there are places to donate provisions.
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
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It is a pet peeve of mine, but adding "neo-Ottoman" to a headline or book title is almost always just giving a thin coat of bullshit patina to one's argument.
There are times when the term has analytical heft. Those times are pretty infrequent.
There are times when the term has analytical heft. Those times are pretty infrequent.
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It is a pet peeve of mine, but adding "neo-Ottoman" to a headline or book title is almost always just giving a thin coat of bullshit patina to one's argument.
There are times when the term has analytical heft. Those times are pretty infrequent.
There are times when the term has analytical heft. Those times are pretty infrequent.
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
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Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
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If the world was just Mick Foley would be the CEO of WWE
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If the world was just Mick Foley would be the CEO of WWE
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One Thousand and One Kisses is available for order on Amazon. Please use the links below to find your local Amazon marketplace. We'd appreciate it if you could recommend the title to your university or local library.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
One Thousand and One Kisses is available for order on Amazon. Please use the links below to find your local Amazon marketplace. We'd appreciate it if you could recommend the title to your university or local library.
translationattached.com/available-now/
translationattached.com/available-now/
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First published in Istanbul by Amedi Publishing House in weekly installments between 1923 and 1924, these anonymously written stories blend humor and eroticism, offering saucy examples of early twentieth century romantic comedy.
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
First published in Istanbul by Amedi Publishing House in weekly installments between 1923 and 1924, these anonymously written stories blend humor and eroticism, offering saucy examples of early twentieth century romantic comedy.
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I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
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So much going on. But I want to keep the continuous resistance of Boğaziçi academics in our minds. For their sake, for all our sake.
Today marked the 1166th vigil. Demonstrators are protesting a government-imposed rector, curbs on academic freedom, and the targeting of students and faculty.
Today marked the 1166th vigil. Demonstrators are protesting a government-imposed rector, curbs on academic freedom, and the targeting of students and faculty.
2 Ekim 2025 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Akademisyenleri Nöbeti no. 1166. Direnişin 5. yılı/1733. günü Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'nde #KabulEtmiyoruzVazgeçmiyoruz
October 2, 2025 Boğaziçi University Faculty Vigil #1166/5th year/1733rd day of the resistance. At Boğaziçi Univ. #WeDoNotAcceptWeDoNotGiveUp!
October 2, 2025 Boğaziçi University Faculty Vigil #1166/5th year/1733rd day of the resistance. At Boğaziçi Univ. #WeDoNotAcceptWeDoNotGiveUp!
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So much going on. But I want to keep the continuous resistance of Boğaziçi academics in our minds. For their sake, for all our sake.
Today marked the 1166th vigil. Demonstrators are protesting a government-imposed rector, curbs on academic freedom, and the targeting of students and faculty.
Today marked the 1166th vigil. Demonstrators are protesting a government-imposed rector, curbs on academic freedom, and the targeting of students and faculty.
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AFAIK Weiss had a very successful undergraduate career in which she wasn’t silenced (and in fact was involved in campaigning against specific professors) so this is an excellent take
The new editor of CBS News looked at political violence in America, and confidently identified the "biggest culprits": the universities.
This is the perspective that Weiss is being hired to bring to a hard news outlet.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
This is the perspective that Weiss is being hired to bring to a hard news outlet.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
AFAIK Weiss had a very successful undergraduate career in which she wasn’t silenced (and in fact was involved in campaigning against specific professors) so this is an excellent take
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Remembrances from colleagues of Brinkley Messick (1946-2025)
In Memoriam - Brinkley Messick — Middle East Institute
www.mei.columbia.edu
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Remembrances from colleagues of Brinkley Messick (1946-2025)
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Join OTSA on October 24, 2025, for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, from 12:30-2:00 PM CT via Zoom! northwestern.zoom.us/j/97676602573
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join OTSA on October 24, 2025, for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, from 12:30-2:00 PM CT via Zoom! northwestern.zoom.us/j/97676602573
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A wide range of academic organizations has signed a letter calling on the Department of Education to reinstate the Title VI program. For those not familiar, Title VI funds foreign language and area studies programs. The funding has prepared generations of students for international work and research
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September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A wide range of academic organizations has signed a letter calling on the Department of Education to reinstate the Title VI program. For those not familiar, Title VI funds foreign language and area studies programs. The funding has prepared generations of students for international work and research
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New episode 💯💯
Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)
The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today
👇👇
turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...
Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)
The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today
👇👇
turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...
Perin Gurel on the history of comparing Turkey and Iran in the West
Turkey Book Talk #254 – Perin Gurel of the University of Notre Dame on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (Cambridge University P…
turkeybooktalk.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New episode 💯💯
Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)
The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today
👇👇
turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...
Perin Gurel on “Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America’s Wife, America’s Concubine” (@universitypress.cambridge.org)
The book explores the political and cultural history of Turkey–Iran comparisons from the Cold War era to today
👇👇
turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/30/p...