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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · May 22

Last couple days for application

Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Apr 7

CfP is out for the upcoming conference I co-organise with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger in Bilbao this coming October.

Those working on radical right movements, conspiracy theories, and societal violence, send an abstract here 👇

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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · May 22

Consider submitting chapters for this exciting project 👇

Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social · May 13

Please consider joining us with our new and exciting open-access book project titled "The Dawn of the Dark Subject: Realms of Comfort and Privilege at Times of Crisis"
(ed w/) @erolsaglam.bsky.social
(We're keen on opening the editorship for invested candidates.)
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Cf Chapters Dark Agency latest version

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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · Apr 18

This statement from the NSF is insane.

Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.

Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.

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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Apr 7

CfP is out for the upcoming conference I co-organise with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger in Bilbao this coming October.

Those working on radical right movements, conspiracy theories, and societal violence, send an abstract here 👇

agenda.deusto.es/en/conferenc...

Conference: Radical Right Narratives, Conspiracy Theories, and Vigilantism in an Age of Democratic DeclineConference: Radical Right Narratives, Conspiracy Theories, and Vigilantism in an Age of Democr...

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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · Mar 11

New article alert! 📚📣 👏 Eron Saglam urges us to "rethink how conspiratorial narratives do not solely destabilize the truth but also generate dramatic setbacks for the way we conceive of society and politics." @erolsaglam.bsky.social #CurrentAnthropology #OpenAccess

Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Mar 10

First post on bluesky: my article on conspiracy theories, masculinities, and the changing parameters of statecraft just got published on Current Anthropology. It took some tiresome years but finally out--and fully free for anyone to read.

Here is the link:
doi.org/10.1086/733925

Embodying the State in the Margins : Men’s Forgings of Politics via Conspiratorial Narratives and Vigilante Violence | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No 1

This article explores the reconfigurations of state making in Turkey through an exploration of men’s circulation of conspiracy theories and engagements with vigilante violence since the 2000s. Rather ...

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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Mar 10

Another recent publication--this time from my research on street-level bureaucracies

Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · Mar 10

2. Bureaucrats as hidden resistors? @erolsaglam.bsky.social uncovers how street-level bureaucrats subtly push back against autocratisation from within: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Paperwork as statecraft: documents, politics, and bureaucratic agency in street-level organisations

Are bureaucratic institutions simply hollowed-out instruments of autocratisation, meaning they merely execute the orders of populist-authoritarian actors? If not, how do they deal with the destabi...

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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Mar 10

And, consider submitting papers for the upcoming APeCS Conference in Edinburgh (June 2-3). I am co-organising a panel, titled "Vigilant Futures" with Ana Ivasiuc and Vita Peacock

Details and CfP here👇

www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

APeCS Conference 2025: Future-Making in Times of Conflict, Violence and Insecurity | School of Social and Political Sciencelogo

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Erol Saglam @erolsaglam.bsky.social · Mar 10

First post on bluesky: my article on conspiracy theories, masculinities, and the changing parameters of statecraft just got published on Current Anthropology. It took some tiresome years but finally out--and fully free for anyone to read.

Here is the link:
doi.org/10.1086/733925

Embodying the State in the Margins : Men’s Forgings of Politics via Conspiratorial Narratives and Vigilante Violence | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No 1

This article explores the reconfigurations of state making in Turkey through an exploration of men’s circulation of conspiracy theories and engagements with vigilante violence since the 2000s. Rather ...

doi.org

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