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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 3h

Such an important essay by Rawad Wehbe on poetry in a time of genocide:

“When a poet is relegated to mere commentary, regardless of context, language ceases to be an intervention, and the poet is no longer an agitator”

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 3d

Rawad Wehbe writes with a critique of the representation of Arabic poetry in leading Western publications. Too often, the over-promotion of a representative figure will stand in for engagement with a rich tradition—and the full truth of the Gaza genocide.

proteanmag.com/2025/10/05/t...

The End of Palestine in English • Protean Magazine

Rawad Wehbe writes with an extended critique of the shallow representationalism and tokenization that have marked the orientation of leading Western media spaces towards Palestinian poetry. Rather tha...

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Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social · 1d

Risk-averse universities “hindering REF performance” by ignoring non-traditional research.

Institutions should “pull their socks up”, @nataliejessic10.bsky.social tells the 2025 Hidden REF Festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).

Free to read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance’ - Research Professional News

Hidden REF Festival: Institutions urged to “pull their socks up” and submit more non-traditional outputs

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · 20h

New Special Issue: Getting Critical About Critique in Higher Education 🚨

The SI rethinks the meaning and practices of ‘criticality’, foregrounds diverse perspectives (Confucianism, Arabic-Islamic philosophy...), and opens new pathways for global scholarship

www.tandfonline.com/toc/cthe20/3...

A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge. The cover also states the name of the Special Issue (Getting Critical About Critique in Higher Education) and the Guest Editors (Kathy Luckett, Ibrar Bhatt and Alison MacKenzie)

List of contents (please see the link for the full list of articles in the Special Issue)

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 1d

🥪 Our Research Practice Seminars are back!

Join us in exploring some of the creative, critical, ethical, political or methodological aspects of research as a practice

Thursdays from 12-2pm, a sandwich lunch is provided
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research-practice-seminars/

Research Practice Seminar - CRASSH

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 2d

💥New: Academic careers have become a professional sport

✍️ @swallaschek.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcademicCareers

Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences

Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY: Mon., Oct. 6 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"AI and the Digital: On Ways of Being"

James Bridle and Audrey Borowski on how natural systems reveal their complexity and knowledge as new technologies threaten to cause their extinction. #Philosophy

Register:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...

AI and the Digital: On Ways of Being

www.thephilosopher1923.org

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 2d

Today I presented my BA/Leverhulme research project to the 'meithel' of doctoral students in Philosophy of Education at UCD, Dublin. What a joy to discuss & theorise reading with such a group of engaged students. A special thanks to the @pesgb.bsky.social for funding this visit 😊

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Internazionale @internazionale.it · 5d

Il mondo dalla parte di Gaza. Foto di copertina di Emanuele Donazza. Leggi il sommario del nuovo numero di Internazionale: intern.az/1Ohi

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · 5d

Statement from the Syrian community in the UK ❤️

syrianbritish.org/statement-fr...

Statement from the Syrian Community in the UK on the Tragic Attack in Crumpsall – Syrian British Consortium

syrianbritish.org

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 5d

The world hasn't stopped falling apart, but if relevant, Monday onwards I'll be observing this from the vantage point of @lselibrary.bsky.social archives & research for my @leverhulme.ac.uk project on non-reciprocity (janabacevic.net/research/und...), so give us a shout if around!

Uncategorical imperatives: understanding nonreciprocity

This research project, supported by the Leverhulme Trust, seeks to understand nonreciprocity as both a constitutive and ethically neutral force in social and political life. By conceptualizing ever…

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 6d

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 6d

I chaired a wonderful Viva today. Such a privilege and pleasure to see students defend their thesis with true passion and a commitment to change. Now heading home to enjoy... ❤️
#vivavoce

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 6d

❤️ (hi Tom)

Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · 6d

Palestine Geographies Reader

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Palestine Geographies Reader

The Palestine Geographies Reader is a growing, open access digital reference of geographical writings, media and resources on Palestine.

palestinegeographies.org

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 6d

This. Now.

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 7d

Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.

The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.

They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.

Israel is once again breaking international law

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has intercepted and bombed the Sumud flotilla www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘Kidnapping’: Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla; detains activists, Thunberg

Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

www.aljazeera.com

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 7d

UKCGE to Partner on £3.4m Project on AI Researcher Development Network.

UKCGE | UKCGE to Partner on £3.4m Project on AI Researcher…

A joint project from Aston University and the University of Leeds to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) tools researcher development network has won…

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to reading this.

Prof Dina Zoe Belluigi @dzbelluigi.bsky.social · 7d

Free to Think - the annual report on Scholars at Risk - has been published today for 2024-5.

See www.scholarsatrisk.org/free-to-thin...

@scholarsatrisk.bsky.social #HigherEducation #CriticalUniversityStuides #AcademicFreedom

Free to Think | Scholars at Risk

Free to Think is an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project. The reports explore concerning trends in attacks on higher education communities around the world with the ...

www.scholarsatrisk.org

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 8d

Earlier this year my department somehow published this, where I offer reflections on my visiting fellowship at @ucsandiego.bsky.social, and write about why, if we are committed to higher education, we must fight for a borderless world: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Dr Jana Bacevic - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 8d

My talk at the ESI Systems Neuroscience Conference (ESISyNC) 2025 on "Subjective Time and Self in Altered States: Exploring Floatation-REST", Frankfurt, 9.9.2025, to be found here on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDq...

Dr. Marc Wittmann, Subjective Time and Self in Altered States: Exploring Floatation-REST

YouTube video by ESI Frankfurt

www.youtube.com

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 10d

Sunday read:
"Marx's Capital: A Conversation with Paul North"

Marx challenges capitalism's apparent inevitability, offering a framework to see capitalism's operations and imagine its undoing.

#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/marx-s-...

Marx's Capital: A conversation with Paul North

Paul North presents Marx's Capital as a dynamic, multi-genre work that blends economics, philosophy, and satire, along with tools from German idealism and political critique. Marx’s first volume lays ...

www.thephilosopher1923.org

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Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social · 11d

And that says it all, really:(

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 11d

“When Palestine in English revolts, it’s because Palestine in Arabic gives it life. Palestine in English resists becoming ghost because

Palestine in Arabic is never ghost, no matter the immensity of ruin”: Fady Joudah in @parapraxismag.bsky.social www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/exh...

Exhibit G: Baby Moses & Khalas — Parapraxis

or Notes on Palestinian Interiority Fady Joudah

www.parapraxismagazine.com

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 12d

Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?

Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".

Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...

Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"

Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...

birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 14d

On September 3rd, we launched our network with an exciting and inspiring event designed for and led by ECRS across the Midlands.

If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...

Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health Launches Successfully with Inaugural Workshop

From left to right: network leads Francesca Brencio and Matthew Broome, and research fellow Jodie Russell at the launch event The Birmingham...

birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 13d

ICYMI: "On Nature's Free Gifts"

Alyssa Battistoni's discussion with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia on the limits and social costs of capitalism, the socialization of nature, and freedom in a post-capitalist future.

Please like and subscribe on our YouTube channel!
#Philosophy

"On Nature's Free Gifts": Alyssa Battistoni with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia

YouTube video by The Philosopher

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