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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/at-least-55-iranians-deported-hundreds-more-at-risk

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says

The National Iranian American Council tells Middle East Eye that the community was targeted following the Israel-Iran '12-day war'

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 6d

My fellow academics: the @aaup.org is doing amazing work, successfully! defending faculty and universities against attacks from Vought/the Trump administration. Proud to be a member. It takes only 3 minutes to join, to support them fighting the good fight for all Americans ✊ www.aaup.org

AAUP Home

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omerbartov.bsky.social @omerbartov.bsky.social · Jul 15

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 20

We (a group of academics and scholars) are calling for an immediate end to #Israel’s war against #Iran and #Palestine. If you support this call, please add your name to the petition here. Thank you!
#solidarity #ceasefirenow #petition
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

[Petition] Stop the war on Iran!

Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...

docs.google.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 19

The masks are coming off: human values and international law seem to count for nothing anymore. This was already evident when the world did nothing to stop the genocide in Gaza. As you read this, Israel is still killing civilians who are already displaced & starving.
www.standaard.be/opinies/je-k...

Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn

Zelfs wie het Iraanse regime haat en meedeed aan de Mahsa Amini-protesten, ziet de Israëlische bombardementen als een externe aanval die gestopt moet worden, schrijft Ladan Rahbari. Al zijn er altijd enkele royalisten die de aanval toejuichen.

www.standaard.be

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 13

Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war.

These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack.

We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails or personal messages. I may not be able to reply to each one, but I see them all and deeply appreciate your support.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 15

Spare me the Western savior complex that tries to justify this madness. I despise the Islamic Republic as much as anyone else. I want them gone. But war will not bring stability to Iran. War will not bring prosperity to our people.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 15

I truly don’t have words to express how disgusted I am by the west, not only for turning a blind eye, but for actively enabling the (genocidal) campaigns of the #Israeli regime from #Palestine to #Iran.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 15

Like many other #Iranians living outside the country, I’ve been watching anxiously and worrying sick about my family, friends and loved ones in Iran. When they can get a stable enough internet connection, they tell me about the constant fear and uncertainly they’re living in.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · May 23

We had the great honor of hosting Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social at the Amsterdam Center for Gender & Sexuality this week. We learned about his amazing research on club nights & the book Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution @aissr.bsky.social

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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) @aissr.bsky.social · May 19

🕺🏽The Closure Epidemic: Why are gay bars disappearing? What comes next?

Join our Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality this Friday for @aminghaziani.bsky.social’s talk on queer nightlife’s joyful, mobile reinvention 👇

23 May | 15:30 – 17:00

🔗 arcgs.uva.nl/content/even...

The Closure Epidemic. How disruptions affect queer nightlife - ARC-GS

Discover how queer nightlife is evolving beyond bar closures in Amin Ghaziani’s talk on club nights, joy, and urban sexualities.

arcgs.uva.nl

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · May 19

"We must act now in the interest of human life and dignity.

Here is an urgent plea to #Dutch higher education institutions to cut ties with #genocide and refuse #police on campus!"

#Academia #Netherlands #palestine #actnow #sign

openletter.earth/nederlandse-...

Urgent plea to Dutch higher education institutions: Cut ties with genocide and refuse police on campus!

openletter.earth

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

PhD in Iranian Secular Visual Culture

In this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture.

www.uu.nl

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians

This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians

This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jan 14

Oh that’s so kind of you 😊 and thank you!

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jan 14

My paper 'Dual #Nationality, Anti-Citizenship, and Xeno-Racism: Online Tropes on #Migrant (In)gratitude, and (In)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,' is now published in the #British Journal of #Sociology. #xenoracism #dualnationality #Iran
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dual nationality, anti‐citizenship, and xeno‐racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and charged with spying and propaganda activities against the Iranian state...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jan 14

If you are interested in the intersection of #queer #aging and #sexuality, check out the new paper published in the Journal of Women and Aging titled 'Unruly Temporalities: Older Queer Women and Non-Binary People Narrating Later-Life Sexuality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality

In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people’s sexuality later in life. Drawing on 30 interviews with 32 queer women and non-binary people aged 49-...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Dec 10

On December 3rd, I had the immense privilege of witnessing my PhD student, Dr. Nika Looman, successfully defend their thesis:
“Queer late/r life sex. Women and non-binary people’s unruly stories.”
#PhDDefense #ProudSupervisor #Queer #Sex #Aging #AcademicAchievement @aissr.bsky.social

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Nov 23

I am a political sociologist if that counts

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Nov 21

Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...

Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands

Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...

forms.gle

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Sarah Bracke @antigonesdream.bsky.social · Nov 22

Seeking to navigate the political turbulence in NL with a steady compass, I wrote this essay.

So we can defend what needs to be defended:
Higher education and the right to protest.

Rendez-vous in Den Hague, Monday Nov. 25. 1pm, Malieveld.

www.diggitmagazine.com/refusing-mor...

Refusing Moral Panics/Defending Education and the Right to Protest

Universities under AttackIf education is the midwife of democracy, as U.S. philosopher John Dewey once argued, then authoritarian political visions have a stake in dismantling institutions of educatio...

www.diggitmagazine.com

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Nov 19

Right-wing accounts & #bots have become active here too. I’ve noticed an increase in #racist #anti-Palestinian bots using derogatory language in their interactions. As others have suggested, the best approach is to #report & #block them. Engaging with them only gives them the attention they seek.

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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Nov 16

Please consider signing this letter: ‘Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians’
An open letter to the federal government of #Germany, to exert pressure on #Israel to end the #killing, maiming, & destruction of #Palestinian life #freepalestine docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians

Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide co...

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