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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 5d

😹 Koen I am literally at kinepolis jaarbeurs with my daughter and her friend to see Life of a Showgirl

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 5d

It’s kind of amazing to me how people can ask for so much interest and attention without ever offering it back.

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Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social · 8d

So grateful I got to be there for this - make sure you catch this gorgeous film when it comes your way

Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 11d

Very much looking forward to seeing Marie Valentine Regan in Utrecht, who will screen and talk about her documentary on the great Etel Adnan. I’ve seen fragments and even these did do much to restore and inspire my heart. 💜 @ilfu.com

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Film & Talk: Etel Adnan (speciale voorvertoning van 'Adnan being and time') • ILFU

For English, click hereSpeciale voorvertoning van deze filmdocumentaire (duur: 70 min) van Marie Valentine Regan over het schilder- en dichtwerk van Etel Adnan. Met een exclusieve Q&A met filmmake...

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Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social · 8d

@historiek.bsky.social licht enkele recent verschenen geschiedenisboeken uit. "Schrijven over vernietiging" -over de Holocaust, kolonialisme, Gaza- is één van de tien boeken, net als het nét verschenen "De wereld volgens Noord-Korea" van @remcobreuker.bsky.social . Gebroederlijk boven elkaar.

Nieuwe geschiedenisboeken, week 40 (2025) | Historiek

Wekelijks verschijnen er nieuwe geschiedenisboeken. Van lijvige studies tot publieksboeken en van naslagwerken tot historische strips. Op Historiek plaatsen we veel voorpublicaties en we bespreken…

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 11d

Very much looking forward to seeing Marie Valentine Regan in Utrecht, who will screen and talk about her documentary on the great Etel Adnan. I’ve seen fragments and even these did do much to restore and inspire my heart. 💜 @ilfu.com

ilfu.com/agenda/film-...

Film & Talk: Etel Adnan (speciale voorvertoning van 'Adnan being and time') • ILFU

For English, click hereSpeciale voorvertoning van deze filmdocumentaire (duur: 70 min) van Marie Valentine Regan over het schilder- en dichtwerk van Etel Adnan. Met een exclusieve Q&A met filmmake...

ilfu.com

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Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social · 22d

Felix Straatsma maakte voor Radio @sleutelstad.bsky.social een mooie reportage over de boekpresentatie van "Schrijven over vernietiging". Interviews met Sander Bax, Mia You, bram ieven, Bareez Majid en ondergetekende.

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'Schrijven over vernietiging': nieuw boek eert Holocaust-overlever Sem Dresden

De Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB) in Leiden organiseerde maandag voor de tweede keer een symposium ter nagedachtenis aan de in 2002 overleden hoogleraar en Holocaust-overlever Sem Dresden. Tijdens dit ...

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 24d

Friends in Paris: I’ll be reading with Claudia Rankine and Gabriel Gauthier on 24 September, Atelier Michael Woolworth, for the wonderful Double Change collective. Please come by and say hello. 💞

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 27d

Same for NL please

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 27d

Can we shift away from low-quality UUK leadership?

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · Sep 7

Now with Gloria Wekker too ❤️‍🔥

Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy to get to join this program on Audre Lorde’s literary & political legacy with Mariken Heitman, @sylvanasimons.bsky.social & @lazeefuik.bsky.social .

As Lorde said, “Every day of your lives is practice in becoming the person you want to be.” 🍉

ILFU Boeken etc. @ilfu.com · Aug 15

Een nieuwe spelling van onze namen – over 'Zami' van Audre Lorde

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 26

Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.

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Joe Lanman @joelanman.bsky.social · Aug 26

Avery Edison
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I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications
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lieke marsman @liekemarsman.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ik vind 'wonen' een sympathiek en belangrijk speerpunt voor de aanstaande verkiezingen, maar binnen dat thema zou ik de vraag 'Hoe zorgen we ervoor dat we niet binnen 8 jaar in een door AI gestroomlijnde fascistische staat wonen?' op één zetten.

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Hassnae @hassnae.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hier hebben we de afgelopen tijd knetterhard aan gewerkt en ik ben er super trots op. Met de geweldige @remcobreuker.bsky.social als hoofdpersoon, gids, reisgezel. Montage door maatje @nvrens.bsky.social en camera Jefrim Rothuizen. Later meer.

Peter Breedveld @frontaalnaakt.nl · Aug 19

Remco reist samen met regisseur Hassnae Bouazza van de bruisende straten van Seoul tot het vulkanische Jejudo en Gwangju, symbool voor de strijd tegen de dictatuur.

REIZEN, REURING EN REMCO BREUKER: ‘BIG IN KOREA’ VANAF 7 SEPTEMBER OP NPO 2

Dertig jaar geleden ging Remco Breuker als jonge student voor het eerst naar Zuid-Korea. Hij werd verliefd op het land, het geweldige eten, maakte er zijn meest dierbare vrienden en bouwde er een twee...

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Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social · Aug 19

In september komt dit boek uit, dat ik met Goran Bouaziz en bram ieven heb samengesteld.

Het gaat over de vraag hoe je kunt schrijven over geweld, de verschrikkingen van concentratiekampen.

Maar ook over wat het betekent om over de Holocaust na te denken ten overstaan van de gruwelen in Gaza.

Schrijven over vernietiging - Verbum Holocaust Bibliotheek

Verschijningsdatum: 15 september 2025

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · Aug 18

Who wants to do a panel with me but our panel is a seance asking the ghosts of modernists random anachronistic questions? Like: Gertrude, do you see a white dress or a blue dress? Ezra, f*ck marry kill, Mussolini, Putin, Dump?

Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · Aug 18

Exciting news! The CFP for the joint MSA/ BAMS conference in Loughborough next July is out now. Because this is a joint conference in the UK, there are a number of changes to note for MSA members, including the earlier deadline (Dec. 1) for papers, panels, workshops, etc. More details at the link!

The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...

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Kári Driscoll @kdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 15

🐋 1 month left! CFP for #EASLCE2026 – Join the Orca Uprising! (14–17 April, Utrecht University).
Deadline for abstracts: 15 Sept 2025.
Keynotes: Greg Garrard, Kate Rigby, Eva Meijer.
Full details here: easlce2026.sites.uu.nl
@easlce.bsky.social
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Flyer for the conference, featuring orcas gliding through the evening sky above Utrecht

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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy to get to join this program on Audre Lorde’s literary & political legacy with Mariken Heitman, @sylvanasimons.bsky.social & @lazeefuik.bsky.social .

As Lorde said, “Every day of your lives is practice in becoming the person you want to be.” 🍉

ILFU Boeken etc. @ilfu.com · Aug 15

Een nieuwe spelling van onze namen – over 'Zami' van Audre Lorde

Een nieuwe spelling van onze namen – over 'Zami' van Audre Lorde • ILFU

Op woensdag 1 oktober brengen we in Bibliotheek Neude een ode aan Audre Lorde (1934-1992), de invloedrijke Afro-Amerikaanse dichter, essayist en activist. Samen met onder anderen Mia You, Sylvana Simons...

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · Aug 14

In the spirit of syllabus season, here’s a link to an extinction studies course of the #envhist #envhum variety. From the dodo to dire wolves...Please borrow, adapt, share!

drive.google.com/file/d/1SzKp...

cc: @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!

A screenshot of the ANTI-EXTINCTION syllabus cover page with a dodo representing extinct beings. The text reads: "Though extinction is a natural phenomenon, human activity has hastened species loss in recent centuries. What factors led to the loss of the dodo, the passenger pigeon, and thylacine? What brought the American bison and California condor back from the brink of extinction? What are the promises and perils of de-extinction projects that aim to recreate dire wolves and woolly mammoths? These case studies (among others!) offer critical context for understanding ongoing biodiversity and social justice crises. Organized around questions of multispecies justice, with an emphasis on the significance of stories, this course invites students to consider what kind of existence they want for themselves and for other beings amidst the Sixth Mass Extinction."

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Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · Aug 13

OPPORTUNITY!! @royalholloway.bsky.social is recruiting a poet to join our Creative Writing team - the role is part-time (0.5), permanent, and encompasses teaching and research! More than happy to chat about department culture and all things RHUL poetry🧡 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry)

Part-Time, Permanent (0.5 FTE)Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Creative Writing in the English Department, to start September 2025. Creative writing is expanding at RHUL. Joining t...

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · Aug 11

I have a new article out today. It's about an environmental turn in Palestinian arts and activism, and how environmental framings of Palestine and the Palestinian struggle enable different forms of identification and solidarity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Planting Palestine: Food, environment, and the arts of solidarity - Hannah Boast, 2025

This article identifies an ‘environmental turn’ in contemporary Palestinian arts and activism. It argues that environmentalism, mediated especially through food...

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · Aug 10

The chaotic scenes of mass arrests as the British government lost its social consent to police in the context of public moral outrage and despair about Palestine is the type of risk I discussed with RUSI - Royal United services institute in 2022 in the context of climate www.rusi.org/research-eve...

Recording: Policing in an Era of Climate Change: The Challenge of ‘Eco-Dissent'

A discussion on ‘eco-dissent’ which explores how increasingly radical forms of demonstrations are presenting new challenges to policing.

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Aug 9

Alice Oswald arrested this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action.

A screenshot of an Instagram post noting the arrest of Alice Oswald for supporting Palestine Action.

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Kira Josefsson @kirajosefsson.bsky.social · Jul 9

I won’t be able to write from the grave
so let me tell you what I love:
oil, vinegar, salt, lettuce, brown bread, butter,
cheese and wine, a windy day, a fireplace,
the children nearby, poems and songs,
a friend sleeping in my bed—
and the short northern nights.

RIP to a true north.

Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Jul 9

RIP Fanny Howe 1940–2025

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jul 31

I really think universities underestimate how true this is for a lot of students and their parents. They don’t want us to try to pretend to be cool. They want us to be a bit dusty, and very serious. Enthusiastic, definitely! But also nerdy. We’re selling them ACADEMIA.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Jul 31

The kids aren't stupid. They either want to come to uni because they want to study. Or because they think it leads to a job. They also know it's going to cost them money AND time.

They want a uni brand/site to FEEL like a university. They expect it to be a bit old school. Not a game. Not a company.

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