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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Aug 19

They Call It Love (re-reading) @alvagotby.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

Two cats sitting on a windowsill beside a person’s knees, with the person holding the book They Call It Love in their hand.

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Aug 4

Early career researchers & PhDs in global history/anthropology – apply for a study stay in Warsaw (2–4 weeks). Great chance to work in a non-European context! @pobvuw.bsky.social

Individual Study Stays for Young Researchers in Warsaw - Warsaw Centre for Global History

The Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, in cooperation with the Warsaw Centre for Global History and the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, invites early career researchers and Ph...

globalhistory.idub.uw.edu.pl

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jul 9

New book crush: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - historical, psychological, AND erotic 🍐

The novel won the @womensprize.bsky.social last month, and the author’s acceptance speech was a coming out as hormonally intersex and a tribute to the trans community. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - book cover

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jun 11

Maja and Reuben Fowkes’s lecture on Beyond-Human Agents in the Eco-Critical Art Practice of the #Socialist Anthropocene at TU Dresden last week - fantastic as always. Also, I love Edi Hila’s works 🖤 @savaproject.bsky.social

"Beyond-Human Agents in the Eco-Critical Art Practice of the Socialist Anthropocene" lecture by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · May 9

Excited to be part of this term’s SlavLiKu at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social with my talk "Queer Ecologies in the Shadows." Also can’t wait for the Glaser–Warkocki duet on #queer theatre, Jewish & Polish contexts!

"Queer Ecologies in the Shadows: The Poetics and Politics of Space in Socialist Warsaw” as part of this term’s Colloquium Slavliku at the University of Regensburg, Germany

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Apr 22

The conference "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations" kicks off tomorrow! @europeamerica.bsky.social @leibniz-ios.de @uniregensburg.bsky.social

Poster for the 2025 Leibniz ScienceCampus Conference titled "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations: Processes, Hierarchies, Spaces." Includes conference title, date, and location, along with logos of organizing institutions and a visual design element related to translation or interconnected systems.

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Apr 22

Love this! I actually put my cats first in the acknowledgments—hard to overestimate the emotional labor and editorial supervision these assistants provide 🐾📚

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Apr 22

New podcast episode from our "Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism" team 🎙️
Intersexuality, Transsexuality, and the History of Medicine in Germany - with Dr. Ulrike Klöppel from the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine in Heidelberg

#8 Intergeschlechtlichkeit, Transsexualität und deutsche Medizingeschichte | mit Ulrike Klöppel

Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte · Episode

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Apr 17

Support grants for junior researchers in Austria who have little or no other funding opportunity in carrying out research in the fields of #DigitalHumanities @clariahes.bsky.social

Early Career Funding

An open network facilitating the application of digital methods in the humanities and the development of relevant research infrastructures.

clariah.at

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Mar 16

"The End of the University as We Know It," by @meghanor.bsky.social, with a chilling reminder from Miłosz in The Captive Mind: "Fear reshaped their internal weather, dictating what they would — and wouldn’t — say."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)

The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

www.nytimes.com

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Feb 12

Cool job offers related to queer Muslims! Check it out and spread the word about the project Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics @uniregensburg.bsky.social #Academia #Queer #Cultural #History

0,5 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics“ (Univ. Regensburg)

Eine Stelle als wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (Postdoc) im von der DFG und AHRC geförderten Projekt "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics" am Department ...

www.hsozkult.de

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Feb 1

New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social

Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 7

You can preorder it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3212-feeling-at-home

Feeling at Home

Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine o...

versobooks.com

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 29

Last day to apply for our #queer #theater conference in June! CFP: tatianaklepikova.com/cfps/ 💖

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 26

@annalisamartin.bsky.social's review of Andrea Rottmann's "Queer Lives...": shorturl.at/eaDXH 💖 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 25

#JamesBaldwin found solace and inspiration in Istanbul during a decade of his life, escaping writer’s block and the demands of fame. Stunning photos and insights in Osman Can Yerebakan's piece for The Paris Review. The photographs are featured in an exhibition at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social

James Baldwin in Istanbul - The Paris Review

Six photographs of Baldwin in the city that saved his life.

www.theparisreview.org

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 13

"Guten Morgen, ihr Schönen. Ein Gespräch mit der Geschlechterforscherin Franziska Haug über #Frauen, #Arbeit, #DDR-Literatur und die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen in Popkultur und Politik."

Franziska's amazing research @uniregensburg.bsky.social
🌈 blog.uni-regensburg.de/guten-morgen...

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 7

"Hłasko (nie)potrzebny? Nowe spojrzenie na legendę pisarza", czyli konferencja o twórczości Marka Hłaski z perspektywy różnych nurtów współczesnej humanistyki już za tydzień - zapraszamy!

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Jan 1

Seeking more #ThirdSpaces in 2025, guided by Kristen Ghodsee and Robert D. Putnam 🏡✨

Gen Z Grew Up Chronically Online. Now, They're Craving 'Third Places.'

Young people are dreaming of a world where they don't have to buy a $16 cocktail just to hang out.

www.huffpost.com

Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Dec 19

Hi Kate! I'd love to be added 💌 We met at the Queer Urban Underworlds in European State Socialism Workshop in Prague!

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Dec 19

#CfP alert! "Queer Theater against the State" - conference in Regensburg on Jun 5-6, 2025

Please spread the word!

Events

UPCOMING EVENTS: International Conference | June 5-6, 2025 Queer Theater against the State This conference seeks to explore the paths that queer theater companies, directors, and playwrights across…

queersocialism.net

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Dec 11

Our research group launched a podcast! 🎉 Exploring queer histories and cultures in the German-speaking world (in German). Featuring Andrea Rottmann and Martin Lücke (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social), Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social), and Andreas Brunner (@qwien.bsky.social). Check it out!

Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte

Podcast · Research Group "Light On!" · Willkommen zum „Light On!“ oder „Licht An!“, ein Podcast, der die oft unsichtbare queere Kultur und Geschichte der Vergangenheit diskutiert. Wir sind ein Team vo...

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