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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 4h

“In 2022, archaeologists working on a cluster of early medieval cemeteries near the southern coast of England found the remains of two individuals with West African ancestry whose burials were dated to the 7th century.”

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...

Investigating Africa's historic links with the Old World: ancient DNA and autobiographical evidence from England.

In 2022, archaeologists working on a cluster of early medieval cemeteries near the southern coast of England found the remains of two individuals with West African ancestry whose burials were dated to...

www.africanhistoryextra.com

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Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · Aug 12

In our - very limited - historical experience of democracy,

(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)

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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · 1d

Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!

Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · 1d

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung

An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!

chng.it

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Jochen Lingelbach @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

So this is out now:

"Intro: Camp Memories in Africa and beyond"

my intro to a special issue on #memorystudies and the contested memorialization of #camps in #africa and beyond

@histodons
#histodons […]

[Original post on h-net.social]

screenshot of the beginning of the mentioned article. Text: Introduction: Camp memories
in Africa and beyond
Jochen Lingelbach
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Abstract
Introducing the special issue on the memorialization of camps in Africa and beyond, this text discusses key
questions of memory studies and the global history of encampment. Whatever their purpose, all camps
are meant to be exceptional, transitory and temporary. Camps are often connected to contested histories
and memorialization efforts by former inmates or others can lead to controversies and struggles over its
interpretation. Building on a range of empirical examples from Africa and beyond, dealing with camps ranging
from the most coercive to the benevolent and from the beginning of the twentieth century until today, this
special issue invites a comparative, globally entangled and actor-centred view on camp memorialization.

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OL @olcartoon.bsky.social · 5d

moin

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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 6d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

Caravan with the inscription "The difference which is connecting us"

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 22d

🌏💼 What does “retirement” mean when return, care, and labour continue across borders? In her new chapter in Anthropology of Retirement, @meghaamrith.bsky.social examines the futures imagined by ageing migrant domestic workers in Singapore & Hong Kong. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bde79pae

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boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 10d

New on U/C A – Authoritarian Publics: "Authoritarian Publics. Anthropological Perspectives on the New Right in Germany" by Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer, Konstanze N’Guessan & Simone Pfeifer, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

Boasblogs • Authoritarian Publics

In recent years, right-wing politics and discourses have gained substantial traction in Germany, mirroring broader trends across Europe and globally. While anthropological research has focused on far-...

boasblogs.org

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 6d

I go to conferences to meet friends. This time we even spoke about friendship in an entire panel. So lovely to discuss with everyone - and I was truly surprised by the full room of attendees at 9am!
Let’s reclaim the university as a public space of world-making in the sense Hannah Arendt envisioned.

Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 6d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 6d

There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences

Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...

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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 6d

On how to create a common world when it appears to be shattered, on the difficulties of fraternity based on compassion, on friendship building on equality while acknowledging differences allowing co-existence, and on abandoning truth claims to enable friendship, conversation and a shared world

Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 6d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

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MaxPlanckInstitute for the Study of Religious & Ethnic Diversity @mpimmg.bsky.social · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.

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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · 8d

Das hat ja fast schon Kampagnencharakter, was die Berliner Zeitung und andere hier machen. Michael Zeuske ergänzt unser Wissen um Amo. Das ist gut. Aber die Schlagzeilen sind Kulturkampf. Auch der Arikel von Zeuske, den ich sehr schätze, ist ärgerlich. /2

www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 9d

Eine wirklich sehr gute Zusammenschau und Betrachtung meiner Rede zum Abschluss des Soziologiekongresses in Duisburg (Lieblingsschöpfung in dem Text „Hybridsekte“ Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht)

Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 9d

Der 42. Kongress der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social ist vorbei, die Splitterei geht noch ein wenig weiter: Hannah Schmidt-Ott und @jensbisky.bsky.social berichten vom Freitag.

www.soziopolis.de/duisburger-s...

#dgs2025

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 9d

Almost ready for #dgska2025

Follow the arrows to get to the seminar building!

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10d

In Kenya, a suspected organizer of sending Kenyans to the front in Ukraine has been arrested⤵️

📹 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Kost Hordiienko

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

Why I gave the world wide web away for free

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

www.theguardian.com

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 9d

No criminal record, then volunteer, then learn the language and, ideally, bring an Oscar or an Olympic medal. Then we'll accept you - maybe you'll get citizenship...

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.

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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 12d

Nur noch in wenigen hundert Fällen las das #BAMF in den letzten Monaten Smartphones Geflüchteter aus. Das ist ein markanter Rückgang zu früheren Jahren. Offenbar ist bei der Asylbehörde angekommen, dass der aufwändige & grundrechtsfeindliche Eingriff nichts bringt.

netzpolitik.org/2025/bundesa...

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge: Asylbehörde liest kaum noch Datenträger aus

Nur noch in wenigen hundert Fällen las das BAMF in den letzten Monaten die Smartphones Geflüchteter aus. Das ist ein markanter Rückgang zu den fünfstelligen Zahlen aus früheren Jahren. Offenbar ist be...

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Christian Oxonitsch @christianoxonitsch.bsky.social · 12d

So. In einem durch. Kommt auch nicht so oft vor. Sagt man ja sonst eher bei anderen Literaturformen: „ #Migrationspanik “ von @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social ist echter Pageturner, bei dem man sich auch das eine oder andere Mal bissl hinterfragen muss. #bubble Congrats. #schwereempfehlung

Neues Buch von Judith Kohlenberger „Migationspanik“

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13d

The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

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Fabian Gülzau @fguelzau.bsky.social · 13d

Meine Einschätzung zu den Erwartungen gegenüber Einbürgerungswilligen stützt sich auf die Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften und eine eigene Erhebung. #Einbürgerung #Staatsbürgerschaft

Die Abbildung zeigt, für wie bedeutsam Befragte einzelne Einbürgerungskriterien für den Erwerb der Staatsbürgerschaft erachten. Die Daten stammen aus drei Erhebungswellen (1996, 2006 und 2016) der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften für Deutschland (ALLBUS). Die Antwortskala reicht von (1) „Überhaupt nicht wichtig“ bis (7) „Sehr wichtig“. Die Hauptergebnisse werden im Hauptbeitrag beschrieben.

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Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · 13d

Our research shows: the less prepared, sudden & violent a return, the harder the reintegration. Since 2023, millions of Afghans are returning amid crackdowns.
In 2025 we surveyed 747 returnees to document return dynamics
80% said they were deported / expelled. 👇1/2
#Afghanistan

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 14d

Historian Thomas Zimmer has left academia, Substack, and the US; now he’s launching his new career as an indie writer with a newsletter about “the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America”. Recommended! [steady.page]

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

steady.page

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