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Lea Ypi is an Albanian academic and author. She is a professor of political theory at the London School of… more

Lea Ypi
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leaypi.bsky.social
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
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leaypi.bsky.social
This is such a great review of Indignity by @lilylynch.bsky.social in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social - I really enjoyed reading her discussion/critique of the questions around social class, do check it out!
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 11h
In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II.

To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.
Lea Ypi’s Reckoning With Family and the Legacy of Revolution
In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II. To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.
jacobin.com
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi, Diana Buttu

Reposted by: Lea Ypi

jacobinmag.bsky.social
In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II.

To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.
Lea Ypi’s Reckoning With Family and the Legacy of Revolution
In her new book, Indignity, Albanian political scientist Lea Ypi discovers that online trolls are accusing her grandmother of having been a communist spy during World War II. To find the truth, she digs deep into her family and country’s archives.
jacobin.com
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi

internazionale.it
"Non penso che un libro finisca quando lo scrittore lo finisce: continua a scriversi nel modo in cui le persone ne parlano, in cui i suoi temi alimentano i dibattiti culturali e sociali".⁠ Leggi la conversazione tra Elif Shafak e Lea Ypi: intern.az/1ObD
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi

Reposted by: Lea Ypi

suhrkamp.de
Freude: Wir stehen auf der Sachbuch-Bestenliste mit gleich drei Titeln! »Mit Männern leben« (shrk.vg/MitMaennern-B) von @manongarcia.bsky.social, »Aufrecht« (shrk.vg/Aufrecht-B) von
@leaypi.bsky.social und »Systemkrise« (shrk.vg/Systemkrise-B) von Philipp Staab. Mehr Infos gibt es hier:
Welche Sachbücher sind besonders lesenswert? Die Sachbuch-Bestenliste für Oktober 2025.
Die Sachbuch-Bestenliste: Eine Jury aus 30 Kritikerinnen und Kritikern von ZDF, DLF Kultur und DIE ZEIT empfiehlt monatlich zehn herausragende Bücher.
www.3sat.de
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dedependance.eu
📣 Last night at a sold-out OASE, @leaypi.bsky.social explored memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis - from Ottoman aristocracy to modern Albania. We would like to thank you all for your presence, insightful questions and your commitment to thinking beyond the status quo.
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lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
NEW✨ Family, history and the fallibility of memory – Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

#Review by Andi Haxhiu 👇
Indignity by Lea Ypi – family, history & memory's fallibility
Taking a photograph of her grandparents as its jumping off point, Indignity by Lea Ypi blends memoir and historical enquiry to explore her grandmother's life and the period of transition between the…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi

buechereienwien.bsky.social
In ihrem zweiten Buch "Aufrecht" erforscht Lea Ypi das verborgene Leben ihrer Großmutter, taucht noch tiefer in Albaniens Vergangenheit ein und stellt sich den Fragen nach Identität und Erinnerung. fm4.orf.at/stories/3049...
Immer aufrecht? Lea Ypi schreibt über das Leben ihrer Großmutter - fm4.ORF.at
In Lea Ypis erstem Buch „Frei“ erzählt sie vom Aufwachsen im stalinistisch-kommunistischen Albanien und von der Geschichte ihrer Familie. In ihrem zweiten Roman „Aufrecht“ geht sie einen Schritt weite...
fm4.orf.at
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dedependance.eu
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with @leaypi.bsky.social are moving fast. Join us this Friday for a timely conversation about the personal and political challenges that we currently face.

👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
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leaypi.bsky.social
Such a wonderful review - thank you @gresahasa.bsky.social !
gresahasa.bsky.social
Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 15d
This is my review of #Indignity by Albanian author @leaypi.bsky.social for @balcanicaucaso.org. I share how I understood the book and highlight the themes that I found most compelling.
Indignity: reimagining life in Southeastern Europe
In a quest for truth, renowned author Lea Ypi, with her new book Indignity, embarks on a journey that carries her from the multiethnic setting of the last days of the Ottoman Empire to the rise of fas...
www.balcanicaucaso.org
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gresahasa.bsky.social
This is my review of #Indignity by Albanian author @leaypi.bsky.social for @balcanicaucaso.org. I share how I understood the book and highlight the themes that I found most compelling.
Indignity: reimagining life in Southeastern Europe
In a quest for truth, renowned author Lea Ypi, with her new book Indignity, embarks on a journey that carries her from the multiethnic setting of the last days of the Ottoman Empire to the rise of fas...
www.balcanicaucaso.org
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leaypi.bsky.social
An excerpt from INDIGNITY in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 15d
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
Socialism in Exile
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
jacobin.com
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balcanicaucaso.org
Alla ricerca della verità, la celebre autrice Lea Ypi, con il suo nuovo libro Indignity, intraprende un viaggio che la porta dal contesto multietnico degli ultimi giorni dell'Impero ottomano all'ascesa del fascismo in Europa e alla successiva instaurazione di dittature proletarie in Oriente
Indignity: reinventare la vita nel sud-est Europa
Alla ricerca della verità, la celebre autrice Lea Ypi, con il suo nuovo libro Indignity, intraprende un viaggio che la porta dal contesto multietnico degli ultimi giorni dell'Impero ottomano…
www.balcanicaucaso.org
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jacobinmag.bsky.social
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
Socialism in Exile
In the middle of war-ravaged Europe, Asllan Ypi, a jaded communist and son of Albania’s tenth prime minister, reflected on a world shaped by the rise of Stalinism and the collapse of the liberal order.
jacobin.com
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi

nzz.ch
Mit den Erinnerungen an ihre albanische Kindheit in Enver Hoxhas abgeschottetem albanischem Kommunismus hat die Politologin Lea Ypi Furore gemacht. Jetzt weitet sie den Horizont mit dem Blick auf das Schicksal ihrer Grossmutter, einer Lichtgestalt der Emanzipation. trib.al/GcOs1ZU
Die albanische Schule des aufrechten Ganges: Lea Ypis Roman über ihre Grossmutter
Mit den Erinnerungen an ihre albanische Kindheit in Enver Hoxhas abgeschottetem albanischem Kommunismus hat die Politologin Lea Ypi Furore gemacht. Jetzt weitet sie den Horizont mit dem Blick auf das Schicksal ihrer Grossmutter, einer Lichtgestalt der Emanzipation.
trib.al
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Reposted by: Lea Ypi, Samuel Moyn, Marianne Hundt

prospectmagazine.co.uk
One photograph. A honeymoon in 1941. And a firestorm that tore through Albanian social media.

@leaypi.bsky.social tells Pete Hoskin why she spent years hunting for the truth about her grandmother:
Lea Ypi goes in search of lost dignity
After an image of her grandmother triggered an online firestorm, the political philosopher sought answers in Albania’s state archives. She tells us wh...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
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freitag.de
Die Philosophin Lea Ypi wurde in den sozialen Medien mit einem Foto ihrer Großmutter konfrontiert, das sie an deren Integrität zweifeln ließ. Sie forschte nach und taucht mit ihrem neuen Buch nun tiefer in die Geschichte Albaniens ein (F+)

🔗https://buff.ly/3cVnpjc
📝 Christine Käppeler
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ezgibasaran.bsky.social
This is about Lea Ypi’s remarkable new book Indignity, my grandmother, her grandmother, Salonica, Istanbul, Tirana and the long shadows of empire. Ypi recounts her grandmother’s life as a story of dignity. Dignity in the fate of a woman. In the bonds of a family. In the decline of an empire.
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