I’m facilitating a (free! Open to public!) reading group in September on Euripides. Register here: libertyfund.circle.so/c/events-ann...

I’ll be in conversation with artists Margaux Smith and Heather Goodchild about their show “The Spinner, The Dealer, The Assassin” at Clint Roenisch Gallery in Toronto May 24th. If you’re here, come!

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“It shouldn’t be this easy to cleave universities from one another, but, so far, it seems to be easier even than making law firms compete for the don’s business and favor.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Our first event!

“Freedom of Expression in the History of Political Thought”
History and Politics – A WPSA Virtual Community
April 2nd, noon – 2 pm Eastern Time, by Zoom
with Ani Chen (Cornell) and Kevin Pham (Amsterdam)

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The United States has embarked on a programme of cultural and intellectual vandalism on a vast scale. Universities everywhere will feel more than ripples from the damage.

We are outraged to learn that Canada has approved a contract for the export of artillery propellant to the Israeli military via the US, despite an explicit commitment from Minister Joly
that she would stop such transfers. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_03_2...

Worth noting there are 264 Democrats in Congress 🧐

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

I expanded my thread on the Kristi Noem video into an essay here. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/thats-bait (And yes, I know substack is a problem. Migrating soon.)

if you're in the US and despairing about people being pulled off the street, you need to find your nearest immigrant defence/deportation defence group and learn how to do stuff like this
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By now the Trump administration’s message to non-citizen residents of the United States is abundantly clear: If you publicly disagree with us, you are not safe here.

Question- Just arrived here from Twitter- I managed to migrate many of those I follow- but how to migrate or retrieve my X followers? Doesn’t seem like an option

Absolutely essential reading.

“Like the academics and politicians in Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission, American college administrators are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity…This is a tale not so much of capitulation to an authoritarian leader as of collusion with him.” www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

I still remember when Egypt arrested AJ journalists and Western media institutions launched campaigns of solidarity.

Israel has murdered 161 journalists - including Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansur today alone.

In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.

There are no words.

Athenian democracy is often associated with citizens talking together. But deliberation was forbidden in what was arguably (by 4th century) the supreme dem institution in Athens. Why? And what does this tell us about democratic justice? My article in History of Political Thought

🚨 CfP: 2025 conference on Women in the History of Political Thought 🚨

Organised by Torrey Shanks, Geertje Bol, and @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social

👇 Details below 👇