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Ferenc Laczo
@ferenclaczo.bsky.social
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‘In the age of chimpanzees, I was a monkey,’ political & intellectual historian from ‘the middle of Europe,’ tenured @MaastrichtU, tifoso @SPAL, book hoarder @everywhere, 'never again is now’

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Ferenc Laczó is a historian at Maastricht University.

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Political science 68%
Sociology 18%
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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 4d
I am about to publish a volume on contemporary history - a selection of my writings from the past twelve years - which has a pretty awesome cover

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 5d
Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...
Translating cultures – Cultures of translation
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November 2025 in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The co...
www.eurozine.com

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 5d
This new initiative is shaping up to be really exciting - make sure to follow it
equatormag.bsky.social Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · 12d
Equator is live today. Read about our mission and our first pieces, which include works of reportage, essays, memoirs, poetry, and fiction from around the world: www.equator.org
EQUATOR
Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
www.equator.org

ferenclaczo.bsky.social
Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 5d
An important initiative

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 7d
Discussing these two essential monographs

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 7d
The long-term threats AI poses to democracy

Check out our newest episode with @dwj88.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley
revdem2020.bsky.social Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 7d
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.

🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c

Reposted by Ferenc Laczó

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Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 7d
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.

🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c

ferenclaczo.bsky.social
Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you for these insightful comments.

My sense is that - despite having 15 parties - Dutch politics is much like in the rest of Europe: the main divide is now bw. pro-European liberals & right-wing populists. In recent years, you have had the same in France, Poland, even Hungary...

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 8d
My brand new article on the idea of the West and the European project in Modern Intellectual History

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Bear in the Room and the Civilizing Process | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Bear in the Room and the Civilizing Process
www.cambridge.org

ferenclaczo.bsky.social
Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 10d
how should I say, as long as 50 Plus will be in power either way, the young generations will feel reassured too…

ferenclaczo.bsky.social
Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 10d
Would be EU-style: majority of seats through majority of parties

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 11d
No need to worry: with a logical governing coalition of eight parties, a majority of 76 vs. 74 can be formed

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 12d
Tonight’s unexpected result made me ask: when exactly was the last time that a party I genuinely liked won an election?

Reposted by Ferenc Laczó

equatormag.bsky.social
Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · 12d
Equator is live today. Read about our mission and our first pieces, which include works of reportage, essays, memoirs, poetry, and fiction from around the world: www.equator.org
EQUATOR
Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
www.equator.org

Reposted by Ferenc Laczó

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 12d
Equator Magazine just launched today. It’s the sort of venture we need like we need air- erudite, cosmopolita, merciless and brave. Congratulations my brilliant friends

@equatormag.bsky.social

www.equator.org
Equator
Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
www.equator.org

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 13d
That sums it up

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 13d
This one is truly amazing www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 14d
Sounds excellent cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-...
Jürgen Habermas | Columbia University Press
Jürgen Habermas is Germany’s most important postwar philosopher, the leading figure of the Frankfurt School in this period. He is best known for the conc... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 15d
freedomhouse.org/article/free...
Freedom House Awards 2025 Mark Palmer Prize to Miklós Haraszti
A Hungarian author, professor, and diplomat, Haraszti has dedicated his career to strengthening human rights and supporting democratic institutions worldwide.
freedomhouse.org

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 15d
Mark Mazower discusses his new book on antisemitism which offers a nuanced perspective on the history of our present

newbooksnetwork.com/on-antisemit...
Mark Mazower, "On Antisemitism: A Word in History" (Penguin Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com

Reposted by Marina Costa Lobo

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 16d
Two truths about Dutch politics a few days ahead of elections

1. 5 parties poll bw. 10 and 20%: green-left, left lib, right lib, Chr dem, far right. The entire spectrum.

2. Far right and far right-leaning parties (notably the right libs) have close to 50%. Crazy, esp. if you keep point 1 in mind.

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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Ferenc Laczo @ferenclaczo.bsky.social · 16d
Forum in Contemporanea on Tony Judt’s Postwar at Twenty www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1409/...
Tony Judt’s
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