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“The index of catastrophe is thick and deep, but we shouldn’t have to be faced with imminent doom in order to write ourselves into a preferred being, only admit to the sheer inadequacy of what being has become.” ~ @drbrowne.bsky.social
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Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST.
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST.
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
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Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
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Ruth Asawa arrived in New York with a monumental retrospective this month, making the largest show dedicated to a woman artist in MoMA's history.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/ruth...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/ruth...
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ruth Asawa arrived in New York with a monumental retrospective this month, making the largest show dedicated to a woman artist in MoMA's history.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/ruth...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/ruth...
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Saidiya Hartman's "Minor Music…", asks:
What kinds of dwelling, refusal and collectivity might emerge in a moment marked by ecological collapse, authoritarianism, human fungibility and the dismantling of academic& artistic freedoms?
Features Andre Holland, Okwui Okpokwasili & film by Arthur Jafa.
What kinds of dwelling, refusal and collectivity might emerge in a moment marked by ecological collapse, authoritarianism, human fungibility and the dismantling of academic& artistic freedoms?
Features Andre Holland, Okwui Okpokwasili & film by Arthur Jafa.
Minor Music at the End of the World — Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam is one of the leading lights in Dutch theatre, with a large ensemble of world famous actors and a pioneering team of directors.
ita.nl
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Saidiya Hartman's "Minor Music…", asks:
What kinds of dwelling, refusal and collectivity might emerge in a moment marked by ecological collapse, authoritarianism, human fungibility and the dismantling of academic& artistic freedoms?
Features Andre Holland, Okwui Okpokwasili & film by Arthur Jafa.
What kinds of dwelling, refusal and collectivity might emerge in a moment marked by ecological collapse, authoritarianism, human fungibility and the dismantling of academic& artistic freedoms?
Features Andre Holland, Okwui Okpokwasili & film by Arthur Jafa.
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Saidiya Hartman's latest work, Minor Music at the End of the World (2025), is a collaboration with Sarah Benson inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois science fiction short story, ‘The Comet’ (1920), about the last Black man left on Earth after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
It asks… 1/🧵
#BlackSky #Lit #Art
It asks… 1/🧵
#BlackSky #Lit #Art
The Interview: Saidiya Hartman
“For centuries, we have named the vice in which we are held captive. The question is whether others are willing to know what we know.”
artreview.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Y'all, @dukepress.bsky.social legendary fall sale is on right now
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9, 2025
A great time to get both Alchemy lecture volumes, including
"Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" #Lit #Blackademics #BookSky
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9, 2025
A great time to get both Alchemy lecture volumes, including
"Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" #Lit #Blackademics #BookSky
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Y'all, @dukepress.bsky.social legendary fall sale is on right now
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9, 2025
A great time to get both Alchemy lecture volumes, including
"Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" #Lit #Blackademics #BookSky
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9, 2025
A great time to get both Alchemy lecture volumes, including
"Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" #Lit #Blackademics #BookSky
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Every weekday on Broadway, undocumented immigrants line up to enter 26 Federal Plaza. They enter harshly lit hallways where ICE agents mill around — waiting to take people away. For our cover story, Stephanie Keith captures the anguished scenes of arrest in downtown Manhattan. buff.ly/N6JNPUP.
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Every weekday on Broadway, undocumented immigrants line up to enter 26 Federal Plaza. They enter harshly lit hallways where ICE agents mill around — waiting to take people away. For our cover story, Stephanie Keith captures the anguished scenes of arrest in downtown Manhattan. buff.ly/N6JNPUP.
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I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
“What should we talk about when so many words exist to destroy us? How to speak the language words that deny us, & realize us in capture, humiliation, wound, or murder?” - Natalie Diaz
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“What should we talk about when so many words exist to destroy us? How to speak the language words that deny us, & realize us in capture, humiliation, wound, or murder?” - Natalie Diaz
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Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson
Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.
www.thecrimson.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
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In "Inhabitants of the Deep," Jonathan Howard theorizes blackness as an inhabitance of oceans, rivers, lakes, and other deep spaces where black ecological life can thrive. Read the intro for free now. #BlackStudies #ReadUP buff.ly/22ZokD8
September 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In "Inhabitants of the Deep," Jonathan Howard theorizes blackness as an inhabitance of oceans, rivers, lakes, and other deep spaces where black ecological life can thrive. Read the intro for free now. #BlackStudies #ReadUP buff.ly/22ZokD8
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Safaricom propaganda is deadly. FTS.
September 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Safaricom propaganda is deadly. FTS.
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“It’s no longer one war but many, all happening at the same time, feeding into each other. In all of them, the same pattern: armed groups taking, punishing, and controlling.” Moe Kadana (pseudonym) about the Sudan war in Iss. 209 of @thecontinent.org
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“It’s no longer one war but many, all happening at the same time, feeding into each other. In all of them, the same pattern: armed groups taking, punishing, and controlling.” Moe Kadana (pseudonym) about the Sudan war in Iss. 209 of @thecontinent.org
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The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”
More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions
The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.
www.insidehighered.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”
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“I am so busy. So caught up with living.”
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“I am so busy. So caught up with living.”
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
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Open Access for this new exited collection Beyond Sanctuary. Please read and circulate.
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Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion
The contributors to Beyond Sanctuary examine how the liberal democracies of the West recognize and include racial others through technologies of state powe
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August 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Open Access for this new exited collection Beyond Sanctuary. Please read and circulate.
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I love the subjunctive (Alchemy 📖Cristina Rivera Garza!) AND modal verbs for similar reasons.
"[modal verb's] very presence messes up simple, direct statements by introducing very confused human feelings of uncertainty, possibility, obligation, permission, and ability into the mix."
#LangSky
"[modal verb's] very presence messes up simple, direct statements by introducing very confused human feelings of uncertainty, possibility, obligation, permission, and ability into the mix."
#LangSky
The Hidden Life of Modal Verbs - JSTOR Daily
A linguist explains why we get so distracted by the fiery language of politics, while ignoring urgent information reported by scientists.
daily.jstor.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I love the subjunctive (Alchemy 📖Cristina Rivera Garza!) AND modal verbs for similar reasons.
"[modal verb's] very presence messes up simple, direct statements by introducing very confused human feelings of uncertainty, possibility, obligation, permission, and ability into the mix."
#LangSky
"[modal verb's] very presence messes up simple, direct statements by introducing very confused human feelings of uncertainty, possibility, obligation, permission, and ability into the mix."
#LangSky
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The Dorchester Food Co-op is struggling to keep up cash reserves right now. Shop there if you can, and/or donate please #boston #food
www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com/news/urgent-...
www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com/news/urgent-...
URGENT: Facing Closure in Two Months, Please Shop to Keep the Dorchester Food Co-op Open — Dorchester Food Co-op
Urgent: Facing Closure in Two Months, Please Shop to Keep the Dorchester Food Co-op Open Dear Dorchester Food Co-op Member-Owners, Please, support what you own : now and each week , the Co-op...
www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Dorchester Food Co-op is struggling to keep up cash reserves right now. Shop there if you can, and/or donate please #boston #food
www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com/news/urgent-...
www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com/news/urgent-...
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A reminder that Sudan is entering stage 5 famine. I wrote this detailed piece months ago and it is still relevant on how you can get involved and support those who are needlessly suffering in Sudan.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-cong...
#KeepEyesOnSudan
www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-cong...
Sudan, Congo, & What You Can Do
Humanitarian catastrophes are increasing before our eyes—here's how you can help counter the injustice
www.qasimrashid.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A reminder that Sudan is entering stage 5 famine. I wrote this detailed piece months ago and it is still relevant on how you can get involved and support those who are needlessly suffering in Sudan.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-cong...
#KeepEyesOnSudan
www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-cong...
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In "Exorbitance," anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas calls for new approaches to political sovereignty grounded in the embodied forms of autonomy and relation created in daily life. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/eP7HVCR
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In "Exorbitance," anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas calls for new approaches to political sovereignty grounded in the embodied forms of autonomy and relation created in daily life. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/eP7HVCR
“…for those of us who ultimately desire a borderless world, the nation-state paradigm is the biggest obstacle to its achievement.” ~ Rinaldo Walcott briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
Diaspora against the nation-state
Return to the homeland is the dream of many Black and Jewish diasporic peoples, but that dream has a dark side and we need to talk about it.
briarpatchmagazine.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“…for those of us who ultimately desire a borderless world, the nation-state paradigm is the biggest obstacle to its achievement.” ~ Rinaldo Walcott briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
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I wrote for The New Yorker about Gaza’s mental health crisis, and spoke with therapists and psychologists still trying to help others through relentless trauma, while they themselves are displaced, grieving, and surviving day by day. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma
In Gaza, where displaced children play games called “air strike” and act out death, the lack of mental-health resources has become another emergency.
www.newyorker.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wrote for The New Yorker about Gaza’s mental health crisis, and spoke with therapists and psychologists still trying to help others through relentless trauma, while they themselves are displaced, grieving, and surviving day by day. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...