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Martyna Miernecka
@mmiernecka.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher in the "Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism" research group at the University of Regensburg
They Call It Love (re-reading) @alvagotby.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Early career researchers & PhDs in global history/anthropology – apply for a study stay in Warsaw (2–4 weeks). Great chance to work in a non-European context! @pobvuw.bsky.social
Individual Study Stays for Young Researchers in Warsaw - Warsaw Centre for Global History
The Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, in cooperation with the Warsaw Centre for Global History and the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, invites early career researchers and Ph...
globalhistory.idub.uw.edu.pl
August 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New book crush: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - historical, psychological, AND erotic 🍐

The novel won the @womensprize.bsky.social last month, and the author’s acceptance speech was a coming out as hormonally intersex and a tribute to the trans community. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Maja and Reuben Fowkes’s lecture on Beyond-Human Agents in the Eco-Critical Art Practice of the #Socialist Anthropocene at TU Dresden last week - fantastic as always. Also, I love Edi Hila’s works 🖤 @savaproject.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Excited to be part of this term’s SlavLiKu at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social with my talk "Queer Ecologies in the Shadows." Also can’t wait for the Glaser–Warkocki duet on #queer theatre, Jewish & Polish contexts!
May 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The conference "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations" kicks off tomorrow! @europeamerica.bsky.social @leibniz-ios.de @uniregensburg.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New podcast episode from our "Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism" team 🎙️
Intersexuality, Transsexuality, and the History of Medicine in Germany - with Dr. Ulrike Klöppel from the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine in Heidelberg
#8 Intergeschlechtlichkeit, Transsexualität und deutsche Medizingeschichte | mit Ulrike Klöppel
Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte · Episode
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April 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Support grants for junior researchers in Austria who have little or no other funding opportunity in carrying out research in the fields of #DigitalHumanities @clariahes.bsky.social
Early Career Funding
An open network facilitating the application of digital methods in the humanities and the development of relevant research infrastructures.
clariah.at
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"The End of the University as We Know It," by @meghanor.bsky.social, with a chilling reminder from Miłosz in The Captive Mind: "Fear reshaped their internal weather, dictating what they would — and wouldn’t — say."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cool job offers related to queer Muslims! Check it out and spread the word about the project Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics @uniregensburg.bsky.social #Academia #Queer #Cultural #History
0,5 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics“ (Univ. Regensburg)
Eine Stelle als wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (Postdoc) im von der DFG und AHRC geförderten Projekt "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics" am Department ...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Last day to apply for our #queer #theater conference in June! CFP: tatianaklepikova.com/cfps/ 💖
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
January 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#JamesBaldwin found solace and inspiration in Istanbul during a decade of his life, escaping writer’s block and the demands of fame. Stunning photos and insights in Osman Can Yerebakan's piece for The Paris Review. The photographs are featured in an exhibition at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social
James Baldwin in Istanbul - The Paris Review
Six photographs of Baldwin in the city that saved his life.
www.theparisreview.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Guten Morgen, ihr Schönen. Ein Gespräch mit der Geschlechterforscherin Franziska Haug über #Frauen, #Arbeit, #DDR-Literatur und die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen in Popkultur und Politik."

Franziska's amazing research @uniregensburg.bsky.social
🌈 blog.uni-regensburg.de/guten-morgen...
January 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Hłasko (nie)potrzebny? Nowe spojrzenie na legendę pisarza", czyli konferencja o twórczości Marka Hłaski z perspektywy różnych nurtów współczesnej humanistyki już za tydzień - zapraszamy!
January 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Seeking more #ThirdSpaces in 2025, guided by Kristen Ghodsee and Robert D. Putnam 🏡✨
Gen Z Grew Up Chronically Online. Now, They're Craving 'Third Places.'
Young people are dreaming of a world where they don't have to buy a $16 cocktail just to hang out.
www.huffpost.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#CfP alert! "Queer Theater against the State" - conference in Regensburg on Jun 5-6, 2025

Please spread the word!
Events
UPCOMING EVENTS: International Conference | June 5-6, 2025 Queer Theater against the State This conference seeks to explore the paths that queer theater companies, directors, and playwrights across…
queersocialism.net
December 19, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Our research group launched a podcast! 🎉 Exploring queer histories and cultures in the German-speaking world (in German). Featuring Andrea Rottmann and Martin Lücke (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social), Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social), and Andreas Brunner (@qwien.bsky.social). Check it out!
Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte
Podcast · Research Group "Light On!" · Willkommen zum „Light On!“ oder „Licht An!“, ein Podcast, der die oft unsichtbare queere Kultur und Geschichte der Vergangenheit diskutiert. Wir sind ein Team vo...
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December 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM