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Myka Abramson
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‘Cartographies of Empire
The Road Novel and American Hegemony’ w/
@stanfordpress, 2025: https://www.sup.org/books/cartographies-empire?tab=1
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sophiastories.bsky.social
Something I've been thinking about for a while and have finally launched: a newsletter on Loss and Damage - do consider subscribing if you're interested in the topic, or more broadly in climate justice and questions of power, geopolitics and accountability
lossanddamage.substack.com?r=a2qm0&utm_...
The Loss and Damage Newsletter | Sophia Brown | Substack
A fortnightly newsletter on loss and damage: the most significant climate change impacts. Click to read The Loss and Damage Newsletter, by Sophia Brown, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.
lossanddamage.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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saraharens.bsky.social
In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD
Sign the Petition
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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nickbernards.bsky.social
My employer has announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. By the standards of what’s happening elsewhere in the UK it’s really not that bad…

But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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baaschair.bsky.social
Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
c.org/26qjPmffNy
This campaign needs you now
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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marinavelickovic.bsky.social
Comrades - in a few months I'll be applying for yet another visa, and am trying to get some side cash to fund some of it. So *drumroll* i have made some tshirts which you can order on Everpress. They will ship early December, which means just in time for Christmas.
everpress.com/unskilled-labour
Unskilled Labour | Everpress
There is no such thing as unskilled labour, there is only underpaid labour. These limited edition Unskilled Labour garments are only available here.
everpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
mykaabramson.bsky.social
Petition to save American Studies at the University of Nottingham. Please sign and share!
c.org/7QNchyvcK6 @BAAS
We Can Make an Impact.
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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tomwestern.bsky.social
Petition to save Geography at the University of Leicester

c.org/cdSSY6RXJ7
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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johnmunro.bsky.social
An amazing conference!

Thanks to people like @nedra-abada.bsky.social, @saaar98.bsky.social, @omaimaghezal.bsky.social, @sarrarabhi.bsky.social, @wassimdaghrir.bsky.social, @oussema-othmeni.bsky.social, & @yosra999.bsky.social, @taacs.bsky.social is becoming the space to watch in American Studies.
Some of the participants at the 2025 TAACS international conference in Sousse, Tunisia.
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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wmpsc.bsky.social
Football cannot claim to stand for unity while ignoring injustice.

Join us to say

📣 "FIFA FIFA take a stand, Israel football must be banned"

0️⃣6️⃣ Thursday 6th November ⏰️ 6pm
📍 Aston Pavilion, Trinity Rd, Aston, B6 6JD

🇵🇸 💐 Please bring your flags, flowers & torches 🔦

🌧 Dress for the weather 🧣
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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warwickuniucu.bsky.social
a reminder to vote (you should be receiving your ballots any day now) & encourage everyone else to vote & talk about nothing else other than the ballot and the strategies for taking over the means of production 🔥
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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louigi.bsky.social
The McGill Association of University Teachers just endorsed the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, with over 90% of voters supporting the motion.
Be it resolved that we, the members of MAUT, endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Be it further resolved that we call upon McGill’s administration to take all necessary steps to implement the boycott of Israeli academic institutions, while ensuring that the boycott applies to institutional partnerships and agreements, not individual Israeli academics. This resolution will sunset in two years unless it is renewed or extended by the membership of MAUT at another General Meeting. Resolution to Endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Whereas, the International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)”;1 Whereas, the International Court of Justice has found that Israel’s actions plausibly constitute violations under the Genocide Convention, and leading international organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have described Israel as maintaining a system of apartheid;2 Whereas, in May 2025 the United Nations documented that Israel’s campaign of scholasticide has destroyed every university in Gaza and killed at least 5,479 students (as of April 2024) and over 190 university academic staff (as of May 2025);3 Whereas, the complicity of Israeli academic institutions in denying Palestinian human rights has been comprehensively documented;4 Whereas, McGill has current exchange agreements with four Israeli universities,5 as well as coordinating a three-week study trip with Hebrew University Business School (under the banner of the McGill-Israel Entrepreneurship Program);6 Whereas, every one of these partner universities is a pillar of Israel’s system of apartheid, colonization, and military occupation directed against the Palestinian people in contravention to international law;7 Whereas, in 2005, 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel;8 Whereas, that call has been interpreted by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) to call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, not individual Israeli academics;9 Whereas over the past two years, at least 18 University Faculty Associations in Canada passed motions calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel given its ongoing military assault on Gaza;10 Whereas CAUT has reaffirmed that faculty associations have the right to hold political and even partisan positions and to pass motions calling for boycott and/or divestment and/or sanctions of the State of Israel;11 Whereas in 1985, McGill became the first Canadian university to announce it would divest from companies with ties to Apartheid South Africa,12 and in 2006 McGill divested from companies in Myanmar;13 Whereas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MAUT examined its financial portfolio in view of divestment from Russian companies;14 Whereas, MAUT has a history of calling upon foreign governments to end their campaigns against universities and to protect academic freedom;15 Whereas, as a faculty association, MAUT has a duty to stand in solidarity with scholars whose academic freedom and right to education are under attack; therefore,
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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ncardon.bsky.social
This was a fantastic discussion last night! I kept having to stop making dinner to take notes. Kudos to @mykaabramson.bsky.social (Warwick) for a brilliant book; and @johnmunro.bsky.social (Birmingham) and @yosra999.bsky.social (Carthage) for hosting!
taacs.bsky.social Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · Sep 7
📢Next in TAACS Seminar Series 📢

New Routes in Transnational American Studies continues with:
📖 Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson
🗓 Sept 25, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM GMT+1
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gijMmi
September 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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johnmunro.bsky.social
One of the cool things about Critical Mass is its origins in the movement against the 1991 Gulf War, connecting the violence of the international system to that of our car dominated streets.

The Big Ride for Palestine is one continuation of that tradition.
coolbikeart1.bsky.social Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · Sep 25
"Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars?"

Flyer for the very first Critical Mass ride, which took place on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco. Critical Mass rides have since been held in more than 300 cities around the world.
Flyer for a Critical Mass bicycle ride featuring an illustration of some bicycles and text. Text includes: Reduce Invisibility! Join the monthly ride home together! Aren't you sick and tired of having to fight for your life on city streets? Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars? Where are we supposed to go?
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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johnmunro.bsky.social
On 25 September, join me and @yosra999.bsky.social for a conversation with author Myka Tucker-Abramson about her new book:

Cartographies of Empire

With @nedra-abada.bsky.social, Kafui Attoh (@cunyslu.bsky.social), George Edwards (@zetkincollective.bsky.social), & @lclaberge.bsky.social.
Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony
A "New Routes in Transnational American Studies" Readers-Meet-Author Conversation
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
mykaabramson.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this event - thanks to @johnmunro.bsky.social and & Dr Yosra Amraoui for organising; and to these stellar panelists for thinking through the road novel, automobility & US Empire with me.
September 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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alanlester.bsky.social
Good, nuanced analysis of the student mental health crisis at universities and the obligations & limitations of universities in responding to it:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Should student mental health responsibility fall to universities?
The number of students reporting mental health concerns is rising. But to what extent should the onus be on universities?
www.bbc.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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jendeavour.bsky.social
In case it hasn't been clear: whole host of us academics at Warwick are, yes, bemused by the ridiculousness of the "rebranding" but also really quite angry at the potential exorbitant money spent on this (and the denied FOI) when told there must be extreme savings (on staffing) & bigger workloads.
eve.gd Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · Jul 22
The funniest thing is that the profile Warwick seems to have paid for in Vogue of an SMT member is just AI word slop that says nothing. Zero. My dogs could produce more meaningful prose.

During a university funding crisis.
An article that says "My approach to leadership is rooted in clarity, trust and purpose. At Warwick we've moved from siloed ways of working to a space where ideas flow, people are empowered and there's a shared sense of pride in what we're building. I place a strong emphasis on psychological safety, creativity and accountability as I believe that when people feel supported, they deliver their best. I champion a culture where feedback is valued, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and people are encouraged to lead from wherever they sit. Leadership, to me, is not about control, it's about creating the conditions for excellence and belonging.
July 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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eve.gd
The funniest thing is that the profile Warwick seems to have paid for in Vogue of an SMT member is just AI word slop that says nothing. Zero. My dogs could produce more meaningful prose.

During a university funding crisis.
An article that says "My approach to leadership is rooted in clarity, trust and purpose. At Warwick we've moved from siloed ways of working to a space where ideas flow, people are empowered and there's a shared sense of pride in what we're building. I place a strong emphasis on psychological safety, creativity and accountability as I believe that when people feel supported, they deliver their best. I champion a culture where feedback is valued, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and people are encouraged to lead from wherever they sit. Leadership, to me, is not about control, it's about creating the conditions for excellence and belonging.
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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johnmunro.bsky.social
It's the first Friday of the month. Time to #CircleTheCity.

6PM, Victoria Square, Birmingham.
July 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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warwickuniucu.bsky.social
when you and your bestie* accidentally show up in a matching outfit

* and by you and your bestie we mean universities prioritising branding and vibes over students and staff
July 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
mykaabramson.bsky.social
Went to the UCU Congress fringe meeting on this strategy. One of the most inspiring organising meetings I've attended in years. Highly recommend getting involved and helping shape a national trade dispute.
qmucu.bsky.social QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · May 26
Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education!

UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.

Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...

JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz

🧵
Trade Dispute with Government UCU Congress delegates voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the higher education funding crisis.
May 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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johnmunro.bsky.social
Looking forward to this conversation next month with Wassel Borghol, @gscoulthard.bsky.social, @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social, Dayo Gore, @johnnarayan.bsky.social, & author @samklug.bsky.social.

Get registered!
taacs.bsky.social Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · May 24
🚨 The series continues!

Join TAACS and the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Global American Studies for the 2nd webinar in New Routes in Transnational American Studies

📖 The Internal Colony by Sam Klug
🗓 June 23, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM (GMT+1)
💻 Free Online Webinar
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4dvGu97
May 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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qmucu.bsky.social
Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education!

UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.

Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...

JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz

🧵
Trade Dispute with Government UCU Congress delegates voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the higher education funding crisis.
May 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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warwickuniucu.bsky.social
The proposed policy is abominable, and something we oppose in its entirety. The University's knee-jerk reaction has caused immense stress to trans colleagues and the University's 'apology' does not go nearly far enough in expressing a commitment to being a safe employer for Trans comrades.
Warwick proposes banning trans people from preferred toilets
University accused of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to recent rulings, amid fears of more ‘massive fines’
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM