Noam Leshem
@noamleshem.bsky.social
Professor of Political Geography, Durham Uni. Violent conflict, political resurgence, colonial history.
Author of: 'Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land' (Chicago 2025); 'Life After Ruin' (Cambridge 2017)
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Author of: 'Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land' (Chicago 2025); 'Life After Ruin' (Cambridge 2017)
https://tinyurl.com/mtyd9m
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Noam Leshem
@noamleshem.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Edges of Care
A firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man’s land—the violence they endure and their immense resilience. “No man’s land” invokes stretches of barren landscape, twisted barbed wire, ...
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At long last, my new book, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land, is now out!
Based on a decade of research, it documents the realities of sovereign abandonment and the many forms of political liveliness that persist in abandonment’s wake.
Published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Based on a decade of research, it documents the realities of sovereign abandonment and the many forms of political liveliness that persist in abandonment’s wake.
Published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Excited to be heading to the East Coast this week for this lecture at @sasn.rutgers.edu
November 7, 12:30, at the Art Library, Rutgers University.
If you're around, do come along:
November 7, 12:30, at the Art Library, Rutgers University.
If you're around, do come along:
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excited to be heading to the East Coast this week for this lecture at @sasn.rutgers.edu
November 7, 12:30, at the Art Library, Rutgers University.
If you're around, do come along:
November 7, 12:30, at the Art Library, Rutgers University.
If you're around, do come along:
Really lovely to read this.
You never know how a book will land and @dannymcnally.bsky.social makes some vital observations here that go well beyond my book, touching on questions of method and ethics that I've been grappling with as well.
You never know how a book will land and @dannymcnally.bsky.social makes some vital observations here that go well beyond my book, touching on questions of method and ethics that I've been grappling with as well.
New book review -- @dannymcnally.bsky.social on "Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land" by @noamleshem.bsky.social antipodeonline.org/2025/07/31/e... @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land - Antipode Online
Danny McNally (Teesside University) on Noam Leshem’s Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land Read Review
antipodeonline.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really lovely to read this.
You never know how a book will land and @dannymcnally.bsky.social makes some vital observations here that go well beyond my book, touching on questions of method and ethics that I've been grappling with as well.
You never know how a book will land and @dannymcnally.bsky.social makes some vital observations here that go well beyond my book, touching on questions of method and ethics that I've been grappling with as well.
Friend: Remind me, are you going to Detroit next week for the big American geographers conference?
Me: Have you lost your mind?! I'm a German passport holder with a digital record of working in Palestine. That's a one-way ticket to El Salvador these days.
It made him laugh.
I wasn't joking.
Me: Have you lost your mind?! I'm a German passport holder with a digital record of working in Palestine. That's a one-way ticket to El Salvador these days.
It made him laugh.
I wasn't joking.
March 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Friend: Remind me, are you going to Detroit next week for the big American geographers conference?
Me: Have you lost your mind?! I'm a German passport holder with a digital record of working in Palestine. That's a one-way ticket to El Salvador these days.
It made him laugh.
I wasn't joking.
Me: Have you lost your mind?! I'm a German passport holder with a digital record of working in Palestine. That's a one-way ticket to El Salvador these days.
It made him laugh.
I wasn't joking.
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"... we are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
Strong letter from US Jewish academics.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Strong letter from US Jewish academics.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Not In Our Name
docs.google.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"... we are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
Strong letter from US Jewish academics.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Strong letter from US Jewish academics.
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
sad and true.
Bibi’s back in his happy place, and Gazans’ dreadful hell continues.
'It was a night of hell. It felt like the first days of the war,' said Rabiha Jamal, 65, a mother of five from Gaza City. Follow Reuters live coverage: reut.rs/3DK1ewn
March 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
sad and true.
Hey colleagues heading to spring conferences in the US:
Wow: 28-year-old British backpacker arrested by ICE, held in Tacoma detention center www.kiro7.com/news/local/2...
28-year-old British backpacker arrested by ICE, held in Tacoma detention center
“What was meant to be a life-changing four-month backpacking trip across North America has turned into a nightmare,” said the post from Becky’s father, Paul Burke.
www.kiro7.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hey colleagues heading to spring conferences in the US:
Spot on.
“What’s left of the state of Israel besides bombings, destruction, abandonment and murder?
Nothing. Nada.”
“What’s left of the state of Israel besides bombings, destruction, abandonment and murder?
Nothing. Nada.”
מה נשאר ממדינת ישראל חוץ מהפצצות, השמדה, הפקרה ורצח?
כלום. נאדה.
כלום. נאדה.
March 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Spot on.
“What’s left of the state of Israel besides bombings, destruction, abandonment and murder?
Nothing. Nada.”
“What’s left of the state of Israel besides bombings, destruction, abandonment and murder?
Nothing. Nada.”
This is an eye-opening conversation between David Remnik and Atul Gawande, but not only for addressing the destruction of ASIAD and the catastrophe that it is causing.
It reveals in a blunt way how the Trump regime embraces abandonment as a system of rule.
🧵
It reveals in a blunt way how the Trump regime embraces abandonment as a system of rule.
🧵
Atul Gawande on Elon Musk’s “Surgery with a Chainsaw”
Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · 14/03/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is an eye-opening conversation between David Remnik and Atul Gawande, but not only for addressing the destruction of ASIAD and the catastrophe that it is causing.
It reveals in a blunt way how the Trump regime embraces abandonment as a system of rule.
🧵
It reveals in a blunt way how the Trump regime embraces abandonment as a system of rule.
🧵
Living in the northeast of England, you don’t need a report to know this. You see it in the derelict streets, in cities and towns suffering from endemic underinvestment.
Regional discrepancy is critical here- we are simply not living in the same socioeconomic universe as London and the southeast.
Regional discrepancy is critical here- we are simply not living in the same socioeconomic universe as London and the southeast.
The United Kingdom is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation and ‘plummeting living standards’, according to economists.
UK 'no longer a rich country' after 15 years of stagnation
The United Kingdom is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation and 'plummeting living standards', according to economists.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Living in the northeast of England, you don’t need a report to know this. You see it in the derelict streets, in cities and towns suffering from endemic underinvestment.
Regional discrepancy is critical here- we are simply not living in the same socioeconomic universe as London and the southeast.
Regional discrepancy is critical here- we are simply not living in the same socioeconomic universe as London and the southeast.
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Rule No. 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
For the Trumpists, the cruelty is the point. They enjoy it.
What is "the point" for the anti-Trump coalition broadly imagined?
What kind of tactic would manifest an enjoyable expression of that point?
For the Trumpists, the cruelty is the point. They enjoy it.
What is "the point" for the anti-Trump coalition broadly imagined?
What kind of tactic would manifest an enjoyable expression of that point?
March 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Rule No. 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
For the Trumpists, the cruelty is the point. They enjoy it.
What is "the point" for the anti-Trump coalition broadly imagined?
What kind of tactic would manifest an enjoyable expression of that point?
For the Trumpists, the cruelty is the point. They enjoy it.
What is "the point" for the anti-Trump coalition broadly imagined?
What kind of tactic would manifest an enjoyable expression of that point?
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The Tesla protests work because they are a physical and geographical embodiment of Saul Alinsky's Rule No. 13:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
What are other ways to do so?
(The far right has coopted Alinsky for a decade now. It's time to reclaim him.)
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
What are other ways to do so?
(The far right has coopted Alinsky for a decade now. It's time to reclaim him.)
March 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Tesla protests work because they are a physical and geographical embodiment of Saul Alinsky's Rule No. 13:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
What are other ways to do so?
(The far right has coopted Alinsky for a decade now. It's time to reclaim him.)
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
What are other ways to do so?
(The far right has coopted Alinsky for a decade now. It's time to reclaim him.)
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Noam Leshom, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, January 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Roberto Mazza
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Roberto Mazza
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
Edges of Care
A firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man’s land—the violence they endure and their immense resilience. “No man’s land” invokes stretches of barren landscape, twisted barbed wire, ...
press.uchicago.edu
March 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Noam Leshom, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, January 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Roberto Mazza
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Roberto Mazza
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
Just heading back from “The Game” project workshop in Bologna- superb work on the refugee route in the Balkans site.unibo.it/thegame/en
If you’re organising a workshop, having 17th century frescoes is a great start!
#unibo
If you’re organising a workshop, having 17th century frescoes is a great start!
#unibo
March 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just heading back from “The Game” project workshop in Bologna- superb work on the refugee route in the Balkans site.unibo.it/thegame/en
If you’re organising a workshop, having 17th century frescoes is a great start!
#unibo
If you’re organising a workshop, having 17th century frescoes is a great start!
#unibo
I had such a great conversation with @pollypw.bsky.social on the Voices podcast of the @europeanisa.bsky.social, which is just out. We covered a lot, but it's a really fun exchange!
For our latest Voices @europeanisa.bsky.social podcast I talked with @noamleshem.bsky.social about his amazing new book Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/v...
What is...No Man’s Land?
Podcastaflevering · Voices: The EISA Podcast · 14-03-2025 · 1u 16m
podcasts.apple.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had such a great conversation with @pollypw.bsky.social on the Voices podcast of the @europeanisa.bsky.social, which is just out. We covered a lot, but it's a really fun exchange!
Reposted by Noam Leshem
For our latest Voices @europeanisa.bsky.social podcast I talked with @noamleshem.bsky.social about his amazing new book Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/v...
What is...No Man’s Land?
Podcastaflevering · Voices: The EISA Podcast · 14-03-2025 · 1u 16m
podcasts.apple.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For our latest Voices @europeanisa.bsky.social podcast I talked with @noamleshem.bsky.social about his amazing new book Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/v...
This. 👇🏼
Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
March 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This. 👇🏼
Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
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OUT NOW: The first major update to our Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, in over a decade is now live! Read, teach, share!
Palestine-Israel Primer - MERIP
Middle East Research and Information Project: Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OUT NOW: The first major update to our Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, in over a decade is now live! Read, teach, share!
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Hey political theory and first century peeps! Susan Buck-Morss is here!! bsky.app/profile/buck...
bsky.app
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey political theory and first century peeps! Susan Buck-Morss is here!! bsky.app/profile/buck...
We’re running an advanced workshop for political geography students on the geographies of settler colonialism and this is definitely top of the list to screen.
The Palestinian-Israeli film "No Other Land" has won the Oscar for best documentary feature at this year's Academy Awards.
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We’re running an advanced workshop for political geography students on the geographies of settler colonialism and this is definitely top of the list to screen.
Reposted by Noam Leshem
The Palestinian-Israeli film "No Other Land" has won the Oscar for best documentary feature at this year's Academy Awards.
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
March 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Palestinian-Israeli film "No Other Land" has won the Oscar for best documentary feature at this year's Academy Awards.
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
First podcast on my book now out with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
A great conversation with @robbyref.bsky.social about #Palestine, #Jerusalem, the Black Panthers and even my own childhood!
A great conversation with @robbyref.bsky.social about #Palestine, #Jerusalem, the Black Panthers and even my own childhood!
March 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
First podcast on my book now out with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
A great conversation with @robbyref.bsky.social about #Palestine, #Jerusalem, the Black Panthers and even my own childhood!
A great conversation with @robbyref.bsky.social about #Palestine, #Jerusalem, the Black Panthers and even my own childhood!
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My latest podcast for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is now out. I had the pleasure to interview @noamleshem.bsky.social discussing his book Edges of Care
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
Noam Leshem, "Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My latest podcast for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is now out. I had the pleasure to interview @noamleshem.bsky.social discussing his book Edges of Care
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
newbooksnetwork.com/edges-of-care
Sigh.
I've seen a few of these recently...
I've seen a few of these recently...
You: Oh my god the house is on fire!
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
March 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sigh.
I've seen a few of these recently...
I've seen a few of these recently...
Had a wonderful couple of days at @aberuni.bsky.social in Wales, talking to colleagues and students about the new book. Great discussion and getting to hang out with the brilliant Dr Mitch Rose was an extra treat.
Somehow, it's always sunny in Aberystwyth when I visit...
Somehow, it's always sunny in Aberystwyth when I visit...
March 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Had a wonderful couple of days at @aberuni.bsky.social in Wales, talking to colleagues and students about the new book. Great discussion and getting to hang out with the brilliant Dr Mitch Rose was an extra treat.
Somehow, it's always sunny in Aberystwyth when I visit...
Somehow, it's always sunny in Aberystwyth when I visit...
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Canada in fact HAS agreed with the US, to rename the Gulf of Mexico!!!
February 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Canada in fact HAS agreed with the US, to rename the Gulf of Mexico!!!