O. L. Silverman
@olsilverman.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Theory at the CUNY Graduate Center
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My article “Unfinished Acts: Utopia, Thomas More, and the Peasants’ War” is out now in Political Theory!
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July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My article “Unfinished Acts: Utopia, Thomas More, and the Peasants’ War” is out now in Political Theory!
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Reposted by O. L. Silverman
New Issue of History of the Present - Special Issue:
"Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants' War at 500 Years"
edited by Massimiliano Tomba and Loren Goldman
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"Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants' War at 500 Years"
edited by Massimiliano Tomba and Loren Goldman
read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t...
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Volume 15 Issue 1 | History of the Present | Duke University Press
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May 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
New Issue of History of the Present - Special Issue:
"Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants' War at 500 Years"
edited by Massimiliano Tomba and Loren Goldman
read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t...
@dukepress.bsky.social
"Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants' War at 500 Years"
edited by Massimiliano Tomba and Loren Goldman
read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t...
@dukepress.bsky.social
I am so honored to be part of this special issue of History of the Present commemorating the 500 year anniversary of the German Peasants’ War! Read it on open access here, and happy May Day! 🔥🌈🔥 nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
“We Are Free and We Wish to Be Free”: Political Thought and the Peasants’ War
Abstract. This essay explores the symptomatic absence of the German Peasants’ War (1525)—the largest popular uprising in Europe before the French Revolution—from classical political thought. It begins...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am so honored to be part of this special issue of History of the Present commemorating the 500 year anniversary of the German Peasants’ War! Read it on open access here, and happy May Day! 🔥🌈🔥 nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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New to the MPSA blog: A conversation with a sociologist fellow who attended MPSA, by Juan Corredor-Garcia, PhD student in political science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Read it here!
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April 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New to the MPSA blog: A conversation with a sociologist fellow who attended MPSA, by Juan Corredor-Garcia, PhD student in political science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Read it here!
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Please join us for the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social tomorrow, Friday, April 4th to discuss Professor Samuel Chambers “A Contribution to the Critique of Fictitious Capital”!
April 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Please join us for the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social tomorrow, Friday, April 4th to discuss Professor Samuel Chambers “A Contribution to the Critique of Fictitious Capital”!
Please join us Friday at the CUNY Political Theory Workshop to discuss the work of Chiara Boticci @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Please join us Friday at the CUNY Political Theory Workshop to discuss the work of Chiara Boticci @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Reposted by O. L. Silverman
Entering the blue sky with my new Constellations article co-authored w/ Udeepta Chakravarty
We inquire the “essentially oligarchic character” of the US Constitution, making Trump its illiberal radicalization
Part of forthc. Oligarchy Special Issue
1/10
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We inquire the “essentially oligarchic character” of the US Constitution, making Trump its illiberal radicalization
Part of forthc. Oligarchy Special Issue
1/10
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The Oligarchic Unconscious of Liberal Republicanism
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March 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Entering the blue sky with my new Constellations article co-authored w/ Udeepta Chakravarty
We inquire the “essentially oligarchic character” of the US Constitution, making Trump its illiberal radicalization
Part of forthc. Oligarchy Special Issue
1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We inquire the “essentially oligarchic character” of the US Constitution, making Trump its illiberal radicalization
Part of forthc. Oligarchy Special Issue
1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Friday, is Joy Wang at the GC Political Theory Workshop.
Email us for zoom link and paper: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Email us for zoom link and paper: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
March 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Join us tomorrow for the Political Theory Workshop at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social !We’re welcoming George Shulman to our workshop to discuss his current book project.
To receive updates about upcoming workshops: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
To receive updates about upcoming workshops: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
March 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join us tomorrow for the Political Theory Workshop at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social !We’re welcoming George Shulman to our workshop to discuss his current book project.
To receive updates about upcoming workshops: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
To receive updates about upcoming workshops: theoryworkshop.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Time to read CUNY Grad Center’s @miloward.bsky.social whose new and excellent article “A Democracy of Authorities: Broken Windows Policing and the Neoconservative Political Theory of the Police” is out with @poppublicsphere.bsky.social !!! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
A Democracy of Authorities: #Broken #Windows #Policing & the #Neoconservative #Political #Theory of #Law & #Order
By Milo Ward
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A Democracy of Authorities: #Broken #Windows #Policing & the #Neoconservative #Political #Theory of #Law & #Order
By Milo Ward
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March 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Time to read CUNY Grad Center’s @miloward.bsky.social whose new and excellent article “A Democracy of Authorities: Broken Windows Policing and the Neoconservative Political Theory of the Police” is out with @poppublicsphere.bsky.social !!! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Today!
This Friday, please join the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for Tyler Crown presenting his paper “Transimperial Protectionism:The American System and the Critique of Political Economy” !
February 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today!
This Friday, please join the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for Tyler Crown presenting his paper “Transimperial Protectionism:The American System and the Critique of Political Economy” !
February 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This Friday, please join the Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for Tyler Crown presenting his paper “Transimperial Protectionism:The American System and the Critique of Political Economy” !
Today: The Political Theory Workshop of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social presents a discussion of Robert Nichols’s work, “Red Power Partisans: Native American Activism and the ‘New Indian Wars’” with comments from Laura Altinsoy!
Email gcpoliticaltheory@gmail.com for the paper and the zoom link.
Email gcpoliticaltheory@gmail.com for the paper and the zoom link.
February 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today: The Political Theory Workshop of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social presents a discussion of Robert Nichols’s work, “Red Power Partisans: Native American Activism and the ‘New Indian Wars’” with comments from Laura Altinsoy!
Email gcpoliticaltheory@gmail.com for the paper and the zoom link.
Email gcpoliticaltheory@gmail.com for the paper and the zoom link.
Read @miloward.bsky.social's essay on the politics of law and order! It is an instant classic.
The essay in question is now available from FirstView at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Read @miloward.bsky.social's essay on the politics of law and order! It is an instant classic.
The Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social has announced its spring 2025 schedule!
February 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social has announced its spring 2025 schedule!