PVermeulen
@pverm23.bsky.social
Literature scholar @KU Leuven
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Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.
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disturbingly plausible
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
disturbingly plausible
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broke: jews aren't white
woke: italians aren't white
bespoke: scandinavians aren't white
woke: italians aren't white
bespoke: scandinavians aren't white
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
broke: jews aren't white
woke: italians aren't white
bespoke: scandinavians aren't white
woke: italians aren't white
bespoke: scandinavians aren't white
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A uniquely profiled tenure track (Assistant level) position is now open at KU Leuven, dl for applications is February 19:
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)
The Literary Studies and Cultural Studies Research Unit of the Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven is seeking a full-time (tenure-track) professor (ZAP) in Cultural and Societal Storytelling.
www.kuleuven.be
January 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A uniquely profiled tenure track (Assistant level) position is now open at KU Leuven, dl for applications is February 19:
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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It is hard for me not to regard the failure to recognize that the AI boom is inextricable from totalitarian creep as willful ignorance, as either the delusions of those who believe they are immune or an endorsement that doesn’t require a vulgar red cap.
But AI boosterism is Trumpism now. Full stop.
But AI boosterism is Trumpism now. Full stop.
it is an incredible coincidence that the tech sector going all-in on AI is also owned by people that want to destroy the institutions of democratic life
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It is hard for me not to regard the failure to recognize that the AI boom is inextricable from totalitarian creep as willful ignorance, as either the delusions of those who believe they are immune or an endorsement that doesn’t require a vulgar red cap.
But AI boosterism is Trumpism now. Full stop.
But AI boosterism is Trumpism now. Full stop.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
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abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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It is 2010 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2019 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2025 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2032 and
It is 2019 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2025 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2032 and
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It is 2010 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2019 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2025 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2032 and
It is 2019 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2025 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.
It is 2032 and
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Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)
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Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven) - Academic Positions
Full-time tenure-track position in cultural storytelling research and teaching, with focus on inclusion and sustainability. PhD required. English proficiency...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)
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With Alex Dunst, I edited a special issue on the question of literary value. Silkworms, angels, utopias, Edouard Louis, Thomas Pynchon, and much more.
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Alexander Dunst and Pieter Vermeulen–The Question of Literary Value: An Introduction
This article is part of the b2o: an online journal special issue “The Question of Literary Value”, edited by Alexander Dunst and Pieter Vermeulen. The Question of Literary Value: An Introduction Alexa...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
With Alex Dunst, I edited a special issue on the question of literary value. Silkworms, angels, utopias, Edouard Louis, Thomas Pynchon, and much more.
www.boundary2.org/2025/12/alex...
www.boundary2.org/2025/12/alex...
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“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
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The Frankfurt School be like . . .
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Frankfurt School be like . . .
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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One day the US will have to face the shame and horror of what has happened here: that a cabal of wealthy people have elevated a monster into the most powerful person in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One day the US will have to face the shame and horror of what has happened here: that a cabal of wealthy people have elevated a monster into the most powerful person in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
About | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
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One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
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The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.
“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.
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Trump's literal AI slop shitpost is, if nothing else, an attempt to push the wonderful and encouraging images of millions of protesters out of the feeds and timelines. Flooding the zone with shit also means burying everything beautiful and hopeful under the flood. We should not support him in this
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump's literal AI slop shitpost is, if nothing else, an attempt to push the wonderful and encouraging images of millions of protesters out of the feeds and timelines. Flooding the zone with shit also means burying everything beautiful and hopeful under the flood. We should not support him in this
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I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag I am honoured again to publish on The Untranslated an interview with Mircea Cărtărescu. Like the previous time, the interview was conducted by my Belgian friends Emiel Roothoo…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
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My take, which I’ve banged on about before, concerning the state of young people reading these days is that reading is a rhythm. It’s like a mix of slow breathing and being pleasurably bored. We need to bring back spaces and times where our young people can breath and think and get lost in a world.
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My take, which I’ve banged on about before, concerning the state of young people reading these days is that reading is a rhythm. It’s like a mix of slow breathing and being pleasurably bored. We need to bring back spaces and times where our young people can breath and think and get lost in a world.
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Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
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Door te begrijpen hoe #pijn in het zenuwstelsel ontstaat, kunnen we betere strategieën ontwikkelen om #chronischepijn te verlichten.
Prof. Iris Coppieters (VUB, KU Leuven, Universiteit Maastricht) legt uit waarom #pijneducatie cruciaal is.
🔗 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/chronische-p...
Prof. Iris Coppieters (VUB, KU Leuven, Universiteit Maastricht) legt uit waarom #pijneducatie cruciaal is.
🔗 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/chronische-p...
Karakter
Tijdschrift van wetenschap biedt een etalage op recente vernieuwingen in de internationale wetenschap
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September 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Door te begrijpen hoe #pijn in het zenuwstelsel ontstaat, kunnen we betere strategieën ontwikkelen om #chronischepijn te verlichten.
Prof. Iris Coppieters (VUB, KU Leuven, Universiteit Maastricht) legt uit waarom #pijneducatie cruciaal is.
🔗 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/chronische-p...
Prof. Iris Coppieters (VUB, KU Leuven, Universiteit Maastricht) legt uit waarom #pijneducatie cruciaal is.
🔗 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/chronische-p...