Jer Ran
@ranjer.bsky.social
Historian with research foci on Lebanon, Palestine, and Japan. Based at a university in New York
Ok, for real, why are so many of the few job postings in Middle East Studies that are tenure-track at Indiana University Bloomington this year - I saw a 3rd(!) one today posted.
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Ok, for real, why are so many of the few job postings in Middle East Studies that are tenure-track at Indiana University Bloomington this year - I saw a 3rd(!) one today posted.
I am not sure academia in the USA is a good match for me when I constantly have to assess if the university is at most one hour from a major city with direct transcontinental flights
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I am not sure academia in the USA is a good match for me when I constantly have to assess if the university is at most one hour from a major city with direct transcontinental flights
A rather large list of scholars, think tank specialists etc in the anglophone sphere for the SWANA region
Here it is! A Starter Pack for Middle East News
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
November 19, 2024 at 1:19 AM
A rather large list of scholars, think tank specialists etc in the anglophone sphere for the SWANA region
I’m still floored at how low the pay for postdoctoral fellows are at so many universities. Like, how do you expect your fellow to live near your university if half their pay goes to rent at least
November 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
I’m still floored at how low the pay for postdoctoral fellows are at so many universities. Like, how do you expect your fellow to live near your university if half their pay goes to rent at least
Go read my article “Global Revolution Starts with Palestine: The Japanese Red Army's Alliance with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine” at “Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.” It’s free!
read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/arti...
read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/arti...
November 12, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Go read my article “Global Revolution Starts with Palestine: The Japanese Red Army's Alliance with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine” at “Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.” It’s free!
read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/arti...
read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/arti...
Coming out next month with Pluto Press is "She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped the World." I have a chapter "Shigenobu Fusako: From Japan to Palestine in World Revolution" in it www.plutobooks.com/978074534824...
She Who Struggles
Rosa Luxemburg, Claudia Jones and Leila Khaled may have joined Lenin, Mao and Che in the pantheon of twentieth century revolutionaries, but the histories in ...
www.plutobooks.com
August 24, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Coming out next month with Pluto Press is "She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped the World." I have a chapter "Shigenobu Fusako: From Japan to Palestine in World Revolution" in it www.plutobooks.com/978074534824...
Reposted by Jer Ran
in case you’re wondering how Threads is going, it’s people responding earnestly to stolen dril tweets
July 9, 2023 at 4:18 AM
in case you’re wondering how Threads is going, it’s people responding earnestly to stolen dril tweets
Reposted by Jer Ran
“bluesky won’t have any debate because it’s all left-leaning folks” - person who has never been in a room with two leftists
July 5, 2023 at 3:15 PM
“bluesky won’t have any debate because it’s all left-leaning folks” - person who has never been in a room with two leftists
The mood while here waiting for more codes
July 3, 2023 at 9:05 AM
The mood while here waiting for more codes
I'm going to be teaching a seminar this fall titled "Queer and Feminist Cinemas of the Arab Middle East and North Africa" - super excited and creating a fun list of films from the 1960s onwards from 🇱🇧🇹🇳🇲🇦🇪🇬🇵🇸🇦🇪 and potentially more
June 16, 2023 at 8:25 PM
I'm going to be teaching a seminar this fall titled "Queer and Feminist Cinemas of the Arab Middle East and North Africa" - super excited and creating a fun list of films from the 1960s onwards from 🇱🇧🇹🇳🇲🇦🇪🇬🇵🇸🇦🇪 and potentially more
Me realizing I got here before all my academic friends and colleagues 😭
May 28, 2023 at 6:37 PM
Me realizing I got here before all my academic friends and colleagues 😭
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the liberation of South Lebanon from
Israeli occupation and its puppet government the South Lebanese Army that started in 1978. Alf mabrouk!
Israeli occupation and its puppet government the South Lebanese Army that started in 1978. Alf mabrouk!
May 25, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the liberation of South Lebanon from
Israeli occupation and its puppet government the South Lebanese Army that started in 1978. Alf mabrouk!
Israeli occupation and its puppet government the South Lebanese Army that started in 1978. Alf mabrouk!