Simon Schleusener
@sschleusener.bsky.social
American Studies // Cultural Studies // Literature
I've taught at the FU Berlin, the University of Würzburg, and the University of Bonn. Currently acting professor for American Studies at @fau.de.
I've taught at the FU Berlin, the University of Würzburg, and the University of Bonn. Currently acting professor for American Studies at @fau.de.
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Save the Date - Our socialization project has invited Matteo Pasquinelli, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Roland Meyer & Rainer Mühlhoff to discuss critical perspectives on AI on Monday, February 16th.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Save the Date - Our socialization project has invited Matteo Pasquinelli, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Roland Meyer & Rainer Mühlhoff to discuss critical perspectives on AI on Monday, February 16th.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...
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Underappreciated fact: The Great Transformation studies the rise of fascism. I have learned so much from revisiting this classic for my work on anti-fascist economics.
Truly honored to be this year's Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor. See you in Vienna in June!
Truly honored to be this year's Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor. See you in Vienna in June!
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Underappreciated fact: The Great Transformation studies the rise of fascism. I have learned so much from revisiting this classic for my work on anti-fascist economics.
Truly honored to be this year's Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor. See you in Vienna in June!
Truly honored to be this year's Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor. See you in Vienna in June!
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In NLR 156: George Kennan-Anders Stephanson correspondence.
Unpublished letters between the Cold War strategist and a young Marxist critic studying his work.
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Unpublished letters between the Cold War strategist and a young Marxist critic studying his work.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In NLR 156: George Kennan-Anders Stephanson correspondence.
Unpublished letters between the Cold War strategist and a young Marxist critic studying his work.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...
Unpublished letters between the Cold War strategist and a young Marxist critic studying his work.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...
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„Die rechtliche Einordnung ist komplex“
January 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
„Die rechtliche Einordnung ist komplex“
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A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Kim Stanley Robinson about Real Utopian Futures.
Full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Kim Stanley Robinson about Real Utopian Futures.
Full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Kim Stanley Robinson about Real Utopian Futures.
Full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Kim Stanley Robinson about Real Utopian Futures.
Full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
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Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roger Caillois – Race, Games and a Ceremonial Sword
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Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roger Caillois – Race, Games and a Ceremonial Sword
Roger Caillois and Claude Lévi-Strauss both spent the war in exile from France. Lévi-Strauss had done fieldwork in Brazil in the 1930s, but when he left France he went through Martinique and was de…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roger Caillois – Race, Games and a Ceremonial Sword
progressivegeographies.com/2025/12/28/c...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/12/28/c...
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NLR 156 out now.
Kevin Cox on South Africa; Ryan Ruby on the wikinovel; Cédric Durand remembers Aglietta; Pierre Vesperini on politics of history'; Julieta Caldas at Frieze; Nic Johnson on Melinda Cooper; Grey Anderson on Brzezinski and much more...
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Kevin Cox on South Africa; Ryan Ruby on the wikinovel; Cédric Durand remembers Aglietta; Pierre Vesperini on politics of history'; Julieta Caldas at Frieze; Nic Johnson on Melinda Cooper; Grey Anderson on Brzezinski and much more...
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NLR 156, November–December 2025
NLR 156, November–December 2025. Includes articles by Anders Stephanson, Kevin Cox, Ryan Ruby, Julieta Caldas, Cédric Durand, Pierre Vesperini, María Haro Sly, Nic Johnson, Grey Anderson, Anders Steph...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
NLR 156 out now.
Kevin Cox on South Africa; Ryan Ruby on the wikinovel; Cédric Durand remembers Aglietta; Pierre Vesperini on politics of history'; Julieta Caldas at Frieze; Nic Johnson on Melinda Cooper; Grey Anderson on Brzezinski and much more...
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Kevin Cox on South Africa; Ryan Ruby on the wikinovel; Cédric Durand remembers Aglietta; Pierre Vesperini on politics of history'; Julieta Caldas at Frieze; Nic Johnson on Melinda Cooper; Grey Anderson on Brzezinski and much more...
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Mit Johannes Giesler vom tollen Newsletter @wierechtereden.bsky.social hab ich über KI-generierte Bilderwelten als faschistische Wunschmaschinen gesprochen – das Gespräch kann man jetzt als Podcast anhören steady.page/de/wie-recht...
Die extreme Rechte und ihre KI-Bilderwelt
Die extreme Rechte nutzt KI, um ihre faschistische Vorstellung der Welt zu bebildern. Doch das ist längst nicht alles. Im Gespräch: Bildwissenschaftler Roland Meyer.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Mit Johannes Giesler vom tollen Newsletter @wierechtereden.bsky.social hab ich über KI-generierte Bilderwelten als faschistische Wunschmaschinen gesprochen – das Gespräch kann man jetzt als Podcast anhören steady.page/de/wie-recht...
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I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
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Lieber @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy, es gibt eine deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien, die DGfA. Dort tummeln sich Amerikanist*innen mit den Schwerpunkten Literatur, Geschichte, Politik und Wirtschaft.
Jedes einzelne Mitglied dort hätte ihnen einen qualifiziertere Einschätzung geben können
Jedes einzelne Mitglied dort hätte ihnen einen qualifiziertere Einschätzung geben können
„Mamdani, der sich selbst als demokratischer Sozialist bezeichnet, sei allerdings ein Kommunist, wie auch Präsident Trump in einigen Zügen selbst einer sei.“
DLF, alles OK bei Euch?
DLF, alles OK bei Euch?
Politikwissenschaftler - USA-Experte Braml sieht Wahl Mamdanis zum New Yorker Bürgermeister als Gefahr für die Demokratische Partei
USA-Experte Josef Braml von der Denkfabrik Trilaterale Kommission hat die Wahl des linken Politikers Mamdani zum Bürgermeister von New York als große Gefahr für die Demokratische Partei bezeichnet.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Lieber @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy, es gibt eine deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien, die DGfA. Dort tummeln sich Amerikanist*innen mit den Schwerpunkten Literatur, Geschichte, Politik und Wirtschaft.
Jedes einzelne Mitglied dort hätte ihnen einen qualifiziertere Einschätzung geben können
Jedes einzelne Mitglied dort hätte ihnen einen qualifiziertere Einschätzung geben können
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"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
The Marxist Restless Analyst
Andy Merrifield on David Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
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David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.
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"In the earliest fragments Benjamin sought to salvage a pure and radical concept of criticism that would not dissolve into the universal truth of philosophy." Anthony Curtis Adler reviews Walter Benjamin's "On Goethe." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-useless-prophet/
September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In the earliest fragments Benjamin sought to salvage a pure and radical concept of criticism that would not dissolve into the universal truth of philosophy." Anthony Curtis Adler reviews Walter Benjamin's "On Goethe." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-useless-prophet/
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From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.
Program & Registration:
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In Deutschland wird so viel vererbt wie noch nie. Warum es eine progressive Einkommenssteuer gibt, während Vermögen und Erbschaften beinahe unangetastet bleiben, erklärt Martyna Linartas im Gespräch.
»Wir leben in einer Erbengesellschaft, keiner Leistungsgesellschaft« – Interview mit Martyna Berenika Linartas
JACOBIN Podcast · Episode
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September 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In Deutschland wird so viel vererbt wie noch nie. Warum es eine progressive Einkommenssteuer gibt, während Vermögen und Erbschaften beinahe unangetastet bleiben, erklärt Martyna Linartas im Gespräch.
Und der Mensch verschwindet wie am Meeresufer...
September 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Und der Mensch verschwindet wie am Meeresufer...
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Das Plakat habe ich aufgehängt, aber der Campus Hölderlin ist ganz schön einsam gerade. Daher nochmals hier:
September 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Das Plakat habe ich aufgehängt, aber der Campus Hölderlin ist ganz schön einsam gerade. Daher nochmals hier:
Ich freue mich darauf, im kommenden Wintersemester Heike Paul an der @fau.de zu vertreten. Schon mein zweiter Gig in Franken (aber meine erste Professurvertretung...).
August 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ich freue mich darauf, im kommenden Wintersemester Heike Paul an der @fau.de zu vertreten. Schon mein zweiter Gig in Franken (aber meine erste Professurvertretung...).
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Aesthetic responses to the climate crisis are politically paralyzing and historically inaccurate. Our podcast of the week calls for a “climate counter-aesthetics” that foregrounds planning and collective action.
With @annakornbluh.bsky.social on @futurehistories.bsky.social
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With @annakornbluh.bsky.social on @futurehistories.bsky.social
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August 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Aesthetic responses to the climate crisis are politically paralyzing and historically inaccurate. Our podcast of the week calls for a “climate counter-aesthetics” that foregrounds planning and collective action.
With @annakornbluh.bsky.social on @futurehistories.bsky.social
buff.ly/tVj0oqE
With @annakornbluh.bsky.social on @futurehistories.bsky.social
buff.ly/tVj0oqE
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A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Anna Kornbluh (@annakornbluh.bsky.social) about why we need Climate Counteraesthetics.
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Anna Kornbluh (@annakornbluh.bsky.social) about why we need Climate Counteraesthetics.
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
August 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Anna Kornbluh (@annakornbluh.bsky.social) about why we need Climate Counteraesthetics.
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Anna Kornbluh (@annakornbluh.bsky.social) about why we need Climate Counteraesthetics.
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
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