Alican
@alicans.bsky.social
M.A., M.Ed.| PhD student in American Studies @ Leibniz University Hannover | rejuvenation
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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On Thursday, November 27, we welcome a special guest: Join us for a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social on newspaper comics and the Yellow Kid! The lecture is part of Kathleen's @kathleenloock.bsky.social course on “Seriality and Popular Culture.”
More info below!
More info below!
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On Thursday, November 27, we welcome a special guest: Join us for a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social on newspaper comics and the Yellow Kid! The lecture is part of Kathleen's @kathleenloock.bsky.social course on “Seriality and Popular Culture.”
More info below!
More info below!
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Here’s a gift link to the piece I wrote for @zeit.de:
A history of the Republican Party and a rightwing radicalization, unfolding over decades, that ultimately paved the way for Trump’s rise.
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
A history of the Republican Party and a rightwing radicalization, unfolding over decades, that ultimately paved the way for Trump’s rise.
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
US-Republikaner: Wie sich die Republikaner selbst vernichtet haben
Extremismus und Geschwurbel gehören heute zum Kern der US-Republikaner. In fünf Etappen hat sich die Partei radikalisiert. Und nein, es begann nicht erst 2016 mit Trump.
www.zeit.de
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here’s a gift link to the piece I wrote for @zeit.de:
A history of the Republican Party and a rightwing radicalization, unfolding over decades, that ultimately paved the way for Trump’s rise.
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
A history of the Republican Party and a rightwing radicalization, unfolding over decades, that ultimately paved the way for Trump’s rise.
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51
D'Angelo Dead at 51
Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51
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Gerade angekommen: Am 17.9. erscheint mein Buch "Frauen in Bewegung" zu politischen Räumen von Migrantinnen aus der Türkei in West-Berlin (1961-1989) im Print und Open Access. Ich freue mich sehr! Mehr Infos gibts hier: www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535916...
September 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Gerade angekommen: Am 17.9. erscheint mein Buch "Frauen in Bewegung" zu politischen Räumen von Migrantinnen aus der Türkei in West-Berlin (1961-1989) im Print und Open Access. Ich freue mich sehr! Mehr Infos gibts hier: www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535916...
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Wie Feedback geben und wie Feedback bekommen? @joelalala.bsky.social und ich haben einen Guide erarbeitet, der bei @ddgc.bsky.social frei zugänglich ist (Deu&Eng):
www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/be...
Danke an alle, die uns unterstützt haben - inbesondere Isabel von Holt für die Übersetzung.
www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/be...
Danke an alle, die uns unterstützt haben - inbesondere Isabel von Holt für die Übersetzung.
Best Practices for Giving and Receiving Feedback — The DDGC Collective
Joela Jacobs and Jeannette Oholi put together guidelines for sharing feedback during review processes of various varieties, in English or German.
www.ddgccollective.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Wie Feedback geben und wie Feedback bekommen? @joelalala.bsky.social und ich haben einen Guide erarbeitet, der bei @ddgc.bsky.social frei zugänglich ist (Deu&Eng):
www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/be...
Danke an alle, die uns unterstützt haben - inbesondere Isabel von Holt für die Übersetzung.
www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/be...
Danke an alle, die uns unterstützt haben - inbesondere Isabel von Holt für die Übersetzung.
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Wir gedenken: Heute vor 25 Jahren, am 9. September 2000, wurde Enver Şimşek an seinem Blumenstand in #Nürnberg vom #NSU ermordet. Er hinterließ seine Ehefrau und seine zwei Kinder. Er war das erste Opfer der rassistischen Mordserie des NSU.
#KeinSchlussstrich #KeinVergessen
#KeinSchlussstrich #KeinVergessen
September 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wir gedenken: Heute vor 25 Jahren, am 9. September 2000, wurde Enver Şimşek an seinem Blumenstand in #Nürnberg vom #NSU ermordet. Er hinterließ seine Ehefrau und seine zwei Kinder. Er war das erste Opfer der rassistischen Mordserie des NSU.
#KeinSchlussstrich #KeinVergessen
#KeinSchlussstrich #KeinVergessen
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Humanities are the antidote to the empire’s greatest weapon: ignorance. They expose how history is weaponized to justify conquest, and how culture is polished to erase resistance. When you attack the humanities, you attack the very tools people use to unlearn oppression.
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Humanities are the antidote to the empire’s greatest weapon: ignorance. They expose how history is weaponized to justify conquest, and how culture is polished to erase resistance. When you attack the humanities, you attack the very tools people use to unlearn oppression.
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@dilan-c.bsky.social and I are co-organising a seminar on @saranahmed.bsky.social at next year‘s ACLA! 😱 We want to assemble an international team of Ahmed-nerds and killjoy enthusiasts. Please send us your abstract and join us in The City of Conferences, Montreal! ✨ www.acla.org/seminar/028c...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@dilan-c.bsky.social and I are co-organising a seminar on @saranahmed.bsky.social at next year‘s ACLA! 😱 We want to assemble an international team of Ahmed-nerds and killjoy enthusiasts. Please send us your abstract and join us in The City of Conferences, Montreal! ✨ www.acla.org/seminar/028c...
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This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This a thread about one feature of the Trump Admin's EO regarding the Smithsonian that I haven't seen much explicit discussion of. The stated purpose for reviewing Smithsonian exhibits and collections is to ensure they align with something called "Americanism." That term has a notable genealogy.
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
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"I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
buff.ly
July 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."
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"Wer ist hier von der FU"? 💥👏🏼
Etwa 3000 Menschen haben heute gegen die #Kürzungen im Wissenschaftshaushalt demonstriert.
Viele Angehörige der #FUBerlin waren dabei – gegen 37 Mio. € Einsparungen an der #FUBerlin & 250 Mio. € im gesamten Berliner Wissenschaftsbereich. #unkürzbar (1/2)
Etwa 3000 Menschen haben heute gegen die #Kürzungen im Wissenschaftshaushalt demonstriert.
Viele Angehörige der #FUBerlin waren dabei – gegen 37 Mio. € Einsparungen an der #FUBerlin & 250 Mio. € im gesamten Berliner Wissenschaftsbereich. #unkürzbar (1/2)
July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Wer ist hier von der FU"? 💥👏🏼
Etwa 3000 Menschen haben heute gegen die #Kürzungen im Wissenschaftshaushalt demonstriert.
Viele Angehörige der #FUBerlin waren dabei – gegen 37 Mio. € Einsparungen an der #FUBerlin & 250 Mio. € im gesamten Berliner Wissenschaftsbereich. #unkürzbar (1/2)
Etwa 3000 Menschen haben heute gegen die #Kürzungen im Wissenschaftshaushalt demonstriert.
Viele Angehörige der #FUBerlin waren dabei – gegen 37 Mio. € Einsparungen an der #FUBerlin & 250 Mio. € im gesamten Berliner Wissenschaftsbereich. #unkürzbar (1/2)
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Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
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With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan
With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan
The former governor, now a New York City mayoral candidate, marks the party’s drift into boorishness and cruelty
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan
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This piece is a how-to guide for analyzing cartoons as historical documents and propaganda, but the questions within it apply to all media:
Who made it? Who commissioned it? What's the social/political/cultural context of the piece? What is depicted and whose perspective informed that choice?
Who made it? Who commissioned it? What's the social/political/cultural context of the piece? What is depicted and whose perspective informed that choice?
So, this week, in lieu of a film review, I shared a learning resource I wrote a few years ago that was published behind a paywall.
Some of our best scholarly sources are locked away from the people who would benefit from them most and I find that despicable.
open.substack.com/pub/vaughnjo...
Some of our best scholarly sources are locked away from the people who would benefit from them most and I find that despicable.
open.substack.com/pub/vaughnjo...
Jokes and Mirrors: Using Cartoons as Primary Sources for Historical Research
A Media Literacy Lesson Plan
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This piece is a how-to guide for analyzing cartoons as historical documents and propaganda, but the questions within it apply to all media:
Who made it? Who commissioned it? What's the social/political/cultural context of the piece? What is depicted and whose perspective informed that choice?
Who made it? Who commissioned it? What's the social/political/cultural context of the piece? What is depicted and whose perspective informed that choice?
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Wer kann hier bei einem wichtigen Promotionsprojekt helfen?
June 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wer kann hier bei einem wichtigen Promotionsprojekt helfen?
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Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.
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Mit @jenniferhenke.bsky.social, @juliafaisst.bsky.social et al. aus Anglistik/Amerikanistik habe ich darüber nachgedacht, was das rasante Schleifen der Unis in den USA für Deutschland bedeuten kannd. Das Ergebnis kann man jetzt in der ZEIT nachlesen. www.zeit.de/2025/23/deut...
Deutsche Hochschulen: Abwarten ist keine Option
Was die Hochschulen aus der Zerstörung der Wissenschaft in den USA lernen müssen.
www.zeit.de
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mit @jenniferhenke.bsky.social, @juliafaisst.bsky.social et al. aus Anglistik/Amerikanistik habe ich darüber nachgedacht, was das rasante Schleifen der Unis in den USA für Deutschland bedeuten kannd. Das Ergebnis kann man jetzt in der ZEIT nachlesen. www.zeit.de/2025/23/deut...
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Was man von den USA derzeit lernen kann: auch dt. Hochschulen müssen angesichts der Angriffe auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit - an manchen Unis bereits stärker ausgeprägt als anderswo - jetzt aktiv & im Verbund wehrhaft werden. Hier ein erster Aufschlag unseres Autorinnenkollektivs dazu.
Deutsche Hochschulen: Abwarten ist keine Option
Was die Hochschulen aus der Zerstörung der Wissenschaft in den USA lernen müssen.
www.zeit.de
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Was man von den USA derzeit lernen kann: auch dt. Hochschulen müssen angesichts der Angriffe auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit - an manchen Unis bereits stärker ausgeprägt als anderswo - jetzt aktiv & im Verbund wehrhaft werden. Hier ein erster Aufschlag unseres Autorinnenkollektivs dazu.
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Hell yeah. Here's my manifesto: close reading for all.
On Sigrid Nunez, and Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Erich Auerbach, and why close reading is an answer to AI.
Thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social, rockstar editor, who rules. For @defector.com defector.com/close-readin...
On Sigrid Nunez, and Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Erich Auerbach, and why close reading is an answer to AI.
Thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social, rockstar editor, who rules. For @defector.com defector.com/close-readin...
Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector
In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...
defector.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hell yeah. Here's my manifesto: close reading for all.
On Sigrid Nunez, and Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Erich Auerbach, and why close reading is an answer to AI.
Thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social, rockstar editor, who rules. For @defector.com defector.com/close-readin...
On Sigrid Nunez, and Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Erich Auerbach, and why close reading is an answer to AI.
Thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social, rockstar editor, who rules. For @defector.com defector.com/close-readin...
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I wrote about close reading. What it is, why it matters, and what John Guillory gets right and wrong in his recent On Close Reading. Offers a sneak peek of a little of what @johannawinant.bsky.social and I are up to in our forthcoming Close Reading for the 21C
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
What is Close Reading?
By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading served as way to transform postwar criticism into a specialized knowledge. But what if we treated it more as an art form?
www.thenation.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I wrote about close reading. What it is, why it matters, and what John Guillory gets right and wrong in his recent On Close Reading. Offers a sneak peek of a little of what @johannawinant.bsky.social and I are up to in our forthcoming Close Reading for the 21C
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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So if I am getting this right:
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.
“President Donald Trump continued a firing spree at the Library of Congress on Saturday when he dismissed the top copyright official in the nation” bit.ly/43amMei
Trump fires top U.S. copyright official
Democrats are alleging foul play.
bit.ly
May 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So if I am getting this right:
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.