Ioana Cerasella Chis
@cerasellachis.bsky.social
doing some stuff, sometimes | she/they/comrade
(Marxism & Disability Network | BSA Theory Study Group | Society for Disability Studies | Politics of Disablement & Precarious Work project | Leisure Studies Association)
Glasgow
(Marxism & Disability Network | BSA Theory Study Group | Society for Disability Studies | Politics of Disablement & Precarious Work project | Leisure Studies Association)
Glasgow
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A call for papers!
Hegemonies, Counter-Hegemonies, Anti-Hegemonies: The Theory and Politics of Social Control and Resistance
A call for papers! The Midlands Conference in Critical Thought will be held on 21st and 22nd May 2026 at the University of Warwick. The ca...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A call for papers!
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2 Dec
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
www.versobooks.com/products/334...
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
www.versobooks.com/products/334...
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
2 Dec
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
www.versobooks.com/products/334...
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
www.versobooks.com/products/334...
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This #GivingTuesday the SDS and the Disability Studies Quarterly are trying something new! We hope you join us in supporting authors, artists, activists, and researchers who work in #DisabilityStudies. 1/5
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This #GivingTuesday the SDS and the Disability Studies Quarterly are trying something new! We hope you join us in supporting authors, artists, activists, and researchers who work in #DisabilityStudies. 1/5
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Great discussion at @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social Australian Sociological Association Annual Conf. y'day!
Thanks to the Sociology of Work, Labour & Economy Stream for placing such interestingly linked presentations (Aastha Thakur's, Kirsten Ambrens', Brendan Churchill's & mine) on the same panel
Thanks to the Sociology of Work, Labour & Economy Stream for placing such interestingly linked presentations (Aastha Thakur's, Kirsten Ambrens', Brendan Churchill's & mine) on the same panel
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great discussion at @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social Australian Sociological Association Annual Conf. y'day!
Thanks to the Sociology of Work, Labour & Economy Stream for placing such interestingly linked presentations (Aastha Thakur's, Kirsten Ambrens', Brendan Churchill's & mine) on the same panel
Thanks to the Sociology of Work, Labour & Economy Stream for placing such interestingly linked presentations (Aastha Thakur's, Kirsten Ambrens', Brendan Churchill's & mine) on the same panel
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Many thanks to the Society for Disability Studies
@disstudies.bsky.social for hosting a workshop co-delivered with Amanda Apgar earlier today, on conference presentations (and related matters).
Support SDS & become a member!
#DisabilityStudies #HigherEd
www.patreon.com/c/societyfor...
@disstudies.bsky.social for hosting a workshop co-delivered with Amanda Apgar earlier today, on conference presentations (and related matters).
Support SDS & become a member!
#DisabilityStudies #HigherEd
www.patreon.com/c/societyfor...
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Many thanks to the Society for Disability Studies
@disstudies.bsky.social for hosting a workshop co-delivered with Amanda Apgar earlier today, on conference presentations (and related matters).
Support SDS & become a member!
#DisabilityStudies #HigherEd
www.patreon.com/c/societyfor...
@disstudies.bsky.social for hosting a workshop co-delivered with Amanda Apgar earlier today, on conference presentations (and related matters).
Support SDS & become a member!
#DisabilityStudies #HigherEd
www.patreon.com/c/societyfor...
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Now there's a thought....
Now there's a thought....
General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Now there's a thought....
Now there's a thought....
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Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship -
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
Research Assistant (Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship)
Job Purpose This postdoctoral writing fellowship has been established in recognition of Neil Davidson’s enduring work as historian, theorist, teacher and activist. The fellowship is intended to sup...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship -
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
You've got 2.5 months to think about & put together your abstract for a 2026 MDN event! ⏳
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, the steering committee is excited to announce this year’s call for proposals marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, the steering committee is excited to announce this year’s call for proposals marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
We hope you all have been keeping well amidst a year of struggle but also success. To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, …
marxismdisability.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
You've got 2.5 months to think about & put together your abstract for a 2026 MDN event! ⏳
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Sure, your writing needs to be engaging - but have you tried listening to your draft read aloud to see how quickly it might put you to sleep? High-quality naps should perhaps be part of a writer's promised deliverables, as yet another form of engagement.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sure, your writing needs to be engaging - but have you tried listening to your draft read aloud to see how quickly it might put you to sleep? High-quality naps should perhaps be part of a writer's promised deliverables, as yet another form of engagement.
‘Tell me: what do you enjoy the most about your current role - the low pay, the long hours, the workload you can’t control? Or your feeling of relief when you’re absolutely anywhere else?’
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires
youtu.be/xvwvI6eoyFs?...
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires
youtu.be/xvwvI6eoyFs?...
The Interview
YouTube video by Brian Bilston - Topic
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November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
‘Tell me: what do you enjoy the most about your current role - the low pay, the long hours, the workload you can’t control? Or your feeling of relief when you’re absolutely anywhere else?’
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires
youtu.be/xvwvI6eoyFs?...
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires
youtu.be/xvwvI6eoyFs?...
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Our next MDN event will take place on Tue, 2nd December 2025 from 6:30pm GMT (UK time)
'Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?'
- Joel Wainwright
The abstract is available here:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
Join our mailing list for the link to the event!
'Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?'
- Joel Wainwright
The abstract is available here:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
Join our mailing list for the link to the event!
December 2025: Joel Wainwright – Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?
Abstract: Marx’s conception of labor—a critical element of Capital, to say the least—is problematic. Marx writes that living labor (as distinct from the commodity labor power) is distinguished by h…
marxismdisability.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Our next MDN event will take place on Tue, 2nd December 2025 from 6:30pm GMT (UK time)
'Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?'
- Joel Wainwright
The abstract is available here:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
Join our mailing list for the link to the event!
'Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?'
- Joel Wainwright
The abstract is available here:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
Join our mailing list for the link to the event!
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Over the coming months, I will be working on a book that focuses on some aspects of the arguments developed through this project. Sharing this here as a way of pressuring myself into a more disciplined writing routine and to let mutuals know that something might be on the way.
a person is reading a book with a lot of words on it
Alt: Gif of a person closing a book
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Over the coming months, I will be working on a book that focuses on some aspects of the arguments developed through this project. Sharing this here as a way of pressuring myself into a more disciplined writing routine and to let mutuals know that something might be on the way.
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#20 - Egista
'For me the most important thing is to kill that "little capitalist devil inside ourselves" because that's toxic to everyone and it's very stupid and it's generated by this interlocked system of oppression, capitalism, & normalcy. The starting point is to be better able'..
- Egista 1/2
'For me the most important thing is to kill that "little capitalist devil inside ourselves" because that's toxic to everyone and it's very stupid and it's generated by this interlocked system of oppression, capitalism, & normalcy. The starting point is to be better able'..
- Egista 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#20 - Egista
'For me the most important thing is to kill that "little capitalist devil inside ourselves" because that's toxic to everyone and it's very stupid and it's generated by this interlocked system of oppression, capitalism, & normalcy. The starting point is to be better able'..
- Egista 1/2
'For me the most important thing is to kill that "little capitalist devil inside ourselves" because that's toxic to everyone and it's very stupid and it's generated by this interlocked system of oppression, capitalism, & normalcy. The starting point is to be better able'..
- Egista 1/2
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Want to join the SDS? Members can pay dues on our Patreon. Dues keep org alive and support a whole slew of initiatives. Membership dues support editorships at Disability Studies Quarterly, and allow us to plan for accessible events and conferences. Join today at: www.patreon.com/SocietyforDi...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Want to join the SDS? Members can pay dues on our Patreon. Dues keep org alive and support a whole slew of initiatives. Membership dues support editorships at Disability Studies Quarterly, and allow us to plan for accessible events and conferences. Join today at: www.patreon.com/SocietyforDi...
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We've (finally) taken the plunge to open an account here! Please follow along for info about the Society for Disability Studies and our flagship journal, the Disability Studies Quarterly. We so look forward to connecting and reconnecting with #DisabilityStudies folks!
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We've (finally) taken the plunge to open an account here! Please follow along for info about the Society for Disability Studies and our flagship journal, the Disability Studies Quarterly. We so look forward to connecting and reconnecting with #DisabilityStudies folks!
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The LSA Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund
The LSA is pleased to provide a source of funding to promote both the Leisure Studies Association, and the study of Leisure more broadly.
Apply via the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-lsa...
Deadline--30 January 2026
The LSA is pleased to provide a source of funding to promote both the Leisure Studies Association, and the study of Leisure more broadly.
Apply via the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-lsa...
Deadline--30 January 2026
The LSA Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund – Leisure Studies Association
The LSA Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund Details The LSA is pleased to offer the Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund to pr
leisurestudies.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The LSA Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund
The LSA is pleased to provide a source of funding to promote both the Leisure Studies Association, and the study of Leisure more broadly.
Apply via the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-lsa...
Deadline--30 January 2026
The LSA is pleased to provide a source of funding to promote both the Leisure Studies Association, and the study of Leisure more broadly.
Apply via the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-lsa...
Deadline--30 January 2026
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Our first plenary, 'Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment' with Terry Eagleton, Angela Dimitrakaki and Lea Ypi, chaired by Esther Leslie is currently being live-streamed. Join!
Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our first plenary, 'Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment' with Terry Eagleton, Angela Dimitrakaki and Lea Ypi, chaired by Esther Leslie is currently being live-streamed. Join!
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The really shit thing about the so called 8 hour work day is that it's not 8 hours. It's 8 plus your (unpaid) lunch (30 minutes to an hour), plus your commute time, plus the getting ready every morning. 10 to 12 hours really. Which means there's only 12-14 hours left. So we have to choose:
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The really shit thing about the so called 8 hour work day is that it's not 8 hours. It's 8 plus your (unpaid) lunch (30 minutes to an hour), plus your commute time, plus the getting ready every morning. 10 to 12 hours really. Which means there's only 12-14 hours left. So we have to choose:
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Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
www.britsoc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Book Launch: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond: Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century (Routledge 2025)
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
A BSA Theory Study Group Event
21 November 2025 (14:00-15:30 GMT)
Online
Free to attend, registration required
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
#SocialTheory
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This ballot is a ballot for the soul of the university. A university does not exist without its staff. Yet staff are the ones who are being cut or made to snap under pressure.
Enough.
In fighting for dignity for staff we are fighting for the university.
Join us and vote YES in the national ballot.
Enough.
In fighting for dignity for staff we are fighting for the university.
Join us and vote YES in the national ballot.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This ballot is a ballot for the soul of the university. A university does not exist without its staff. Yet staff are the ones who are being cut or made to snap under pressure.
Enough.
In fighting for dignity for staff we are fighting for the university.
Join us and vote YES in the national ballot.
Enough.
In fighting for dignity for staff we are fighting for the university.
Join us and vote YES in the national ballot.
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🟥 RED CARD 4 ISRAEL 🟥
Birmingham TUC calls all Workers and Trade Unionists across the UK to stand against Apartheid, with a sports boycott of Israel
THURS 6 NOV 6PM
Aston Pavillion
Trinity Rd
B6 6JD
Birmingham TUC calls all Workers and Trade Unionists across the UK to stand against Apartheid, with a sports boycott of Israel
THURS 6 NOV 6PM
Aston Pavillion
Trinity Rd
B6 6JD
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🟥 RED CARD 4 ISRAEL 🟥
Birmingham TUC calls all Workers and Trade Unionists across the UK to stand against Apartheid, with a sports boycott of Israel
THURS 6 NOV 6PM
Aston Pavillion
Trinity Rd
B6 6JD
Birmingham TUC calls all Workers and Trade Unionists across the UK to stand against Apartheid, with a sports boycott of Israel
THURS 6 NOV 6PM
Aston Pavillion
Trinity Rd
B6 6JD
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If you missed it, here’s the interim Principal talking about substantial future job cuts at University of Dundee.
He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.
We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.
We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you missed it, here’s the interim Principal talking about substantial future job cuts at University of Dundee.
He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.
We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.
We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
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Missed our November event yesterday?
The video recording of Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (presentation delivered by Anindya Raychaudhuri) is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_0JjEYaZyrs?...
#Vertigo #DisabilitySky #Capitalism
The video recording of Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (presentation delivered by Anindya Raychaudhuri) is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_0JjEYaZyrs?...
#Vertigo #DisabilitySky #Capitalism
Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (with Anindya Raychaudhuri)
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Missed our November event yesterday?
The video recording of Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (presentation delivered by Anindya Raychaudhuri) is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_0JjEYaZyrs?...
#Vertigo #DisabilitySky #Capitalism
The video recording of Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (presentation delivered by Anindya Raychaudhuri) is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_0JjEYaZyrs?...
#Vertigo #DisabilitySky #Capitalism