Gerard Wiegers
@gerardwiegers.bsky.social
Professor of History and Comparative Study of Religions at the University of Amsterdam. ERC synergy the European Qur'an. Muslims and Jews in Christian Iberia and the Maghrib. The Lead Books of the Sacromonte in Granada. Bassoon player.
We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options
April 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options
Trump imposes tariffs on Antarctic islands home to penguins but no people
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump imposes tariffs on Antarctic islands home to penguins but no people
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Universities should support each other and pool resources to stand up to pressure from the Trump Administration collectively and principally. Columbia’s cowing should be a wake up call
March 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Universities should support each other and pool resources to stand up to pressure from the Trump Administration collectively and principally. Columbia’s cowing should be a wake up call
Als dit gericht was op bedreigde onderzoekers was het lofwaardig initiatief, maar nu gaat het over ‘topwetenschap’: en is het in het licht van de dramatische bezuinigingen vooral goedkoop opportunisme.
March 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Als dit gericht was op bedreigde onderzoekers was het lofwaardig initiatief, maar nu gaat het over ‘topwetenschap’: en is het in het licht van de dramatische bezuinigingen vooral goedkoop opportunisme.
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“Vlucht uit de VS en schuil op een Nederlandse universiteit. U vindt daar een stimulerende omgeving vol teleurgestelde en lamgeslagen collega’s die zojuist een grote ontslagronde hebben doorgemaakt…”
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Beste toponderzoeker, wilt u weg uit het wetenschapsvijandige Amerika van Trump? Kom dan naar Nederland!
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March 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“Vlucht uit de VS en schuil op een Nederlandse universiteit. U vindt daar een stimulerende omgeving vol teleurgestelde en lamgeslagen collega’s die zojuist een grote ontslagronde hebben doorgemaakt…”
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Netanyahu is waging war on Gaza and on us – his ‘enemies within’. It’s the path to autocracy
March 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Netanyahu is waging war on Gaza and on us – his ‘enemies within’. It’s the path to autocracy
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State of the Climate Report by the World Meteorological Organization WMO: More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024.
➡️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
State of the Climate Report by the World Meteorological Organization WMO: More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024.
➡️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
➡️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticising Trump
March 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticising Trump
Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump
March 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump
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Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼
Here is tomorrow’s program. We’re meeting at 11 a.m. at the Garenmarktplein in Leiden. The program starts at 11.30. The teach outs are throughout the day in The Hague and Leiden: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
10 maart: Universiteit Leiden start estafettestaking tegen bezuinigingen
Medewerkers van de Universiteit Leiden trappen maandag 10 maart de estafettestaking af van de Nederlandse universiteiten tegen de kabinetsbezuinigingen.
www.universiteitleiden.nl
March 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼
Ukraine war live: Russian attacks show Putin has no interest in peace, EU says
March 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ukraine war live: Russian attacks show Putin has no interest in peace, EU says
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state
March 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state
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Het komt recht uit het handboek voor fascisten: het afbreken van onderwijs, wetenschap, media en rechtspraak. Om daar iets tegen te doen moeten we de instituties niet alleen verdedigen, maar ook verbeteren, schrijft socioloog Jacob Boersema. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Hoe extreemrechts de aanval op de rechtsstaat opent - OneWorld
Het komt recht uit het handboek voor fascisten: het afbreken van onderwijs, wetenschap, media en rechtspraak. In de VS gaat het razendsnel, maar ook in Nederland zet de regering de bijl aan de wortels...
www.oneworld.nl
March 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Het komt recht uit het handboek voor fascisten: het afbreken van onderwijs, wetenschap, media en rechtspraak. Om daar iets tegen te doen moeten we de instituties niet alleen verdedigen, maar ook verbeteren, schrijft socioloog Jacob Boersema. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
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Instituto Cervantes does not have the most progressive language politics on the planet so if you can manage to piss them off with your regressive language policies, that’s saying something.
#FelizLunes
Frente a ciertas decisiones políticas: datos.
🔸EE. UU. será en 2060 el 2.º país hispanohablante tras México
🔸Tiene el mayor n.º de estudiantes de español, 8,6 M
🔸 Se habla en un 13,3 % de las 🏡, el doble que el resto de lenguas juntas, excepto el inglés
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Frente a ciertas decisiones políticas: datos.
🔸EE. UU. será en 2060 el 2.º país hispanohablante tras México
🔸Tiene el mayor n.º de estudiantes de español, 8,6 M
🔸 Se habla en un 13,3 % de las 🏡, el doble que el resto de lenguas juntas, excepto el inglés
cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuar...
March 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Instituto Cervantes does not have the most progressive language politics on the planet so if you can manage to piss them off with your regressive language policies, that’s saying something.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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The United States now playing the role that communist satellite states once played in the UN: sponsoring resolutions in its own name but on behalf of Moscow.
February 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The United States now playing the role that communist satellite states once played in the UN: sponsoring resolutions in its own name but on behalf of Moscow.
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Great looking panel and CFP!
Call for Papers:
(Be)laboring Medieval Iberian Texts and Cultural Production
LLC Medieval Iberian Forum Session
Abstracts due March 20, 2025
#cfp #MLA #medieval #medievalIberia #labor #medievaltexts #academicconference
(Be)laboring Medieval Iberian Texts and Cultural Production
LLC Medieval Iberian Forum Session
Abstracts due March 20, 2025
#cfp #MLA #medieval #medievalIberia #labor #medievaltexts #academicconference
February 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great looking panel and CFP!
Last Saturday, 22 February, Dr Mohamed Abdelouhed al-Asri (University Abd el Malik al-Sa’di) presented in Zoom session the first ever thrilling reading of the cryptic parts of Lead Book 17, the Essence of the Gospel, the key text of the Lead Books. The presentation was recorded on Facebook.
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Last Saturday, 22 February, Dr Mohamed Abdelouhed al-Asri (University Abd el Malik al-Sa’di) presented in Zoom session the first ever thrilling reading of the cryptic parts of Lead Book 17, the Essence of the Gospel, the key text of the Lead Books. The presentation was recorded on Facebook.
Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocks
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocks
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Excellent resource: 91 Arabic and Aljamiado-Morisco manuscripts fully digitized on the CSIC/Simurg website
#moriscos #aljamiado #Arabic #manuscripts
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#moriscos #aljamiado #Arabic #manuscripts
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November 26, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Excellent resource: 91 Arabic and Aljamiado-Morisco manuscripts fully digitized on the CSIC/Simurg website
#moriscos #aljamiado #Arabic #manuscripts
csic-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explor...
#moriscos #aljamiado #Arabic #manuscripts
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New ASH UvA Global History seminar series
November 25, 2024 at 8:12 AM
New ASH UvA Global History seminar series