K. Mehmet Kentel
@kmkentel.bsky.social
Urban environmental historian, Assistant Professor of History & Urban Studies @Leiden University, editor of YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies, writes & edits & curates
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K. Mehmet Kentel
@kmkentel.bsky.social
· Nov 15
since my foray into eggplant history has yet to bring any tangible goods, here is something much more concrete, or rather, stone: my most recent article is published in the 40th anniversary volume of Muqarnas brill.com/view/journal...
yes we did! expect it to be published by Fall 2026 #envhist
Just signed a contract with the @uofupress.bsky.social for the publication of the volume I co-edit with @kmkentel.bsky.social, “Istanbul Unbound: Environmental Approaches to the City” 🎊
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
yes we did! expect it to be published by Fall 2026 #envhist
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We are very excited to announce a new #EnvHist award: the 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞! In honor of longtime contributor to the field and former ICEHO president Verena Winiwarter, this prize will serve to promote global environmental history articles. Read more here: www.iceho.org/prize
Prize — ICEHO
www.iceho.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are very excited to announce a new #EnvHist award: the 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞! In honor of longtime contributor to the field and former ICEHO president Verena Winiwarter, this prize will serve to promote global environmental history articles. Read more here: www.iceho.org/prize
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ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social
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Gaia Giuliani’s Keynote “Monsters, catastrophes and the Anthropocene. For a postcolonial critique of violent bio- and necropolitics” #ESEH2025
Giuliani is not shying away from topics like Palestine and Ukraine. People left the room when she started talking about Palestine and showed this slide
Giuliani is not shying away from topics like Palestine and Ukraine. People left the room when she started talking about Palestine and showed this slide
August 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gaia Giuliani’s Keynote “Monsters, catastrophes and the Anthropocene. For a postcolonial critique of violent bio- and necropolitics” #ESEH2025
Giuliani is not shying away from topics like Palestine and Ukraine. People left the room when she started talking about Palestine and showed this slide
Giuliani is not shying away from topics like Palestine and Ukraine. People left the room when she started talking about Palestine and showed this slide
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This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
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Note that the “free speech on campus” people like Friedersdorf, Chait, Weiss, still blame this on “the excesses of woke.” Not a one - to my knowledge - has admitted they were actually wrong.
Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Note that the “free speech on campus” people like Friedersdorf, Chait, Weiss, still blame this on “the excesses of woke.” Not a one - to my knowledge - has admitted they were actually wrong.
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Birer birer eksileceğimizi sandınız ama biz milyon milyon büyüyoruz!
Bu kadar kolay mı sanıyorsunuz? Bu şahsi bir mesele diye mi düşünüyorsunuz?
Bu büyük bir milletin yürüyüşüdür.
Elinizden geleni ardınıza koymayın. Artık korku duvarları yıkıldı.
Bu kadar kolay mı sanıyorsunuz? Bu şahsi bir mesele diye mi düşünüyorsunuz?
Bu büyük bir milletin yürüyüşüdür.
Elinizden geleni ardınıza koymayın. Artık korku duvarları yıkıldı.
May 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Birer birer eksileceğimizi sandınız ama biz milyon milyon büyüyoruz!
Bu kadar kolay mı sanıyorsunuz? Bu şahsi bir mesele diye mi düşünüyorsunuz?
Bu büyük bir milletin yürüyüşüdür.
Elinizden geleni ardınıza koymayın. Artık korku duvarları yıkıldı.
Bu kadar kolay mı sanıyorsunuz? Bu şahsi bir mesele diye mi düşünüyorsunuz?
Bu büyük bir milletin yürüyüşüdür.
Elinizden geleni ardınıza koymayın. Artık korku duvarları yıkıldı.
Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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Artist Murat German has been released from custody after giving his statement to the prosecutor. The arrest warrant for him appears to have been issued due to his support for economic boycotts organized by the political opposition. Source: bsky.app/profile/birg...
Artist Murat German is reportedly at Çağlayan courthouse after being detained upon his return to Turkey and accused of "openly inciting the public to hatred and hostility". His work has often dealt with environmental & urban destruction and he has shared posts about opposition protests & boycotts.
April 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Artist Murat German has been released from custody after giving his statement to the prosecutor. The arrest warrant for him appears to have been issued due to his support for economic boycotts organized by the political opposition. Source: bsky.app/profile/birg...
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Gözaltına alınan fotoğraf sanatçısı ve mimar Murat Germen serbest kaldı
Gözaltına alınan fotoğraf sanatçısı ve mimar Murat Germen serbest kaldı - Medyascope
Murat Germen, yurtdışından eşiyle birlikte Türkiye'ye dönerken havalimanında gözaltına alındı. Germen, savcılıkta ifade verdikten sonra serbest kaldı.
medyascope.tv
April 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Gözaltına alınan fotoğraf sanatçısı ve mimar Murat Germen serbest kaldı
Murat Germen kent suçlarını kayıt altına alırken ona yer açan müze ve kültür kurumları bu hukuksuz gözaltına sessiz mi kalacak?
April 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Murat Germen kent suçlarını kayıt altına alırken ona yer açan müze ve kültür kurumları bu hukuksuz gözaltına sessiz mi kalacak?
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bu ne be! gemi azıya aldılar iyice
Fotoğraf sanatçısı ve mimar Murat Germen gözaltına alındı!
Fatih Altaylı tepki gösterdi: Uluslararası bir sanatçı ve müthiş bir entelektüeldir; akıl alır gibi değil!
t24.com.tr/haber/fotogr...
Fatih Altaylı tepki gösterdi: Uluslararası bir sanatçı ve müthiş bir entelektüeldir; akıl alır gibi değil!
t24.com.tr/haber/fotogr...
April 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
bu ne be! gemi azıya aldılar iyice
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Üniversite öğrencilerinin akademik boykotuna destek verdiği için tutuklanan akademisyen Levent Dölek hakkında tahliye kararı verildi. Günün tek güzel haberi bu.
April 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Üniversite öğrencilerinin akademik boykotuna destek verdiği için tutuklanan akademisyen Levent Dölek hakkında tahliye kararı verildi. Günün tek güzel haberi bu.
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Alarming new anti-LGBT+ law planned in Turkey.
Includes jail for people found guilty of “publicly encouraging, praising or inciting behaviour or attitudes contrary to biological sex... and general morality”
President Erdogan today again vowed measures against what he calls "perverted movements"
Includes jail for people found guilty of “publicly encouraging, praising or inciting behaviour or attitudes contrary to biological sex... and general morality”
President Erdogan today again vowed measures against what he calls "perverted movements"
Küpe takan erkek, saçını kısa kestiren kadın, el ele tutuşan aynı cinsiyetten iki arkadaş… Türk Ceza Kanunu’nda yapılması planlanan yeni değişikliklerle bunların hepsi suç kapsamına girebilir.
Taslak, yalnızca LGBTİ+leri değil, herkesi ilgilendiriyor.
Hukukçu Fulya Eroğlu yazdı:
Taslak, yalnızca LGBTİ+leri değil, herkesi ilgilendiriyor.
Hukukçu Fulya Eroğlu yazdı:
Mesele yalnızca “ötekinin” değil, hepimizin temel hakları
Küpe takan erkek, saçını kısa kestiren kadın, el ele tutuşan aynı cinsiyetten iki arkadaş… Türk Ceza Kanunu’nda yapılması planlanan yeni değişikliklerle bunların hepsi suç kapsamına girebilir. “Genel ...
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March 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Alarming new anti-LGBT+ law planned in Turkey.
Includes jail for people found guilty of “publicly encouraging, praising or inciting behaviour or attitudes contrary to biological sex... and general morality”
President Erdogan today again vowed measures against what he calls "perverted movements"
Includes jail for people found guilty of “publicly encouraging, praising or inciting behaviour or attitudes contrary to biological sex... and general morality”
President Erdogan today again vowed measures against what he calls "perverted movements"
Here's a little glimpse into what we read in my Urban History and Development Research Seminar, part of the graduation semester of BA Urban Studies. @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's a little glimpse into what we read in my Urban History and Development Research Seminar, part of the graduation semester of BA Urban Studies. @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
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JOB 🚨 4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in Ottoman History at the Amsterdam School for Historical Studies. The position is part of the “Daily Bread: A Comparative Urban History of Early Modern Food Protests” project ⤵️
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher in Ottoman History
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in Ottoman History for four years (0.9 FTE). This position is part of the project Daily Br...
werkenbij.uva.nl
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
JOB 🚨 4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in Ottoman History at the Amsterdam School for Historical Studies. The position is part of the “Daily Bread: A Comparative Urban History of Early Modern Food Protests” project ⤵️
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Useful for Canada too, in this absurd moment.
Faire du social: invest in universities, community health, research and development, reconciliation, creative arts and journalism. Welcome refugees.
Faire du social: invest in universities, community health, research and development, reconciliation, creative arts and journalism. Welcome refugees.
Rencontre totalement fortuite ce matin avec cette brochure de Jean Grave illustrée par Maximilien Luce (1913).
March 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Useful for Canada too, in this absurd moment.
Faire du social: invest in universities, community health, research and development, reconciliation, creative arts and journalism. Welcome refugees.
Faire du social: invest in universities, community health, research and development, reconciliation, creative arts and journalism. Welcome refugees.
Very excited to be listening to our dear Reşat Kasaba in The Hague www.iss.nl/en/events/em... #menasky #history
March 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Very excited to be listening to our dear Reşat Kasaba in The Hague www.iss.nl/en/events/em... #menasky #history
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Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.