Lisel Hintz
liselhintz.bsky.social
Lisel Hintz
@liselhintz.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. Studying identity, FP, authoritarianism, protest, pop culture, other media. Turkey focus.
1. Anne Kirstine Rønn @annekirstineronn.bsky.social.

2025. "What Does It Mean to Oppose Sectarianism? An Ordinary Language Study Among Lebanese Across Social Backgrounds."

Congratulations, and thanks to discussant Ibrahim Halawi!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What does it mean to oppose sectarianism? An ordinary language study among Lebanese across social backgrounds
Within the literature on identity politics and divided societies, scholars have increasingly focused on how to conceptualize challenges and antitheses to sectarianism. Recent publications have expa...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm working with @pomeps.bsky.social to check in on papers presented in our workshops in the last 5 years.

To brighten our feeds, and boost hope around studying the Middle East, I wanted to share some papers that early career scholars workshopped and then published.

Three from Spring 2024 VRWs:
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Congratulations @michellelkahn.bsky.social!

Her award-winning book on migration from Turkey to Germany and the racism migrants experience(d) can be downloaded for free
I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.

You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.

@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Review Article: The Qualitative Metamorphosis: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
www.ingentaconnect.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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LAST DAY to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings - Project on Middle East Political Science
The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel.  Pop...
pomeps.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sandwich Guy is found not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As chair of @pomeps.bsky.social Virtual Research Workshop committee, I'm tracking workshopped papers that have been published.

To amplify this work, I'll share them here.

First up: @oneryigit.bsky.social explains support for ethnic rights. Congrats!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explaining Variation in Support for Ethnic Group Rights: The Role of Forced Displacement and Conflict Proximity
Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Cuomo is out there using seriously, frighteningly bad AI to push a “socialist” scare tactic Halloween video.

And @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is doing this lovely outreach thing. With a cat and künefe.

This week, I wish I still lived in NYC.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Helpful (map-full!) piece on Turkey's growing presence in Africa. Statecraft tools range from military bases and trade deals to mosque-building and Turkish Airlines connections.

I look at TRT Français's anti-imperialist media narratives.

This piece nicely highlights arms sales.
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The MENA writing solidarity group I run is open to new members!

We’ve completed 132 weeks. 150+ scholars - from MA students to full profs - have joined. Some joined 200+ sessions.

If you or your students from/working on MENA might benefit from a virtual writing community, please reach out!
October 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Sharing only because I study Turkish politics.

Nothing of comparative use to see here.

Working on/living in the US? Scroll on by.
Pro-opposition TV network Tele1 has been placed under state management following the arrest of its editor-in-chief in an espionage investigation. The channel’s broadcast was cut off while on air after trustees arrived. bianet.org/haber/truste...
Tele1 TV seized by state, broadcast interrupted mid-air
The network's chief editor was was detained as part of an espionage investigation earlier in the day.
bianet.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is one of the weirdest, starkest, most on-point, most depressing forms of political communication I've seen.

Follow @ok-sure.bsky.social's instructions. Find the timeline.

Be shocked.
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Populist authoritarians often criminalize marginalized identities. Could be ethnic, religious, sexual, etc.

Current draft legislation positions Turkey to criminalize LGBTQ+ identities. And writing/posting about queer issues.

US observers please take note. For Turkey’s sake. And for the US.
Like previous legislation targeting Turkey's minorities, the draft law seeks to criminalize an identity.

Here, any expression or support of LGBTQ+ identities could be subject to prosecution. Speech, behavior, journalism, social media, healthcare access...

This is Turkey's "Year of the Family."
#Turkey: A draft law, soon to be submitted to the Parliament, includes a provision to restrict and possibly criminalise the reporting on LGBTQ+ community. If enacted, journalists face up to three years imprisonment. We call for the withdrawal of this provision. @tgs.org.tr
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Like previous legislation targeting Turkey's minorities, the draft law seeks to criminalize an identity.

Here, any expression or support of LGBTQ+ identities could be subject to prosecution. Speech, behavior, journalism, social media, healthcare access...

This is Turkey's "Year of the Family."
#Turkey: A draft law, soon to be submitted to the Parliament, includes a provision to restrict and possibly criminalise the reporting on LGBTQ+ community. If enacted, journalists face up to three years imprisonment. We call for the withdrawal of this provision. @tgs.org.tr
Turkey: Journalists reporting LGBTQ+ issues risk criminalisation
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the undersigned organisations in calling for the removal of the reported anti-LGBTQ+ provision from ...
europeanjournalists.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Very generous offer for grad students from the outstanding @rbkhoury.bsky.social!
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE!

That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.

Stay tuned! 🍿

#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If there was ever any doubt about the hyper-masculine populist posturing of this administration, here you go.

Outright racists are “young boys” making “edgy” jokes just doing “what kids do.”

Meanwhile, inflatable frogs and clarinetists playing the Ghostbusters theme are “domestic terrorists.”
Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Disassembling today’s “democracy melting” art installation on 4th St (of Trump-Epstein statue fame).

I walked by the set-up this morning on my way to teach my Politics of Protest course.

The artist team has done ice sculpture installations before, but right now in DC “ice” has extra resonance.
October 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ok, last final call.

We host these once a year. And working on/from the Middle East is tough now for lots of reasons. So I'm over-posting.

@pomeps.bsky.social workshops are designed to support MENA scholars in turning working papers into published articles.

Apply today, and please share!
Final call!

Submit your abstracts by tomorrow, Oct 15, to present a paper in the Spring.

Please share with PhD students/postdocs/ECRs working on MENA.

Our virtual workshops are a great opportunity to get feedback, network, and turn a paper into a publication.

Apply: pomeps.org/call-for-app...
October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Important caution from @sedademiralp.bsky.social against inferring opposition attitudes from public actions.

Repression can deter mass protest participation and curb dissent. But it can also stoke anger that drives people to vote. Especially in cases where it's (still) difficult to rig elections.
"People may not always go to [CHP] rallies and may not always speak up, but they are waiting for the ballot box to come."

@sedademiralp.bsky.social on opposition voter sentiments in Turkey as the CHP faces snowballing judicial investigations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImE7...
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict
ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Turkey recap consistently does some of the best English-language reporting on Turkey I've seen.

Their weekly news overviews, article digests, in-depth investigative pieces, and podcasts are super useful.

Glad to see this Turkish-language initiative with @studyorecap.bsky.social - hayırlı olsun!
Since 2019, @turkeyrecap.bsky.social has brought clear, credible news from Ankara to readers in more than 107 countries.

By launching @studyorecap.bsky.social, we’re doing the same with Turkish politics for Turkish-language audiences.
Letter from the editor: This is what we do
Turkey recap turns six
www.turkeyrecap.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM