Nat Nesvaderani
@natnes.bsky.social
iranian-american anthropologist & filmmaker I assistant prof multimodal anthro I EthnoCine collective I CoMMPCT collective 🐈 🚲 🧶 she/they
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Academic Freedom — SVA Film & Media Festival 2024
svafilmandmediafestival.org
Thrilled that my project "academic freedom," will screen in Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, New Orleans. Sad I won't be at the American Anthropological Association conference in person, but huge thanks to SVAFMF team! <3 svafilmandmediafestival.org/academic-fre...
Postdoc opportunity for scholar-practitioners in Global Majority diasporic art and thought. Interests: installation + socially engaged art, video/sound, curation, experimental practices, and fields like sound studies, Asian American, Black, and Latinx studies
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow
Haverford College invites applications for a two-year, full-time Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship.
www.haverford.edu
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Postdoc opportunity for scholar-practitioners in Global Majority diasporic art and thought. Interests: installation + socially engaged art, video/sound, curation, experimental practices, and fields like sound studies, Asian American, Black, and Latinx studies
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
Thrilled that my project "academic freedom," will screen in Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, New Orleans. Sad I won't be at the American Anthropological Association conference in person, but huge thanks to SVAFMF team! <3 svafilmandmediafestival.org/academic-fre...
Academic Freedom — SVA Film & Media Festival 2024
svafilmandmediafestival.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thrilled that my project "academic freedom," will screen in Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, New Orleans. Sad I won't be at the American Anthropological Association conference in person, but huge thanks to SVAFMF team! <3 svafilmandmediafestival.org/academic-fre...
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It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
So… is someone going to start up an alternative peace prize, to give Bisan the award?
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So… is someone going to start up an alternative peace prize, to give Bisan the award?
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#Employment The Department of History at Colby College invites applications for a three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle East/Islamic history beginning July 1, 2026.
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Middle East Studies Association
The Department of History invites applications for a three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle East/Islamic history beginning July 1, 2026.
mesana.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Employment The Department of History at Colby College invites applications for a three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle East/Islamic history beginning July 1, 2026.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
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Funded PhD opportunities in Poli Sci at ULaval, focus on impact of China's Science Silk Road program, and supervisors are particularly interested in canadidates with experience / networks / linguistic knowledge in Africa or Latin America. www.cirgom.ulaval.ca/call-applica...
Call for Applications: Two Scholarships to Start a PhD in Sept 2026
www.cirgom.ulaval.ca
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Funded PhD opportunities in Poli Sci at ULaval, focus on impact of China's Science Silk Road program, and supervisors are particularly interested in canadidates with experience / networks / linguistic knowledge in Africa or Latin America. www.cirgom.ulaval.ca/call-applica...
Happening now in the world of film and politics:
Yesterday 50 Israeli doc filmmakers publish open letter expressing “profound shame,” “helplessness,” over genocide in Gaza & solidarity with global boycott of Israeli cultural institutions.
Yesterday 50 Israeli doc filmmakers publish open letter expressing “profound shame,” “helplessness,” over genocide in Gaza & solidarity with global boycott of Israeli cultural institutions.
Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Support International Boycott in Open Letter Condemning Gaza War
Over 50 Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Support International Boycott in Open Letter Condemning Gaza War
www.documentary.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happening now in the world of film and politics:
Yesterday 50 Israeli doc filmmakers publish open letter expressing “profound shame,” “helplessness,” over genocide in Gaza & solidarity with global boycott of Israeli cultural institutions.
Yesterday 50 Israeli doc filmmakers publish open letter expressing “profound shame,” “helplessness,” over genocide in Gaza & solidarity with global boycott of Israeli cultural institutions.
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So, agents wear masks in public for “fear” of being doxxed when it is part of their job to be accountable for their actions, but members of the public with Constitutional rights have their liberties stripped by the government that uses a third party organization that…(checks notes)…doxxes?
DHS used anonymous pro-Israel site to target activists for deportation, agency says in court
DHS said at a trial Wednesday that it used a list from the site, which has been accused of doxxing people whom it sees as being anti-Israel and antisemitic.
www.nbcnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So, agents wear masks in public for “fear” of being doxxed when it is part of their job to be accountable for their actions, but members of the public with Constitutional rights have their liberties stripped by the government that uses a third party organization that…(checks notes)…doxxes?
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Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
Rümeysa released and planning to purse her case in federal court.
Another blow to the Trump administration.
Another blow to the Trump administration.
Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight.
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
LIVE NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk and her legal team
Best QUALITY link
Best QUALITY link
May 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Rümeysa released and planning to purse her case in federal court.
Another blow to the Trump administration.
Another blow to the Trump administration.
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‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
Israeli attacks kill 16 in Gaza as aid kitchens shut after supplies run out
‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
‘We have no more food to prepare,’ warns World Central Kitchen as it halts food aid operations amid Israeli blockade.
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The UN is investigating the involvement of entities incl. pension funds+universities "in the commission of international crimes connected to 🇮🇱's unlawful occupation, racial segregation & apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory"
How's your uni faring?
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
How's your uni faring?
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The UN is investigating the involvement of entities incl. pension funds+universities "in the commission of international crimes connected to 🇮🇱's unlawful occupation, racial segregation & apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory"
How's your uni faring?
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
How's your uni faring?
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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On this note: universities were literally creating policies last November *before the election* to comply with new CHIPS language restricting scientific collaboration with people from certain countries, including China
Tangentially: also Jasmine Crockett had a press release last month about how dangerous the Chinese are! Can we stop acting like Sinophobia is a GOP problem when this yellow threat bit is a bipartisan phenomenon that was legally furthered by the Biden admin in the CHIPS Act???
April 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On this note: universities were literally creating policies last November *before the election* to comply with new CHIPS language restricting scientific collaboration with people from certain countries, including China
Feels like this is echoing the turn towards big funding for social impact films in Hollywood some years ago, but then actually that leading to apolitical films without social justice outcomes.
This is really disappointing (and disingenuous: AI is by definition unethical in its environmental impact alone, let alone the theft and exploitation)
Natasha Lyonne wants to pioneer ethical AI with feature directorial debut
Natasha Lyonne wants to pioneer ethical AI with feature directorial debut
www.avclub.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Feels like this is echoing the turn towards big funding for social impact films in Hollywood some years ago, but then actually that leading to apolitical films without social justice outcomes.
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Convincing people to wait on the hoped-for benevolence of rich people rather than taxing the shit out of them and having fully funded social welfare programs is the greatest trick that Regan ever pulled.
Sounds like it’s a mistake to leave public goods in the hands of billionaires who can decide at any moment they’re bored and don’t want to support them anymore bsky.app/profile/clar...
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Convincing people to wait on the hoped-for benevolence of rich people rather than taxing the shit out of them and having fully funded social welfare programs is the greatest trick that Regan ever pulled.
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oh this postdoc position at uva sounds great: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3507...
Postdoc Visual Art & Third-World Solidarities in 20th-Century Liberation Movements in Middle East
How did visual artists in the Arab liberation movements visualize, entangle, and transform their own visions of freedom in dialogue with those of the wider Third World during 20th-century decolonisati...
www.academictransfer.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
oh this postdoc position at uva sounds great: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3507...
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Y'all.
Just hit 1,000 signups. In less than 24 hours.
I'm in shock. And in awe.
Just hit 1,000 signups. In less than 24 hours.
I'm in shock. And in awe.
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Y'all.
Just hit 1,000 signups. In less than 24 hours.
I'm in shock. And in awe.
Just hit 1,000 signups. In less than 24 hours.
I'm in shock. And in awe.
Postdoc opportunity in interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences. Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences. jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
jobs.uc.edu
April 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Postdoc opportunity in interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences. Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences. jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
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with aid not getting in and with ongoing bombardment again, eSims continue to be a crucial lifeline.
if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly:
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly:
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
March 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
with aid not getting in and with ongoing bombardment again, eSims continue to be a crucial lifeline.
if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly:
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly:
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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Small children killed by Trump and Musk
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Small children killed by Trump and Musk
IOF storm Al-Quds University, east of occupied Jerusalem, ahead of planned student rally in solidarity with Gaza.
U.S. campuses saw cops with rubber bullets. Palestinian campuses see assault rifles.
This is what academic freedom looks like in 2025.
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U.S. campuses saw cops with rubber bullets. Palestinian campuses see assault rifles.
This is what academic freedom looks like in 2025.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
IOF storm Al-Quds University, east of occupied Jerusalem, ahead of planned student rally in solidarity with Gaza.
U.S. campuses saw cops with rubber bullets. Palestinian campuses see assault rifles.
This is what academic freedom looks like in 2025.
x.com/qudsn/status...
U.S. campuses saw cops with rubber bullets. Palestinian campuses see assault rifles.
This is what academic freedom looks like in 2025.
x.com/qudsn/status...
En combinant supports créatifs et théoriques, Camilo Leon-Quijano propose une « photo-ethnographie multimodale […] qui interroge le lien anthropologue/sujets et inscrit l’image dans des univers sensoriels étendus »
journals-openedition-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/lhomme/52229
journals-openedition-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/lhomme/52229
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April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
En combinant supports créatifs et théoriques, Camilo Leon-Quijano propose une « photo-ethnographie multimodale […] qui interroge le lien anthropologue/sujets et inscrit l’image dans des univers sensoriels étendus »
journals-openedition-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/lhomme/52229
journals-openedition-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/lhomme/52229
The Flaherty Seminar 2025 is open is open for applications for filmmakers and researchers active in the field! The theme: Onward! <3
theflaherty.org/2025-fellows...
theflaherty.org/2025-fellows...
2025 Fellowship — The Flaherty
theflaherty.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Flaherty Seminar 2025 is open is open for applications for filmmakers and researchers active in the field! The theme: Onward! <3
theflaherty.org/2025-fellows...
theflaherty.org/2025-fellows...