Ron Levi
@ronlevi.bsky.social
Professor at University of Toronto. I study ideas, claims, and competitions over law and justice, often in turbulent, disrupted, violent & unsettled times. Direct labs on antisemitism and on justice systems under stress.
So enthusiastic about today's class on comparison, in justice institutions in Europe, at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social Here are 2 quotes from readings -- compared and twinned ! One by Rossi in LRB on twin studies, and the other by Foucault on psyc expert reports from 1955 & 1974.
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So enthusiastic about today's class on comparison, in justice institutions in Europe, at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social Here are 2 quotes from readings -- compared and twinned ! One by Rossi in LRB on twin studies, and the other by Foucault on psyc expert reports from 1955 & 1974.
How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!
March 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!
And next week, in our course on justice institutions in Europe … Witnesses, Publics, Victims, Events ...! We are covering a lot of ground!
March 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
And next week, in our course on justice institutions in Europe … Witnesses, Publics, Victims, Events ...! We are covering a lot of ground!
Today (20 March), at Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at UofT! Eitan D. Hersh, on “The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on College Students.”
www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...
www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...
March 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today (20 March), at Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at UofT! Eitan D. Hersh, on “The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on College Students.”
www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...
www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...
very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!
March 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!
«Les juifs se trouvent, encore une fois, au cœur de la crise de la République et de ses valeurs universelles. Ils n’ont pas voulu occuper ce rôle, mais force est de constater qu’au travers de la question juive se joue à nouveau l’avenir moral et politique de notre société. »
t.co/34qK5Zhwyk
t.co/34qK5Zhwyk
March 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
«Les juifs se trouvent, encore une fois, au cœur de la crise de la République et de ses valeurs universelles. Ils n’ont pas voulu occuper ce rôle, mais force est de constater qu’au travers de la question juive se joue à nouveau l’avenir moral et politique de notre société. »
t.co/34qK5Zhwyk
t.co/34qK5Zhwyk
Hooray ! Thrilled to have this out in the world, w/ Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Coedited by Antonin Cohen & myself, on Funding & Disciplinary Arrangements. Brilliant papers, and we introduce with an essay on academic fields, funding, & turbulent times.
journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627
journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627
February 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hooray ! Thrilled to have this out in the world, w/ Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Coedited by Antonin Cohen & myself, on Funding & Disciplinary Arrangements. Brilliant papers, and we introduce with an essay on academic fields, funding, & turbulent times.
journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627
journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627
Took some time out to read this today. A brilliant and timeless sociological reminder about sociology. Howie Becker, reflecting on a class taught by Everett Hughes (in What About Mozart? What About Murder?: Reasoning From Cases).
October 5, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Took some time out to read this today. A brilliant and timeless sociological reminder about sociology. Howie Becker, reflecting on a class taught by Everett Hughes (in What About Mozart? What About Murder?: Reasoning From Cases).
October 5, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Yup. And the autocracy problem is connected with exclusion and potential for violence. As we’ve worked on, America First incited and leveraged a volatile exclusionary populism, that is focused on distrust of others, & connected with criminal arrests.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...
September 28, 2023 at 12:29 PM
Yup. And the autocracy problem is connected with exclusion and potential for violence. As we’ve worked on, America First incited and leveraged a volatile exclusionary populism, that is focused on distrust of others, & connected with criminal arrests.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...
This is superb; Conversation with Alexander Paseau. With thanks to Brian Leiter’s blog for pointing to something I’d never have otherwise read.
Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...
Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...
September 27, 2023 at 1:09 PM
This is superb; Conversation with Alexander Paseau. With thanks to Brian Leiter’s blog for pointing to something I’d never have otherwise read.
Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...
Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...
September 26, 2023 at 3:51 PM
I research and teach on the sociology of atrocities, including collective memory, legacies, and events of mass violence over time. A far better response here would be to call for deeper recognition, engagement, and collective learning. This isn't it.
nationalpost.com/news/politic...
nationalpost.com/news/politic...
September 26, 2023 at 12:33 AM
I research and teach on the sociology of atrocities, including collective memory, legacies, and events of mass violence over time. A far better response here would be to call for deeper recognition, engagement, and collective learning. This isn't it.
nationalpost.com/news/politic...
nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Back for another research trip in Bakersfield!
September 9, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Back for another research trip in Bakersfield!
very sad sign but also the most awesome sign . #torontoneighbourhood
August 16, 2023 at 11:55 PM
very sad sign but also the most awesome sign . #torontoneighbourhood
This is awesome. Molokhia, the soup of my childhood, & eaten exactly as below, is now … part of a description for how to drink arak at the LCBO website here in Ontario (over in Canada) ! Best part: molokhia isn’t included on the label itself! So someone wrote it for the website? That’s super.
August 12, 2023 at 8:51 PM
This is awesome. Molokhia, the soup of my childhood, & eaten exactly as below, is now … part of a description for how to drink arak at the LCBO website here in Ontario (over in Canada) ! Best part: molokhia isn’t included on the label itself! So someone wrote it for the website? That’s super.
I sometimes try to say what binds my interests. Now I read a stunning account in Rogues, of Patrick Radden Keefe‘s “abiding preoccupations” of “crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Just wow.
August 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
I sometimes try to say what binds my interests. Now I read a stunning account in Rogues, of Patrick Radden Keefe‘s “abiding preoccupations” of “crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Just wow.
research trips still mean letters home. A little retro but meaningful to do!
July 11, 2023 at 8:23 AM
research trips still mean letters home. A little retro but meaningful to do!