Stef Craps 🕊️
@stefcraps.com
Professor of English Literature at UGent | Memory & trauma studies, ecocriticism & environmental humanities, postcolonial & decolonial theory | How stories help us live with loss & imagine better futures | Born at 335 ppm | He/him/his | www.stefcraps.com
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· Sep 16
Can we meaningfully apologize for driving species to extinction? This newly published article explores how ecological apologies might open pathways towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.
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The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Denounces Her. Multinationals Threaten Her. She Likes Her Odds.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Looking forward to giving a lecture and masterclass and joining a roundtable on memory, mourning, and the Anthropocene at Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November. Details here: www.oslit.nl/arts-of-memo....
Arts of Memory and Mourning in the Anthropocene: Masterclass and Lecture with Prof. Stef Craps - Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL)
Professor Stef Craps (Ghent University) will visit Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November 2025 to give a masterclass for PhD and ReMA students and a public lecture followed by a roundtable. The e...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Looking forward to giving a lecture and masterclass and joining a roundtable on memory, mourning, and the Anthropocene at Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November. Details here: www.oslit.nl/arts-of-memo....
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New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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The neatest and most hilarious debunking of Trump's climate disinformation you'll see this week, courtesy of @emorwee.bsky.social 😎
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time
The president's easily-debunked 10-minute climate tirade at the U.N. was so stupid and unoriginal, it was actually kind of funny.
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The neatest and most hilarious debunking of Trump's climate disinformation you'll see this week, courtesy of @emorwee.bsky.social 😎
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
RIP Jonathan Lear. Few philosophers have spoken so eloquently about mourning: not as an end point, but as a space in which radical hope might emerge. His voice will be missed, but his vision of resilience in the face of devastation remains with us.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
RIP Jonathan Lear. Few philosophers have spoken so eloquently about mourning: not as an end point, but as a space in which radical hope might emerge. His voice will be missed, but his vision of resilience in the face of devastation remains with us.
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“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
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Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
IAGS Solidarity Statement 9-18-25.pdf
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September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University
Discover a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
Can we meaningfully apologize for driving species to extinction? This newly published article explores how ecological apologies might open pathways towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Can we meaningfully apologize for driving species to extinction? This newly published article explores how ecological apologies might open pathways towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.
🌳💔 Vandaag in De Morgen: mijn opiniestuk over de maatschappelijke betekenis van ecologische rouw, naar aanleiding van de bomenkap in Deurne.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Wie volwassen bomen kapt, berooft de omgeving van schaduw én ziel
Stef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🌳💔 Vandaag in De Morgen: mijn opiniestuk over de maatschappelijke betekenis van ecologische rouw, naar aanleiding van de bomenkap in Deurne.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
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Public Events on Memory & Responsibility
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
August 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Public Events on Memory & Responsibility
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
Joanna Macy is overleden. Mijn eerbetoon aan deze grande dame van de ecologische beweging staat op MO*: www.mo.be/opinie/in-me.... Ze leerde ons verdriet om de aarde niet te onderdrukken maar te doorvoelen - als bron van verbondenheid, hoop en actie.
‘Joanna Macy hielp een andere taal vinden voor deze tijd van ecologische afbraak’ – MO*
Op 19 juli overleed Joanna Macy, die een kompas zal blijven voor wie weigert de wereld op te geven, aldus Stef Craps.
www.mo.be
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Joanna Macy is overleden. Mijn eerbetoon aan deze grande dame van de ecologische beweging staat op MO*: www.mo.be/opinie/in-me.... Ze leerde ons verdriet om de aarde niet te onderdrukken maar te doorvoelen - als bron van verbondenheid, hoop en actie.
Gaza screams. The world scrolls.
July 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Gaza screams. The world scrolls.
Born 100 years ago today, Frantz Fanon remains a towering figure of decolonial thought and resistance. Rest in power. www.dw.com/en/frantz-fa...
Frantz Fanon: Algeria's independence hero 100 years on – DW – 07/20/2025
Frantz Fanon was one of the major anti-colonial thinkers of the 20th century and a hero of the Algerian liberation movement. He died just before Algeria's independence from France. Fanon would have tu...
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July 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Born 100 years ago today, Frantz Fanon remains a towering figure of decolonial thought and resistance. Rest in power. www.dw.com/en/frantz-fa...
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Today at @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social: @stefcraps.com explores our hunger for fake news and the collective fantasy of nature miraculously healing itself during the "anthropause" of the Covid-19 panedmic. Would that it were so! #MSAPrague2025
July 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Today at @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social: @stefcraps.com explores our hunger for fake news and the collective fantasy of nature miraculously healing itself during the "anthropause" of the Covid-19 panedmic. Would that it were so! #MSAPrague2025
“[F]alling birthrates are not the answer to our world’s problems. Confronting climate change requires that billions of people live differently. It does not require that billions of future people never live.“
Opinion | The Population Bust Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“[F]alling birthrates are not the answer to our world’s problems. Confronting climate change requires that billions of people live differently. It does not require that billions of future people never live.“
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Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice
June 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice
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Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).
June 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).