Susan Longfield Karr
@susanlongfieldkarr.bsky.social
Historian of Early Modern European Legal & Political Thought, Renaissance, Italian Wars, Humanist Jurisprudence, Jus Gentium, Legal History, & History of Human Rights
Jus Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence: On Justice and Right (DOI: 10.1163/97890045237
Jus Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence: On Justice and Right (DOI: 10.1163/97890045237
It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. (1984/4)
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. (1984/4)
The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall.
(1984/3)
(1984/3)
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall.
(1984/3)
(1984/3)
Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. (1984;2)
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. (1984;2)
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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Check this amazing collection of essays, especially by my brilliant co-editor! There’s one the state of nature in there worth checking out, too. 🙂
July 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Check this amazing collection of essays, especially by my brilliant co-editor! There’s one the state of nature in there worth checking out, too. 🙂
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
CFP for ⚡ Lightning Talk Panel: The Rights of War and Peace 📍 2026 RSA Annual Meeting (Feb 19–21, 2026).
From the revival of just war theory to the evolution of diplomatic norms, Renaissance thinkers and institutions engaged deeply with the question of how conflict could be managed...
From the revival of just war theory to the evolution of diplomatic norms, Renaissance thinkers and institutions engaged deeply with the question of how conflict could be managed...
June 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
CFP for ⚡ Lightning Talk Panel: The Rights of War and Peace 📍 2026 RSA Annual Meeting (Feb 19–21, 2026).
From the revival of just war theory to the evolution of diplomatic norms, Renaissance thinkers and institutions engaged deeply with the question of how conflict could be managed...
From the revival of just war theory to the evolution of diplomatic norms, Renaissance thinkers and institutions engaged deeply with the question of how conflict could be managed...
📢 CFP: The Intersections & Influences of Legal and Political Authority in the European Renaissance
Seeking papers on the dynamic interplay between legal & political authority during the Renaissance (1300-1700) @ the 2026 RSA Annual Meeting!
Seeking papers on the dynamic interplay between legal & political authority during the Renaissance (1300-1700) @ the 2026 RSA Annual Meeting!
June 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
📢 CFP: The Intersections & Influences of Legal and Political Authority in the European Renaissance
Seeking papers on the dynamic interplay between legal & political authority during the Renaissance (1300-1700) @ the 2026 RSA Annual Meeting!
Seeking papers on the dynamic interplay between legal & political authority during the Renaissance (1300-1700) @ the 2026 RSA Annual Meeting!
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As a member of the International Advisory Board of LUCK, Lund's Centre for the History of Knowledge, I recommend this job offer: an Assistant Professor at the Department of History devoted to work within a Global History of Knowledge.
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Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Joint Faculties of Humanities & Theology, Lund University
We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
As a member of the International Advisory Board of LUCK, Lund's Centre for the History of Knowledge, I recommend this job offer: an Assistant Professor at the Department of History devoted to work within a Global History of Knowledge.
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#skystorians #histknow
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#skystorians #histknow
Coming soon! www.routledge.com/Framing-Devi...
Framing Devices and Global Legal Traditions: From the Ancient World to the Modern Nation State
This collection explores prefaces, prologues, paratexts, and other types of framing devices. Across world history, these devices have introduced the law, articulated its context and audience, identifi...
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June 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Coming soon! www.routledge.com/Framing-Devi...
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Consumer sentiment is now lower than it was during the Great Recession and the second lowest reading since 1952. The guy who inherited hundreds of millions from his father and squandered it now inherited an economy that was the envy of the world and squandered it.
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Consumer sentiment is now lower than it was during the Great Recession and the second lowest reading since 1952. The guy who inherited hundreds of millions from his father and squandered it now inherited an economy that was the envy of the world and squandered it.
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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This may be the most important thing he's said if only because it's very hard for people to admit they were wrong and seeing someone else do it makes it so much easier
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This may be the most important thing he's said if only because it's very hard for people to admit they were wrong and seeing someone else do it makes it so much easier
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Karoline Leavitt has the boundless self-confidence of someone unaware of and disinterested in reality.
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Karoline Leavitt has the boundless self-confidence of someone unaware of and disinterested in reality.
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I'm sorry to be a broken record, but this is exactly what we warned about during the 23 years (so far) of rights violations at Guantanamo Bay.
"If we accept that the executive branch can simply deport anyone they call a 'foreign alien terrorist,' then none of us has any rights." snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
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March 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm sorry to be a broken record, but this is exactly what we warned about during the 23 years (so far) of rights violations at Guantanamo Bay.
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Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Love it!
Love it!
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Love it!
Love it!
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A little bit of Cicero for the weekend.
March 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A little bit of Cicero for the weekend.
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A very happy Ides of March to all the dictators and would-be dictators out there.
March 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A very happy Ides of March to all the dictators and would-be dictators out there.
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Woman next to me at Hamlet: ‘There’s a LOT of famous quotes in this, aren’t there?!’
March 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Woman next to me at Hamlet: ‘There’s a LOT of famous quotes in this, aren’t there?!’