Umut Özkırımlı
@umutozkirimli.bsky.social
IBEI - Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals | CIDOB - Barcelona Centre for International Affairs | Last book Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke | Currently back to writing on nationalism
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Sounds to me like someone could end this mess by just presenting him with a policy practically identical to Obamacare, but call it "Trumpcare" and tell him it is an AMAZING ADVANCE and GREAT CHANGE from the EVIL OBAMACARE
He has no idea what Obamacare is. Absolutely no idea.
We are ruled by the dumbest monarch ever.
We are ruled by the dumbest monarch ever.
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sounds to me like someone could end this mess by just presenting him with a policy practically identical to Obamacare, but call it "Trumpcare" and tell him it is an AMAZING ADVANCE and GREAT CHANGE from the EVIL OBAMACARE
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Yesterday I gave a talk on my book in the University of Barcelona.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Yesterday I gave a talk on my book in the University of Barcelona.
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You have one month to submit your abstract, themed panel, or book panel for #ASEN2026 if you want to join us in Edinburgh from 21 to 23 May next year! Details + submission form at asen.ac.uk/conference
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
You have one month to submit your abstract, themed panel, or book panel for #ASEN2026 if you want to join us in Edinburgh from 21 to 23 May next year! Details + submission form at asen.ac.uk/conference
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La primera resena en America Latina: "un libro muy revelador ... muchas de las observaciones del autor son agudas y clarificadoras"
Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto www.ex-ante.cl/miedo-refugi...
Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto www.ex-ante.cl/miedo-refugi...
Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto
Para Eric Storm, el auge del nacionalismo responde tanto al triunfo del populismo como al descrédito de las instituciones internacionales.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
La primera resena en America Latina: "un libro muy revelador ... muchas de las observaciones del autor son agudas y clarificadoras"
Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto www.ex-ante.cl/miedo-refugi...
Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto www.ex-ante.cl/miedo-refugi...
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The latest ASEN newsletter is out now at mailchi.mp/asen/oct2025, with info on our #asen2026 conference, upcoming events, and recent publications :)
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The latest ASEN newsletter is out now at mailchi.mp/asen/oct2025, with info on our #asen2026 conference, upcoming events, and recent publications :)
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For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE - Southall Black Sisters
At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...
southallblacksisters.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
Mi entrevista en @elperiodico.com
"La gente no solo está desencantada y cansada. ¡Para empezar, no les importaban tanto estas cosas!”, apunta Umut Özkirimli, autor de ‘Cancelados’, investigador senior en @ibei.org y asociado en @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social"
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"La gente no solo está desencantada y cansada. ¡Para empezar, no les importaban tanto estas cosas!”, apunta Umut Özkirimli, autor de ‘Cancelados’, investigador senior en @ibei.org y asociado en @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social"
amp.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...
¿Y si cancelar ya no sirve? El agotamiento de una estrategia que solo castiga
Dos pensadores progresistas se suman con sus últimos libros a las críticas a la cultura de la cancelación y opinan que la izquierda debe volver a su enfoque universalista para luchar contra la extrema...
amp.elperiodico.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Mi entrevista en @elperiodico.com
"La gente no solo está desencantada y cansada. ¡Para empezar, no les importaban tanto estas cosas!”, apunta Umut Özkirimli, autor de ‘Cancelados’, investigador senior en @ibei.org y asociado en @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social"
amp.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...
"La gente no solo está desencantada y cansada. ¡Para empezar, no les importaban tanto estas cosas!”, apunta Umut Özkirimli, autor de ‘Cancelados’, investigador senior en @ibei.org y asociado en @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social"
amp.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...
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NEW: Riyadh’s comedy festival and video game investments are aimed at Saudis first — the “whitewashing” frame and Western outrage say more about us than them, writes @kshaheen.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sa...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sa...
Saudi Arabia and the Tired 'Whitewashing' Trope
Riyadh’s comedy festival and the Electronic Arts megadeal aren’t image laundry so much as a domestic culture pivot, and our scolding says more about us than about the kingdom
newlinesmag.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: Riyadh’s comedy festival and video game investments are aimed at Saudis first — the “whitewashing” frame and Western outrage say more about us than them, writes @kshaheen.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sa...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sa...
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Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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We’ll be out in Barcelona, too, please add to your map! And Madrid also has a protest planned @demsabroad.bsky.social - if you’re in Barcelona, please join us to protest tyranny next Saturday. Noon, Plaça Sant Jaume. People of all nationalities & speaking any language welcome, bienvenido, Benvingut!
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We’ll be out in Barcelona, too, please add to your map! And Madrid also has a protest planned @demsabroad.bsky.social - if you’re in Barcelona, please join us to protest tyranny next Saturday. Noon, Plaça Sant Jaume. People of all nationalities & speaking any language welcome, bienvenido, Benvingut!
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is divided between its realists like, Mamdani and AOC, and fundamentalists who disagree over whether or not the DSA should continue to run and win with the Democratic Party. From Harold Meyerson:
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The Rift in American Socialism
Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.
trib.al
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is divided between its realists like, Mamdani and AOC, and fundamentalists who disagree over whether or not the DSA should continue to run and win with the Democratic Party. From Harold Meyerson:
trib.al/OkUjgfd
trib.al/OkUjgfd
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jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”
Ultraleftism Can’t Free Palestine
Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be. To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ...
jacobin.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”
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ICYMI: @umutozkirimli.bsky.social is working on a fourth edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ICYMI: @umutozkirimli.bsky.social is working on a fourth edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!
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Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
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September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
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This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
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Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
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@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
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A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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September 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
5/5
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September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
5/5
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This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
4/5
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September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
4/5
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Reposted by Umut Özkırımlı
Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
3/5
3/5
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
3/5
3/5
Reposted by Umut Özkırımlı
@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
2/5
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September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
2/5
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A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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Some unexpected but exciting news: after eight years away from the field, I am returning to nationalism studies. The first stop in what will be a three-book marathon is the fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism, forthcoming with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some unexpected but exciting news: after eight years away from the field, I am returning to nationalism studies. The first stop in what will be a three-book marathon is the fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism, forthcoming with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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