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
This fully revised and expanded edition will be reimagined as a fully-fledged textbook, complete with Key Concepts and Case Study features. Although the core research is done, I want this edition to reflect the most comprehensive, global, and up-to-date scholarship available.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This fully revised and expanded edition will be reimagined as a fully-fledged textbook, complete with Key Concepts and Case Study features. Although the core research is done, I want this edition to reflect the most comprehensive, global, and up-to-date scholarship available.
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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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Luca Can Özkirimli Larsson
18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚
18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚
July 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Luca Can Özkirimli Larsson
18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚
18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚
Halfway through, the Barcelona Summer School 2025 has already turned into a blast of ideas, debates, and late-night conversations, leaving everyone both exhausted and exhilarated for what's still to come.
@iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social
@iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Halfway through, the Barcelona Summer School 2025 has already turned into a blast of ideas, debates, and late-night conversations, leaving everyone both exhausted and exhilarated for what's still to come.
@iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social
@iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social
"Syria's Morning After: Who Owns the Revolution"
Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace)
Join us at 18:30. Free admission
Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)
Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace)
Join us at 18:30. Free admission
Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)
July 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Syria's Morning After: Who Owns the Revolution"
Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace)
Join us at 18:30. Free admission
Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)
Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace)
Join us at 18:30. Free admission
Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)
Let the brainstorming begin. With @FawazGerges in Barcelona.
Join us tomorrow at CCCB
www.cccb.org/en/activitie...
@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social
#BarcelonaMEDMENA
Join us tomorrow at CCCB
www.cccb.org/en/activitie...
@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social
#BarcelonaMEDMENA
June 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Let the brainstorming begin. With @FawazGerges in Barcelona.
Join us tomorrow at CCCB
www.cccb.org/en/activitie...
@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social
#BarcelonaMEDMENA
Join us tomorrow at CCCB
www.cccb.org/en/activitie...
@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social
#BarcelonaMEDMENA
My new Substack, Partisan post - this time on “Echoes Within”.
Subscribe to Partisan for free.
🎹 "Because Echoes itself is precisely this: a patient, deliberate effort at connection, threading through all those parts we set aside in order to function."
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/echoes-wit...
Subscribe to Partisan for free.
🎹 "Because Echoes itself is precisely this: a patient, deliberate effort at connection, threading through all those parts we set aside in order to function."
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/echoes-wit...
June 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My new Substack, Partisan post - this time on “Echoes Within”.
Subscribe to Partisan for free.
🎹 "Because Echoes itself is precisely this: a patient, deliberate effort at connection, threading through all those parts we set aside in order to function."
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/echoes-wit...
Subscribe to Partisan for free.
🎹 "Because Echoes itself is precisely this: a patient, deliberate effort at connection, threading through all those parts we set aside in order to function."
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/echoes-wit...
I tried pitching a piece on the boycott of No Other Land by PACBI. What happened says a lot about how media works right now.
Read the full story on PARTISAN: “What Editors Talk About When They Talk About a Pitch”
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/what-edito...
Read the full story on PARTISAN: “What Editors Talk About When They Talk About a Pitch”
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/what-edito...
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I tried pitching a piece on the boycott of No Other Land by PACBI. What happened says a lot about how media works right now.
Read the full story on PARTISAN: “What Editors Talk About When They Talk About a Pitch”
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/what-edito...
Read the full story on PARTISAN: “What Editors Talk About When They Talk About a Pitch”
umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/what-edito...
I'm investing more in my Substack, Partisan. There are now 3 new sections: Politics, Polemics, and Pieces, offering a fresh mix of analysis, critiques, and personal essays. Dive in—for free.
My latest is a personal memory triggered by Suzanne Vega's recent tweet.
open.substack.com/pub/umutozki...
My latest is a personal memory triggered by Suzanne Vega's recent tweet.
open.substack.com/pub/umutozki...
May 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm investing more in my Substack, Partisan. There are now 3 new sections: Politics, Polemics, and Pieces, offering a fresh mix of analysis, critiques, and personal essays. Dive in—for free.
My latest is a personal memory triggered by Suzanne Vega's recent tweet.
open.substack.com/pub/umutozki...
My latest is a personal memory triggered by Suzanne Vega's recent tweet.
open.substack.com/pub/umutozki...
Here is a short interview on cancel culture I had with Oscar Westra van Holthe in the framework of the European Peace Conference on Perpetrator-Victim Dynamics.
teamcoachzuidas.com/wp-content/u...
teamcoachzuidas.com/wp-content/u...
May 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Here is a short interview on cancel culture I had with Oscar Westra van Holthe in the framework of the European Peace Conference on Perpetrator-Victim Dynamics.
teamcoachzuidas.com/wp-content/u...
teamcoachzuidas.com/wp-content/u...
I am pleased to announce the European Peace Conference on Perpetrator-Victim Dynamics that will take place in Amsterdam between 21-30 July. I will be speaking on Day 8 & 9 | Framing and blaming in cancel cultures.
Check out the programme here: teamcoachzuidas.com/conference/
Check out the programme here: teamcoachzuidas.com/conference/
May 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am pleased to announce the European Peace Conference on Perpetrator-Victim Dynamics that will take place in Amsterdam between 21-30 July. I will be speaking on Day 8 & 9 | Framing and blaming in cancel cultures.
Check out the programme here: teamcoachzuidas.com/conference/
Check out the programme here: teamcoachzuidas.com/conference/
📢 A quick note for applicants: Scholarships are limited, but we’re doing our best to offer as many as possible.
Fees accessible, with discounts (10–20%) and bundles for multiple courses — but we know a week in Barcelona isn’t easy.
If you can make it, it’ll be worth it. Two special events included
Fees accessible, with discounts (10–20%) and bundles for multiple courses — but we know a week in Barcelona isn’t easy.
If you can make it, it’ll be worth it. Two special events included
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📢 A quick note for applicants: Scholarships are limited, but we’re doing our best to offer as many as possible.
Fees accessible, with discounts (10–20%) and bundles for multiple courses — but we know a week in Barcelona isn’t easy.
If you can make it, it’ll be worth it. Two special events included
Fees accessible, with discounts (10–20%) and bundles for multiple courses — but we know a week in Barcelona isn’t easy.
If you can make it, it’ll be worth it. Two special events included
The clock is ticking!
⌛️A month left to benefit from the 10% early bird discount 🔜 June 2, 2025.
⌛️ Three weeks to apply for a scholarship 🔜 May 23, 2025.
Join the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and help shape the change.
bit.ly/BarcelonaSummerSchool
⌛️A month left to benefit from the 10% early bird discount 🔜 June 2, 2025.
⌛️ Three weeks to apply for a scholarship 🔜 May 23, 2025.
Join the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and help shape the change.
bit.ly/BarcelonaSummerSchool
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The clock is ticking!
⌛️A month left to benefit from the 10% early bird discount 🔜 June 2, 2025.
⌛️ Three weeks to apply for a scholarship 🔜 May 23, 2025.
Join the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and help shape the change.
bit.ly/BarcelonaSummerSchool
⌛️A month left to benefit from the 10% early bird discount 🔜 June 2, 2025.
⌛️ Three weeks to apply for a scholarship 🔜 May 23, 2025.
Join the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and help shape the change.
bit.ly/BarcelonaSummerSchool
2⃣ Two years later, everything I warned about has happened. The culture war wasn’t lost in a skirmish—it was a total rout.
3️⃣ Yet the woke left survived, mostly by moving to Bluesky or Canada, while others — deported students, immigrants, workers—paid the real price.
thecritic.co.uk/how-the-anti...
3️⃣ Yet the woke left survived, mostly by moving to Bluesky or Canada, while others — deported students, immigrants, workers—paid the real price.
thecritic.co.uk/how-the-anti...
April 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
2⃣ Two years later, everything I warned about has happened. The culture war wasn’t lost in a skirmish—it was a total rout.
3️⃣ Yet the woke left survived, mostly by moving to Bluesky or Canada, while others — deported students, immigrants, workers—paid the real price.
thecritic.co.uk/how-the-anti...
3️⃣ Yet the woke left survived, mostly by moving to Bluesky or Canada, while others — deported students, immigrants, workers—paid the real price.
thecritic.co.uk/how-the-anti...
I’m a small fish here, but those with big platforms need to speak up. A “far-right expert” with 11.8k followers likens the UK to Weimar Germany and calls anyone who defines womanhood on the basis of biological sex a "transphobe". This isn’t analysis—it’s unhinged.
April 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m a small fish here, but those with big platforms need to speak up. A “far-right expert” with 11.8k followers likens the UK to Weimar Germany and calls anyone who defines womanhood on the basis of biological sex a "transphobe". This isn’t analysis—it’s unhinged.
I read it in high school (don't laugh, compulsory reading in French high schools!) and I had it in my notes since then. I don't have the book with me now, but I downloaded it to answer: 8th walk. Translations vary of course.
Now going back to marking papers. 🙂
Now going back to marking papers. 🙂
April 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I read it in high school (don't laugh, compulsory reading in French high schools!) and I had it in my notes since then. I don't have the book with me now, but I downloaded it to answer: 8th walk. Translations vary of course.
Now going back to marking papers. 🙂
Now going back to marking papers. 🙂
I'm afraid you're wrong, @carmunist.bsky.social is right.
The quote is from Rousseau’s “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” (Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire). In the original, it reads: "Le monde réel a ses limites; le monde imaginaire est infini."
The quote is from Rousseau’s “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” (Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire). In the original, it reads: "Le monde réel a ses limites; le monde imaginaire est infini."
April 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm afraid you're wrong, @carmunist.bsky.social is right.
The quote is from Rousseau’s “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” (Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire). In the original, it reads: "Le monde réel a ses limites; le monde imaginaire est infini."
The quote is from Rousseau’s “Reveries of the Solitary Walker” (Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire). In the original, it reads: "Le monde réel a ses limites; le monde imaginaire est infini."
❌ They are not progressive. They are not radical. They are simply reactionaries, a loud tribal minority hollowing out genuine leftist politics. Their "activism"—selfish, dangerous, and divisive—is the dictionary definition of reactionary politics.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
❌ They are not progressive. They are not radical. They are simply reactionaries, a loud tribal minority hollowing out genuine leftist politics. Their "activism"—selfish, dangerous, and divisive—is the dictionary definition of reactionary politics.
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⛔️ Identitarian activism embodies an insidious form of privilege, advocating a defeatist stance oblivious to the harm inflicted upon the marginalized communities they claim to represent. While actual victims struggle for survival, identitarians virtue-signal from comfortable perches on Bluesky.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
⛔️ Identitarian activism embodies an insidious form of privilege, advocating a defeatist stance oblivious to the harm inflicted upon the marginalized communities they claim to represent. While actual victims struggle for survival, identitarians virtue-signal from comfortable perches on Bluesky.
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⛔️ Identitarian activism rarely engages in meaningful debate, preferring hyperbole, ad hominem attacks, and emotional appeals over reasoned argumentation.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
⛔️ Identitarian activism rarely engages in meaningful debate, preferring hyperbole, ad hominem attacks, and emotional appeals over reasoned argumentation.
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⛔️ Identitarian activism is untethered from reality, swiftly embracing misinformation whenever politically convenient.
⛔️ Identitarian activism is deeply unprincipled, upholding liberal democratic values only when outcomes align perfectly with its own agenda.
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⛔️ Identitarian activism is deeply unprincipled, upholding liberal democratic values only when outcomes align perfectly with its own agenda.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
⛔️ Identitarian activism is untethered from reality, swiftly embracing misinformation whenever politically convenient.
⛔️ Identitarian activism is deeply unprincipled, upholding liberal democratic values only when outcomes align perfectly with its own agenda.
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⛔️ Identitarian activism is deeply unprincipled, upholding liberal democratic values only when outcomes align perfectly with its own agenda.
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UK Supreme Court clarifies the legal definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 while protecting trans rights.
➡️.......... [crickets. confusion. meltdown.]
Why? Because outrage is a choice, never consistent.
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➡️.......... [crickets. confusion. meltdown.]
Why? Because outrage is a choice, never consistent.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
UK Supreme Court clarifies the legal definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 while protecting trans rights.
➡️.......... [crickets. confusion. meltdown.]
Why? Because outrage is a choice, never consistent.
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➡️.......... [crickets. confusion. meltdown.]
Why? Because outrage is a choice, never consistent.
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A federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to revoke legal status and work permits for half a million people.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
Italian judges thwart Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum seekers to Albania
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
Italian judges thwart Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum seekers to Albania
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to revoke legal status and work permits for half a million people.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
Italian judges thwart Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum seekers to Albania
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
Italian judges thwart Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum seekers to Albania
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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The impeccable logic of the identitarian activist: a brief guide to how “rule of law” becomes a matter of vibes and tribal allegiance.
Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in prison and fined €100,000 for embezzlement.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in prison and fined €100,000 for embezzlement.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The impeccable logic of the identitarian activist: a brief guide to how “rule of law” becomes a matter of vibes and tribal allegiance.
Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in prison and fined €100,000 for embezzlement.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in prison and fined €100,000 for embezzlement.
➡️ Rule of law. Victory for democracy.
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To win elections, you need votes not only from Labour, but also from the center. You may invest in canvassing and raising awareness. How will you explain the tension between "Campaign to end violence against women and girls" and "Scrap the Police, Crime Sentencing. .. Act"?
Note: I am on your side.
Note: I am on your side.
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
To win elections, you need votes not only from Labour, but also from the center. You may invest in canvassing and raising awareness. How will you explain the tension between "Campaign to end violence against women and girls" and "Scrap the Police, Crime Sentencing. .. Act"?
Note: I am on your side.
Note: I am on your side.