Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
@vtsagkr.bsky.social
senior assistant professor of comparative politics🎓 studying far right discourses, crisis and populism 📚 @polscileiden.bsky.social they/them 🏳️🌈
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
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Join Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni to discuss their new book, Radicalisation and Crisis Management: Shifts of Radical Right Discourse on 10th November from 1630UTC - all the details are at asen.ac.uk/event/tsa...
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Join Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni to discuss their new book, Radicalisation and Crisis Management: Shifts of Radical Right Discourse on 10th November from 1630UTC - all the details are at asen.ac.uk/event/tsa...
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📢 Announcing the 2025 Political Science Master Thesis Prize nominees 🎓
The shortlist highlights outstanding work from all of the MSc Political Science specialisations. Winners will be revealed on 31 October.
Check out the shortlist: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
The shortlist highlights outstanding work from all of the MSc Political Science specialisations. Winners will be revealed on 31 October.
Check out the shortlist: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2025: the nominees
Every Political Science master’s student at Leiden University completes their degree with thesis. The thesis provides students with the opportunity to pursue a topic of their choosing in depth and con...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 Announcing the 2025 Political Science Master Thesis Prize nominees 🎓
The shortlist highlights outstanding work from all of the MSc Political Science specialisations. Winners will be revealed on 31 October.
Check out the shortlist: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
The shortlist highlights outstanding work from all of the MSc Political Science specialisations. Winners will be revealed on 31 October.
Check out the shortlist: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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BREAKING: Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400 year history of the role reut.rs/46RSbE6
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
BREAKING: Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400 year history of the role reut.rs/46RSbE6
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A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.
‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university profe...
www.cnn.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.
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As the Netherlands grapples with the "anglicisation" of its universities, it's worth looking to Flanders for a potential cautionary tale. This piece in De Tijd shows how a well-intentioned policy to protect Dutch in higher education can become absurd www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
Is er ook Engelse master? Dan telt verplichte Nederlandstalige variant vaak geen enkele student
In het hoger onderwijs zitten meer studenten in de Engelstalige STEM-masteropleidingen dan in de Nederlandstalige. De Vlaamse regering wil die verengelsing tegengaan, maar dat leidt tot kafkaiaanse t...
www.tijd.be
October 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As the Netherlands grapples with the "anglicisation" of its universities, it's worth looking to Flanders for a potential cautionary tale. This piece in De Tijd shows how a well-intentioned policy to protect Dutch in higher education can become absurd www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
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📣 5 NEW Research Networks have joined our community!
⚠️The Politics of Crisis Management
🏥Health Policy, Politics and Governance
🌐Data Linkage in Political Science
⚖️Comparative Regime Studies
🏛️Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space
Join groups & learn more👉 buff.ly/hDqGg6w
⚠️The Politics of Crisis Management
🏥Health Policy, Politics and Governance
🌐Data Linkage in Political Science
⚖️Comparative Regime Studies
🏛️Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space
Join groups & learn more👉 buff.ly/hDqGg6w
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 5 NEW Research Networks have joined our community!
⚠️The Politics of Crisis Management
🏥Health Policy, Politics and Governance
🌐Data Linkage in Political Science
⚖️Comparative Regime Studies
🏛️Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space
Join groups & learn more👉 buff.ly/hDqGg6w
⚠️The Politics of Crisis Management
🏥Health Policy, Politics and Governance
🌐Data Linkage in Political Science
⚖️Comparative Regime Studies
🏛️Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space
Join groups & learn more👉 buff.ly/hDqGg6w
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The PVV has left the Dutch coalition. What does this mean? Will there we be new elections? When? Who will win? Which government will form? 🧵
June 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The PVV has left the Dutch coalition. What does this mean? Will there we be new elections? When? Who will win? Which government will form? 🧵
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📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out the Radical-or-Extreme Right research network of co-citations:Could there be evidence for 2 different schools? www.kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-radi....
The Extreme / Radical Right research network of co-citations: evidence for 2 different schools? (Part 1) - kai arzheimer
Are there two different, incompatible strands of publications on the Extreme / Radical Right? I transform SSCI data into a network to address this question
www.kai-arzheimer.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Check out the Radical-or-Extreme Right research network of co-citations:Could there be evidence for 2 different schools? www.kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-radi....
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
in Greek smaller island municipalities:
➡️number of electoral competitors is lower
➡️candidates are less likely to run under a party banner
➡️incidence of patron-client linkages is higher
🔓 #OpenAccess by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
in Greek smaller island municipalities:
➡️number of electoral competitors is lower
➡️candidates are less likely to run under a party banner
➡️incidence of patron-client linkages is higher
🔓 #OpenAccess by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
in Greek smaller island municipalities:
➡️number of electoral competitors is lower
➡️candidates are less likely to run under a party banner
➡️incidence of patron-client linkages is higher
🔓 #OpenAccess by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
in Greek smaller island municipalities:
➡️number of electoral competitors is lower
➡️candidates are less likely to run under a party banner
➡️incidence of patron-client linkages is higher
🔓 #OpenAccess by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢 Join us in Surrey, UK, for the "Challenges to Europe – European Challenges" Conference, exploring the forces shaping politics, society, and democracy across the continent 🇪🇺
📅 28-29 May 2025 | 📍University of Surrey
🔗 Free registration, courtesy of PSA: 2025cbeeuropeanchallenges.eventbrite.com
📅 28-29 May 2025 | 📍University of Surrey
🔗 Free registration, courtesy of PSA: 2025cbeeuropeanchallenges.eventbrite.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📢 Join us in Surrey, UK, for the "Challenges to Europe – European Challenges" Conference, exploring the forces shaping politics, society, and democracy across the continent 🇪🇺
📅 28-29 May 2025 | 📍University of Surrey
🔗 Free registration, courtesy of PSA: 2025cbeeuropeanchallenges.eventbrite.com
📅 28-29 May 2025 | 📍University of Surrey
🔗 Free registration, courtesy of PSA: 2025cbeeuropeanchallenges.eventbrite.com
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🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.26
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
🌈 Sexism in politics: a barrier to women’s representation
Sexism in politics restricts women’s participation and weakens democracy. A study by Hilde Coffé and colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals the impact of sexist attacks, stere...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.26
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
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Vandaag staak ik met vele collega's van @unileiden.bsky.social en @hogeschoolleiden.bsky.social tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Dit is de start van een landelijke estafettestaking. 🟥
woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/prog...
woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/prog...
Persbericht programma actiedag Leiden, 10 maart
WOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst.
woinactie.blogspot.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Vandaag staak ik met vele collega's van @unileiden.bsky.social en @hogeschoolleiden.bsky.social tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Dit is de start van een landelijke estafettestaking. 🟥
woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/prog...
woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/prog...
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Today I am on strike to protest the massive cuts to higher education funding in the Netherlands.
Vandaag ga ik staken om te protesteren tegen de enorme bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in Nederland.
nltimes.nl/2025/03/10/s...
Vandaag ga ik staken om te protesteren tegen de enorme bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in Nederland.
nltimes.nl/2025/03/10/s...
Strikes against higher education budget cuts kick off in The Hague, Leiden today
Students and lecturers from universities, universities of applied sciences, and secondary vocational education are striking against the government’s announced budget cuts in higher education. They wil...
nltimes.nl
March 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today I am on strike to protest the massive cuts to higher education funding in the Netherlands.
Vandaag ga ik staken om te protesteren tegen de enorme bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in Nederland.
nltimes.nl/2025/03/10/s...
Vandaag ga ik staken om te protesteren tegen de enorme bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in Nederland.
nltimes.nl/2025/03/10/s...
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🥁 New Article Collection! 📚
#Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe
1⃣2⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, Nicolò Conti & @bonniefield.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
#Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe
1⃣2⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, Nicolò Conti & @bonniefield.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
March 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🥁 New Article Collection! 📚
#Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe
1⃣2⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, Nicolò Conti & @bonniefield.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
#Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe
1⃣2⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, Nicolò Conti & @bonniefield.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
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Only one day left to apply for one of the 18 PhD positions in the EUFOG project on the contested EU foreign policy in the era of geopolitics. Full/time with generous mobility and family allowances! Barcelona, Bristol, Leiden, Vienna, Oslo, Krakow and Ghent
www.eufog.network/news/qh8ebxg...
www.eufog.network/news/qh8ebxg...
18 PhD positions in our doctoral network — EUFOG
The MSCA-DN “Contested EU Foreign Policy in an Era of Geopolitics (EUFOG)” invites applications for eighteen PhD fellowships. The EUFOG doctoral programme offers eighteen PhD positions and comprises ...
www.eufog.network
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Only one day left to apply for one of the 18 PhD positions in the EUFOG project on the contested EU foreign policy in the era of geopolitics. Full/time with generous mobility and family allowances! Barcelona, Bristol, Leiden, Vienna, Oslo, Krakow and Ghent
www.eufog.network/news/qh8ebxg...
www.eufog.network/news/qh8ebxg...
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The AfD secured a record second-place result in Germany’s general election on Sunday, with one in five voters supporting the far-right party.
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social explains how extremist parties become normalized, and why that normalization is virtually impossible to undo.
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social explains how extremist parties become normalized, and why that normalization is virtually impossible to undo.
Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right | by Jan-Werner Mueller - Project Syndicate
Jan-Werner Mueller explores the most common justifications that politicians offer for working with anti-democratic forces.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The AfD secured a record second-place result in Germany’s general election on Sunday, with one in five voters supporting the far-right party.
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social explains how extremist parties become normalized, and why that normalization is virtually impossible to undo.
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social explains how extremist parties become normalized, and why that normalization is virtually impossible to undo.
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"When politicians who are seen as mainstream treat an extremist far-right party as normal, public opinion will tend to follow; and once such normalization has happened, as in Europe today, it is virtually impossible to undo."
What does it mean to "normalize" the far right? How does the process get justified, and do so-called mainstream politicians ever really benefit from it? Can one at all push back against "normalization'?
New column in Project Syndicate.
New column in Project Syndicate.
Normalizing the Normalization of the Far Right | by Jan-Werner Mueller - Project Syndicate
Jan-Werner Mueller explores the most common justifications that politicians offer for working with anti-democratic forces.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"When politicians who are seen as mainstream treat an extremist far-right party as normal, public opinion will tend to follow; and once such normalization has happened, as in Europe today, it is virtually impossible to undo."
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I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe
Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos
lu.varbi.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
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GPSG's first collection of short commentaries on key developments in Greek politics during 2024, entitled “Greek Politics 2024: A Year in Review“, is now online.
We want to thank all the contributors for their thoughts and input. You can find the whole document on our website!
gpsg.org.uk/4262-2/
We want to thank all the contributors for their thoughts and input. You can find the whole document on our website!
gpsg.org.uk/4262-2/
- GPSG.ORG.UK
Dear Colleagues,The Greek Politics Specialist Group is delighted to host our first collection of short commentaries on key developments in Greek politics during 2024, entitled “Greek Politics 2024: A ...
gpsg.org.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
GPSG's first collection of short commentaries on key developments in Greek politics during 2024, entitled “Greek Politics 2024: A Year in Review“, is now online.
We want to thank all the contributors for their thoughts and input. You can find the whole document on our website!
gpsg.org.uk/4262-2/
We want to thank all the contributors for their thoughts and input. You can find the whole document on our website!
gpsg.org.uk/4262-2/
In this new publication in SESP - South European Society and Politics - my amazing colleague Wouter Veenendaal and I examine how the population size of Greek islands affects participation, competition, leadership succession, the presence of parties, and clientelism.
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #Greece
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities
🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In this new publication in SESP - South European Society and Politics - my amazing colleague Wouter Veenendaal and I examine how the population size of Greek islands affects participation, competition, leadership succession, the presence of parties, and clientelism.
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Seems like a good day to reshare this recent study that shows how mainstream parties can fuel the success of the radical right by opening the door to them
Super important experimental study by @lcjacobs89.bsky.social and @jbpilet.bsky.social showing that mainstream parties signaling willingness to govern with radical right legitimize these parties with higher propensity to vote for radical right as a result
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
To rule or not to rule? An experimental study of the electoral ramifications of claims to (not) rule with radical right populist parties - Laura Jacobs, Jean-Benoit Pilet, 2024
In a between-subjects experiment (n = 3270) conducted in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), we examine the electoral ramifications of claims by a ri...
journals.sagepub.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Seems like a good day to reshare this recent study that shows how mainstream parties can fuel the success of the radical right by opening the door to them
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This is an essay on Vermeer and liberalism in @thepointmag.bsky.social).
Reposting now bc I was away from Bluesky…). Pleas give it a read!
Reposting now bc I was away from Bluesky…). Pleas give it a read!
“What makes these paintings so recognizable is that their ordinary is our ordinary too.”
New online, @matthewblongo.bsky.social on last year’s Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, and the world the Dutch Golden Age made:
New online, @matthewblongo.bsky.social on last year’s Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, and the world the Dutch Golden Age made:
Out of the Ordinary | The Point Magazine
The Vermeer exhibit that took place last year at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam was the largest and most comprehensive ever assembled of the Dutch master. […]
thepointmag.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:36 AM
This is an essay on Vermeer and liberalism in @thepointmag.bsky.social).
Reposting now bc I was away from Bluesky…). Pleas give it a read!
Reposting now bc I was away from Bluesky…). Pleas give it a read!
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Hey Bluesky!
We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!)
Date: Feb 20-21
If interested email: arendtradicalrereadings@gmail.com
And pls repost!
@polscileiden.bsky.social
We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!)
Date: Feb 20-21
If interested email: arendtradicalrereadings@gmail.com
And pls repost!
@polscileiden.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Hey Bluesky!
We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!)
Date: Feb 20-21
If interested email: arendtradicalrereadings@gmail.com
And pls repost!
@polscileiden.bsky.social
We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!)
Date: Feb 20-21
If interested email: arendtradicalrereadings@gmail.com
And pls repost!
@polscileiden.bsky.social