Katherine Kelaidis
@katiekelaidis.bsky.social
Writer, traveler, dog-mom
How Historians Took Over Liberal Punditry newrepublic.com/article/2117... via Me in @newrepublic.com on how liberals fell for their own version of American exceptionalism, amplified by a class of intellectuals-cum-influencers such as Heather Cox Richardson: newrepublic.com/article/2117...
How Historians Took Over Liberal Punditry
The hottest resistance talking aheads during Trump 2.0 are academics. What happened?
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Me at the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social on the ghosts that haunt us.
Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The act of telling the story does not heal the wound; it exposes it." @katiekelaidis.bsky.social on "Floodlines" and Fil Ieropoulos' experimental film "Uchronia." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/saleem-haddad-fil-ieropoulos-ottoman-empire-past-present/
The biological nuclear family is a historical & biological anomaly, & you will never convince me that its glorification over the past 150+ years as “traditional” and “natural” has not been 1 of the most destructive forces of modernity, equal to fossil fuels and weapons of mass destruction.
Busco recomendaciones de escritores y artistas latinoamericanos contemporáneos (vivos), incluyendo tradiciones hispanohablantes, lusófonas e indígenas u otras tradiciones lingüísticas. #literatura
Me @lithub.com.web.brid.gy on contemporary Russian literature lithub.com/writing-in-e...
Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention
Recently, in a small bookshop in Paris (it is, in fact, called La Petite Librairie), I found my way to what was a shockingly wide selection of foreign books in French translation. I browsed through…
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Would love suggestions for Writer's Residencies in Mexico, preferably Mexico City of Oaxaca, early next year.
The Anglo-American “first-past-the-post” system is basically a gift to authoritarians. Neither MAGA nor Reform have a chance without it.
One of the gifts of the weird converts to Orthodoxy over the past decade is that it has caused me to think much more seriously about, and lean more deeply into, my own (post-)Ottoman identity. This is complicated, but the short version is: I want to learn Turkish. So I’m looking for the following:
I have a new book coming out this November with @bloomsburypublishing on how and why issues of gender and sexuality became central—not just in Catholicism, but across nearly every religious tradition worldwide Pre-Order in the thread below. tinyurl.com/yp9pwram
Pope Leo signals shift away from Catholic Church's focus on sex
Pope Leo's four-nation Africa tour featured firm denunciations by the pontiff of despotism and war and also unprecedented attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump that grabbed headlines.
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And this is the way forward: strengthening our defense alliances with the broader EU family, not a defensive alignment with Israel. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/gr...
Greece, France renew defense pact, expand strategic cooperation
Deal includes mutual defense clause as leaders sign 9 agreements covering defense, energy, technology and education | Anadolu
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.@observeruk.bsky.social kindly asked me to talk about Trump and the Pope. Here is what I had to say: open.spotify.com/episode/1U16...
Trump vs the Pope. What does it mean?
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It might simply be that Americans, as a group, hate the arts. They refuse to fund them publicly and then complain when tickets are expensive.
Me @salon.com on Bad Bunny, language, and what's really wrong with America www.salon.com/2026/02/12/b...
Bad Bunny reminded America of its bilingual roots
The singer's Spanish-language halftime show triggered MAGA — even though we were once a nation of many languages
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Working on a new piece about dissident Russian-language writers living outside Russia and looking to discover new voices. Who are the contemporary authors in exile or diaspora that you’re reading right now? Recommendations very welcome.
Not to toot my own horn, but I called this out months ago (among other things wrong with this whole mess) @vox.com : www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Trump's Religious Liberty Commission sued over lack of diversity
The complaint said the commission lacks the perspective of those "who face some of the most pernicious discrimination."
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If you’re interested in the lecture I gave on C.P. Cavafy last night at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago here it is. The first speaker is a brilliant specialist on Hellenistic Egypt. #literature #Cavafy youtu.be/tAjNJQwujUg?...
Greek Immigration, Literature, and Identity in Egypt, Ancient and Modern
YouTube video by The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
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The extent to which progressive Americans reach reflexively for Nazi Germany as the historical analogue for the present moment reveals just how pervasive American exceptionalism is. 1/2
I hope Europe will act quickly to make a friend and partner of a free Iran. There can be no room for the US, China, or Russia to move in and seek to undo the sacrifice that is being made on streets of Iran right now.
A huge part of why this “Invade Greenland” talk has gone as far as it has is that American masculinity is deeply constructed around the idea that American men are somehow tougher than European men. 1/3
knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypr... My comments below in Greek and English.
GSI takes center stage at Cyprus-Greece-Israel Jerusalem Summit
Cyprus, Greece and Israel took another step toward closer coordination on Monday, reaffirming their strategic partnership during a trilateral summit held in Jerusalem against the backdrop of mounting ...
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Me at @hyperallergic.com on Nativity scenes hyperallergic.com/how-a-nativi...
How a Nativity Scene Sent Europe Into a Tizzy
A controversial Brussels nativity scene begs the question: Should explicitly Christian imagery continue to be a part of Europe’s civic space, and if so, who has the authority to define it?
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The US would be a significantly better country if no one was allowed to graduate from an American high school if unable to demonstrate B1+ Spanish.
And millions will die if PEPFAR ends. This US administration’s stance on HIV/AIDS is the most destructive, practically and morally, since the Reagan era. The fact that more people aren’t screaming about this from the rooftops is criminal. www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/h...
The US government is no longer commemorating World AIDS Day | CNN
The United States is not commemorating World AIDS Day this year as it has done for decades in the past.
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Me on the Patriarch and the Pope and the future of Christianity, I suppose: www.feinschwarz.net/treffen-in-n...
Treffen in Nicäa: Patriarch Bartholomaios I. und die Verschiebungen konfessioneller Abgrenzung - feinschwarz.net
Am 28. November treffen sich Papst Leo XIV. und Patriarch Bartholomaios I. von Konstantinopel in Iznik. Für die orthodoxe Wissenschaftlerin Katherine Kelaidis mehr als nur eine symbolische Geste.
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I’m not gonna link to it, but that New York Times article is classic New York Times and basically everything that peeves me about the conversation around Orthodox Christianity in the West:
Me on @salon.com on why taxing the churches would be a bad idea. www.salon.com/2025/11/16/t...
Taxing the churches won't stop Christian nationalists
Withdrawing tax-exempt status for religious organizations would have dangerous consequences
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Ποιον θεωρείτε τον πιο ενδιαφέροντα εν ζωή μεταφραστή ρωσικής λογοτεχνίας στα ελληνικά; Ψάχνω έμπνευση και πιθανούς συνεργάτες για ένα νέο πρότζεκτ.
