Ana Parejo Vadillo

@veryverso.bsky.social

Poetry and Art. Passenger.

This review of a book about Eric Hobsbawm manages to avoid saying where he worked for his whole career: Birkbeck. He was (t)here from 1947-1982, then emeritus, then President, 2002-2012. A university focused on giving education to working class people. www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ce...

The Century of Eric Hobsbawm

Eric Hobsbawm’s enduring power lay in his ability to synthesize vast historical processes into compelling narratives that made the modern world legible. Yet, argues Traverso, the celebrated Marxist hi...

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Only 3 more days to submit to the roundtable on Olga Tokarczuk's 18th Century that @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social and I are organizing for the 2026 ASECS. Your abstracts have to go through the ASECS portal, but please reach out to us individually if you're thinking of submitting & have any questions.

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79 people shot in Gaza over the weekend: There is no excuse for starving people and then opening fire on civilians desperately lining up for food. None. Congress must not give Netanyahu another penny of unconditional military aid.

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I loved every minute of this. What a wonderful conference. With thanks to the brilliant @juliemariewise.bsky.social and @yivory.bsky.social Papers by new scholars in the field were 🔥🔥And there was a #MichaelField strand too!

Julie Wise@juliemariewise.bsky.social · 2y ago

What a fantastic event this has been! Smart papers, witty conversations, good friends, old and new. Thanks to extraordinary co-organizer @yivory.bsky.social, keynotes @kristinmahoney.bsky.social and @veryverso.bsky.social, as well as everyone else who made this weekend happen. Now, time for a nap.

Publicity announcement for a conference, featuring a drawing of a woman in 1890s dress, rendered in bold yellow, white, and black

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943