Ron Levi
@ronlevi.bsky.social
Professor at University of Toronto. I study ideas, claims, and competitions over law and justice, often in turbulent, disrupted, violent & unsettled times. Direct labs on antisemitism and on justice systems under stress.
UofT ranked 16th in US News & World Report global university rankings (and 5th in social sciences & public health) ….
U of T ranked 16th globally in U.S. News & World Report university rankings
The University of Toronto has climbed one spot to 16th globally in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of universities.
utoronto.ca
So enthusiastic about today's class on comparison, in justice institutions in Europe, at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social Here are 2 quotes from readings -- compared and twinned ! One by Rossi in LRB on twin studies, and the other by Foucault on psyc expert reports from 1955 & 1974.
Ron Levi@ronlevi.bsky.social · last yr.How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!
How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!
Après l’agression du rabbin d’Orléans, le choc et l’émotion : « Je continuerai à marcher avec fierté » ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/ceoo
And next week, in our course on justice institutions in Europe … Witnesses, Publics, Victims, Events ...! We are covering a lot of ground!
Ron Levi@ronlevi.bsky.social · last yr.very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!
Today (20 March), at Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at UofT! Eitan D. Hersh, on “The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on College Students.” www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...
Just a few hours left to submit for social science history conference. Deadline is today! (Conference in Chicago, this November!)
Jeremy Land@jeremyland.bsky.social · last yr.Fellow social science history folks, you should submit to and attend this conference. It’s going to be a blast. SSHA is going to celebrate its 50th conference in style at the Palmer House in Chicago in November. Come join us!
very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!
Survey of 2000 students in French high school and middle school: 16% of students do not want a Jewish friend. 21% report seeing students hide their Jewish background or religion in school. www.leparisien.fr/societe/au-c...
Au collège et lycée, 16% des élèves ne veulent pas d’un juif pour ami : « L’école n’est plus un sanctuaire »
Un sondage Ifop portant sur la haine antijuive, mené auprès de deux mille collégiens et lycéens, sera présenté ce jeudi soir au Sénat. Résul
leparisien.fr
«Les juifs se trouvent, encore une fois, au cœur de la crise de la République et de ses valeurs universelles. Ils n’ont pas voulu occuper ce rôle, mais force est de constater qu’au travers de la question juive se joue à nouveau l’avenir moral et politique de notre société. » t.co/34qK5Zhwyk
U of T ranked 21st in the world based on its reputation for teaching and research @uoft.bsky.social www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-ran...
U of T ranked 21st in the world based on its reputation for teaching and research
The University of Toronto is among the world’s top 25 universities for academic reputation and prestige, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking 2025. U of T placed fi...
utoronto.ca
#VendrediLecture 🏦💰 Plongez-vous dans le dernier numéro de la Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines @edisorbonne.bsky.social, dirigé par Antonin Cohen et Ron Levi sur le thème "Financements et agencements disciplinaires". ⬇️ Accessible en ligne ⬇️ www.ehess.fr/fr/revue/fin...
Hooray ! Thrilled to have this out in the world, w/ Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Coedited by Antonin Cohen & myself, on Funding & Disciplinary Arrangements. Brilliant papers, and we introduce with an essay on academic fields, funding, & turbulent times. journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627
Our next talk at the Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism @uoft.bsky.social : Chad Alan Goldberg, on “Antisemitism and American Exceptionalism: Rethinking the Place of the Postwar Era in US History”. 4 March, information here! www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/chad-...
Chad Alan Goldberg, Antisemitism and American Exceptionalism: Rethinking the Place of the Postwar Era in US History
Chad Alan Goldberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Antisemitism and American Exceptionalism: Rethinking the Place of the Postwar Era in US History
jewishstudies.utoronto.ca
Politics nowadays are pushing society toward confrontation rather than cooperation. On March 14, @ronlevi.bsky.social & I are thrilled to host @bernardharcourt.bsky.social for a keynote lecture on working together in these conflictual times. Register & join us: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/cooper...
Just superb. And you need to get to John Lanchester's sentence: "There’s what you can count, and what sense you can make of what you count, and the lessons to be learned from that are not always what they seem." Perfect.
John Lanchester · Get a rabbit: Don’t trust the numbers · LRB 21 September 2023
Data and statistics, all of them, are man-made. They are also central to modern politics and governance, and the ways we...
lrb.co.uk
I should probably have a first post...so here's what I'm working on today Revising/updating my working paper with @matthewakraft.bsky.social on the rise and fall of teaching profession: www.edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679 New teacher licenses still down (by ~100k relative to 2006) in Title II data
I’d like to be only here. I’m happier here. It’s better. But the other place has lots of news agencies & non-North Am commentators, including where I follow events & news closely. I’ve dabbled w/ being active there in other languages, & set my location to another place. Anyone else feeling this?
“When Donald Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” he was cultivating not healthy loyalty but rather destructive defiance …”
Opinion | How MAGA Corrupts the Culture of the White Working Class
Republican elites are delivering the worst kind of red meat to their working-class base.
nytimes.com
Took some time out to read this today. A brilliant and timeless sociological reminder about sociology. Howie Becker, reflecting on a class taught by Everett Hughes (in What About Mozart? What About Murder?: Reasoning From Cases).
removing headlines from news articles is the funniest thing elon has done so far. crafting an experience where the user is perpetually scrolling through 25 consecutive uncontextualized pictures of donald trump and timothee chalamet and then reading something vaguely antisemitic
Want to know the most infuriating reaction to this ? Here it is: “I don't think it's time to review everything. History is history.” (Quebec Conservative MP Gérard Deltell). Idea: Let’s instead engage with, learn, and act on our collective past. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Yup. And the autocracy problem is connected with exclusion and potential for violence. As we’ve worked on, America First incited and leveraged a volatile exclusionary populism, that is focused on distrust of others, & connected with criminal arrests. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...
"Canada suffers from a lack of historical memory, not too much." Absolutely right. Rota stepped down, now time for Government of Canada to step up.
Globe editorial: The Speaker’s belated resignation is not enough
The Prime Minister needs to apologize on behalf of Canada, and to lay out the path that led to the debacle of Parliament honouring a Waffen SS veteran
theglobeandmail.com
This is superb; Conversation with Alexander Paseau. With thanks to Brian Leiter’s blog for pointing to something I’d never have otherwise read. Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...
I research and teach on the sociology of atrocities, including collective memory, legacies, and events of mass violence over time. A far better response here would be to call for deeper recognition, engagement, and collective learning. This isn't it. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
