Het boek is af! 16 september in de winkel, nu al te bestellen via dasmag.nl.

niks sluiproute. die mensen hebben dus een visum.

Wilco Veldhorst@wilcoveldhorst.bsky.social · last mo.

Aldus Ulysse Ellian (Kabul, 17 september 1988), Nederlands advocaat en politicus. Hij zit sinds 31 maart 2021 voor de Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) in de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. Geboren in Afghanistan, mocht zijn opleiding in Nederland aan een Nederlandse universiteit doen.

wat hier niet bij staat: de 46 (!!!) tickets zijn in een paar weken bij elkaar gecrowdfund door een Palestijnse arts die in Nederland woont. mensen willen heel graag bijdragen, nederlandse overheid geeft niet thuis. nos.nl/l/2620064

Palestijnen uit Gaza na maanden toch met Nederlandse hulp geland op Schiphol

Het gaat om drie mensen met een werkvisum, 21 studenten en 19 meereizende gezinsleden.

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** Dienstmededeling ** Ik ben medestander van The Firewall, omdat ik weiger toe te kijken hoe techgiganten onze democratie ondermijnen. The Firewall vecht terug. Met het vrije woord en de rechtspraak. #StaOpTegenBigTech Word ook medestander van TheFirewall www.thefirewall.eu/doe-mee

Breek de macht van Big Tech, doe mee

The Firewall is een journalistieke waakhond die niet alleen blaft naar misstanden maar daar ook zijn tanden in zal zetten. The Firewall richt zich op Big Tech en onderzoekt de macht, invloed en impact...

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Nieuws! In september komt mijn boek Lelijke Mooie Wereld uit. Volgens uitgever Das Mag: "een persoonlijk en bevlogen manifest over ons doorgedraaide schoonheidsideaal en hoe we daaruit kunnen – en moeten– ontsnappen." Het - spectaculaire!- omslag is al klaar. dasmag.nl/product/leli...

Lelijke mooie wereld - Das Mag

Let op: dit is een pre-order. Het boek valt in september bij je op de deurmat.   Een persoonlijk en bevlogen manifest over ons doorgedraaide schoonheidsideaal en hoe we daaruit kunnen – en moeten– o...

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Excellent open letter against the uncritical adoption of AI in academia . Well worth sharing with colleagues and esp university administrators.

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Please read the full Open Letter, sign 🖋️ and circulate ♻️ openletter.earth/open-letter-...

Beauty – a long-overlooked yet undeniably significant dimension of inequality in contemporary societies – has finally received its own handbook. Fully open access, edited by @giselinde.bsky.social and me.

Look what came in the mail

Mooi stuk in NRC over het sociologendebat over de diplomakloof. Interessant te lezen naast het nieuwe regeerakkoord. Met al die kadootjes voor de hogeropgeleiden en harde bezuinigingen op de verzorgingsstaat lijkt dat een bevestiging voor de gelovers in "de kloof" >> www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Onder sociologen woekert de strijd over diploma’s nog voort

Sociologie: Loopt er een scheidslijn tussen hoog- en laagopgeleid Nederland? Sociologen zijn er nog niet over uit. „Bij de cruciale thema’s van deze tijd – migratie, klimaat – zie je dat ze er heel an...

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Hellow fellow academics: in these troubled times, let's cherish academia as a parallel global sphere and community. I felt this strongly during a conference last week, when I introduced my Iranian grad student Narges to Motti, an Isreali sociologist. They met, shook hands and started laughing >>

Jinxed it.. Currently standing still outside of Aschaffenburg with 30 minutes delay..

Giselinde Kuipers@giselinde.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Now on my way back from Rome to Utrecht, with the night train to Munich, day train to Utrecht. A bit surprised to report all is going swimmingly. Currently crossing snow covered Bavaria

Now on my way back from Rome to Utrecht, with the night train to Munich, day train to Utrecht. A bit surprised to report all is going swimmingly. Currently crossing snow covered Bavaria

Arrived at the ESA conference and happy to see Bourdieu stiil going going strong

Arrived in Rome! 1328 , after a rather adventurous 30 hour trip (But with an excellent overnight stay in Torino.

Giselinde Kuipers@giselinde.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Today I will travel from Utrecht (NL) to Rome in one day, by train. I guess everyone here can use some distraction and sense of global connectedness so I'll update you on the trip: 8:03 departure Utrecht Central Station

11:21. Still on my way from Utrecht to Rome by train. Arriving in Florence now. Light has turned distinctly Mediterranean and I just spotted the first first palm tree. The Italian Frecciarossa high speed trains are great, very comfortable and of course the coffee is excellent.

944. Continuing my report of the train trip from Utrecht to Rome. Just passed Milan, but some pics from our departure from Turin this morning courtesy of PhD student Narges Pirhayati

720. Leaving the Turin hotel to continue our trip to Rome after train troubles yesterday. Will continue to report ..

The day ended rather unexpectedly in a hotel room in Turin. Receptionist seemed a bit surprised by thr diversity of the passports of the travel company: Dutch, Polish, Belgian, Ghanaian, and Iranian.

Well this was a bit more adventurous than expected. Still in Modane

1802. Currently in Modane, last station in France, rather high up in the Alps. Hopes of reaching Rome today fading soon. Looking for hotels in Turin (never been, have heard good things)

More than an hour delay. looking for hotels in Turin.. gorgeous views of snow capped mountains..

Giselinde Kuipers@giselinde.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We have reached the Alps. Mountains and snow and fog. And chalets.

We have reached the Alps. Mountains and snow and fog. And chalets.

Giselinde Kuipers@giselinde.bsky.social · 7mo ago

1327. Train from Paris to Turin.

1327. Train from Paris to Turin.

Still on my way from Utrecht to Rome. hasty transfer by metro to Gare de Lyon. Found Leuven colleagues. Train to Turin delayed.

10 am. Passing Brussels and the headquarters of our most generous funder the European Research Council. thank you @erc.europa.eu . The ERC team and other colleagues are ahead of me, I will catch up with them in Paris.

Today I will travel from Utrecht (NL) to Rome in one day, by train. I guess everyone here can use some distraction and sense of global connectedness so I'll update you on the trip: 8:03 departure Utrecht Central Station

For everyone in need of some comfort and joy these days: Yesterday the inimitable Reinier Sijpkens gave his annual pre-holiday concert in the canals of Utrecht, on his boat the nutshell, which has a built-in mini church organ:>>

🔥Great event!🔥 Please join us for the second and third Decolonizing Bodies seminar, organized by the formidable @carorabasarucki.bsky.social. With guest of honor Walter Mignolo, discussing decoloniality, bodies and emotions with Ashley Mears, @psimonetto.bsky.social and @ladanrahbari.bsky.social

Carolina Rabasa Rucki@carorabasarucki.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔔 Reminder: #DecolonizingBodies seminars this week! 📅 8 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Fear w/ @psimonetto.bsky.social & Prof. Ashley Mears 📅 9 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Dignity w/ @ladanrahbari.bsky.social 🎙 Key speaker both days: Prof. Walter Mignolo 👉 Register: lnkd.in/eUyWH5Ke See you online!

Invitation! Interested in in beauty, bodies, decoloniality and inequality? Please join us for an online seminar series on "decolonizing bodies". With our very special guest Walter Mignolo; and @tommytse.bsky.social, Patricio Simonetto, Ashley Mears, Ladan Rahbari & @carorabasarucki.bsky.social >>

Important myth-debunking by evolutionary psychologists Linda Lidborg and @drboothroyd.bsky.social. The authors also contributed an outstanding chapter to the forthcoming Handbook on Beauty and Inequality edited by @outisarpila.bsky.social and me.

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Evolutionary psychologists have long believed that men prefer physical traits in women which are cues to high potential fertility. A new review concludes: “current evidence base is too weak to support the claim that women’s feminine morphological traits are associated with reproductive potential”