So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

🧵on the AAUP endorsement of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate in the Michigan Democratic primary, the first-ever electoral endorsement in the organization's 110-year history. 1

New University of California numbers show it admitted a record 102,031 Californians this year. Campus selectivity varies sharply: Berkeley and UCLA have 12-13% admit rates, while Merced admitted nearly everyone who met UC’s academic standards: www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC accepts record number of Californians, but some select campuses out of reach for most

UC admissions data for fall 2026 show a record number of Californians were admitted, even as acceptance rates diverged sharply between its most and least selective campuses.

latimes.com

Excited to get this book. Tom Cruise’s action antics meet rigorous engagement with Balkanology. It’s fun, it’s critical, it’s engaging. Todorova read her critics and engaged them sincerely in the book, something that many of us younger scholars aspire to do. Looking forward!

CEU Press@ceu-press.bsky.social · 2w ago

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙨: 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 by Maria Todorova revisits the region the author famously theorized, exploring what has changed over the past thirty years and what conceptual tools can help us understand the region: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048574056/the-balkans

In case you didn’t have enough reasons to love Spanish football, here’s some more wholesome content of the male players paying their respects to the women’s team, which also won the world cup www.instagram.com/reel/DbEsgxe...

My local! ❤️💙💜💛💚🖤 Academics mist discover a way to defend our collective belief in the idea of higher education.

United Academics@local6741.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our historic resolution to support pre-contract unionism in higher-ed has officially passed on the floor of the AFT convention! This win gives us the resources to build on the already explosive growth and incredible victories of non-collective bargaining chapters across the US. @aft.org @aaup.org

🚨🏅 OFFICIAL: Bukayo Saka, Man of the Match for England-France.

Tons of 👏🏻 to our USC colleagues. Monumental effort.

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3w ago

We (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE

Shadow world champions right there

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 3w ago

the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes

banger of a quote

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3w ago

"everything about the discussion of architecture itself is now political; and also that political discussion somehow seems quite impossible without reference to architecture, that is, to space generally, to the way the urban is organized, to the way geopolitics is organized." Jameson

Remember: it could not have happened without complicity on a massive scale. www.un.org/en/observanc...

International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica | United Nations

The International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica calls for special observances and activities in memory and honour of the victims of the 1995 genocide in Srebre...

un.org

old enough to remember a few years back, when a book called Elite Capture came out, and a few people asked its author incredulously why it went so hard in emphasizing that elite capture was not a special problem of identity politics in particular

C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️@thehousered.bsky.social · 4w ago

Need to be super clear to folks that there is a growing class of “progressive” political consultants with elite backgrounds that are cashing in on antiestablishment sentiment amongst voters, and their payday isn’t at all about your concerns. slate.com/news-and-pol...

A YouTube creator built the perfect alternative for anyone switching from Photoshop to GIMP. This free and open-source patch turns GIMP into a Photoshop-like editor with a familiar tool layout, keyboard shortcuts, more canvas space, and fully local files

Exciting film and extraordinary panel. Can’t wait to read!

Dominique Reill@dominiquereill.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Journal of Modern Italian Studies will be publishing a forum on Igor Bezinović's incredible film "Fiume o Morte!," featuring Pamela Ballinger, Victoria de Grazia, @dominiquereill.bsky.social, with a response from Bezinović and edited by @eileenryan.bsky.social. I've read it: it's FABULOUS!

“The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans” jacobin.com/2026/07/balk... Matković summarizes the Trump administration’s “Balkan doctrine” within the historical context of imperialism in the region. Good summary, especially for those interested in environment, foss fuels, real estate.

The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans

In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushne...

jacobin.com

"The Declaration’s significance extends far beyond the aims of the American Revolution or an expression of American nationalism," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in Issue No. 11. hammerandhope.org/article/robi...

“Do You Understand Your Own Language?”

Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.

hammerandhope.org

aint no fuckin way man

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last mo.

Let's go Bosnia!! 🇧🇦

A great deal ($12.22) for anyone who is interested in my book that came out last month. And a great deal for any other SUP titles!

Stanford University Press@stanfordpress.bsky.social · last mo.

SUP is having a big sale! From today, June 23, through Friday, June 26, we're honoring Sophie Germain—and offering 53% off all in stock print and ebooks sitewide. It's a meaningful number for a meaningful mission. For full details: https://ow.ly/4FRb50ZfZF0 #ReadUP

stopping research will not, in fact, do anything at all for "the classroom" creating tenure-line faculty positions, reducing class sizes, and funding libraries will each do a lot, though

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com · 2mo ago

Opinion | Liberal education once prepared students for citizenship. Reviving it will require a radical shift: less academic research, far more serious teaching. https://chroni.cl/4uJBSmy

@ceu-press.bsky.social shared this new book on their Instagram this morning. 😍

Violent Interests examines processes of capital accumulation in the Eastern Mediterranean & the dynamic relationships of Beiruti entrepreneurs with centers of capital in Western Europe to reveal the inner workings of capitalism on local, regional, imperial, & global scales https://ow.ly/jXmP50Zc6RE

The total cost of the Iran war and the reparations to Iran ($375B) would cover California High Speed Rail from Anaheim to San Francisco (via Los Angeles Union Station) three times ($125Bx3).

We are hosting a "Comment-a-thon" Zoom workshop with Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH Scientific Program Official. New OMB federal rule change would severely affect federal grant process. Written comments from UC faculty can still stop its adoption! Join us! members.cucfa.org/omb-comment-...

OMB Comment Writing Workshop - Council of UC Faculty Associations

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The Berlin Social Science Center (@wzb.bsky.social) is looking for a new director for the study of international relations. The director will establish and lead a new research research department. I am happy to chat with interested candidates. www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

My heat pump inverter A/Cs use as much electricity as three old-style lightbulbs. They can be powered by a single, standard, home solar panel. And guess what? They heat in the winter without producing air pollution that kills 11 000 Serbians every year.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The main reason I’ve become such a “air conditioning is an essential life saving technology” advocate is because I was horrified to find out how many people seem to think that letting millions die during heat waves without it is better “for the greater good” of slowing climate change.

New Guns of Brixton lyrics just dropped.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

daaaamn london

As the ceasefire with Iran is in the air, on the other end - imperial aggression. I fear it will not get nearly as much attention as Notre Dame. Rashk-e Jenan’s destruction got none. Heartbreaking, reminds me of the shelling of Dubrovnik. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Kyiv monastery set on fire in night of Russian attacks across Ukraine

Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, and residential buildings hit across capital

theguardian.com

“This is bigger than birds. A protected wetland belongs to everyone. It is not an asset a government can sell to a foreign billionaire in the dark.”

KTeaTalks@kttalks2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What Ivanka & Jared are doing is worse than I thought they are destroying natural wetlands of Albania. The corruption is unpalatable. Ariel Brunner is fighting them tooth & nail and boy oh boy is he angry. As he should be. Ariel Brunner is Europe & Central Asia Director of BirdLife International.

this is legitimately one of my favorite posts of all time

Rob is reading Macedonian Logistics🧭@robisreading.bsky.social · 2mo ago