Pål Csaszni Halvorsen
@paalhal.bsky.social
Associate prof, Library and information science, OsloMet. New book out in May: «Litterært landssvik». Interested in social theory, digital media and culture, taste, sociology of literature and WW2. Former chair of the Norwegian Sociological Association
The Hungarian public broadcaster is showing this message now, after its news service was temporarily shut down: "Public broadcasters must not lie. We apologize for having done so for years. The public broadcaster will undergo changes to make its news service independent and credible."
Sommerdebatten 2026: kultursosiologien er truet av å ha blitt konvensjonell. Det er ikke Iver Neumann den beste til å kontre, argumenterer jeg(!)
(+) Er kultursosiologen en truet art?
Det brygger opp til sommerdebatt om kultursosiologiens mulige forsvinningsnummer.
morgenbladet.no
As an American history professor, I regularly read new books, articles, and dissertations, and also evaluate unpublished manuscripts for journals and book publishers. I would not categorize the recent and emerging historiography in the binary way that Ezra Klein does.
I actually stayed up to watch the Norway-Brazil match, my first of the World Cup. While everyone is going on about Braut Haaland (yes, his goals were great), the show was really all Nyland who made absolutely amazing saves. It was Nyland’s game. 🇳🇴
I avisen i dag, om forfatterne som ble etterforska i Landssvikoppgjøret og hva det kan lære oss: klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
Fascistiske forfattere
Forventer vi for mye av forfattere og intellektuelles kulturelle motstandskraft?
klassekampen.no
Glad for Hungarians today🇭🇺, who get to experience political change which has been a long time coming! The Hungarians show that they no longer will be adressed by, or conceived as part of a gang of right wing actors, Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others.
⚡️New publication⚡️ «The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940» In this I analyze five novels to understand different relationships between politics and literature in the time of 1930s culture wars www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
9 The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940RealityNovel
9 The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940RealityNovel was published in Reality in Our Times on page 211.
degruyterbrill.com
🚫🇷🇺 Hungarian protesters chanted “Russians go home!” (Ruszkik haza) at Viktor Orbán during a campaign rally, hours after we revealed his foreign minister conspired behind allies' back and even shared EU documents with Sergey Lavrov. The chant echoes the main slogan of the 1956 uprising.
“I’m always at your service”: leaked calls between the foreign ministers of Russia and Hungary. Recordings of conversations between Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó suggest the Hungarian minister was willing to advance Moscow’s interests within the EU.
Important read for anyone curious about the upcoming Hungarian election!
Gabriela Greilinger@gabrielagreilinger.com · 4mo agoT-14 days until the Hungarian election. 🇭🇺🗳️ In this thread, I discuss Magyar's prospects of success in restoring (liberal) democracy (if he wins) and will tell you he's not the saviour you might think he is (but that he’s still good enough for now). 🧵 1/
Monika Krause recently gave the NSA annual lecture in social theory, and an accompanying lecture titled "Theorizing from cases," integrating insights from "Model cases" book with "Theorizing from neglected cases." The latter was recorded and can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12G...
Monika Krause: Theorizing from Cases
YouTube video by Norwegian Microsociological Network
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Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone
In recognition of Jürgen Habermas’s great significance for sociology, we have, on the occasion of his passing, made this insightful interview with Habermas by Torben Hviid Nielsen, freely available for you to (re)visit his profound ideas on ‘Morality, Society and Ethics'. doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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[???] "tends to use sociological sledgehammers to crack rather thin-shelled cultural nuts." Peter Burke wrote in a review about which sociologist?
Siden jeg har en hang til å like emoene, la meg si det slik: hvem skal kritisere kritikerne? Først gir de årets kritiker til Bulie og så til JEV. Hvor selvgratulerende, trygg og lite raus er det mulig å bli? Hadde jeg vært kritiker i dagspressa hadde jeg tatt det som en fornærmelse
You’ve all heard about Bodø/Glimt, but the city has also finally gotten its own art museum! Great exhibition with Adelsten Normannn there now - go see it! As always: Don’t trust Mona Pahle Bjerke!
Kanskje det å være god på å rydde opp etter nasjonale skandaler kan bli vårt nye oppblåste selvbilde!
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6mo agoRefreshing to see criminal and journalistic investigations go forward in Norway. The scandal is meaningful and there is a meaningful response. All of us should do so well. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Looking forward to welcoming Les Back at our national sociology conference this weekend! “Conflict and resistance” turned out even more topical than we imagined when we started organizing, unfortunately in many respect’s.
Les Back@academicdiary.bsky.social · 6mo agoLooking forward to speaking at the Norsk sosiologforening on Friday, trying to make sense of the dark times we’re living through. sosiologen.no/foreningen/f...
AI Slop Matters, but in what way?
Richard Jean So@richardjeanso.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew paper on Why Slop Matters w/ great group of co authors (@hoytlong.bsky.social @eduede.bsky.social @ari-holtzman.bsky.social + others not on Bluesky) from ACM AI Letters. We try to move the debate re: AI Slop past normative, neg claims & towards parsing its social uses. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Discussed this movie yesterday with Jan Grue, an astonishing movie in many regards! Do you have suggestions for further movie to show as a part of Sociolpgical screenings? Hit me!
Upcoming Tuesday at Vega cinema in Oslo I’ll discuss Peter Greenaways The Cook, The Theif, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) with Jan Grue after the screening. Come for a stunning movie, stay for the striking parallels to today’s political climate
Tiktok 🇺🇸 turns out to be Trump aligned state platform. In no time. www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
TikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videos
Alleged censorship comes after investors loyal to Trump take over social media platform
independent.co.uk
Last week we started with deep reading seminars at OsloMet, also known as “shut up and read”. 50 students showed up to read Jacques Ferrandez’ graphic novel version of Camus’ The stranger in its full length. Next up in February: Kamel Daoud’s The Mersault Case. Exited to follow the «experiment»!
A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish." Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers
Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.
the-scientist.com
«We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.» 👏👏👏
1. Krasznahorkai covers, first: Denmark, nice, pretty close to the English paperbacks
💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.
vsquare.org