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Elena Loizidou

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Professor of Law and Political theory. Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Law and Humanities, School of Law Birkbeck University, London. follow me on https:// instagram.com/my_friends_the_books

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Centre for the Studies of Law and the Humanities workshop: Minor Democracies and their infrastructures Minor Democracies and their infrastructures

Join us at our workshop on Minor Democracies and their infrastructures. Bring along your curiosity.

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

30.05.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline for applications is April 11!

02.04.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to finish research related tasks yesterday. I closed my phone and everything on the daily list got done. It is lack of destruction.

02.04.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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writing about Judith Butler and Marxism ( in my case more about anarcho-communism) was not easy, but the editors of this volume, Elliot C Mason and Valentina Moro, kept encouraging me so I kept writing. I am glad they kept pressing. Dedicated to the late Marxist theorist Marina Vishmidt.

01.04.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

01.03.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Centre for the Study of Law and the Humanities: Capitalism and Authoritarianism Capitalism and Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: A panel Discussion

Looking for something thought provoking, free to do next Friday? Join us at the Centre for the Study of Law and the Humanities.

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

28.02.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Princeton University implicated in Gaza and Sudan wars, report says A new campaign aims to reveal how American universities are embroiled in the wider American military-industrial complex

β€œA new campaign aims to reveal how American universities are embroiled in the wider American military-industrial complex.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/princet...

18.02.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 269    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump’s Reign of Cruelty Neoliberalism has always been more than an economic project; it is a political and educational weapon designed to erode social solidarity and dismantle the foundations of democracy. It does not merely...

Read this essay by Giroux if you can. It convincingly explains the nexus between neoliberalism, authoritarianism and fascism and the machinery of cruelty that characterises US politics now.

www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/17/t...

19.02.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you Felicity this is helpful…

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how was it? We are contemplating going…

14.02.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Centre for the Study of Law and the Humanities: Capitalism and Authoritarianism Capitalism and Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: A panel Discussion

Join us to discuss at the Centre for the Study of Law and the Humanities with Federico Zappino, Leticia Sabsay and Esther Leslie Capitalism and Authoritarianism. Link with details of when and where the event is taking place and how to bookπŸ‘‡πŸΌ

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

14.02.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ANNUAL LAW LECTURE WITH PROFESSOR PATRICIA WILLIAMS This is the Law School's Annual Law Lecture which this year is being delivered by the distinguished legal scholar Prof. Patricia Williams

Join us to our Annual Law Lecture,Birkbeck Law School
Speaker: Prof. Patricia J. Williams
πŸ“Theater of the Upside-Down: Performative Chaos and the Law
πŸ—“οΈ16th May 2025
⏰18:00-21:00
πŸ“Clore Lecture Theatre, Birkbeck
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

07.02.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

Judith Butler on Trumpβ€˜s sadism and the fascist passions animating it

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.02.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana ZaharijeviΔ‡ An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana ZaharijeviΔ‡

Adriana Zaharijević explains how Serbian students claim political agency from the claws of a corrupt political regime.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Facticity, Today - Notes - e-flux Alexei Penzin explicates the history and renewed relevance of the philosophical concept of facticity.

an excellent essay on facticity @alexei Penzin

www.e-flux.com/notes/652418...

05.02.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

would you attend if we had an online link?

29.01.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Centre for the Study of Law and Humanities and Law School Staff Seminar FUNGORUM MORE: THE CONCEPT OF INTERDEPENDENCE FROM HOBBES TO BUTLER Speaker: Professor Federico Zappino (University of Sassari)

In need of optimism? Join us at this joint seminar between the @BirkbeckLaw the Centre for the Study of Law and Humanities

THE CONCEPT OF INTERDEPENDENCE FROM HOBBES TO BUTLER

πŸ‘¦πŸ»Federico Zappino (University of Sassari).
πŸ—“οΈ26th of February.
⏰12-2
πŸ“: BCB, room 207
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www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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I have a group of actor friends how do they contact you if they have no bluesky account?

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Reading this profoundly depressed me. Kathrine Franke is a great educator and Human Rights Activist, to have to leave Columbia because of her support of the Palestinian cause is just terrible.

12.01.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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not to be missed - though I feel I will have to because I am teaching πŸ₯²@law_humanities @Law_Cult_Huma @JStonePeters to register To register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

07.01.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vigilante and the β€˜Great Criminal’: On Law, Violence, and Assassination In December 2024, two events occurred which can help us to understand the relation between violence and law in line with theΒ critiqueΒ outlined

I have been reading and meaning to write a blog piece about Luigi Mangione’s act but work admin got in the way. This piece analyses his act via the philosophy of violence. @ctiticallegalthinking.

criticallegalthinking.com/2025/01/06/t...

07.01.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As I read a lot I decided to start a book impressions diary on instagram. It is still embryonic but you can follow me @ my_friends_the_books on instagram.

05.01.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Judith Butler: Trump & Harris | Israel & Palestine | Sex & Gender
YouTube video by Robinson Erhardt Judith Butler: Trump & Harris | Israel & Palestine | Sex & Gender

youtu.be/h7xewyFw5cw?...

18.12.2024 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why writers write so much about themselves And why that’s not such a good thing

Ever wonder why the first-person singular makes its way into more and more writing these days? Spoiler alert: it’s alienation, baby. #writing #autobiography #Marxism #history

peninfist.substack.com/p/why-writer...

03.12.2024 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Negativity and positivity in anarchism: An inextricable but contradictory duality - Freedom News My initial purpose was to reflect on the unavoidable, and often undervalued, negative dimension of anarchismβ€”but I soon realised this forced me to leave aside its entire positive aspect ~ TomΓ‘s IbÑñez...

"anarchist negativity and the intoxicating anarchist dream do not simply represent different aspects of the same entity. They are not different but complementary elements, but rather clearly antagonistic aspects"
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/02/n...

02.12.2024 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join @BirkbeckLaw for a lunch seminar with @JoanneConaghan and @Yvette Russel discussing their book Sexual History Evidence and the Rape Trial.
πŸ“† 4rth December 2024 ⏰13.30 -15.00πŸ“Birkbeck Central, 207

02.12.2024 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

this is an excellent review essay by @alexsharpe.bsky.social of Butler’s Who’s afraid of Gender, i. conversation with critical legal theory.

29.11.2024 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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