Angela Last

Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

HAPPENING NOW.

Heute 1. Teil der Vortragsreihe zu Faschisierung. Patrick Eiden-Offe:
Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen. 18–20 Uhr, Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin. Und online.
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/

Whose Geography, Whose History? Reimagining How We Teach the History of Geography In this roundtable, we share our reflections on how to teach more critical histories of geography in Anglo-American institutions. Ashutosh offers a contrapuntal reading of the history of geography,...

New pub alert! Check out our reflections on how to reach the history of geography in more critical and inclusive ways! An all-star cast of commentators! Conceptual reorientations and practical strategies! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/C7HMD...

The EU is trying to implement mass surveillance under the guise of children's protection. Check out your country's local campaign. In the meantime, here is a useful tool to contact your
EU representatives about the dangers of 'chat control': fightchatcontrol.eu#contact-tool

Just one example of how the German press (BBC equivalent) frames anti-genocide demonstrations: triple emphasis on 'islamist' gender segregation, 'expert' warning about 'anti-Western' alliance between islamists and left, massive police presence required, sources: police, social media, local news.

Teaching AI/AI and Teaching Example of ‘Feindbild’ use in the German media (Source: DW): Orbán’s campaign against Soros. Book revisions are in, and I keep on finding things I would like to include. Some of t…

Brief response to discussions on AI & teaching, whose focus on plagiarism and 'algorithmic thoughtlessness' can sideline wider issues e.g. around epistemic injustice and the licensing of (fascist) desires.

YouTube video by Volksverpetzer Was dir die Medien über die AfD verschweigen!

Umfragerekorde, absolute Mehrheit in Sachsen-Anhalt in Aussicht – die AfD scheint unaufhaltsam. Doch das ist ein medialer Mythos. Unser Deep Dive als Video: youtu.be/CicXQejYiPA

Vorträge im Wintersemester 2025/26 Alle Vorträge finden öffentlich, hybrid auf Zoom und vor Ort, in deutscher Sprache statt. 16.10.25 Patrick Eiden-Offe: Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen 18–20 Uhr Vor Ort: Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, Technische Universität Berlin Raum KAI 1315 Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104–106 10553 Berlin Online: ↗ tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62793925879?pwd=Gtgvfgj1WUSKpLwEaGQXhEpDc59bPe.1 15.11.25 Katrin Köppert: Digital Blackface, memetischer Faschismus und Geschlecht 18–20 Uhr Vor Ort: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Hörsaal 1, EG Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2 1010 Wien Online: ↗ tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62793925879?pwd=Gtgvfgj1WUSKpLwEaGQXhEpDc59bPe.1 Dieser Vortrag findet im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe „Kunst-Forschung-Geschlecht“ der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien statt. 07.01.26 Simon Strick: Faschisierung als Plattform: Ungleichzeitigkeit und Reaktion 18–20 Uhr Vor Ort: Medientheater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Georgenstraße 47 10117 Berlin Online: ↗ tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62793925879?pwd=Gtgvfgj1WUSKpLwEaGQXhEpDc59bPe.1 Dieser Vortrag findet im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Prompting Fascism. Medien/Theorien des neuen Faschismus“ an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin statt. 20.01.26 Felix Anderl: Arbeit, Boden, Cholesterin: Faschisierung und performative Ländlichkeit 18–20 Uhr Vor Ort: Zentrum für Konfliktforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg 2. Stock (Dekanatssaal) Ketzerbach 62 35037 Marburg Online: ↗ tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62793925879?pwd=Gtgvfgj1WUSKpLwEaGQXhEpDc59bPe.1 03.02.26 Nanna Heidenreich: Faszinierender Faschismus? Feminismus, Faschisierung und die Frage der Ästhetik 16–18 Uhr Vor Ort: Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg Raum 2/23 Beim Schlump 83 20144 Hamburg Online: ↗ tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62793925879?pwd=Gtgvfgj1WUSKpLwEaGQXhEpDc59bPe.1 Die Vortragsreihe wird im Sommersemester 2026 fortgesetzt.

In den nächsten zwei Semestern organisieren wir diese interdisziplinäre Vorlesungsreihe "Faschisierung – analytische Perspektiven, Schauplätze, Gegenstrategien". Jede Vorlesung an einer anderen Uni und hybrid! Ich spreche am 20.1. am @zfk-mr.bsky.social Marburg.
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation

The Greens in my current federal state lost a lot of votes and are convinced that it’s because of their environmental themes, not because of their support for the hostile environment... 🫣

Dear Keir Starmer, illegal migration is not the problem. The problem is not admitting how fucked the country is from a combination of Brexit and 14 years of Tory rule that empowered the rich and ruthless. IDs are a nonsense response. Please stop making racist policies as a distraction!

High school student Judith Scheytt received & lost prestigious Grimme award for spot on criticism of German media bias. Prize withdrawal was based on shoddy AI generated report on supposed 'antisemitism' after Christian group complained. No fact checking! Final deathstroke of German media reputation

Join us today @rgsibg.bsky.social at the Teaching and Learning Building, Room 109, 11.10-12.50hrs to discuss Claire Blencowe's book 'Spirits of Extraction' (@manchesterup.bsky.social).

Bitte unbedingt die #Uppsala-Declaration schwedischer Wissenschaftler:innen gegen #Apartheid und #Genozid zur Kenntnis nehmen und als Text weiterverbreiten!
#NieWieder heißt #NieWiederFürAlle und überall.

Am reading an article on the politics of #teaching by mathematician Rochelle Gutierrez. Instead of 'low income', she calls people 'historically looted’. Spot on & should be used more! journals.charlotte.edu/teem/article...

Finding the German media coverage of Temu rather revolting, especially in comparison with Amazon. So much implicit (or explicit) racism and classism. If everything from China is trash, then why are so many German firms producing high end goods there, also for the middle/upper classes?

We seem to be at the “On Exactitude in Science” (Borges story) stage of British universities. 😢

UN warns of starvation in ‘hunger hotspots’ Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

Why nuclear war, not the climate crisis, is humanity’s biggest threat, according to one author Mark Lynas has spent decades pushing for action on climate emissions but now says nuclear war is even greater threat

A needless and stupid comparison

This is NOT a competition

Both climate breakdown - which is here now - and potential nuclear war will/would have catastrophic consequences

We need to work flat out to stop both

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Sign the Petition Save Academic Excellence at the University of Leicester - Support Our Staff!

The University of Leicester petition against redundancies and programme reductions is out now. Please consider signing. In the meantime, more departments have been told that they are 'on the list': www.change.org/p/save-acade...

YouTube video by Media Education Foundation Robin D.G. Kelley | "The Black Radical Tradition Against Fascism and Genocide: The Long Durée."

Great talk by Robin D G Kelley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9Z... "WW2 did not end fascism, it expanded it". Thanks to @kaikodden.bsky.social for recommending!

Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administration

Labour is lying about the costs of nationalizing the water industry.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

How to respond to the EHRC consultation Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...

We've made it easy to respond to tell the EHRC what you think of its wicked attempt to humiliate trans people.

Please use, share in your networks, and allow us to contact you in the future. goodlaw.social/9e59e9

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

CO2 levels top 430ppm after huge 3.6ppm rise over last 12 months

No sign at all of this slowing

We really are in deep, deep, sh^t

But I don't see any government that gives a flying f*ck

scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

As soon as someone drops the word 'Abendland', you know where they stand.

CFP Speculative (misad)ventures: Discussing political implications of speculative and experimental approaches Screenshot NKG 2025 Speculative Geographies of the New Climate Regime Augsburg, Germany, 30 September – 2 October 2025 Session organisers: Juliane Schumacher[1], Angela Last[2], New materiali…

Deadline extension to submit abstracts for the #NKG (New Cultural Geography) 2025 in Augsburg, Germany. I have a session with Juliane Schumacher on the conservative/regressive turn in new materialisms. Please join us! Session details here: mutablematter.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/c...

LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies! 2 years fixed term, closing date is Wednesday 11 June

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Sign the Petition End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

#NewcastleUniversity staff are being made redundant despite the university's 'relatively strong cash and borrowing position'. The 'impact mitigation' with insulting 'wellbeing sessions' strongly resonate with the situation at Leicester. Solidarity!