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Some exciting news: my book, The Picnic, is now out in German !!!! (@residenzverlag)
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Its called *DAS PICKNICK* and is available here:
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www.residenzverlag.com/buch/das-pic...
Please RT!!! (and send to any German speakers you know!)
Delighted that this is now out (w. @sunelaegaard.bsky.social), along with all the articles it introduces. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Hopefully of interest to anyone thinking (methodologically) about how 'empirical' leaning pol-theory might become more 'experimental', e.g....
A terrific opportunity for political theorist
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This is an *excellent* opportunity for students interested in refugee/migration issues in political philosophy
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Thanks Kristian! That’s very nice of you to say. (And thanks for spreading the word)… glad you enjoyed.
Just finished The Picnic by @matthewblongo.bsky.social.
A sharp, compelling take on the opening of the Iron Curtain, especially valuable for centering the Hungarian perspective, not just the familiar GDR story we all know.
Adds real depth to how 1989 is usually told.
A brilliant must read.
Oh that’s really interesting… depressing that so many millions might be killed because of the carve up of a kids game, but. Well, here we are …
Happy New Year peeps…
To keep the tradition going, here is my pile of reading for the year. Same rules as always - only literature (so no philosophy or politics). Some classics, some re-reads; all for fun…
What’ve you been reading?!?!?
#books #reading #resolutions
I find this very beautiful. Map of a bike; story of a city.
Hey Friends!
50% sale on The Picnic audiobook ... See link below...
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www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Brilliant game … Living in Europe, I had the perverse experience of waking up only to find the game still going, and thus found myself surreptitiously checking the scores while pretending to ready the kids for school…
I love good baseball writing. Thanks for sharing… my favorite line: “Baseball is a daily puzzle that requires multiple players to perform deeds in concert and in a palatable order to achieve the one thing everyone wants: to go home.”
Hey @polscileiden.bsky.social peeps… come here @jwassers.bsky.social speak next week in The Hague !!!
I’ll be there… ✊
updated my political philosophy starter pack
all the podcast guests + a few others
go.bsky.app/6BBahr1
This is nice: the paperback of my book 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 has been selected as part of the Waterstone's 25%off pre-order promotion.
So it can be yours for the price of a pizza.
Use the code: OCTOBER25 (valid until Friday 17/10)
www.waterstones.com/book/protect...
Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am!
Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
@catherinelu.bsky.social
@matthewblongo.bsky.social
@arturochang.bsky.social
@nplaetzer.bsky.social
Oh man I love an esoteric baseball reference
That’s probably why he wants to get rid of them
As an academic, this may be the most relatable thing I've ever seen...
Excellent review by @matthewblongo.bsky.social (author The Picnic, which won the Orwell Prize given by @orwellprize.bsky.social last year) of the superb recent @stanfordpress.bsky.social book by Ed Pulford (& discusses the same author’s earlier Hurst book too) lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
In 1947, Orwell argued that only a "United States of Europe" could survive a nuclear age. Now, Europe is at another crossroads.
Join Katja Hoyer, @matthewblongo.bsky.social & Colin Crouch at Pushkin House as we explore where Europe's been and where it might go next: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...
Ah that's too bad! Yes, would have been nice to meet. I hope your event went well!
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Check out my latest essay in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social !!!
It looks at borders and time in the writing of Ed Pulford. Link below.
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Thanks Jeff! (And for the kind words). Was really a pleasure to think with Pulford - thanks for the opportunity.
Great write-up of our media + information literacy intervention funded by the @ssrc.org´s Mercury project
www.ssrc.org/mercury-proj...
partners: Bihar´s BRLPS & Dataleads.
@sumitra.bsky.social @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social Florian Sichart
Looking forward to seeing and testing more of these!
Hey London!
Come see me at the Pushkin House on June 4th... Conversation with Katja Hoyer & Colin Crouch... Thanks to @orwellprize.bsky.social !!!
Details below!
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www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...
Hey Bluesky!
Please join me in the beautiful Cotswolds next week for the Chipping Campden Literature Festival
Details: “Matthew Longo: THE PICNIC,” May 5th, 10:30am, Cidermill Theatre
@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social
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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
Woah!!!! Thanks Cornish Book Fairy! (And thanks Pamela!)
👏👏👏SOLD OUT at Aldeburgh @matthewblongo.bsky.social but still tickets for his event in beautiful Chipping Campden, North Cotswolds in May. Book online
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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
