Dr Ladan Rahbari

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says The National Iranian American Council tells Middle East Eye that the community was targeted following the Israel-Iran '12-day war'

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/at-least-55-iranians-deported-hundreds-more-at-risk

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My fellow academics: the @aaup.org is doing amazing work, successfully! defending faculty and universities against attacks from Vought/the Trump administration. Proud to be a member. It takes only 3 minutes to join, to support them fighting the good fight for all Americans ✊ www.aaup.org

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

[Petition] Stop the war on Iran! Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...

We (a group of academics and scholars) are calling for an immediate end to #Israel’s war against #Iran and #Palestine. If you support this call, please add your name to the petition here. Thank you!
#solidarity #ceasefirenow #petition
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Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn Zelfs wie het Iraanse regime haat en meedeed aan de Mahsa Amini-protesten, ziet de Israëlische bombardementen als een externe aanval die gestopt moet worden, schrijft Ladan Rahbari. Al zijn er altijd enkele royalisten die de aanval toejuichen.

The masks are coming off: human values and international law seem to count for nothing anymore. This was already evident when the world did nothing to stop the genocide in Gaza. As you read this, Israel is still killing civilians who are already displaced & starving.
www.standaard.be/opinies/je-k...

Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war.

These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack.

We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails or personal messages. I may not be able to reply to each one, but I see them all and deeply appreciate your support.

Spare me the Western savior complex that tries to justify this madness. I despise the Islamic Republic as much as anyone else. I want them gone. But war will not bring stability to Iran. War will not bring prosperity to our people.

I truly don’t have words to express how disgusted I am by the west, not only for turning a blind eye, but for actively enabling the (genocidal) campaigns of the #Israeli regime from #Palestine to #Iran.

Like many other #Iranians living outside the country, I’ve been watching anxiously and worrying sick about my family, friends and loved ones in Iran. When they can get a stable enough internet connection, they tell me about the constant fear and uncertainly they’re living in.

We had the great honor of hosting Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social at the Amsterdam Center for Gender & Sexuality this week. We learned about his amazing research on club nights & the book Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution @aissr.bsky.social

The Closure Epidemic. How disruptions affect queer nightlife - ARC-GS Discover how queer nightlife is evolving beyond bar closures in Amin Ghaziani’s talk on club nights, joy, and urban sexualities.

🕺🏽The Closure Epidemic: Why are gay bars disappearing? What comes next?

Join our Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality this Friday for @aminghaziani.bsky.social’s talk on queer nightlife’s joyful, mobile reinvention 👇

23 May | 15:30 – 17:00

🔗 arcgs.uva.nl/content/even...

"We must act now in the interest of human life and dignity.

Here is an urgent plea to #Dutch higher education institutions to cut ties with #genocide and refuse #police on campus!"

#Academia #Netherlands #palestine #actnow #sign

openletter.earth/nederlandse-...

PhD in Iranian Secular Visual Culture In this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture.

We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

Oh that’s so kind of you 😊 and thank you!

Dual nationality, anti‐citizenship, and xeno‐racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and charged with spying and propaganda activities against the Iranian state...

My paper 'Dual #Nationality, Anti-Citizenship, and Xeno-Racism: Online Tropes on #Migrant (In)gratitude, and (In)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,' is now published in the #British Journal of #Sociology. #xenoracism #dualnationality #Iran
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people’s sexuality later in life. Drawing on 30 interviews with 32 queer women and non-binary people aged 49-...

If you are interested in the intersection of #queer #aging and #sexuality, check out the new paper published in the Journal of Women and Aging titled 'Unruly Temporalities: Older Queer Women and Non-Binary People Narrating Later-Life Sexuality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On December 3rd, I had the immense privilege of witnessing my PhD student, Dr. Nika Looman, successfully defend their thesis:
“Queer late/r life sex. Women and non-binary people’s unruly stories.”
#PhDDefense #ProudSupervisor #Queer #Sex #Aging #AcademicAchievement @aissr.bsky.social

I am a political sociologist if that counts

Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...

Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...

Seeking to navigate the political turbulence in NL with a steady compass, I wrote this essay.

So we can defend what needs to be defended:
Higher education and the right to protest.

Rendez-vous in Den Hague, Monday Nov. 25. 1pm, Malieveld.

www.diggitmagazine.com/refusing-mor...

Right-wing accounts & #bots have become active here too. I’ve noticed an increase in #racist #anti-Palestinian bots using derogatory language in their interactions. As others have suggested, the best approach is to #report & #block them. Engaging with them only gives them the attention they seek.

Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide co...

Please consider signing this letter: ‘Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians’
An open letter to the federal government of #Germany, to exert pressure on #Israel to end the #killing, maiming, & destruction of #Palestinian life #freepalestine docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...

Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...

(Post-)pandemic Somatechnics, Neoliberalism, and the Return to (Academic) Normalcy: Digital Conversations | Somatechnics This essay consists of a set of digital (post-)pandemic email correspondence held between a political sociologist and an interdisciplinary philosopher working at western European universities while th...

2) DM for an AM copy & many thanks again to Ladan for getting this writing project going!
See www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

I had the pleasure of working with Dr Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social on a paper during the #covid19 #pandemic. The paper is now out: “#(Post-)pandemic #Somatechnics, #neoliberalism, and the Return to (Academic) Normalcy” #Somatechnicsjournal

Picture of the promoted Somatechnics article, plus abstract

1) New publication - the digital conversations I had with @ladanrahbari.bsky.social during the pandemic have been published in #Somatechnics.
If you are interested in a spicy dose of #criticaltheory in conjunction with #irruptive thinking & weird memetic interruptions, then go check it out.

Call for #Applications: #Post-Doctoral #Fellowship in #Palestine Studies at the #UniversityofToronto
The Hearing Palestine Initiative at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a call for applications with a focus on #Palestine and/or %Palestinian #archives.