Umut Özkırımlı

The Rift in American Socialism Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is divided between its realists like, Mamdani and AOC, and fundamentalists who disagree over whether or not the DSA should continue to run and win with the Democratic Party. From Harold Meyerson:

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Ultraleftism Can’t Free Palestine Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be. To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ...

jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”

ICYMI: @umutozkirimli.bsky.social is working on a fourth edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!

Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
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This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
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Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
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@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
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A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...!
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This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world.
4/5

Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes.
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@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000.
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A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism?
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That’s why, together with ASEN - The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism @asenevents.bsky.social, I’m crowdsourcing recommendations. If you know of recent or forthcoming publications that should be included, please share them with me via asen.ac.uk/theoriesofna....

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This fully revised and expanded edition will be reimagined as a fully-fledged textbook, complete with Key Concepts and Case Study features. Although the core research is done, I want this edition to reflect the most comprehensive, global, and up-to-date scholarship available.

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Some unexpected but exciting news: after eight years away from the field, I am returning to nationalism studies. The first stop in what will be a three-book marathon is the fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism, forthcoming with
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

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I'd say no, and only from a particular political perspective (liberal, left, "progressive", you name it). It's a bubble - not sure how successful as a business model.

How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

Sickening. So much of the post-WW2 German political establishment and culture retained the depraved roots - and many of the individuals - that led to that war.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Neil Ketchley, Yezid Sayigh and Monica Marks. Protest in the Middle East | Videos | CCCB In this session, Neil Ketchley, speaks about the difficulties presented by this activism, most of them resulting from the repressive power...

The opening event of the Barcelona Summer School 2025 is now available to stream online.

"Protest in the Middle East" w/ Neil Ketchley, Monica Marks and Yezid Sayigh at CCCB

@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social

www.cccb.org/en/multimedi...

Luca Can Özkirimli Larsson
18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚

Halfway through, the Barcelona Summer School 2025 has already turned into a blast of ideas, debates, and late-night conversations, leaving everyone both exhausted and exhilarated for what's still to come.

@iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social

"Syria's Morning After: Who Owns the Revolution"

Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace)

Join us at 18:30. Free admission

Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)

Attended a very interesting discussion at Barcelona’s CCCB on Protest in the Middle East, featuring Fred Halliday winner Neil Ketchley, @monicamarks.bsky.social & @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. It’s the kickoff to Barcelona Summer School of Mediterranean & Middle East led by @umutozkirimli.bsky.social

Discussion Perceived Western complicity in the genocide in Gaza has eroded public support for the U.S. while boosting China's appeal • The absence of mass street-level mobilization masks other forms of contention: • Asef Bayat (2003): "The metaphorical [Arab street is not deserted, so much as it is controlled" • Pro-Palestinian activism as an established gateway to oppositional politics in the Arabic-speaking MENA (El Kurd 2020) • Ironic development: A longstanding and hitherto legally protected form of nonviolent activism — i.e. boycotting — is increasingly being legislated against in Western contexts while being freely practiced in autocracies

Example: The economic effects of the boycott in Egypt • Local franchises of Western companies have closed or laid off staff • A number of company CEOs have released public statements disavowing Israel's actions in Gaza • Significant growth in locally produced alternatives to Western products (e.g., water, soft drinks, fast food)

Attended a very interesting discussion at Barcelona’s CCCB on Protest in the Middle East, featuring Fred Halliday winner Neil Ketchley, @monicamarks.bsky.social & @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. It’s the kickoff to Barcelona Summer School of Mediterranean & Middle East led by @umutozkirimli.bsky.social

With the right tag @fawazgerges.bsky.social

Let the brainstorming begin. With @FawazGerges in Barcelona.

Join us tomorrow at CCCB

www.cccb.org/en/activitie...

@ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social

#BarcelonaMEDMENA

Here’s the exact address for the location (CCCB) on Google Maps.

Thanks so much to @umutozkirimli.bsky.social for putting this together!

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In Barcelona? You’re warmly welcome at a panel I’ll be on 6:30pm tomorrow (Monday) evening.

It’s titled “The Future of the Middle East” & I’ll be speaking alongside the wonderful Neil Ketchley from Oxford & Carnegie’s @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. We’ll be doing Q&A too!

Address below ⬇️

The Women's March on Washington: Part II “Together we stand..

Part II of my reflections on the Women’s March on Washington 2017, or how the Right won.

🩷 Social justice battles unfold in the streets and at the ballot box, and precisely there, the Left has been stumbling.

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The Women’s March on Washington: Part I “Hey, you..

Part I of my trilogy on the Women’s March on Washington 2017, or how the Right won.

🩷 Behind the signs and chants was a deeper, more combustible question: what does it mean to be a woman, and who gets to decide?

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A Love Like No Others A dark hospital room lit only by the faint, pulsing glow of the IV tower, casting slow-moving shadows on the wall like it’s trying not to wake him.

My new Substack, Partisan, post: "A Love Like No Others".

🔮 And then there’s the quiet, slow horror of realizing this is his life. Not a chapter. Not a detour. The whole story.

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