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Peter Levine

@peterlevine.bsky.social

Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws

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Civics in the Academy Webinar | Peter Levine The Civics in the Academy webinar series invites you to join us for the first webinar in the series to discuss: What is the Alliance for Civics in the Academy? wth: Mary L. ClarkProvost and Executive ...

Civics in the Academy Webinar with Josiah Ober, Mary Clark, Jenna Storey, Debra Satz, and me: peterlevine.ws?p=34646

21.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

design challenges for civics in higher education:

peterlevine.ws?p=34614

20.10.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2026 International Transformative Learning Conference and a Civic Studies preconference | Peter Levine

The 2026 International Transformative Learning Conference and a Civic Studies preconference peterlevine.ws?p=34611

15.10.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Comparing Trump, Modi, Erdogan
(Notes on the way home from a meeting in Istanbul)

peterlevine.ws?p=34603

13.10.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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youth activism now | Peter Levine I am grateful for frequent recent opportunities to talk with grassroots democracy groups about tactics and methods. My current standard talk is here (but I like to offer it as a discussion rather than...

youth activism now: peterlevine.ws?p=34595

08.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He was a pretty close relative of the founder of Philips Electronics.

08.10.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Freud on mourning the past, and what that means for people who are nostalgic for the times before Trump: peterlevine.ws?p=34566

06.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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qualms about Effective Altruism | Peter Levine

The original post, FYI: peterlevine.ws?p=15722

05.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why isn't the "compact" with universities a published regulation? On the rule of law and Trump's assault on higher education: peterlevine.ws?p=34551

03.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AAUP v Rubio | Peter Levine

Notes on the blistering decision in AAUP v Rubio
peterlevine.ws?p=34539

01.10.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Notes on Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by @petergs.bsky.social peterlevine.ws?p=34528

29.09.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tufts equity dataset available through ICPSR: peterlevine.ws?p=34521

26.09.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

research on "national narcissism" in the wake of Trump's UN speech: peterlevine.ws?p=34514

24.09.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tips for democracy activists in 2025
(a 22-minute video based on several interactive webinars that I have offered recently)

peterlevine.ws?p=34504

22.09.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

19.09.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

truth, justice, and the purposes of a university peterlevine.ws?p=34474

19.09.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The politics of nostalgia just isn't what it used to be:

peterlevine.ws?p=34443

(Five drawbacks of nostalgia, for the left as well as the right)

16.09.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the nonviolent response | Peter Levine

the nonviolent response peterlevine.ws?p=34434

11.09.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nonviolence in a time of political unrest:

peterlevine.ws?p=30819 (Dec. 2023)

11.09.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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who is most concerned about crime as a political issue? | Peter Levine Crime’s power as a political issue is troubling. On one hand, the US does experience far too much crime. Our homicide rate is almost five times that of Britain, almost three times that of Canada, and ...

who is most concerned about crime as a political issue?

(Discussion here: peterlevine.ws?p=34423)

08.09.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That deer’s ancestors conversed with St Kevin in the language of the beasts.

07.09.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a checklist for democracy activists peterlevine.ws?p=34414

05.09.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Civic Studies updates peterlevine.ws?p=34398

03.09.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

open webinars on resistance peterlevine.ws?p=34395

01.09.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Translating Civic Values Into Engagement: Overcoming Fear to Take Action Series Session 1 - What Civic Engagement Skills Do We Need to Learn for Resistance - Quickly?

www.eventbrite.com/e/translatin...

Tuesday at 6:30 ET on Zoom

30.08.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

teaching in the era of AI (thoughts for fall 2025) peterlevine.ws?p=34387

29.08.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Art of Solitude peterlevine.ws?p=34331 (on Stephen Batchelor, Montaigne & early Buddhism)

28.08.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

holding two ideas at once: the attack on universities is authoritarian, and viewpoint diversity is important peterlevine.ws?p=34353

26.08.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Montaigne's Equanimity: a moving passage from his last essay about his acceptance of death: peterlevine.ws?p=34343

22.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If the sky were seen for the first time peterlevine.ws?p=34334

21.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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