Thomas says free Palestine

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Que valent les IA spécialisées en revue de la littérature scientifique (Perplexity Academic, Felo...) ? Est-ce qu'elles sont vraiment plus prometteuses que ChatGPT pour nos usages pédagogiques ? En tant qu'enseignante de sociologie à l'université, j'ai été un peu forcée de m'y intéresser... 1/18 🧵

... Et donc ?

going bankrupt indeed 🇩🇰

Tweet du journaliste indépendant allemand James Jackson en date du 10 juin : "Breaking: Jewish Voice for a Just Peace (JS) along with BDS Berlin & BDS Bonn have officially been declared “foreign extremists” by the Office of Constitutional Protection." En document joint, un extrait du rapport en question.

"Voix juives pour la paix", qui milite pour l'égalité des droits en Palestine, a été classé parmi les "extrémistes étrangers" dans le dernier rapport du Verfassungsschutz. C'est la première fois depuis le régime nazi qu'un groupe juif est désigné par le pouvoir comme un ennemi de l'État allemand.

I love Swedish countryside

maybe the real friendship was the Epstein files they found along the way

sauf qu'on s'en fout de Linguisticae, on s'en fout si l'émission disparaît et qu'il doit trouver un job. On s'en fout pas des gazaouis

tschüss Wien

HALLO WIEN

stop insulting Mao

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EFEO Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient PhD Contract Opportunity in Modern Chinese History (18th-19th Centuries) Work Environnement This doctoral contract is part of the Franco-Taiwanese research project CRISOLIC (ANR-24-CE27-4500), coordinated by Luca Gabbiani, Professor of Chinese History at the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Wu Jen-Shu, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei), and Frédéric Constant, Professor of Law at Université Nice Côte d'Azur. The Franco-Taiwanese research program CRISOLIC (Crime and Society in Late Imperial China) focuses on the study of crime in 18th- and 19th-century China (Qing dynasty) Considering that the absence of reliable, large-scale data for a country that then encompassed roughly 30% of the global population impedes the writing of a global history of crime -— and that this gap also limits our understanding of the social history of late imperial China - the project seeks to address this lacuna by combining empirical research with analysis at the intersection of legal and social history. Drawing on judicial records from the four principal collections of Qing local archives, supplemented by central judicial documents, the international research team aims to to reconstruct a comprehensive picture of criminality during this period, provide a detailed profile of the criminal population, and identify major trends in crime over nearly two centuries. This quantitative analysis is complemented by qualitative case studies conducted by individual team members, focusing on the social and institutional contexts of specific types of crime, discrepancies between legal definitions and popular perceptions, and patterns of unreported In parallel, the team is developing and applying handwritten text recognition (HTR) technologies to produce accessible text versions of a substantial body of Chinese judicial documents, thus fostering new research opportunities in the field. The École française d'Extrê…

EFEO École française d'Extrême-Orient Topic of the PhD dissertation The doctoral dissertation topic, to be determined in consultation with the supervisors, will fall within the field of the history of crime in Qing dynasty China (1644-1911). It may focus on the study of a specific type of crime based on documentation available in one or more local archival collections, analyze the social context of criminality in one or several regions of the empire, or examine the institutional framework for combating crime from a diachronic perspective. Dissertation Supervision, Enrollment Institution, and Host Institution The PhD candidate will be jointly supervised by Frédéric Constant (Université Nice Côte d'Azur) and Luca Gabbiani (EFEO-EHESS). Enrollment may take place at either Doctoral School 286 (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - EHESS) or Doctoral School 472 (École Pratique des Hautes Études - EPHE, affiliated with Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL University). The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) will act as the host institution and will be responsible for the administrative management of the doctoral contract. Terms of Reference The primary focus of the PhD candidate's work will be on preparing the dissertation. In addition, they will be responsible for the following tasks within the CRISOLIC program: • Participate in the revision and correction of criminological data extracted semi-automatically from documents • Contribute to the development and implementation of the criminological database • Create and maintain the general bibliography for the project (primary sources and secondary scholarly literature) • Contribute to updating the project's Hypothèses Blog/Notebook • Monitor events, projects, and publications related to the project themes, as well as any relevant information that may be of interest to project members • Participate in the organization of project meetings and events, and take part in them Participate in some of the research trips and …

• EFEO École française d'Extrême-Orient Skills • A Master's degree (or equivalent) in Chinese language, literature, and/or history, or in the humanities and social sciences, provided the candidate has a strong command of the Chinese language. • Languages: French (B2), English (B2), proficiency in modern Chinese, good knowledge of classical Chinese. • Ability to write reports or articles for a blog. • Software proficiency: Word, Excel, Zotero. Familiarity with digital humanities tools (databases, visualization tools, Al) would be an asset. Personal Attributes • Intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. • Ability to work effectively in a team. • Organizational skills and autonomy in work. • Capacity to support decision-making. Responsiveness and availability. Recruitment Conditions As part of its commitment to professional equality and diversity, the EFEO stands against all forms of discrimination and encourages all eligible candidates to submit their applications. Contract Start Date and Duration The doctoral contract is available from September 2025, for a duration of 36 months. Primary Workplace Paris A work computer will be provided by the CRISOLIC program. Salary and Benefits Monthly salary: €2,300 gross. Application Submission and Contact Applications (CV and cover letter) should be sent by email to the French coordinators of the CRISOLIC program: luca.gabbiani@efeo.net, frederic.constant@univ-cotedazur.fr. Application Deadline May 30, 2025 Selected candidates will be invited for an interview during the month of June, which will be held at the EFEO headquarters in Paris (either the week of June 9 or the week of June 23). The interview may be conducted online if necessary. 22, avenue du Président Wilson - 75116 Paris www.efeo.fr - Tél. : 33 (0)1 53 70 18 60 - Fax : 33 (0)1 53 70 87 60 BANGKOK . CHIANG MAI . HANOI . HONG KONG . JAKARTA • KUALA LUMPUR . KYOTO - PARIS PÉKIN PHNOM PENH . PONDICHÉRY . PUNE . SÉOUL . SIEM REAP . TAPEI . TOKYO . VIENTIANE -YANGON

Job 📣
3-year funded PhD position in modern Chinese history with a broad focus on crime/Qing legal history)

Part of an ANR team led by colleagues at EFEO, Academia Sinica, and Université Nice Côte d'Azur, and based in Paris, France.

Deadline: May 30, 2025

Democrats cautiously open door to humiliation kink

It's a problem in french too and not only about Xi unfortunately

Yearly reminder that 1. The Soviet Union did most of the job liberating Europe from Nazis and 2. the US intervention in Europe was more anti-communist than it was anti-fascist

Happy birthday, Karl Marx!

A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?" "Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History By Gillian Brockell When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.

Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

The Knowledge Industry Academic knowledge is entirely reducible to the endogenous dynamic of the capitalist mode of production.

"The production of new concepts and descriptions generates the social illusion and corresponding worry that conditions are constantly changing and eluding our grasp, when in fact the basic laws of social motion and structures of domination in capitalism have retained a bleak continuity."

Free Palestine, as usual 🇵🇸

like, cool we found life elsewhere in the universe. Can we go there? no. Can they come here? no. It's meaningless, and doesn't change anything to the shitty slope we are sliding on here

maybe I'm just a useless humanities-focused person, but I don't understand what would even be the big deal if we discovered life on another planet hundreds of light years from here

"it seems like you're not the gender you claim to be, *Mister* Bond"

thank you! I'll pass it to my friend (that moron)

What would be the must-read for a PhD student who never read Ming-era 文言 but only ever read pre-Qin and post-Qianlong literature? asking for an uncultured friend

Il y a une dissonance cognitive entre la revendication par LFI d'être considérée de gauche (et non d'extrême-gauche), ce qui se tient vu que c'est une émanation du PS et que son programme est social-démocrate, et la posture "plus radical-e que moi tu meurs" de certain-es militant-es sur les réseaux

Tiffany Fong

Elon Musk

Elon Musk privately DM'ed YouTuber Tiffany Fong and asked her to be inseminated by him.

When she refused he unfollowed her on Twitter and cut off premium ad revenue payments of $42,000 a month