Martyna Miernecka

Two cats sitting on a windowsill beside a person’s knees, with the person holding the book They Call It Love in their hand.

They Call It Love (re-reading) @alvagotby.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

Individual Study Stays for Young Researchers in Warsaw - Warsaw Centre for Global History The Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, in cooperation with the Warsaw Centre for Global History and the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, invites early career researchers and Ph...

Early career researchers & PhDs in global history/anthropology – apply for a study stay in Warsaw (2–4 weeks). Great chance to work in a non-European context! @pobvuw.bsky.social

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - book cover

New book crush: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - historical, psychological, AND erotic 🍐

The novel won the @womensprize.bsky.social last month, and the author’s acceptance speech was a coming out as hormonally intersex and a tribute to the trans community. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

"Beyond-Human Agents in the Eco-Critical Art Practice of the Socialist Anthropocene" lecture by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

Maja and Reuben Fowkes’s lecture on Beyond-Human Agents in the Eco-Critical Art Practice of the #Socialist Anthropocene at TU Dresden last week - fantastic as always. Also, I love Edi Hila’s works 🖤 @savaproject.bsky.social

"Queer Ecologies in the Shadows: The Poetics and Politics of Space in Socialist Warsaw” as part of this term’s Colloquium Slavliku at the University of Regensburg, Germany

Excited to be part of this term’s SlavLiKu at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social with my talk "Queer Ecologies in the Shadows." Also can’t wait for the Glaser–Warkocki duet on #queer theatre, Jewish & Polish contexts!

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Poster for the 2025 Leibniz ScienceCampus Conference titled "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations: Processes, Hierarchies, Spaces." Includes conference title, date, and location, along with logos of organizing institutions and a visual design element related to translation or interconnected systems.

The conference "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations" kicks off tomorrow! @europeamerica.bsky.social @leibniz-ios.de @uniregensburg.bsky.social

Love this! I actually put my cats first in the acknowledgments—hard to overestimate the emotional labor and editorial supervision these assistants provide 🐾📚

#8 Intergeschlechtlichkeit, Transsexualität und deutsche Medizingeschichte | mit Ulrike Klöppel Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte · Episode

New podcast episode from our "Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism" team 🎙️
Intersexuality, Transsexuality, and the History of Medicine in Germany - with Dr. Ulrike Klöppel from the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine in Heidelberg

Early Career Funding An open network facilitating the application of digital methods in the humanities and the development of relevant research infrastructures.

Support grants for junior researchers in Austria who have little or no other funding opportunity in carrying out research in the fields of #DigitalHumanities @clariahes.bsky.social

Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article) The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

"The End of the University as We Know It," by @meghanor.bsky.social, with a chilling reminder from Miłosz in The Captive Mind: "Fear reshaped their internal weather, dictating what they would — and wouldn’t — say."
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Cool job offers related to queer Muslims! Check it out and spread the word about the project Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics @uniregensburg.bsky.social #Academia #Queer #Cultural #History

New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social

Last day to apply for our #queer #theater conference in June! CFP: tatianaklepikova.com/cfps/ 💖

@annalisamartin.bsky.social's review of Andrea Rottmann's "Queer Lives...": shorturl.at/eaDXH 💖 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

James Baldwin in Istanbul - The Paris Review Six photographs of Baldwin in the city that saved his life.

#JamesBaldwin found solace and inspiration in Istanbul during a decade of his life, escaping writer’s block and the demands of fame. Stunning photos and insights in Osman Can Yerebakan's piece for The Paris Review. The photographs are featured in an exhibition at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social

"Guten Morgen, ihr Schönen. Ein Gespräch mit der Geschlechterforscherin Franziska Haug über #Frauen, #Arbeit, #DDR-Literatur und die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen in Popkultur und Politik."

Franziska's amazing research @uniregensburg.bsky.social
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"Hłasko (nie)potrzebny? Nowe spojrzenie na legendę pisarza", czyli konferencja o twórczości Marka Hłaski z perspektywy różnych nurtów współczesnej humanistyki już za tydzień - zapraszamy!

Gen Z Grew Up Chronically Online. Now, They're Craving 'Third Places.' Young people are dreaming of a world where they don't have to buy a $16 cocktail just to hang out.

Seeking more #ThirdSpaces in 2025, guided by Kristen Ghodsee and Robert D. Putnam 🏡✨

Hi Kate! I'd love to be added 💌 We met at the Queer Urban Underworlds in European State Socialism Workshop in Prague!

Events UPCOMING EVENTS: International Conference | June 5-6, 2025 Queer Theater against the State This conference seeks to explore the paths that queer theater companies, directors, and playwrights across…

#CfP alert! "Queer Theater against the State" - conference in Regensburg on Jun 5-6, 2025

Please spread the word!

Light On! Queere Kultur und Geschichte Podcast · Research Group "Light On!" · Willkommen zum „Light On!“ oder „Licht An!“, ein Podcast, der die oft unsichtbare queere Kultur und Geschichte der Vergangenheit diskutiert. Wir sind ein Team vo...

Our research group launched a podcast! 🎉 Exploring queer histories and cultures in the German-speaking world (in German). Featuring Andrea Rottmann and Martin Lücke (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social), Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social), and Andreas Brunner (@qwien.bsky.social). Check it out!