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what is unchangeable in nature can take care of itself | assistant prof & historical sociologist | private account
@budgetmotelabyss.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialBook cover
@rosaefluxemburg.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialBerliners, mark your calendars. On Friday 20 November, Diffrakt will be hosting a Centre for Research in Modern European philosophy seminar, 'Archive of a Defeated Generation: Walter Benjamin and the Origins of Critical Theory'. More details to follow (plus an event on 19 November at Pro qm).
@versobooks.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialIs this really the end? Join us on October 12th @3pm (EST) for a virtual discussion of Joel Wainwrightâs new book on Marx, Darwin, and the Natural History of the Climate Crisis.
@robertsuits.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialI'm delighted to share our schedule for the autumn for the Anthropocene Histories seminar at UCL. Poster attached, but I will put details and links to specific event pages below. Please share widely!
@ueberdruss.bsky.socialit ends a week before my trip đ˘
@cominsitu.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialbeautiful exhibit on Peter Weiss and the Aesthetics of Resistance, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
@mbrescius.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialVery pleased to confirm that our ASEH 2027 panel on âConsuming Frontiers: Markets, Gluts, and the Environmental History of Commodity Extraction,â has been accepted. Delighted to be discussing w Corey Ross, Liz Chatterjee, Rachel Steely, and Victor McFarland -- a wonderful lineup. Come and join us!
@ueberdruss.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.sociali'm over the moon working nature made it on this list!
@afolkers.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialNext week in Frankfurt: Wendy Brown, Eva von Redecker and myself on our untimely present @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social. www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/newsleser/li...
@ueberdruss.bsky.social"Wir sollten herausragende Personen an weniger Universitäten und Fakultäten mit einem groĂen Betrag ausstatten." Sehe die GlanzbroschĂźren der German Initiative for Supreme Scientific Excellence schon vor mir.
@rabeaber.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialSpaces of Urban Platformisation⣠investigates how financialisation and platform capitalism shape urban everyday life. It looks at the speculative operations around Airbnb and coworking in Berlin. The book has been out since May â26, but it is never too late to promote it a little bit.
@ueberdruss.bsky.socialmuch anticipated in the enviro history/historical materialism debate on coal
@ueberdruss.bsky.sociali'm over the moon working nature made it on this list!
@christophsorg.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialVery excited for the kick-off conference of my new Einstein Foundation research project next week. Featuring lots of empirical work on corporate, financial and state planning and a @futurehistories.bsky.social Live Episode.
Registration, timetable etc. here: buff.ly/ciCXIxB
@deutscherprize.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialđ¨đ¨đ¨
We are very happy to announce our 2026 shortlist for the Deutscher Prize!
Free Gifts, @alybatt.bsky.social
Coercive Commerce, Stacie A. Kent
Beneath the Wage, @anniemcc.bsky.social
Working Nature, @ueberdruss.bsky.social
Capitalist Value Chains, Benjamin Selwyn and Christin Bernhold
@dominikherold.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialJetzt be diffrakt: @cominsitu.bsky.social und @ueberdruss.bsky.social im Gespräch mit @mortenpaul.bsky.social ßber Zerstôrung, Klimakatastrophe und Demokratiekrise.
@lottelydia.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.social"Keep your mind in hell and despair not; you may be weaker than the whole world, but you are always stronger than yourself: itâs fine to read Loveâs Work and its epigrams as good advice for living in extremis, but they also illustrate an approach to logic, speculation, dialectics."
@florianlouis.bsky.socialReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialChristian Sorace - Steppe Immunity Reimagining Political Futures from Mongolia Ă paraĂŽtre en mars aux Stanford UP
Veranstaltungshinweis: Am 5.11. organisiere ich an der Uni Frankfurt a. M. ein Symposium zum Thema: âLesen und Schreiben in der Krise? Das Handwerk der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften im Zeitalter KĂźnstlicher Intelligenz.â Eine Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig. Kommt vorbei.
@quinnslobodian.comReposted by @ueberdruss.bsky.socialWhat are people's favorite essay films/documentaries/series about global political economy?
