A week ago, on the third of June, the Dutch poet Lieke Marsman passed away after years of fighting cancer. Her work meant a lot to me.
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housing is everything rise up
“to the younger generation the housing squeeze is personal, and so is the policy response. While most lawmakers are homeowners — 80%, by one count — the youngest politicians are often renters,like the vast majority of Americans under 35”
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🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS🚨
We are proud to announce the call for abstracts for our 11th annual conference: FREEDOM.
The conference takes place at Copenhagen Business School on October 2-3 2026.
Read the full call here 👇 and submit before 1 May 2026 💌
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It's a bit the Homo Academicus moment of Marxism right now...
I started a substack to write about my recent archival research trip to IMEC, Caen.
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Although it will still take at least nine months to appear, I had to write about finishing the manuscript of my first monograph! I am extremely grateful to @frenchstudies.bsky.social who enabled this. Very excited about what's next.
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As a library dweller and former resident of the city, I really enjoyed this article on Berlin's libraries by Laney Lenox. I'd definitely recommend anyone with a connection to the city to dig into the @slowberlin.bsky.social literary archives 👌
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Read my first blog post about my archival work here. My main focus at IMEC was to write about the incredible work carried out by @lucienoyer.bsky.social who assembled the collection of Hélène Legotien.
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Freedom Eleventh annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies Copenhagen Business School, Denmark2-3 October 2026 Open call While we particularly encourage engagements with the theme…