Heading to Vienna tomorrow for two conferences. First up: “Love, sexuality and intimacy in exile - historical and current perspectives,” hosted by Österreichische Exilbibliothek at Literaturhaus Wien, @qwien.bsky.social/ @andreasbrunner.bsky.social and @ifswien.bsky.social/ @univie.ac.at.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

"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." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

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

#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 🌈 blog.uni-regensburg.de/guten-morgen...

"Hłasko (nie)potrzebny? Nowe spojrzenie na legendę pisarza", czyli konferencja o twórczości Marka Hłaski z perspektywy różnych nurtów współczesnej humanistyki już za tydzień - zapraszamy!

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

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

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!