If this outcome holds it seems hard to see a way forward unless VVD will work with GL/PvdA. The key question then seems to become - does the VVD hate the left so much they would prefer to be in a coalition with JA21 to keep them out? Based on past performance, I would say yes... #netherlands

Looking forward to my first @histmat.bsky.social conference next week, where I am going to be speaking on "Historicizing Jewish identity and global capital in Gary Shteyngart’s 'Absurdistan'; or, re-periodizing the contemporary in American literary studies."

Scoured the bookshops and managed to find what was seemingly the one copy in Utrecht...

Wonderful to have overseen my first issue of the Netherlands American Studies Review as editor-in-chief, which features many excellent examples of the student work being done here in the Netherlands on North American history, culture, and literature! www.netherlands-america.nl/netherlands-...

Looking forward to my inaugural @jewishstudies.bsky.social conference presentation today, on Joshua Cohen’s fascinating novel 'The Netanyahus' - at 10.30 (EST)/4.30 (CET) today for those interested in joining!

Very happy to be presenting today at the European Association for Jewish Studies conference, talking about Joshua Cohen's novel 'The Netanyahus' in relation to questions of race, postcoloniality, and the American campus.

New here, so re-upping my recent publications: An article on race, identity, and Jewishness in Philip Roth: shorturl.at/iEY03 A piece on nostalgia and identity in Saul Bellow and Derek Walcott: shorturl.at/vyFNP A recent article on Asian American identity and the Vietnam War: shorturl.at/bcoz4

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