Mit den Erinnerungen an ihre albanische Kindheit in Enver Hoxhas abgeschottetem albanischem Kommunismus hat die Politologin Lea Ypi Furore gemacht. Jetzt weitet sie den Horizont mit dem Blick auf das Schicksal ihrer Grossmutter, einer Lichtgestalt der Emanzipation. trib.al/GcOs1ZU

One photograph. A honeymoon in 1941. And a firestorm that tore through Albanian social media. @leaypi.bsky.social tells Pete Hoskin why she spent years hunting for the truth about her grandmother:

This is about Lea Ypi’s remarkable new book Indignity, my grandmother, her grandmother, Salonica, Istanbul, Tirana and the long shadows of empire. Ypi recounts her grandmother’s life as a story of dignity. Dignity in the fate of a woman. In the bonds of a family. In the decline of an empire.

Die Philosophin Lea Ypi wurde in den sozialen Medien mit einem Foto ihrer Großmutter konfrontiert, das sie an deren Integrität zweifeln ließ. Sie forschte nach und taucht mit ihrem neuen Buch nun tiefer in die Geschichte Albaniens ein (F+) 🔗https://buff.ly/3cVnpjc 📝 Christine Käppeler

As part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social Lecture Programme, in partnership with Coventry University, I will be reading and discussing Indignity tomorrow. 6pm, free event, followed by reception and book signing but registration is required 👇!!! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...

Looking forward to @equatormag.bsky.social !

I am in Bristol this evening (15 September) if anyone wants to join!! www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...

Die Philosophin Lea Ypi wurde in den sozialen Medien mit einem Foto ihrer Großmutter konfrontiert, das sie an deren Integrität zweifeln ließ. Sie forschte nach und taucht mit ihrem neuen Buch nun tiefer in die Geschichte #Albanien|s ein (F+) www.freitag.de/autoren/chri...

A wonderful review of Indignity / Aufrecht on Der Standard 🤩🤩😍😍

Endlich: Das lang erwartete Prequel zum international gefeierten Bestseller »Frei« ist da! In »Aufrecht« erzählt @leaypi.bsky.social vom Leben einer Frau im Zeitalter der Extreme. Jetzt erhältlich überall, wo es Bücher gibt und hier: shrk.vg/Aufrecht-B

After a photo of her grandmother sparked vicious trolling, @leaypi.bsky.social took a remarkable journey through Albania’s state archives. Peter Hoskin speaks to the political thinker about dignity, memory and the stories we tell about the dead:

Come and join us next Monday the 15th to celebrate the publication of Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social! Tickets are available here hdfst.uk/e132120

Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi - Artfully reconstructing a secret family history

I really enjoyed this conversation on INDIGNITY with David for @ppfideas.bsky.social - it is even better if you listen to the whole series (previous two episodes were on philosophical and then legal/political interpretations of dignity)!

Voor wie het gemist heeft: zaterdag stond mijn interview met @leaypi.bsky.social in @volkskrant.nl, over haar nieuwe boek Onwaardig. Ze zei interessante dingen over nationalisme, taal, kunst en meer: www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/de-ge...

Start the Week is back! And if today’s programme isn’t excellent I’ll only have myself to blame: Arundhati Roy, Lea Ypi and Sarah Howe, prize-winners all, on the stories we’re told (and tell) about family history. Join us just after 9.00 on Radio Four.

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! Today David and @leaypi.bsky.social ask can we recover the true meaning of the foundational idea of the UN that ‘all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and in rights’? Join PPF+ for all our bonuses and ad-free listening: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

The first episode of this 3-part conversation on dignity with David @ppfideas.bsky.social is out! This one is on ancient vs modern conceptions of dignity, dignity as standing vs dignity as a feature of the will, Cicero, Seneca, Kant and more …

One photograph. A honeymoon in 1941. And a firestorm that tore through Albanian social media. @leaypi.bsky.social tells Pete Hoskin why she spent years hunting for the truth about her grandmother:

Kicking off at #ftweekendfestival right now. . . A World in Turmoil with Nick Clegg @leaypi.bsky.social Alice Fishburn @philipstephens.bsky.social – and it's standing room only ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/agenda/sessi...

My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…

De geschiedenis herhaalt zich, zegt de Albanese schrijver Lea Ypi. ‘De parallellen met het interbellum zijn eng’

Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left! www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...

Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi review – love, war and betrayal

Looking forward to discussing INDIGNITY with David Runciman @ppfideas.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social in Cambridge THIS Wednesday! And I hope to see many of you there 🤩😍! For tickets: t.co/WY5iWDIUZ1

London School of Economics philosopher Lea Ypi speaks to Matthew Reisz about following up her best-selling memoir Free, the state of academic freedom in the UK and the US and the misogyny faced by women academics #academicsky #edusky

It was such a pleasure to discuss with the brilliant @shafakelif literature and politics, minorities in the Ottoman Empire, how the past conditions us, the role of writers in society, and much more... The joint interview is out in today's @theguardian.com link👇 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

“Indignity” blends fact and fiction. This will give some people pause. But Lea Ypi sweeps the reader along in her story of her grandmother and the tides of history

🚨 Our 'FILMS OF IDEAS' season begins in London next month! 🚨 Do join us, there's something for everyone! 🎬 Rope 🎬 My Dinner with Andre 🎬 Rosa Luxemburg 🎬 Wittgenstein 🎬 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 🎬 A Dangerous Method 🎟️ Full info & tickets here ⬇️ www.ppfideas.com/events

Tuesday 9th September, @leaypi.bsky.social will be with us to talk about her new book 'Indignity'. Tickets cost £6 or £22 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social Book your place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1383672956...

4 september verschijnt het nieuwe boek van @leaypi.bsky.social: Onwaardig. Overleven in een tijd van extremen (Indignity), vertaald door Luud Dorresteijn! Wij publiceren voor. Lees nu een fragment en reserveer je boek. athenaeumscheltema.n...

"Love, war and life on the edge of history" - a wonderful first review of INDIGNITY by William Boyd in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social today 😍🧿!

AUFRECHT / INDIGNITY wird am 15. September auf Deutsch veröffentlicht! Hier ist mein Veranstaltungskalender - ich freue mich darauf viele von euch dort zu sehen 😍❤️🧿🐥📁 ! @suhrkamp.de @renner-institut.at @blnensemble.bsky.social @normativeorders.bsky.social @forum-midem.bsky.social

Graham Norton, Esther Freud, Sathnam Sanghera, Lea Ypi and Caleb Femi join our chief literary critic to judge this year’s prize ⬇️

🎞️ VIDEO ➨ Tiberias, Palestine, 1916

Lovely to find in today’s Sunday Times this excellent discussion of INDIGNITY🤩🧿🐥!

Schedule of INDIGNITY events in September/October @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social - save the dates and stay tuned for more in other countries 😊😍🐥!!

Having entered the stage in which the author and the commodity are the same thing, I’m here to say that IF you were thinking of pre-ordering INDIGNITY, @Waterstones has selected it for their summer pre-orders promotion and you can get 25% off by entering “SUMMER25” until 31/07🫣

The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!

📣 Deine Meinung zählt! 🎤 Sag uns, was du von unseren Formaten hältst & hilf uns besser zu werden – was willst Du von uns hören, sehen, lesen? 🎁 Als Dankeschön: Gewinne Premierenplätze für Lea Ypi, Bücherpakete & RLS-Sommerpakete! 👉 Jetzt teilnehmen: www.rosalux.de/news/...

September is birthday month and book due date! Join me for the baby showers in London, Cambridge, Oxford and stay tuned for more😍🤩🧿🐥 @waterstones.bsky.social @blackwelloxford.bsky.social

If you read one thing, read this by Chandran Kukathas. Share it too, particularly if you have friends and family who buy into the immigration enforcement bullshit

‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social

Come to Frankfurt for the 8th Deutsch-Italienische Kant Vorlesung on Kantian Socialism and the Critique of Technocratic Reason! labont.it/labont/deuts...

8. Deutsch-italienische Kant-Vorlesung Lea Ypi (LSE) Kantian Socialism and the Critique of Technocratic Reason 9 July 2025, 6-8pm Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Westend, SKW-Gebäude Hörsaal SKW A labont.it/.../deutsch-... #philsky #philosophy

Lea Ypi on the left’s ‘dangerous illusion that getting tough on migration can win back support’

De eerste namen voor Exploring Stories 2025: Paul Lynch, Natasha Brown, Lea Ypi, Safae el Khannoussi en Isabella Hammad 27 sept. | Utrecht @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social

My new article in Political Studies: ‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk