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Today is #ShowYourStripes day! The warming stripes, created by @edhawkins.org, show how the place where you live has changed over time. Find yours at showyourstripes.info. Download them, share them, and use them to start a conversation today!

The recording of Dr. Robin Celikates' @robin-c.bsky.social excellent discussion of civil disobedience in the Virtual Meeting Series on The Psychology of Resistance, "Civil Disobedience in Times of Climate Catastrophe," is now posted online and can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=21PK... 1/2

Today! Zoom link to join: tinyurl.com/civil-disob

Join us next Monday, June 15 in the Psychology of Resistance virtual meeting series for a discussion with Dr. Robin Celikates @robin-c.bsky.social on "Civil disobedience in times of climate catastrophe: Philosophical, conceptual, and social psychological questions". Register: tinyurl.com/civil-disob

¿Por qué algunos grupos se unen mientras que otros se alejan? Una nueva investigación de @jrvollhardt.bsky.social et al. (2025) en Estados Unidos explora cómo el reconocimiento social desigual y los dobles estándares moldean la solidaridad entre cuatro comunidades étnicas. 🧵👇

📄 Why do some victimized groups stand together while others turn away? New research by @jrvollhardt.bsky.social et al. (2025) in the US explores how unequal societal recognition and double standards shape solidarity (or betrayal) between four ethnic minority communities. 🧵👇

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

The Nakba after Genocide—a panel organized by the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network. Tuesday, April 7.

Last week's session on prefigurative politics in repressive settings (see quoted post below) is also available in our archive here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/archive.html, where you can find all recorded sessions in the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series.

Did you miss the session on "Prefigurative Politics in Repressive Contexts" with activists and researchers from Lebanon, Serbia and Turkey? Here's the recorded session, now available in the Resistance Psychology Network's Youtube channel: youtu.be/Q0S65MPOu8E

Tomorrow at Clark, in person! Join is if you are in the area.

The Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series meets again Mon, Feb 9: social psychologists (incl @tijana-et-al.bsky.social, @yasemingacar.bsky.social, @thia-sagh.bsky.social) & activists will discuss prefigurative movements in Lebanon, Serbia, & Turkey. Registration: tinyurl.com/prefigurative

If you are in Worcester, MA or surrounding, join us next Wednesdsy for a talk (in person only, open to the public) by Dr. Gail Sahar @gsprof.bsky.social on the role of blame attributions increased political polarization in the US.

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, February 9: We do a Roundtable Session on Prefigurative Politics in Repressive Contexts with activists from Lebanon and Serbia and researchers studying prefigurative movements. To register: tinyurly.com/prefigurative

Now out in Political Psychology and open access, led by Helin Ünal: "Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meinungsbild zu Gaza, Israel, Deutschlands Außenpolitik, zur Medienberichterstattung, zu pro-palästinensischen Parolen, zu Antisemitismus und zur Erinnerungskultur 👇 Mit @thomaserichter.bsky.social Veröffentlicht als @giga-hamburg.de Focus Nahost. www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...

Call for submissions, "Social Psychological Processes of Collective Memory" preconference at EASP, June 30 2026, Strasbourg docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Join us for the EASP 2026 Preconference: "Social Psychological Processes of Collective Memory" @easp2026.bsky.social ✨ With @olivierklein.bsky.social @jrvollhardt.bsky.social @michelletwali.bsky.social @elifsandal.bsky.social @laurentlicata.bsky.social Submit here: www.easp.eu/news/itm/cal...

Tomorrow!

If you are in or around Worcester, MA, please join us next Wednesday, Nov. 19th, for a talk about the role of the military in the climate crisis - including Massachusetts involvement, the US military more broadly, the Gaza genocide, and global inequality. In person at Clark University, Dana Commons.

Now published (in English and Spanish!): "Between solidarity and betrayal: how differences in societal acknowledgement, group position and expectations inform intergroup relations in the context of collective victimization" - brief summary and link to text in 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Important new special issue now published in the International Journal of Social Psychology/Revista de Psicología Social (each article in both English and Spanish!): "Exploring double standards in ethnicity, migration, and intercultural relations" journals.sagepub.com/toc/SPJ/curr...

Tomorrow! On the social psychology of disruptive, confrontational protests and the shift in resistance tactics in repressive contexts. Still time to register, here: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10: We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests, @yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine." Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...

Save the date! Next September we work on integrating social psychology and prefigurative politics, in a beautiful location :) @fmsmallfield.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @eddieclarke.bsky.social @helenlandmann.bsky.social

This coming Monday at 7 am New York time, 13.00 Barcelona time, 21.00 Brisbane time! Join us for a research methods bazaar to swap methods for psychological research on resistance in violent and repressive contexts. Register here to get the zoom link: tinyurl.com/resistancere...

The 1st session of this year's Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, October 13: We start with an interactive workshop to diversify our methodological toolbox to better investigate forms of resistance and repression in different contexts. To register: tinyurl.com/resistancere...

The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...

The 3rd year of the Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series is starting this month - here is the schedule for the academic year 2025/26. More information, recordings, and form for mailing list to receive registration links here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com

If in or near Worcester, MA, join us on Thursday, October 9, 6-8 pm at Clark University for Dr. Orwa Switat's talk about his multi-method, multidisciplinary work on "Remapping Demolished Spaces and Narratives in Haifa". (Discussant: Prof. Elyse Semerdjian, on parallels to Armenians in Syrian cities)

The 2nd 2025 issue (in progress) of the Journal of Social & Political Psychology is out: with articles on populism, dementia activism, SDO and conservatism in Japan, ingroup conspiracy beliefs, & lay theories about racial health disparities in the US. Open access: jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...

The @journalgenocide.bsky.social has a new Roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies. My introduction is freely available here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.

A response by former ISPP leadership to this statement below on Gaza and Israel published last week by current ISPP leadership: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

As the new semester starts, I want to keep the focus on the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and US complicity in it). Honored to have the chance to co-write this with another parent whose child was suspended from Barnard/Columbia for protest activity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"This application of Adorno’s maxim 'never again Auschwitz' has made of it the opposite of what he intended: a tool of [Germany's] Staatsräson instead of resistance against it." Must-read, authoritative analysis of Germany's misguided response to Gaza, unearthing gems from Adorno's work and more!

"Collective action is crucial. We can all seek out allies, organise among peers and build powerful coalitions, rather than hoping science will passively translate into change. Time is of the essence." theconversation.com/how-scientis...

New book: "The power of collective resilience against political violence and repression" (Ed. Yasemin Acar, Blerina Këllezi, & Sandra Penić) www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...

We are looking for proposals for the first session in the Psychology of Resistance (in violent and repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series on September 8! If you are ready to go please submit through the form below! (Submissions for later dates also welcome of course)

Call for presentations and sessions in the next round of the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series, September '25 - June '26! Details and formats as well as proposal submission form here: forms.gle/jcs2XEx9igdS... and more information about the series in the thread!

Now published, along with the Spanish translation: "Between Solidarity and Betrayal: How Differences in Societal Acknowledgement, Group Position and Expectations Inform Intergroup Relations in the Context of Collective Victimization" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Now published: "Different Beliefs About Collective Victimisation Predict Support for Distinct Resistance Strategies: Survey Findings Among the Kurdish Diaspora" (Ünal & Vollhardt). Article is open access and available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

[Resharing with a typo on session time fixed in flyer:] Join us for several discussions and talks in the Palestine solidarity track at ISPP in Prague this week if you are attending! For more information about "Political Psych 4 Palestine" sign up here (same as QR code): tinyurl.com/PolPsy4Palestine

📢 Small timing correction for Sunday's session: It starts at 11.40

If you are at ISPP in Prague this week, join us for several talks and discussions in the Palestine solidarity/Political Psychology for Palestine track!

Now published in JSPP: "Investigating the Role of Multiple Disadvantaged Groups and Intersectional Awareness in Promoting Intraminority Solidarity" (Bailey Falco & Helena Radke). Article as always in JSPP open access, here: jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...