Happy to report that I have taken up a position as associate professor at History at Aarhus University. Here, I will be leading a project on international republican movements. Full solidarity with everyone out there trying to make it in this brutal job market of ours - academic or otherwise.

Brilliant presentation about women writing histories of women in the Age of Revolutions by @nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social at ISIH 2025: Women, Men, and other Animals in Aarhus @isih-blueskye.bsky.social

Mahmoud Khalil’s letter www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New book just arrived. Learning more about the rise of fascism to understand the present

Slagmark #85: "The People, Democracy, and Populism," which I co-edited, is now available open access (tidsskrift.dk/slagmark/iss...). It contains an introduction, 10 articles, and an enquete, exploring these three concepts, their historical development, and contemporary relevance. 1/7

Det er helt bevidst, når Trump opfører sig totalt utilregneligt og som en galning. Spørgsmålet er hvordan vi skal forholde os til det. Jeg har en kronik i dagens Politiken om hvordan vi skal forstå Trumps udenrigspolitik. Link nedenfor.

On my way home after having discussed Donald trump and fascism on DR (Danish National broadcast). Link in the comments

On my way home after having discussed Donald trump and fascism on DR (Danish National broadcast). Link in the comments

The carbon budget of the super-rich for 2025 is going to be exhausted by the end of today

found this @jasonhickel.bsky.social screenshot on FB

Donald Trumps flirt med fascistisk retorik og forkærlighed for autoritære ledere præsenteres ofte som noget nyt i amerikansk historie. Men i virkeligheden er han en del af en lang amerikansk tradition. Jeg har en længere artikel i morgendagens Information om USA’s autoritære tradition.

Den Haitianske Revolution har nu en artikel i Danmarks Nationalleksikon. Og jeg har gjort mig umage! lex.dk/Den_Haitians...

More Danish Marxism: On Sunday, December 22, 1974, an action began in the department store Magasin, where a so-called Santa Claus army handed out free gifts from the store's goods to visitors. (1/2)

“It is usually said either that all writing, to the extent that it materialises, is feminine, or that the act of writing is equivalent to masculine masturbation (so the woman who writes cuts herself out a paper penis).” Usually said…. Cixious definitely came in more interesting circles than I do

Coming to terms with the fact that Héloïse and Abelard named their son Astrolabe…

My department has just advertised 5 salaried PhD positions. Projects within the fields of religion, culture studies, environmental humanities, and/or Asian/Middle Eastern studies are welcome. 3-4 years, full-time, fully funded. Candidates must have finished their MA. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

1/ Besynderlig kronik i @politiken.dk i dag, hvor en række fremtrædende ungdomspolitikere fra borgerlige partier argumenterer for, at demonstrationer er det modsatte af demokrati. Kronikskribenterne anerkender retten til at demonstrere, fordi denne ret grunder sig i ytrings- og forsamlingsfriheden.

so after reading more deeply, I can report that the alleged shooter's just a basic Joe Rogan Listener. "magic mushrooms + evolutionary psych + Tradition as birth rates panacea + random alt-agriculture ideas + AI is cool right? + Ted K + Musk/Thiel anti-woke mind virus + check out theese abs"

Counterpoint: Do

fresh Danish Marxism ❤️‍🔥

large institutions/orgs are integrating AI into critical infrastructures, and most importantly, the public has been sold utopia based on lies and any realty check that points out the failures/harms from AI is framed as pessimism, making pushbacks difficult

having spent the past few days in silicon valley in various gatherings with our AI overlords, governments, & scholars at the forefront of everything AI, I seriously wonder if the AI industry has become too big to fail

2015: @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social is founded and starts organizing annual conferences. Here’s the poster for the first conference

While most of Danish academia rejected all things Marx, and Marxism @sorenmau.bsky.social @esbenboegh.bsky.social @mhjessen.bsky.social @nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social @magnusz.bsky.social and many others, were doing really cool things in Århus. Coincidentally also the origin of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social

Vi ser nu endnu engang konsekvenserne af at vi har gjort vores fælles fremtid afhængige af at private investorer, synes at de kan få et attraktivt afkast. www.information.dk/indland/2024...

At Emmanuel Lévinas kan udvikle den mest sympatiske, ikke-voldelige andethedsfilosofi og alligevel fucke op og ontologisere kvinden som hende, der hører hjemme i huset.

Fully funded 3-year PhD-position in Intellectual History available at the University of Oslo. Come work with us! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Delighted to share our call for papers for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference. We welcome papers related to women's contributions to political thought. We look forward to receiving your submissions! womeninhpt.com

So happy to have been part of this! And new in this platform ✊

Uni of Copenhagen is advertising a permanent position in economic history. I’m not part of the committee but I do work at the department, so feel free to get in touch if you want to know more. jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Uni of Copenhagen is advertising a permanent position in economic history. I’m not part of the committee but I do work at the department, so feel free to get in touch if you want to know more. jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Yea Bluesky is great for a variety of reasons - features, engagement etc. But also I've just been so pleasantly surprised by the calibre of the followers - just turns out there are soooo many fascinating people doing such cool stuff out there, I often can't keep up following back!

Basically a radical democracy starter pack just dropped! Anyway, thanks for some great days - this was absolutely brilliant!

Her: so how’s the chess going? Me:

This is a desperate take but I’ll take it

Happy anniversary to my favorite copy editor comment of all time. "You use 'long eighteenth century' a lot in this book, but each century is exactly as long as another."

If you’re not already following the great @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social now is the chance to do yourself a favour 😉

Det skal kunne betale sig at arbejde... Så sænk skatten på arbejde og hæv den på kapitalindkomst. @information.dk »Det er lidt paradoksalt, at vi så har valgt politisk at beskatte kapitalindkomst lavere end arbejdsindkomst. Vi har i bund og grund et system, der belønner rigdom frem for arbejde.«

Det skal kunne betale sig at arbejde... Så sænk skatten på arbejde og hæv den på kapitalindkomst. @information.dk »Det er lidt paradoksalt, at vi så har valgt politisk at beskatte kapitalindkomst lavere end arbejdsindkomst. Vi har i bund og grund et system, der belønner rigdom frem for arbejde.«

Je ne vois même pas pourquoi on devrait leur payer leurs frais de personnels et de voiture. À quel titre ? On devrait supprimer ce genre de choses définitivement www.politico.eu/article/les-...

the wealthiest man in the world having his mom go on TV to say she finds it "degrading" when people refer to him as the wealthiest man in the world rather than "the genius of the world" is some real tinpot dictatorship state-run TV shit

This is an *amazing* story, excellently researched and well-writen. Do read!

I've been thinking a lot lately about this piece that came out this spring. The imperatives of large scale corporate capitalism have squelched much of what once was (and still could be) culturally and politically democratizing about internet technology. www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...

Det onde og det bekymrende. Jeg har en artikel i dagens @information.dk om Fanon, postkolonialisme og kampe for national selvbestemmelse. En nuanceret læsning af Fanon har stadig meget at lære os, argumenterer jeg for

This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America. — Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%) — Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%) — Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)

If Democrats are worried about the state of international liberal institutions after the election of Trump then maybe they should support and respect decisions of said institutions such as, I don’t know, the ICC…

It's happening: my ERC Consolidator project 🪶#FEATHERS🪶is organising a 3-day international conference on early modern scribal culture & manuscript production at @unileiden.bsky.social on 7-9 May 2025. See Call for Papers (deadline for abstracts 20 Dec): student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Det onde og det bekymrende. Jeg har en artikel i dagens @information.dk om Fanon, postkolonialisme og kampe for national selvbestemmelse. En nuanceret læsning af Fanon har stadig meget at lære os, argumenterer jeg for

First as tragedy, then as hygge

First as tragedy, then as hygge