I'm thrilled to join IHS as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellow. I'd like to thank Anna Durnova and Thomas Koenig who mentored me. This would not have been possible without Anna, Thomas, and @drychnovska's support.

LSE stands in solidarity with Iranian university students - PLEASE READ AND SHARE 🚨 DECOLONISING LSE SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH IRANIAN STUDENTS 3 October 2022 From LSE to Sharif University of Technology - the Decolonising LSE collective stands in full solidarity with the /1

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A quick note on #Iran’s Gen Z, the role of education, and #IranProtests2022: There was already a sense during the 2017-18 protests that there was something different about this generation of kids, which could be felt in the reporting from Iran. 1/7 #مهسا_امینی

Instead of long readings on the history of European colonial rule and on the coloniality of the EU project, I can just show this short clip, where the head of the EU foreign policy spells it all out in all its racist glory in 2022.

ببینید چقدر آدم حسابی‌ان چه نسلی، چه تفکری، چه شجاعتی دمتون گرم! #مهسا_امینی

Very worrying ! Iran has accused journalists, Niloufar Hamedi & Elaheh Mohammadi of being trained U.S. agents. Hamedi was among the first to report on #Mahsamini’ s hospitalization & Mohammadi covered Amini’s funeral. They did their job. #journalismisnotacrime

Arise! Arise! Arise! Students of the University of Arts have re-purposed the song "El pueblo unido", the anthem of the Chilean resistance against the Pinochet regime, for the Feminist Revolution in #Iran. Here is the powerful performance with English subtitles. 👇 #مهسا_ایمنی

This is a great long read from Holly Dagres, who has done eye-opening research on youth culture in Iran, especially in digital spaces. Her powerful conclusion: "The clerical establishment is telling Iranian youth that their lives don’t matter." #MahsaAmini foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/01/ira…

Glory & power to the women & girls in Iran who have seized the narrative & become object and subject in a feminist revolution they began & which they propel. They are heroes, yes. But look at Time magazine (L) impose politeness on their revolution (R). Revolutions are not polite

Olga Burlyuk & I are thrilled that our edited book “#Migrant #Academics’ #Narratives of #Precarity and Resilience in Europe” is out open access. This project narrates & theorizes the everyday killjoy work that migrant academics do in Global North #academia. bit.ly/MigrantAcademi…

Join us tomorrow for a thought-provoking lecture by Elaheh Mohammadi: 📌Policy Expertise and Culture – The Case of “Civil Sexuality” in Iran 🏠17:00 Uhr, Institut für Soziologie, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090 Vienna #civilsexuality #policyexpertise Universität Wien is.gd/RGHuoe

very proud that my great colleague Elaheh Mohammadi is part of IHS with this project! (cc Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA))

Niloufar Bayani, an Iranian wildlife conservation biology researcher, was sentenced to 10 yrs in prison for her activism in 2019. She’s been writing this article for the past year in Evin, and it was published yesterday. scholarsatrisk.org/wp-content/upl… #niloufar_bayani #نیلوفر_بیانی

RW Connell receives the ISA award 4excellence in research& practice, acknowledges the collective labour necessary 2produce sociological knowledge& highlights the increasing precaity of that labour. Congrats Raewyn Connell. U have inspired generations of sociologists 🤍

Bob's new publication is out! The fruit of years of his work in Vienna. More to celebrate at the end of the year🥳

#CallForPapers Babak Rezaee & I are excited to announce the call for papers for our forthcoming volume, “A New Awakening? #Resistance and #Activism in #Iran during & after the Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising.” #WomanLifeFreedom AISSR See the CFP here: tinyurl.com/2hjss6ud

This month's spotlight interview features MSCA fellow Elaheh Mohammadi, who talks about the time at IHS and her plans for the future. ihs.ac.at/de/people/spot…