Friends are telling me this is a clip from "Black Mirror," but it's the Serbian president giving a speech to his loving crowd: facebook.com/vucicaleksanda…

😃 Maybe we should put together a "zoom screen"-type collage from images on this theme -- starting with Narcissus (Greek mythology) to contemporary versions...

2 pieces of news from the US this morning, on the theme of nationalist protectionism (a la pre-WWII mercantilism): US-China feud at the WHO; creation of a pharmaceutical company in Virginia, hugely endowed by gov, with the ideological mission to "bring home" essential medicines

ASN Proud: Rothschild Prize in #Nationalism and Ethnic Studies is awarded to Jelena Subotic @suboticjelena for "Yellow Star, Red Star" (Cornell University Press 2019). tinyurl.com/yc5ok6fe Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jelena Subotic (@suboticjelena) for winning this major international book award! AND the book is really excellent.

Giorgio Agamben argues that professors who agree to teach online due to the pandemic are like the Italian professors who openly endorsed fascism in 1931. I am very critical of online teaching and see the huge risks, but Giorgio, what the hell do you smoke? iisf.it/index.php/atti…

Jim Goldgeier is the best.

A terrific panel today about democratic backsliding in the Balkans, check it out: #VirtualASN: Democratic Backsliding in the Balkans facebook.com/watch/?v=68841… via facebookwatch

Class of 2020, we can't wait to celebrate graduation with you next Thursday, June 11 at 2pm! If you haven't received this invitation via your Queen's email, please email [email protected] so we can make sure you receive the Zoom link (to be sent out next week). Cha gheill!

Thanks for tweeting that, Jelena

Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible––and there is still so much work to do. nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opi…

That captures it well, Maryam

File under: photos that give you hope

I should be more explicit here: at a moment when universities are talking about diversity and inclusion, they are putting forward unworkable campus plans whose inevitable disruption will be much easier for students with resources to manage.

vASN: Register for webinar "#Racism and #Nationalism" now! Zoom registration is open tinyurl.com/y258b4zx. See you on Thurs, July 23rd at 1pm! Webinar abstract is on our website nationalities.org/virtual-asn

My piece on the difference between Confederate monuments and history. History is not a fictive permanence with mystical objects in sacred locations. History is about recording and understanding change. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I'm watching this and laughing every time I need a break

Big congrats, Debra! And also congrats to McGill for having you on their faculty!

Join us for Event 3 of "Bridging the #EU🇪🇺 and #Russia🇷🇺" #Policy Conference! Organized by Maria Koinova (PAIS Warwick) and McGill University/Jean Monnet Montréal + featuring top EU officials 📅 18 May, 15:00-17:15 CET (Brussels) Free & open to all – register ⬇️ (1/4) eventbrite.ca/e/bridging-the…

Join is for Event 3 of the policy conference "Bridging the EU and Russia" 11 May, 2021, 3-5:15pm (Brussels): panels: Migration and Citizenship Politics; and EU, Russia and Minority Politics Myra Waterbury Oxana Shevel 🇺🇦 Zsuzsa Csergo, Marina Kaljurand MEP eventbrite.ca/e/bridging-the…