Get in on the ground-floor of feline Marxism. "Marx for Cats" is available for pre-order Duke University Press, its Marxism discounted by 30% with promo code E23BERGE. It was a fun book to write; I'm excited to have it in our world & to think about building new ones dukeupress.edu/marx-for-cats

Back from the @ASLE_US conference in Portland, which was great. I’m still jet lagged but also have an exciting reading list and many new ideas. Also hurrah for the vegan treats which is more than I can say for another conference I recently attended 👀

In my experience, at least, widespread unhappiness in academia is down to precarity, untenable workloads, and shit wages.

I'm organising a seminar ACLA w/ Sayantika Chakraborty - aiming to explore the interrelation of climate and migration in its various forms. Submit an abstract if you're interested! (& reach out if you have any Qs). Please RT if poss. @ASLE_US asleuki acla.org/cultural-respo…

Thanks to Lena and Maria Sulimma for inviting me to speak at this today - it was cathartic (as ever!) to talk about early career stuff and to hear what everyone else had to say. Hurrah for these spaces.

He also supports IDF celebrity fundraisers, so precisely zero of any of this surprises me

So is everyone actually heading off to Bluesky?

Just one more week to submit abstracts for #ACLA2024! Working on displacement and environmental issues? Send us your abstract! Then we can chat and debate in Montreal 🤗 Please RT if poss. Link for submissions: acla.org/cultural-respo…

Support small mags, support literary criticism, support print. Those of us working in the industry are acutely aware of the precarity of funding for literary mags & prizes. As some fall, others are rising up—there should be room for us all, alternative models & means of funding

An Open Letter in Support of Adania Shibli’s ‘Minor Detail’ and Palestinian Literary Voices arablit.org/2023/10/16/an-…

In these terrible times, I hope that my digital interactive book on Palestinian literary history, just published by Stanford Press, can provide a transnational cultural lens on a protracted history of displacement, refugeehood, and exile: countryofwords.org PalREAD - Country of Words

The more international attention the case gets, the more likely the HO is to overturn it - please share if you can, international friends and colleagues

1/4.📢NEW FILM: In this first of 4⃣short films 📽️ featuring the amazing Moses Alexander —"Yeah, it's about Time for Polluters to Pay Up for #LossAndDamage"— we draw attention to a massive #ClimateInjustice! 🧵👇 📼Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=2b68ED… #MakePollutersPay

Exactly this. Every single day brings countless new examples of political self-interest over and above acknowledging international law or human rights. It is so shameful.