Hungarian voters turned out in the greatest numbers since the 1990s to turn away from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing populist Fidesz party, putting an end to Orbán's 16 years in power. n.pr/421W9b7
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
These are the words of the president of the United States, today.
The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
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“I hope readers will understand that Klein’s tragic life story illuminates something much larger than one individual’s fate. It is a window into how the Holocaust fundamentally reshaped the production of knowledge about Islam—not just in Germany but globally.” Sabine Schmidtke on her new book.
Celebrating the life and scholarship of Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Studies Emeritus at HDS, who passed away in late January.
His work challenged static readings of Islamic law, emphasizing instead its interpretive flexibility and historical complexity.
Read more: https://bit.ly/47FtpbF
Jürgen Habermas, the leading figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School, has died at the age of 96. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Schlimmer Verdacht: Mag Kulturstaatsminister Weimer am Ende einfach keine Bücher?
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“Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.”
When people think of themselves as the “good guys” regardless of the violence they inflict, there is ultimately no atrocity they are not willing to justify...
Raises some important issues but also ignores the fact that many Humanities staff outside the magic circle are facing redundancy. They are naturally willing, indeed desperate, to apply for entry-level Oxbridge posts. The situation is grim. 1/2
Just finished a discussion with @timothysnyder.bsky.social
about the political implications and possible causes of Trump’s decision to bomb Iran. It’s important not to normalise the discussion of what is happening.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
‘These were also the themes animating Fela’s music during this period: the denunciation of military tyranny, exposure of class predation and an insistence that Nigeria’s crisis was structural rather than merely moral.’
Sean Jacobs on Fela Kuti and the Nigerian left.
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"Even if Penn won’t promote the humanities, we can still work to dismantle the culture that deems liberal arts subjects as futile or pointless, both within our undergraduate careers and beyond" bit.ly/4aCDO9M
Kulturstaatsminister Weimer wollte offenbar Berlinale-Chefin Tuttle entlassen und scheiterte wohl kläglich: Chronik eines Desasters, aus dem niemand unbeschädigt hervorgeht. www.spiegel.de/kultur/berli...
Klare Worte von Tomas Fitzel zum plötzlichen Ende des Projekts "Goethe-Institut im Exil." www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...
Willie Colón died on Saturday at 75. The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx was a pioneer who shaped the sound of salsa. Here are 14 essential examples of Colón’s work.
This is so powerful from Vincent Kompany youtu.be/fuVMzJBzLhI
They gave him the National Order of Merit that he did not ask for but not the citizenship that he did ask for. That’s how it works www.npr.org/2026/02/20/g...
Amid the deals and demos at the India AI Impact Summit this week, the opportunity to shift the global debate about AI and what kind of world we are building appears to be lost, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha.
Honoured to have contributed to this radio documentary by Noujoud Rejbi for France Culture: "Habiba Msika, une artiste libre aux multiples talents."
Robert Duvall, wearing an open collared shirt and jacket, is pictured in black and white. A headline reads: Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95. Photo by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Sunday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4qJbrM3
