Today the executive, associate, and advisory editors and members of the editorial board of Philosophy & Public Affairs announce our unanimous resignation – and our plans to start a new open-access journal. Full statement available here:

dailynous.com/2024/05/22/edi…

We need to talk about democracy at the university. If you’re tired of campus controversies being resolved with the batons of riot cops, if you don’t want what you teach and research and learn to be dictated from on high, or by the loudest voices, come to CREA tonight. Rethink UvA

🎉 Cheers to 3 phenomenal years of Sovereign Nature Initiative! 🥳

It's all about our fantastic team, dedicated stewards, and incredible partners. Over the next few days, we're celebrating their hard work, passion, and impact.

🙏 To our community and partners, thank you!

A must-watch 30 min interview with the ICC Prosecutor that will answer most of the questions and help address any misunderstandings about today's applications for the arrest warrants in the Situation in #Palestine .

Grateful to Sanne Bloemink for this feature on the ins and outs of value generation in biodiversity. Shoutout to UvA Institute for Advanced Study for hosting fantastic people. 🦋

#Underworlds Conference QMUL School of Law (Day 2 in pictures) by Marie Petersmann-& Dimitri Van Den Meerssche. A absolute pleasure to have patticipated in Panel 1's examination of Revolution, X, Protection and Humanity/Commons with Andrea Leiter Ayça Çubukçu and Parvathi Menon w Chair Gerry Simpson 👇🏾

“Er leeft bij de driehoek verbazing en in die week ook wel wat irritatie over de UvA. Waarom lukt het de universiteit amper om in gesprek te komen met haar eigen studenten?
Duidelijk is dat de UvA veel weifelt en eigenlijk geen plan heeft.” #uvaprotesten parool.nl/amsterdam/reco…

Someone is sending phishing emails with my name, but with an address ending in .ru. This seems limited to UvA ppl. Don’t click on the link!

No idea if this is random or has anything to do with recent campus events.

To the several colleagues who alerted me to this: thank you!

'De hulpverlener vroeg in paniek of politie ambulance kon bellen. De agent lachte: ‘Ik geef haar 5 tikken dan weten we of t echt is.’'

Ontluisterende getuigenissen v politiegeweld bij studentenprotesten voor Palestina, opgetekend door n arts in Het Parool👇
parool.nl/ts-ba516905/

Belgium's Ghent University decides to cut ties with 3 Israeli research centers that cooperate with the Israeli military in the production of weapons.

The decision comes following 10 days of protests by students.

I have students apologizing for missing class because they were in emergency care. Beaten by cops during peaceful protest. This is outrageous. #HandsOffOurStudents

What a cynical way to end an already grim term of teaching human rights.

Download + order this book about memes for FREE 😌

Critical Meme Reader III
ed. Chloe Arkenbout and me
2024
pub. Institute of Network Cultures

Een hulpverlener 'vertelde dat hij een demonstrant buiten bewustzijn aantrof en de hartslag in de hals niet kon vinden. Hij droeg handboeien die de politie aanvankelijk weigerde af te doen. Na vijf minuten aandringen gingen de handboeien af.' parool.nl/columns-opinie…

We also had the pleasure watching a private screening of The Excavation, and an elucidating interview with the film-maker and artist Maeve Brennan conducted by our wonderful host and curator Marie Petersmann

maevebrennan.co.uk

Closing of the Underworlds Conference that has already rightly been called the best event of the year. Big thanks to the fantastic organisers ⁦Marie Petersmann⁩ and ⁦Dimitri Van Den Meerssche⁩ You are masters of weaving. ❤️

Face-meeting some of my Twitter-favs 🌈 Ayça Çubukçu Parvathi Menon DrVidyaKumar (She/Her) @bsky 🕵️⚖️🪐🚀🇵🇸 Andrea Leiter

#Underworlds Conference LSE Law School (Day 1 in pictures) by Marie Petersmann-& Dimitri Van Den Meerssche: Four excellent Roundtables (see programme for list of speakers): Roundtable 1: Scales and (with Cait Storr, Rob Knox and Vasuki Nesiah) 👇🏾

We're hiring! Two (Dutch-speaking) positions are opening at the Law Faculty in Amsterdam, one for a post-PhD Assistant Professor in Public International Law, the other for a pre-PhD Lecturer in International and European Law. Here: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Assist… vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Junior…

Must-read interview with Melinda Cooper, incredibly astute, as always: thebaffler.com/latest/extrava…

LAND remains at the heart of global power. This new report is incredibly important.