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Writer. Lit reviews @groene.nl OKER (2025), ELDERS (2024), DUET (2021) Editor @amsterdamupress.bsky.social - open to queries in the critical humanities 📚 Wanderer, romantic, femme ✡️ https://ilsejosephalazaroms.com
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In @groene.nl - hoe het denken van bell hooks werd aangestuurd door (een gebrek aan) liefde. Kan liefde het autocratische tij keren? Het is een poging waard. Alles over liefde, uitgegeven door De Geus en vertaald door Jenny Mijnhijmer.

The university has always been a site of struggle.

Boeken | In 'De bruidegom was een hond' vervaagt de grens tussen mens en dier. Het boek zit vol heerlijke absurditeiten.

Kom als je kan! 💕

Some things are vital 🦪🥂📚 @dieuwertjem.bsky.social 💜

SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL BOOKSHOP! We would hugely appreciate any support you are able to give at this time. Find out more here: www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...

Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate? www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

In @groene.nl - de heerlijk absurde en bevreemdende wereld van Yoko Tawada. De novelle De bruidegom was een hond, uitgegeven door Koppernik, vertaald door Luk Van Haute.

Join us tonight to celebrate the launch of 'Multispecies Dialogues' 💭🦒👶🌊 During this interactive online event focussed on dialogue, author Eva Meijer will be in conversation w/ Issy Clarke followed by an open discussion. February 12th, 2025, 7 pm CET via zoom uva-live.zoom.us/j/84408841324

Brilliant - and on zoom, later today!

Good Guardian coverage of the detention of Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna and raid on the Jerusalem cultural institution that is the Educational Bookshop www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

So proud of this one: Eva Meijers new book on Multispecies Dialogues. Join us for the online launch this Wednesday (register below) at 7pm Amsterdam time. The book will be out in print & Open Access @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

Yesterday we had a great launch of the edited volume 'The Dutch Slave Trade: New Methods, Perspectives and Sources'. Authors gave very insightful presentations of findings and reflections of the main theme. Great work! https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048560493/the-dutch-transatlantic-slave-trade

Hurray! The first book in our new series on Slavery and Emancipation was launched today at @schpvrtmsm.bsky.social ✨ I am thrilled that this volume exists, congrats to an incredible group of scholars ✨🖋️💪🏽

New book announcement - a literary nonfiction account of heartbreak, the desert and the Middle East. “Oker” will be out with Uitgeverij Oevers in October 2025 🔥

Congrats to @rachelmairs.bsky.social @drtermagant.bsky.social Karène Sanchez Summerer & Lucia Admiraal on the publication of their beautiful volume on Colonial Vocabularies! Love seeing it in print & Open Access @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

In @groene.nl - over het onvermogen je pijn rechtstreeks aan te kijken en de prachtige literatuur die daaruit ontstaat - in Judith Hermann’s Kiezels.

"Haar proza kent een analytische dichtheid, zit vol details en tedere, meanderende zinnen." Prachtrecensie van 'Kiezels' door @ilsejosepha.bsky.social in @groene.nl, die aldus begint en eindigt. www.groene.nl/artikel/wat-...

We're counting down the days until Tin House Summer (Workshop)! Apply to the 2025 #THSW before February 2nd. In addition to our General Scholarships, we offer many community-focused awards such as the Debut 40 Scholarship. Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/sum...

Veel zin in dit Literair Café & gesprek met Laurien Crump. Eind maart in de Koppelkerk in Bredevoort ✨

Really enjoyed this conversation with Heleen Debruyne on her radio show De Jaren @radio1vrt.bsky.social www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...

Exciting upcoming events for @rodantevanderwaal.bsky.social ‘s excellent book on Birth Justice ⬇️ Available in Open Access through @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

Absolute joy of a portret - professor and academic icon Mieke Bal with a stack of copies of The Future of Cultural Analysis, a wonderful new volume on the future of a concept & approach & field of study. Congrats to all editors & contributors @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

A priority at @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #accessibility #academicpublishing

Dit jaar verschenen tal van Nederlandse romans. Welke zijn écht de moeite waard? Boekenredacteur @thomasdeveen.bsky.social zet tien van de best besproken romans op een rij, in willekeurige volgorde. 🧵

Reproductive injustice is a global crisis – from the criminalization of abortion to systemic obstetric violence. In this #OpenAccess book, Rodante van der Waal – philosopher, midwife & abortion activist – reimagines reproductive justice as abolitionist care. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

* NEW PUBLICATION * The official publication date is January 6, however, the Open Access version is already available. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @camilladekoning.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social @ilsejosepha.bsky.social

this is incredible work, and so well positioned on this cover

I’m really looking forward to diving into this one and engaging with it while teaching reproductive politics!

Absolutely thrilled to be publishing this book, by feminist philosopher, community midwife, and abortion activist Rodante van der Waal: a much-needed account of obstetric violence, abolitionist care, and gestational justice. Available in Open Access with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

This is a great point and a powerful and moving piece of art.