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A great little art exhibit at MEK Berlin reflecting on Germans who vacationed in Franco’s Spain, and, more generally, on the ever-relevant dilemma: what does vacationing in dictatorships and authoritarian regimes do? www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...

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[Exit King.]

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UCL hosted Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation @ec.europa.eu, and @euinuk.bsky.social this week, to discuss the new EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy and the important role research-intensive universities play in fostering growth www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

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I love the title of this conference in Berlin: 'Resentment and the Work of the Humanities.' Not sure it could happen in the UK, given the mix of demoralisation and either resignation (you've already been done over) or fear (you're going to be done over soon) chcinetwork.org/am25

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Some lovely news. @uclpress.bsky.social has just had its 20 millionth open access download. And the download in question was Structural Injustice and the Law, edited by @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and myself. uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...

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fabulous

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The Visual Arts on a Heating Planet 🌍 Join us for this roundtable event where artists & scholars explore the role of the arts in responding to the accelerating climate crisis. 📆26 June, 12noon - 1.45pm 📍IAS Common Ground 🔗 Book here! shorturl.at/gXFmr Part of the UCL Stampede events & The Herds 🦁

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I recently reviewed Post-Europe, by Yuk Hui @digitalobjects.bsky.social, for @iajournal.bsky.social‬, in which he imagines a philosophical project able to establish a dialogue between European and Asian systems of thought. An intriguing book. academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

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Der Antifaschismus von Thomas Manns Reden, die er von Los Angeles nach Dtld schickte, kam offensichtlich nicht von links. Und ist auch deshalb wert, wieder gehört zu werden (hier mit Kommentaren von Mely Kiyak uva) 🎧 share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

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A very good piece about the Dreyfus affair and its meaning in contemporary France. Like Bell, I highly recommend the current Dreyfus exhibition in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme in Paris. open.substack.com/pub/davidabe...

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The submission window for the Library’s scholarship programme opened on Monday 2nd June! Due to the generosity of those who endow the funds, there are 21 scholarships in total, covering areas such as theology, arts and humanities, and the nineteenth-century. 1/3

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Heute kartografiere ich das Blau und seine Schatten #cyanotypie #imLabor

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London has become a cycling city archive.is/8YEjR

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mood (sabbatical edition)

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Writing about 5th anniversary of the black lives matter protests in UK. - How & why did they matter at the time? - Is there an impact & legacy of these protests + what is it? UK protests mainly 31st May to 7th June (Colston statue felled) after George Floyd murdered on 25th May

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“He lived a full life, fought a good fight.” RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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Join us and @ucllaws.bsky.social for a panel discussion of leading experts debating EU citizenship law after the groundbreaking CJEU judgment of European Commission v Malta 📍Online / Bentham House, London WC1H 0EG 🕕 04 June 2025, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm 🔗 Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

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Missed our conversation with @philippesands.bsky.social on his latest book, 38 Londres Street? Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1y6... @uclei.bsky.social @ucllaws.bsky.social #UCLEuropeLecture

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Quite a thing - as any student of judicial politics will tell you - for a letter to be signed both by former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption and by former appeal judge Stephen Sedley. They are about as far apart in their judicial outlooks as possible. lawyersletter.uk#signatories

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On his first visit to Manchester in 1875 Freud wrote to a friend how much he liked its ‘fog and rain, drunkenness and conservatism.’

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🇵🇱⚖️🗳️As part of our ongoing coverage of Polish presidential election at @democracyreporting.bsky.social we have our expert @mariaskora.bsky.social with a tl;dr version of her research on the future fate of the rule of law reform hanging in balance at @verfassungsblog.de

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Intriguing and beautifully written.

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This week's university redundancies are the following: Bangor Cardiff Met De Montfort Liverpool Hope Plymouth Suffolk That's after last week's Aberdeen, Arts Uni Bournemouth, Durham, Exeter, Falmouth, Greenwich, Keele, Newcastle, Nottingham and Trinity St Davids.

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Appeal from colleagues at Harvard: "...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."

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“Qui tradueix renuncia a la idea que una llengua pugui contenir tota la veritat. Es tracta d’habitar aquest espai intermedi entre llengües, i en aquest gest hi ha una cosa profundament democràtica” by @martarebon.bsky.social x Ignacio Vidal-Folch (@politicaprosa.bsky.social)

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Der vollständige Redetext der von @leaypi.bsky.social gehaltenen Rede an Europa steht nun in englischer und deutscher Fassung zur Verfügung. Lesen Sie hier: www.iwm.at/news/a-speec...

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Agreeing with @simonusherwood.bsky.social's assessment of the 'youth experience' scheme floated in the UK-EU deal (and enjoying the nifty table on different youth mobility proposals in recent years). theconversation.com/the-uk-might...

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Excellent write-up of the UK-EU deal and what it means in terms of progress (or not) - from one Lancaster House occasion to another.

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On our YouTube page, we publish videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars & podcast. Join us & subscribe: youtube.com/auschwitzmemorial Amplify our voice. We remember together.

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Algunos líderes europeos se muestran reticentes a lograr una reconciliación amplia con Londres, ante el temor de que en 4 años se acabe asentando en Westminster un Gobierno fuertemente euroescéptico”, han señalado @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social en su informe previo a la cumbre. buff.ly/HaVDFEo

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Main takeaways on HEI issues: Both Youth Mobility & Erasmus+ Former: time limits & likely cap, in line with other UK deals Latter: fair balance in terms of numbers & funds Both: hard to resolve sticking points but commitment is there Nothing on EU student fees www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

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Those of us old enough to remember PM Theresa May's Jan 2017 Lancaster House speech - setting out her govt's negotiating objectives for exiting the EU - can appreciate the progress (& historical ironies) as Starmer welcomes VdL and Costa to Lancaster House for the UK-EU summit today.

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Good point: * given that all will be labelled a betrayal (extending a fisheries agreement Johnson negotiated, introducing a youth mobility scheme like the one we have with Canada, etc.) * and (I add) given public opinion polls, Labour politicians might well be bolder in their aims.

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The data pulled together by @sundersays.bsky.social at British Future (below) and @stephenkb.bsky.social for the FT (tinyurl.com/bdz92tup) are interesting additional reads for any media comments on Youth Mobility, as we're gearing up for the UK-EU deal being announced.

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Details to be announced later today, but the new UK-EU deal, resetting the post-Brexit trade relationship, has been agreed - as usual, quite close to the wire. Security/defence is the big one, but fishing, travel & youth mobility will likely make the headlines. www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

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Read the latest post on our UCL Europe Blog now. In their post, @yaroslavmelekh.bsky.social and Michael Grubb interrogate the contradictions between fossil lock-in through LNG import capacity and overcontracting, and policy-driven demand reduction. ➡️ Read more: ucleuropeblog.com/2025/05/16/e...

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Romania, 78.24% of votes counted: Presidential election, second round today Dan (*-RE): 53.8% (+2.0) Simion (AUR-ECR): 46.2% (-2.9) +/- vs. 66.77% of votes counted ➤ europeelects.eu/romania

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More than 70% of the public support a youth mobility scheme (with 17% opposed) www.thetimes.com/article/91ba...

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Incomprehensible?

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Read the latest post on our UCL Europe Blog now. "An agreement with the EU, enabling relatively stress-free travel for young people [...] would be a significant benefit given the current situation." [email protected] @theconversation.com ➡️ Read more here ucleuropeblog.com/2025/05/15/e...

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On 10 June, we'll be marking 50 years since the 1975 referendum & 5 years since leaving the EU by asking what we can learn from Britain's two referendums on Europe - and what lessons they hold for the future. With Sara Hobolt, Anand Menon, Maria Sobolewska & me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-win...

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This is happening tonight, with writers from Ireland; the Netherlands; Lithuania & Ukraine. At Europe House, with EUNIC London, the European Literature Network. To mark UCL’s 2025 European Literary Map of London Writer in Residence. @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

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Such a rich conversation with @philippesands.bsky.social & Kimberley Trapp y'day, on immunity & impunity, moral responsibility & historical amnesia, the reach, teaching, limits of international law, Bolaño, activists, witness. A privilege. #UCLEuropeLecture @ucllaws.bsky.social @uclei.bsky.social

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Looking forward to being in conversation with author, academic, barrister @philippesands.bsky.social & fellow @ucllaws.bsky.social prof, Kimberley Trapp. On immunity & impunity; memory & justice; law & literature. This year's UCL Europe Lecture @uclei.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

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