one of many reasons why insisting Israel tricked the US into this or is operating it like a puppet is not only antisemitic but also stupid analysis that gets in the way of understanding what's happening and taking action.
A pleasure to present some research from my book "Women Leaders, Queer Faithful" at @standrewssgsd.bsky.social , thank you @alebouss.bsky.social for making it possible! @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
We are looking forward to welcoming @josepchanza.bsky.social to the department on March 11th for a talk on his newly published book 'Women Leaders, Queer Faithfuls: Reinventing Religion in Contemporary Spain'. This will be held 14:00-16:00pm in room W414. All welcome!
If you're at Durham Uni on the 11th of March, I'll be in great company with @amyrobson.bsky.social and Jay Sinclair discussing faith-based identities, gender, and queer theory. Come and join us @geogdurham.bsky.social
thank you Eric! 💞
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911
"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
A green Christmas would be more awful than you can imagine
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
You can support the QueerMuzeum Warszawa by donating money using this link: pomagam.pl/en/waedpb
Long in the making, my first monograph has been born today. Chuffed and a bit terrified. Thanks, as always, to my many interlocutors. @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-lea...
Beautiful and urgent publication on alternative mappings of Bosnia and Herzegovina by James Riding: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... @ncl-geography.bsky.social
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
Still time to apply for this Postdoc opportunity at Newcastle Uni with a great team: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
A blue tile announcing the 'Geographers on Trump' commentary collection published in The Geographical Journal. The GJ and Royal Geographical Society logos are at the top, a waving American flag with an outlined image of Donald Trump are in the centre, and a list of featured authors is on the right hand side: Mark Davidson LaToya E. Eaves Colin Flint Sarah Fogel Banu Gokariksel Cynthia S. Gorman Conor Harrison Peter Hopkins Eden Kinkaid Nick Koenig Solange Munoz Caroline Nagel Elizabeth Olson Danielle Purifoy Pamela Sertzen Wiley Sharp Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles Joel White Bryttani Wooten
📢 New in The GJ! 📢
We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding.
All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University.
chng.it/GxZdqW8xKv
I am thrilled to share with you the organisation of the international workshop "Futures of Gender and Sexuality in Europe". As advances in equality and recognition face growing resistance this workshop brings together international researchers to reflect on these issues @nclpolitics.bsky.social
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
TIBG Editor Statement, 2025 As editors for TIBG we acknowledge the extremely challenging circumstances facing many of our colleagues both within and outside the UK as a result of funding cuts, institutional restructuring, and redundancies. We write in solidarity with geographers and academics experiencing emotional distress and uncertainty arising from unjust university management processes and decisions. We recognise this difficult situation may have implications for how colleagues will and can engage with TIBG. This may result in increased pressure to publish. It could also limit colleagues’ capacity to take on tasks such as journal reviewing. We are striving to do our best for both authors and reviewers; balancing our commitments to making timely decisions on papers, whilst also recognising that some reviewers may need more time. We understand too that it will not always be possible to review a paper. If you have any concerns about a paper you have submitted for consideration in TIBG, if you need additional time to undertake a review, or would like advice around publishing in the journal, please contact us at: journals@rgs.org.
A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
We've written an open letter to RGS/IBG re: Supreme Court ruling + EHRC update. If you're an academic geographer (broadly conceived) at any career stage anywhere in the world, please read, consider signing, and share (closes 1700 GMT 30 April) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
all of a sudden, after a decade of research, this book is available to pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’ -
photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
Job at KCL geography - join us! - Lecturer in Geopolitics (permanent post) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112649-...
Wonderful news! Edinburgh welcomes the Palestine Museum and I can't wait to visit. cc @edinburghminute.bsky.social
Tuesday we’ll be out again. People keep telling us how angry and upset they are, how they don’t understand that there is ZERO movement, and wonder how much management even care. People are done, students are done, management need to stop these damaging cuts NOW.
His name is Hamdan Ballal and this type of violent retaliation is exactly what his Israeli co-director, Yuval Abraham, predicted in their Oscar acceptance speech
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-...
