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Translator & PhD student studying eunuchs in medieval West Africa and the Mediterranean. (she/her)

Berlin
Joined June 2013
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We are live! 🎉 The Diasporist is an online, bilingual magazine of political criticism, cultural analysis, and new writing from in and outside of Germany. Give us a follow to stay up to date on what we have been up to. We can't wait to share it all! thediasporist.de
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🧑‍🏫Join us tomorrow (Nov 19th)! Register here 🔗bit.ly/TeachingMiddleAges
🧑‍🏫New Webinar!🧑‍🏫How do we make studying the Middle Ages relevant and enjoyable? @abigail_balbale, Theodore Cachey, & Martha Rust) will discuss strategies for elevating our pedagogy. Join us for "Teaching the Middle Ages" on Nov 19th, and register today 🔗 bit.ly/TeachingMiddleAges
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🧑‍🏫New Webinar!🧑‍🏫How do we make studying the Middle Ages relevant and enjoyable? @abigail_balbale, Theodore Cachey, & Martha Rust) will discuss strategies for elevating our pedagogy. Join us for "Teaching the Middle Ages" on Nov 19th, and register today 🔗 bit.ly/TeachingMiddleAges
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📢Call for self-nominations!🫨 Would you like to play a more active role in your field? Would you like to meet and collaborate with graduate medievalists from all over? Join the GSC for the 2025-2027 term 🐉 Deadline Jan 15th 📬 @MedievalAcademy 🔗 medievalacademy.org/page/GSC…
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.@SceptreBooks has won a four-way auction for Poor Ghost!, a debut novel by Gabriel Flynn about masculinity, class, desire and ambition bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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📢 TODAY at 6:15 PM - Join us for a screening of @AJFaultLines: ‘The Night Won’t End’: Biden’s War on Gaza, followed by a conversation w/ @LailaAlarian @KaviChek, @sharifkouddous & moderated by @BazziNYU 🎟️Open to NYU Community 🔗Register now: facultyforpalestine.educatio…
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“Family is always a kind of performance” In her novel 'Djinns' (@UWiscPress @hanserliteratur) @fatma_morgana tells the story of a family in mourning – and with it takes on patriarchy, queerness and xenophobia. Interview by @ajbwells. the-berliner.com/books/fatma…
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Mathilde Montpetit retweeted
A year ago Israel bombed a hospital, there was an international outcry so a bunch of media and political figures ran cover for them. now they're just burning people alive in hospitals with zero pretext or effort to cover it up at all
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A new scholarship by the @UniofOxford for Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank. Please consider applying or sharing with those interested. scholarship will cover course fees, a grant for living costs, as well as additional support towards arrival costs. ox.ac.uk/news/2024-09-19-oxf…
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I'm organizing this online panel, which should be both fun and enlightening! Feat. @JonF_C, Stefanie Matabang, @WeirdMedieval and @marywellesley. Friday September 27, 1pm EST!
Register now! Medievalism Uncloistered: Bringing Underrepresented Voices into the Conversation us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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🚨Deadline is September 15th!🚨 Join our hybrid roundtable via the #Kzoo2025 submission portal 🔗 icms.confex.com/icms/2025/cf…
👋Seeking submissions for our #Kzoo2025 @KzooICMS panel ✍️"Publishing as a Grad Student: A Follow Up" You don't have to to work in publishing to contribute ⌨️🧐 Perspectives from a wide variety of participants (especially published grad students) are desired!🗞️💻🗒️🖨️📄🖊️📜📝
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We're seeking contributors to our hybrid #IMCLeeds #IMC2025 @IMC_Leeds roundtable! Do you have advice on conferencing? 🧑‍💼💼 How do we get the most out of our conference experiences? 🤝 Share your tips, tricks, and how-tos with us ✏️🗒️ Get in touch by mid Sept. 📨 teapaw.org/GSC_MAA/status/1830258…
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Seeking Roundtable Presenters for Leeds 2025!
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🛤📚 The sheer normality of the railway here in Europe – unlike in the US, where train travel is considered romantic if not obsolete – can sometimes obscure its literary potential. Our Books Editor @ajbwells investigates... #literature #reading #trains the-berliner.com/books/train…
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"Every year, and I would cycle to Hasenheide to go on all the rides and hang out among the neon" Catch @ajbwells's interview with Jane Flett about her new novel Freakslaw (launching this Friday 5 at @Lettretage!) the-berliner.com/books/autho…
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🏛️Why are there so many human remains in Berlin museums?
Ep1 of Dig Where You Stand is available everywhere you find podcasts, here are Apple and Spotify links: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcas… open.spotify.com/episode/7bo…
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Mathilde Montpetit retweeted
Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel “Kairos,” translated by Michael Hofmann, has won the 2024 International Booker Prize. Read @ajbwells on this politically fraught love story set in the waning days of the German Democratic Republic. thebaffler.com/latest/fifty-…
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