Excellent opening plenary at @IMISCOE 2025. I was particularly struck by Biao Xiang’s call to think about the separation between “the field of migration studies and the battlefield that is the migrants’ lives.” It also served as a reminder to rethink the purpose of our work.

RT @mykali_mag: Project “Treat me like your mother” by Mohamad Abdouni’s Forgotten Trans Archive of #Beirut honors 10 #trans women from 80s….

RT @CES_GSRN: 🌈 We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 Best Article Prize goes to Koen Slootmaeckers & Francesca Romana Ammaturo (@Franeka20)….

RT @ShawnMcCreesh: At the Kennedy Center, half the theater just started clapping when a group of drag queens showed up to find their seats….

RT @ezzingaza: There is no internet. No signal. No sound. No world beyond this cage. I walked thirty minutes through ruins and dust. Not i….

New paper out! ✨ We critically examine Germany’s 2024 citizenship reform and call for a shift from one-dimensional migration discourse to a postmigrant perspective—viewing migration as a dynamic, multilinear force shaping broader societal transformation.

Still, Turkey’s democratic spirit isn’t defeated. Grassroots resistance, activism, and past victories—like Imamoglu’s against the odds—prove that people’s power endures. The fight for democracy continues.

By forcing the Istanbul mayor out of politics, Turkey has crossed from competitive authoritarianism to full-blown autocracy. A must-read analysis by @gonultol:

Deeply concerning: The Trump admin is revoking legal status for 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua & Venezuela. Meanwhile, a @TIME journalist captured the treatment of the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador. Horrific.

RT @redstreamnet: 🟡 HAPPENING NOW: Scenes show the massive scale of ongoing protests across Turkey, now entering their third consecutive da….

RT @dwnews: Thousands of people protested in Turkey against the arrest of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. In Ankara, Istanbul, and other….

Thank you all! This is a small but important step in safeguarding the future of LGBTQ research amid growing threats and funding cuts across Europe. Institutional visibility affirms that we are here to stay and that queer and trans lives will continue to be recognized in research.

Happy to announce an exciting new beginning at @HumboldtUni — a new department within the @BIM_HU_Berlin dedicated to gender, sexuality, and migration! I am thrilled to serve as co-head of the department alongside Gökce Yurdakul! More information:

Turkey is planning to propose legal changes to include "biological sex" in the Civil and Penal Codes, threatening to criminalize queer and trans lives and severely restrict LGBTQ activism, research, and advocacy.

RT @BerghahnAnthro: QUEER AND TRANS LIFE: Anthropological Futures, edited by Silvia Posocco(@silviaposocco), EJ Gonzalez-Polledo(@_EJGlez),….

RT @EASAinfo: ✨ OUT NOW ‼️.📚 From our book series with @berghahnbooks.Queer and Trans Life: Anthropological Futures.⌲ Edited by @silviaposo….

Nominations are now open for @CES_GSRN's Best Article Prize! Submit your nomination by March 14 and help us celebrate outstanding research in gender & sexuality! 🎉.

RT @L_Morosanu: One week to apply for this 3y postdoc on the 2nd gen! Send your application by 5 Feb @IMISCOE @scmrjems @ERSjournal @scmrje….

Far-right populists have re-politicized "border control" as the magical solution to all the ills of our times. We see a similar trend in Germany as well. The coming years will undoubtedly introduce new configurations of border regimes, each with its own challenges.

Heading to @BrownCMES tomorrow for our book launch on Jan 30. I've been following the deportation news since I arrived in DC three days ago. Borders are not only about the physical exclusion of certain members of society but also methods to normalize mistreatment and violence.