
Matthew Longo
@matthewblongo
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Asst Prof of Political Science @PolSciLeiden. Author: THE PICNIC (2023; https://t.co/QuxdI7NcnF) & THE POLITICS OF BORDERS (2018). Native New Yorker.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined July 2017
Hey Twitter!. The Picnic was just awarded the Orwell Prize!!!! I’m stunned and honored and grateful. Huge thanks to @TheOrwellPrize @TheBodleyHead @wwnorton . Some pics from a memorable night:
Announcing the winner of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024 - @matthewblongo for his book The Picnic [@TheBodleyHead]. Congratulations, Matthew!. With thanks to our judges @peterfrankopan, @sundersays, @christinalamb, @lola_seaton and @Silva, and prize sponsors @po_qu.
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RT @ColdWarPod: From the archive - in August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militari….
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Come join us tomorrow @Pushkin_House in London, for a discussion on the future of Europe w/ @hoyer_kat . Details below…👇👇👇.
Which way, Europe? . Still tickets left for our event at @Pushkin_House tomorrow, with a stellar panel:.➡️ Orwell Prize judge @hoyer_kat .➡️ Orwell Prize winner @matthewblongo (The Picnic).➡️ Orwell Prize judge Colin Crouch. Book in person and livestream:
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RT @LAReviewofBooks: "We are beholden to a 'cartographic imaginary'—the conviction that borders in real life look like they do on maps." @m….
lareviewofbooks.org
Matthew Longo examines Ed Pulford’s studies of culture and temporality within the China-Russia-Korea borderlands.
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💥💥Hey Twitter! 💥💥. Check out my new essay in @LAReviewofBooks !!!. It looks at the question of borders and time in the writing of Ed Pulford. Link below. 👇👇👇.
"What does it mean to suggest that a 'place' inhabits a 'time'?" @matthewblongo reviews Ed Pulford's books on Sino-Korean-Russian borderlands.
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RT @hoyer_kat: In 1947 George Orwell wrote that Europe must be united to resist the dominance of two nuclear superpowers. Now, we're at a n….
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Hey London! . Come see me at the @Pushkin_House on June 4th. Conversation with @hoyer_kat & Colin Crouch. Thanks to @TheOrwellPrize !!!. Details below!. 👇👇👇👇.
In 1947, Orwell argued that only a "United States of Europe" could survive a nuclear age. Now, Europe is at another crossroads. Join @hoyer_kat, @matthewblongo & Colin Crouch at @Pushkin_House as we explore where Europe's been, and where it might go next:
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Hey Twitter!. Please join me in the beautiful Cotswolds next week for the Chipping Campden Literature Festival (@campdenlitfest). Details: “Matthew Longo: THE PICNIC” May 5th, 10:30am, Cidermill Theatre. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇.
campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
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RT @BarcinoLanguage: @matthewblongo @TheOrwellPrize @TheBodleyHead @wwnorton Just reading it now, nearly finishing, and it’s mind-blowing.….
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RT @campdenlitfest: Catch up with @matthewblongo in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his 2024 @TheOrwellPrize winning THE PICNIC….
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RT @TheOrwellPrize: "Here I take a page from Orwell himself. ". Read @matthewblongo's "Imposter!" - a profound reflection on winning The O….
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RT @ColdWarPod: From the archive - The Picnic That Ripped Open The Iron Curtain with @matthewblongo
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Hey Twitter!. Very pleased to announce that I have an essay up on the @TheOrwellPrize Substack… Its about writing history, imposter syndrome, and the merits of insecure narration. Check it out here:.
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A special thanks to everyone that came out to our Arendt conference… It was *SO* terrific… especially the way we closed it off: with a brilliant Jazz performance by Joris Roelofs… . That’s right, we turned @PolSciLeiden into a jazz bar!!!!. Pics below…
‼️‼️REMINDER‼️‼️. Today is our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt" Conference at Leiden. Come join us! In person or on zoom! (DM if you want to participate). Program below. @PolSciLeiden
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