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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.

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Matthew Longo
1 year
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:
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The Orwell Prize
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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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"A girl in a flowing white dress floating gracefully into a dreamy sky filled with stars and colorful clouds at sunset.". Try Grok Imagine, free for a limited time:.
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2 months
Come join us tomorrow @Pushkin_House in London, for a discussion on the future of Europe w/ @hoyer_kat . Details below…👇👇👇.
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The Orwell Prize
2 months
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….
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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. 👇👇👇.
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"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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3 months
Hey London! . Come see me at the @Pushkin_House on June 4th. Conversation with @hoyer_kat & Colin Crouch. Thanks to @TheOrwellPrize !!!. Details below!. 👇👇👇👇.
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The Orwell Prize
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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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Matthew Longo
3 months
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. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇.
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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 @Plathbiography: Thank you so much @matthewblongo!
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Come join me in the Cotswolds! (@campdenlitfest)!!!. May 5th, 10:30am. 👇‼️👇‼️👇‼️.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival 2025
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@matthewblongo @TheOrwellPrize We're looking forward to meeting you, too, @matthewblongo at.
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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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Matthew Longo
5 months
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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Matthew Longo
6 months
Hey Australia peeps. I'm coming to Adelaide Writers' Week !!!! (March 1-6, 2025). If you're around. DM me. Details below 👇👇👇👇.
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6 months
And here is what it sounded like…
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Matthew Longo
6 months
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…
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Matthew Longo
6 months
‼️‼️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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6 months
More pics!
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Some pics!
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