I’m going to Australia soon btw
swf.org.au/program/season…
swf.org.au/program/season…

I talked with Michael Holmes on CNN International yesterday about the destruction of Gaza's cultural and heritage sites caused by Israel's bombs.

Morning Suella Braverman MP, #archaeology twitter here. That's not how holes work.

Robin D. G. Kelley's remarkable letter to Columbia University President, Minouche Shafik

'You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment.'

Boston Review

bostonreview.net/articles/lette…

I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my Columbia University undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)

Every principled free speech man has his limit. For Professor Pinker and Professor Flier, it was tenting.

Thanks for reposting, David Wengrow. This highlights the disconnect between folks like Hancock and modern archaeology, which is moving beyond simplistic categories for ‘civilization’ to examine the ingenuity and agility of human culture broadly, in all its diversity.

With Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 doing such an excellent job it seems a good moment to repost this - supporting what he says about the dangers of pseudoscience, but also noting the historical complicity of archaeology in opening up these spaces of the imagination..
thenation.com/article/cultur…

Some thoughts about my strategy and impact from facing down Graham Hancock

google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…

So if the Amarna Letters are “the origins of International Relations” then we have to define IR as a male-dominated club promoting upward flow of wealth at the expense of human freedoms and willing to use ruthless violence where diplomacy fails. I think there’s a case to be made?

I think it’s time to eliminate some zombie statistics from world history

my colleague Noelle McAfee, political theorist, feminist, and chair of the philosophy department is getting arrested by the Atlanta police for peacefully protesting. shame on Emory University

'If our species future now hinges on our capacity to create something different, then what ultimately matters is whether we can rediscover the freedoms that make us human in the 1st place' from the late David Graeber & David Wengrow #Dawnofeverything

A new biography of Marija Gimbutas and very interesting review of it here
balticworlds.com/the-archaeolog…

A statement by our faculty at Columbia and Barnard. More to come. I am behind every word.

'it is almost impossible to find a city anywhere in the ancient Near East that did not have some equivalent to a popular assembly' - Graeber and Wengrow

'India, a democracy in name only' The Times and The Sunday Times Times Books Pratinav Anil reviews my book #TheIncarcerations : 'a gripping and uplifting book'

The Times & Pratinav Anil thank you for drawing attention to this story ahead of the Indian general elections
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thetimes.co.uk/article/2e3951…

Great piece by my friend and colleague eyal weizman
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

As the last recipient of the Albertus Magnus Professorship, I am adding my voice to those who denounce the decision to withdraw this honour from Prof. Nancy Fraser, and have written accordingly to the Rector of the University of Cologne. Perhaps they can still change course.

Hanno Hauenstein +1👇