Keanu Heydari
@keanuheydari.bsky.social
History Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan | PC(USA) Deacon | Modern Europe & Iran | Apocalyptic & New Testament Studies
A page from “The Miracle Play Of Hasan And Husain” by Lewis Pelley from 1879, which featured his translations of various Ta'ziyeh.
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
A page from “The Miracle Play Of Hasan And Husain” by Lewis Pelley from 1879, which featured his translations of various Ta'ziyeh.
“If the success of a drama is to be measured by the effects which it produces upon the people for whom it is composed, or upon the audiences before whom it is represented, no play has ever surpassed the tragedy known in the Mussulman world as that of Hasan and Husain.” – Lewis Pelly
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“If the success of a drama is to be measured by the effects which it produces upon the people for whom it is composed, or upon the audiences before whom it is represented, no play has ever surpassed the tragedy known in the Mussulman world as that of Hasan and Husain.” – Lewis Pelly
Interesting note on the roots of the Iranian fascist party (SUMKA) and the pan-Iranism of Dariush Forouhar. From Abrahamian’s “Iran Between Two Revolutions.” Apologies for no ALT text.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Interesting note on the roots of the Iranian fascist party (SUMKA) and the pan-Iranism of Dariush Forouhar. From Abrahamian’s “Iran Between Two Revolutions.” Apologies for no ALT text.
What do you do when the paper of record is collaborationist?
Such bullshit, fascism-abetting framing by the NYTimes. Authoritarians like Trump cultivate and then make use of xenophobic racism and cruelty—something that has very little at all to do with immigration realities. Stop giving liberal cover to this fascist rhetoric.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What do you do when the paper of record is collaborationist?
Constitutional republicanism-maxxing.
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Constitutional republicanism-maxxing.
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Not everyone who says to me "Woke! Woke!" will enter the kingdom of heterodoxy.
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Not everyone who says to me "Woke! Woke!" will enter the kingdom of heterodoxy.
me when they ask me what my Enneagram is
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
me when they ask me what my Enneagram is
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"but i was a based heterodox thinker" seems to be the rallying cry of the reactionary centre when encountering actual Schmittian politics
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"but i was a based heterodox thinker" seems to be the rallying cry of the reactionary centre when encountering actual Schmittian politics
Best idea I’ve seen in a while.
Do we need a Protestant Reformation for the US Constitution?
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Best idea I’ve seen in a while.
We should come back to this essay from 2018 by Adam Serwer. “The cruelty is the point” captures well what I’m trying to get at by invoking Beckett, Ionesco, and Artaud with the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty but applied to our political moment.
The Cruelty Is the Point
Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We should come back to this essay from 2018 by Adam Serwer. “The cruelty is the point” captures well what I’m trying to get at by invoking Beckett, Ionesco, and Artaud with the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty but applied to our political moment.
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This is why the President should never use the R slur.
It emboldened his base. I’ve seen a dramatic surge in people calling me that word (and worse).
Walz’s kids shouldn’t have to deal with this.
No one should.
It’s vile ableism & it’s dangerous.
Walz has a disabled son.
MAGA has no bottom.
It emboldened his base. I’ve seen a dramatic surge in people calling me that word (and worse).
Walz’s kids shouldn’t have to deal with this.
No one should.
It’s vile ableism & it’s dangerous.
Walz has a disabled son.
MAGA has no bottom.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is why the President should never use the R slur.
It emboldened his base. I’ve seen a dramatic surge in people calling me that word (and worse).
Walz’s kids shouldn’t have to deal with this.
No one should.
It’s vile ableism & it’s dangerous.
Walz has a disabled son.
MAGA has no bottom.
It emboldened his base. I’ve seen a dramatic surge in people calling me that word (and worse).
Walz’s kids shouldn’t have to deal with this.
No one should.
It’s vile ableism & it’s dangerous.
Walz has a disabled son.
MAGA has no bottom.
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The process whereby "anti-woke" evolved into a general purpose shield to protect white men from accountability was as predictable as it was rapid.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The process whereby "anti-woke" evolved into a general purpose shield to protect white men from accountability was as predictable as it was rapid.
Friend asked me to give an example of what the Iranian students studying abroad in France from the 50s and 60s were like. Lots of totally normal/apolitical folks. A good amount of social democrats. Some Tudeh sympathizers. Of late, I’ve become interested in reactionary Iranians abroad: pan-Iranists.
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Friend asked me to give an example of what the Iranian students studying abroad in France from the 50s and 60s were like. Lots of totally normal/apolitical folks. A good amount of social democrats. Some Tudeh sympathizers. Of late, I’ve become interested in reactionary Iranians abroad: pan-Iranists.
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I'm just a bumpkin at an under-funded teaching college who spent 16 years in a book doing this thing Wurman et al suddenly discovered. Silly me.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm just a bumpkin at an under-funded teaching college who spent 16 years in a book doing this thing Wurman et al suddenly discovered. Silly me.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
Since I traced migration & citizenship from the colonial period through 1888, yeah, pretty clear the 14th Amendment is intended to repudiate Dred Scott.
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
As the mainline, we have to learn how to do two things at once: 1) welcome the refugees from white evangelicalism *and* 2) cultivate our distinctive piety without being infected by the poisonous spirituality and theology of evangelicalism. This is not an easy task.
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As the mainline, we have to learn how to do two things at once: 1) welcome the refugees from white evangelicalism *and* 2) cultivate our distinctive piety without being infected by the poisonous spirituality and theology of evangelicalism. This is not an easy task.
Thanks to Ben for including my blog post on this #ScholarSunday thread!
Like Rudolph or Mariah, the #ScholarSunday powers grow ever stronger as December deepens. See for yourself with my 253rd thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 253 (12/7/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Like Rudolph or Mariah, the #ScholarSunday powers grow ever stronger as December deepens. See for yourself with my 253rd thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthc...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks to Ben for including my blog post on this #ScholarSunday thread!
Didn’t know Guillermo was a Barthian!
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Didn’t know Guillermo was a Barthian!
خیلی خوشحالم که میبینم به فارسی هم پژوهشهایی منتشر میشود که منطق توسعهایِ «نونهادگرایی» را بهطور جدی به چالش میکشند.
Excited to announce that our article “From Institutional Primacy to Cultural Embeddedness” will appear in the Journal of Biopolitics and Development.
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
The extended abstract (in English) is already online.
jbpd.uok.ac.ir/article_6407...
از نهادمحوری تا زمینهمندی فرهنگی: تحلیل تطبیقی توسعه اقتصادی–اجتماعی در نظریات و سیاستهای نونهادگرایی و پساتوسعه
هدف: این مقاله با هدف ارائه یک تحلیل نظری تطبیقی جامع از دو پارادایم اثرگذار اما از نظر معرفتشناختی متفاوت در مطالعات توسعه معاصر، یعنی نونهادگرایی و پساتوسعه نگاشته شده است. نونهادگرایی، توسعه را فر...
jbpd.uok.ac.ir
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
خیلی خوشحالم که میبینم به فارسی هم پژوهشهایی منتشر میشود که منطق توسعهایِ «نونهادگرایی» را بهطور جدی به چالش میکشند.
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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I can't imagine why Trouillot wouldn't like this:
As AI tools get smarter, they’re growing more covertly racist, experts find
ChatGPT and Gemini discriminate against those who speak African American Vernacular English, report shows
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't imagine why Trouillot wouldn't like this:
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
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“Jesus, your light is shining within us, let not my doubts and my darkness speak to me; Jesus, your light is shining within us, let my heart always welcome your love.” – Brother Roger of Taizé
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“Jesus, your light is shining within us, let not my doubts and my darkness speak to me; Jesus, your light is shining within us, let my heart always welcome your love.” – Brother Roger of Taizé
You don’t need me to sermonize about this any more.
You need to call your congressperson.
You need to sign petitions.
You need to get involved in the institutional life of your local universities to support increased faculty governance and defend departments from predatory austerity like this.
You need to call your congressperson.
You need to sign petitions.
You need to get involved in the institutional life of your local universities to support increased faculty governance and defend departments from predatory austerity like this.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
You don’t need me to sermonize about this any more.
You need to call your congressperson.
You need to sign petitions.
You need to get involved in the institutional life of your local universities to support increased faculty governance and defend departments from predatory austerity like this.
You need to call your congressperson.
You need to sign petitions.
You need to get involved in the institutional life of your local universities to support increased faculty governance and defend departments from predatory austerity like this.