Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
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Hi new followers— I'm a historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis. I also wrote a book about Turkish-German migration, which you can download free (tinyurl.com/kahnbk) or buy from Cambridge w/ discount FTHL2024. I also research queer fascism & gay neo-Nazis.
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Ende Mai erscheint mein neues Buch. Ende Mai starten auch die dazugehörigen Veranstaltungen
Wer das Buch rezensieren möchte, Mail an: [email protected]
Wer eine Veranstaltung organisieren möchte,kann mich direkt anschreiben: [email protected]
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Wer das Buch rezensieren möchte, Mail an: [email protected]
Wer eine Veranstaltung organisieren möchte,kann mich direkt anschreiben: [email protected]
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April 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ende Mai erscheint mein neues Buch. Ende Mai starten auch die dazugehörigen Veranstaltungen
Wer das Buch rezensieren möchte, Mail an: [email protected]
Wer eine Veranstaltung organisieren möchte,kann mich direkt anschreiben: [email protected]
unrast-verlag.de/produkt/grau...
Wer das Buch rezensieren möchte, Mail an: [email protected]
Wer eine Veranstaltung organisieren möchte,kann mich direkt anschreiben: [email protected]
unrast-verlag.de/produkt/grau...
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For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
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@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
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#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Important new article on Germany’s far-right party, AfD, and anti-gender and anti-trans ideology 👇
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Important new article on Germany’s far-right party, AfD, and anti-gender and anti-trans ideology 👇
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving his 27-year sentence in a 12 sq metre bedroom in a police base in the capital, Brasília, after his conviction for plotting a coup.
The far-right populist, who governed Latin America’s largest democracy from 2019 until 2022, was handed the punishment in September after the supreme court found him guilty of leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
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Germany’s association of family-owned companies has lifted its ban on contacts with AfD lawmakers, signalling the far-right party’s growing acceptability in parts of the business community as it climbs in the polls.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Germany’s association of family-owned companies has lifted its ban on contacts with AfD lawmakers, signalling the far-right party’s growing acceptability in parts of the business community as it climbs in the polls.
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Leider kein Artikel aus dem Postillon, sondern ein Bericht über den neuesten Tritt ins Fettnäpfchen des deutschen Bundeskanzlers, dem jegliches Feingefühl und diplomatisches Geschick fehlt.
Wer jemals im Ausland war, weiß, dass nicht überall wie in Deutschland gefrühstückt wird. Meine Güte.
Wer jemals im Ausland war, weiß, dass nicht überall wie in Deutschland gefrühstückt wird. Meine Güte.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Leider kein Artikel aus dem Postillon, sondern ein Bericht über den neuesten Tritt ins Fettnäpfchen des deutschen Bundeskanzlers, dem jegliches Feingefühl und diplomatisches Geschick fehlt.
Wer jemals im Ausland war, weiß, dass nicht überall wie in Deutschland gefrühstückt wird. Meine Güte.
Wer jemals im Ausland war, weiß, dass nicht überall wie in Deutschland gefrühstückt wird. Meine Güte.
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he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
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I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real
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Pushback works apnews.com/article/coas...
Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pushback works apnews.com/article/coas...
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Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The #Nuremberg records and #archives made available, and that's great. Now the same spirit of long-term preservation and access should carry over to the #ICTY, as it's records are in danger of being wiped off the internet. #WarCrimes #Accountability #Justice
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Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The #Nuremberg records and #archives made available, and that's great. Now the same spirit of long-term preservation and access should carry over to the #ICTY, as it's records are in danger of being wiped off the internet. #WarCrimes #Accountability #Justice
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Death threats from Trump against Democratic lawmakers:
Trump posted: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH.”
And reposted more than a dozen comments including “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump posted: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH.”
And reposted more than a dozen comments including “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says Democrats' message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal ...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Death threats from Trump against Democratic lawmakers:
Trump posted: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH.”
And reposted more than a dozen comments including “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump posted: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH.”
And reposted more than a dozen comments including “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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So much for the Trump administration's alleged concern abt antisemitism. New Coast Guard (under DHS) policy now says swastikas and nooses are no longer considered hate symbols but just "potentially divisive." Coast Guard/DHS Officials refuse to respond.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
So much for the Trump administration's alleged concern abt antisemitism. New Coast Guard (under DHS) policy now says swastikas and nooses are no longer considered hate symbols but just "potentially divisive." Coast Guard/DHS Officials refuse to respond.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been on fire lately, and this is oped is no exception. (And worth noting as an aside that no LLM could produce an article of this power and precision).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been on fire lately, and this is oped is no exception. (And worth noting as an aside that no LLM could produce an article of this power and precision).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”
BRO.
BRO.
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”
BRO.
BRO.
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Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
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imagine being a woman in that classroom, knowing full well how he talks about women in general and about his own mentees in particular.
can you trust you’ll be treated equitably? would you feel comfortable asking for help or a meeting?
can you trust you’ll be treated equitably? would you feel comfortable asking for help or a meeting?
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
imagine being a woman in that classroom, knowing full well how he talks about women in general and about his own mentees in particular.
can you trust you’ll be treated equitably? would you feel comfortable asking for help or a meeting?
can you trust you’ll be treated equitably? would you feel comfortable asking for help or a meeting?
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
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19 November 1926 | Czech Jewish woman Amálie Kochová was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
19 November 1926 | Czech Jewish woman Amálie Kochová was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.