Greta Olson
@greta-olson.org
Prof of English and American Literary Studies at the University of Giessen
Director of the Center for Diversity, Media, and Law
Director of the Center for Diversity, Media, and Law
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America is under siege.
Where is the Fourth Estate’s defense of democracy and the Constitution?
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for President Trump's impeachment (or even resignation)?
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Where is the Fourth Estate’s defense of democracy and the Constitution?
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for President Trump's impeachment (or even resignation)?
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bsky.app/profile/medi...
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How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
First in the Nation: A Courageous Editorial Board Calls for Trump’s Impeachment
American Democracy is under siege. The President of the United States is subverting the Constitution. One patriotic Editorial Board rises to the moment.
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January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
America is under siege.
Where is the Fourth Estate’s defense of democracy and the Constitution?
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for President Trump's impeachment (or even resignation)?
👇
bsky.app/profile/medi...
Where is the Fourth Estate’s defense of democracy and the Constitution?
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for President Trump's impeachment (or even resignation)?
👇
bsky.app/profile/medi...
The discussion was enriched by the highly interdisciplinary perspectives. We look forward to the publication of “Garcia Márquez as Law,” a monograph that opens the legal-theoretical aspects of the author’s work with expressive joy. @diml.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The discussion was enriched by the highly interdisciplinary perspectives. We look forward to the publication of “Garcia Márquez as Law,” a monograph that opens the legal-theoretical aspects of the author’s work with expressive joy. @diml.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
Héctor Hoyos and Jorge González-Jácome shared their reading of Garcia Márquez’s fictions as a form of legal pluralism that explores how power is constituted by the people imaginatively.
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Héctor Hoyos and Jorge González-Jácome shared their reading of Garcia Márquez’s fictions as a form of legal pluralism that explores how power is constituted by the people imaginatively.
I was honored to be a part of the manuscript workshop “Garcia Márquez as Law: A Study in Constituent Power and the Imagination” at Stanford University on 10 October 2025.
October 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was honored to be a part of the manuscript workshop “Garcia Márquez as Law: A Study in Constituent Power and the Imagination” at Stanford University on 10 October 2025.
In July, Anat Rosenberg spoke in my Political Healing seminar about her forthcoming text “Hope against Autocratic Legalism during the Democratic Crisis in Israel.” Her words about maintaining hope during a period of increasing autocracy have accompanied me during the past months. @diml.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In July, Anat Rosenberg spoke in my Political Healing seminar about her forthcoming text “Hope against Autocratic Legalism during the Democratic Crisis in Israel.” Her words about maintaining hope during a period of increasing autocracy have accompanied me during the past months. @diml.bsky.social
I was honored to serve as a facilitator at the summer school CRITICAL TIMES 2025 DISRUPTIONS with a session on “Disrupting the Affective Work of Anti-Immigration Narratives and Images“. The Institute is offering Visitor Fellowships that one can apply for until 30 September 2025: lnkd.in/eBNEtynx.
August 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I was honored to serve as a facilitator at the summer school CRITICAL TIMES 2025 DISRUPTIONS with a session on “Disrupting the Affective Work of Anti-Immigration Narratives and Images“. The Institute is offering Visitor Fellowships that one can apply for until 30 September 2025: lnkd.in/eBNEtynx.
Please join us tomorrow, on 22 July 2025, at 11 AM CET, for the founding event of the Legal Humanities Association (LHA). The association places Law and Humanities research and methodologies ever more squarely on the academic map.
More information can be found here: lnkd.in/e-CJQShR.
More information can be found here: lnkd.in/e-CJQShR.
July 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Please join us tomorrow, on 22 July 2025, at 11 AM CET, for the founding event of the Legal Humanities Association (LHA). The association places Law and Humanities research and methodologies ever more squarely on the academic map.
More information can be found here: lnkd.in/e-CJQShR.
More information can be found here: lnkd.in/e-CJQShR.
Note that Timothy Snyder, author of "On Tyranny" (2017) is a US American historian, who has moved to Canada.
Many thanks again to @demsabroad.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social #NoKings
Many thanks again to @demsabroad.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social #NoKings
June 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Note that Timothy Snyder, author of "On Tyranny" (2017) is a US American historian, who has moved to Canada.
Many thanks again to @demsabroad.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social #NoKings
Many thanks again to @demsabroad.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social #NoKings
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☀️ MeDiMi at the 2025 Summer Event of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS) on 11 June.
💡 Highlight: Talk by MeDiMi PI @greta-olson.org on "Trump 2.0: The Return & Resistance."
☀️ MeDiMi at the 2025 Summer Event of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS) on 11 June.
💡 Highlight: Talk by MeDiMi PI @greta-olson.org on "Trump 2.0: The Return & Resistance."
June 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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☀️ MeDiMi at the 2025 Summer Event of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS) on 11 June.
💡 Highlight: Talk by MeDiMi PI @greta-olson.org on "Trump 2.0: The Return & Resistance."
☀️ MeDiMi at the 2025 Summer Event of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS) on 11 June.
💡 Highlight: Talk by MeDiMi PI @greta-olson.org on "Trump 2.0: The Return & Resistance."
Looking forward to speaking at the GGS Summer Event 2025 on June 11. I will give a guest talk, titled "Trump 2.0: The Return & the Resistance," which will cover political pushback, activism, and hope. Register by June 4 via the QR code below or this link: shorturl.at/TSjFg. #TheReturn #TheResistance
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the GGS Summer Event 2025 on June 11. I will give a guest talk, titled "Trump 2.0: The Return & the Resistance," which will cover political pushback, activism, and hope. Register by June 4 via the QR code below or this link: shorturl.at/TSjFg. #TheReturn #TheResistance
A free and independent press is the necessary fourth branch of democracies. So important to speak about encroachments on press freedom during the first 100 days of the Trump 2.0 administration and what this means for us in Germany. @djv.de @profausberlin.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A free and independent press is the necessary fourth branch of democracies. So important to speak about encroachments on press freedom during the first 100 days of the Trump 2.0 administration and what this means for us in Germany. @djv.de @profausberlin.bsky.social
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Reminder: Diesen Donnerstag, 18-20 Uhr, diskutieren mehrere Autor:innen von "Ökonomie als Gesellschaftstheorie" (u.a. @tbiebricher.bsky.social) im Senatssaal der HU.
Wir freuen uns über das Buch und auf die spannende Veranstaltung!
www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
Wir freuen uns über das Buch und auf die spannende Veranstaltung!
www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
📅 Am 10. April findet im Senatssaal der HU die Buchvorstellung zu "Ökonomie als Gesellschaftstheorie" statt. Es diskutieren die Ko-Autor:innen Thomas Biebricher, Friederike Habermann und Joseph Vogl mit Christian Schmidt und Franziska Martinsen.
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/oekono...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/oekono...
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reminder: Diesen Donnerstag, 18-20 Uhr, diskutieren mehrere Autor:innen von "Ökonomie als Gesellschaftstheorie" (u.a. @tbiebricher.bsky.social) im Senatssaal der HU.
Wir freuen uns über das Buch und auf die spannende Veranstaltung!
www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
Wir freuen uns über das Buch und auf die spannende Veranstaltung!
www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
April 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Feeling the joy of resistance at the Hands Off protest in Boston today. We the people resist and will persist.
April 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Feeling the joy of resistance at the Hands Off protest in Boston today. We the people resist and will persist.
"Neurodivergence is the norm. We need to develop a society for the greatest level of variation." Thank you Dr. Elizabeth Drame (U of Wisconsin Milwaukee)for a great talk on interactions of Black autistic youth and the police. @diml.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Neurodivergence is the norm. We need to develop a society for the greatest level of variation." Thank you Dr. Elizabeth Drame (U of Wisconsin Milwaukee)for a great talk on interactions of Black autistic youth and the police. @diml.bsky.social
@maditaoeming.bsky.social did a fabulous job of explaining how the porn addiction narrative has been instrumentalized to various political ends in her talk at JLU. Madita's critical media work contributes centrally to developing literacy concerning digital porn. Thank you! @diml.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
@maditaoeming.bsky.social did a fabulous job of explaining how the porn addiction narrative has been instrumentalized to various political ends in her talk at JLU. Madita's critical media work contributes centrally to developing literacy concerning digital porn. Thank you! @diml.bsky.social
Dr. Liz Drame (U Wisconsin-Milwaukee) speaks about interactions between Black and autistic youth and law enforcement today at 4:15 PM Frankfurt time. Dr. Drame will lead us through the intersections of race and disability. @diml.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Dr. Liz Drame (U Wisconsin-Milwaukee) speaks about interactions between Black and autistic youth and law enforcement today at 4:15 PM Frankfurt time. Dr. Drame will lead us through the intersections of race and disability. @diml.bsky.social
Madita Oeming thinks through simplistic anti-porn positions with critical nuance, this Monday at 2:15 Frankfurt time. Everyone welcome. @maditaoeming.bsky.social, @diml.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Madita Oeming thinks through simplistic anti-porn positions with critical nuance, this Monday at 2:15 Frankfurt time. Everyone welcome. @maditaoeming.bsky.social, @diml.bsky.social
Dr. Marzia Milazzo (Associate Prof, U of Johannesburg) will speak about Anti-Blackness and Colorblindness in the US, Europe, and South Africa today at 4:15, Frankfurt time.
@transcript-verlag.bsky.social @diml.bsky.social
@transcript-verlag.bsky.social @diml.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Dr. Marzia Milazzo (Associate Prof, U of Johannesburg) will speak about Anti-Blackness and Colorblindness in the US, Europe, and South Africa today at 4:15, Frankfurt time.
@transcript-verlag.bsky.social @diml.bsky.social
@transcript-verlag.bsky.social @diml.bsky.social
An important talk on the legal and cultural ramifications of sex robots. Join Rüya Toparlak from the University of Lucerne at @diml.bsky.social and JLU for a politically and socially relevant input and discussion.
January 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An important talk on the legal and cultural ramifications of sex robots. Join Rüya Toparlak from the University of Lucerne at @diml.bsky.social and JLU for a politically and socially relevant input and discussion.
Thanks to Simon Stern and Robert Spoo for making this rich collection of voices in Laws and Literature be heard.
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Thanks to Simon Stern and Robert Spoo for making this rich collection of voices in Laws and Literature be heard.
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Let's focus on Dr. King's vision of social justice rather than events in Washington, DC. Join us for Dr. Simona Adinolfi's talk on labor exploitation and migration tomorrow at 4:15, Frankfurt time. Everyone is welcome.
@diml.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Let's focus on Dr. King's vision of social justice rather than events in Washington, DC. Join us for Dr. Simona Adinolfi's talk on labor exploitation and migration tomorrow at 4:15, Frankfurt time. Everyone is welcome.
@diml.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
Join us today at 4:15 Frankfurt time for Dr. Carolin Gebauer's important talk on how to recognize and counter polarizing representations of migration. Everyone is welcome, no pre.registration necessary.
@diml.bsky.social
@for-medimi.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
@for-medimi.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Join us today at 4:15 Frankfurt time for Dr. Carolin Gebauer's important talk on how to recognize and counter polarizing representations of migration. Everyone is welcome, no pre.registration necessary.
@diml.bsky.social
@for-medimi.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
@for-medimi.bsky.social
For those who missed it, here is a filmed version of Allison Hammer's timely talk about trans utopian strategies for addressing the present.
@kallison.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
@kallison.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 12:47 PM
For those who missed it, here is a filmed version of Allison Hammer's timely talk about trans utopian strategies for addressing the present.
@kallison.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
@kallison.bsky.social
@diml.bsky.social
Join us for PD Dr. Georgiana Banita's talk this Monday at 4:15 Frankfurt time on the political instrumentalization of migrant crime. @diml.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Join us for PD Dr. Georgiana Banita's talk this Monday at 4:15 Frankfurt time on the political instrumentalization of migrant crime. @diml.bsky.social