Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss) header
Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss) profile picture

Margot Weiss

@MargotDWeiss

Anthropology + Queer Theory | professing @wesleyan_u | https://xitter.cf/t.co/bs4MQ4v97O

 Hartford, CT
margotweiss.com
Joined January 2012
  • Tweets1.8K
  • Following1.1K
  • Followers1.2K
79Media
Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)Photo by Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)
Come over man
Image from Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)
1
6
1,145
Just published! Ten more essays on Palestine and what Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza demands of us all — read Anthropology in a Time of Genocide now, here: culanth.org/fieldsights/seri…
Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, continued

Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, continued

This is a continuation of the series, Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, published on October 31. The essays in this series...

culanth.org
3
70
1
144
17,184
Jfc
The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) profile pictureThe Harvard Crimson
@thecrimson24 Oct 2024
BREAKING: Harvard Libraries suspended ~25 faculty members from entering Widener Library for two weeks after they held a silent “study-in” protest there last week — an extraordinary sanction by Harvard against its own faculty. @neilhshah15 reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/…
Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest

Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest

Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest

thecrimson.com
4
328
Tomorrow 10/8 at 4:30 ET - join us for the next event in @CLAGSNY QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS series We’ll discuss global queer studies & queer/trans anthropology — alongside the new UNSETTLING QUEER ANTHROPOLOGY volume from @DukePress Register for link at: linktr.ee/clags_queer_global…
Image from Margot Weiss (@MargotDWeiss)
6
4
4
11
16,498
read this @jvplive statement on the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024…
On the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College - JVP

On the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College - JVP

The Academic Advisory Council (AAC) of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) condemns the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College’s administration and trustees for speech in...

jewishvoiceforpeace.org
1
2
518
We enter Rosh Hashanah knowing we will never forget 5784. Last year, supported and enabled by the United States, the Israeli government started a second Nakba.
Image from Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive)
23
355
12
990
33,506
RT @jadaliyya: Join us today for Teach-In #32, live at 12:30 pm ET, for an insightful panel on “Israel’s Aggression on Lebanon: To What End…
4
17
Mounting resistance as right wing actors attack the study of racism, Zionism, & colonialism. Tomorrow with @isaac_kamola @hfergus1517 @BethanyLetiecq and @EliMeye. Sign up for the link: bit.ly/aaup-vs-repression
Image from Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (@institutecsz)
9
7
730
Margot Weiss retweeted
Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) profile picture
Mona Chalabi@MonaChalabi2 Oct 2024
For many journalists, Arab life is worthless. For many investors, Arab death is worth a lot.  On October 6, 2023 the value of a Lockheed Martin share was $402. Today, they're worth $603.
Image from Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi)
Image from Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi)
29
1,225
51
2,728
190,607
ICYMI: the AAUP's @AcademeBlog has a new series organized by @AnneliseOrleck1 focused on the recent repression we are witnessing against protests at US college & university campuses against the war in Gaza. Check out the first three installments in this🧵
2
39
2
47
10,694
Whether you work in the Lehigh Valley or not, please consider signing this open letter condemning Muhlenberg’s firing of the incredible @Dr_mauraf and demanding her reinstatement. Only together can we stand against reaction. Please forward widely: forms.gle/viwUtxvZPzpDqEMD8
Open Letter in Solidarity with Dr. Maura Finkelstein

Open Letter in Solidarity with Dr. Maura Finkelstein

We, the undersigned faculty and staff of academic institutions in the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) and our allies, condemn the decision by Muhlenberg College to fire...

docs.google.com
11
102
9
161
62,194
Oct 8, 4:30pm — catch me with @brianhorton88 Anne Spice and Scott Morgensen talking about UNSETTLING QUEER ANTHROPOLOGY and the place of ethnography in global queer studies! Part of @CLAGSNY QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS series Registration & info: linktr.ee/clags_queer_global…
QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS Official: Instagram, X, Facebook | Linktree

QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS Official: Instagram, X, Facebook | Linktree

A new 2024-25 series from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies

linktr.ee
Duke University Press (@DukePress) profile pictureDuke University Press@DukePress30 Sep 2024
Catch our authors at events this October, including @salsero1, @aslizeng, @erin_mc_elroy. @triofrancos, and @MargotDWeiss. ow.ly/myno50TyPjg
Covers of Fencing in Democracy, Violent Intimacies, Silicon Valley Imperialism, Blood Loss, Unsettling Queer Anthropology, Crip Spacetime, When Monsters Speak, and The Rule of Dons, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

ALT Covers of Fencing in Democracy, Violent Intimacies, Silicon Valley Imperialism, Blood Loss, Unsettling Queer Anthropology, Crip Spacetime, When Monsters Speak, and The Rule of Dons, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

220
Catch our authors at events this October, including @salsero1, @aslizeng, @erin_mc_elroy. @triofrancos, and @MargotDWeiss. ow.ly/myno50TyPjg
Covers of Fencing in Democracy, Violent Intimacies, Silicon Valley Imperialism, Blood Loss, Unsettling Queer Anthropology, Crip Spacetime, When Monsters Speak, and The Rule of Dons, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

ALT Covers of Fencing in Democracy, Violent Intimacies, Silicon Valley Imperialism, Blood Loss, Unsettling Queer Anthropology, Crip Spacetime, When Monsters Speak, and The Rule of Dons, arranged in a 4x4 grid.

5
1
13
2,260
The AAUP has opened a case on the dismissal of Professor Maura Finkelstein from @Muhlenberg College due to a student complaint regarding her extramural speech & conduct related to the war in Gaza. More here: aaup.org/news/inquiry-muhlen…
Inquiry at Muhlenberg

Inquiry at Muhlenberg

The AAUP will conduct an inquiry into the case of Professor Maura Finkelstein, who was first summarily suspended from her tenured position at Muhlenberg College and then dismissed because of a...

aaup.org
6
88
7
192
19,798
Margot Weiss retweeted
DogeFather🚀 (@_Musk6x) profile picture
DogeFather🚀@_Musk6x27 Sep 2024
The @AAUP has launched a formal inquiry into @Muhlenberg and the firing of Maura Finkelstein. Read more here: aaup.org/sites/default/files…
5
38
1
111
8,634
Reread @Dr_mauraf brilliant and fierce
Society for Cultural Anthropology (@culanth) profile pictureSociety for Cultural Anthropology@culanth26 Sep 2024
“There is no life without occupation. There is no culture without checkpoints. And yet Palestinians, like all people, are not defined entirely by their oppression & subjugation: their lives are more than the violence they live with.” - @Dr_mauraf (2019) culanth.org/fieldsights/what…
1
3
12
3,189
The Intercept (@theintercept) reports on the firing by @Muhlenberg of tenured faculty member @Dr_mauraf for pro-Palestinian speech. @AAUP @pal_legal @jvplive @anthroboycott theintercept.com/2024/09/26/… @theintercept

Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech

Maura Finkelstein was terminated from Muhlenberg College following a pressure campaign that seized on an anti-Zionist Instagram repost.

theintercept.com
8
118
28
182
66,372
Load more