Martijn Hesselink
transnational law & theory | eui
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
- Uitstekend proefschrift van Eva Vermeulen. Voor wie nu even geen tijd heeft om het te lezen: in dit interview legt ze zelf glashelder uit waarom we ons eigendomsbegrip nodig moeten herzien. www.volkskrant.nl/economie/won...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkThe LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up. www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkIn hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselink⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching! Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚 Apply now at: loom.ly/WmotZrE
- De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa: "Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)" (XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkHet echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.
- it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
- Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkThe future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza. Anything else is colonialism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselink‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’ Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkOpen Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkMan kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...
- grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language
- "Correct" spelling and "proper" grammar aren't worth fussing about. Just let people be. scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...
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- "Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one" www.brusselstimes.com/1648066/icon...
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkthis is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkSometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkThe conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓 Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
- closes tomorrow(ish)!
- Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkWie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
- Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkEven the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.
- “UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
- “It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.” labour.ie/news/2025/04...
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselink🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkSmuggling in unpasteurized ideas from France
- Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkNote to Columbia University: This is how you do it. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkGermany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkhaving spoken to friends and comrades who are both anxious about travelling to the US for the LSA, and unable to withdraw for a number of reasons, we have drafted this letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/1O2F...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkRUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night. Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
- I was meant to visit Columbia next month but I cancelled today. In this letter I state my reasons. Strong solidarity with everyone at Columbia affected by these appalling repressive measures!
- the people of Gaza are once again under murderous attack. they need our support now more than ever. let’s not be silenced by the bullies
- “I’m fearful that even the most low-level political speech or just doing what we all do — like shout into the abyss that is social media — can turn into this dystopian nightmare where somebody is calling you a terrorist sympathizer and making you fear for your safety” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkDraft Muslim Ban 4.0.
- “Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable, but, as the Columbia case suggests, it’s not working. Columbia’s leadership made repeated concessions to right-wing critics, only to be the first to come under attack.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
- “We are profoundly concerned about the online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi. This is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views” lpeproject.org/blog/stateme...
- Solidarity with Helyeh Doutaghi
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkif you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
- At this fantastic event today, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau reminded us that racism – not just authoritarianism –is at the heart of all the far-right movements gaining power today
- Black Marxism and racial capitalism If you are in Florence on 15 February, join a conversation with Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’, jointly organised by the #BHM team and Black History Month Florence 📅 Register by 12 February 👉 loom.ly/AHMPKHA #bhmf #blackhistorymonth
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkEs ist offiziell: Ich habe ein #Berufsverbot bekommen (Auszüge⬇️). Weil ich eine marxistische Analyse der #Klimakrise vertrete. Ich stehe dazu: Die Wirtschaft muss demokratisiert werden, damit nicht einige wenige Superreiche für ihre Profite den Planeten zugrunde richten können.
- “The Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement is the best way to show solidarity with our liberation struggle.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkOn this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo, was murdered by Belgian colonial forces less than seven months after the nation gained independence.
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkWe're experimenting a new marketing technique- sending out notice of our latest issue to zero followers. What can go wrong? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkA new scholarly society focusing on European Law and Law in Europe has been launched. See below for a save the date for the ELU-S inaugural conference A call for papers and panels will be opened soon! Please share this information and follow the ELU-S Bluesky page for updates.
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- “Het Int. Strafhof vaardigde donderdag een arrestatiebevel uit tegen Israëlische leiders wegens oorlogsmisdaden. Juist nu zou de NL staat navolging moeten geven aan het vonnis van het Hof in DH, dat een exportverbod legde op levering van F-35-onderdelen aan Israël.” www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b27e7872/
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkIs it just for European private law to rely on consumer responsibilisation to resolve the unjust consequences of consumption? Read my blog post to learn more about my argument that structural injustice in capitalism cannot be tackled that way. transformativeprivatelaw.com/consumer-res...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkTrying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤 @eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.socialat://did:plc:z3xbfshq3njjkhh5b4nssbfg/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb7mwrtksh2u
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- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkMade a starter pack for folks who want to learn more about the intersection of the climate crisis, Global South debt, and a climate reparations approach to these serious challenges. Definitely not comprehensive, no offensive meant if I missed you- comment to be added! go.bsky.app/92HS9cAat://did:plc:maxpxzhyivbgyz7voaaklszw/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb7sz4mqtk22
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkI was invited to deliver this year's Kogon Lecture at TU Darmstadt but I was canceled and called antisemitic due to my statements on the genocide in Gaza. Please consider signing this letter of support. Thank you for your solidarity. 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- As many as 30 workshop participants wrote excellent blogpost on social justice and private law. You can find them here: transformativeprivatelaw.com/category/sym...
- We recently had a wonderful workshop in Amsterdam on ‘Social Justice, Private Law and Europe(?): Keeping the Hope Alive’, organised by @carolinapaulesu.bsky.social, @candidaleone.bsky.social, and Tommaso Fia. It was v inspiring, with many brilliant early stage researchers and also a few older ones.
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkgo.bsky.app/KE77aRL new starter pack for ECRs in international law, EU law, IHRL and legal theory! 🫡 I guess it might be useful for many (Disclaimer: I added people according to *my* sense of who an early career researcher is - of course, feel free to join if you consider yourself an ECR!)at://did:plc:bsjiuevro7rprio5irtw3rjx/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb2wt64udx22
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkI made a first attempt, there are DEFINITELY people missing, so I PROMISE this does not arbitrate who is inside and outside of LPE! You can reply to be added or DM me, also feel free to suggest other people, etc. go.bsky.app/P2sMKhKat://did:plc:b2hlivl4a7sq53q7tahszmbf/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb32mhzgyi2u
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkme in therapy, three years from now: so there was this starter pack I wasn’t included in…
- yup that’s me
- „Het raakt ons in het hart.”
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkI am honoured to have introduced and chaired the 2024 Melland Schill Lecture featuring Arnulf Becker Lorca (European University Institute) on the tenth anniversary of the Manchester International Law Centre.
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkYesterday, the Dutch parliament openly discussed denaturalization, and a far-right party even brought up large-scale remigration (read: deportation) of citizens with migrant backgrounds. Ten years ago, denaturalization was fringe. How long will it be before remigration becomes mainstream as well?
- Nederlandse regering, vergeet niet: groepsbelediging is strafbaar. In 2020 is Wilders ervoor veroordeeld.
- Solidarity with colleagues & students in the Netherlands. The far right government announced huge budget cuts in university funding. The national demonstration against these plans has now been cancelled bc of alleged threats by ‘a pro-palestine group’ to ‘hijack’ the demonstration and use violence.
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkNow I made it! The starter pack you've been looking for: Critical legal scholars, broadly understood - Marxist, LPE, postcolonial, TWAIL, feminist, queer approaches, etc., to law. I'll keep adding names, so feel free to tell me if you (or others) should be there (or shouldn't). go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nbat://did:plc:svg7xvo2rq6oebwvciix6df2/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lau2ofapfa2d
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkShoutout to everyone who is making all the starter packs. They are so helpful.🙏
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkPolitici die spreken over "integratieproblemen" plaatsen hele bevolkingsgroepen buiten de Natie. Dát is wat politieke praat over "integratie" doet: ontkennen dat burgers met een migratie-achtergrond bij "ons" horen.
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkThe Dutch government has announced the biggest budget cuts in higher education. Tomorrow was a major demonstration planned in Utrecht against this, by unions and thousands of students. This demonstration was just cancelled: police fear "propalestinian protestors". This is how it'll be from now on.
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselink🚨🚨 Breaking: @guardian.extwitter.link will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts as platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content. This is big, very big. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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It's hot off the press - Reposted by Martijn HesselinkPlease Sign, in solidarity with Dutch academics campaigning against the (enormous) budget cuts by the current populist government. chng.it/7ZthpygvYt
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkOp dit moment denk ik: wáár haal ik in vredesnaam de tijd vandaan om donderdag te gaan demonstreren? Extra reden om te gaan dus.
- Maccabi-supporters kregen geen klappen omdat ze Joods zijn www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkHey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkI started putting together a starter pack on Marx, Marxism, Critical Theory, and more. Please share if you find it useful and respond to this post if you feel like you should be added to the list (or removed for that matter).at://did:plc:ag2sjnmerltdn5hsqjofupxq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lalu3juzm32d
- For those who missed Omar Barghouti’s lecture, “Just academics? The ethical responsibility of academics to end complicity in denying justice for Palestinians”, here is the recording: youtu.be/F57dEyW5vcU
- Reposted by Martijn Hesselinkhistory is so back
- “Wetenschap, journalistiek, kunst, cultuur, de ambtenarij en de rechterlijke macht worden als eersten aangevallen zodra autoritaire politici macht krijgen.”
- Het is crisis aan de universiteiten, nu het kabinet fors wil bezuinigen op het hoger onderwijs, schrijft Ingrid Robeyns. Het anti-intellectualisme van PVV en BBB bedreigt volgens haar de vrije samenleving. buff.ly/3YHELXh
- Reposted by Martijn HesselinkHow Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
