Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
@daniel_dsj2110
Assistant Professor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University; Running interview series @thenation; Views are my own—RTs ≠ endorsements
Many thanks to @Jderbyshire for the opportunity and to @IllustratorEwan for a fantastic picture!
Great to have the splendid @GuilhotNicolas writing for @ftopinion about digital democratic centralism (aka the 'America party') on.ft.com/44Tva2r
Great to have the splendid @GuilhotNicolas writing for @ftopinion about digital democratic centralism (aka the 'America party') on.ft.com/44Tva2r
In @nytopinion I write that President Trump is failing to be a peacemaker. He is not on track to reduce America’s military involvement in the world and is keeping the United States in a position that invites more wars, potentially much larger ones. Gift link below.
Zephyr Teachout: "New York City Has the Power to Bring Down Grocery Prices. All Cities Do.": nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opi…
David Walsh’s reporting on this year’s Tour de France in the Times has been marvellous. Here he quotes Barthes on the terrors of Mont Ventoux
Congratulations to @CamHistory's Prof Annabel Brett and Prof Jeremy Adelman (@CRASSHlive), both made Fellows of @BritishAcademy_ They are among 12 academics from @Cambridge_Uni to be elected to the prestigious fellowship⬇️
Congratulations to the twelve Cambridge academics who have been made Fellows of @BritishAcademy_ , in recognition for their work in the humanities and social sciences 👏
“Any political critic who does not put himself in the shoes of those in power and say what should be done is a demagogue or a moralist... and in politics, that amounts to the same thing.” Raymond Aron, 1967
Wendy Brown: "There are so many reasons why liberals are suspicious of charisma, even of strong leadership! There’s liberal anxiety about fascism and liberal horror of populism, to be sure, but also quotidian liberal commitments to rational procedures and institutions and, above…

Given Conan that Colbert job that he deserved anyway
I’m very proud to join these outstanding teachers and scholars in the 2025 faculty cohort @ufhamilton. Big things are happening in Gainesville. news.ufl.edu/2025/07/hamilt…
"The face of lung cancer — once older men with a history of smoking — has changed.": nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wel…
"To understand how Zohran Mamdani swept New York’s mayoral primary, it helps to know why the city’s tenants went on the offensive against real estate.": nybooks.com/online/2025/07…
In "Pierre Bourdieu’s Political Economy of Being," @anthroprofhage explores the great French social theorist’s work and revitalizes conventional and undertheorized aspects of his thinking. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/eSp8Mua #Philosophy #AnthroTwitter
Most amazing new doctoral school for the arts and humanities at King's - 20 new PhD studentships next year, bright stars be in touch! 🌟kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-lau… @KingsCollegeLon @kingshistory @kingsar
From MIH Archives: Pragmatic utopianism and race? @DrDuncanBell analyzes H.G. Wells’ role as a pragmatist social thinker by focusing on his assault on prevailing theories of race and the reception of his work in the North Atlantic in the early 20th century bit.ly/453otes
This is excellent—and the intro by Stefanos Geroulanos a joy to read. tank.tv/magazine/issue…
I am thrilled to share that my book, Mao’s Steelworks, has been awarded the 2025 Reid Prize (given for “the most significant book contributing to the understanding of Asia”) by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA). asaa.asn.au/news/book-abou…