Vanessa Carr

often ponders, rarely tweets

[Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @LMU_MCMP]

We are hiring a postdoc at @LMU_Muenchen's MCMP. Research areas: decision theory, social choice theory, philosophy of action, the study of agency and free will, and/or related themes in the philosophy of mind. Deadline 8 September. Please spread the word. https://t.co/9qB43F4O8j

[CAS_LMU @cas_lmu]

A warm welcome to #CASFellow/s Carlotta Pavese @cpavese19 @Cornell and Antonia Peacocke @Stanford!
They have been invited by #CASResearcher Vanessa Carr @vncarr and will speak at her workshop “Practical Representations and Abilities”.
https://t.co/B4qNS9F1Kj

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Meet Keir Starmer, Your Next Prime Minister. Gulp…

[Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein]

Beeindruckend wie ein Großteil der Berichterstattung angesichts der Ausführungen von Prof Clemens Arzt in der BPK gestern relativiert wurde—mehrfach wurde hier klar festgestellt dass das Vorgehen der Polizei und FU-Leitung (im Gegensatz zur Versammlung) grundrechtsverletzend war.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

The “public denigration of the signatories of the open letter” by Federal Education Minister Stark-Watzinger, “and their public branding by “Bild” as the perpetrators is, in my opinion, to be strongly criticized” - TU Berlin President

https://t.co/tE8e8RudB6

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

Germany’s biggest newspaper has printed pictures of lecturers who signed an open letter against the brutal eviction of a student protest camp, calling them perpetrators

[Henrike Kohpeiss @hkohpeiss.bsky.social @H_Kohpeiss]

a statement by us, teachers of Berlin universities after a disgraceful day @FU_Berlin https://t.co/58cPfPLb5N

[Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein]

Several hundred students set up a non-violent anti-war protest camp at @FU_Berlin today. The police cleared the camp within hours — like this. The FU administration at the scene did not negotiate with the protesters. They refused to comment.

[CAS_LMU @cas_lmu]

We are delighted to welcome four new #CASResearcher/s who will be in residence @cas_lmu during the summer semester: Vanessa Carr (Philosophy) @vncarr @LMU_MCMP, Cord-Christian Casper (English Literature), Mary Frazer (Ancient History), and Johannes Kopf-Beck (Psychology).

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

China Miéville refuses to take up DAAD residency in Germany in protest of the institution’s willingness to be part of a “shameful program of repression and anti-Palestinian racism”

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

The AfD is the most popular party among 14-29 year olds in Germany

[Lea Ypi @lea_ypi]

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (@DarwinCollege) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the @spectator libido section.

[Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt]

disgusted at the way this administration is treating our students, though not sadly surprised after Shafik's total capitulation to the right in Congress yesterday

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

Philosophy professor Nancy Fraser, who is Jewish, has been uninvited from a guest professorship in Germany for signing a public letter in support of Palestine

[Critical Theory in Berlin @KTB_Berlin]

Stellungnahme: Wir fordern, dass die Ausladung Nancy Frasers von der Albertus Magnus Professur an der Universität zu Köln zurückgenommen wird. Ihr findet den gesamten Text hier im Thread und auf unserer Webseite: https://t.co/AXUfuQqgkp

[Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם @yuval_abraham]

A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night. I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German politicians absurdly labeled my Berlinale award speech - where I called for equality between Israelis and Palestinians, a ceasefire and an end to apartheid - as ‘antisemitic’. The appalling misuse of this word by Germans, not only to silence Palestinian critics of Israel, but also to silence Israelis like me who support a ceasefire that will end the killing in Gaza and allow the release of the Israeli hostages - empties the word antisemitism of meaning and thus endangers Jews all over the world. As my grandmother was born in a concentration camp in Libya and most of my grandfather’s family was murdered by Germans in the holocaust, I find it particularly outraging that German politicians in 2024 have the audacity to weaponize this term against me in a way that endangered my family. But above all else, this behavior puts Palestinian co-director Basel Adra’s life in danger, who lives under a military occupation surrounded by violent settlements in Masafer Yatta. He is in far greater danger than I am. I’m happy our award winning film, No Other Land, is sparking an important international debate on this issue - and I hope that millions of people watch it when it comes out this year. Sparking a conversation is why we made it. You can have harsh criticism of what me and Basel said on stage without demonizing us. If this is what you’re doing with your guilt for the holocaust - I don’t want your guilt.

[Jon Williamson @Jon_Williamson_]

Sadly, @UniKent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear