River (Grietje) Baars

Eating Tulip Bulbs During World War II Tulip bulbs can be eaten, but it is not common. Using bulbs as a source of food traces back to the winter of 1944-1945, deep into the second World War. The situation in Amsterdam had grown hopeless, a...

Ok but also, did you know the Dutch ppl ate tulips during WWII? amsterdamtulipmuseum.com/blogs/tulip-...

📣Today brilliant Co-Director @suzanarahde.bsky.social passed her PhD with no corrections, the highest accolade in British academia. Massive congrats Dr! 🙏 engaged & inspired examiners Prof. Ruth Fletcher & Dr Thomas Bennett! 🍾✊🤓📚 @riverbaars.bsky.social @sabrinagermain.bsky.social Dr Tawhida Ahmad

Still doesn't feel like it's real, but I submitted my thesis! 🙃
Massive thanks to my brilliant supervisors, @riverbaars.bsky.social, @sabrinagermain.bsky.social and Tawhida Ahmed.
A big shoutout to @marinavelickovic.bsky.social, for her engagement, notes and our writing sessions.

I'm seeing 1pm saturday in Westminster

protest when, where? ✊🏳️‍⚧️

Come join our gathering in Paris in 1-3 July!

Poster with the lecture details and image of Adam speaking into a mic, with his book entitled Black resistance to British Policing

All SOAS Students Welcome!!
Dr Adam Elliott Cooper joins us for a lecture on Black Politics: From Anti-Colonialism to Abolition.
Friday 7 March 1-3pm, BGLT.

I've booked tickets for Trans Femme Futures (hybrid) at SOAS University of London on Tuesday 25th February 2025! Come join me!! www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EDLMMF...

Comrades! 😻
We extended our deadline - you can submit your abstracts by Monday, 24/2!
📣 We are not expecting a new/finished paper/article/chapter. Send us something you are working on and would like to receive feedback.

Dm for details or to apply!

Are you QT? Do you HoMo? Submit to our call!! 💜✊💜

Law & Marxism Spring School - call for abstracts (with cute communist cats)

📣 Comrades, this is a friendly reminder to send your abstracts for our Law & Marxism Spring School by 10/2! 😻 Now more than ever, we need spaces for young scholar-activists! Please help us by sharing this widely! 😸

Can't wait to meet some of my fave Marxists in May! Don't forget to send us your abstract 💖

Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the US Join us for the inaugural UK book launch of Eros and Empire (Stanford University Press). This event is open to all.

The London launch event for my book 'Eros and Empire' will be happening in Whitechapel on Friday, March 14!

Please do come if you're around! You'll get to hear from
@aycacu.bsky.social, Abeera Khan, and Nivi Manchanda, sooooooo

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e...

Yay!! The @lawsocialchange.bsky.social Law & Marxism Spring School is happening again, and we can't wait!
Please help us share our call for abstracts 💖 Please reach out if you have any questions

Yes it’s here!!!

Historical Materialism Paris 2025 (26-28 Juin 2025) : Conjurer la catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe - Historical Materialism [scroll down for the English version] Le dernier « Congrès Marx International » a eu lieu à Paris en 2010. Depuis lors, dans l’espace francophone, aucune conférence internationale s’inscrivant explici...

Le congrès Historical Materialism Paris aura lieu du 26 au 28 juin sous le titre : "Conjurer la catastrophe". Voici l'appel à communications qui s'adresse à toutes celles et ceux - chercheurs·es ou militant·es - qui s'inscrivent dans le cadre du marxisme
www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/histor...

Watch this space, Kittens and Comrades!!! and Comrades who are Kittens.

We are getting ready for the best event of the year, comrades!
Follow @lawsocialchange.bsky.social so you won't miss the latest news, and help us spread the word 💖
@riverbaars.bsky.social

Trans Femme Futures x CLSC and QTHoMo 7/11/24 YouTube video by Centre for Law & Social Change

📢Qomrades!! 🎥 Recording of our fabulous Trans Femme Futures event with Nat Raha, Mijke van der Drift and @riverbaars.bsky.social is available now for your pleasure and inspiration 💖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WZu...