Sascha R. Harnisch

I hope you'll provide plenty of photos during this year's season! 🌸

Jetzt mache ich mir gemütlich eine E-Mail zum Feierabend auf!

Excerpt of a Japanese painting in light colors with a beige background showing a hawk looking to the left. To its left is a sprig of pink flowers, and to its right the truck of a pine tree with pine needles surrounding it.

JPP is pleased to announce the launch of A World of Edo Art. This web portal, spearheaded Linda Hoaglund (director, Edo Avant Garde), brings together 200+ captivating Edo-period (1603–1868) artworks related to animals and nature from around the world. edoart.japanpastandpresent.org

Tagber: Figures, Types, and Images of the Social in the 19th and 20th Century

https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-160515

Erfurt, 20.11.2025-21.11.2025, Maxim Braun; Bernhard Kleeberg; Jasmin Köhler; Anja Laukötter; Adriana Markantonatos; John Norrman Figures, Types, and Images of …

A shrine and torii gates in the snow

Good morning

Tagber: Truth Politics between Science and Society

https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-160244

Erfurt, 08.07.2025-09.07.2025, Research Center “Politics of Truth/Political Epistemologies”; History of Science, University of Erfurt; Lumina Quaeruntur project “’Images of Science’ in …

The National Diet Library is exploring the possibility of extending its Digitized Transmission Service for Individuals (DCTI) to those residing outside of Japan. To understand potential demand, the NDL and CULCON have created a survey. Deadline for responses 3/31! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

A twilight view over Fuji

From moonlit snowcap to twilight hues and the rising sun – up in darkness to watch the dawn over Fuji-san

Piazzolla: María De Buenos Aires YouTube video by Brilliant Classics

My Christmas gift for everyone here in bluesky is, what a suprise, a musical one:
The only ever composed tango opera "María de Buenos Aires" (1968, Piazzolla/ Ferrer). A wonderful mix between Piazzolla's tango nuovo and a modern interpretation of music theatre traditions.

youtu.be/u4jpNBs6B3o?...

‘An exploration of issues relevant to anyone interested in the practice of history’ George Bodie Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths, University of London I’d go for three books which, in very different ways, have made huge contributions to the discipline. The first is Ned Richardson-Little’s The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State (Bloomsbury). At a time of increasingly fractious debate around the legacy of the GDR, Richardson-Little provides a concise and authoritative account of its history, rising above the culture wars that have engulfed the topic. If Richardson-Little’s book demonstrates the historian’s ability to intervene calmly in divisive debates, my next choice does quite the opposite.

The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State made the History Today Books of the Year 2025 list! www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

Obviously all thanks to the Swedish pop band IFA Wartburg!

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking forward to having you with us tonight!
For anyone interested in joining Matt's talk via WebEx, just send a quick email (sascha.harnisch@uni-erfurt.de) or DM to me, and I'll forward the link. We'll start at 12:15pm EST/ 3:45am ACDT (sorry Australia).

Sobald die KI jede zweite Antwort frei erfindet, wird sie zum ARD Sommerinterview eingeladen.

Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising Im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums Wissenschaftsgeschichte im Sommersemester 2025 spricht Alfred Moore (University of York) zum Thema "Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising".

📆 "Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising" ist ab 18 Uhr Thema des Vortrags von Alfred Moore. Die Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte lädt alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein: www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...

Looking forward to having you back at Erfurt!!

I'll be back at the @unierfurt.bsky.social on November 25 to speak about "Illiberal Fundamental Rights in Germany from the State Socialist Past to the Populist Right Wing Present" combining some of my older research on the GDR with recent work on the AfD and the far right.

"Aber wir wissen, wie ungeheuer anfällig Menschen sind für große Worte und wie anfällig leider auch vielleicht junge Menschen sein können, die (...) möglicherweise wiederum einem Rattenfänger auf den Leim gehen."

Generalstaatsanwalt Dr. Fritz Bauer 1964.

Sehenswert, weil hochaktuell.

An US far-right activist specializing in mobilizing harassment campaigns against professors with the wrong politics was murdered by a very online right wing nihilist and this has caused a panic among British newspaper columnists that they will be murdered by pink-haired leftists who hate free speech

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Did you know it’s #InternationalCatDay? 🐾 These furry friends appear all over Edo period prints, like this one of young women on the veranda of a tea house by Katsukawa Shunchō. Little buddy is clearly being spoiled! Held by the MET Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Ministerin Bär ist gerade auf gutem Weg, das Vertrauen der dt. Wissenschaft in ihr Ministerium zu verspielen, indem sie öffentliche Diffamierung einer Wissenschafterin verharmlost & dabei auch noch der Angegriffenen Schuld zuschiebt. Schutz der Wissenschaft wäre ihr Auftrag & sie tut das Gegenteil.🤯

He looks like he could offer some good conversations! 😅

#OTD in 1853 Commodore Perry arrived in Japan. Exploring the Library of Congress collections, you can discover a treasure trove of digital resources on this period, including this 19th century work. www.loc.gov/resource/asi...

Truth Politics between Science and Society. Political Epistemologies of the 1990s Science Wars Workshop der Forschungsstelle "Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische Epistemologien". Die Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit dem Historischen Seminar, Lumina Quaeruntur...

📆 Herzlich willkommen an alle Teilnehmer*innen des Workshops "Truth Politics between Science and Society. Political Epistemologies of the 1990s Science Wars". Wir wünschen zwei spannende Tage in Erfurt www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...

A Farewell to the Thucydides Trap: The ‘Anglo-German Antagonism’ as History and International Relations Paradigm* Abstract. Prefacing a series of articles in the Special Issue examining the imperial and colonial dimensions of Anglo-German relations prior to and during

My new article on Anglo-German relations prior to 1914 (the introduction to a special issue) has just come out online for the journal 'German History'. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

Soo excited! Congratulations!! 🎉

It’s the first day of summer! While it might mean more sunshine, it also means warm nights with the magic of fireflies. ✨🌖 This woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika from 1880 shows the fireflies at Ochanomizu. Held by the Chester Beatty: viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image...

Tagber: Russia’s Politics of Truth and its Quest for Alliance in the Global South

https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-155611

Erfurt, 23.10.2024-25.10.2024, Johanna Hügel / Antonia Purk / Bernhard Kleeberg, Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische …