If you want to see what people outside the cozy German historian's bubble are doing and you don't want to expose yourself to the madness of 'X' - Linkedin is the place to go at the moment. The vibes are weird (Good Old Facebook meets Show-off-Business), but this is what you can get in 2025.
Image: Denzil Forrester, Jah Shaka, 1983, oil on canvas, 214 x 274 cm. Collection Shane Akeroyd, London © Denzil Forrester. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Mike Newman.
Rewriting the narrative: the case for diversity and inclusion
The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Soeben erschienen: Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit 2025. Diesmal geht es um Stadt oder Land – die neue Ost-West-Frage? Ein tolles Paket mit Beiträgen u.a. von Uta Bretschneider, Matthias Diermeier, Leistner, Christoph Lorke und vielen mehr: www.aufbau-verlage.de/ch-links-ver...
Happy to share my review of this timely book, just published in the AHR.
Esther Elizabeth Adaire. Neo-Nazi Postmodern: Right-Wing Terror Tactics, the Intellectual New Right, and the Destabilization of Memory in Germany since 1989 url: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Last week, I published a piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) critically assessing current attempts by political and scientific actors to counter the rise of right-wing parties in East Germany through new ‘lighthouse’ projects. Will this really help after years of neglect?
Gestern, Stadtbibliothek Gütersloh: Autor:innenlesung und Premiere des Bandes: 📗Gütersloh - Geschichte einer Stadt (1945-2025) 📗
Herausgegeben von @christophlorke.bsky.social
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“The long-term consequences of how unification was managed after 1990 is having an effect, and it's widely felt in eastern Germany until today."
Marcus Böick @marcboc83.bsky.social - assistant professor @camhistory.bsky.social - on the long-overlooked legacy of the early years of reunification ⬇️
November 2024: Is it time to give bluesky another go? ;o)
Wäre ja nett, sehe aber leider bei meinen englischen Kolleginnen keinerlei große Leidenschaft gegenüber Bluesky.
Vermute mal, dass wir wohl mit dem kommunikativen Schisma leben müssen.
Schon bizarr. Und natürlich sehr schade, wie das zur kommunikativen Renationalisierung führt.
Meine subjektivd Beobachtung: Indem signifikante Teile der deutschen Community X (aus ehrenwerten Gründen) verlassen haben, haben sie sich zugleich erheblich vom internationalen Austausch verabschiedet, der nach wie vor dort stattfindet.
First day of my Academic cruise trip - but what cozy coastal town is it?
I knew it: the Blue Sky is mainly occupied by Germans. ;o)
