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Sarah Colvin
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Professor / literature / social justice / prisons / Germany / and things. Representing myself not my institution. Mostly reading & reposting here.

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Sarah Jean Colvin is a British scholar of German, literary theory, and gender studies. Since 2014, she has been Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. She previously held the Eudo C. Mason Chair of German at the University of Edinburgh (2004–2010), and was Professor in Study of Contemporary Germany at the University of Birmingham (2010–2012), then Professor of German at the University of Warwick (2013–2014). .. more

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Art 18%
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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · 1d
A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org

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standseilbahn @standseilbahn.bsky.social · 4d
Wie toll, dass es gestreamt wurde und wie gut, dir beim ersten Brief zuzuhören, wie sich so viele verschiedene Ereignisse, Debatten und persönliche Geschichten (❤️‍🩹) miteinander verbinden zu neuen Worten und zur Hoffnung! Ich bin sehr gespannt auf nächste Woche!

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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 18d
Ich empfehle all denen in der Union, die gerade hoffen, die AfD würde bisschen mehr Kreide fressen, damit sie endlich mit ihnen zusammenarbeiten können, mal ein paar Tage in Höckes Telegram-Kanal mitzulesen.
Aktuell werden dort Journalist*innen mit Nazisprache beleidigt und namentlich markiert.

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 18d
Daaaaaanke lieber Michael Krämer!! 🎉
#HappyBirthdayISD

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 26d
Außerdem gab es bereits einen Streik am 14.02 dieses Jahres. Organisiert u.a. vom Schwarzen queerfeministischen Verein ADEFRA #IhrHabtAngefangen #EinTagOhneUns
Leider fand es in den Medien kaum Aufmerksamkeit

Weitere Infos im Artikel von @bababoutilabo.bsky.social in @analysekritik.bsky.social ⬇️
Jenseits der Empörungszyklen - ak analyse & kritik
In einer Zeit multipler Krisen und des Erstarkens autoritärer, imperialistischer Projekte gab es im deutschen Wahlkampf eine parteiübergreifende Konstante – von der AfD bis zu den Grünen: Migration wu...
www.akweb.de

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 27d
Hmm ...
Ergebnis von KI-Suche "so, in etwa, ist es geschehen - sharon dodua otoo" Der Titel „so, in etwa, ist es geschehen“ ist kein eigenständiges Buch von Sharon Dodua Otoo, sondern eine Zusammenfassung oder ein Zitat, das ihre literarische Herangehensweise beschreibt, insbesondere in ihrem Debütroman Adas Raum. Er verweist auf ihre spezifische Erzähltechnik und ihren Blick auf Geschichtsschreibung. Zentrale Aspekte von Otoos Erzählweise Perspektivenwechsel in der Geschichte: Otoo kritisiert, dass Geschichtsschreibung oft aus einer dominanten, männlichen und kolonialen Perspektive erzählt wird, die ...

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Oct 7
Ok. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social , thank you, but how do we stop it happening? Seriously meant question

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · Oct 7
www.sfb1665.uni-luebeck.de/events/zwisc...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Oct 7
We need constantly to remind ourselves that there's nothing normal or inevitable about it. It would be a catastrophe from which we would not recover for many years, in which terrible things are done, to minorities, to vulnerable people, to the rest of the living planet. We cannot let it happen.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Oct 3
After nearly 1,500 years, the see of Canterbury has its first female archbishop.

Congratulations to Sarah Mullally! And good luck - she's going to need it!
Matt cartoon from the Telegraph: two bishops chatting, with the caption: "We have the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. I must ask God what She thinks of that". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/matt-cartoons-october-2025/

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Signal @signal.org · Oct 3
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org

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Sus Scrofa @susscrofa.bsky.social · Oct 2
There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil. (Hannah Arendt)

Bench in Ljubljana
There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil. (Hannah Arendt) Bench in Ljubljana

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Radio Dreyeckland @rdl-aktuell.bsky.social · Oct 1
Am 25.09. ist Assata Shakur im Exil auf Cuba gestorben. Sie war Schwarze Aktivistin, Antirassistin, Feministin. Die in den USA geborene Shakur war Mitglied der Black Panther Party, sowie der Black Liberation Army. Ein Nachruf... #Antirassismus #Feminismus rdl.de/beitrag/assa...
rdl.de

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Anna Hofman @annahofman.bsky.social · Sep 26
The full summer school summary is now also available to read in English:

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

@leoniesroka.bsky.social

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Anna Hofman @annahofman.bsky.social · Sep 24
The summary from the Summer School on "Schreibweisen der Gegenwart" which took place at @unigreifswald.bsky.social earlier this summer is available to read now!

Written by Leonie Sroka (Bern), Hannah Willcox (Greifswald) and me – German version here:
germanistik.uni-greifswald.de/institut/arb...
Bericht zur Sommerschule „Schreibweisen der Gegenwart. Zeitdarstellung und Zeitreflexion in der Gegenwartsliteratur”, 30.06. - 04.07.2025
Bericht zur Greifswalder Doktorand*innen-Sommerschule „Schreibweisen der Gegenwart. Zeitdarstellung und Zeitreflexion in der Gegenwartsliteratur”, vom 30.06. bis zum 04.07.2025 im Alfried Krupp Wissen...
germanistik.uni-greifswald.de

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Sep 20
Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.

We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Sep 19
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Sep 14
No surprise here. It’s grim but it’s no surprise. The political temperature has been at a dangerous level for a while now.

“Far-right AfD’s vote triples in elections in German bellwether state”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Far-right AfD’s vote triples in elections in German bellwether state
Party takes 16.5% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, behind governing CDU and Social Democrats
www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Sep 14
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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · Sep 14
"Rather than prioritise investment in staff, the beating heart of the university, management has spent an average of over £40m a year on capital expenditure and splashes out £1.5m a year on external consultants." (UCU branch chair Joseph Choonara)

#UKHE

www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
Three weeks of strikes announced for university staff
Entire degrees could be axed
www.leicestermercury.co.uk

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Sep 14
Wishing, threatening, or doing harm to people who are doling no harm to anyone except making them uncomfortable by their mere existence.

Attitudes like this are always with us, unfortunately. The difference today is that those holding them are being encouraged to express, even act on, these views.

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Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · Sep 13
So Berichterstattung ist halt nicht wirklich etwas anderes als hetze
Faz Ein Like für einen Mord Von Mina Marschall 13.09.2025, 08:21 Lesezeit: 5 Min. Ohne jegliche Skrupel: Amerikanische Linke schauen sich das Attentat auf Charlie Kirk im Internet an und machen darüber Witze.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 12
Michael Gove, "Reform voters are very close to, in their general views, with the British public"

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Sarah Colvin @sarahcolvin.bsky.social · Sep 10
Great, important piece by Mark Chadbourn.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 10
How do you stop the Worst People?
The Politics Of Cruelty
How do you solve a problem like Nigel…or Donald?
chadbourn.substack.com

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kottke.org @kottke.org · Sep 9
“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Sep 6
A major anti-abortion march taking place in London this weekend is being heavily influenced by US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), raising concerns about the import of anti-gender fundamentalism to the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/gdxk
London anti-abortion march fuelled by US ‘hate group’ | Good Law Project
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
goodlaw.social

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Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · Sep 6
Müllermilch is very big in UK and other countries, so we translated our piece about Theo Müllers extravagant birthday party and his right wing friends with the help of our trusted translator Charles:

www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Müllermilch Boss with Fringe Friends: A German Dairy Billionaire's Links to the Far Right
The dairy billionaire Theo Müller is friends with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany. She and other fringe figures were invited to his extravagant bi...
www.spiegel.de

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Sandra 🌻 @bergluftliebe.bsky.social · Sep 2
Das internationale Handzeichen für häusliche Gewalt ist einfach auszuführen:

Die Handfläche offen mit ausgestreckten Fingern zeigen. Den Daumen in die Mitte der Handfläche legen. Die übrigen Finger über den Daumen schließen und eine Faust bilden. Dies kann auch hinter dem Rücken gezeigt werden.
Bildbeschreibung wie das Handzeichen bei hāuslicher Gewalt gemacht wird: Das Bild ist in zwei Teile aufgeteilt: Auf der linken Seites als erstes: Die Hand wird hoch und senkrecht gehalten, so dass das Gegenüber die Handfläche sehen kann. Der Daumen ist eingeknickt und liegt in der Handinnenfläche. Auf der rechten Seite als zweites: Die restlichen Finger der Hand liegen nun über den Daumen und schliessen diesen ein. Es entsteht eine Faust.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 30
Badenoch is joining Trump’s War on Humanity.
Kemi Badenoch: No more net zero – extract every drop of North Sea oil
Pledge to abolish green restrictions on fossil fuel industry is Tory leader’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ moment
www.telegraph.co.uk