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Tobias Boes
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German literature, world literature, exile studies. Fascism was more bearable when it seemed merely an academic interest.

Prof. at Notre Dame. "World Authorship" (2020), "Thomas Manns Krieg" (2021) "A Reader's Guide to Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus" (2025) .. more

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Feb 10
Aber ich nehme das Interesse dankbar zur Kenntnis und es wird sicherlich in näherer Zukunft noch andere Anlässe geben, zu denen wir dann mal einen Livestream aufziehen können. Empfehle in diesem Zusammenhang auch die regelmäßigen Streams des American-German Institute (wohl leider nicht auf BS)!

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Feb 10
Leider nein. Das Event richtet sich an Studierende, die gerade ihre erste Begegnung mit deutscher Politik machen und denen die Möglichkeit gegeben werden soll, Fragen zu stellen ohne sich für ihr Unwissen schämen zu müssen. Das verträgt sich leider nicht mit Livestream!

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Jan 31
Come work with us! 2-Year Visiting Teaching Professorship in German at Notre Dame.
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Jan 12
Kannst du das mal ein bisschen ausführen, in welchem Sinne du dich als "Amerikaner zweiter Klasse" verstehst? Erschließt sich mir nicht ganz. Natürlich kann eine Einbürgerung, wie du schon sagst, zurückgenommen werden, wenn sie auf falschen Umständen beruht. Aber der Status selbst ist doch gleich.

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Jan 12
Schoenberg Archive destroyed by Palisades Fire.
Belmont Music Publisher Destroyed in Pacific Palisades Fire - OperaWire
The Belmont Music Publisher has lost its full inventory during the fires in the Pacific Palisades.
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Jan 8
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 23
Gerade in D gelandet und bereit, die drei Fragen zu klären, die amerikanische Bluesky-Germanisten beschäftigen:

1) Was steht im neuen Buch von @johannesfranzen.bsky.social?
2) Wird ttt jetzt mit dem Cin Cin-Song von Tutti Frutti anmoderiert?
3) Hat Gottschalk recht mit der Dubai-Schokolade?

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University of Notre Dame Press @undpress.bsky.social · Dec 20
“Beautiful Ugliness” Named Finalist for AAR Religion and the Arts Book Award undpress.nd.edu/blog...

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 17
I had the privilege of serving on the jury for the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize in Germanic Studies this year. Congrats to prize winners @norsical.bsky.social (for "Viking Mediologies") and Sean Franzel (for "Writing Time") as well as to all the other applicants for their outstanding books!
Associate Professor Kate Heslop Receives Prestigious MLA Award for "Viking Mediologies" | Department of Scandinavian
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Dec 16
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 12
I realize that this is just a minor eddy within the larger tidal wave headed our way, but as somebody who listened to VOA every night as a kid, it especially hurts.
mattgertz.bsky.social Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · Dec 12
Donald Trump's pick to lead the federal government's international news agency is an unhinged conspiracy theorist who lashes out at the press, hobnobs with far-right and antisemitic extremist outlets, and has criticized Fox News as “a globalist network.”

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Kari Lake, Trump’s VOA pick, hates the “fake news” — and called Fox a “globalist network”
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · Dec 12
Donald Trump's pick to lead the federal government's international news agency is an unhinged conspiracy theorist who lashes out at the press, hobnobs with far-right and antisemitic extremist outlets, and has criticized Fox News as “a globalist network.”

www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/kar...
Kari Lake, Trump’s VOA pick, hates the “fake news” — and called Fox a “globalist network”
www.mediamatters.org

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 12
Glad we got that cleared up.

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 9
One month after the election, the Grey Lady discovers what every college instructor who has spent even five minutes talking to students about the election has already figured out.
How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump
For some young men in particular, the populist pitches from Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump aligned with their attitudes about the ruling class.
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 8
I must have been a good child, because St. Nicholas hit it out of the park with the gifts this year! @luisaweiss.bsky.social

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 7
I'm not sure we'll really deprogram young followers of Tate and Rogan by giving them better novels, but there's a larger point to be made about how even 20 years ago, literary and public discourse were intertwined in a way they clearly no longer are.
Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone (Gift Article)
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 7
Jemand sollte Scholz vielleicht einen Kalender kaufen.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 7
Ukraine war briefing: Scholz confident of developing ‘joint strategy’ on Ukraine with Trump
Ukraine war briefing: Scholz confident of developing ‘joint strategy’ on Ukraine with Trump
German chancellor wants Ukraine’s sovereignty guarantees but rules out providing Kyiv with long-range Taurus missiles. What we know on day 1,018 The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is confident he and the US president-elect, Donald Trump, will be able to…
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 6
I just wrapped up the second-to-last class of my seminar on "Visions of European Integration from the Enlightenment to the Present," where students had many questions about the Barnier situation. And look what tumbles into my news feed! Joining Bluesky is already paying dividends.
gcapoccia.bsky.social Giovanni Capoccia @gcapoccia.bsky.social · Dec 6
I wrote a piece on the political crisis in France for
Good Authority
The only possible government with a parliamentary majority is based on a collaboration b/tw Socialists, centrists, and gaullists, plus small parties. Even so, stability remains elusive.
goodauthority.org/news/france-...
Macron now must pick a new prime minister for France.
French PM Michel Barnier resigned after a vote of no confidence in France's legislature. Here's what happens next.
goodauthority.org

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Giovanni Capoccia @gcapoccia.bsky.social · Dec 6
I wrote a piece on the political crisis in France for
Good Authority
The only possible government with a parliamentary majority is based on a collaboration b/tw Socialists, centrists, and gaullists, plus small parties. Even so, stability remains elusive.
goodauthority.org/news/france-...
Macron now must pick a new prime minister for France.
French PM Michel Barnier resigned after a vote of no confidence in France's legislature. Here's what happens next.
goodauthority.org

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 5
Very excited about tomorrow's talk by NYU's Anne Lounsbery about the state of Slavic Studies after ten years of Russia's war on Ukraine!

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Dec 5
Gibt ja auch einige komische Vögel hier in Notre Dame, aber @bachmannrudi.bsky.social: Ehrenmann.
peterjelinek.bsky.social Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Dec 5
Die Zerstörung der FDP in 3 Minuten.

Habs für euch hier aufgeteilt.

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Dec 5
Die Zerstörung der FDP in 3 Minuten.

Habs für euch hier aufgeteilt.

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Nov 30
Today I discovered that the "Schubert" concert my daughter has been rehearsing for all semester is actually a "Shoe Bird" concert... 🤣
Eudora Welty's The Shoe Bird South Bend Symphony Orchestra | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Join us for a heartwarming conclusion to your Thanksgiving weekend with the annual Shein Trust Family Concert, Eudora Welty’s The Shoe Bird.
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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Nov 28
Happy Thanksgiving!!!

That's it. That's the (ugh) skeet.

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Tobias Boes @tobiasboes.bsky.social · Nov 27
Honestly overwhelmed by the thought of starting yet another social media presence, so why not start with first principles?

"The very best thing is beyond your reach: never to have been born, to be nothing. The second best thing is to die soon."