Anna Hofman
@annahofman.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Germanistik @ Universität Hamburg | Leo Baeck Fellow 2025–2026
Research focus between Comparative Literature & Jewish Studies | Jewish 3G poetry, poetry film, space, mobility, cultural memory, visual culture, multilingualism and translation
Research focus between Comparative Literature & Jewish Studies | Jewish 3G poetry, poetry film, space, mobility, cultural memory, visual culture, multilingualism and translation
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Anna Hofman
@annahofman.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Wir freuen uns, dass die PoetryDA-Doktorandin Anna Hofman das Leo Baeck Fellowship erhalten hat! Es ermöglicht ihr die Vertiefung ihrer Forschung zur Visualisierung von Räumen, raumzeitlichen Bewegungen und Selbst-Positionierung der jüdischen dritten Generation in Gedichten und Poesiefilmen.
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Officially announcing that I was awarded the Leo Baeck Fellowship for 2025-2026, starting next month!
I am so excited to be part of the programme run by the #Studienstiftung in cooperation with @lbilondon.bsky.social and @dubnow.bsky.social, which allows me to continue working on my dissertation!
I am so excited to be part of the programme run by the #Studienstiftung in cooperation with @lbilondon.bsky.social and @dubnow.bsky.social, which allows me to continue working on my dissertation!
Started the day with giving a seminar on the topic of Script & Digital Poetry — and discussing all things aesthetics, materiality, kinetic and static script as well as motifs of digital/analog memory writing processes in poetry film — a pleasure!
Thank you to Dr. Esther Kilchmann for inviting me!
Thank you to Dr. Esther Kilchmann for inviting me!
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Started the day with giving a seminar on the topic of Script & Digital Poetry — and discussing all things aesthetics, materiality, kinetic and static script as well as motifs of digital/analog memory writing processes in poetry film — a pleasure!
Thank you to Dr. Esther Kilchmann for inviting me!
Thank you to Dr. Esther Kilchmann for inviting me!
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Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
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New research by Dr @andypearce.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Hale and Dr Eleni Karayianni @uclholocaust.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social, published on #UNHumanRightsDay, finds almost 60% of pupils accidentally stumble on unverified Holocaust content on social media.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
Almost 60% of pupils accidentally stumble on unverified Holocaust content on social media
Experts at UCL have raised concerns about online misinformation after new research found that over half of pupils have unintentionally encountered Holocaust-related content on social media.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New research by Dr @andypearce.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Hale and Dr Eleni Karayianni @uclholocaust.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social, published on #UNHumanRightsDay, finds almost 60% of pupils accidentally stumble on unverified Holocaust content on social media.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
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Call for Poetry Films: The next Vienna Poetry Film Festival, which will take place April 7-10, 2026, at Künstlerhaus Vienna, is looking for your poetry films!
Deadline: December 15, 2025 #poetryfilm
Deadline: December 15, 2025 #poetryfilm
Call for entries Art Visuals & Poetry Film Festival 2026
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Call for Poetry Films: The next Vienna Poetry Film Festival, which will take place April 7-10, 2026, at Künstlerhaus Vienna, is looking for your poetry films!
Deadline: December 15, 2025 #poetryfilm
Deadline: December 15, 2025 #poetryfilm
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"Music and Literary Imagination: The Creative Impulse of Sonic Vibrations in Dub Poetry" by our Postdoctoral Researcher Rachel Bolle-Debessay has just been published in 'Poetry, Music, and Sound Art / Lyrik, Musik und Klangkunst' @poetryda.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Music and Literary Imagination: The Creative Impulse of Sonic Vibrations in Dub Poetry
Music and Literary Imagination: The Creative Impulse of Sonic Vibrations in Dub Poetry was published in Poetry, Music, and Sound Art / Lyrik, Musik und Klangkunst on page 57.
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Music and Literary Imagination: The Creative Impulse of Sonic Vibrations in Dub Poetry" by our Postdoctoral Researcher Rachel Bolle-Debessay has just been published in 'Poetry, Music, and Sound Art / Lyrik, Musik und Klangkunst' @poetryda.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Was bedeutet Familie für Euch? Für Musiker Mike Diamond von den #BeastieBoys ist Familie vor allem eines: ein Ort, wo kreative Gemeinschaft entsteht. Aus diesem Gedanken entsteht unsere nächste Ausstellung „MISHPOCHA: The Art of Collaboration“. Ab 17. April 2026 im Jüdischen Museum! Mehr dazu:
MISHPOCHA
Ab 17. April 2026: Ausstellung, Musik und Happenings im und rund um das Jüdische Museum Frankfurt im Rahmen von World Design Capital 2026.
www.juedischesmuseum.de
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Was bedeutet Familie für Euch? Für Musiker Mike Diamond von den #BeastieBoys ist Familie vor allem eines: ein Ort, wo kreative Gemeinschaft entsteht. Aus diesem Gedanken entsteht unsere nächste Ausstellung „MISHPOCHA: The Art of Collaboration“. Ab 17. April 2026 im Jüdischen Museum! Mehr dazu:
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Eine knappe halbe Stunde edler Bibliothekskitsch, inklusive knutschendem Liebespaar, singender Bibliothekarin und Engeln. Letztere wohnen nämlich zwischen den Bücherregalen.
P.S.: Meine Kollegin und ich singen übrigens auch manchmal.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
#ausdemlebeneinesbibliothekars
P.S.: Meine Kollegin und ich singen übrigens auch manchmal.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
#ausdemlebeneinesbibliothekars
Blow up - Bibliotheken im Film - Film in voller Länge | ARTE
Für ein glückliches Leben braucht man laut Sprichwort einen Garten und eine Bibliothek. Wie wäre es in Blow up also mit einem Beitrag über Bibliotheken im Film?
www.arte.tv
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Eine knappe halbe Stunde edler Bibliothekskitsch, inklusive knutschendem Liebespaar, singender Bibliothekarin und Engeln. Letztere wohnen nämlich zwischen den Bücherregalen.
P.S.: Meine Kollegin und ich singen übrigens auch manchmal.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
#ausdemlebeneinesbibliothekars
P.S.: Meine Kollegin und ich singen übrigens auch manchmal.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
#ausdemlebeneinesbibliothekars
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Am 9. Dezember 2025 findet ab 18 Uhr unser öffentliches Abschlussevent statt, zu dem wir Sie und euch herzlich einladen möchten! Die Teilnahme ist entweder live vor Ort (Von-Melle-Park 6, Raum A7005) oder auch per Zoom möglich, da das Event hybrid angeboten wird. [1/3]
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Am 9. Dezember 2025 findet ab 18 Uhr unser öffentliches Abschlussevent statt, zu dem wir Sie und euch herzlich einladen möchten! Die Teilnahme ist entweder live vor Ort (Von-Melle-Park 6, Raum A7005) oder auch per Zoom möglich, da das Event hybrid angeboten wird. [1/3]
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gemeinsam mit my dearest colleague @annahofman.bsky.social habe ich u.a. den Beitrag zu "Audiovisual Poetry" beigetragen. Wir denken über die heterogenen Ausprägungen audiovis. Poesie nach & besprechen (kurz) Beispiele von Franziska Ostermann, dem Luxus Filmkollektiv & dem Spoken-Word-Artist @jlx.p.
Schaut mal, was hier in den Cyberspace geploppt ist. Im Open Access verfügbar und mit vielen tollen Beiträgen von geschätztesten Kolleg*innen der internationalen Lyrikforschung!
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
gemeinsam mit my dearest colleague @annahofman.bsky.social habe ich u.a. den Beitrag zu "Audiovisual Poetry" beigetragen. Wir denken über die heterogenen Ausprägungen audiovis. Poesie nach & besprechen (kurz) Beispiele von Franziska Ostermann, dem Luxus Filmkollektiv & dem Spoken-Word-Artist @jlx.p.
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Do you think colleges making lists of Jews on a campus, at DJT's request, is a scary idea?
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Do you think colleges making lists of Jews on a campus, at DJT's request, is a scary idea?
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
When one's research interests find a home in a handbook one cannot help but shamelessly plug and provide some links!
"Cultural Memory Studies"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Audiovisual Poetry" (co-written with Antje Schmidt)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Cultural Memory Studies"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Audiovisual Poetry" (co-written with Antje Schmidt)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
I’m also very happy to have contributed one chapter on "Cultural Memory Studies" – with a focus on transcultural poetry – and another on "Audiovisual Poetry", the latter which I had the pleasure to co-write with @antjeschmidt.bsky.social – joining the many other insightful pieces in the Handbook!
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November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When one's research interests find a home in a handbook one cannot help but shamelessly plug and provide some links!
"Cultural Memory Studies"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Audiovisual Poetry" (co-written with Antje Schmidt)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Cultural Memory Studies"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
"Audiovisual Poetry" (co-written with Antje Schmidt)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
I'm thrilled to share that "Poetry in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Handbook" is out!
It brings together a range of perspectives on poetry parameters, formats, practices, debates & more – and is available in open access via the link below:
@poetryda.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
It brings together a range of perspectives on poetry parameters, formats, practices, debates & more – and is available in open access via the link below:
@poetryda.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Poetry in the Digital Age
As a multifaceted and intermedial phenomenon, poetry in the digital age not only demands a rethinking and expansion of the traditional paradigms of literary studies but also attracts increasing attent...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I'm thrilled to share that "Poetry in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Handbook" is out!
It brings together a range of perspectives on poetry parameters, formats, practices, debates & more – and is available in open access via the link below:
@poetryda.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
It brings together a range of perspectives on poetry parameters, formats, practices, debates & more – and is available in open access via the link below:
@poetryda.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Viele haben gestern einmal mehr versucht ein Datum; ein Ereignis für ihre aktuellen und ideologischen Zwecke zu missbrauchen. Diese Versuche erfolgten von allen Seiten aus und teilweise sogar „innerhalb“ gegeneinander.
Vielen Dank all jenen, die darauf verzichtetet haben!
Vielen Dank all jenen, die darauf verzichtetet haben!
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Viele haben gestern einmal mehr versucht ein Datum; ein Ereignis für ihre aktuellen und ideologischen Zwecke zu missbrauchen. Diese Versuche erfolgten von allen Seiten aus und teilweise sogar „innerhalb“ gegeneinander.
Vielen Dank all jenen, die darauf verzichtetet haben!
Vielen Dank all jenen, die darauf verzichtetet haben!
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The full collection of past issues has now been digitised and is available to view via our online archive.
Explore the full collection now: buff.ly/x37otvM
Explore the full collection now: buff.ly/x37otvM
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November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The full collection of past issues has now been digitised and is available to view via our online archive.
Explore the full collection now: buff.ly/x37otvM
Explore the full collection now: buff.ly/x37otvM
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With the first issue of The Wiener Library Bulletin, published in 1946, The Wiener Library launched itself as a research institute open to the wider public. The bulletin covered topics from war crime trials to the resurgence of extreme groups, and the development of Holocaust historiography...
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
With the first issue of The Wiener Library Bulletin, published in 1946, The Wiener Library launched itself as a research institute open to the wider public. The bulletin covered topics from war crime trials to the resurgence of extreme groups, and the development of Holocaust historiography...
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Am 9.12.25 stellen wir ab 18 Uhr das von Claudia Benthien, Vadim Keylin und Henrik Wehmeier herausg. Buch „Poetry in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Handbook” vor. Die öffentl. Veranstaltung ist zudem das Abschlussevent unseres Projekts und es werden zentrale Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt.
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Am 9.12.25 stellen wir ab 18 Uhr das von Claudia Benthien, Vadim Keylin und Henrik Wehmeier herausg. Buch „Poetry in the Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Handbook” vor. Die öffentl. Veranstaltung ist zudem das Abschlussevent unseres Projekts und es werden zentrale Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt.
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Das Handbuch Comicforschung, an dem wir lange gearbeitet haben, erscheint im Dezember!
4 Herausgebende, 37 Beiträge, 600 Seiten, ein halbes Kilo Buch mit einem fantastischen Cover von Alice Sokal.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
4 Herausgebende, 37 Beiträge, 600 Seiten, ein halbes Kilo Buch mit einem fantastischen Cover von Alice Sokal.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Das Handbuch Comicforschung, an dem wir lange gearbeitet haben, erscheint im Dezember!
4 Herausgebende, 37 Beiträge, 600 Seiten, ein halbes Kilo Buch mit einem fantastischen Cover von Alice Sokal.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
4 Herausgebende, 37 Beiträge, 600 Seiten, ein halbes Kilo Buch mit einem fantastischen Cover von Alice Sokal.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🦚
In 2023, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies joined forces with In geveb to provide a series of grants to scholars and artists to work with Yiddish materials in the archive’s collection.
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
In 2023, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies joined forces with In geveb to provide a series of grants to scholars and artists to work with Yiddish materials in the archive’s collection.
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🦚
In 2023, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies joined forces with In geveb to provide a series of grants to scholars and artists to work with Yiddish materials in the archive’s collection.
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
In 2023, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies joined forces with In geveb to provide a series of grants to scholars and artists to work with Yiddish materials in the archive’s collection.
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
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Är så glad och stolt över att jag och @jonathanleman.bsky.social fick pris för Årets granskning igår på Tidskriftsgalan på Berns för vårt avslöjande ”I ministerns närhet”. Att @stiftelsenexpo.bsky.social dessutom fick Stora Tidskriftspriset värmde enormt. Tack juryn och @svtidskrifter.bsky.social !
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Är så glad och stolt över att jag och @jonathanleman.bsky.social fick pris för Årets granskning igår på Tidskriftsgalan på Berns för vårt avslöjande ”I ministerns närhet”. Att @stiftelsenexpo.bsky.social dessutom fick Stora Tidskriftspriset värmde enormt. Tack juryn och @svtidskrifter.bsky.social !
Question to fellow international researchers in these times of deadlines and applications:
how do you navigate being between/in several academic (cultural/linguistic) spheres? Especially when it comes to applying for positions/fellowships/research stays? Any advice, thoughts, similar questions?
how do you navigate being between/in several academic (cultural/linguistic) spheres? Especially when it comes to applying for positions/fellowships/research stays? Any advice, thoughts, similar questions?
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Question to fellow international researchers in these times of deadlines and applications:
how do you navigate being between/in several academic (cultural/linguistic) spheres? Especially when it comes to applying for positions/fellowships/research stays? Any advice, thoughts, similar questions?
how do you navigate being between/in several academic (cultural/linguistic) spheres? Especially when it comes to applying for positions/fellowships/research stays? Any advice, thoughts, similar questions?
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📍 This year we launched a new digital archive putting collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
Wiener Digital Collections: Newly digitised collections available to researchers for the first time - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This year we launched a groundbreaking new digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections, putting significant collections from our unique archive at the hands of researchers worldwide. For the past 8…
wienerholocaustlibrary.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📍 This year we launched a new digital archive putting collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
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I dag bråkar jag om AI, akademiskt skrivande och hantverksskicklighet. Framför allt gör jag ett försök att koppla samman AI-frågan här och nu med en sedan länge existerande andlig robotisering i universitetsvärlden, en robotisering som föregriper de stora språkmodellernas utbredning.
ANDREAS TRANVIK: Svenska forskare är redan som Chat GPT
Debatterna om AI-användningen i universitetsvärlden fortsätter. Andreas Tranvik tycker att vi måste stå upp för det akademiska skrivandet som ett kreativt hantverk.
www.expressen.se
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I dag bråkar jag om AI, akademiskt skrivande och hantverksskicklighet. Framför allt gör jag ett försök att koppla samman AI-frågan här och nu med en sedan länge existerande andlig robotisering i universitetsvärlden, en robotisering som föregriper de stora språkmodellernas utbredning.
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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“East End Jews presents a range of writers... Some might be known to students of British Jewish history, and others obscure even to them... Among the contributors are six women, who seem, if the collection is any indication, to have occupied a more prominent place in the field in its later years.”
Our first book review of the year is now LIVE!
Daniel Soyer reviews "East End Jews," a new anthology in translation from editors Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin and Wayne State University Press.
ingeveb.org/articles/eas...
Daniel Soyer reviews "East End Jews," a new anthology in translation from editors Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin and Wayne State University Press.
ingeveb.org/articles/eas...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“East End Jews presents a range of writers... Some might be known to students of British Jewish history, and others obscure even to them... Among the contributors are six women, who seem, if the collection is any indication, to have occupied a more prominent place in the field in its later years.”