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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
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Historian of modern Germany, Europe, and the environment | author of West Germany and the Iron Curtain (OUP, 2019) + Zonenrandgebiet (Ch. Links, 2022) | Atlanta, Moabit | I wish I were in Greifswald
junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!

www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Suspended in midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
On this All-Saints’ Day, I remember the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) to which I have no particular relation. It’s just that this subspecies of the Iberian wild goats went extinct. The last of this subspecies – the endling – was called Celia.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It breaks my heart that the annual fall migration of cranes (grus grus) in Germany turns into a mass extinction due to the bird flu outbreak. The pictures in this news clip (in German) are nauseating.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Loeffler-Institut: Vogelgrippe erreicht bislang nicht gekanntes Ausmaß | MDR.DE
Der starke Ausbruch der Vogelgrippe, auch Geflügelpest genannt, beschäftigt Virologen und Tierhalter. Letztere fordern von den Ländern jetzt flächendeckend eine Stallpflicht.
www.mdr.de
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Central Europeanists, Mikkel is here!
@mikkeldack.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If Harvard sneezes....
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
beyond words.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interesting teaching day so far. An "incident".
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Eigentlich muss ich Unterricht vorbereiten, aber für die Laudatio von Katja Petrowskaja und die Dankesrede von Karl Schlögel muss unbedingt Zeit sein. Hier der Mitschnitt.
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Friedenspreis 2025 für den Osteuropa-Historiker Karl Schlögel
Erleben Sie die Festrede von Karl Schlögel in der Paulskirche – ein Appell für Erinnerung, Verantwortung und europäische Solidarität.
www.zdf.de
October 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
High praise by @marcusrediker.bsky.social for a book on the ship that I thought was called "The Zong". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b... (gift article)
A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Job at Univ. Jena (Germany) in Global Environmental History (due Dec. 11 // work start Fall 2027) - German language skills required for teaching #EnvHist #EnvHum www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/VAADIN/dynam...
www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In case anyone needs it today.
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Your weekly summary.
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
She tried to teach us humans something important. #JaneGoodall www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
PSA
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Very cool
September 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
For ATL peeps (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
It Was Supposed to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods. Did It Gentrify Them Instead?
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The anatomical theater (1660s) at the Gustavianum at University of Uppsala #ESEH2025 @eseh.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Uppsala #ESEH2025 conference hare hops to the next session @eseh.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Spectacular meeting space this morning #ESEH
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
First impressions of Uppsala are very favorable -- gorgeous weather surely plays a role! @eseh.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM