Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
@astridme.bsky.social
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
I realize y'all's attention is torn in all sorts of directions, but the war's still on. In Ukraine. Find a way to support. Here or elsewhere. Thanks!
Please chip in for winter warmth for the students at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv Uni! gofund.me/eba202aac
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January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I realize y'all's attention is torn in all sorts of directions, but the war's still on. In Ukraine. Find a way to support. Here or elsewhere. Thanks!
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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whoa
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
whoa
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Take note of the protest _inside_ a TX detention center for the release of 5 yr.old Liam Conejo Ramos yesterday.
“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Take note of the protest _inside_ a TX detention center for the release of 5 yr.old Liam Conejo Ramos yesterday.
Worth listening to. “What ICE is doing, what the administration is pushing, is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country.”
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’?
The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Worth listening to. “What ICE is doing, what the administration is pushing, is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country.”
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Every now and then you need a good summary of how terrifying things have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Every now and then you need a good summary of how terrifying things have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Most Dangerous Gambit
His irrational obsession with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
CFP 📢 Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
CFP 📢 Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
very proud of an undergrad who published his paper from an entry-level course in the _Central Europe Yearbook_. It’s a review of Agnieszka Holland’s film “Green Border.” Go Rafi! pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ce...
Everything Old is New Again: Border Rituals and the Return of History in 'Green Border'
| Central Europe Yearbook
<p><em>Central Europe Yearbook</em> is an open-access journal promoting the study of Central Europe among undergraduate students.</p>
pubs.lib.umn.edu
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
very proud of an undergrad who published his paper from an entry-level course in the _Central Europe Yearbook_. It’s a review of Agnieszka Holland’s film “Green Border.” Go Rafi! pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ce...
on point.
January 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
on point.
If you want to keep up with news on Iran, I recommend following @yal-da.bsky.social
Maryam Rajavi: In the midst of a popular uprising in Iran, while a large number of young people have been killed or wounded and thousands arrested by the IRGC and other repressive forces of the regime, in the name of the Iranian people and their Resistance,
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
If you want to keep up with news on Iran, I recommend following @yal-da.bsky.social
This Bellingcat analysis is profoundly disturbing to watch. The phone should be subpoenaed. Oh wait, FBI does not want to cooperate with MN police...
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This Bellingcat analysis is profoundly disturbing to watch. The phone should be subpoenaed. Oh wait, FBI does not want to cooperate with MN police...
Hot times for historians of Greenland.
So, essentially, they reminded the Trump admin on this declaration from 1916 ⬇️
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hot times for historians of Greenland.
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
Just launched: @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social's new blog featuring the projects of recipients of its annual research & travel grants. Check it out: tinyurl.com/2afay4ct . PS: Applications for the 2026 grants are still being accepted until January 15 (tinyurl.com/695jr4cm). Apply now!
Research & travel grant blog – Central European History Society
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January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Just launched: @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social's new blog featuring the projects of recipients of its annual research & travel grants. Check it out: tinyurl.com/2afay4ct . PS: Applications for the 2026 grants are still being accepted until January 15 (tinyurl.com/695jr4cm). Apply now!
For the (historical) record
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 PM
For the (historical) record
Jahresrückblickstool
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Jahresrückblickstool
We will soon be conferencing alone. This is not just an issue for the tourism industry but also for academic associations. Another blow to scientific internationalism. @historians.org @thegsa.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We will soon be conferencing alone. This is not just an issue for the tourism industry but also for academic associations. Another blow to scientific internationalism. @historians.org @thegsa.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
PhD and recent postdocs in Central European History, CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications until December 1, 2025 for its Emerging Scholar Program. This year's program will support panels for the 2027 AHA Meeting in New Orleans. Details at: tinyurl.com/4y6n4rhz
Emerging Scholar Program – Central European History Society
tinyurl.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
PhD and recent postdocs in Central European History, CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications until December 1, 2025 for its Emerging Scholar Program. This year's program will support panels for the 2027 AHA Meeting in New Orleans. Details at: tinyurl.com/4y6n4rhz
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...
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
junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
Suspended in midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Suspended in midair
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
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.
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...