Jeremy Best
@besthistories.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany. Colonialism. Religion. Games. Holocaust educator. Determined to save history. He/him/his. All views my own.
First ever! Lets goooooo!
September 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
First ever! Lets goooooo!
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✨ We're kicking off #theGSA2025 with our 11th annual Arts Night!
🗓 Thurs, Sept 25 | 6:30–10:10pm
📍 Grand Salon B + National Landing 1–4
🎲 Game Night (7–9)
🎬 Screenings (DEFA + BDSN)
📚 Reading: Novelist Franz Friedrich
Free + open to the public. Full details in the GSA 2025 App!
🗓 Thurs, Sept 25 | 6:30–10:10pm
📍 Grand Salon B + National Landing 1–4
🎲 Game Night (7–9)
🎬 Screenings (DEFA + BDSN)
📚 Reading: Novelist Franz Friedrich
Free + open to the public. Full details in the GSA 2025 App!
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
✨ We're kicking off #theGSA2025 with our 11th annual Arts Night!
🗓 Thurs, Sept 25 | 6:30–10:10pm
📍 Grand Salon B + National Landing 1–4
🎲 Game Night (7–9)
🎬 Screenings (DEFA + BDSN)
📚 Reading: Novelist Franz Friedrich
Free + open to the public. Full details in the GSA 2025 App!
🗓 Thurs, Sept 25 | 6:30–10:10pm
📍 Grand Salon B + National Landing 1–4
🎲 Game Night (7–9)
🎬 Screenings (DEFA + BDSN)
📚 Reading: Novelist Franz Friedrich
Free + open to the public. Full details in the GSA 2025 App!
Me: I'm at risk of burnout because I can't keep up with everything, including the reading.
Random Higher Ed Industry Person: I can help! Here's my 250-page book about how to avoid burnout!
Random Higher Ed Industry Person: I can help! Here's my 250-page book about how to avoid burnout!
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Me: I'm at risk of burnout because I can't keep up with everything, including the reading.
Random Higher Ed Industry Person: I can help! Here's my 250-page book about how to avoid burnout!
Random Higher Ed Industry Person: I can help! Here's my 250-page book about how to avoid burnout!
What we are seeing here is one country that has tried to learn the lessons of the Weimar Republic. “Militant democracy” means acting to defend the democratic constitution.
I can recommend a brief reading list to the Secretary of State, if he’d like.
I can recommend a brief reading list to the Secretary of State, if he’d like.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What we are seeing here is one country that has tried to learn the lessons of the Weimar Republic. “Militant democracy” means acting to defend the democratic constitution.
I can recommend a brief reading list to the Secretary of State, if he’d like.
I can recommend a brief reading list to the Secretary of State, if he’d like.
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Me and my boy @besthistories.bsky.social at the Capitol Jewish Museum in DC.
April 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Me and my boy @besthistories.bsky.social at the Capitol Jewish Museum in DC.
Heading with my man @historybrian.bsky.social to DC with our great students in HIST 4690x: History of Racial Violence!
@iowastatehistory.bsky.social
@iowastatehistory.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Heading with my man @historybrian.bsky.social to DC with our great students in HIST 4690x: History of Racial Violence!
@iowastatehistory.bsky.social
@iowastatehistory.bsky.social
I am going to be Director of Undergraduate Studies for my department next year. Any fresh ideas on what that job might include?
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I am going to be Director of Undergraduate Studies for my department next year. Any fresh ideas on what that job might include?
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Pitches to Disney:
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
November 30, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Pitches to Disney:
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
Pitches to Disney:
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
November 30, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Pitches to Disney:
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
Muppet Pride and Prejudice
Muppet Sorrows of Young Werther
Muppet Frankenstein, or The Modern Muppet Prometheus
Muppet Les Miserables
I don’t know if anyone else is having this experience, but lots of people seem to want to talk to a German historian as a sort of therapy right now.
November 12, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I don’t know if anyone else is having this experience, but lots of people seem to want to talk to a German historian as a sort of therapy right now.
I'll be part of a panel on the postcolonial history and responsibilities of missionaries at this important event hosted by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung. If you're in Berlin in May, I'm just one part of a great program.
calendar.boell.de/en/event/din...
calendar.boell.de/en/event/din...
April 21, 2024 at 11:09 AM
I'll be part of a panel on the postcolonial history and responsibilities of missionaries at this important event hosted by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung. If you're in Berlin in May, I'm just one part of a great program.
calendar.boell.de/en/event/din...
calendar.boell.de/en/event/din...
Based on the auto-formatting competencies of Word, I have little fear that AI will take over our world.
Capture our world in a frustrating, recursive cycle of modifications, corrections, "corrections", and resignation; yes.
Capture our world in a frustrating, recursive cycle of modifications, corrections, "corrections", and resignation; yes.
March 27, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Based on the auto-formatting competencies of Word, I have little fear that AI will take over our world.
Capture our world in a frustrating, recursive cycle of modifications, corrections, "corrections", and resignation; yes.
Capture our world in a frustrating, recursive cycle of modifications, corrections, "corrections", and resignation; yes.
Germany bound. Research leaving.
March 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Germany bound. Research leaving.
Iowa State's College of Design is hiring a game design professor. Please share widely and consider applying if it looks right for you!
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
February 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Iowa State's College of Design is hiring a game design professor. Please share widely and consider applying if it looks right for you!
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
Maybe this Ackman guy has a good point…
February 12, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Maybe this Ackman guy has a good point…
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PLEASE REPOST IF YOU ARE A HISTORY ACCOUNT ❤️
I NEED TO FIND MY PEOPLE 📚
I NEED TO FIND MY PEOPLE 📚
February 6, 2024 at 4:41 PM
PLEASE REPOST IF YOU ARE A HISTORY ACCOUNT ❤️
I NEED TO FIND MY PEOPLE 📚
I NEED TO FIND MY PEOPLE 📚
New book, “Dice and Vice”?
(from Origins 1978 Program)
(from Origins 1978 Program)
January 11, 2024 at 3:43 PM
New book, “Dice and Vice”?
(from Origins 1978 Program)
(from Origins 1978 Program)
Heading to the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester for a few weeks of research. Probably will include a day (or so) in Buffalo. Any recommendations from folks on things to do, foods to eat, etc.?
January 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Heading to the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester for a few weeks of research. Probably will include a day (or so) in Buffalo. Any recommendations from folks on things to do, foods to eat, etc.?
Just getting set up here. Glad to meet everyone. Follow me for occasional thoughts on history and higher education. Sometimes politics.
January 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Just getting set up here. Glad to meet everyone. Follow me for occasional thoughts on history and higher education. Sometimes politics.