Florian Fuchs
@fuchsflrn.bsky.social
literature, media, phil at Princeton German / projects: socionarratology . theory films . pre-Grimm folklore . early modern personal devices / books: “Civic Storytelling“ . “Hans Blumenberg Reader” . “Affordances of Short Forms” / fuchsflorian.com
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Florian Fuchs
@fuchsflrn.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Finishing this book got me through the pandemic & made a dream come true!
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
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Ein Reim auf e w i g
Die Büsche, die Büsche, die Brombeerranken,
die Wildrosensträucher und runden Schlehen
haben das Sehen zerrissen auf ewig
in Büsche, Brombeeren, Rosen und Schlehen
29.8.95
Elke Erb (18.02.1938 - 22.01.2024)
Die Büsche, die Büsche, die Brombeerranken,
die Wildrosensträucher und runden Schlehen
haben das Sehen zerrissen auf ewig
in Büsche, Brombeeren, Rosen und Schlehen
29.8.95
Elke Erb (18.02.1938 - 22.01.2024)
February 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Ein Reim auf e w i g
Die Büsche, die Büsche, die Brombeerranken,
die Wildrosensträucher und runden Schlehen
haben das Sehen zerrissen auf ewig
in Büsche, Brombeeren, Rosen und Schlehen
29.8.95
Elke Erb (18.02.1938 - 22.01.2024)
Die Büsche, die Büsche, die Brombeerranken,
die Wildrosensträucher und runden Schlehen
haben das Sehen zerrissen auf ewig
in Büsche, Brombeeren, Rosen und Schlehen
29.8.95
Elke Erb (18.02.1938 - 22.01.2024)
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Morgen in Frankfurt 👉 www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/eventleser/k....
February 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Morgen in Frankfurt 👉 www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/eventleser/k....
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Jumping Jack by Paul Klee, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137467
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137467
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Jumping Jack by Paul Klee, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137467
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137467
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📚 Neu bei @springernature.com : Soziologie der Zwischenkriegszeit – Bd. 5 zu Strömungen, Theorien und Entwicklungen der deutschsprachigen Soziologie zwischen 1918-1939.
#Soziologie #Ideengeschichte #Sozialtheorie #WeimarerRepublik #History
tinyurl.com/kjhktpfk
@stephanmoebius.bsky.social
#Soziologie #Ideengeschichte #Sozialtheorie #WeimarerRepublik #History
tinyurl.com/kjhktpfk
@stephanmoebius.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 8:28 AM
📚 Neu bei @springernature.com : Soziologie der Zwischenkriegszeit – Bd. 5 zu Strömungen, Theorien und Entwicklungen der deutschsprachigen Soziologie zwischen 1918-1939.
#Soziologie #Ideengeschichte #Sozialtheorie #WeimarerRepublik #History
tinyurl.com/kjhktpfk
@stephanmoebius.bsky.social
#Soziologie #Ideengeschichte #Sozialtheorie #WeimarerRepublik #History
tinyurl.com/kjhktpfk
@stephanmoebius.bsky.social
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I'm working on a reader (in both English and German) to collect literature critical of the employment of generative AI technologies within academic contexts.
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Critique of AI Reader
Reader: Critique of ‘AI’ Technologies Within Academia English Reader Please feel free to add suitable titles below the respective chapter (Research Articles, Books, Chapters in Ed. Vol.). You may ...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I'm working on a reader (in both English and German) to collect literature critical of the employment of generative AI technologies within academic contexts.
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please feel free to add relevant titles here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Eine fulminante Kritik des (kultur)wissenschaftlichen Jargons der Gegenwart - auch, aber vor allem eben nicht nur was zum Schmunzeln, leider. (Habe mich beim Lesen mehr als nur einmal 'ertappt' gefühlt 🫣)
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Eine fulminante Kritik des (kultur)wissenschaftlichen Jargons der Gegenwart - auch, aber vor allem eben nicht nur was zum Schmunzeln, leider. (Habe mich beim Lesen mehr als nur einmal 'ertappt' gefühlt 🫣)
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Was interessiert die Literatursoziologie? In der aktuellen Podcast-Folge sprechen Christine Magerski und @hannahschmidtott.bsky.social am Beispiel von Dorothee Elmigers Roman „Die Holländerinnen“ über literarische Formen und die Relevanz von Gesellschaftstheorie.
open.spotify.com/episode/6LZX...
open.spotify.com/episode/6LZX...
February 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Was interessiert die Literatursoziologie? In der aktuellen Podcast-Folge sprechen Christine Magerski und @hannahschmidtott.bsky.social am Beispiel von Dorothee Elmigers Roman „Die Holländerinnen“ über literarische Formen und die Relevanz von Gesellschaftstheorie.
open.spotify.com/episode/6LZX...
open.spotify.com/episode/6LZX...
One more thought (& bc I found this thanks to @miriamposner.com): Have there been attempts, e.g. by #DH folks, to solve this paradox through meta-analysis, i.e. by building datasets that show the relative un-quantifiability, anti-metric character of humanities research vis-à-vis other disciplines?
The many impacts of #humanities programs on society & humanity cannot be measured by any of the metrics applied to them from other fields.
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
This is bleak as hell. Who cares about literature when you’ve got computers?
Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
the-tartan.org/2026/02/09/l...
Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
the-tartan.org/2026/02/09/l...
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
One more thought (& bc I found this thanks to @miriamposner.com): Have there been attempts, e.g. by #DH folks, to solve this paradox through meta-analysis, i.e. by building datasets that show the relative un-quantifiability, anti-metric character of humanities research vis-à-vis other disciplines?
The many impacts of #humanities programs on society & humanity cannot be measured by any of the metrics applied to them from other fields.
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
This is bleak as hell. Who cares about literature when you’ve got computers?
Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
the-tartan.org/2026/02/09/l...
Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
the-tartan.org/2026/02/09/l...
Literature and Cultural Studies program cut, replaced with Computational Cultural Studies - The Tartan
In Feb. 2024, Richard Scheines, Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, placed an administrative hold on admissions to Carnegie
the-tartan.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The many impacts of #humanities programs on society & humanity cannot be measured by any of the metrics applied to them from other fields.
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
(And, in consequence, neither can the damage be measured administrators do to them – maybe that is the problem.)
Wonderful thread…
I would love to teach a class on the ethnographic film, but I doubt it'll happen at SU since we don't have a big anthropology department and it probably wouldn't be a good one for undergrad film students. *Sigh!* Maybe one day. Anyways, what would you all add to that syllabus?
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Wonderful thread…
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7. Telecritique: About “Song of Ceylon” by Basil Wright (1975). Watched on @fuchsflrn.bsky.social's recommendation. A close analysis of Wright's film, with brief detours through others (including Eisenstein's Mexico project). Would be wonderful in the ethnographic film class I hope to teach someday.
February 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
7. Telecritique: About “Song of Ceylon” by Basil Wright (1975). Watched on @fuchsflrn.bsky.social's recommendation. A close analysis of Wright's film, with brief detours through others (including Eisenstein's Mexico project). Would be wonderful in the ethnographic film class I hope to teach someday.
Here's a list of Princeton University's "Cool 😎 Spring 1999 Courses" (sic!): 80% humanities, 15% social sciences, 5% natural science…
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February 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Here's a list of Princeton University's "Cool 😎 Spring 1999 Courses" (sic!): 80% humanities, 15% social sciences, 5% natural science…
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Interessantes Feature von Francis Nenik über ›Hatfield, the Rainmaker‹, eine der schillerndsten Figuren in »Risse in der Erde« von Mark Arax (Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2023)
"Regenmacher" Charles Hatfield setzt San Diego unter Wasser
Charles Hatfield verspricht, Regen in die Dürre Kaliforniens zu bringen. Oft hat er Erfolg, manchmal vielleicht aus Zufall. Im Januar 1916 endet seine Arbeit in einer Katastrophe.
www1.wdr.de
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Interessantes Feature von Francis Nenik über ›Hatfield, the Rainmaker‹, eine der schillerndsten Figuren in »Risse in der Erde« von Mark Arax (Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2023)
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among everything else this week dunno if you heard but coding is over. huge opp for humanities folks. should be megaphoning 'learning to think never goes out of style'
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
among everything else this week dunno if you heard but coding is over. huge opp for humanities folks. should be megaphoning 'learning to think never goes out of style'
Nice new short book series Signale|minima launching in German studies from @cornellupress.bsky.social these days with first titles
THE NOVEL EXPERIENCE by Helmut Müller-Sievers introduces new approaches to the study of narrative fiction, with a conception of experience influenced by Nāgārjuna, Nietzsche, and William James, showing how reading novels transforms understanding.
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
The Novel Experience by Helmut Müller-Sievers | Paperback | Cornell University Press
The Novel Experience introduces new approaches to the study of narrative fiction, for scholars, critics, teachers, and readers. At the heart of this concise book is a conception of experience that is...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Nice new short book series Signale|minima launching in German studies from @cornellupress.bsky.social these days with first titles
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For anybody in the tristate area, Princeton's German Department is hosting a chamber music concert on February 19, with the wonderful Gabrielle Ferrari lending her voice to Bettina von Arnim. Program to follow!
german.princeton.edu/whats-on/eve...
german.princeton.edu/whats-on/eve...
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
For anybody in the tristate area, Princeton's German Department is hosting a chamber music concert on February 19, with the wonderful Gabrielle Ferrari lending her voice to Bettina von Arnim. Program to follow!
german.princeton.edu/whats-on/eve...
german.princeton.edu/whats-on/eve...
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Long in the making, out now: the latest issue of Diacritics, dedicated entirely to Walter Benjamin's "Fate and Character" (1919) – his dense reflection on fate, escape and liberation, written in a world in the grip of war, failed revolutions and erupting fascism
January 26, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Long in the making, out now: the latest issue of Diacritics, dedicated entirely to Walter Benjamin's "Fate and Character" (1919) – his dense reflection on fate, escape and liberation, written in a world in the grip of war, failed revolutions and erupting fascism
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Please consider signing this petition [Deutsch / English] in support of the Werner Oechslin Library. 📚 📚
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Please consider signing this petition [Deutsch / English] in support of the Werner Oechslin Library. 📚 📚
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
Enjoying my close reading of all that is implied in Guillory calling Auerbach‘s and Sedgwick‘s readings ”most virtuoso hermeneutic performances.“
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Enjoying my close reading of all that is implied in Guillory calling Auerbach‘s and Sedgwick‘s readings ”most virtuoso hermeneutic performances.“
"Frye thought ‘myths’ would have been a better word for what Bachelard called complexes. … Binswanger said of B.’s ‘psychology’ that ‘we would call it an anthropology’ … I wonder if a looser definition might make real room for Bachelard, anthropology in the sense evoked by Lévi-Strauss or Frazer."
‘The magic in Bachelard’s work is often wonderful, but it may be even more remarkable for what it doesn’t include, doesn’t invite to the eclectic seminar.’
Michael Wood on Gaston Bachelard:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood on Gaston Bachelard:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood · Spellbound Gloaming: Bachelard’s Dreamwork
Gaston Bachelard is inviting us to go beyond what we think we know. That is, how to counter boring intuitions with...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Frye thought ‘myths’ would have been a better word for what Bachelard called complexes. … Binswanger said of B.’s ‘psychology’ that ‘we would call it an anthropology’ … I wonder if a looser definition might make real room for Bachelard, anthropology in the sense evoked by Lévi-Strauss or Frazer."
Bemerkenswert, wieviel länger der deutsche Wikipedia-Eintrag über Carlos Castaneda ist im Vergleich zum englischen… deutsche Eso-Liebe
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
Carlos Castaneda – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bemerkenswert, wieviel länger der deutsche Wikipedia-Eintrag über Carlos Castaneda ist im Vergleich zum englischen… deutsche Eso-Liebe
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
One of my favorites of end-of-year lists is out for 2025 🎉:
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll, organised by by Jiří Anger, Veronika Hanáková, Kevin B. Lee and Occitane Lacurie, showcases a record 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The best video essays of 2025
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One of my favorites of end-of-year lists is out for 2025 🎉:
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„Bischof ist es auch zu verdanken, dass demnächst ein Sammelband mit Kritischen Schriften Lenks beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz erscheinen soll. Dies ist umso wichtiger, als Lenks bisher erschienene Werke nicht mehr verlegt werden.“
Die Soziologin & Literaturwissenschaftlerin Elisabeth Lenk gehörte zu den wichtigsten Stimmen der Kritischen Theorie, doch ihr Werk ist kaum bekannt. @iphigeniaa.bsky.social über 1 Workshop @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, der sich einer in Vergessenheit geratenen Denkerin widmete.
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
„Bischof ist es auch zu verdanken, dass demnächst ein Sammelband mit Kritischen Schriften Lenks beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz erscheinen soll. Dies ist umso wichtiger, als Lenks bisher erschienene Werke nicht mehr verlegt werden.“
Die Soziologin & Literaturwissenschaftlerin Elisabeth Lenk gehörte zu den wichtigsten Stimmen der Kritischen Theorie, doch ihr Werk ist kaum bekannt. @iphigeniaa.bsky.social über 1 Workshop @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, der sich einer in Vergessenheit geratenen Denkerin widmete.
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
Elisabeth Lenk: Traum und Kritik | Iphigenia Andreou | LIB
Ein Workshop am Centre Marc Bloch widmete sich dem in Vergessenheit geratenen Werk von Elisabeth Lenk, das eine Brücke zwischen den beiden vermeintlich so disparaten Strömungen bildet.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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THIS is the pairing
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
THIS is the pairing