Johannes von Moltke
jvmoltke.bsky.social
Johannes von Moltke
@jvmoltke.bsky.social
Film, Media, German, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies. Histories of theory / theories of history. Prof U of Michigan.
news.ufl.edu/2025/05/anno...
Who announces to the world that they’re a finalist for a job?! Seems rushed. As if somehow he wanted to get ahead of some other announcement. But maybe he actually believes his own comms team when it has him say that he’s going to “the nation’s most important state.”
DR. SANTA J. ONO UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED AS SOLE FINALIST FOR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA’S 14TH PRESIDENT
The University of Florida Presidential Search Committee has unanimously and enthusiastically recommended Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., to be considered by its Board of Trustees as the sole finalist to become t...
news.ufl.edu
May 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Google is alerting “me” that “I” am giving a talk today. Phew.
February 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The new administration's policies are designed to overwhelm by sheer quantity, but also to compound. E.g. “Extreme vetting" from Trump 1.0, but on reduced staffing. The slowdowns will be exponential, the kneecapping intentional, the underlying world view callous and self-defeating.
February 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The American Friends of Marbach are organizing a GSA panel on free speech and the federal sponsorship of culture in Germany. Germanists: please help circulate widely and consider submitting and abstract!
CFP GSA Panel "Das freie Wort sichern" / Securing Free Speech (Arlington, VA) - Deadline March 1, 2024 | H-Net
The American Friends of Marbach invite submissions for a panel at the GSA, September 25-28 in Arlington, Virginia. Please see below and direct inquiries to Johannes von Moltke (moltke@umich.edu)"Das f...
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January 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
PhD students and postdocs: here's a great funding opportunity to do research at the German Literary Archives. Apply by Feb 15 – and please share widely!

afdlam.org/fellowships/
Fellowships – American Friends of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
afdlam.org
January 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I was there for half of the year, and these few, searing entries aren't even the half of it.
Thomas Meaney, A Year in German Culture — Sidecar
Gaza and censorship.
newleftreview.org
December 31, 2024 at 7:23 PM
In Germany in 1930, it was called “Präsidialkabinette,” and it was the beginning of the end.
What Are ‘Recess Appointments’ and How Might Trump Try to Leverage Them?
The Constitution allows the president to circumvent the Senate and put appointees in place while the chamber is in recess, a loophole created back when Capitol commutes involved long treks by horse.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:39 AM
October 29, 2024 at 12:14 PM