Nicholas Courtman
@ncourtman.bsky.social
Alfred Landecker Lecturer at King’s College London | researching history of citizenship law and naturalisation practice in the Federal Republic of Germany after National Socialism
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What do we learn when a city’s future is defined not by rapid change, but by who leaves and who stays?
Listen to me in conversation with Laurie Taylor and Sharon Cornelissen about this question (and gentrification past and present in London and Detroit).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen to me in conversation with Laurie Taylor and Sharon Cornelissen about this question (and gentrification past and present in London and Detroit).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thinking Allowed - Gentrification in Detroit and London - BBC Sounds
Failed gentrification in Detroit and the human cost of urban redevelopment in 1920s London
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
What do we learn when a city’s future is defined not by rapid change, but by who leaves and who stays?
Listen to me in conversation with Laurie Taylor and Sharon Cornelissen about this question (and gentrification past and present in London and Detroit).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen to me in conversation with Laurie Taylor and Sharon Cornelissen about this question (and gentrification past and present in London and Detroit).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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We are close to Singles Awareness Day. Here are 2 dessert ideas w/the same molten chocolate cake recipe. One is Dagger Through My Cold Dead Heart, the other is flames. Recipe: shorturl.at/ZjeQx Skip the goopy sauce, make fresh raspberry coulis. Used a ❤️ ramekin for heart shape. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
We are close to Singles Awareness Day. Here are 2 dessert ideas w/the same molten chocolate cake recipe. One is Dagger Through My Cold Dead Heart, the other is flames. Recipe: shorturl.at/ZjeQx Skip the goopy sauce, make fresh raspberry coulis. Used a ❤️ ramekin for heart shape. 1/
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#Chancen | Werkverträge zur Erweiterung der Datenbank "Liste der jüdischen Einwohner im Deutschen Reich 1933-1945 in den Grenzen vom 31.12.1937“ (Bundesarchiv, Koblenz) | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Bewerbungsfrist (Angebote) 03. März 2026 | 11:30 Uhr
Bewerbungsfrist (Angebote) 03. März 2026 | 11:30 Uhr
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
#Chancen | Werkverträge zur Erweiterung der Datenbank "Liste der jüdischen Einwohner im Deutschen Reich 1933-1945 in den Grenzen vom 31.12.1937“ (Bundesarchiv, Koblenz) | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Bewerbungsfrist (Angebote) 03. März 2026 | 11:30 Uhr
Bewerbungsfrist (Angebote) 03. März 2026 | 11:30 Uhr
Wish Chita Rivera was still alive so she could have taken lady gaga’s spot in the half time show
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Wish Chita Rivera was still alive so she could have taken lady gaga’s spot in the half time show
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Does what is says on the tin! And hopefully is a good representative example of some of my thinking on how postcolonial challenges leave room for interventions in big global principles.
On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
doi.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Does what is says on the tin! And hopefully is a good representative example of some of my thinking on how postcolonial challenges leave room for interventions in big global principles.
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Love the woman in Nelly's Hot In Here who helpfully clarifies that in virtue of how hot it is becoming she does indeed intend to take her clothes off. In case anyone missed the central themes of the song, I guess.
February 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Love the woman in Nelly's Hot In Here who helpfully clarifies that in virtue of how hot it is becoming she does indeed intend to take her clothes off. In case anyone missed the central themes of the song, I guess.
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New on our Migrant Knowledge blog @ghiwashington.bsky.social: Nicolas Blumenthal @unifr.bsky.social wrote about "Challenging 'Racelessness:' Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland"
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179
Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland
Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
New on our Migrant Knowledge blog @ghiwashington.bsky.social: Nicolas Blumenthal @unifr.bsky.social wrote about "Challenging 'Racelessness:' Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland"
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179
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The whole thing about the discussion whether fascism is irrational (and also that colonial violence was „rational“ vs the Holocaust being „irrational“) is that it seems to lack a fundamental understanding that capitalist rationality is very much irrational.
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The whole thing about the discussion whether fascism is irrational (and also that colonial violence was „rational“ vs the Holocaust being „irrational“) is that it seems to lack a fundamental understanding that capitalist rationality is very much irrational.
This afternoon I swung by by a spot where something interesting is happening in 48 hours: www.lbi.org/events/court...
January 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This afternoon I swung by by a spot where something interesting is happening in 48 hours: www.lbi.org/events/court...
Why do Americans continue to shun the beautiful simplicity of a duvet in favour of a 1000 thin sheets and quilts that are tucked under a mattress so tightly as to make you feel like you’re in a straight jacket each time you go to sleep?
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Why do Americans continue to shun the beautiful simplicity of a duvet in favour of a 1000 thin sheets and quilts that are tucked under a mattress so tightly as to make you feel like you’re in a straight jacket each time you go to sleep?
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Francesca Weil untersucht Migrationsbewegungen von Frauen im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Sei es durch Flucht, Vertreibung oder Arbeitsmigration. @saw-leipzig-1846.bsky.social und @hait-tud.bsky.social haben sie dazu befragt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lcF...
Weibliche Migration im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert | DIKUSA-Projekt erklärt
YouTube video by Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Francesca Weil untersucht Migrationsbewegungen von Frauen im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Sei es durch Flucht, Vertreibung oder Arbeitsmigration. @saw-leipzig-1846.bsky.social und @hait-tud.bsky.social haben sie dazu befragt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lcF...
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Wenn du jeden redaktionellen Stolz verloren hast und einfach nur noch kindisch trollen willst...
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Wenn du jeden redaktionellen Stolz verloren hast und einfach nur noch kindisch trollen willst...
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Freue mich sehr auf den Austausch @humboldtuni.bsky.social mit:
Jutta Weiser, Christoph Oliver Mayer, Jan Süselbeck, Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Andrea Geier, Ursula Hennigfeld, Regina Schleicher, Jonas Nickel, Marina Ortrud Hertrampf
Jutta Weiser, Christoph Oliver Mayer, Jan Süselbeck, Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Andrea Geier, Ursula Hennigfeld, Regina Schleicher, Jonas Nickel, Marina Ortrud Hertrampf
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Freue mich sehr auf den Austausch @humboldtuni.bsky.social mit:
Jutta Weiser, Christoph Oliver Mayer, Jan Süselbeck, Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Andrea Geier, Ursula Hennigfeld, Regina Schleicher, Jonas Nickel, Marina Ortrud Hertrampf
Jutta Weiser, Christoph Oliver Mayer, Jan Süselbeck, Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Andrea Geier, Ursula Hennigfeld, Regina Schleicher, Jonas Nickel, Marina Ortrud Hertrampf
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Weiter mit #MCWrapped25...
Im April/Mai war viel los. Um den 80. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes waren Ergebnisse aus meiner Diss zum Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung bei den #Todesmärschen 1945 sowie zu Erinnerung und Ahndung der Verbrechen in verschiedener Form gefragt (gleich mal mitbewerben hier):
Im April/Mai war viel los. Um den 80. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes waren Ergebnisse aus meiner Diss zum Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung bei den #Todesmärschen 1945 sowie zu Erinnerung und Ahndung der Verbrechen in verschiedener Form gefragt (gleich mal mitbewerben hier):
Gewalt und Erinnerung im ländlichen Raum – Die deutsche Bevölkerung und die Todesmärsche – Metropol Verlag
metropol-verlag.de
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Weiter mit #MCWrapped25...
Im April/Mai war viel los. Um den 80. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes waren Ergebnisse aus meiner Diss zum Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung bei den #Todesmärschen 1945 sowie zu Erinnerung und Ahndung der Verbrechen in verschiedener Form gefragt (gleich mal mitbewerben hier):
Im April/Mai war viel los. Um den 80. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes waren Ergebnisse aus meiner Diss zum Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung bei den #Todesmärschen 1945 sowie zu Erinnerung und Ahndung der Verbrechen in verschiedener Form gefragt (gleich mal mitbewerben hier):
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We proudly co-convene the international workshop in memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr, preeminent historian of German-Jewish thought, mentor and friend. The workshop celebrates Paul's legacy and takes place 28-29 Dec 2025 at the Joseph Carlebach Institute, Bar-Ilan University with a fascinating program👇
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We proudly co-convene the international workshop in memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr, preeminent historian of German-Jewish thought, mentor and friend. The workshop celebrates Paul's legacy and takes place 28-29 Dec 2025 at the Joseph Carlebach Institute, Bar-Ilan University with a fascinating program👇
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
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Krass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den früheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Krass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den früheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot
Useful thread from Sharon Dodua Otoo regarding the Bundestag hearing on the government‘s newly proposed ‚gedenkstaettenkonzeption‘, and its refusal tk include colonialism alongside NS and the SED dictatorship
Der Ausschuss für Kultur & Medien hat sich am Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2025, in einer öffentlichen Anhörung mit der Konzeption des Bundes für die Gedenkstätten zur Aufarbeitung der NS-Terrorherrschaft & der SED-Diktatur - Hier zum Nachschauen:
www.bundestag.de/mediathek/vi...
www.bundestag.de/mediathek/vi...
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Useful thread from Sharon Dodua Otoo regarding the Bundestag hearing on the government‘s newly proposed ‚gedenkstaettenkonzeption‘, and its refusal tk include colonialism alongside NS and the SED dictatorship
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Marian Filar war auch Zwangsarbeiter der #HASAG in Skarzysko-Kamienna und #Schlieben. Für einen kommenden Text zum Transfer der jüdischen Gefangenen der #HASAG in das KZ-System / #Buchenwald habe ich gerade erst mit Erinnerungen von ihm gearbeitet.
Wunderkind pianist Marian Filar was born #OTD in 1917. In Majdanek, he almost died from malnutrition and infection and escaped the gas chambers despite him being barely able to stand. He survived 7 camps and returned to the piano after liberatation.
www.upress.state.ms....
www.upress.state.ms....
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Marian Filar war auch Zwangsarbeiter der #HASAG in Skarzysko-Kamienna und #Schlieben. Für einen kommenden Text zum Transfer der jüdischen Gefangenen der #HASAG in das KZ-System / #Buchenwald habe ich gerade erst mit Erinnerungen von ihm gearbeitet.
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As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing