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Neil Gregor
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Professor of Modern European History, University of Southampton. The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany (University of Chicago Press, May 2025). Things German, musical, historical, political, with some bicycles and mountains https://bit.ly/3ZwwJlM .. more

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · May 2
Well look what the postie brought!

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Naomi Waltham-Smith @auralflaneur.bsky.social · 6d
Interesting article on the changing role of the public intellectual:

novaramedia.com/2026/01/15/t...
Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It | Juliet Jacques
30 years ago, the BBC invited Palestinian thinker Edward Said to deliver six lectures on the public intellectual, writes Juliet Jacques. Can you imagine something so outlandish happening today?
novaramedia.com

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 10d
💥New: UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point

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UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point - Impact of Social Sciences
Data collected on UK universities’ use of social media shows academic engagement with X is at a tipping point with more institutions off the platform than on.
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Patrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 11d
Was waren das für goldene Zeiten, als von einem Historiker wie Alain Corbin fast jedes Buch ins Deutsche übersetzt wurde! Heute feiert er seinen neunzigsten Geburtstag. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Der Historiker der Sinnlichkeit Alain Corbin wird 90
Patrick Süskind verdankt ihm die Idee zum  „Parfum“, sein Fach den Beweis, wie produktiv Zeitvertreib sein kann. Alain Corbin ist der Historiker der Sinnlichkeit. Heute wird er neunzig Jahre alt.
www.faz.net

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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 20d
Hard to believe this is the same Keir Starmer who was once a distinguished human rights lawyer, and who was so concerned about international law that he marched in protest at the illegality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Keir Starmer refuses to condemn US attack on Venezuela as Maduro is jailed in New York – live
President Nicolás Maduro is expected to make an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court on Monday after capture by US forces
www.theguardian.com

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 22d
And it's finally a complete goodbye to twitter. No need to be there, no excuse to be there.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 23d
The trouble with starting the year with Strauss waltzes is that it can only ever go downhill from here…..

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 23d
Perhaps worth noting that the academic Oedipal impulse is also a well-established phenomenon 😉

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 24d
You eloping?

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Dec 14
Beyond the call of duty if you don’t have German!

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Dec 13
Who said work and cat photos don’t mix

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Dec 13
Dear all,

if you ever wondered what an Englishman with acute laryngitis sounded like trying to give a public lecture in German you can now find out - grateful thanks to @topographie.de for their solicitous hospitality, and to Friedrich Geiger for the generous introduction.
youtu.be/3TCDNDyxBlg
Das Sinfoniekonzert im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland
YouTube video by Topographie des Terrors
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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Dec 1
The perfect gift for that awkward aunt or uncle to buy for this holiday season is available on a 30% discount til 31 December - details in flyer.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Dec 1
It isn’t.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 30
I think I would seek to preserve moral valence (as always, however complex, layered etc.)

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 30
sounds a little euphemistic to me.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 30
'Initial incursions' is one way of describing what happened on Oct 7.....

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 30
My sentiments, perfectly distilled, with the exception that I would use less parliamentary language.

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Leave me alone, AI
If I wanted your tedious advice on how to do the simplest thing online, I would have asked for it
www.ft.com

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · Nov 29
This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 29
1900.

www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...
Das Sinfoniekonzert im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland
www.topographie.de

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 29
Are you in Berlin? Speaking at the Topographie on 10.12.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 29
Nicely done.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 27
C4 news usually does so much better with its guests - this was just Reform bigotry and ignorance dressed up as expertise.

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Nov 25
Good luck to everyone who applies! Great opportunities in a great institution.

www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/tw...
Two Research Fellow Positions in Modern and Contemporary History – GHI Washington
www.ghi-dc.org

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StanleyBurtonCentre @uolsbc.bsky.social · Nov 25
📣Join us on 2 Dec, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall' - Please register for in-person or online attendance. Eventbrite links below

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Curtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social · Nov 17
More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
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Cover of Abusing Antiquity? volume showing Athena (?) portrayed in the style of Attic red-figure painting holding a sign that says "you will not replace our Classics" and a shield with Pepe the frog on it.

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StanleyBurtonCentre @uolsbc.bsky.social · Nov 17
📣 Join us on Tues, 2 Dec, at 5.30pm for a hybrid lecture by Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall', followed by a reception. The event is free and open to the public. For details and registration see Eventbrite links👇