Nancy Wingfield
@nmw1.bsky.social
Habsburg historian, occasionally, some Successor States; fan of cats, good coffee, wine, the Austrian Riviera, NYC, Paris, Prague, & Vienna. Under contract to write a book that stubbornly refuses to write itself. I've been awarded a medal!
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At the 2026 Games, Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych paid tribute to fallen Ukrainian athletes.
His helmet features portraits of athletes killed by Russia.
βSome of them were my friends,β he said. (via Suspilne)
His helmet features portraits of athletes killed by Russia.
βSome of them were my friends,β he said. (via Suspilne)
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Portugal votes in presidential election runoff
Portugal votes in presidential election runoff
Socialist candidate AntΓ³nio JosΓ© Seguro is the favourite to defeat far-right populist AndrΓ© Ventura in the second round of Portugal's presidential election, in a vote overshadowed by a series of heavy storms that hit the country.
l.euronews.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See βMelaniaβ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theaterβthe movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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No sh*t, Sherlock! π@kpanyc.bsky.social πππ
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
No sh*t, Sherlock! π@kpanyc.bsky.social πππ
And, please, please, please, an additional register of places is not the same as a Sachregister! (Also, some Czech-language authors, please note!!)
Liebe deutsche Autoren, im Namen der Wissenschaft bitte ich Sie: FΓΌhren Sie in Ihren BΓΌchern nicht nur Personenregister, sondern auch Sachregister.
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
And, please, please, please, an additional register of places is not the same as a Sachregister! (Also, some Czech-language authors, please note!!)
πππHarry is an important ECR, and the Kabalek book looks fascinating!!!
On Feb 22 I'll be talking with Kobi Kabalek about his stimulating and even potentially controversial new book. The event is online and anyone can attend. My comments will be informed by debates on German popular opinion and the connection between Holocaust memory and historiographical trends.
February 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
πππHarry is an important ECR, and the Kabalek book looks fascinating!!!
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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PS Sometimes I'm paid, not much, but that's ok, too. Providing useful feedback to others comes w/ the job, I'd think. And you get to read fun stuff! It's like refereeing grant proposals!
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
PS Sometimes I'm paid, not much, but that's ok, too. Providing useful feedback to others comes w/ the job, I'd think. And you get to read fun stuff! It's like refereeing grant proposals!
I review a 1-2 book manuscripts/proposals a year in exchange for actual books. Same number of article manuscripts. I sometimes blurb books, never using "brilliant" to describe them, but employing a less overused word. π It's a habit of service to the profession. Helps other authors as I was helped.
Just had to send another of those replies to a request for peer review: "The book sounds interesting, but Iβm afraid I donβt exchange my labour for free e-books. The amounts paid in cash for such work are pitiable enough.β sigh
February 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I review a 1-2 book manuscripts/proposals a year in exchange for actual books. Same number of article manuscripts. I sometimes blurb books, never using "brilliant" to describe them, but employing a less overused word. π It's a habit of service to the profession. Helps other authors as I was helped.
Friendly amendment: Specialist Tim Snyder is correct, but I'd use "left" rather than "fled." They had job offers.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Friendly amendment: Specialist Tim Snyder is correct, but I'd use "left" rather than "fled." They had job offers.
Why ppl really should read/learn at least some Shakespeare. Sir Ian McKellen is amazing here. Savor this moment.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Why ppl really should read/learn at least some Shakespeare. Sir Ian McKellen is amazing here. Savor this moment.
Use your car, Aviel! It's unamerican to walk. What are you thinking?!!!! π
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Use your car, Aviel! It's unamerican to walk. What are you thinking?!!!! π
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My watercolour drawing of a pergola at the back of an Arts and Crafts house in Storey's Way, Cambridge. The architect of this beautiful house was M. H. Baillie Scott in 1912-13. The watercolour was completed on a sketch group visit in 2014 and I still have it.
#watercolour #artsandcrafts #Cambridge
#watercolour #artsandcrafts #Cambridge
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Come to wonderful Konstanz, join our wonderful colloquium, have great discussions with my colleagues from @cee-history-kn.bsky.social and - of course - enjoy the lake view π€©π€©π€©
Stip: Visiting Research Fellowships "Violence in East and Westβ (University of Konstanz)
https://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stip-160319
Konstanz, , University of Konstanz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026 Visiting Research Fellowships "Violence in East and Westβ (University of Konstanz)
https://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stip-160319
Konstanz, , University of Konstanz, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026 Visiting Research Fellowships "Violence in East and Westβ (University of Konstanz)
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Would we be in this situation if all of you people who just couldn't bring yourself to support the well-educated, experienced brown lady could just have gotten over yourselves and voted for her? BTW, the smart people are investing in gold leaf. You know, for future statues.
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Would we be in this situation if all of you people who just couldn't bring yourself to support the well-educated, experienced brown lady could just have gotten over yourselves and voted for her? BTW, the smart people are investing in gold leaf. You know, for future statues.
Czech Silesia, the one the Gentlemen's Coalition collapsed into Moravia in the late 1920s? More centralization; fewer German-speaking voices? That Silesia?
February 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Czech Silesia, the one the Gentlemen's Coalition collapsed into Moravia in the late 1920s? More centralization; fewer German-speaking voices? That Silesia?
You do promise a great article or book? Please, please, please!
Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You do promise a great article or book? Please, please, please!
If I were the French, I'd also demand removal of the ridiculous X, an eyesore on Parisian streets.
"Prosecutors in Paris said they asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning as part of an investigation into the distribution of sexual deepfakes and Holocaust denial content," via NBC news www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices
The prosecutor's cybercrime unit said it carried out searches with Europol and French police.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
If I were the French, I'd also demand removal of the ridiculous X, an eyesore on Parisian streets.
Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher off on an island of their own. Irritating nobody but themselves. What's not to like? π«
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher off on an island of their own. Irritating nobody but themselves. What's not to like? π«
I would for sure have identified MTA (Male Terminal A$$holism).
February 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I would for sure have identified MTA (Male Terminal A$$holism).
And he sings "Oh, du schΓΆner Westerwald" in the shower.
Breaking news: Himmler is an antisemite
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutorβs Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
And he sings "Oh, du schΓΆner Westerwald" in the shower.
The subtext here seems to be public education. Even better.
One way to think through the victory in Tarrant County, given that Rehmet ran in labor issues, is that the voters were offered two competing theories of solidarity and chose collective bargaining over white supremacy as their mode
This shift is possible and important to aim for
This shift is possible and important to aim for
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The subtext here seems to be public education. Even better.
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The Commission for Historically Problematic Art sounds much more spineless in English than in the German original (βbelastetβ), although the wimpiness does reveal a truth about its non-binding function apollo-magazine.com/swiss-indepe...
Switzerlandβs commission for Nazi-looted art finally comes into being
Plus: MFA Boston makes 33 staff members redundant; and Spanish galleries to close in VAT protest
apollo-magazine.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Imagine having Brothel Baroque being the architectural style associated with your regime. Ewwww.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Imagine having Brothel Baroque being the architectural style associated with your regime. Ewwww.