Sandra Lipner
@sandralipner.bsky.social
Historian (UCL) interested in 20th-c. German subjectivities, ‘doing’ difference, family / race / class / gender / emotions. European 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 in search of ☕️.
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#Teachers make sure you check out GHS's annual Creative Research Contest - entries are open now!
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#Teachers make sure you check out GHS's annual Creative Research Contest - entries are open now!
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
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The "Vienna" model or sample book, c. 1410-20. An aid for workshops and travelling artists so that they had a stock of motifs & shapes. Silverpoint drawing on paper, maple wood, leather. Dimensions: 9.5 cm × 9 cm. A small thing. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The "Vienna" model or sample book, c. 1410-20. An aid for workshops and travelling artists so that they had a stock of motifs & shapes. Silverpoint drawing on paper, maple wood, leather. Dimensions: 9.5 cm × 9 cm. A small thing. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Great project by @mattaucott.bsky.social and Jeff Bowersox - really enjoyed coming up with this ‘Glimpse of German History’ for @germanhistsoc.bsky.social Hope there’ll be many more seasons!
Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
Glimpses of German History S2E1: Denazification Questionnaire
In the first episode of Glimpses of German History Season 2, Sandra Lipner shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in postwar Germany. The questionnaire was intended by the occupying Allies to categorise people in terms of their previous in
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October 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Great project by @mattaucott.bsky.social and Jeff Bowersox - really enjoyed coming up with this ‘Glimpse of German History’ for @germanhistsoc.bsky.social Hope there’ll be many more seasons!
McEwan, the liberal critic of liberalism - Kevin Power's review of McEwan's What We Can Know in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism
A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe
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September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
McEwan, the liberal critic of liberalism - Kevin Power's review of McEwan's What We Can Know in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Adorno and this violent political moment by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and Josh Greenberg in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
Opinion: The assassination of Charlie Kirk has revealed the authoritarian inside all of us
The killing of a public figure has become a dopamine hit in an endless cycle of doom-scrolled violence. Where do we find ourselves as a society when murder is met with delight?
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Adorno and this violent political moment by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and Josh Greenberg in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
Solidarity with refugees - wonderful initiative in North London run by volunteers
nnlsdropin.org.uk
youtu.be/DwX2OmHP_e4?...
nnlsdropin.org.uk
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drop in video updated
YouTube video by Noah Taylor
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September 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Solidarity with refugees - wonderful initiative in North London run by volunteers
nnlsdropin.org.uk
youtu.be/DwX2OmHP_e4?...
nnlsdropin.org.uk
youtu.be/DwX2OmHP_e4?...
gazasoupkitchen.org
Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here:
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Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here:
givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...
Gaza Soup Kitchen – This isn't just a soup — it's a recipe for resilience, simmering on the stoves of Gaza, feeding bodies and souls alike. Each bowl serves not just sustenance
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September 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
gazasoupkitchen.org
Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here:
givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...
Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here:
givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...
@danielerk.bsky.social und Anne-Sophie Lang über die Geschichte mittelständischer Unternehmen im NS @diezeit.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/zeit-fuer-un...
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Firmengeschichte während der NS-Zeit: Wenn Familienunternehmen in Abgründe blicken
Die Rolle des deutschen Mittelstands in der Nazizeit ist bis heute kaum aufgearbeitet. Nur wenige Firmen wollen sich der eigenen Vergangenheit stellen.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@danielerk.bsky.social und Anne-Sophie Lang über die Geschichte mittelständischer Unternehmen im NS @diezeit.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/zeit-fuer-un...
www.zeit.de/zeit-fuer-un...
A powerful portrait of Vance’s politics of othering and anti-liberalism in this podcast by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
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Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 01/08/2025 · 1h 19m
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August 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A powerful portrait of Vance’s politics of othering and anti-liberalism in this podcast by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
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On Sunday August 10th, I'll be leading a walking tour of New York's East Side for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, focused on sites related to Jewish dancing and literature about New York Jewish dancing. @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.yivo.org/Dance-Guided...
Dancing through Yiddish Literary New York: A Guided Tour | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
On this guided tour with Yiddish literature and dance scholar Dr. Sonia Gollance, we will visit some key New York dance sites in the footsteps of Yiddish writers and journalists.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On Sunday August 10th, I'll be leading a walking tour of New York's East Side for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, focused on sites related to Jewish dancing and literature about New York Jewish dancing. @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.yivo.org/Dance-Guided...
Age and education overtake class in UK political landscape. @journo-jess.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows
Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform
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June 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Age and education overtake class in UK political landscape. @journo-jess.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ | Harvard University | Michela Moscufo in @theguardian.com
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
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June 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ | Harvard University | Michela Moscufo in @theguardian.com
'You can also make lemon curd' - love this discussion of new work in queer Holocaust studies by @ankahajkova.bsky.social
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‘I did not want to die without having kissed a woman’ | USC Shoah Foundation
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT | 2:00 PM EDT Very little has been recorded about same-sex desire and relationships in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust, leaving us with ques...
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June 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
'You can also make lemon curd' - love this discussion of new work in queer Holocaust studies by @ankahajkova.bsky.social
sfi.usc.edu/events/i-did...
sfi.usc.edu/events/i-did...
'... the problem is not what’s hidden, it’s “what we’ve normalised – because the whole strategy is to throw it all in your face”', @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society
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June 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'... the problem is not what’s hidden, it’s “what we’ve normalised – because the whole strategy is to throw it all in your face”', @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others!
If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
June 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others!
If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
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It's finally out: Our volume on Poland under German Occupation. With contributions by Natalia Aleksiun, Winson Chu, Maren Röger, Dariusz Stola, Tomasz Frydel, Ingo Loose and the two editors: Jonathan Huener and myself. 📚
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...
Poland under German Occupation, 1939-1945: New Perspectives | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
January 28, 2024 at 7:28 PM
It's finally out: Our volume on Poland under German Occupation. With contributions by Natalia Aleksiun, Winson Chu, Maren Röger, Dariusz Stola, Tomasz Frydel, Ingo Loose and the two editors: Jonathan Huener and myself. 📚
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...
Exciting new Holocaust research agency by the amazing @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social 📚📚👩🏻💻 Highly recommend checking out their website and services!
The Holocaust Research Consultancy is excited to launch our new website holocaustresearchconsultancy.org!
Meet our researchers, learn about what we do, and contact us if you’d like to work together!
Meet our researchers, learn about what we do, and contact us if you’d like to work together!
Holocaust Research Consultancy
Research. Education. Public Engagement.
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Exciting new Holocaust research agency by the amazing @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social 📚📚👩🏻💻 Highly recommend checking out their website and services!
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Spoke to Ali Breland over at @theatlantic.com on the prospects of Fusionism 2.0 and the (lack of) a crackup on the right in the first few months of the Trump administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
So Much for the MAGA Divorce
The nativist right is starting to make peace with Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spoke to Ali Breland over at @theatlantic.com on the prospects of Fusionism 2.0 and the (lack of) a crackup on the right in the first few months of the Trump administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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#Event | Workshop "Heimatlosigkeit und Emanzipation. 1870-1933 im Rahmen des SFB 1671 Heimat(en): Phänomene, Praktiken, Darstellungen
Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr
www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr
www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
March 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#Event | Workshop "Heimatlosigkeit und Emanzipation. 1870-1933 im Rahmen des SFB 1671 Heimat(en): Phänomene, Praktiken, Darstellungen
Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr
www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr
www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
Anspruchseinbürgerung v. Ermessenseinbürgerung - just one legal difference facilitating the fiendish finessing of the postwar (re-)naturalisation of German Jews by the FRG’s Interior Ministry, superbly presented by @ncourtman.bsky.social Great talk @lbilondon.bsky.social and @ghilondon.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Anspruchseinbürgerung v. Ermessenseinbürgerung - just one legal difference facilitating the fiendish finessing of the postwar (re-)naturalisation of German Jews by the FRG’s Interior Ministry, superbly presented by @ncourtman.bsky.social Great talk @lbilondon.bsky.social and @ghilondon.bsky.social
Another great podcast - Noah Shenker talks about Holocaust testimonies and their histories on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Noah Shenker, “Reframing Holocaust Testimony” (Indiana UP, 2016)
Podcast Episode · New Books in Communications · 07/10/2016 · 1h 18m
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March 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Another great podcast - Noah Shenker talks about Holocaust testimonies and their histories on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
Fascinating podcast by Melanie Longerich and Brigitte Baetz (gestern ist jetzt) about the Polish-German #familyhistory of Florian Urbański. Displaced Persons and their lives in DP camps in early post-war Germany with @sarahgrandke.bsky.social
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#26 - Displaced Persons
Podcast Episode · gestern ist jetzt · 15/11/2022 · 49m
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March 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Fascinating podcast by Melanie Longerich and Brigitte Baetz (gestern ist jetzt) about the Polish-German #familyhistory of Florian Urbański. Displaced Persons and their lives in DP camps in early post-war Germany with @sarahgrandke.bsky.social
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