Sascha R. Harnisch
@saschaharnisch.bsky.social
Historian in training focussing on 19th century Japan 🌸 | Masters student at University of Erfurt | Bun dad | Tea enthusiast 🌿 | he/him 🫐
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November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Looking forward to having you with us tonight!
For anyone interested in joining Matt's talk via WebEx, just send a quick email (sascha.harnisch@uni-erfurt.de) or DM to me, and I'll forward the link. We'll start at 12:15pm EST/ 3:45am ACDT (sorry Australia).
For anyone interested in joining Matt's talk via WebEx, just send a quick email (sascha.harnisch@uni-erfurt.de) or DM to me, and I'll forward the link. We'll start at 12:15pm EST/ 3:45am ACDT (sorry Australia).
If you happen to be in Erfurt tomorrow, I will be there too, speaking at the university about the Germans in Siam before WWI.
And if you're in Berlin, I'll be at the FU discussing the fate of Chinese contract labourers in German Samoa.
And if you're in Berlin, I'll be at the FU discussing the fate of Chinese contract labourers in German Samoa.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to having you with us tonight!
For anyone interested in joining Matt's talk via WebEx, just send a quick email (sascha.harnisch@uni-erfurt.de) or DM to me, and I'll forward the link. We'll start at 12:15pm EST/ 3:45am ACDT (sorry Australia).
For anyone interested in joining Matt's talk via WebEx, just send a quick email (sascha.harnisch@uni-erfurt.de) or DM to me, and I'll forward the link. We'll start at 12:15pm EST/ 3:45am ACDT (sorry Australia).
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Sobald die KI jede zweite Antwort frei erfindet, wird sie zum ARD Sommerinterview eingeladen.
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sobald die KI jede zweite Antwort frei erfindet, wird sie zum ARD Sommerinterview eingeladen.
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📆 "Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising" ist ab 18 Uhr Thema des Vortrags von Alfred Moore. Die Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte lädt alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein: www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...
Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising
Im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums Wissenschaftsgeschichte im Sommersemester 2025 spricht Alfred Moore (University of York) zum Thema "Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising".
www.uni-erfurt.de
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📆 "Transparency and the Ethics of Expert Advising" ist ab 18 Uhr Thema des Vortrags von Alfred Moore. Die Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte lädt alle Interessierten herzlich dazu ein: www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...
Looking forward to having you back at Erfurt!!
I'll be back at the @unierfurt.bsky.social on November 25 to speak about "Illiberal Fundamental Rights in Germany from the State Socialist Past to the Populist Right Wing Present" combining some of my older research on the GDR with recent work on the AfD and the far right.
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Looking forward to having you back at Erfurt!!
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I'll be back at the @unierfurt.bsky.social on November 25 to speak about "Illiberal Fundamental Rights in Germany from the State Socialist Past to the Populist Right Wing Present" combining some of my older research on the GDR with recent work on the AfD and the far right.
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I'll be back at the @unierfurt.bsky.social on November 25 to speak about "Illiberal Fundamental Rights in Germany from the State Socialist Past to the Populist Right Wing Present" combining some of my older research on the GDR with recent work on the AfD and the far right.
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"Aber wir wissen, wie ungeheuer anfällig Menschen sind für große Worte und wie anfällig leider auch vielleicht junge Menschen sein können, die (...) möglicherweise wiederum einem Rattenfänger auf den Leim gehen."
Generalstaatsanwalt Dr. Fritz Bauer 1964.
Sehenswert, weil hochaktuell.
Generalstaatsanwalt Dr. Fritz Bauer 1964.
Sehenswert, weil hochaktuell.
September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Aber wir wissen, wie ungeheuer anfällig Menschen sind für große Worte und wie anfällig leider auch vielleicht junge Menschen sein können, die (...) möglicherweise wiederum einem Rattenfänger auf den Leim gehen."
Generalstaatsanwalt Dr. Fritz Bauer 1964.
Sehenswert, weil hochaktuell.
Generalstaatsanwalt Dr. Fritz Bauer 1964.
Sehenswert, weil hochaktuell.
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An US far-right activist specializing in mobilizing harassment campaigns against professors with the wrong politics was murdered by a very online right wing nihilist and this has caused a panic among British newspaper columnists that they will be murdered by pink-haired leftists who hate free speech
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An US far-right activist specializing in mobilizing harassment campaigns against professors with the wrong politics was murdered by a very online right wing nihilist and this has caused a panic among British newspaper columnists that they will be murdered by pink-haired leftists who hate free speech
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Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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Did you know it’s #InternationalCatDay? 🐾 These furry friends appear all over Edo period prints, like this one of young women on the veranda of a tea house by Katsukawa Shunchō. Little buddy is clearly being spoiled! Held by the MET Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Did you know it’s #InternationalCatDay? 🐾 These furry friends appear all over Edo period prints, like this one of young women on the veranda of a tea house by Katsukawa Shunchō. Little buddy is clearly being spoiled! Held by the MET Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Ministerin Bär ist gerade auf gutem Weg, das Vertrauen der dt. Wissenschaft in ihr Ministerium zu verspielen, indem sie öffentliche Diffamierung einer Wissenschafterin verharmlost & dabei auch noch der Angegriffenen Schuld zuschiebt. Schutz der Wissenschaft wäre ihr Auftrag & sie tut das Gegenteil.🤯
July 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ministerin Bär ist gerade auf gutem Weg, das Vertrauen der dt. Wissenschaft in ihr Ministerium zu verspielen, indem sie öffentliche Diffamierung einer Wissenschafterin verharmlost & dabei auch noch der Angegriffenen Schuld zuschiebt. Schutz der Wissenschaft wäre ihr Auftrag & sie tut das Gegenteil.🤯
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#OTD in 1853 Commodore Perry arrived in Japan. Exploring the Library of Congress collections, you can discover a treasure trove of digital resources on this period, including this 19th century work. www.loc.gov/resource/asi...
July 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#OTD in 1853 Commodore Perry arrived in Japan. Exploring the Library of Congress collections, you can discover a treasure trove of digital resources on this period, including this 19th century work. www.loc.gov/resource/asi...
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📆 Herzlich willkommen an alle Teilnehmer*innen des Workshops "Truth Politics between Science and Society. Political Epistemologies of the 1990s Science Wars". Wir wünschen zwei spannende Tage in Erfurt www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...
Truth Politics between Science and Society. Political Epistemologies of the 1990s Science Wars
Workshop der Forschungsstelle "Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische Epistemologien". Die Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit dem Historischen Seminar, Lumina Quaeruntur...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
📆 Herzlich willkommen an alle Teilnehmer*innen des Workshops "Truth Politics between Science and Society. Political Epistemologies of the 1990s Science Wars". Wir wünschen zwei spannende Tage in Erfurt www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...
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My new article on Anglo-German relations prior to 1914 (the introduction to a special issue) has just come out online for the journal 'German History'. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
A Farewell to the Thucydides Trap: The ‘Anglo-German Antagonism’ as History and International Relations Paradigm*
Abstract. Prefacing a series of articles in the Special Issue examining the imperial and colonial dimensions of Anglo-German relations prior to and during
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July 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My new article on Anglo-German relations prior to 1914 (the introduction to a special issue) has just come out online for the journal 'German History'. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
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It’s the first day of summer! While it might mean more sunshine, it also means warm nights with the magic of fireflies. ✨🌖 This woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika from 1880 shows the fireflies at Ochanomizu. Held by the Chester Beatty: viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image...
June 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s the first day of summer! While it might mean more sunshine, it also means warm nights with the magic of fireflies. ✨🌖 This woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika from 1880 shows the fireflies at Ochanomizu. Held by the Chester Beatty: viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image...
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Tagber: Russia’s Politics of Truth and its Quest for Alliance in the Global South
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-155611
Erfurt, 23.10.2024-25.10.2024, Johanna Hügel / Antonia Purk / Bernhard Kleeberg, Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische …
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-155611
Erfurt, 23.10.2024-25.10.2024, Johanna Hügel / Antonia Purk / Bernhard Kleeberg, Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische …
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June 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tagber: Russia’s Politics of Truth and its Quest for Alliance in the Global South
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-155611
Erfurt, 23.10.2024-25.10.2024, Johanna Hügel / Antonia Purk / Bernhard Kleeberg, Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische …
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-155611
Erfurt, 23.10.2024-25.10.2024, Johanna Hügel / Antonia Purk / Bernhard Kleeberg, Politiken der Wahrheit. Erfurter Forschungsstelle für politische …
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Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
June 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
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Die Vernichtung geisteswissenschaftlicher Arbeit durch KI, Symbolbild
June 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Die Vernichtung geisteswissenschaftlicher Arbeit durch KI, Symbolbild
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Today is #InternationalTurtleDay! 🐢🐢🐢😍 Take a moment to enjoy this ivory netsuke of a group of turtles, which looks a little cronchy and delicious if we do say so ourselves… 👀 Held by the MET Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
May 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today is #InternationalTurtleDay! 🐢🐢🐢😍 Take a moment to enjoy this ivory netsuke of a group of turtles, which looks a little cronchy and delicious if we do say so ourselves… 👀 Held by the MET Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything
i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation
May 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything
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Tino Chrupalla im Brennpunkt, Beatrix von Storch in den Tagesthemen – bei der ARD wird schon fieberhaft überlegt, welche Kriegsverbrecher reanimiert werden können, um den 80. Jahrestag der Befreiung am 8. Mai einigermaßen ausgewogen zu gestalten.
May 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tino Chrupalla im Brennpunkt, Beatrix von Storch in den Tagesthemen – bei der ARD wird schon fieberhaft überlegt, welche Kriegsverbrecher reanimiert werden können, um den 80. Jahrestag der Befreiung am 8. Mai einigermaßen ausgewogen zu gestalten.
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Und jetzt alle zusammen: Es kann nach Stark-Watzinger nur besser werden! 🫠
April 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Und jetzt alle zusammen: Es kann nach Stark-Watzinger nur besser werden! 🫠
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"say what you like about nigel farage, but he has a habit of grabbing people's attention!!" squeal reporters. no; he has a habit of grabbing YOUR attention because you are lazy and stupid and bad at your jobs
March 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"say what you like about nigel farage, but he has a habit of grabbing people's attention!!" squeal reporters. no; he has a habit of grabbing YOUR attention because you are lazy and stupid and bad at your jobs
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March 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Nur ein "friendly reminder":
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Gerade wenn Ihr in Großunternehmen arbeitet: Weist die Ebenen über Eurer darauf hin! Denen ist vermutlich gar nicht klar, auf wie dünnem Eis sie sich bewegen.
Teilt das:
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=> Sorgt für Resilienz Eurer IT-Infrastruktur. Jetzt! <=
Gerade wenn Ihr in Großunternehmen arbeitet: Weist die Ebenen über Eurer darauf hin! Denen ist vermutlich gar nicht klar, auf wie dünnem Eis sie sich bewegen.
Teilt das:
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