Laura Schmitz-Justen
@schmitzjusten.bsky.social
PostDoc @unimuenster.bsky.social | former Visiting Fellow @ Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | c18 poetry | law and literature | disability studies | women's suffrage literature | occasional ornithologist
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Yesterday's keynote at #BritCult2025 #conference was really impactful, with @badinfinity2.bsky.social highlighting the queer & trans elements in #Medieval & #EarlyModern Christian iconography & texts, from Genesis to Jesus Christ & the Last Judgment
#TransStudies #QueerStudies #Theology #ArtHistory
#TransStudies #QueerStudies #Theology #ArtHistory
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yesterday's keynote at #BritCult2025 #conference was really impactful, with @badinfinity2.bsky.social highlighting the queer & trans elements in #Medieval & #EarlyModern Christian iconography & texts, from Genesis to Jesus Christ & the Last Judgment
#TransStudies #QueerStudies #Theology #ArtHistory
#TransStudies #QueerStudies #Theology #ArtHistory
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Das Schiffchen meiner Emmy-Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe am @fb09public.bsky.social sucht das letzte Crewmitglied! Bitte fleißig teilen oder direkt selbst bewerben: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/7... Neben einer spannenden Stelle bieten wir ein cooles Team und selbstgemachte Pizza! #litlia
July 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Das Schiffchen meiner Emmy-Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe am @fb09public.bsky.social sucht das letzte Crewmitglied! Bitte fleißig teilen oder direkt selbst bewerben: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/7... Neben einer spannenden Stelle bieten wir ein cooles Team und selbstgemachte Pizza! #litlia
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Please apply, especially early career and independant scholars! Come visit #Antwerp and use our magnificent collections!
Studying #earlymodern #bookhistory, #rarebooks, or print culture? Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus & the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library offer unmatched treasures.
Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
Fellowship Programme | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Please apply, especially early career and independant scholars! Come visit #Antwerp and use our magnificent collections!
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Submit your abstract here: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
And here's a Google doc for easier CFP reading: bit.ly/CFPThinkingOfTheChildren
Any questions, drop me a line.
And here's a Google doc for easier CFP reading: bit.ly/CFPThinkingOfTheChildren
Any questions, drop me a line.
CFP: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People
CALL FOR PAPERS: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People An online conference hosted by the University of Münster 11-12 February 2026 In January 2025, just fo...
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June 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Submit your abstract here: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
And here's a Google doc for easier CFP reading: bit.ly/CFPThinkingOfTheChildren
Any questions, drop me a line.
And here's a Google doc for easier CFP reading: bit.ly/CFPThinkingOfTheChildren
Any questions, drop me a line.
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Please share!
👇
Our conference " #NeoHistorical #Fiction @ 2025. #PrizedTemporalities & Contested Progress"
is happening /2-4 June @temporal-communities.de
☝️
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicConference
#EnglishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies #FUBerlin
👇
Our conference " #NeoHistorical #Fiction @ 2025. #PrizedTemporalities & Contested Progress"
is happening /2-4 June @temporal-communities.de
☝️
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicConference
#EnglishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies #FUBerlin
May 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Please share!
👇
Our conference " #NeoHistorical #Fiction @ 2025. #PrizedTemporalities & Contested Progress"
is happening /2-4 June @temporal-communities.de
☝️
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicConference
#EnglishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies #FUBerlin
👇
Our conference " #NeoHistorical #Fiction @ 2025. #PrizedTemporalities & Contested Progress"
is happening /2-4 June @temporal-communities.de
☝️
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicConference
#EnglishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies #FUBerlin
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📢 JOB KLAXON 📢 Come work with me: I am advertising a PhD position in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (50%, for 3 years initially, starting date: September 2025) - please share widely! www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/or...
May 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 JOB KLAXON 📢 Come work with me: I am advertising a PhD position in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (50%, for 3 years initially, starting date: September 2025) - please share widely! www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/or...
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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You got angry als Umweltaktivisten Öl und Suppe auf mit Glas geschützte Gemälde warfen?
Oh boy, am I gespannt auf your Befindlichkeit now.
Oh boy, am I gespannt auf your Befindlichkeit now.
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
You got angry als Umweltaktivisten Öl und Suppe auf mit Glas geschützte Gemälde warfen?
Oh boy, am I gespannt auf your Befindlichkeit now.
Oh boy, am I gespannt auf your Befindlichkeit now.
Am editing. Darlings are dropping like flies. #killyourdarlings Send tea, fortitude and patient vibes, please.
December 5, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Am editing. Darlings are dropping like flies. #killyourdarlings Send tea, fortitude and patient vibes, please.
Proud to have this published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Then you tell me you’ve fallen in love with a tree”: Queer ecologies in Ali Smith’s short stories
The present article takes the recurrent motif of trees in Ali Smith’s oeuvre as a point of departure to analyze how Smith forges an alliance between environmental concerns and queerness. It argues ...
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November 12, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Proud to have this published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our Graduate School Practices of Literature is offering DAAD #scholarships for international candidates! 🌍✨ Join a 3-year PhD program (with possible 4th year funding) in an inspiring academic environment! Details: uni.ms/gssp #litwiss #phd
September 24, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Our Graduate School Practices of Literature is offering DAAD #scholarships for international candidates! 🌍✨ Join a 3-year PhD program (with possible 4th year funding) in an inspiring academic environment! Details: uni.ms/gssp #litwiss #phd
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Die 70er haben angerufen und wollen ihre platte antifeministische Diffamierungsrhetorik - Kritik patriarchaler Gewalt = „Männerhass“ - zurück.
September 20, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Die 70er haben angerufen und wollen ihre platte antifeministische Diffamierungsrhetorik - Kritik patriarchaler Gewalt = „Männerhass“ - zurück.
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If your business model isn't viable without a lot of theft, it's not a good business model, whether it be AI or a fast food joint.
September 3, 2024 at 12:20 AM
If your business model isn't viable without a lot of theft, it's not a good business model, whether it be AI or a fast food joint.
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Meisterdenkerin der UK „Gender Criticals“ Kathleen Stock wie sie ihre Schwester im Geiste Nina Power supported, direkt nachdem diese per Gericht als Fascho-Freundin und Rassistin mit Interesse an Mein Kampf und den Protokollen der Weisen von Zion enttarnt wurde
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![Also now public after having been adduced as evidence at trial are WhatsApp messages between Ms Power—who is currently a Telegraph writer and editor of Compact magazine—and Mr Miller. These reveal that Ms Power and Mr Miller both kept copies of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’, with Mr Miller suggesting they might “find [themselves] agreeing with it”. This leads Ms Power to “Wonder what the real deal is with the Protocols [of the Elders of Zion]”, the notorious antisemitic text that inspired Hitler. The logs also show Ms Power claiming that “the social disapproval for ‘racism’ is a psyop to stop people realising that there *are* alien and fairy races”, and that “black and white were alien races and very different”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h6jsrxd4nsa2wgzr3ar26bhn/bafkreihs5vfm52docpvvbbjixpegrugtpaz6iasysas7xdy7ewacgz335y@jpeg)
July 3, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Meisterdenkerin der UK „Gender Criticals“ Kathleen Stock wie sie ihre Schwester im Geiste Nina Power supported, direkt nachdem diese per Gericht als Fascho-Freundin und Rassistin mit Interesse an Mein Kampf und den Protokollen der Weisen von Zion enttarnt wurde
luketurner.com/victory-in-h...
luketurner.com/victory-in-h...
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Rez: M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-139066
M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-139066
M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
Rezension zu: M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
www.hsozkult.de
June 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Rez: M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-139066
M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-139066
M. Foik: Menschen in weißen Kitteln
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CfP! gender forum (online, OA, peer reviewed) is looking for abstracts (due July 21) for a special issue on Flora - Fauna - Gender, guest edited by Burak Sezer and Johanna Pelikan. Details below - spread the word, reposts welcome! #ecocriticism #genderstudies
Call for Papers: Flora - Fauna - Gender (guest editors: Burak Sezer and Johanna Pelikan)
| gender forum: An Internet Journal for Gender Studies
journals.ub.uni-koeln.de
June 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
CfP! gender forum (online, OA, peer reviewed) is looking for abstracts (due July 21) for a special issue on Flora - Fauna - Gender, guest edited by Burak Sezer and Johanna Pelikan. Details below - spread the word, reposts welcome! #ecocriticism #genderstudies
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Hat jemand Lust, bei mir zu promovieren?! Kennt ihr jemanden, der bei mir vielleicht promovieren möchte?! Let me know. 🙋🏻♀️😀
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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June 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Hat jemand Lust, bei mir zu promovieren?! Kennt ihr jemanden, der bei mir vielleicht promovieren möchte?! Let me know. 🙋🏻♀️😀
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Alles klar. Stark-Watzinger hatte üüü-ber-haupt keine Ahnung von den Umtrieben ihrer Staatssekretärin und hat eine Woche gebraucht, um rauszufinden, was los ist.
June 16, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Alles klar. Stark-Watzinger hatte üüü-ber-haupt keine Ahnung von den Umtrieben ihrer Staatssekretärin und hat eine Woche gebraucht, um rauszufinden, was los ist.
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Nach dem Totalversagen in Sachen #WissZeitVG versucht das BMBF jetzt auch noch die Wissenschaftsfreiheit abzuräumen. Wie viel Schaden wollt Ihr dem Wissenschaftsstandort D eigentlich noch zufügen? 🤯 Und all das in Zeiten, in denen wissenschaftsfeindliche Kräfte weiter an Boden gewinnen. Unglaublich.
Das BMBF hat geprüft, ob es Hochschulangestellten der FU Berlin, die politische Erklärungen unterschrieben haben, deshalb Fördermittel entziehen kann. Der Mailwechsel dazu ist dokumentiert. Falls noch jemand Illusionen darüber hatte, was das Ministerium unter Wissenschaftsfreiheit versteht.
Als Reaktion auf Kritik: Bildungsministerium wollte Fördermittel streichen
Dem NDR liegen Unterlagen vor, wonach das Bundesministerium für Bildung prüfen wollte, ob kritischen Hochschullehrenden ihre Fördermittel gestrichen werden können. Grundlage der Prüfung ist ein offene...
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June 11, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Nach dem Totalversagen in Sachen #WissZeitVG versucht das BMBF jetzt auch noch die Wissenschaftsfreiheit abzuräumen. Wie viel Schaden wollt Ihr dem Wissenschaftsstandort D eigentlich noch zufügen? 🤯 Und all das in Zeiten, in denen wissenschaftsfeindliche Kräfte weiter an Boden gewinnen. Unglaublich.
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Fellowship Programme “Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship”
University of Münster, Germany
Postdoctoral fellowship (24 months) OR Senior fellowship (6 months)
start date: 01 May 2025
application deadline: 19 Jul 2024
University of Münster, Germany
Postdoctoral fellowship (24 months) OR Senior fellowship (6 months)
start date: 01 May 2025
application deadline: 19 Jul 2024
June 10, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Fellowship Programme “Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship”
University of Münster, Germany
Postdoctoral fellowship (24 months) OR Senior fellowship (6 months)
start date: 01 May 2025
application deadline: 19 Jul 2024
University of Münster, Germany
Postdoctoral fellowship (24 months) OR Senior fellowship (6 months)
start date: 01 May 2025
application deadline: 19 Jul 2024
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Posters are up for our screening of the play "The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman" next Monday 6pm @UniCologne‘s diversity week, featuring snacks, drinks, and Zoom Q&A with @ankahajkova.bsky.social !
vielfalt.uni-koeln.de/aktuelles/di...
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May 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Posters are up for our screening of the play "The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman" next Monday 6pm @UniCologne‘s diversity week, featuring snacks, drinks, and Zoom Q&A with @ankahajkova.bsky.social !
vielfalt.uni-koeln.de/aktuelles/di...
vielfalt.uni-koeln.de/aktuelles/di...
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One of the more toxic traits of the modern neoliberal university is the tendency for disciplines to dunk on other disciplines.
In other words, the anti-intellectualism is coming from inside the house.
In other words, the anti-intellectualism is coming from inside the house.
May 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM
One of the more toxic traits of the modern neoliberal university is the tendency for disciplines to dunk on other disciplines.
In other words, the anti-intellectualism is coming from inside the house.
In other words, the anti-intellectualism is coming from inside the house.
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So proud of our brilliant contributors! Go read @juliaditter.bsky.social on extraction ecologies,
@espinoza.bsky.social on Marryat's tropics, Katharina Kalthoff on Wells's sea lady, and @marlenatronicke.bsky.social on neo-victorian environments. A big thank you to all of you. 💚🌿
@espinoza.bsky.social on Marryat's tropics, Katharina Kalthoff on Wells's sea lady, and @marlenatronicke.bsky.social on neo-victorian environments. A big thank you to all of you. 💚🌿
May 13, 2024 at 9:40 AM
So proud of our brilliant contributors! Go read @juliaditter.bsky.social on extraction ecologies,
@espinoza.bsky.social on Marryat's tropics, Katharina Kalthoff on Wells's sea lady, and @marlenatronicke.bsky.social on neo-victorian environments. A big thank you to all of you. 💚🌿
@espinoza.bsky.social on Marryat's tropics, Katharina Kalthoff on Wells's sea lady, and @marlenatronicke.bsky.social on neo-victorian environments. A big thank you to all of you. 💚🌿
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Forty years ago, Gay's the Word was reeling from raids by HM Customs & Excise. You might've heard of 'Operation Tiger', but probably know less about the books accused of being 'indecent or obscene'. Our new online exhibition reveals more – london.ac.uk/seized-books
April 10, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Forty years ago, Gay's the Word was reeling from raids by HM Customs & Excise. You might've heard of 'Operation Tiger', but probably know less about the books accused of being 'indecent or obscene'. Our new online exhibition reveals more – london.ac.uk/seized-books
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How did the pandemic play out in the live performing arts sector? We've published a report on @britishacademy.bsky.social supported research looking at lessons from across the G7. Germany comes out well in its response in various ways worth learning from www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts: Lessons to Learn from COVID-19
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 27, 2024 at 12:33 PM
How did the pandemic play out in the live performing arts sector? We've published a report on @britishacademy.bsky.social supported research looking at lessons from across the G7. Germany comes out well in its response in various ways worth learning from www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...