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Sonja Kmec
@sokmec.bsky.social
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Historian @uni_lu http://history.uni.lu #earlymodern to #hypermodern cultural history #memorystudies #music&gender
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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · 18d
Export Stop! US bookshops (here Wonder Books via ZVAB) and some University Press publishers no longer ship books outside the US! Have you also experienced this? Why??? Not related to ebooks as there is none in both cases! Any explanations?

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Daria Young Neal @darianeal.bsky.social · Aug 29
Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources - ABC News share.google/NkWUGcFX3nO2...
Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources
A Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit will temporarily close for upgrades, sparking concern from some staff over potential changes amid President Trump's review of museums.
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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Aug 23
When I Go, I’m Going Green www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...
When I Go, I’m Going Green
www.nytimes.com

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Aug 13
www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete...
« Pour mes élèves, ce qui relève de l’anecdote, c’est qu’Emilie du Châtelet soit mathématicienne »
CHRONIQUE. « L’homme et l’artiste » (9/17). L’histoire de la femme de lettres frappe davantage les jeunes esprits du XXIᵉ siècle par sa mort en couches que par son brillant esprit mathématique.
www.lemonde.fr

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Jul 7
Imagine they would do this to the rue de l’Alzette in Esch… there is a canal underneath…

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Jul 1
Et pas que chez les étudiant.e.s je parie 😅 www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 1
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...
historyandpolicy.org

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Jul 1
Just when we thought paper exams were out, they now come back with a vengeance.

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Jun 16
But even if A.I. becomes the human historian’s collaborator instead of her replacement, it’s easy to see how individual sources would fade into the background, as users trust summaries of enormous troves of texts without much attention to their origins or agendas. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Jun 3
Of course, even more admin 🤪🤓

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · May 29
Invitation to Soundgardening #LUGA 8 June at 3pm string quintet @Kammerata playing music by #JosefineSchmoll who died 100 years ago, #HelenBuchholtz #LouKoster and world creation by @TatsianaZelianko 🌷🪻🌹🌺🌸 Join us at the Parc municipal, Pergola behind @VillaVauban #mugi.lu

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 12
The U.S. is facing an unprecedented dismantling of science, research, and higher education.

As scientists are fired + research is frozen, so too are all the resources and outcomes that would have benefited society.

In their own words, the stories of scientists whose work has been abruptly ended:
Silenced Science Stories
Explore the people and groundbreaking science research affected by federal firings, budget cuts, and grant terminations. Featuring scientists via art.
silencedsciencestories.com

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · May 7
One day perhaps.....Pope Joan in a procession giving birth

BL Royal 16 G V; Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation; c.1440; France, N. (Rouen); f.120r

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · Apr 14
Mein neuer Text für @volksverpetzer.de - warum wir es in den USA mit Faschismus zu tun haben, was Forschende mit Schwerpunkt Faschismus dazu sagen, welche Kriterien es gibt und teilweiser Realitätsverweigerung in großen deutschen Medien. www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/trum...
Trumps Regime nicht "Faschismus" nennen ist Realitätsverweigerung
Unter Experten ist die Debatte, ob Trumps Bewegung "Faschismus" ist, inzwischen vorbei. Unsere Medien sollten die Dinge beim Namen nennen. Die Historikerin Annika Brockschmidt listet etliche Kennzeich...
www.volksverpetzer.de

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Apr 12
Orbituary for Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024), pioneering scholar of historical anthropology of witchcraft - by Yseult de Blécourt www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024)
Published in Folklore (Vol. 136, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com

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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · Apr 12
Des nazis aux astrocapitalistes : l'histoire anti-écologique de la conquête spatiale.

Dans « Une histoire de la conquête de l’espace », Irénée Régnauld et Arnaud Saint-Martin décortiquent les assauts spatiaux de l’humanité.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/cFV

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Apr 6
www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...
Dans la bande de Gaza, une inversion orwellienne du langage
CHRONIQUE. A propos de l’enclave palestinienne, où Israël mène une guerre dévastatrice, de nombreux termes signifient désormais leur contraire, qu’il s’agisse de « victoire », d’« humanitaire » ou de ...
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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Mar 13
Don’t give up!

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Mar 1
Letz’ keep the facade (but nothing else)

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Mar 1
Ah jo do ass se, nieft den Tulpen

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Feb 15
nga.gov.au/audio-learni... - to avoid Trumpitis ruining my weekend
Museums without Men - Audio Learning Tour - National Gallery of Australia
nga.gov.au

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Laury-Anne Cholez @laury-anne.bsky.social · Feb 12
« Femme », « changement climatique », « justice environnementale »

Trump a interdit l'usage de ces mots dans les travaux des scientifiques américains, sous peine de perdre des financements.

Un basculement dystopique effrayant à lire dans @reporterre.bsky.social

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« Femme », « climat »... Trump interdit des mots dans les articles scientifiques
Les scientifiques étasuniens doivent désormais bannir tout un lexique environnemental et social de leurs travaux, sous peine de risquer la perte de financements. Un basculement dystopique qu'elles et ...
reporterre.net

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Feb 9
Lou Koster in good company: Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger and Henriette Bodmans - upcoming concert at #Mudam

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Ruth Atherton @ruthatherton.bsky.social · Nov 20
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Reformation and Violence' but topics outside this are very welcome. Please share! #earlymodern #reformazing #skystorians #history www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-reform...
The Reformation and Violence
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES 31st Annual Conference
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Feb 5
#InfoMann series at Luxembourg City train station seeks to liberate men from social expectations

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Jan 21
Hi everyone, can you help one of my students with her MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences & ambitions of those who practice history (from professionals to amateurs, paid to hobbyist). Fill in her survey to add your experience (& please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com

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Pit Wagner @pitwag.bsky.social · Jan 13
My first post on bsky.
Let's see what comes next 🙂

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Gesellschaft für Musikforschung @musikforschung.bsky.social · Jan 10
Bereits geöffnet: Der Call for Papers zur 77. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, die vom 6. bis 9. Oktober 2025 an der HfM Weimar stattfinden wird!
www.musikforschung.de/nachricht/ca...
#musikwissenschaft #gfm25
Call for Papers zur Jahrestagung 2025
Der Call for Papers zur Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung in Weimar 6.–9. Oktober 2025 ist nun geöffnet. Beiträge können bis zum 20. Februar 2025 eingereicht werden.
www.musikforschung.de

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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Dec 20
I love that Voltaire is happily smiling in his grave (or wherever) that you are able to write this publicly without any grinning meat or depressing sandwich eating you up, as is happening in so many “illiberal democracries” now!
a painting of a man with the word voltaire written on the bottom
ALT: a painting of a man with the word voltaire written on the bottom
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Sonja Kmec @sokmec.bsky.social · Dec 12
Entrance to the ophtamologist in Esch - not entirely reassuring