Andre Keil
@andrekeil.bsky.social
#Historian, #football enthusiast and participating observer. Lecturer in Modern European History. Opinions here strictly my own!
Please stop ruining The Traitors by making it a cheap cultural reference for political shenanigans. It's "cringe" as my students would say.
BBC News showed a clip of a journo yelling “is Wes Streeting a Traitor or a Faithful, Prime Minister?” at Starmer and I’m just going to go smash my head through a wall
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Please stop ruining The Traitors by making it a cheap cultural reference for political shenanigans. It's "cringe" as my students would say.
A job in history! At a UK university! (Not envying the colleagues at Warwick who will probably have to go through 100s of applications...)
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Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
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Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A job in history! At a UK university! (Not envying the colleagues at Warwick who will probably have to go through 100s of applications...)
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Arbeit. Bildung. Ermächtigung?
Der Call zur nächsten Tagung der German Labour History Association ist online.
Der Call zur nächsten Tagung der German Labour History Association ist online.
[CfA] Arbeit. Bildung. Ermächtigung? Neue Perspektiven auf die Bildungsgeschichte von Arbeiter:innen; Halle/Saale, 18.-20.11. 2026 - German Labour History Association
Call for Abstracts für die 4. Konferenz der GLHA vom 18.–20. November 2026. Veranstaltungsort: Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle/Saale. Deadline für die Einreichung von Abstracts: Ein Abstract mit etwa 400 Wörtern und ein kurzes akademisches CV (maximal eine Seite) sind bitte bis zum 15. Januar 2026 zu senden an: Wiebke Wiede (wiede(ätt)uni-trier.de) und Stefan Müller (stefan.mueller(ätt)fes.de). Volltext … „[CfA] Arbeit. Bildung. Ermächtigung? Neue Perspektiven auf die Bildungsgeschichte von Arbeiter:innen; Halle/Saale, 18.-20.11. 2026“ weiterlesen
www.germanlabourhistory.de
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Arbeit. Bildung. Ermächtigung?
Der Call zur nächsten Tagung der German Labour History Association ist online.
Der Call zur nächsten Tagung der German Labour History Association ist online.
This is worth reading closely. The piece makes a very strong case for being very careful when embracing AI for historical research.
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is worth reading closely. The piece makes a very strong case for being very careful when embracing AI for historical research.
This is literally the inspiration for the song "99 Red Balloons". (Trigger warning: the video contains 1980s hairdos and German New Wave pop music.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This is literally the inspiration for the song "99 Red Balloons". (Trigger warning: the video contains 1980s hairdos and German New Wave pop music.)
This Wednesday, 4.30pm! Surely, this wil be a fascinating talk. As usual, everyone interested is very welcome!
This Wednesday, 12 November, our very own @jamescrossland.bsky.social will be talking about his current #research project on the #history of domestic #intelligence in #Britain. Everyone interested is very welcome to attend.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This Wednesday, 4.30pm! Surely, this wil be a fascinating talk. As usual, everyone interested is very welcome!
Es ist sehr traurig zu lesen, dass Gisela Bock gestorben ist. Ich hatte das Privileg, von ihr an der FU unterrichtet zu werden. Sie war immer nahbar, hilfreich, und an den Ideen ihrer Studies interessiert. Ich habe viel von ihr gelernt.
Die Historikerin Gisela Bock ist gestorben. In der FAZ ein Nachruf von Daniel Schönpflug
@wiko-berlin.bsky.social
zeitung.faz.net/data/522/rea...
@wiko-berlin.bsky.social
zeitung.faz.net/data/522/rea...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Es ist sehr traurig zu lesen, dass Gisela Bock gestorben ist. Ich hatte das Privileg, von ihr an der FU unterrichtet zu werden. Sie war immer nahbar, hilfreich, und an den Ideen ihrer Studies interessiert. Ich habe viel von ihr gelernt.
I had the same reference in mind. Bless vintage Simpsons!
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I had the same reference in mind. Bless vintage Simpsons!
Kirkby (locals say Kirby) is an easy one to get wrong. Wait until the roads people have write Fazarkerley (Scousers say Fassachle, or Fassach for short).
Residents fuming over Kirkby misspelling on area's roads
At least four instances of incorrect spelling
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Kirkby (locals say Kirby) is an easy one to get wrong. Wait until the roads people have write Fazarkerley (Scousers say Fassachle, or Fassach for short).
This really dampens my anticipation of GTA6. Not sure, I'll be able to enjoy the game once it's out knowing how Rockstar Games apparently treats its staff.
UK union accuses GTA maker Rockstar Games of firing employees attempting to organise
According to The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, the developer fired more than 30 staff last week for being members of a union-affiliated Discord channel
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This really dampens my anticipation of GTA6. Not sure, I'll be able to enjoy the game once it's out knowing how Rockstar Games apparently treats its staff.
The Economist discussing the pseudo-science of phrenology as the dernier cri of HR. The 18th century called and wants its bullshit back...
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Economist discussing the pseudo-science of phrenology as the dernier cri of HR. The 18th century called and wants its bullshit back...
The leaders of the national-conservative DNVP about the Nazi Party, circa June 1933 (after they had ushered Hitler into power and supported each of the measures to destroy what was left of Weimar democracy).
Gambling, in this establishment
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The leaders of the national-conservative DNVP about the Nazi Party, circa June 1933 (after they had ushered Hitler into power and supported each of the measures to destroy what was left of Weimar democracy).
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Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
Also wait until some explains to them that the actual indigenous people of England looked like Cheddar Man (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar...). It will blow their mind...
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Also wait until some explains to them that the actual indigenous people of England looked like Cheddar Man (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar...). It will blow their mind...
Every year, when I deliver my first-year lecture on nationalism in modern Europe, I refer to the "classic" primoridorialist vs structuralist concepts of nationhood. I guess I have yet another example for the rather blunt primordialist "blood and soil" type of nationalism.
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Every year, when I deliver my first-year lecture on nationalism in modern Europe, I refer to the "classic" primoridorialist vs structuralist concepts of nationhood. I guess I have yet another example for the rather blunt primordialist "blood and soil" type of nationalism.
Perfect metaphor for LLMs, etc... Let's spend more trillions to create more stuff like this. In the best case, robo-vids will replace cat videos to fill up spare internet and social media space.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Perfect metaphor for LLMs, etc... Let's spend more trillions to create more stuff like this. In the best case, robo-vids will replace cat videos to fill up spare internet and social media space.
This happens when people have no historical hinterland. This is nothing new, but the essence of modern political movements. Someone should tell them about political "milieus" and "politics as a lifestyle", both of which were defining features of Western politics since at least the late 18th century.
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This happens when people have no historical hinterland. This is nothing new, but the essence of modern political movements. Someone should tell them about political "milieus" and "politics as a lifestyle", both of which were defining features of Western politics since at least the late 18th century.
Wow! Who would have thought that being likeable and relateable are key assets for politicians in democracies. Someone should tell the Labour Party!
Charisma.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wow! Who would have thought that being likeable and relateable are key assets for politicians in democracies. Someone should tell the Labour Party!
This is less a story about migration, but about the diminishing capacity of the British state for competent governance. The historic root cause is a combination of austerity and the systematic dismantling of sovereign state functions since Thatcher.
As reported previously, more than five people a week are being let out of British prisons "accidentally", which is a grotesque systemic failure thanks to over a decade of Tory underfunding & mismanagement.
But folks are only interested in the racism...
But folks are only interested in the racism...
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is less a story about migration, but about the diminishing capacity of the British state for competent governance. The historic root cause is a combination of austerity and the systematic dismantling of sovereign state functions since Thatcher.
Reposted by Andre Keil
4 November 1989: a mass demonstration takes place on East Berlin's Alexanderplatz www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFL...
Tagesschau vom 4. November 1989 Teil 1
YouTube video by Klaus Dreikopf
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
4 November 1989: a mass demonstration takes place on East Berlin's Alexanderplatz www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFL...
Reposted by Andre Keil
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November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
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The burst of the AI bubble will be the mother of all bubble-bursts... and the centenary of the 1929 crash is just around the corner. How timely!
NVIDIA is now 16% of the US economy, in case you're wondering if your labor has any remaining value
The Value of NVIDIA Now Exceeds an Unprecedented 16% of U.S. GDP
With 16% of GDP riding on a single chipmaker, the U.S. economy is dangerously over-leveraged — and Wall Street is betting blind
medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The burst of the AI bubble will be the mother of all bubble-bursts... and the centenary of the 1929 crash is just around the corner. How timely!
My old pal, Jon Coburn, has published his new book. Fascinating topic, not just for people interested in US cold war history. Amazing book cover, I might add.
Two days until it’s released and I realise I haven’t skeeted about my book! So here’s my obligatory post…
Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
www.umasspress.com/978162534887...
Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
www.umasspress.com/978162534887...
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My old pal, Jon Coburn, has published his new book. Fascinating topic, not just for people interested in US cold war history. Amazing book cover, I might add.
Reposted by Andre Keil
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