Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
@astridme.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany, Europe, and the environment | author of West Germany and the Iron Curtain (OUP, 2019) + Zonenrandgebiet (Ch. Links, 2022) | Atlanta, Moabit | I wish I were in Greifswald
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PhD and recent postdocs in Central European History, CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications until December 1, 2025 for its Emerging Scholar Program. This year's program will support panels for the 2027 AHA Meeting in New Orleans. Details at: tinyurl.com/4y6n4rhz
Emerging Scholar Program – Central European History Society
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November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
PhD and recent postdocs in Central European History, CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications until December 1, 2025 for its Emerging Scholar Program. This year's program will support panels for the 2027 AHA Meeting in New Orleans. Details at: tinyurl.com/4y6n4rhz
junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford
Suspended in midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Suspended in midair
On this All-Saints’ Day, I remember the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) to which I have no particular relation. It’s just that this subspecies of the Iberian wild goats went extinct. The last of this subspecies – the endling – was called Celia.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On this All-Saints’ Day, I remember the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) to which I have no particular relation. It’s just that this subspecies of the Iberian wild goats went extinct. The last of this subspecies – the endling – was called Celia.
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
It breaks my heart that the annual fall migration of cranes (grus grus) in Germany turns into a mass extinction due to the bird flu outbreak. The pictures in this news clip (in German) are nauseating.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Loeffler-Institut: Vogelgrippe erreicht bislang nicht gekanntes Ausmaß | MDR.DE
Der starke Ausbruch der Vogelgrippe, auch Geflügelpest genannt, beschäftigt Virologen und Tierhalter. Letztere fordern von den Ländern jetzt flächendeckend eine Stallpflicht.
www.mdr.de
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It breaks my heart that the annual fall migration of cranes (grus grus) in Germany turns into a mass extinction due to the bird flu outbreak. The pictures in this news clip (in German) are nauseating.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Central Europeanists, Mikkel is here!
@mikkeldack.bsky.social
@mikkeldack.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Central Europeanists, Mikkel is here!
@mikkeldack.bsky.social
@mikkeldack.bsky.social
If Harvard sneezes....
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If Harvard sneezes....
beyond words.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
beyond words.
Interesting teaching day so far. An "incident".
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Interesting teaching day so far. An "incident".
Eigentlich muss ich Unterricht vorbereiten, aber für die Laudatio von Katja Petrowskaja und die Dankesrede von Karl Schlögel muss unbedingt Zeit sein. Hier der Mitschnitt.
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Friedenspreis 2025 für den Osteuropa-Historiker Karl Schlögel
Erleben Sie die Festrede von Karl Schlögel in der Paulskirche – ein Appell für Erinnerung, Verantwortung und europäische Solidarität.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Eigentlich muss ich Unterricht vorbereiten, aber für die Laudatio von Katja Petrowskaja und die Dankesrede von Karl Schlögel muss unbedingt Zeit sein. Hier der Mitschnitt.
www.zdf.de/play/intervi...
www.zdf.de/play/intervi...
High praise by @marcusrediker.bsky.social for a book on the ship that I thought was called "The Zong". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b... (gift article)
A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic
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October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
High praise by @marcusrediker.bsky.social for a book on the ship that I thought was called "The Zong". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b... (gift article)
Job at Univ. Jena (Germany) in Global Environmental History (due Dec. 11 // work start Fall 2027) - German language skills required for teaching #EnvHist #EnvHum www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/VAADIN/dynam...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Job at Univ. Jena (Germany) in Global Environmental History (due Dec. 11 // work start Fall 2027) - German language skills required for teaching #EnvHist #EnvHum www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/VAADIN/dynam...
In case anyone needs it today.
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In case anyone needs it today.
Your weekly summary.
And here's a 2.5-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Saturday 4th October...
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
Trump's authoritarian actions - Sat 4th October 2025
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Your weekly summary.
She tried to teach us humans something important. #JaneGoodall www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
She tried to teach us humans something important. #JaneGoodall www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Sounds like y'all want some more details authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...
authorsguild.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sounds like y'all want some more details authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
Very cool
The LSU History Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 20th Century European History (excluding Britain). Please spread the word! More details at the link below: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0224...
Assistant Professor - Modern European History
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Very cool
For ATL peeps (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
It Was Supposed to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods. Did It Gentrify Them Instead?
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For ATL peeps (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
The anatomical theater (1660s) at the Gustavianum at University of Uppsala #ESEH2025 @eseh.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The anatomical theater (1660s) at the Gustavianum at University of Uppsala #ESEH2025 @eseh.bsky.social
The Uppsala #ESEH2025 conference hare hops to the next session @eseh.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Uppsala #ESEH2025 conference hare hops to the next session @eseh.bsky.social
