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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦
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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
Suspended in midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 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.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Na, da fehlt doch noch jemand in der Dankesreihe: Danke auch Ihnen, Herr Golod!
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Interesting teaching day so far. An "incident".
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In case anyone needs it today.
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
PSA
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Pssst, look here.. super small, works with pencil, has long-term data storage, comes in different colors... 😀
September 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hier gleich noch das Buch zu Ihrer Beobachtung, in der die Behauptung kontextualisiert wird, z. B. mit der Geschichte der Zonenrandfoerderung, die die Regionen jahrzehntelang subventioniert hat.
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The anatomical theater (1660s) at the Gustavianum at University of Uppsala #ESEH2025 @eseh.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Uppsala #ESEH2025 conference hare hops to the next session @eseh.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Meanwhile in Georgia...
August 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Spectacular meeting space this morning #ESEH
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
First impressions of Uppsala are very favorable -- gorgeous weather surely plays a role! @eseh.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Well, someone has to pay for the nuclear plant, unit by unit.
August 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Should I be glad not to be an interpreter/translator? Like historians, they have apparently done a poor job explaining why actual brains matter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
LArch Archivfund mit (freud'schem?) Tippfehler -- Abschwung Ost
July 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s #ShowYourStripes day, so here are the climate stripes for Berlin showyourstripes.info/c/europe/ger...
that you can also find on a few tram cars here.

Show me your stripes with this tool from @edhawkins.org
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Koeln-Deutz waehrend der Evakuierung war aber schon bissl spooky...
June 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
slight earthquake in ATL at 9:04. That's a first for me. Glad that the US Geological Survey is still working... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
After listening to gibberish and the poised response of PM Carney, I made use of our flag post for the very first time.
May 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ein sehr unangenehmes Bild.
May 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
April 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM