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
It’s always a bad sign when human names get attached to wild animals. Celia became an ‘animal Saint’ in 2000. Efforts to “de-extinct” the subspecies by cloning Celia have thus far led nowhere. You can’t bring back a Saint. You can only feel the loss more keenly.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s always a bad sign when human names get attached to wild animals. Celia became an ‘animal Saint’ in 2000. Efforts to “de-extinct” the subspecies by cloning Celia have thus far led nowhere. You can’t bring back a Saint. You can only feel the loss more keenly.
there are some pumpkins to smash...
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
there are some pumpkins to smash...
I understand your move, Dr. Hecht, but it is easier to do for 50+ US faculty with a considerable nest egg than for our younger colleagues. We had a good run, but I'm worried sick for the next generation.
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I understand your move, Dr. Hecht, but it is easier to do for 50+ US faculty with a considerable nest egg than for our younger colleagues. We had a good run, but I'm worried sick for the next generation.
Na, da fehlt doch noch jemand in der Dankesreihe: Danke auch Ihnen, Herr Golod!
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Na, da fehlt doch noch jemand in der Dankesreihe: Danke auch Ihnen, Herr Golod!
I‘m sure she totally understands…
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I‘m sure she totally understands…
I "met" Reichmann a few times in the files when I researched my book on the captured records. I'm so glad someone has done this work.
October 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I "met" Reichmann a few times in the files when I researched my book on the captured records. I'm so glad someone has done this work.
they had also covered the Fulbright stipends when Rubio had suspended them.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
they had also covered the Fulbright stipends when Rubio had suspended them.
you can tick off the task of having a to-do list...
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
you can tick off the task of having a to-do list...
noch Monchhichi sein
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
noch Monchhichi sein