Bill Niven
@bniven.bsky.social
Avid fan of cakes, Nottingham Forest, and Wagner, and dedicated to a range of gloomy research topics
Great and detailed review of the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne where I heard so many fascinating papers
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great and detailed review of the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne where I heard so many fascinating papers
Looking forward to speaking with students about the Kindertransport in Potsdam next week! Thanks to Ulrike Schneider for the invitation.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Looking forward to speaking with students about the Kindertransport in Potsdam next week! Thanks to Ulrike Schneider for the invitation.
Thanks for the invite!!!
A huge thanks to @bniven.bsky.social for coming to speak to BA history students at @unileipzig.bsky.social today about the background and reception of the East German DEFA film (and 2015 remake) “Nackt unter Wölfen”.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thanks for the invite!!!
Looking forward to the discussion!
Very much looking forward to moderating the discussion by Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social on the production and reception histories of the 1940 National Socialist film Jud Süß at Halle's Puschkino on Wednesday 29 October.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Looking forward to the discussion!
Eckermann: Ich fand Goethe betrübt vor. Zelter wusste keinen Rat. Christiane schimpfte über die Ausgaben in Marienbad. Goethe wollte zum Telefon eilen, um Herrn Göbel anzurufen, worauf Schubart, der händeringend auf und ab ging, den Geheimrat daran erinnerte, das Telefon gäbe es noch nicht.
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Eckermann: Ich fand Goethe betrübt vor. Zelter wusste keinen Rat. Christiane schimpfte über die Ausgaben in Marienbad. Goethe wollte zum Telefon eilen, um Herrn Göbel anzurufen, worauf Schubart, der händeringend auf und ab ging, den Geheimrat daran erinnerte, das Telefon gäbe es noch nicht.
Some photos of tonight’s showing of the film about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley “I was 8814” in Berlin (directed by David Peters and with so many other wonderful contributors.) Introduced by Amy Williams.
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Some photos of tonight’s showing of the film about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley “I was 8814” in Berlin (directed by David Peters and with so many other wonderful contributors.) Introduced by Amy Williams.
At Berlin Indie Film Festival for the film „I was 8814“ about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley
October 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At Berlin Indie Film Festival for the film „I was 8814“ about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley
If you are in Berlin on 19th October please come and watch! This film about Hanna Miley’s Kindertransport journey won best documentary film at the Berlin Indie Festival. I am passing on Hanna’s invitation. Amy Williams and I were part of the film project and will be there to talk about it.
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you are in Berlin on 19th October please come and watch! This film about Hanna Miley’s Kindertransport journey won best documentary film at the Berlin Indie Festival. I am passing on Hanna’s invitation. Amy Williams and I were part of the film project and will be there to talk about it.
Can anyone give me an idea what 50 Reichsmark would have bought me in 1939 Germany? Trying to get a sense of how much that is…
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Can anyone give me an idea what 50 Reichsmark would have bought me in 1939 Germany? Trying to get a sense of how much that is…
Instructions for the Viennese Kindertransport on 10 January 1939:
„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“
„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“
October 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Instructions for the Viennese Kindertransport on 10 January 1939:
„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“
„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“
wir-halle.de – Festival 2025
wir-halle.de
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking forward to discussing this film with Elizabeth Ward in Halle (Puschkino) on 29 October.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Looking forward to discussing this film with Elizabeth Ward in Halle (Puschkino) on 29 October.
Looking forward to this conference next week…
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Looking forward to this conference next week…
Looking forward to speaking and hearing the papers at this conference in Limerick in October.
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Looking forward to speaking and hearing the papers at this conference in Limerick in October.
Keeping the head down…
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Keeping the head down…
New book on Günter Grass following on from a great conference in Gdansk
September 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New book on Günter Grass following on from a great conference in Gdansk
Honoured to hold the opening lecture at the Hans Mayer Society conference. Thanks to @jansueselbeck.bsky.social for the great article on Metropolis which helped me.
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Honoured to hold the opening lecture at the Hans Mayer Society conference. Thanks to @jansueselbeck.bsky.social for the great article on Metropolis which helped me.
Extrovertly passionate people awaken suspicion because the more emotionally cagy cannot grasp that such openness can be nature rather than design. They are also easily misunderstood and accused of manipulation. And they get bullied.
September 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extrovertly passionate people awaken suspicion because the more emotionally cagy cannot grasp that such openness can be nature rather than design. They are also easily misunderstood and accused of manipulation. And they get bullied.
Looking forward to speaking about representations of Jewish women in German literature and film at the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne
September 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Looking forward to speaking about representations of Jewish women in German literature and film at the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne
Fantastic news - the film about the life of Kindertransportee Hanna Miley to which Amy Williams and I (to a much lesser extent) contributed has won best documentary at the Berlin Indie Film Festival - after successes in Austin and Cannes. So pleased for Hanna and the fantastic film team!
August 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fantastic news - the film about the life of Kindertransportee Hanna Miley to which Amy Williams and I (to a much lesser extent) contributed has won best documentary at the Berlin Indie Film Festival - after successes in Austin and Cannes. So pleased for Hanna and the fantastic film team!
