Dr. Dominik Huenniger
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger
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curator & #EnvHist @ German Port Museum, Hamburg & @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-4403
#C18 #C19
#HistSTM #EntHist
#HistOcean #AnimalHistory #QueerHistory #museums
Founder @collecol.bsky.social
Treasurer @dgej.bsky.social
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…and they say Germans have no sense of humour..
A bag of a bread mix called „ Jamie Lee Kürbis“ Kürbis is German for pumpkin and it sounds a little like Curtis.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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#NowSpinning the new Of Monsters And Men record : All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade. It’s very good. Maybe a bit too mellow & a wee bit saccharine at times but still beautiful. #Vinyl
#OfMonstersAndMen
An apricot coloured vinyl record on a turntable. Album cover in the background, white drawings & writing on black.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Die fabelhafteste Woche des Jahres. Habe schon sehr bewegende Filme gesehen und es gibt noch weitere 4 Tage ein super Programm.

The most fabulous week of the year. Did see some amazing films already and there are 4 more days of program packed with gems.
#HIQFF #HIQFF2025
#queer #film www.hiqff.de
A picture of a cinema screen showing the logo of the Hamburg international queer film festival: a yellow cat.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Excellent choice, Stefan. If I can just have one it needs to be this.
Album cover of PJ Harvey - Dry). A close-up of a woman’s face pressed against glass.
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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That’ll do nicely, I guess, for a wee post-conference holiday.
I’m very tempted to nick that gorgeous set of jars. 😆
A window looking out into the sea.a house and water in the background. Two deck chairs on green grass in front of a hill . Blue sky in the background. A set of jars for spices in blue & white ceramics. Early 20th century design. Me on a window seat . Window looks out to grass, rocks and the sea.
August 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Enjoyed being back in Uppsala, too. Can’t believe my fellowship at the History of Science department there was already 10 years ago! Seeing the recently refurbished Gustavianum #museum was a treat. Glad to see this “old friend” is still there.
Paul Dahlmann’s painting of Peter Forsskål. Painting of a man in 18th century dress. Grey hair , grey coat
August 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Oh hello, High Energy indeed with these #HistoricalHotties just popping up in Mogens‘ presentation. Did the room suddenly heat up? 😬
#ESEH2025
James Dean & Marlon Brando
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Thanks to our amazing participants we could up a fabulous exhibition in the pop-up #ESEH2025 #ClimateHistory #Museum . Come and see it and add your name (and object?) to our visitor book. The display is in the hall innige first floor towards house 2 in Engelska Parken Campus.
A display case and a rocking chair
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Train is two hours late though. 😕

It came from Germany so I guess that’s the standard now.
#GermanyEfficiencyIsAMyth

#TrainToUppsala #ESEH2025

Doesn’t really matter though with views like this:
Image taking from a train window looking out to a lake surrounded by trees.
August 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Greatly looking forward to #BSHS2025 and esp. our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable on Wednesday, 11.30 am.
Already very happy about the accommodation because I get to walk past this gorgeous #ceramics art work by one of my favourite artists. Thanks @bshsnews.bsky.social 😍 #DuncanGrant #HistSTM
Painted ceramic tiles showing a naked young man with blond her reading the papers which cover the middle part of his body. He sits in front of a fountain on a meadow with flowers
July 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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This is fab! Feels like 1995 all over again. But grown-up. Of course. 😆
Got this in a beautiful dark green #vinyl .
The opener “Spike Island” is an absolute banger.

#Pulp - More

#NowSpinning
A dark green vinyl record on a record player. Album cover behind it. Cover art is a photograph of a red rock landscape with clear blue sky.
June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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This was gorgeous and beautiful. The stunning Patrick Wolf in concert tonight in Hamburg. Loved it.
The musician Patrick Wolf on a stage in a deep red light. Heads of the audience in the foreground The musician Patrick Wolf on a stage in a golden light.Heads of the audience in the foreground The musician Patrick Wolf on a stage playing an acoustic guitar The musician Patrick Wolf on a stage.
May 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Regression made in Germany. 🤮

I wish this stupid country was a place where #NoCarsGo.
A cargo train full of cars.
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Nice finds today at the record fair.
#YeahYeahYeahs
#Feist
#AnohniAndTheJohnsons
#NowSpinning
#Vinyl
3 vinyl records on a table.
April 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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When you watch an 80s classic and suddenly your main #museum object appears on the screen. 😆 #WorkingGirl
#viermastbarkpeking #deutscheshafenmuseum
A photo of a Movie Stil showing a tall ship named PEKING from the movie Working Girl
April 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Ha, I have almost the same shirt, Declan! 🤗 (didn’t find a better picture sorry 😆)
Me (a middle aged white man with glasses) in a green corduroy shirt.
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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It doesn’t look as awful as we feared but it’s still really bad.
Predictions of German elections 2025, 23/2/2025, 6 pm CET . Source: https://www.tagesschau.de SPD 16%, CDU/CSU 29, Grüne 13,5, FDP 4,9, AfD 19,5, Linke 8,5, BSW 4,7
February 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Indeed, I only really started a few months ago and don’t really spent a lot of time pottering, sadly. But it’s such joy & I’m also pleased with the results.
An organically shaped ceramics bowl. Made by slab building. Black in the inside, green on the outside. A wheel thrown ceramics cup in a light blue
February 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Duolingo got the decolonising #museums memo. 😆
Screenshot of English-Danish Duolingo. Sentence is: „Are there any plundered treasures in the museum.“ „Er der nogen plyndrede skatte på museet.“
February 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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First sunny weekend in AGES! Look at the sky. Glorious.
A selfie of middle aged man (me) with beard, glasses & a beanie with fields and a clear blue sky in the background.
January 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Hi everyone enjoying #BSECS2025 @bsecs.bsky.social , the German Society for the Study of the 18th Century is advertising its first Dissertation Prize. Applications (& dissertations) in English, en français & auf Deutsch welcome. Deadline 31/1/2025. Details in image & alt-text. #C18 Please share. 🙏
The German Society for the Study of the 18th Century (DGEJ) is pleased to announce its Dissertation Prize for the year 2025. In 2025, the DGEJ will be introducing a new Dissertation Prize, donated by Friedrich Waitz von Eschen and valued at EUR 5,000. The award ceremony will take place on 19 September 2025 at the DGEJ's annual conference in Wolfenbüttel. We would like to cordially invite colleagues who have recently completed their dissertation to apply for the DGEJ Dissertation Prize. The award will honour outstanding dissertations in German, English or French, whether already published or unpublished, from all disciplines relevant to the study of the 18th century. The dissertation must focus on the 18th century. To be eligible for the 2025 prize, the dissertation must have been defended and filed as part of a Ph.D. or equivalent degree between the dates of 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2025. Applications for the DGEJ Dissertation Prize are accepted in German, English or French. Please include the following documents: - the submitted or published version of the dissertation, - a summary of the dissertation (max. 3,000 characters), - at least two reviews of the dissertation, stating the grade, - confirmation of acceptance of the dissertation by the university, - curriculum vitae. Please send all documents as pdfs to the DGEJ office (dgej@hab.de) by 31 January 2025 (23:59 CET). Please name the files according to the following scheme: LastnameFirstname_thesis + LastnameFirstname_summary + LastnameFirstname_reviews + LastnameFirstname_acceptance + LastnameFirstname_CV. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
January 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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#Museums are essential, fabulous & hilarious. How else would you have known that the German Democratic Republic had a washing paste called „WOKE“ ?
From the collection of the wonderful Museum Utopie & Alltag in Eisenhüttenstadt.
White plastic container. Blue & white label saying „Woke - Universalwaschpaste für die Wäsche aller Gewebearten.“ Translation: Woke - Universal washing paste for laundry of all fabrics.
January 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Brilliant. Seems to be the general fashion for queens on fayence though. Saw this one in Göteborgs stadsmuseum recently:
A white plate with fruit and flower decoration in blue, green and yellow. In the middle is a depiction of a woman with a crown.
January 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Did I tell you already that I joined a lovely #pottery collective at the end of 2024?
These are the first things I produced. The first two objects are hand-built. The third was thrown on the wheel. All (almost) ready for bisque firing now.
It’s such fun!
#ceramics #crafts
A white ceramics bowl A white ceramics vase A white ceramics cup
January 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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What’s that thing in the sky that emmits yellow light called again? I think I forgot as I haven’t seen it here in Northern Germany for about a fortnight. 🤔😆
A view from a window with the sunrise in the background. Houses , trees and cars.
January 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM