Heike Bauer
@heikebauer.bsky.social
Prof at Birkbeck & canicrosser. LGBTQI+ pasts; modern history of gender & sexuality; literary & cultural history; visual cultures; animals; pet history. Owned by 3 dogs & a cat. She/they.
London & the Surrey Hills via Wales. 💙 in Scotland
London & the Surrey Hills via Wales. 💙 in Scotland
Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Lecture in the Humanities & Social Sciences featuring award-winning historian Julia Laite on 'Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'.
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
19 November 2025, 18.00, Birkbeck, London.
All welcome but please register:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Beautiful sky over Troon on the West Coast of Scotland
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Beautiful sky over Troon on the West Coast of Scotland
A familiar London panorama looking particularly bright today
September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A familiar London panorama looking particularly bright today
Beautiful Gothic moon over the Surrey Hills
September 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Beautiful Gothic moon over the Surrey Hills
Painterly morning view in the Surrey Hills
August 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Painterly morning view in the Surrey Hills
Head in the clouds
August 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Head in the clouds
A lion’s mane jellyfish washed up on South Beach in Troon on the west coast of Scotland. One of the largest jellyfish, it is a beautiful if intimidating presence for those of us who swim off this beach or walk on the shore: the tentacles can reach 3m & will sting long after they’ve been stranded
August 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
A lion’s mane jellyfish washed up on South Beach in Troon on the west coast of Scotland. One of the largest jellyfish, it is a beautiful if intimidating presence for those of us who swim off this beach or walk on the shore: the tentacles can reach 3m & will sting long after they’ve been stranded
My mother died today. Born in what was then East Prussia, her childhood was overshadowed by WWII. She spent several formative years in refugee camps before being moved to the Black Forest. She was devoted to her adopted home & even more so to my father whose death preceded hers by 14 years. Vale
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My mother died today. Born in what was then East Prussia, her childhood was overshadowed by WWII. She spent several formative years in refugee camps before being moved to the Black Forest. She was devoted to her adopted home & even more so to my father whose death preceded hers by 14 years. Vale
Beautiful sunset in Troon on the West Coast of Scotland with the Isle of Arran a mirage-like shimmer in the far instance
August 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Beautiful sunset in Troon on the West Coast of Scotland with the Isle of Arran a mirage-like shimmer in the far instance
Meanwhile what they don’t show in the news about Trump’s arrival in Prestwick
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Meanwhile what they don’t show in the news about Trump’s arrival in Prestwick
West Coast of Scotland sunsets are the best
July 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
West Coast of Scotland sunsets are the best
Distant view of Ailsa Craig, where blue hone and common green granite is quarried to make curling stones, on a beautiful blustery day.
July 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Distant view of Ailsa Craig, where blue hone and common green granite is quarried to make curling stones, on a beautiful blustery day.
I don't often think in German, but isn't 'fuchsteufelswild' just an excellent turn of phrase? It literally translates as 'fox-devil(s)-wild' and means furious.
Bonus 'study of a fox' by the great C19th French animal painter and queer gender nonconforming tour de force Rosa Bonheur
Bonus 'study of a fox' by the great C19th French animal painter and queer gender nonconforming tour de force Rosa Bonheur
July 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I don't often think in German, but isn't 'fuchsteufelswild' just an excellent turn of phrase? It literally translates as 'fox-devil(s)-wild' and means furious.
Bonus 'study of a fox' by the great C19th French animal painter and queer gender nonconforming tour de force Rosa Bonheur
Bonus 'study of a fox' by the great C19th French animal painter and queer gender nonconforming tour de force Rosa Bonheur
A spectacular West Coast of Scotland sunset
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A spectacular West Coast of Scotland sunset
You meet all sorts on the morning commute. Here’s Henry VIII on his way to Hampton Court
July 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You meet all sorts on the morning commute. Here’s Henry VIII on his way to Hampton Court
Today! Hear me talk about some of the cats & dogs who roam around modern queer history at the Queer Kinship Network, a collaboration btw the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Thurs 26 June 2025, 5pm (Italy); 4pm (UK); 11am (Toronto/East Coast).
Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
Thurs 26 June 2025, 5pm (Italy); 4pm (UK); 11am (Toronto/East Coast).
Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today! Hear me talk about some of the cats & dogs who roam around modern queer history at the Queer Kinship Network, a collaboration btw the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Thurs 26 June 2025, 5pm (Italy); 4pm (UK); 11am (Toronto/East Coast).
Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
Thurs 26 June 2025, 5pm (Italy); 4pm (UK); 11am (Toronto/East Coast).
Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
“Pets Portraits & Sapphic Modernism: Queer Kinship beyond the Human”- Hugely looking forward to speaking at the Queer Kinship network this Thursday, 26 June.
Hosted by the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Watch live here (17.00 Italy;4pm UK; 11.00 Toronto): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
Hosted by the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Watch live here (17.00 Italy;4pm UK; 11.00 Toronto): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
June 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
“Pets Portraits & Sapphic Modernism: Queer Kinship beyond the Human”- Hugely looking forward to speaking at the Queer Kinship network this Thursday, 26 June.
Hosted by the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Watch live here (17.00 Italy;4pm UK; 11.00 Toronto): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
Hosted by the universities of Siena, Oxford & Toronto.
Watch live here (17.00 Italy;4pm UK; 11.00 Toronto): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcS2...
Moody approach to London Waterloo
June 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Moody approach to London Waterloo
North Sea sunrise, Norfolk
June 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
North Sea sunrise, Norfolk
The famous Blackrock Cottage, owned by the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club, at the entrance of Glen Coe with beautiful Buachaille Etive Mòr in the distance.
June 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The famous Blackrock Cottage, owned by the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club, at the entrance of Glen Coe with beautiful Buachaille Etive Mòr in the distance.
The highly poisonous hemlock, a powerful symbol in the cultural imagination since Plato reported that it was used to execute Socrates. Here it is, growing inconspicuously but prolifically alongside one of my morning run routes.
June 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The highly poisonous hemlock, a powerful symbol in the cultural imagination since Plato reported that it was used to execute Socrates. Here it is, growing inconspicuously but prolifically alongside one of my morning run routes.
Guildford but not as you know it!
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Guildford but not as you know it!
Pastel sunrise on the English south coast.
May 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Pastel sunrise on the English south coast.