Peter Davies
@pdavies.bsky.social
German Studies, U of Edinburgh. Translation History, Holocaust testimony, archives, interpreters at Holocaust trials. Audio drama and the Holocaust. Occasional Scottish political nonsense. He/him
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Peter Davies
@pdavies.bsky.social
· May 27
Here it is - my book on the interpreters at the first Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial is now out in physical form (not in open access for a year or two unfortunately) but good to hold a copy www.bloomsbury.com/uk/interpret...
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Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kino Kultur Kombination
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Kino Kultur Kombination
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Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026 “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join us in London in July!
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Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
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The AGS's President (@pdavies.bsky.social) and VP (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) have put out a joint statement with Women+ in German Studies and the German Language Association in response to today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plan to close all modern language degrees.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The AGS's President (@pdavies.bsky.social) and VP (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) have put out a joint statement with Women+ in German Studies and the German Language Association in response to today's announcement of the University of Nottingham's plan to close all modern language degrees.
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I dare them to invite Trump to the ceremony and then award it to Roy Keane
apnews.com/article/fifa... I saw a screenshot of a similar story (no Alt text so didn't want to reskeet it)... Had to check it was true. And it is. To be awarded in Washington.
FIFA announces new peace prize to be awarded at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I dare them to invite Trump to the ceremony and then award it to Roy Keane
Have discovered you can get almost a whole language class out of getting people to pronounce Südschleswigscher Wählerverband
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Have discovered you can get almost a whole language class out of getting people to pronounce Südschleswigscher Wählerverband
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Registration for the #W+IGS Annual Conference closes tomorrow! Check out the exciting programme & register below!
Registration for this year's #Women+inGermanStudies conference is now open! Join us in #Aberyswyth on the 21-22 November to talk all things #GermanStudies.
Registration closes 5 November.
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Registration closes 5 November.
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W+IGS 2025 Conference Programme
Please see the W+IGS 2025 conference programme below, including information on how to register and how to book accommodation. Registration will close on 3rd November 2025. Friday, 21 November 2025&…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Registration for the #W+IGS Annual Conference closes tomorrow! Check out the exciting programme & register below!
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In her new book, People Without History are Dust, Dr Anna Hájková explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, telling the gripping stories of queer Jews that have been long silenced by the homophobia of survivors.
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Book Talk: People without History are Dust, Anna Hájková - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership is delighted to host Dr Anna Hájková in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt about Dr. Hájková’s new book, People without History are Dust: Queer…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In her new book, People Without History are Dust, Dr Anna Hájková explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, telling the gripping stories of queer Jews that have been long silenced by the homophobia of survivors.
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
2026 Nobel Peace Prize for Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot Künstlerin Maria Aljochina, Gulag-Häftling, richtet sich bei Markus Lanz an Wagenknecht: Sie wiederholen das, was in Russland die Propagandasender sagen
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
2026 Nobel Peace Prize for Pussy Riot
Have been rewatching the Golden Girls after many years and unlike many comedies of the era it still stands up pretty well. Apart from the occasionally overemphatic editing (HEY! ✂️ the punchline is coming ✂️ NOW!) it’s great… 1/2
an elderly woman wearing glasses and a yellow shirt is sitting on a couch and saying `` i 'll allow it ''
ALT: an elderly woman wearing glasses and a yellow shirt is sitting on a couch and saying `` i 'll allow it ''
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Have been rewatching the Golden Girls after many years and unlike many comedies of the era it still stands up pretty well. Apart from the occasionally overemphatic editing (HEY! ✂️ the punchline is coming ✂️ NOW!) it’s great… 1/2
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Earlier this year we hosted the launch of a new book: Olga Lengyel, Auschwitz Survivor.
This new work engages with one of the most intriguing aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of a Holocaust survivor changes through time.
Catch up via our YouTube channel:
This new work engages with one of the most intriguing aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of a Holocaust survivor changes through time.
Catch up via our YouTube channel:
Book Talk - Olga Lengyel: Auschwitz survivor Interdisciplinary Explorations
The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host this book launch event as part of its New Academic Books series.
Olga Lengyel, Auschwitz Survivor engages with one of the most intriguing, but still…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Earlier this year we hosted the launch of a new book: Olga Lengyel, Auschwitz Survivor.
This new work engages with one of the most intriguing aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of a Holocaust survivor changes through time.
Catch up via our YouTube channel:
This new work engages with one of the most intriguing aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of a Holocaust survivor changes through time.
Catch up via our YouTube channel:
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Does #German really sound aggressive? Why do some people find the sound of #French romantic and sexy? And how about the friendly-sounding Geordies?
Join us for a public lecture by Prof Sascha Stollhans.
👉 Find out more: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
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Join us for a public lecture by Prof Sascha Stollhans.
👉 Find out more: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Does #German really sound aggressive? Why do some people find the sound of #French romantic and sexy? And how about the friendly-sounding Geordies?
Join us for a public lecture by Prof Sascha Stollhans.
👉 Find out more: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
@saschastollhans.bsky.social
Join us for a public lecture by Prof Sascha Stollhans.
👉 Find out more: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
@saschastollhans.bsky.social
Anyone in London, recommend for the Disability and Design exhibition at the V&A. Full of objects and reminders of campaigns and protests, too. This ball for blind players took me back to going to watch my dad play when I was a kid
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Anyone in London, recommend for the Disability and Design exhibition at the V&A. Full of objects and reminders of campaigns and protests, too. This ball for blind players took me back to going to watch my dad play when I was a kid
Memorial to Sinti and Roma victims of the Holocaust, outside the Civic Centre, Newcastle, with a quote by Ceija Stojka
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Memorial to Sinti and Roma victims of the Holocaust, outside the Civic Centre, Newcastle, with a quote by Ceija Stojka
That feeling of being cornered by a ‘history buff’ when you mention your research
We all have that one friend that ruins lunch by not shutting up about their research.
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That feeling of being cornered by a ‘history buff’ when you mention your research
Two fantastic writers in conversation. In English, readings in German with English text provided.
Was für 1 ganz arg schönes Gespräch zwischen Abdulrazak Gurnah und @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social Klug und scharfsinnig. And over and over again hilariously funny 😭😭😭
www.youtube.com/live/XW-Ts_w...
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ABDULRAZAK GURNAH: The Art of Writing
YouTube video by internationales literaturfestival berlin
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October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Two fantastic writers in conversation. In English, readings in German with English text provided.
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Happy to announce that a recording of the "President's Guest" event at the AGS 2025 conference in Oxford last month is now available to stream on the AGS website.
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy to announce that a recording of the "President's Guest" event at the AGS 2025 conference in Oxford last month is now available to stream on the AGS website.
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
The event saw writer, academic, artist & activist Prof Natasha A. Kelly in conversation with Dr Kirstin Gwyer.
Link below👇
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At the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, at least 100,000 people, including Jewish residents, Irish dock workers, Communists and Labour Party members prevented a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF) from passing through the East End...
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
At the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, at least 100,000 people, including Jewish residents, Irish dock workers, Communists and Labour Party members prevented a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF) from passing through the East End...
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
I can’t be the only British person who saw this and thought “Why is there a statue of Morecambe and Wise in DC”?
“The towering bronze statue of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has reappeared on the National Mall after being toppled by the president’s henchmen.” www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-ep...
Trump and Epstein’s Friendship Back on Display in D.C.
The 12-foot statue has returned—maybe with the help of the government shutdown.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I can’t be the only British person who saw this and thought “Why is there a statue of Morecambe and Wise in DC”?
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Our Lab Director reports on Gathering the Voices, a project based in Glasgow, Scotland, following recent fieldwork. Let us know what you think:
Spotlight: Gathering the Voices
by Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden
Our Spotlight series takes a deep dive into the digital offerings of worldwide organisations dedicated to Holocaust memory. This week, Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden looks at how the community association Gathering the Voices has used digital media to present testimonies of survivors with connections to Scotland, and to enable students to
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October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Our Lab Director reports on Gathering the Voices, a project based in Glasgow, Scotland, following recent fieldwork. Let us know what you think: