Tobias Boes
@tobiasboes.bsky.social
German literature, world literature, exile studies. Fascism was more bearable when it seemed merely an academic interest.
Prof. at Notre Dame. "World Authorship" (2020), "Thomas Manns Krieg" (2021) "A Reader's Guide to Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus" (2025)
Prof. at Notre Dame. "World Authorship" (2020), "Thomas Manns Krieg" (2021) "A Reader's Guide to Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus" (2025)
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January 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Come work with us! 2-Year Visiting Teaching Professorship in German at Notre Dame.
Schoenberg Archive destroyed by Palisades Fire.
Belmont Music Publisher Destroyed in Pacific Palisades Fire - OperaWire
The Belmont Music Publisher has lost its full inventory during the fires in the Pacific Palisades.
operawire.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Schoenberg Archive destroyed by Palisades Fire.
Gerade in D gelandet und bereit, die drei Fragen zu klären, die amerikanische Bluesky-Germanisten beschäftigen:
1) Was steht im neuen Buch von @johannesfranzen.bsky.social?
2) Wird ttt jetzt mit dem Cin Cin-Song von Tutti Frutti anmoderiert?
3) Hat Gottschalk recht mit der Dubai-Schokolade?
1) Was steht im neuen Buch von @johannesfranzen.bsky.social?
2) Wird ttt jetzt mit dem Cin Cin-Song von Tutti Frutti anmoderiert?
3) Hat Gottschalk recht mit der Dubai-Schokolade?
December 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Gerade in D gelandet und bereit, die drei Fragen zu klären, die amerikanische Bluesky-Germanisten beschäftigen:
1) Was steht im neuen Buch von @johannesfranzen.bsky.social?
2) Wird ttt jetzt mit dem Cin Cin-Song von Tutti Frutti anmoderiert?
3) Hat Gottschalk recht mit der Dubai-Schokolade?
1) Was steht im neuen Buch von @johannesfranzen.bsky.social?
2) Wird ttt jetzt mit dem Cin Cin-Song von Tutti Frutti anmoderiert?
3) Hat Gottschalk recht mit der Dubai-Schokolade?
Reposted by Tobias Boes
“Beautiful Ugliness” Named Finalist for AAR Religion and the Arts Book Award undpress.nd.edu/blog...
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
“Beautiful Ugliness” Named Finalist for AAR Religion and the Arts Book Award undpress.nd.edu/blog...
I had the privilege of serving on the jury for the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize in Germanic Studies this year. Congrats to prize winners @norsical.bsky.social (for "Viking Mediologies") and Sean Franzel (for "Writing Time") as well as to all the other applicants for their outstanding books!
Associate Professor Kate Heslop Receives Prestigious MLA Award for "Viking Mediologies" | Department of Scandinavian
scandinavian.berkeley.edu
December 17, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I had the privilege of serving on the jury for the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize in Germanic Studies this year. Congrats to prize winners @norsical.bsky.social (for "Viking Mediologies") and Sean Franzel (for "Writing Time") as well as to all the other applicants for their outstanding books!
Reposted by Tobias Boes
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
I realize that this is just a minor eddy within the larger tidal wave headed our way, but as somebody who listened to VOA every night as a kid, it especially hurts.
Donald Trump's pick to lead the federal government's international news agency is an unhinged conspiracy theorist who lashes out at the press, hobnobs with far-right and antisemitic extremist outlets, and has criticized Fox News as “a globalist network.”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/kar...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/kar...
Kari Lake, Trump’s VOA pick, hates the “fake news” — and called Fox a “globalist network”
www.mediamatters.org
December 12, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I realize that this is just a minor eddy within the larger tidal wave headed our way, but as somebody who listened to VOA every night as a kid, it especially hurts.
Glad we got that cleared up.
December 12, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Glad we got that cleared up.
One month after the election, the Grey Lady discovers what every college instructor who has spent even five minutes talking to students about the election has already figured out.
How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump
For some young men in particular, the populist pitches from Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump aligned with their attitudes about the ruling class.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
One month after the election, the Grey Lady discovers what every college instructor who has spent even five minutes talking to students about the election has already figured out.
UCLA is creating an entirely AI-generated course. Except apparently the grading won't be AI-generated. 🤔
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 9, 2024 at 1:48 AM
I must have been a good child, because St. Nicholas hit it out of the park with the gifts this year! @luisaweiss.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I must have been a good child, because St. Nicholas hit it out of the park with the gifts this year! @luisaweiss.bsky.social
I'm not sure we'll really deprogram young followers of Tate and Rogan by giving them better novels, but there's a larger point to be made about how even 20 years ago, literary and public discourse were intertwined in a way they clearly no longer are.
Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone (Gift Article)
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I'm not sure we'll really deprogram young followers of Tate and Rogan by giving them better novels, but there's a larger point to be made about how even 20 years ago, literary and public discourse were intertwined in a way they clearly no longer are.
Jemand sollte Scholz vielleicht einen Kalender kaufen.
Ukraine war briefing: Scholz confident of developing ‘joint strategy’ on Ukraine with Trump
Ukraine war briefing: Scholz confident of developing ‘joint strategy’ on Ukraine with Trump
German chancellor wants Ukraine’s sovereignty guarantees but rules out providing Kyiv with long-range Taurus missiles. What we know on day 1,018
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is confident he and the US president-elect, Donald Trump, will be able to…
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December 7, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Jemand sollte Scholz vielleicht einen Kalender kaufen.
I just wrapped up the second-to-last class of my seminar on "Visions of European Integration from the Enlightenment to the Present," where students had many questions about the Barnier situation. And look what tumbles into my news feed! Joining Bluesky is already paying dividends.
I wrote a piece on the political crisis in France for
Good Authority
The only possible government with a parliamentary majority is based on a collaboration b/tw Socialists, centrists, and gaullists, plus small parties. Even so, stability remains elusive.
goodauthority.org/news/france-...
Good Authority
The only possible government with a parliamentary majority is based on a collaboration b/tw Socialists, centrists, and gaullists, plus small parties. Even so, stability remains elusive.
goodauthority.org/news/france-...
Macron now must pick a new prime minister for France.
French PM Michel Barnier resigned after a vote of no confidence in France's legislature. Here's what happens next.
goodauthority.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I just wrapped up the second-to-last class of my seminar on "Visions of European Integration from the Enlightenment to the Present," where students had many questions about the Barnier situation. And look what tumbles into my news feed! Joining Bluesky is already paying dividends.
Very excited about tomorrow's talk by NYU's Anne Lounsbery about the state of Slavic Studies after ten years of Russia's war on Ukraine!
December 5, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Very excited about tomorrow's talk by NYU's Anne Lounsbery about the state of Slavic Studies after ten years of Russia's war on Ukraine!
Gibt ja auch einige komische Vögel hier in Notre Dame, aber @bachmannrudi.bsky.social: Ehrenmann.
Die Zerstörung der FDP in 3 Minuten.
Habs für euch hier aufgeteilt.
Habs für euch hier aufgeteilt.
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Gibt ja auch einige komische Vögel hier in Notre Dame, aber @bachmannrudi.bsky.social: Ehrenmann.
Today I discovered that the "Schubert" concert my daughter has been rehearsing for all semester is actually a "Shoe Bird" concert... 🤣
Eudora Welty's The Shoe Bird South Bend Symphony Orchestra | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Join us for a heartwarming conclusion to your Thanksgiving weekend with the annual Shein Trust Family Concert, Eudora Welty’s The Shoe Bird.
performingarts.nd.edu
November 30, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Today I discovered that the "Schubert" concert my daughter has been rehearsing for all semester is actually a "Shoe Bird" concert... 🤣
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
That's it. That's the (ugh) skeet.
That's it. That's the (ugh) skeet.
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
That's it. That's the (ugh) skeet.
That's it. That's the (ugh) skeet.
Honestly overwhelmed by the thought of starting yet another social media presence, so why not start with first principles?
"The very best thing is beyond your reach: never to have been born, to be nothing. The second best thing is to die soon."
"The very best thing is beyond your reach: never to have been born, to be nothing. The second best thing is to die soon."
November 27, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Honestly overwhelmed by the thought of starting yet another social media presence, so why not start with first principles?
"The very best thing is beyond your reach: never to have been born, to be nothing. The second best thing is to die soon."
"The very best thing is beyond your reach: never to have been born, to be nothing. The second best thing is to die soon."