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Dr Tara Talwar Windsor
@ttw1984.bsky.social
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Research Associate @germancambridge.bsky.social & @cpsjcam.bsky.social.
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hahauenstein.bsky.social
We’ve reached a point where public intellectuals need to screenshot the exact second proving how Germany’s liberal Feuilletons twist their words and thoughts - bcs apparently no one in those newsrooms seems remotely bothered to get it right. Truly absurd.
dirkmoses.bsky.social Dirk Moses @dirkmoses.bsky.social · 21h
I say that I deplore the ebbing of Holocaust memory here www.youtube.com/live/8YPsC8L.... Yet this newspaper article suggests that I welcome it. @Zeit.de needs to correct the record.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social
Gratulation @feireficia.bsky.social & @jamessullivan.bsky.social zum Roman über #RosaParks 🤩

💫 #DieMutigeRebellin

(Und ich habe gerade gelesen, #ClaudetteColvin hat das erste Wort!)

Jetzt weiß ich, was ich alle meine Leute in den nächsten Jahren schenken werde 🎁

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December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ttw1984.bsky.social
This looks amazing!
@emilydische.bsky.social
sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 10d
The Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" will be livestreamed on Dec. 5th and 6th

➡️ "The era of the Federal Republic has ended not with its dissolution, but through a progressive hollowing out of long-established norms that once formed the core of its memory politics"

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emilydische.bsky.social Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 20d
Unser Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" findet in Zürich vom 5-6 Dezember statt. Zur Anmeldung geht's hier: dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social
➡️ "Germany's acknowledgement of its history of violence—widely held as a prerequisite for renouncing nationalism—has been supplanted by an anti-immigration complex, where immigrants are blamed for everything that contradicts the nation's self-image of penitent reform"

Links ⬇️

Danke Emily!

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November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social
The Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" will be livestreamed on Dec. 5th and 6th

➡️ "The era of the Federal Republic has ended not with its dissolution, but through a progressive hollowing out of long-established norms that once formed the core of its memory politics"

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emilydische.bsky.social Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 20d
Unser Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" findet in Zürich vom 5-6 Dezember statt. Zur Anmeldung geht's hier: dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
Der Grosse Kanton
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dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social
Anyway. Please buy my book when it's out ⬇️

#SoInEtwaIstEsGeschehen
So, in etwa, ist es geschehen - Sharon Dodua Otoo | S. Fischer Verlage
Eine Road-Novelle der Bachmann-Preisträgerin Sharon Dodua Otoo Sie sind auf dem Weg zum Timmendorfer Strand: Amata Haller und ihr Chef Heinz Brockhaus, der ihr...
www.fischerverlage.de
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
ttw1984.bsky.social
But if it’s wielding rather than challenging authority then it’s not really identity politics, is it? Playing politics with identity, for sure, but not identity politics (I will die on this hill)…
This is a sort of late-stage identity politics. A way in which the victim narrative so condemned by critics of “wokeness” remains holy and unquestionable when it is used for a purpose that isn’t equality. It’s using identity as a way to elevate and uphold stories that can be wielded in the service of authority, not to challenge it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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cihancelik.bsky.social
Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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ucdhumanities.bsky.social
We are delighted to welcome @sarahcolvin.bsky.social (Cambridge) to the HI for a talk, ‘Haunting Times: Ghosted Memory & Epistemic Revenants in Zhadan’s Ukraine (Voroshilovgrad, 2010) & Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe (Glory, 2022)’ | Fri 21 Nov 2025 @ 11am | Free event; register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4nOqwul
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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senthorun.bsky.social
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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annerabe.bsky.social
Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
ttw1984.bsky.social
‘Schon der Titel… formuliert eine Behauptung, keine wissenschaftliche Fragestellung.’ So would they have allowed it if the title had ended with a question mark? 🤦🏻‍♀️
unddieregel.bsky.social Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 22d
Die LMU sagt einen workshop mit palästinensischen academics ab, die über "targeting of Palestinian academia" sprechen wollten, nachdem der workshop durch einen brief des NJH an die unleitung getargeted wurde.

www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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robin-c.bsky.social
Keine dt. Wissenschaftsorganisation und m.w. auch keine Uni hat die völlige Zerstörung des Bildungssystems in Gaza verurteilt oder irgendein Mindestmaß an Solidarität gezeigt - aber eine wissenschaftliche Diskussion über den Scholastizid verbieten, das ist Zeichen eines „pluralistischen Diskurses“
robin-c.bsky.social robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 22d
„Die LMU als Ort des pluralistischen Diskurses“ 🤪
unddieregel.bsky.social Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 22d
Die LMU sagt einen workshop mit palästinensischen academics ab, die über "targeting of Palestinian academia" sprechen wollten, nachdem der workshop durch einen brief des NJH an die unleitung getargeted wurde.

www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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mamjahid.bsky.social
Nota Bene: was im Polizeibericht steht muss nicht der Wahrheit entsprechen.
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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mamjahid.bsky.social
Bei einem Einsatz der Bochumer Polizei heute Morgen haben Beamte auf ein 12-jähriges Mädchen geschossen. Das Kind liegt schwer verletzt auf der Intensivstation.
Polizisten in Bochum schießen auf 12-Jährige - lebensgefährlich verletzt
In Bochum hat die Polizei auf ein 12-jähriges Mädchen geschossen. Sie wurde lebensgefährlich verletzt.
www1.wdr.de
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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elizabethward.bsky.social
I don't know how politicans and civil servants working at the UK Home Office can look themselves in the mirror.

But then they probably don't out of fear at who's looking back.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
ttw1984.bsky.social
Yay for close reading! (Please also do this in your daily life…)
leilaessai.bsky.social Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social · 27d
also read out this by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social in the first lecture just now to explain rationale of the assignments; it’s so nice (from here: slate.com/life/2025/10...)
Caring is the intellectual prerequisite of interpretation and argument. Close reading begins, as we describe it, with noticing: homing in on a detail in a text that piques one's curiosity or puzzlement. You cannot be curious or puzzled—or excited or angry or disappointed—unless you first care. Why this word rather than another? What difference does it make that Lincoln uses dedicate? Why does the young Antonía ask about colors; why does she connect Jim's eyes and the sky? The close reader scales up from a detail to build an argument about the entire text: a poem, a story, or a whole book. It's this move-from the noticed detail to a local claim about the detail in its immediate context, to an argument about the whole-that we believe is an act of communication and an argument, which is to say a way to share something that matters to you with someone else.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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leilaessai.bsky.social
also read out this by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social in the first lecture just now to explain rationale of the assignments; it’s so nice (from here: slate.com/life/2025/10...)
Caring is the intellectual prerequisite of interpretation and argument. Close reading begins, as we describe it, with noticing: homing in on a detail in a text that piques one's curiosity or puzzlement. You cannot be curious or puzzled—or excited or angry or disappointed—unless you first care. Why this word rather than another? What difference does it make that Lincoln uses dedicate? Why does the young Antonía ask about colors; why does she connect Jim's eyes and the sky? The close reader scales up from a detail to build an argument about the entire text: a poem, a story, or a whole book. It's this move-from the noticed detail to a local claim about the detail in its immediate context, to an argument about the whole-that we believe is an act of communication and an argument, which is to say a way to share something that matters to you with someone else.
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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ilcs.bsky.social
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes"

New piece in THE on #Nottingham and #Leicester proposals to close MLs.

@ucflangs.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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emmacayley.bsky.social
Every university should renovate the disciplinary framework of its courses and ask whether it is responding to its global responsibilities. But no university should recognise any merit in withdrawing from the study of other languages, cultures & societies
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
ttw1984.bsky.social
This was 🔥🔥🔥 What an honour to be there in person 🙏🏽💜
sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 26d
#Zürich

Heute Abend geht es weiter.
Und wie letztes Mal - auch online ⬇️

#ImVertrauern
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ttw1984.bsky.social
Huge congratulations and happy publication day! 💜🙌🏽💜
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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sarahcolvin.bsky.social
A terrible idea @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is proposing to cut languages degrees www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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artsandhums.bsky.social
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
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herrehrig.bsky.social
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!
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM