Morgan Golf-French
@zenothankyou.bsky.social
History postdoc in Turin, works on race, policy, and education in the German Enlightenment.
Has strong feelings about the periodization of the 18thC. Enjoys hiking, hummus, horror films, and heavy metal. Jewish.
Has strong feelings about the periodization of the 18thC. Enjoys hiking, hummus, horror films, and heavy metal. Jewish.
This Hungarian fake meat brand lives rent free in my head.
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This Hungarian fake meat brand lives rent free in my head.
Oh look! Now it has a cover
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Oh look! Now it has a cover
It gets even better when you read it. Kicks off with "how dare poor countries not know their place" then settles into "we should simply do the things that got us into this mess" with a side of "citation: rich dudes who benefit from all this"
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It gets even better when you read it. Kicks off with "how dare poor countries not know their place" then settles into "we should simply do the things that got us into this mess" with a side of "citation: rich dudes who benefit from all this"
@diana1988.bsky.social and @vivschwarz.bsky.social two months later and I've cracked it! It's not a name, it's an idiosyncratic form of 'Göttingen'. Another anonymous MS in the same collection includes a reference to a book published in Göttingen that appears exactly the same way.
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@diana1988.bsky.social and @vivschwarz.bsky.social two months later and I've cracked it! It's not a name, it's an idiosyncratic form of 'Göttingen'. Another anonymous MS in the same collection includes a reference to a book published in Göttingen that appears exactly the same way.
I've got a research trip to Hungary coming up and need your tips!
I will be in Sárospatak and Debrecen (emphatically not Budapest). I'll have my work cut out clearing through everything I need in the archives, but looking for tips or tricks, especially (vegetarian) food.
I will be in Sárospatak and Debrecen (emphatically not Budapest). I'll have my work cut out clearing through everything I need in the archives, but looking for tips or tricks, especially (vegetarian) food.
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I've got a research trip to Hungary coming up and need your tips!
I will be in Sárospatak and Debrecen (emphatically not Budapest). I'll have my work cut out clearing through everything I need in the archives, but looking for tips or tricks, especially (vegetarian) food.
I will be in Sárospatak and Debrecen (emphatically not Budapest). I'll have my work cut out clearing through everything I need in the archives, but looking for tips or tricks, especially (vegetarian) food.
The man never watched a Villa Park away game in his life
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The man never watched a Villa Park away game in his life
Can't believe Macron just won't let this guy quit
October 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Can't believe Macron just won't let this guy quit
Le Président!? What the hell is le président!?
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Le Président!? What the hell is le président!?
"Overusing the em-dash is a telltale sign of AI"
18th and 19th century German philosophers (also me, a serial em-dash overuser):
18th and 19th century German philosophers (also me, a serial em-dash overuser):
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Overusing the em-dash is a telltale sign of AI"
18th and 19th century German philosophers (also me, a serial em-dash overuser):
18th and 19th century German philosophers (also me, a serial em-dash overuser):
Google gave me this while trying to find out if some translations of Meiners' writings have been published yet.
Basically nothing here is correct.
1) There's no 2010 translation of Meiners' work
2) There's no translation at all titled 'On the Race-Historical Development of the Human Species'
1/3
Basically nothing here is correct.
1) There's no 2010 translation of Meiners' work
2) There's no translation at all titled 'On the Race-Historical Development of the Human Species'
1/3
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Google gave me this while trying to find out if some translations of Meiners' writings have been published yet.
Basically nothing here is correct.
1) There's no 2010 translation of Meiners' work
2) There's no translation at all titled 'On the Race-Historical Development of the Human Species'
1/3
Basically nothing here is correct.
1) There's no 2010 translation of Meiners' work
2) There's no translation at all titled 'On the Race-Historical Development of the Human Species'
1/3
Another banger from Google AI. Might have to make a short notice road trip from Belgrade to Zagreb (then on to Italy) so thought I’d google for how the border works. Google AI seems to think Serbia is in Schengen (completely contradicting the pages it links to)
September 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another banger from Google AI. Might have to make a short notice road trip from Belgrade to Zagreb (then on to Italy) so thought I’d google for how the border works. Google AI seems to think Serbia is in Schengen (completely contradicting the pages it links to)
Another win for Google AI!
Completely unable to figure out that the Crai being compared with Penny supermarket is the supermarket Crai, not the cryptocurrency.
I swear old-school google would have had 0 problem with this
Completely unable to figure out that the Crai being compared with Penny supermarket is the supermarket Crai, not the cryptocurrency.
I swear old-school google would have had 0 problem with this
September 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Another win for Google AI!
Completely unable to figure out that the Crai being compared with Penny supermarket is the supermarket Crai, not the cryptocurrency.
I swear old-school google would have had 0 problem with this
Completely unable to figure out that the Crai being compared with Penny supermarket is the supermarket Crai, not the cryptocurrency.
I swear old-school google would have had 0 problem with this
“What if we solved one inhumane situation by turning it into a far more inhumane one?”
JUST PROCESS THE DAMN CLAIMS. IT’S NOT THAT HARD
JUST PROCESS THE DAMN CLAIMS. IT’S NOT THAT HARD
September 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“What if we solved one inhumane situation by turning it into a far more inhumane one?”
JUST PROCESS THE DAMN CLAIMS. IT’S NOT THAT HARD
JUST PROCESS THE DAMN CLAIMS. IT’S NOT THAT HARD
Germanists – handwriting help requested!
Desperately trying to figure out who this is. Presumably studied at Göttingen c. 1796. The 1st name in image 2 appears to be Fejes, which I matches a 'Johan von Fejes' but nobody with a name that fits the second. They may be different people (sharing notes?)
Desperately trying to figure out who this is. Presumably studied at Göttingen c. 1796. The 1st name in image 2 appears to be Fejes, which I matches a 'Johan von Fejes' but nobody with a name that fits the second. They may be different people (sharing notes?)
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Germanists – handwriting help requested!
Desperately trying to figure out who this is. Presumably studied at Göttingen c. 1796. The 1st name in image 2 appears to be Fejes, which I matches a 'Johan von Fejes' but nobody with a name that fits the second. They may be different people (sharing notes?)
Desperately trying to figure out who this is. Presumably studied at Göttingen c. 1796. The 1st name in image 2 appears to be Fejes, which I matches a 'Johan von Fejes' but nobody with a name that fits the second. They may be different people (sharing notes?)
Second day in Bern:
The weather is pleasant and the librarians have been extraordinarily friendly and helpful. The art museum has a great collection at a reasonable price (10CHF – about what you’d pay in Germany).
On the other hand, a portion of fries cost more than 7 euros 😱
The weather is pleasant and the librarians have been extraordinarily friendly and helpful. The art museum has a great collection at a reasonable price (10CHF – about what you’d pay in Germany).
On the other hand, a portion of fries cost more than 7 euros 😱
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Second day in Bern:
The weather is pleasant and the librarians have been extraordinarily friendly and helpful. The art museum has a great collection at a reasonable price (10CHF – about what you’d pay in Germany).
On the other hand, a portion of fries cost more than 7 euros 😱
The weather is pleasant and the librarians have been extraordinarily friendly and helpful. The art museum has a great collection at a reasonable price (10CHF – about what you’d pay in Germany).
On the other hand, a portion of fries cost more than 7 euros 😱
50. If you want to summarize the Enlightenment in one image, you can do a lot worse than this sketch of Kant obsessively mixing mustard.
August 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
50. If you want to summarize the Enlightenment in one image, you can do a lot worse than this sketch of Kant obsessively mixing mustard.
On the other hand, it really is quite pretty.
August 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On the other hand, it really is quite pretty.
This is how I imagine Reinhart Koselleck writing Futures Past: On the Semantics of Historical Time.
August 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is how I imagine Reinhart Koselleck writing Futures Past: On the Semantics of Historical Time.
It’s literally what makes this guy so funny in classic Simpsons episodes
July 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s literally what makes this guy so funny in classic Simpsons episodes
…polecats, and ferrets
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
…polecats, and ferrets