Clare Griffin
@balalaichnitsa.bsky.social
Brit abroad | historian and fiction writer | NA | Assoc Prof @ IUBloomington | Tweets #EarlyModern #Russia #GlobalHistory #MentalHealth | she/her
Apparently UK’s Channel 4 recently broadcast a documentary* on how we can tell all about Hitler from his DNA and irony thy name is television
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Apparently UK’s Channel 4 recently broadcast a documentary* on how we can tell all about Hitler from his DNA and irony thy name is television
Rereading Steppenwolf so I can daydream about being an isolated weirdo in an attic
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Rereading Steppenwolf so I can daydream about being an isolated weirdo in an attic
Reposted by Clare Griffin
I've just signed this petition to save modern languages at the University of Nottingham: c.org/WjsgXNLstG
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I've just signed this petition to save modern languages at the University of Nottingham: c.org/WjsgXNLstG
Reposted by Clare Griffin
Petition started by students in Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. The department has been told it will close despite its stellar NSS record and brilliant teaching and research - the same devastating short-term thinking as elsewhere. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Sign the Petition
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Petition started by students in Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. The department has been told it will close despite its stellar NSS record and brilliant teaching and research - the same devastating short-term thinking as elsewhere. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Reposted by Clare Griffin
Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Change starts here
Join over 500,000,000 people creating real change in their communities.
Change.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Reposted by Clare Griffin
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share 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 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Americans using leaf blowers to spend 15 minutes moving leaves that would have taken 5 minutes with a broom
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Americans using leaf blowers to spend 15 minutes moving leaves that would have taken 5 minutes with a broom
At least some of the glee over Kim Kardashian not passing the bar exam is because she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could be a lawyer, which is the experience of any number of women in any number of professions
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At least some of the glee over Kim Kardashian not passing the bar exam is because she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could be a lawyer, which is the experience of any number of women in any number of professions
Relaxing Sunday morning with a 30 page briefing document on healthcare enrollment
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Relaxing Sunday morning with a 30 page briefing document on healthcare enrollment
Top notch work from @themoscowtimes.com - glasses engraved with a quote from the official judgement banning them in Russia
moscowtimes.world
moscowtimes.world
The Moscow Times — Undesirable Collection
Let's celebrate the first anniversary of The Moscow Times being declared “undesirable” in Russia!
moscowtimes.world
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Top notch work from @themoscowtimes.com - glasses engraved with a quote from the official judgement banning them in Russia
moscowtimes.world
moscowtimes.world
My former employers of over three years ago, Nazarbayev University, have outdone themselves this time and added my IU address to their faculty email list
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My former employers of over three years ago, Nazarbayev University, have outdone themselves this time and added my IU address to their faculty email list
Have decided to improve my week by rewatching Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Have decided to improve my week by rewatching Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
It’s that time again - to introduce American students to the best worst British holiday, Burning Historical Catholics in Effigy Day
Burn GIF
ALT: Burn GIF
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s that time again - to introduce American students to the best worst British holiday, Burning Historical Catholics in Effigy Day
Sadly Prof. Plokhii was not able to join us this week due to illness, but we hope to reschedule for a later date
IU Bloomington is very happy to welcome Prof. Serhii Plokhii this Fall as this semester’s Patten Lecturer patten.indiana.edu/lecturers/pr...
Serhii Plokhii: Profiles: Lecturers: The William T. Patten Foundation: Indiana University Bloomington
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patten.indiana.edu
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sadly Prof. Plokhii was not able to join us this week due to illness, but we hope to reschedule for a later date
There’s a ladybug on the outside of my eighth floor office window and it’s making me feel under ambitious
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There’s a ladybug on the outside of my eighth floor office window and it’s making me feel under ambitious
Giving myself a real scare by trying to finish a conference paper on a Friday
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Giving myself a real scare by trying to finish a conference paper on a Friday
Next week already 😱
IU Bloomington is very happy to welcome Prof. Serhii Plokhii this Fall as this semester’s Patten Lecturer patten.indiana.edu/lecturers/pr...
Serhii Plokhii: Profiles: Lecturers: The William T. Patten Foundation: Indiana University Bloomington
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patten.indiana.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Next week already 😱
Although what exactly an armhole is when it’s a body part remains unclear
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Although what exactly an armhole is when it’s a body part remains unclear
Once again appreciating Evernote as I use it to build a mini phrasebook of early modern Russian anatomical and weaponry terms by photographing definitions from various dictionaries
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Once again appreciating Evernote as I use it to build a mini phrasebook of early modern Russian anatomical and weaponry terms by photographing definitions from various dictionaries
Sometimes people just want to set you up to be the asshole by asking fundamentally unreasonable things so they can be pissed when you can’t or won’t do that
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sometimes people just want to set you up to be the asshole by asking fundamentally unreasonable things so they can be pissed when you can’t or won’t do that
Definitively in a “what if I just didn’t show up to work today and see if no one notices” kind of mood
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Definitively in a “what if I just didn’t show up to work today and see if no one notices” kind of mood
Idiosyncratic problems of working from home as the cat decides to sit in the fruit bowl and throw all the fruit on the floor
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Idiosyncratic problems of working from home as the cat decides to sit in the fruit bowl and throw all the fruit on the floor
NYT thinks people in Asia learning an Asian language is weird
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NYT thinks people in Asia learning an Asian language is weird
Introducing my students to the influence of Bela Lugosi and 1930s horror on modern American puppetry
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Introducing my students to the influence of Bela Lugosi and 1930s horror on modern American puppetry
Having half a piece of banana bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast and then wondering at 11am why I feel weird
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Having half a piece of banana bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast and then wondering at 11am why I feel weird