Florian Fuchs
@fuchsflrn.bsky.social
literature, media, phil at Princeton German / projects: socionarratology . theory films . pre-Grimm folklore . early modern personal devices / books: “Civic Storytelling“ . “Hans Blumenberg Reader” . “Affordances of Short Forms” / fuchsflorian.com
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Florian Fuchs
@fuchsflrn.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Finishing this book got me through the pandemic & made a dream come true!
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
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Please consider signing this petition [Deutsch / English] in support of the Werner Oechslin Library. 📚 📚
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Please consider signing this petition [Deutsch / English] in support of the Werner Oechslin Library. 📚 📚
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
The library is a truly unique resource with a vibrant events program that is unparalleled not only in 🇨🇭 but worldwide. #architecture #skystorians 1/2
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
Enjoying my close reading of all that is implied in Guillory calling Auerbach‘s and Sedgwick‘s readings ”most virtuoso hermeneutic performances.“
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Enjoying my close reading of all that is implied in Guillory calling Auerbach‘s and Sedgwick‘s readings ”most virtuoso hermeneutic performances.“
"Frye thought ‘myths’ would have been a better word for what Bachelard called complexes. … Binswanger said of B.’s ‘psychology’ that ‘we would call it an anthropology’ … I wonder if a looser definition might make real room for Bachelard, anthropology in the sense evoked by Lévi-Strauss or Frazer."
‘The magic in Bachelard’s work is often wonderful, but it may be even more remarkable for what it doesn’t include, doesn’t invite to the eclectic seminar.’
Michael Wood on Gaston Bachelard:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood on Gaston Bachelard:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood · Spellbound Gloaming: Bachelard’s Dreamwork
Gaston Bachelard is inviting us to go beyond what we think we know. That is, how to counter boring intuitions with...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Frye thought ‘myths’ would have been a better word for what Bachelard called complexes. … Binswanger said of B.’s ‘psychology’ that ‘we would call it an anthropology’ … I wonder if a looser definition might make real room for Bachelard, anthropology in the sense evoked by Lévi-Strauss or Frazer."
Bemerkenswert, wieviel länger der deutsche Wikipedia-Eintrag über Carlos Castaneda ist im Vergleich zum englischen… deutsche Eso-Liebe
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
Carlos Castaneda – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bemerkenswert, wieviel länger der deutsche Wikipedia-Eintrag über Carlos Castaneda ist im Vergleich zum englischen… deutsche Eso-Liebe
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_...
One of my favorites of end-of-year lists is out for 2025 🎉:
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll, organised by by Jiří Anger, Veronika Hanáková, Kevin B. Lee and Occitane Lacurie, showcases a record 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The best video essays of 2025
Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One of my favorites of end-of-year lists is out for 2025 🎉:
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„Bischof ist es auch zu verdanken, dass demnächst ein Sammelband mit Kritischen Schriften Lenks beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz erscheinen soll. Dies ist umso wichtiger, als Lenks bisher erschienene Werke nicht mehr verlegt werden.“
Die Soziologin & Literaturwissenschaftlerin Elisabeth Lenk gehörte zu den wichtigsten Stimmen der Kritischen Theorie, doch ihr Werk ist kaum bekannt. @iphigeniaa.bsky.social über 1 Workshop @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, der sich einer in Vergessenheit geratenen Denkerin widmete.
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
„Bischof ist es auch zu verdanken, dass demnächst ein Sammelband mit Kritischen Schriften Lenks beim Verlag Matthes & Seitz erscheinen soll. Dies ist umso wichtiger, als Lenks bisher erschienene Werke nicht mehr verlegt werden.“
Die Soziologin & Literaturwissenschaftlerin Elisabeth Lenk gehörte zu den wichtigsten Stimmen der Kritischen Theorie, doch ihr Werk ist kaum bekannt. @iphigeniaa.bsky.social über 1 Workshop @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, der sich einer in Vergessenheit geratenen Denkerin widmete.
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
tinyurl.com/3zwk4mmy
Elisabeth Lenk: Traum und Kritik | Iphigenia Andreou | LIB
Ein Workshop am Centre Marc Bloch widmete sich dem in Vergessenheit geratenen Werk von Elisabeth Lenk, das eine Brücke zwischen den beiden vermeintlich so disparaten Strömungen bildet.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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THIS is the pairing
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
THIS is the pairing
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flowers are the best presents because people rarely buy them for themselves
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
flowers are the best presents because people rarely buy them for themselves
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Beste Stellenausschreibung EVER
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Beste Stellenausschreibung EVER
Ich mag alles daran @aleks.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy @techniktagebuch.bsky.social
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Alle paar Jahre sehe ich nach dem fünfzig Jahre alten Teleskop, das nicht mehr funktioniert, und von dem die wenigsten wissen, dass es überhaupt noch…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Galt bis vor wenigen Tagen fast als nicht (bzw. nur mit großer Mühe überhaupt) bearbeitbar: David Zeisbergers Handschrift. Hier ein Reisebericht aus Nordamerika von 1767 (MissInd 227.14). Primärdigitalisat: sachsen.digital/werkansicht?... #OCR
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Galt bis vor wenigen Tagen fast als nicht (bzw. nur mit großer Mühe überhaupt) bearbeitbar: David Zeisbergers Handschrift. Hier ein Reisebericht aus Nordamerika von 1767 (MissInd 227.14). Primärdigitalisat: sachsen.digital/werkansicht?... #OCR
Keeping that Jean Paul going... congratulations! #Litwiss
"One climbs all stairs—even clandestine ones—faster than the snail staircase of merit." My translation of The Parson in Jubilee: An Appendix by Jean Paul is available now through Empyrean Editions: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Keeping that Jean Paul going... congratulations! #Litwiss
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I am very excited that there is now an English translation of this important book. Christopher John Müller has done an amazing job. Thank you to both @morbuscriticus.bsky.social and Christopher for making this happen!
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I am very excited that there is now an English translation of this important book. Christopher John Müller has done an amazing job. Thank you to both @morbuscriticus.bsky.social and Christopher for making this happen!
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Experimented with a new fun pre-class assignment in advance of my 1950s Hollywood lecture today! I asked my students to explore the new Film Atlas database and write a short commentary on one of the 1950s widescreen format entries (i.e., Cinerama, CinemaScope, Rotoscope, Todd AO).
www.filmatlas.com
www.filmatlas.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Experimented with a new fun pre-class assignment in advance of my 1950s Hollywood lecture today! I asked my students to explore the new Film Atlas database and write a short commentary on one of the 1950s widescreen format entries (i.e., Cinerama, CinemaScope, Rotoscope, Todd AO).
www.filmatlas.com
www.filmatlas.com
Die "Verkrempelung der Welt: Resurrections" @yoran.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Die "Verkrempelung der Welt: Resurrections" @yoran.com
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Wichtiges Statement zu Löschkampagnen: "Wir sollten uns daher hüten, den Versprechen der totalen Verfügbarkeit der Vergangenheit Vertrauen zu schenken – und stattdessen über das digitale Vergessen sprechen."
Empfehlung:
AFTERLIVES, Regie: Kevin B. Lee, D/BG, 2025, pong-berlin.de/de/project/f...
Empfehlung:
AFTERLIVES, Regie: Kevin B. Lee, D/BG, 2025, pong-berlin.de/de/project/f...
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Wichtiges Statement zu Löschkampagnen: "Wir sollten uns daher hüten, den Versprechen der totalen Verfügbarkeit der Vergangenheit Vertrauen zu schenken – und stattdessen über das digitale Vergessen sprechen."
Empfehlung:
AFTERLIVES, Regie: Kevin B. Lee, D/BG, 2025, pong-berlin.de/de/project/f...
Empfehlung:
AFTERLIVES, Regie: Kevin B. Lee, D/BG, 2025, pong-berlin.de/de/project/f...
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Finishing this book got me through the pandemic & made a dream come true!
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Finishing this book got me through the pandemic & made a dream come true!
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
A deep history of the agential autonomy of short narrative forms since 1700 – topos, lettre de cachet, fable, novella, fairy tale, proverb, commonplace, epiphany, enacted story, videotale …
www.zonebooks.org/books/150-ci...
This is true unfortunately, and I can‘t believe nobody is willing to implement the necessary changes – It would be a win-win, stop the brain drain, and improve the overall quality of research and teaching.
German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is true unfortunately, and I can‘t believe nobody is willing to implement the necessary changes – It would be a win-win, stop the brain drain, and improve the overall quality of research and teaching.
Triff mich, wie ich Georges bataille,
Triff mich, wie ich Ulrich raulff.
Triff mich, wie ich Heinz rölleke
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Triff mich, wie ich Georges bataille,
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Coming out in February, this must read: "Intoxicated Ways of Knowing. The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany."
Intoxicated Ways of Knowing
Argues that intoxication was fundamental to German physiological, psychological, and psychiatric research during the nineteenth century. Intoxicating substances can be found lurking in every corner ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Coming out in February, this must read: "Intoxicated Ways of Knowing. The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany."
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"There’s a whole generation that grew up entirely digitally but is now developing a different kind of interest in analog. She is hosting analog color darkroom workshops at gOlab, which are always fully booked out with young students, and she is in demand for lectures at art schools."
The Future of Photography: A Roundtable
Fugitive Processes: A Roundtable with Jeff Wall, Thomas Demand, Roxana Marcoci, Florian Ebner, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, and Christian Scheidemann
www.artforum.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"There’s a whole generation that grew up entirely digitally but is now developing a different kind of interest in analog. She is hosting analog color darkroom workshops at gOlab, which are always fully booked out with young students, and she is in demand for lectures at art schools."