Santhia Velasco Kittlaus
@svelascokittlaus.bsky.social
Writer. Fan of thinking. PhD candidate in German Cultural Studies @ox.ac.uk
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This is amazing. What a teacher!
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is amazing. What a teacher!
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Wiederfinden kann Della seine Perspektive im Projekt heimaten, das von Ibou Diop und Max Czollek im HKW entwickelt wurde. Es widmet sich einer Neudeutung des Heimatbegriffs im Sinne einer pluralen Gesellschaft und macht die Arbeit zahlreicher Initiativen sichtbar.
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Schwarze Selbstermächtigung
Die Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland hat ihr 40-jähriges Bestehen gefeiert. In Zeiten, in denen rechte Kräfte autoritäre Vergangenheitsbilder salonfähig machen, sind kosmopolitische Stimmen...
www.nd-aktuell.de
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wiederfinden kann Della seine Perspektive im Projekt heimaten, das von Ibou Diop und Max Czollek im HKW entwickelt wurde. Es widmet sich einer Neudeutung des Heimatbegriffs im Sinne einer pluralen Gesellschaft und macht die Arbeit zahlreicher Initiativen sichtbar.
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
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Heute Abend 19 uhr lese ich mit Hadija in der Stadtbibliothek Treptow-Köpenick. Letzte Berliner Lesung 2025!
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www.berlin.de/stadtbibliot...
Veranstaltungen für Erwachsene - Berlin.de
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December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Heute Abend 19 uhr lese ich mit Hadija in der Stadtbibliothek Treptow-Köpenick. Letzte Berliner Lesung 2025!
www.berlin.de/stadtbibliot...
www.berlin.de/stadtbibliot...
When my friends wanted to be Hermione Granger, my 10-year-old self wanted to be like Iris Berben. Unattainable but still inspiring.
#Tipp „Wenn einem alles genommen wird, was dann?“ Diese Frage steht im Zentrum des Podcasts EXIL des Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin, erzählt von Iris Berben. Die Schauspielerin gibt deutschsprachigen Jüdinnen & Juden eine Stimme, die während der NS-Zeit Flucht, Verlust & Neubeginn erlebten. 🎧
„EXIL“ mit Iris Berben: Ein Podcast des Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin
„EXIL“ mit Iris Berben. Willkommen bei EXIL, dem Podcast über jüdisches Leben im Schatten des Nationalsozialismus vom LBI New York | Berlin in Kooperation mit der BPB.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When my friends wanted to be Hermione Granger, my 10-year-old self wanted to be like Iris Berben. Unattainable but still inspiring.
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This time of year, when the light grows soft and the streets lie crispy. 🍁
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This time of year, when the light grows soft and the streets lie crispy. 🍁
This is the book that has its own spot in my luggage. I finished reading it a while back. I am not ready to let go of it yet, so it lives near me.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is the book that has its own spot in my luggage. I finished reading it a while back. I am not ready to let go of it yet, so it lives near me.
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On Tues, Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attempted to fly to London to attend two conferences. He was stopped by authorities and told he could not travel.
It's been almost 2 months since Alaa was pardoned. It's time for him to be allowed to travel too www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It's been almost 2 months since Alaa was pardoned. It's time for him to be allowed to travel too www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
British-Egyptian activist stopped from flying to UK, says family
Egyptian authorities prevented Alaa Abd el-Fattah from attending human rights awards in London
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On Tues, Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attempted to fly to London to attend two conferences. He was stopped by authorities and told he could not travel.
It's been almost 2 months since Alaa was pardoned. It's time for him to be allowed to travel too www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
It's been almost 2 months since Alaa was pardoned. It's time for him to be allowed to travel too www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Sei nicht stolz auf deine KI-Sachen.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Sei nicht stolz auf deine KI-Sachen.
Listening to Julius Asal’s Siena Tapes while people watching makes me like this world a little better
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Listening to Julius Asal’s Siena Tapes while people watching makes me like this world a little better
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The catastrophic state of modern languages in this country! When I was doing my PhD in the 1980s, Nottingham was a real powerhouse for #German studies.
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The catastrophic state of modern languages in this country! When I was doing my PhD in the 1980s, Nottingham was a real powerhouse for #German studies.
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Only if we understand, we care.
Only if we care, we will help.
Only if we help, will they be saved.
Danke, Jane Goodall, für all das, was du getan hast. Du warst die Stimme der Schimpansen.
(Wandmalerei im Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone).
Only if we care, we will help.
Only if we help, will they be saved.
Danke, Jane Goodall, für all das, was du getan hast. Du warst die Stimme der Schimpansen.
(Wandmalerei im Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone).
October 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Took my PhD worries on a hike and they couldn‘t keep up.
September 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Took my PhD worries on a hike and they couldn‘t keep up.
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Eine ärgerliche Zeit, um ein Gehirn zu haben
September 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Eine ärgerliche Zeit, um ein Gehirn zu haben
Between conferences 🫶🏼
September 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Between conferences 🫶🏼
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Sehnsucht nach Unterholz, Borke, Wabe, Nest.
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sehnsucht nach Unterholz, Borke, Wabe, Nest.
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Catch Chet'la Sebree on tour for her poetry collection Blue Opening (9.16.25).💙✨
“These poems wrestle w/ the cosmic without losing sight of the personal….Wistful yet undaunted, this collection forges new beginnings out of elegy.”
—Publishers Weekly
Read more: www.chetlasebree.com/her-appearan...
“These poems wrestle w/ the cosmic without losing sight of the personal….Wistful yet undaunted, this collection forges new beginnings out of elegy.”
—Publishers Weekly
Read more: www.chetlasebree.com/her-appearan...
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Catch Chet'la Sebree on tour for her poetry collection Blue Opening (9.16.25).💙✨
“These poems wrestle w/ the cosmic without losing sight of the personal….Wistful yet undaunted, this collection forges new beginnings out of elegy.”
—Publishers Weekly
Read more: www.chetlasebree.com/her-appearan...
“These poems wrestle w/ the cosmic without losing sight of the personal….Wistful yet undaunted, this collection forges new beginnings out of elegy.”
—Publishers Weekly
Read more: www.chetlasebree.com/her-appearan...
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Congrats to Omar El Akkad for making the National Book Award longlist in nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
#freepalestine
ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
#freepalestine
Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House
In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...
tinhouse.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congrats to Omar El Akkad for making the National Book Award longlist in nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
#freepalestine
ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
#freepalestine
Lieb ich 🫶🏼
September 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Lieb ich 🫶🏼
Honoured to have presented my work on critical whiteness as part of the Black Literature and Culture in German panel, thoughtfully curated by @kirstingwyer.bsky.social, at this year’s
@ags-gbi.bsky.social German and the World Conference, hosted by @oxfordgerman.bsky.social.
@ags-gbi.bsky.social German and the World Conference, hosted by @oxfordgerman.bsky.social.
September 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Honoured to have presented my work on critical whiteness as part of the Black Literature and Culture in German panel, thoughtfully curated by @kirstingwyer.bsky.social, at this year’s
@ags-gbi.bsky.social German and the World Conference, hosted by @oxfordgerman.bsky.social.
@ags-gbi.bsky.social German and the World Conference, hosted by @oxfordgerman.bsky.social.
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It has been such a pleasure to host this podcast for the past three years.
A treat for Rilke lovers: Rilke biographer Charlie Louth talks with Santhia Velasco Kittlaus about New Poems (Neue Gedichte), the poet's groundbreaking collection of 1907.
Oxford German Classic 2025: Introduction to Rilke’s Neue Gedichte
YouTube video by Oxford German Network
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August 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It has been such a pleasure to host this podcast for the past three years.
Off to another summer with Walter Benjamin - and my emotional support selection :)
July 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Off to another summer with Walter Benjamin - and my emotional support selection :)
Flower friendship
July 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Flower friendship