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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 9h

Sounds like a very topical conference, particularly since we're seeing a drive towards reducing access to higher education across the West again.

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 9h

Our conference “The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s–2000s” begins tomorrow, with support from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The program can be found here: ghiworkshops.hypotheses.org/campus-and-b...

Campus and Beyond

The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s October 9 – 10, 2025 | German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. Supported by the Fritz Thy...

ghiworkshops.hypotheses.org

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 10h

My native-speaker/hobby-germanist take on a current issue (important enough for Chancellor Merz): I always thought #Wurst refers to the shape of the thing rather than what it is made of. I suppose there must be someone somewhere who has conducted etymological research on this important question...

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 2d

I am absolutely thrilled that Karin Meredith’s dissertation on c19th beauty culture in advertisements has been hightly commended by @womenshistnet.bsky.social. It was perhaps the best diss I’ve ever had the delight to supervise! I’m so proud of her &with @ljmuhistory.bsky.social send hearty congrats

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 2d

Highly Commended: Karin Meredith

"Marketing Beauty, Maintaining Power: Gender, Class and Advertising in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain"

An insightful exploration of the beauty industry through periodicals, touching on whiteness, femininity, and moral discourse.

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 6d

I agree. I have been organising and facilitating workshops with local schools for HMD on a regular basis. There is usually a lot of interest, but it often comes from grammar or private schools, which is not inherently a bad thing. But I always wondered how we could reach out more widely.

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 6d

Might well be. I am a native speaker and have never used it or heard it. It doesn't really matter, since the emotion it describes is quite real.

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 6d

I am quite upset by the attack on the synagogue in Manchester. It's particularly heinous to target the congregation on one of the most important Jewish holidays. There is nothing that can ever justify this.

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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 6d

I am pretty sure the word "Angstlust" doesn't exist. Never heard it before. The feeling is real, though the word isn't.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 6d

“We saw it during Brexit and we see it with the AfD in Germany. Pandering to the far right never works. And yet conservative parties seem to have this - in German we call it ‘Angstlust’ - a desire to go somewhere dangerous.”

I really love @annettedittert.bsky.social's scrupulous, unfussy honesty.

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 6d

🌹Keir as Crystal: Time to Call Things by Their Names 🐸

Labour Conference
Starmer Speech
Farage Tantrum
BBC Bias
Reform Russian Bribes
Moldova Election
Ukraine Pushback
Wokey Dokey
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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote another book review, as I often do these days. I discuss Marcus Colla's study of #Prussia in the historical culture of the #GDR. I thought it was a very important book for all those interested in the political culture and mentality of East Germans. Key to understanding what's going on now.