Daniel Siemens
@danielsiemens.bsky.social
Professor of European History at Newcastle University | Private account | EN/DE
I believe this development is not only driven by the reasons discussed below but is also a consequence of the obsession that everything schools do must be measured, assessed and compared. Learning foreign languages is important in many ways, not only in terms of future employability and performance.
New @hepi-news.bsky.social report shows continued fall in foreign language study in England at A-level.
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
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(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
on.ft.com/4l5SYX4
(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
Students in England shun foreign languages at A-level, report finds
Ofqual figures show a sharp fall in pupils taking exams in French and German
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November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I believe this development is not only driven by the reasons discussed below but is also a consequence of the obsession that everything schools do must be measured, assessed and compared. Learning foreign languages is important in many ways, not only in terms of future employability and performance.
How to create a political martyr? Looking forward to my pub lecture and the discussion tomorrow, organised by @newcastleuni.bsky.social's History Society. Starting at 6.30pm in the Trent House.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How to create a political martyr? Looking forward to my pub lecture and the discussion tomorrow, organised by @newcastleuni.bsky.social's History Society. Starting at 6.30pm in the Trent House.
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This event was tremendously interesting. A mix of art meets Aufklärungsarbeit with cherished colleagues @danielsiemens.bsky.social and Thomas Weber among others bringing their research to bear on the danger of the AfD for Germany.
@politicalbeauty.bsky.social
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@politicalbeauty.bsky.social
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Der Rat der Geschichte
YouTube video by Zentrum für Politische Schönheit
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November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This event was tremendously interesting. A mix of art meets Aufklärungsarbeit with cherished colleagues @danielsiemens.bsky.social and Thomas Weber among others bringing their research to bear on the danger of the AfD for Germany.
@politicalbeauty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
@politicalbeauty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Andreas Möller, Am Rande Berlins lebt die Intelligenz: Kleinmachnow, mein Großvater und die Reklame fürs Volk (Friedenhauer Presse / Matthes & Seitz, 2025; #skystorians) www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/am-rand...
Am Rande Berlins lebt die Intelligenz
Matthes & Seitz Berlin - Als sich der Werbegrafiker Andreas Nießen (1906–1996) in die bereits bei UFA-Größen wie Heinz Rühmann und später führenden »Kulturschaffenden« wie Christa Wolf beliebte Künstl...
www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de
November 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Andreas Möller, Am Rande Berlins lebt die Intelligenz: Kleinmachnow, mein Großvater und die Reklame fürs Volk (Friedenhauer Presse / Matthes & Seitz, 2025; #skystorians) www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/am-rand...
Die Eigentumsfrage bei der #Weltbühne war seit den 1930er Jahren immer kompliziert. Kurt R. Grossmann merkte 1951 im New Yorker "Aufbau" Folgendes an. Mehr zu den Eigentumsverhältnissen bei den "Weltbühnen" zwischen den 1930er und 1990er Jahren gibt es hier: www.aufbau-verlage.de/aufbau/hinte...
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Die Eigentumsfrage bei der #Weltbühne war seit den 1930er Jahren immer kompliziert. Kurt R. Grossmann merkte 1951 im New Yorker "Aufbau" Folgendes an. Mehr zu den Eigentumsverhältnissen bei den "Weltbühnen" zwischen den 1930er und 1990er Jahren gibt es hier: www.aufbau-verlage.de/aufbau/hinte...
The new book by @kathiprager.bsky.social 'A Game as Mindless as Love: The Life of Satirist Karl Kraus' is magnificent, especially for former Berliners like me who have always struggled to understand the coexistence of reactionary and progressive elements in Vienna around 1900. 1/2
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The new book by @kathiprager.bsky.social 'A Game as Mindless as Love: The Life of Satirist Karl Kraus' is magnificent, especially for former Berliners like me who have always struggled to understand the coexistence of reactionary and progressive elements in Vienna around 1900. 1/2
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Eight years later. Daphne Caruana Galizia's voice lives on.
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Eight years later. Daphne Caruana Galizia's voice lives on.
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My good friend Gautam Pemmaraju has written an exciting article about "‘Entangled Agents’: Women, Espionage and Empire from 1920 to 1945" (open access) journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2JHPH...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My good friend Gautam Pemmaraju has written an exciting article about "‘Entangled Agents’: Women, Espionage and Empire from 1920 to 1945" (open access) journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2JHPH...
Residents of #Newcastle of all ages sent a clear message today against all those who incite hatred.
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Residents of #Newcastle of all ages sent a clear message today against all those who incite hatred.
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Some major personal news:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
Onward. Forward. Steady.
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
steady.page
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Some major personal news:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
My review of Andreas Molitor's new biography of Hermann #Göring was published today in the #FAZ. More topical than I initially thought: www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Der Göring-Mythos
Eine neue Biographie korrigiert das Zerrbild von Hermann Göring als Renaissance-Menschen, entzaubert aber nicht alle Mythen über die Nummer zwei im NS-Staat.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My review of Andreas Molitor's new biography of Hermann #Göring was published today in the #FAZ. More topical than I initially thought: www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
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this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses.
www.afr.com/work-and-car...
www.afr.com/work-and-car...
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I spoke with "Forward" about why comparions between the murder of Charlie Kirk and the Nazi "martyr" Horst Wessel are problematic in several respects:
forward.com/news/768607/...
forward.com/news/768607/...
Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
After Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, some corners of the internet drew parallels with the murder of Horst Wessel, a Nazi martyr.
forward.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I spoke with "Forward" about why comparions between the murder of Charlie Kirk and the Nazi "martyr" Horst Wessel are problematic in several respects:
forward.com/news/768607/...
forward.com/news/768607/...
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What’s a big export sector shared by Leicester, Exeter and Newcastle? Award yourself five points if you said higher education
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What’s a big export sector shared by Leicester, Exeter and Newcastle? Award yourself five points if you said higher education
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It’s insane what’s going on at the University of Chicago, and this is well worth reading. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It’s insane what’s going on at the University of Chicago, and this is well worth reading. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
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Polen schafft Deutschland-Beauftragten ab: „Das sind schlechte Nachrichten“
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.
#Polen #Deutschland
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.
#Polen #Deutschland
Polen schafft Deutschland-Beauftragten ab: „Das sind schlechte Nachrichten“
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.
www.tagesspiegel.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Polen schafft Deutschland-Beauftragten ab: „Das sind schlechte Nachrichten“
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.
#Polen #Deutschland
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.
#Polen #Deutschland
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In her first act as the new President of The British Academy, Professor Susan J Smith FBA has today written to the Prime Minister to warn that cuts and contractions are damaging the UK’s higher education system www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-aca...
New Academy President urges Prime Minister to strengthen and champion UK’s world-leading universities as higher education crisis deepens
In her first act as the new President of The British Academy, Professor Susan J Smith FBA has written to the Prime Minister to warn that cuts and contractions are damaging the UK’s higher education sy...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In her first act as the new President of The British Academy, Professor Susan J Smith FBA has today written to the Prime Minister to warn that cuts and contractions are damaging the UK’s higher education system www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-aca...
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Workshop: Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850, 3/4 September 2025, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. With @rhammersley99.bsky.social @ebuchetmann.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social et al. The programme is now online @ www.hab.de/event/transl...
Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850 – HAB
Herzog August Bibliothek
www.hab.de
July 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Workshop: Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850, 3/4 September 2025, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. With @rhammersley99.bsky.social @ebuchetmann.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social et al. The programme is now online @ www.hab.de/event/transl...
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Mein Artikel zur Begriffsgeschichte von #Propaganda für das Projekt "Das 20. Jahrhundert in Grundbegriffen" des @zfl-berlin.bsky.social ist erschienen. Vielen Dank an Barbara Picht, Falko Schmieder und Ernst Müller für die Betreuung!
Die Veröffentlichung ist open access:
doi.org/10.31267/Gru...
Die Veröffentlichung ist open access:
doi.org/10.31267/Gru...
Schwabe online
doi.org
July 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Mein Artikel zur Begriffsgeschichte von #Propaganda für das Projekt "Das 20. Jahrhundert in Grundbegriffen" des @zfl-berlin.bsky.social ist erschienen. Vielen Dank an Barbara Picht, Falko Schmieder und Ernst Müller für die Betreuung!
Die Veröffentlichung ist open access:
doi.org/10.31267/Gru...
Die Veröffentlichung ist open access:
doi.org/10.31267/Gru...
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‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy
Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
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Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.
July 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.
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Today we awarded Professor @davidolusoga.bsky.social OBE an honorary degree for his outstanding work as a social historian.
As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.
#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad
As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.
#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad
July 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today we awarded Professor @davidolusoga.bsky.social OBE an honorary degree for his outstanding work as a social historian.
As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.
#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad
As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.
#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad
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📆 13.-14. November, Düsseldorf
Was ist Kopfarbeit, und wie prägte sie die Geschichte der Arbeit in der Industriemoderne? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen widmet sich die Tagung in Kooperation mit der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social.
Alle Infos zu Programm und Anmeldung:
www.boeckler.de/de/a...
Was ist Kopfarbeit, und wie prägte sie die Geschichte der Arbeit in der Industriemoderne? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen widmet sich die Tagung in Kooperation mit der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social.
Alle Infos zu Programm und Anmeldung:
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Kopfarbeit. Geschichtliche Blicke auf die andere Seite der Arbeit
Die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung ist das Mitbestimmungs-, Forschungs- und Studienförderungswerk des DGB. Sie ist in allen ihren Aufgabenfeldern der Mitbestimmung als Gestaltungsprinzip einer demokratischen Gesellschaft verpflichtet.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📆 13.-14. November, Düsseldorf
Was ist Kopfarbeit, und wie prägte sie die Geschichte der Arbeit in der Industriemoderne? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen widmet sich die Tagung in Kooperation mit der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social.
Alle Infos zu Programm und Anmeldung:
www.boeckler.de/de/a...
Was ist Kopfarbeit, und wie prägte sie die Geschichte der Arbeit in der Industriemoderne? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen widmet sich die Tagung in Kooperation mit der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social.
Alle Infos zu Programm und Anmeldung:
www.boeckler.de/de/a...