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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 1d

The "Vienna" model or sample book, c. 1410-20. An aid for workshops and travelling artists so that they had a stock of motifs & shapes. Silverpoint drawing on paper, maple wood, leather. Dimensions: 9.5 cm × 9 cm. A small thing. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 2h

Great project by @mattaucott.bsky.social and Jeff Bowersox - really enjoyed coming up with this ‘Glimpse of German History’ for @germanhistsoc.bsky.social Hope there’ll be many more seasons!

German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 15h

Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!

In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.

Glimpses of German History S2E1: Denazification Questionnaire

In the first episode of Glimpses of German History Season 2, Sandra Lipner shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in postwar Germany. The questionnaire was intended by the occupying Allies to categorise people in terms of their previous in

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 22d

McEwan, the liberal critic of liberalism - Kevin Power's review of McEwan's What We Can Know in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism

A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 25d

Adorno and this violent political moment by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and Josh Greenberg in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

Opinion: The assassination of Charlie Kirk has revealed the authoritarian inside all of us

The killing of a public figure has become a dopamine hit in an endless cycle of doom-scrolled violence. Where do we find ourselves as a society when murder is met with delight?

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Sep 7

Solidarity with refugees - wonderful initiative in North London run by volunteers
nnlsdropin.org.uk

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drop in video updated

YouTube video by Noah Taylor

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Sep 7

gazasoupkitchen.org
Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here:

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Gaza Soup Kitchen – This isn't just a soup — it's a recipe for resilience, simmering on the stoves of Gaza, feeding bodies and souls alike. Each bowl serves not just sustenance

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Aug 18

@danielerk.bsky.social und Anne-Sophie Lang über die Geschichte mittelständischer Unternehmen im NS @diezeit.bsky.social

www.zeit.de/zeit-fuer-un...

Firmengeschichte während der NS-Zeit: Wenn Familienunternehmen in Abgründe blicken

Die Rolle des deutschen Mittelstands in der Nazizeit ist bis heute kaum aufgearbeitet. Nur wenige Firmen wollen sich der eigenen Vergangenheit stellen.

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams

The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Aug 2

A powerful portrait of Vance’s politics of othering and anti-liberalism in this podcast by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 01/08/2025 · 1h 19m

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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · Jul 16

On Sunday August 10th, I'll be leading a walking tour of New York's East Side for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, focused on sites related to Jewish dancing and literature about New York Jewish dancing. @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.yivo.org/Dance-Guided...

Dancing through Yiddish Literary New York: A Guided Tour | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

On this guided tour with Yiddish literature and dance scholar Dr. Sonia Gollance, we will visit some key New York dance sites in the footsteps of Yiddish writers and journalists.

www.yivo.org

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Jun 25

Age and education overtake class in UK political landscape. @journo-jess.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows

Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Jun 21

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ | Harvard University | Michela Moscufo in @theguardian.com

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Jun 19

That looks gorgeous! Reminds me of a place I went last summer… (Emmendingen but the surrounding Black Forest is not v visible)!

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Jun 18

'You can also make lemon curd' - love this discussion of new work in queer Holocaust studies by @ankahajkova.bsky.social
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‘I did not want to die without having kissed a woman’ | USC Shoah Foundation

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT | 2:00 PM EDT Very little has been recorded about same-sex desire and relationships in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust, leaving us with ques...

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Jun 16

'... the problem is not what’s hidden, it’s “what we’ve normalised – because the whole strategy is to throw it all in your face”', @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’

Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · Jun 12

Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others!

If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...

Slide depicting 'The World in a Grain of Sand: Reading and Writing Microhistories', MA Option 2025-26, School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London

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Andrea Löw @andrealoew.bsky.social · Jan 28

It's finally out: Our volume on Poland under German Occupation. With contributions by Natalia Aleksiun, Winson Chu, Maren Röger, Dariusz Stola, Tomasz Frydel, Ingo Loose and the two editors: Jonathan Huener and myself. 📚

www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...

Poland under German Occupation, 1939-1945: New Perspectives | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

www.berghahnbooks.com

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · May 29

Exciting new Holocaust research agency by the amazing @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social 📚📚👩🏻‍💻 Highly recommend checking out their website and services!

Holocaust Research Consultancy @holocaust-rc.bsky.social · May 28

The Holocaust Research Consultancy is excited to launch our new website holocaustresearchconsultancy.org!

Meet our researchers, learn about what we do, and contact us if you’d like to work together!

Holocaust Research Consultancy

Research. Education. Public Engagement.

holocaustresearchconsultancy.org

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David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · Apr 1

Spoke to Ali Breland over at @theatlantic.com on the prospects of Fusionism 2.0 and the (lack of) a crackup on the right in the first few months of the Trump administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

So Much for the MAGA Divorce

The nativist right is starting to make peace with Elon Musk.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · Mar 29

#Event | Workshop "Heimatlosigkeit und Emanzipation. 1870-1933 im Rahmen des SFB 1671 Heimat(en): Phänomene, Praktiken, Darstellungen

Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr

www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Mar 27

Anspruchseinbürgerung v. Ermessenseinbürgerung - just one legal difference facilitating the fiendish finessing of the postwar (re-)naturalisation of German Jews by the FRG’s Interior Ministry, superbly presented by @ncourtman.bsky.social Great talk @lbilondon.bsky.social and @ghilondon.bsky.social

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Mar 24

Another great podcast - Noah Shenker talks about Holocaust testimonies and their histories on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Noah Shenker, “Reframing Holocaust Testimony” (Indiana UP, 2016)

Podcast Episode · New Books in Communications · 07/10/2016 · 1h 18m

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Mar 16

What Authoritarianism Means

Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?

New piece:

What Authoritarianism Means

Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?

thomaszimmer.substack.com

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fascinating podcast by Melanie Longerich and Brigitte Baetz (gestern ist jetzt) about the Polish-German #familyhistory of Florian Urbański. Displaced Persons and their lives in DP camps in early post-war Germany with @sarahgrandke.bsky.social

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#26 - Displaced Persons

Podcast Episode · gestern ist jetzt · 15/11/2022 · 49m

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V is for very, very spooky @alana-m-vincent.net · Mar 2

The question we should be asking is not “what would Arendt herself do” (it would be nothing good) or even “what does the totality of Arendt’s thought suggest about this moment”, but “what moments of genuine insight are helpful to us here and now?”

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