Vincent Schmidt
@schmidtv.bsky.social
Byzantine Archaeology. Studies of War and Violence. Resilient Architecture. Mainz/Erlangen. Phd. Student.
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“Germany will propose setting up a joint NATO mission to protect the Arctic region, the Bloomberg report added, citing people familiar with the plans.”
UK, Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm US threat, Bloomberg News reports
A group of European countries, led by Britain and Germany, is discussing plans to boost their military presence in Greenland to show U.S. President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arc...
www.reuters.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
“Germany will propose setting up a joint NATO mission to protect the Arctic region, the Bloomberg report added, citing people familiar with the plans.”
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Nur die Bundeswehr kann Diesel in eine Stadt fahren muss man wissen.
Der Anschlag auf Kabel, zu dem sich Linksextremisten bekannt haben, sorgt seit Samstagmorgen für einen schweren Stromausfall in der Hauptstadt. Nun rücken Soldaten mit Diesel und einem Tankfahrzeug an.
Stromausfall in Berlin: Bundeswehr betankt Notstromaggregate
Der Anschlag auf Kabel, zu dem sich Linksextremisten bekannt haben, sorgt seit Samstagmorgen für einen schweren Stromausfall in der Hauptstadt. Nun rücken Soldaten mit Diesel und einem Tankfahrzeug an.
www.spiegel.de
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Nur die Bundeswehr kann Diesel in eine Stadt fahren muss man wissen.
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🤝 Research connects across borders.
The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium.
More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683
#leizarchaeology #archaeology
The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium.
More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683
#leizarchaeology #archaeology
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤝 Research connects across borders.
The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium.
More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683
#leizarchaeology #archaeology
The National Museum of History of Ukraine and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) strengthen their partnership to advance cultural heritage research – from Kyivan Rus’ to Byzantium.
More Info: idw-online.de/de/news863683
#leizarchaeology #archaeology
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#ReliefWednesday!
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
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🏺 #archaeology
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#ReliefWednesday!
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
A Roman marble relief of a warship. Found in the necropolis of Praeneste (Latium), late 1st century BC.
The relief presumably belonged to the tomb of a Roman veteran who had served on Octavian’s side at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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Don’t miss the #lecture by Anzhelika Kolesnychenko on 4 November at LEIZA. It's part of a public #lectureseries featuring at-risk scholars from #Ukraine, organised by the Leibniz Research Network Eastern Europe in cooperation with SCIENCE AT RISK.
📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!
📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Don’t miss the #lecture by Anzhelika Kolesnychenko on 4 November at LEIZA. It's part of a public #lectureseries featuring at-risk scholars from #Ukraine, organised by the Leibniz Research Network Eastern Europe in cooperation with SCIENCE AT RISK.
📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!
📄 Check out the flyer for all upcoming dates!
Since there seems to be a Problem with the Image, here are the Infos as a Thread:
Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Since there seems to be a Problem with the Image, here are the Infos as a Thread:
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Next week I will be a guest at the University of Mainz 🇩🇪 giving a lecture on military developments of the fourth century BCE as well as a workshop on approaches to public engagement in ancient history
Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Next week I will be a guest at the University of Mainz 🇩🇪 giving a lecture on military developments of the fourth century BCE as well as a workshop on approaches to public engagement in ancient history
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Wenn Vergangenheit ideologisch vereinnahmt wird, um Machtverhältnisse in der Gegenwart zu reproduzieren, sollten Altertumswissenschaftler:innen das durchaus einordnen.
Meine ich in einem #IdeeArchäologie-Beitrag für @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de:
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Meine ich in einem #IdeeArchäologie-Beitrag für @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de:
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Wir müssen reden! Über Pseudoarchäologie und die ideologische Aneignung von Vergangenheit | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG
Die Antike boomt. Unter prominenten Silicon Valley-Pionieren und Tech-Milliardären jedenfalls ist eine Begeisterung für griechisch-römische Geschichte verbreitet, mit der sie zusehends zu einer reichw...
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wenn Vergangenheit ideologisch vereinnahmt wird, um Machtverhältnisse in der Gegenwart zu reproduzieren, sollten Altertumswissenschaftler:innen das durchaus einordnen.
Meine ich in einem #IdeeArchäologie-Beitrag für @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de:
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Meine ich in einem #IdeeArchäologie-Beitrag für @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de:
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
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MORE: Ukraine's ongoing strike campaign targeting Russia’s oil refineries is contributing to gasoline shortages across Russia that will likely raise inflation and cause further macroeconomic instability in Russia.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
August 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
MORE: Ukraine's ongoing strike campaign targeting Russia’s oil refineries is contributing to gasoline shortages across Russia that will likely raise inflation and cause further macroeconomic instability in Russia.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
Für die Reihe "Idee Archäologie" durfte ich einen Beitrag schreiben: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Eine sehr schöne Reihe mit vielen (besseren) Beiträgen.
Vielen Dank.
Eine sehr schöne Reihe mit vielen (besseren) Beiträgen.
Vielen Dank.
Zukunft bestimmt die Gegenwart. Bestimmt sie damit auch die Rezeption der Vergangenheit? | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG
„Alle Geschichte ist Zeitgeschichte“ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Der Riss in der Zeit. Kosellecks ungeschriebene Historik, Berlin 2023. . Nun ist die Zeitsemantik keine neue Idee in der historischen Forsc...
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Für die Reihe "Idee Archäologie" durfte ich einen Beitrag schreiben: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Eine sehr schöne Reihe mit vielen (besseren) Beiträgen.
Vielen Dank.
Eine sehr schöne Reihe mit vielen (besseren) Beiträgen.
Vielen Dank.
Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
August 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory
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Terrific new article by Mariya Omelicheva @warontherocks.bsky.social on the role of a huge number of semi-state forces in Russia’s war against Ukraine: warontherocks.com/2025/08/insi...
Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War - War on the Rocks
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out
warontherocks.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Terrific new article by Mariya Omelicheva @warontherocks.bsky.social on the role of a huge number of semi-state forces in Russia’s war against Ukraine: warontherocks.com/2025/08/insi...
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missed this one last night: "Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance."
Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says Japan wants to participate in a NATO command for its Ukrainian mission as Japan increasingly steps up military ties with the largely European security organ...
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
missed this one last night: "Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance."
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Gotta love the Baltics 😁
“The Baltics have raised all sorts of taxes, including on tobacco (“Smoke a Marlboro, stop the Russians!”). “
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“The Baltics have raised all sorts of taxes, including on tobacco (“Smoke a Marlboro, stop the Russians!”). “
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
There’s no such thing as a free tank
economist.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Gotta love the Baltics 😁
“The Baltics have raised all sorts of taxes, including on tobacco (“Smoke a Marlboro, stop the Russians!”). “
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
“The Baltics have raised all sorts of taxes, including on tobacco (“Smoke a Marlboro, stop the Russians!”). “
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
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Lavrov's and other Kremlin officials' continued rejections of a ceasefire and other terms that Trump and European leaders have identified as necessary to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine demonstrate that Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations...(1/2)
February 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Lavrov's and other Kremlin officials' continued rejections of a ceasefire and other terms that Trump and European leaders have identified as necessary to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine demonstrate that Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations...(1/2)
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»Erstens ist [Trump] ein sehr leichtes Opfer. Er ist intellektuell nicht besonders gut ausgestattet, hat weder historische noch regionale Kenntnisse. Zweitens leben Trump und seine Mitstreiter wie die Nationale Geheimdienstdirektorin, Tulsi Gabbard, oder ... 1/2
Russland-Experte Gressel: Es droht ein großer Krieg in Europa
Der Rüstungs- und Russlandfachmann Gustav Gressel fordert die Europäer auf, sich auf den Ernstfall vorzubereiten. Es drohe bald ein großer Krieg in Europa.
www.faz.net
February 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
»Erstens ist [Trump] ein sehr leichtes Opfer. Er ist intellektuell nicht besonders gut ausgestattet, hat weder historische noch regionale Kenntnisse. Zweitens leben Trump und seine Mitstreiter wie die Nationale Geheimdienstdirektorin, Tulsi Gabbard, oder ... 1/2
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Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks
Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.
www.axios.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
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NEW: Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have reportedly deployed to northern Syria to help defend the Assad regime against opposition forces.
Hezbollah seems unwilling to commit fighters to its pro-regime allies there, likely due to losses suffered in Lebanon. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...
More on Syria 🔽
Hezbollah seems unwilling to commit fighters to its pro-regime allies there, likely due to losses suffered in Lebanon. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...
More on Syria 🔽
December 3, 2024 at 2:01 AM
NEW: Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have reportedly deployed to northern Syria to help defend the Assad regime against opposition forces.
Hezbollah seems unwilling to commit fighters to its pro-regime allies there, likely due to losses suffered in Lebanon. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...
More on Syria 🔽
Hezbollah seems unwilling to commit fighters to its pro-regime allies there, likely due to losses suffered in Lebanon. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...
More on Syria 🔽
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German startup Tytan technologies works on a #drone interceptor with the Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub.
(Tytan is also a partner of the Ukrainian Brave 1 initiative bringing private companies to Ukraine)
(Tytan is also a partner of the Ukrainian Brave 1 initiative bringing private companies to Ukraine)
November 29, 2024 at 8:37 AM
German startup Tytan technologies works on a #drone interceptor with the Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub.
(Tytan is also a partner of the Ukrainian Brave 1 initiative bringing private companies to Ukraine)
(Tytan is also a partner of the Ukrainian Brave 1 initiative bringing private companies to Ukraine)
Book recommendations.
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Book recommendations.
Today in Freiburg.
December 14, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Today in Freiburg.