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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 12d

Look how pretty she is! I received my author copies of /Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy/ today (officially published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on Monday). Will post more about individual chapters (including my own) next week - in the meantime, do ask your library to order a copy!

book with details from an early modern map on the cover

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 3d

My mother complains about her new glasses because they make her look all wrinkly when she looks in the mirror now. Love her.

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome back!

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 8d

‪One of the constants of #AcademicParenting: I am on a deadline, husband has in-office meetings, one of the kids is home sick.

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Jenny Leetsch @jennyleetsch.bsky.social · 8d

JOB AD: 3 3-year postdocs available at the Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies (BCDSS) @dependencybonn.de: I can highly recommend it as a place to spend (some of) your postdoc phase -- a deeply interdisciplinary environment with wonderful colleagues. shorturl.at/69hMY

3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)

full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152

www.uni-bonn.de

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uni-bamberg.de @uni-bamberg.de · 8d

Rund ums Thema #Arbeitszeit kursieren hartnäckige Annahmen, die den Arbeits- und Familienalltag prägen und politische Diskussionen befeuern.
Drei Bamberger Forschende haben diese Mythen wissenschaftlich untersucht. Ihre fundierten Erkenntnisse widerlegen diese:
blog.uni-bamberg.de/forschung/20...

Mythen über Arbeitszeit

Was die Bamberger Forschung dazu sagt

blog.uni-bamberg.de

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 11d

Den reparierten Staubsaugerroboter wie ein Familienmitglied, das auf Reha war, willkommen heißen.

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 11d

Heute ist #mangaday 2025 und ich habe mit der 9jährigen über 20 eingesammelt. Jetzt fischen wir mal die überhaupt nicht altersgerechten raus (die kriegt die große Schwester), aber das Kind ist jetzt schon sehr glücklich.

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 12d

Lovely to receive my copies in the post! Congrats to @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner & all the contributors (including moi!) 🏴‍☠️☠️🏴‍☠️☠️🏴‍☠️☠️

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for being so patient!

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 12d

Cuts to and closures of university presses are 100% part of the separation (or as @mattseybold.bsky.social has called it "unbundling") of research and teaching in the humanities and the devaluation of both quite frankly--in this case at the expense of the career training admin claims to care about.

Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 12d

"Bucknell has decided to close its highly respected, decades-old UP in June 2026. The stated reason? The press serves scholars, not Bucknell undergrads. Bucknell undergrads—& some grad students as well—disagree." FANTASTIC piece on BUP's student internship program. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Bucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-Net

A post from Feeding the

networks.h-net.org

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 12d

Gruselig!

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 12d

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 12d

It's September and I have already ordered advent calendars for every family member who wants one (including myself) - who even am I?

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 15d

Goodbye #Anglistiktag2025, it was a pleasure.

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 16d

Die Hand, die die English Studies hält, hat nur vier Finger, wahrscheinlich eine Metapher für irgendwas

Bild aus einer vortragsfolie, eine Illustration in klar erkennbarer gen AI optik. Eine Hand hält ein anatomisches herz mit der Aufschrift English Studies, eine Spritze mit der Aufschrift Public Humanities injiziert etwas in das Herz

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 17d

Der klingt super spannend!

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 17d

Um 5:15 aufstehen, erst mal sehen, dass der Zug ausfällt... liebt man. Trotzdem auf dem Weg zum #anglistiktag2025!

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 17d

Negroni Week AND Publication Week? That does sound like an auspicious connection! Pirates, prepare your drink of choice!
#AcademicPublishing #earlymodern #piracy

Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 17d

Folks ... get ready ... tomorrow is the start of NEGRONI WEEK 2025 AND Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800 ed @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner will be published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social ... these things must be connected ... 🏴‍☠️🍸🏴‍☠️🍸🏴‍☠️🍸

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 21d

I deleted mine a while ago, but here is a reminder for all of you who haven't done so yet.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 22d

Today is the 846th anniversary of the death of Hildegard of Bingen: saint, abbess, composer, writer, visionary, but best known of course for once seeing the Gruffalo appearing from the Bride of Christ’s, um...

Bride of Christ in Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias, Book III. Image shows a woman in medieval dress. A grotesque beast with red eyes, pointed ears, and large teeth is emerging from between her legs

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 22d

Mega - das verwende ich gleich für eine sehr ähnlich Veranstaltung beim Anglistiktag nächste Woche 💜

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Mika @mikagratzke.bsky.social · 22d

An amazing new article by @sagebrice.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Not just gay penguins: on the importance of queer/trans ecologies for critical geography'

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Not just gay penguins: on the importance of queer/trans ecologies for critical geography

Queer/trans Ecologies names a growing and trans-disciplinary body of thought that applies perspectives and sensibilities drawn from queer/trans experience and theory to thinking critically about na...

www.tandfonline.com

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Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 22d

This year I have already written 5 peer reviews and 2 expert opinions (for fundings bids etc). I have also declined at least as many requests (because I am only 1 person and should also be publishing myself instead of reading and reviewing other people's work). So yes, the system is broken.

Susanne Gruss @susannegruss.bsky.social · 23d

Freue mich nach 6 Wochen immer auf den 1. Schultag aber vergesse zuverlässig, dass er um 11:15 vorbei ist.