Scholar

Timothy G. Ash

Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University… more

Timothy G. Ash
H-index: 24
Political science 61%
Sociology 13%

Reposted by: Timothy G. Ash

fromtga.bsky.social
Much enjoyed this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social
( I’m slightly reminded of Leszek Kołakowski’s gloriously self-ironical title ‚’My Correct Views on Everything’…)
catherinedevries.bsky.social
New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

🧵
Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

Reposted by: Timothy G. Ash

Reposted by: Timothy G. Ash

fromtga.bsky.social
Important good news from #moldova ….in the long run, Putin is losing…
bbc.co.uk
Pro-EU party in Moldova takes lead in election mired in claims of interference
The vote is seen as critical for Moldova's future EU path, and President Maia Sandu has warned of Russian interference.
BBC - Home
The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.
bbc.co.uk
fromtga.bsky.social
Only 31.5 % of Poles say they trust the Catholic Church, down from 58% nine years ago.

Reposted by: Timothy G. Ash

fromtga.bsky.social
The light is getting in…still time to join me to talk about Europe at 12 noon today @howthelightgetsin.bsky.social Kenwood House… The Ring
jwmueller-pu.bsky.social
"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US."

This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.

Reposted by: Timothy G. Ash

by Timothy G. AshReposted by: Nathalie Tocci

References

Fields & subjects

Updated 1m