new summer aesthetic just dropped, courtesy of vintage S Philly photograph

The cycle of bad and shortsighted managerial decisions continues 😡 c.org/BgYVnFNbsP

A large, new temporary art venue is opening in central London at the end this month, within walking distance of Tate Modern. The charity Hypha Studios, which hosts studios and exhibitions in vacant buildings, will debut Hypha Gallery South Bank on 25 June, in former offices. buff.ly/sy3daTq

Very honoured to have been invited by the German Studies Library Group to give the 2026 Graham Nattrass Lecture at the British Library earlier this week. Great audience and discussion! Many thanks again to the organisers 📚

It was a great privilege to be able to present in Dublin last week in honour of Anne Fuchs. Many thanks to the organisers for a fantastic and emotional event.

#OpenAccess! ENTERTAINING GERMAN CULTURE: Contemporary Transnational Television & Film, Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social, Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social, and Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social [eds.] is now available in paperback! : bit.ly/43G1fKY #FilmStudies #TelevisionStudies #MediaStudies #History

"Sendak, a close reader of Kleist's language, gives us her blind fury as her blank eye, powerfully suggesting the inhuman malice that moves her; his sprawling Achilles also recalls Penthesilea sprawling after their first meeting. Sendak's fine illustrations ... distill and extend Kleist's text."

On Maurice Sendak's birthday, a reminder that he illustrated Kleist's PENTHESILEA for a 1999 English edition. 😍😵

AGS 2026 Conference Registration NOW OPEN! The Glasgow organising committee is pleased to announce that the conference registration is now possible through the AGS website. More details here ags.ac.uk/2026-confere... DEADLINE TO REGISTER: 1 August 2026

Please to announce that our little German Streaming TV volume is now available in paperback! @chewschaper.bsky.social @elizabethward.bsky.social @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social @espinoza.bsky.social @bennickl.bsky.social

This article is absolutely essential reading, not just for academics but in particular parents of school age kids and uni students. Also to be read by anyone with an interest in a healthy civil society and democracy.

I feel Britain on a weekend needs to go into “deafening” as well.

Can’t wait www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

The 8th German Studies Library Group/British Library Graham Nattrass Lecture will take place on 17 June at the BL. @herrehrig.bsky.social will be speaking on ‘Prefab Atmospheres: East German Modernist Mass Housing in Film‘. Details and how to book here: gslg.org.uk/2026/02/09/e...

Turns out that Germany's boozy Father's Day tradition is actually related to the religious holiday it shares a date with. The Feast of the Ascension, which is 40 days out from Easter Sunday (see Acts 1:3), was celebrated with all-male processions that usually wrapped up at a tavern.

Mann 👅, Musil and two Sebalds in this 👌 www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Hey Bluesky folks. If you’re in education or just follow for my thirst traps, would you please sign this if you can, and share far and wide? c.org/dCKk9vjqxY It’s much appreciated. My university is cancelling all UG humanities degrees. We need support and love right now x

Listen up, Glasgow #replacetheM8

Pleased to read more work engaging with Hans Mayer. As much as I share Wolf's criticism of Goebel's claim that Mayer prepared queer theory as anachronistic, I think he oversimplifies the take on Israel and Zionism by also forcefully applying Mayer to the present. literaturkritik.de/public/rezen...

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Very pleased to read about the positive reception of Henrike Naumann's and Sung Tieu's German Pavilion www.artforum.com/columns/veni...

Spent a very lovely day in Perth this weekend.

Pleased to see a shout out to the Gorbals here. Go Gorbals! www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Fantastic to have Marcin Wierzchowski present his film Das deutsche Volk (the German people) on the Hanau attacks in Glasgow tonight and discuss it with Paul Leworthy afterwards. Powerful yet depressing stuff. #germanfilm

Excellent news that Jügler got translated! His first novel was impressive already. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Glasgow feeling pretty Mediterranean tonight

Or speaks another language.

'The south-east London university, known for its teaching of the creative arts, has announced plans to cut a further £22 million from its budget, the third major restructure since 2019.' Student numbers have dropped by more than 25% in the past 5 years. Great work external consultants! 1/2

And here we go again - please consider signing! c.org/7ntNZsBZ8N

Excited to receive my author copy of this excellent volume today! Thanks @profannasaunders.bsky.social and Caroline Summers for their brilliant work 👏

I didn't want to post about it while the war is going on, but the haters in Turkey are already running very hot... My new book, coming out in June, Germans and Turks—A Forgotten History of Europe (and it's very different from what the haters expect...) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/germans-a...

Falls jemand morgen Abend Zeit hat: ich rede mal wieder über Halle-Neustadt :) www.moderne-regional.de/halle-online...

The other side got a look in on the news! "I'm constantly being forced onto the road or crossing in between parked cars where they shouldn't be and where you've not got visibility of the traffic." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Pleased to be in Erfurt for the international DEFA conference on mobility and space.

I’m currently doing oral exams on Kleist’s novellas and it’s such a joy, year in, year out, to see how much the students enjoy reading him and how he challenges them to delve deeper into textual analysis. #germanistik

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

The Government wants to force millions of people who work in our hospitals, care homes and schools to wait decades before they can stay here permanently. Sign the open letter to the Home Secretary and oppose these disastrous plans. act.praxis.org.uk/open-letter-...

Gut 18 % rechsextreme Stimmen in einem der reichsten Bundesländer. Wir müssen mal wieder über die Folgen der neoliberalen und patriarchalen Strukturen der alten Bundesrepublik und die Baseballschlägerjahre in Westdeutschland inklusive Mölln und Solingen sprechen, um das erklären zu können.

Closure of language courses is ‘national catastrophe’, warns VC www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Wir müssen alle aufmerksam sein - in Kanada wie in Deutschland - wegen solche Massnahmen. Ich schätze, sie werden mehr und nicht weniger in den kommenden Jahren.

Someone has compiled a list of cultural spaces in Glasgow that have closed this year. It's embarrasing and really highlights how badly the city is failing arts & culture. eblknd.leaflet.pub/3mg6akzx3n22l