📢 Calling all PhD students in German Studies! It’s still time to submit your proposal for the annual Sylvia Naish Postgraduate Student Lecture. Application deadline: 31 January 2026. The Lecture, to be held at ILCS on 14 May, comes with a prize of £400. Further details 👇 #ShoutOutForGerman

This week, I have the absolute pleasure to give - once again - a number of guest lectures at the Université polytechnique Hauts-de-France (#UPHF). Among other things, I talked about German reunification and Berlin in the 1990s. 1/

Thrilled to see that my most recent article has been published. Using Gorman's inaugural poem as a case study, this article explores to what extent the concentration of culture- & subculture specific elements within a text, along with their aesthetic realisation, poses a challenge for translators.

Delighted to receive my copy of #Metzler's compendium of the #German #CampusNovel by Helmut Grugger & Stefan Neuhaus. It includes not only three chapters by yours truly but also by my cherished #MICcolleagues @deirdreflynn.bsky.social, Sabine Egger, Hanna Rompf & -of course- Helmut himself.

Just back from a very cool lunchbreak listening to #NASAAstronaut Dan Tani talking about how he became an astronaut, what's living in space like, and what's happening next in space exploration. #SpaceWeek #MIC

Ich habe unterschrieben, unterschreibe auch du! Für die Wertschätzung und gerechte Entlohnung wissenschaftlicher Expertise. chng.it/LdfvN5mLmR

My first publication in German! Der Campusroman in Irland link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... Delighted to be part of this extensive publication on Campus Novels Der Campusroman: Texte, Theorien, Traditionen (97 chapters!) edited by Helmut Grugger&Stefan Neuhaus Helmut also translated the chapter

Und die nächste Sommerlektüre. Diesmal von einer lieben Kollegin aus meiner Groninger Zeit. Ik ben benieuwd en verheug me al iets nieuws over de literatuurbedrijf in het algemeen én de nederlandse literatuurbedrijf in het bijzonder te leren.

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

“Australian universities should not be rewarded financially for narrowing the scope of HASS in a manner that undermines the national interest”.

Eine schallende Ohrfeige. Fast 300 Rechtswissenschaftler*innen stellen fest, dass die Angriffe auf Brosius-Gersdorf von Unkenntnis sowie "fehlendem politischem Rückgrat und mangelnder Vorbereitung" zeugen und einen Angriff auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit darstellen. Danke für die klaren Worte!

Love it when what is presented as "academic publishing" is really just "publishing in STEM fields" :/ basically none of this is true for humanities publishing, and especially for humanities books www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Na, das ist ja mal erfreulich!

Don’t wait for a perfect reason to learn a language. Follow the spark. A word, a song, a story, a person. Let it take you somewhere you never expected. Because every language you learn opens a door - not just to a new world, but to a new version of you. albarolanguages.com/2025/07/12/n...

My friend Raul Carstocea is advertising 2 PhD positions within his fabulous ERC project. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU289/p...

Ernüchternde Lektüre, auch wenn man's schon geahnt hat. Und dennoch bin ich hier v.a. von den irischen Behörden enttäuscht. Das mit den Schultern zucken und Arme in die Luft werfen seitens Dublins ist schlicht eine Ablehnung der Verantwortung und behördlichen Zuständigkeit.

Wonderful and very welcome news coming out of Leeds! Gegen den Strom into the future!

"Haffner was 24 when he wrote Parting in just a few weeks in October and November 1932, just months before the Nazis came to power." And here it is, published first in German and soon in English more than nine decades later.. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Thrilled to share that my article on the challenges of translating #AmandaGorman’s inaugural poem #TheHillWeClimb has just been published! This first piece in a planned series of articles takes a decidedly linguistic lens, examining semantic-stylistic shifts in translation.

On this day in 1953, around 1 million people in East Germany took to the streets to protest against the regime. The largely peaceful uprising was violently suppressed. West Germany celebrated the 1953 uprising as a public holiday until German Unity in 1990.

@linguacene.bsky.social & I have a new research initiative starting this month. One of a number of projects is an edited volume provisionally titled, “Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University.” The CfP is below. More info on our website. Join us! monolingual.arts.ubc.ca

The harm of AI is hitting me profoundly tonight, as OUP announces it will be using AI to summarize/check academic articles. It's b/c I've just taught a class where we looked at how ideas, language & culture around an issue changed over time through the gradual & uneven exchange of human ideas. 1/3

Dear colleagues, just to say the deadline for submissions to this year’s Germanistik in Ireland has been extended to June 30. Below is the original call for contributions.

(TW Depression, psychische Erkrankung, Schicksalsschläge) Da es in meinen Lehrveranstaltungen gerade mehrere Fälle gibt und mir hier vielleicht auch ein paar Studierende folgen, möchte ich etwas zu psychischen Belastungen von Studierenden im Studium schreiben - aus Dozierendenperspektive. 1/8

Pals, do you know a graduate student who has written a fantastic, 6,000-9,000-word (unpublished) essay in German Studies? Maybe you've written it yourself? The GSA is looking to award the best grad student essay, as judged by @claudiakreklau.bsky.social, @dominiquereill.bsky.social, and me!

Once again, word counts that include reference lists are unnecessarily limiting and tend to reinforce patterns of citation that exclude ECRs, scholars from the global south and marginalised groups etc

Die AfD behauptet jetzt, das BfV würde die Hochstufung zurücknehmen. Doch die „Stillhaltezusage“ bei Gericht dient dazu, das Eilverfahren zu beschleunigen. Solange nennt das BfV die AfD nicht „gesichert rechtsetxrem“ und behandelt sie bei den ND-Mitteln wieder wie einen Verdachtsfall. Mehr nicht.

Back from an exciting and inspiring week in Tbilisi & at #TbilisiStateUniversity, where I met wonderful colleagues. Special thanks to Dr Iwa Mindadze, who took me to the former German settlements #Bolnisi (Katharinenfeld) & #Asureti (Elisabethtal). I learned a ton about the German-Georgian ties.

Hats off to Harry Kane for agreeing to have this recorded. A great advert for language learning at any stage of one's career - and showing the English football captain new to a language (and possibly to learning a new language) can send an important message. www.youtube.com/watch?v=stU5...

While I'm currently in #Tbilisi for an #ErasmusPlus Mobility at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University #TSU, I'm thrilled (and slightly relieved) that I finally submitted the revisions of the last outstanding article, brining the count up to four (so far) this year.

"[E]nrolment in arts subjects is falling, in favour of [STEM]. Students flocking to these subjects may hope to gain the kind of 'hard skills' valued by employers. But by ditching the arts, they are missing out on developing traits that may be more vital." www.ft.com/content/c9dc...

Dept of Humanities, Social & Political Sciences (D-GESS; www.gess.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for two profs, one History of Technology, other in Philosophy of Science. Language English or German. Apply by 15 June 2025: www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a... #HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech

Don’t mock Trump’s attempt to purge the language: it hides a more disturbing agenda | Josephine Ingram @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

This week (17-21 March), the German Embassy in London are championing German language learning in the UK. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or just a fan of the German language, now is your chance to share your enthusiasm: uk.diplo.de/uk-en/german... #ShoutOutForGerman

Always worth to remember.

„Sie können Paragrafen machen, Sie können Artikel schreiben, Sie können die besten Grundgesetze machen. Was Sie brauchen, sind die richtigen Menschen, die diese Dinge leben." Fritz Bauer

A postgrad in my old dept. posted a photo on X celebrating her PhD. It got 3000 responses, mostly vile. Her sin? writing on Whiteness, and being of mixed Asian and white descent. rhi-mixedviews.blogspot.com/2025/02/one-...

Just to remind you that there is still time to apply for a full-time post doc at Charles University and work with us on reaction to foreign interference in the EU, NATO and their member states. Let me know if you have any questions. #AcademicSky #polisky #EUsky #research #researchjob

Wenn in dieser Woche etwas lesen, dann das: @blaetter.bsky.social über den autoritären, faschistischen Angriff auf Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre - tagesaktuell auch in Deutschland anschaulich zu beobachten. Gesehen bei @alexanderleistner.bsky.social. www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...

Der absolute Wahnsinn, was für eine Geschichte. Das Engagement von Armin ist echt bewundernswert.

Wie Merz über Demonstrierende spricht, diese Verachtung und ihre Darstellung, deckt sich übrigens damit, wie der Autokrat Vučić in Serbien über Demonstrierende spricht. Falls jemand heute Morgen noch zufälligerweise einen kleinen Wink mit dem demokratischen Zaunpfahl benötigen sollte.

Wird die Frage, ob eine Partei die #Wissenschaftsfreiheit achtet und schützt, eine Rolle bei der Wahl-Entscheidung spielen? Angesichts der Bedeutung, die Wissenschaft in unserer & für unsere Gesellschaft hat, sollte man das *eigentlich* annehmen dürfen.

Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter*in am Fritz-Hüser-Institut. TVöD 13, 100%, unbefristet. Schwerpunkte: Forschung und Wissenschaftskommunikation. Ich freue mich auf Bewerbungen von Literaturwissenschaftler:innen bis zum 03.03.2025. Fragen gerne telefonisch oder per Mail.

Thrilled to share that I will be presenting parts of my recent work in #TranslationStudies at the XXIV Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association #ICLA at Dongguk University, Seoul, later this summer. 1/

💙💛 The Royal Irish Academy has presented UCD Professor Anne Fuchs with its Gold Medal, Ireland’s highest scholarly accolade. 👏 Congratulations, Professor Fuchs! 🧵

Rainy afternoon in the capital was perfect to pay a visit to the #NationalGallery visiting some of my favs. #Yeats #Pechstein #Nolde #Signac #Leech #OConnor

Yesterday, I had the immense pleasure to witness how the #RoyalIrishAcademy awarded my mentor, Prof. Anne Fuchs, the 2025 Gold Medal in the Humanities. The country's highest academic honor. In her speech, Anne delivered a passionate & pointed reflection on the role of the #humanities in our society.

Got an important item on the to-do-list today: visit the post office before 5:30pm to cast my vote for a democratic party valuing the rule of law lin the #BTW25. #Briefwahl #Democracy #SayNoToPopulism #NieWiederIstJetzt #WirSindMehr

Eine sehr wichtiger und aufschlussreicher Kommentar, darüber wie wichtig es ist die Dinge auch beim Namen zu benennen.