In a world as dark as ours these days, this video is a good antidote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=la75...
Hungary politician dances on stage after Péter Magyar wins election
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Jenny Wüstenberg
@jennywustenberg.bsky.social
Professor of History & Memory Studies @ Nottingham Trent University - https://jennywustenberg.com/
Nottingham people, check out this brand new podcast #Nottspod, which focuses on local concerns. First, up: "Trentbelly" - what happened to the local river?! 🚰 💩 🤔Please share! open.spotify.com/show/4Xwc5xB...
Trentbelly 1: Poo in the Water
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Cookies are baked, tree is up & decorated, Semmelknödel are prepped. Now it’s time for me to delete LinkedIn & Bluesky from my phone for 2 weeks. I hope you can also slow down for a bit. Wishing you happy holidays and a very happy start to 2026 to you and yours!!
After slowing down a bit & taking time to reflect, here are some key points that emerged for me from our hashtag#KnowledgeExchangeforSlowHope Kick-Off Conference for researchers in 10 humanities-led projects on crisis, funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area). A 🧵
So great to have you here @liminalwater.bsky.social !
Liminal Waterway Countercultures@liminalwater.bsky.social · 8mo agoMany of our team are in Nottingham for “Knowkedge Exchange for Slow Hope” as part of the HERA-CHANSE Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities programme. Fantastic welcoming talk by @jennywustenberg.bsky.social
“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right” - no shit! Unsurprising but important study. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
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And that's a wrap on the Slow Memory COST Action! We're so grateful to all our colleagues, partners, friends and collaborators who grew this Action into a blossoming network that will bear its fruit still in the years to come. We will still post about our resources in the coming weeks – stay tuned!
Mixed emotions as I travel home from Ghent after our very final @slowmemo.bsky.social retreat. I am proud of what we’ve accomplished, excited to see how we collaborate next, a bit tired - but most of all so thankful that I got to work with this absolute dream team for 4 years. Miss you already!!
youtu.be/h_xwJ5u9I8o Great short way to explain why smartphones are so harmful for kids. Not that I have figured out a way to protect mine from them effectively. But changing the norm is essential.
Smartphone Free Childhood US - "Let's Change The Norm"
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historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitio... If you are nearby, please join us on *Oct.2 at 4 PM* at the House of European History in Brussels for discussions, refreshments & tours through the "Presence of the Past" exhibition to celebrate 4 years of research & engagement on @slowmemo.bsky.social. Register 🔽
Slow Down How You Remember!
"New perspectives to shape our collective past and future". How do we remember in an age of fast-moving change? How can slowing down our approach to memory open new ways of engaging with Europe’s past...
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Dropping off our oldest kid at uni today and feeling all the feels.
Fascinating study by @findingnature.bsky.social argues that lack of nature connectedness is “a key root of the environmental crisis” and finds around 60% decline in use of “nature words” in books between 1800 and 2020 #slowmemory
Although we only saw each other once or twice a year at Memory Studies gatherings, I cannot imagine them without Wulf. He was always incredibly warm & engaging, even when he was provocative, which he loved being. What a catastrophe.
Memory Studies Association@memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 12mo ago🕊In Memoriam: Wulf Kansteiner With great sadness, the MSA shares the news that Wulf Kansteiner passed away on 8 August. Read the full tribute on our website: bit.ly/3UZB0Lb
The Happy Family books were a staple of both my and my kids childhood. Sad news.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 12mo agoAllan Ahlberg, a beloved author of best-selling children’s books, many of them illustrated by his wife, Janet Ahlberg, has died at 87.
The @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Prague is drawing to a close tonight and I can only congratulate Katerina Kralova, Rose Smith & the whole team! It was wonderful to talk to so many people about @slowmemo.bsky.social and hang out with the crew!
Do speak to Jeff Olick or Aline Sierp or me if you have an idea for the series!
Berghahn Books@berghahnbooks.bsky.social · last yr.Today begins the annual meeting of the #MSA2025 ( @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social)! We're highlighting our series WORLDS OF MEMORY, published in collaboration with the #MemoryStudiesAssociation: bit.ly/3ZGRhYq authors incl. @jennywustenberg.bsky.social @profsarajones.bsky.social #MemoryStudies
The Memory Studies Association Conference in Prague begin tomorrow and there are stickers!!!
“Cesar in Egypt” last night in the little Czech town of Znojmo was a tour de force - famous counter tenor Andreas Scholl was joined by a world class cast of Czech singers. A real treat. Now en route to the @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social in Prague!
If you are in Dorset this or next weekend, come find out about MEMO - the visionary project aiming to commemorate biodiversity loss while revitalising a local community. So happy that Nottingham Trent University continues to support and engage with MEMO!
A massive thank you to Alice Semedo & Isabel Machado Alexandre & their whole team, who put on such a wonderful and reflective conference for the #SlowMemory COST Action!!
I'm very eagerly anticipating the start of our fourth and final @slowmemo.bsky.social COST Action conference at the University of Porto tomorrow. Judging by the prep done by the stellar team led by Prof Alice Semedo, it is going to be absolutely fantastic. #slowmemory
Our weekend was dominated by (we think successful) efforts to save this little Goldfinch after our cats attacked. Welcome distraction given world events, but thinking of Iranians & Israelis trying to stay safe.
Honoured to be giving one of the keynotes at this conference, along with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social Submission deadline is July 31 ⬇️ cosmos.sns.it/news/call-fo...
Call for papers: Memory and social movements in democratic crises
The Centre on Social Movement Studies
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Should really make a habit of listening to my daughter’s crocheted advice.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... An extraordinary leader. Makes me hopeful, but also sad about where we are at.
‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...
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Less than a week to go to our AIMS@NTU conference "Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies" with a keynote by Ann Rigney and Roundtables on the most pressing issues (not just for our field)! Check out the program 👇 aimsntu.org/conference/
Conference - Welcome to the AIMS project
THE CONFERENCE Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies Accommodation and Travel Nottingham Sights Programme Register Accommodation and Travel The conference will take p...
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Are you coming to this year's Memory Studies Association conference in Prague? If so, have you gotten your MSA swag yet?! The MSA is trying a new way of reducing the conference's footprint by allowing only *in-advance* orders for people coming *in person*. So don't miss out!! mymerchstore.net/en/
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