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Stephan Ehrig

@herrehrig.bsky.social

Glasgow Germanist working on remediations of architecture in film and literature | DEFA | Kleist | Urban Humanities | East(ern) Germany | Transnationalism | Formerly Dublin, Durham, Bristol, Leipzig | he/him

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Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ja, der Anschlag war ein Angriff auf die freie Gesellschaft, aber zuvorderst war und bleibt es ein Angriff auf uns queere Menschen. Deshalb frei nach Hannah Arendt: Wenn wir als Queers angegriffen werden, müssen wir uns als Queers verteidigen. - Sasha Salzmann!! www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/ansch...

Wie weiter nach dem Anschlag auf den CSD? Sasha Marianna Salzmann fragt, was bleibt

Eine Tote, viele Lügen, eine Gewissheit: Seit dem Anschlag im Berliner Tiergarten ist eine Woche vergangen. Und jetzt? Weiter wie zuvor?

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Stephan Ehrig@herrehrig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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 📚

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Alice Christensen@alicerc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"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."

Tim Waterman@tim-waterman.co.uk · 2mo ago

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.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2mo ago

‘Another effect of the funding system introduced in 2012 has been to provide rich pickings for private institutions. Arden University, which obtained degree-granting powers in 2014, may be the biggest UK university you’ve never heard of.’ Stefan Collini www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Susan Reed@susanreed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

Eighth Graham Nattrass Lecture—17 June 2026

Under the auspices of the German Studies Library Group and in association with the British Library, a lecture in memory of Graham Nattrass (1940-2012) will be delivered on Wednesday 17 June 20…

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Dr Seán Ketchem@cskwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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.

It is not entirely clear how this Christian holiday evolved into the boozy, festive Father’s Day or Men’s Day we know today. However, there are indications that the Father’s Day celebrations, which have been customary for several decades now, may have originated from Ascension Day traditions. Church chronicles reveal that as early as the 17th century, some Ascension Day processions ended in drinking binges. From this, so-called “ham tours” developed in some major cities—and particularly in the Berlin area—beginning in the 19th century: carriage operators organized excursions to the countryside via horse-drawn carriages. Women were not welcome on these all-male outings. In the 1930s, Father’s Day was then established by wealthy Dutch cigar manufacturers and butchers as a counterpart to the established Mother’s Day.