Es wird derzeit wieder viel geschrieben und schnell gemeint zum Osten, insbesondere auch von Leuten, die vielleicht mal in Halle umgestiegen sind. In meiner alten Heimatstadt hat die AfD fast 55% erreicht. Das treibt mich schon sehr um, daher habe ich meine Gedanken zur Wahl auch notiert:

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s hollow promises will only make a dire situation worse, says historian Marcus Böick

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I was kindly given the opportunity to publish some thoughts on the upcoming state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far right might achieve a major breakthrough. Again, as in so many things these days: more questions than answers for me here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s hollow promises will only make a dire situation worse, says historian Marcus Böi...

theguardian.com

Rewriting the narrative: the case for diversity and inclusion The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint. ⬇️⬇️

Soeben erschienen: Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit 2025. Diesmal geht es um Stadt oder Land – die neue Ost-West-Frage? Ein tolles Paket mit Beiträgen u.a. von Uta Bretschneider, Matthias Diermeier, Leistner, Christoph Lorke und vielen mehr: www.aufbau-verlage.de/ch-links-ver...

Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit 2025

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Happy to share my review of this timely book, just published in the AHR. Esther Elizabeth Adaire. Neo-Nazi Postmodern: Right-Wing Terror Tactics, the Intellectual New Right, and the Destabilization of Memory in Germany since 1989 url: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

Esther Elizabeth Adaire. Neo-Nazi Postmodern: Right-Wing Terror Tactics, the Intellectual New Right, and the Destabilization of Memory in Germany since 1989

Imagine a young neo-Nazi in the early 1990s—likely with shaved hair and wearing a bomber jacket, maybe sitting on an overturned beer crate in a depressing

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Last week, I published a piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) critically assessing current attempts by political and scientific actors to counter the rise of right-wing parties in East Germany through new ‘lighthouse’ projects. Will this really help after years of neglect?

Gestern, Stadtbibliothek Gütersloh: Autor:innenlesung und Premiere des Bandes: 📗Gütersloh - Geschichte einer Stadt (1945-2025) 📗 Herausgegeben von @christophlorke.bsky.social 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖

“The long-term consequences of how unification was managed after 1990 is having an effect, and it's widely felt in eastern Germany until today." Marcus Böick @marcboc83.bsky.social - assistant professor @camhistory.bsky.social - on the long-overlooked legacy of the early years of reunification ⬇️

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How Germany’s enduring East-West divide is pushing voters to the fringes

November 2024: Is it time to give bluesky another go? ;o)

Meine subjektivd Beobachtung: Indem signifikante Teile der deutschen Community X (aus ehrenwerten Gründen) verlassen haben, haben sie sich zugleich erheblich vom internationalen Austausch verabschiedet, der nach wie vor dort stattfindet.

First day of my Academic cruise trip - but what cozy coastal town is it?

I knew it: the Blue Sky is mainly occupied by Germans. ;o)