Is it not normal for german research institutes to give feedback on application/interview performance to applicants who made it to interview but didn’t get the job? Recently got a rejection after interview and have asked for feedback, and so far only been told that a phone call might be possible …
Nicholas Courtman
@ncourtman.bsky.social
Alfred Landecker Lecturer at King’s College London | researching history of citizenship law and naturalisation practice in the Federal Republic of Germany after National Socialism
I recently came across this photo book published by Waffen-SS veterans in West Germany in the early 1970s. I’m using it mostly for photo material for presentations, but would be interested in reading more scholarship on it. I’ve found some from Karsten Willke, other recommendations welcome!
Coming soon: Unser Buch »Present Past« in einer Auflage der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, in mehreren Landeszentralen für politische Bildung sowie in einer dritten Auflage des Verlags. Ich freue mich riesig über das anhaltende Interesse!
Present Past. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen – Metropol Verlag
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Ab sofort ist unser Buch »Present Past. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen« bei der Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung in einer eigenen Edition für 7€ zu haben (ausschließlich zur Selbstabholung an zwei Standorten). ⬇️
Zur Recherche nach Tätigkeiten in der #Wehrmacht sind die Erkennungsmarkenverzeichnisse im Bundesarchiv Tegel (früher WASt) essenziell. Diese werden werden derzeit digitalisiert und voraussichtlich ab 2030 online frei zur Verfügung stehen. Quelle: Schriftliche Auskunft des Bundesarchivs.
Erklärungen zu den Erkennungsmarkenverzeichnissen
Erklärungen zu den Erkennungsmarkenverzeichnissen - Das Bundesarchiv online: Ihre zentrale Anlaufstelle für historische Dokumente, digitale Sammlungen und Informationen zur deutschen Geschichte. Besuc...
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NEW: USCIS is proposing to increase the cost to green card holders of becoming a U.S. citizen by $570, and wants to eliminate existing fee waivers for certain low-income immigrants. The Trump admin says it no longer believes in encouraging naturalization with low-cost options.
New Symposium "International Criminal Law in Turmoil: Charting New Paths as They Unfold" features five papers from a September 2025 workshop on challenges in international criminal justice organised by the ESIL Interest Group on International Criminal Justice. voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
Introducing the Symposium “International Criminal Law in Turmoil: Charting New Paths as They Unfold”
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Inmitten massiver queerfeindlicher Kampagnen aus der rechten Ecke würde ich mir mehr Signale dieser Art wünschen. 👏 www.shz.de/deutschland-...
Been chatting with friends who started PhDs in German in the UK the same time I did (2016). So far we’ve only been able to think of one person who started PhD since we did who’s got a permanent job in german studies in the UK. Not particularly encouraging!
„Gehorsame Menschen, die helfen, den Weg zum Faschismus zu ebnen“… Diese Leute haben mit ihren bizarren Behauptungen jeglichen Bezug zur Realität verloren und helfen, auch wenn sie das nicht wollen, mit ihren Angriffen gegen die #Gedenkstätte #Buchenwald nur der extremen Rechten.
we can either get a Supreme Court decision or a headline like this but both in one day is too much
Does anyone(’s institution) have a beck online subscription that gives them access to the 2024 Huber/Voßkuhle GG Kommentar, and and if so, would you mind sending me the entry on Art. 116 Abs. 1 GG? Am especially interested in this part, and sadly KCL's subscription doesn't grant access
Trump's War: A Hegemonic Tragedy in Five Acts Act I
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Hannelore Willbrandt (21.9.1923-1.2.2003) #Widerstand gg. NS, 18.12.1943 verhaftet, Haft in versch. Haftansalten, vor #VGH angeklagt, 1945 #KPD, 1946 #SED, 1947 Umzug nach Ost-Berlin, Verlag Volk und Wissen, Redakteurin u.A. für Lehrerzeitschrift. #Geschichte #WomenInHistory
Article on some rather disturbing machinations around the top job at the ‘Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung’ museum in Berlin. I found the exhibition already a touch too white-washy regarding the historical context of the expulsion of the Germans, but seems like it didn’t go far enough for some
Personaldebatte um Stiftung Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung
Die Stiftung Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung sollte Gedenken und Verständigung verbinden. Jetzt kündigen die politisch organisierten Nachfahren der Vertriebenen diesen Pakt auf. Sie wollen einen Wechs...
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For those in London this Wednesday with free time at lunch, I’ll be giving a talk about some research I’ve done on health discrimination and eugenics in German naturalisation policies/practice, mostly looking at west Germany but also a bit in the Nazi era. If you’re interested in coming let me know.
save the liberal democratic order.. my final message.. goodbye
Francis Fukuyama on Trump: "The world has become a very dangerous place because the most powerful country is under the control of a ten-year-old boy. That boy discovered a flamethrower in his parents’ backyard and is now enjoying the ability to burn things up with it."
The predictable response by far-right candidates losing at the polls: People other than "the real people" voted; someone cheated; we were robbed; etc. etc.
Reform and Tories report ‘family voting’ allegations to watchdog
Nigel Farage says his party was victim of ‘cheating’ in Gorton and Denton byelection, although Manchester council says no issues reported
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Finally a party that is going to develop serious libidinal economy reform policy in line with the glorious precepts of Freudo-Marxism
Reform’s Danny Kruger criticises UK’s ‘totally unregulated sexual economy’
Former Conservative laments divorce changes and says Reform UK will pursue policies to boost birthrate
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Buchtipp: Momentan gibt es ein sehr schön gemachtes Hardcover zum Thema Punk-Frauen in der DDR bei der Landeszetrale für politische Bildung Berlin. Mit Tagebuchauszügen, Fotos und Interviews. Für schlappe 7 EUR oder Kostenlos für Menschen die von Bürgergeld o.ä. existieren müssen.
What do we learn when a city’s future is defined not by rapid change, but by who leaves and who stays? Listen to me in conversation with Laurie Taylor and Sharon Cornelissen about this question (and gentrification past and present in London and Detroit). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thinking Allowed - Gentrification in Detroit and London - BBC Sounds
Failed gentrification in Detroit and the human cost of urban redevelopment in 1920s London
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