Stefanie Schaefer

@stefschaefer.bsky.social

North American Lit&Cult, Uni Mannheim; Political Culture, First Ladies, Cowgirls. Host of Podcast LadyFiction. Foto Ines Grabner

Hochschulen verstehen sich selbst als weltoffen, vielfältig und fortschrittsorientiert. Doch wie verteidigen sie die Freiheit von Wissenschaft und Bildung vor autokratischen Eingriffen? Christoph Haker und Lukas Otterspeer mit einer kritischen Analyse. geschichtedergegenwart.ch/die-rolle-vo...

Die Rolle von Hoch­schulen in auto­ri­tären Zeiten

Hochschulen verstehen sich selbst als weltoffen, vielfältig und fortschrittsorientiert. Doch wie verteidigen sie die Freiheit von Wissenschaft und Bildung vor autokratischen Eingriffen? Christoph Hake...

geschichtedergegenwart.ch

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda. This is corruption. Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

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Re-reading this chapter now (I haven't since we submitted the corrections!) I do feel quite proud of it and hope colleagues working in popular culture will consider citing it. If your institution doesn't have access let me know! #Barbie

Both Ken and the Trump of the 2016 Presidential election campaign can be seen as absurd figures on the fringes of the political community, united as much by their distinctive hair and tans as by their line in garbled non-sequiturs. Just as serious political commentators dismissed Trump when he first ran for office, the Barbie film tells us repeatedly ‘we’re never worried about Ken’. But much like Trump, who successfully moved from the margin of politics to the highest office of the US state in both 2016 and 2024, Ken is not a misunderstood and ultimately unthreatening buffoon. In Barbie, Ken becomes an active, and eventually actively malevolent, political agent extending significant influence over his own community of ‘deplorables’.
Rachel Moss@menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...

Instead of illustrating their news with the picture of an empty lecture hall, the Texas Tribune should show empty faculty offices! The second firing in a few days, now of a tenured professor over reflections on political activism and resistance. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/10/t...

Texas State fires professor accused of trying to incite political violence in video

Thomas Alter is the second professor in the state to be terminated for allegedly violating university policy after a video was posted on social media.

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Check out today's issue of @nzz.ch, starring our own @kathleenloock.bsky.social! The piece is about the "déjà vu" many people experience at the movie theater, with releases like SUPERMAN, JURASSIC WORLD, and LILO & STITCH. Read the German article via the link below, or by getting the print version!

Kathleen Loock@kathleenloock.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨 I'm in today's @nzz.ch! Nadine Brügger interviewed me for her piece on repetition, remakes, and sequels in Hollywood cinema. There's a longer online version of the article (www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/i...) and the print version. @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social

In 2011 „Occupy DC“ startet as a local branch of the 99% movement. Fourteen years later, Trump orders a military-style occupation of the nation’s capital to advance a 21st-century version of US fascism. Why does history have to be so weird?

Morgen Nachmittag stelle ich an der Uni Jena einen Beitrag zum Österreichischen Gedenkraum in der Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück vor, der das Selbstverständnis, Gestaltungsspielräume und Umgang mit Antisemitismus der österreichischen Überlebenden diskutiert. Ich freue mich auf viele spannende Beiträge!

Daniel Schuch@danielschuch.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us @uni-jena.de in August! Vielen Dank an Stefanie Leinhos für die Gestaltung des fantastischen Plakats. Das Programm unseres Workshops über transnationales KZ-Gedenken im Kalten Krieg folgt bald. In Kooperation mit @buchenwald-dora.bsky.social, funded by @dfg.de