Tom Smith 🏳️🌈
@tomsmithgerman.bsky.social
Lecturer, writer, mostly German and queer stuff, some radio, lots of music 🎶 he/him 🍉
Well I guess it's too late to save Britain, then.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 5d agoYouGov's latest scoop: vanilla is Britain's favourite ice cream flavour Vanilla: 18% Mint choc chip: 14% Chocolate: 13% Strawberry: 5% Salted caramel: 5% Rum and raisin: 5% Pistachio: 4% Coffee: 3% Raspberry ripple: 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
GLADT offers counseling for queer people who also experience racism, inquire at info@gladt.de. All Berliners affected can call a support hotline at 0800 – 0009546.
If anyone on my TL isn't already following the very sound voices on Germany on this issue, here is Fatma Aydemir in the Guardian for your algorithm: Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir
The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir
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Horrified by what's happened in Berlin. Sending my love to all my loved ones. 😞🏳️🌈
Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupils
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter c.org/VPG8ysBcFn
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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How higher education is vandalised in the UK. Here is our last published annual report (www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/univ...) containing info about "a year of continued financial stability with operating cash generation of £48m and an increase in cash of £11m to end the year with balance of £211m."
Please sign - Exeter colleagues need our support: c.org/pvDPwTNwts
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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It is 2026, and people still think Saidiya Hartman and Natalie Zemon Davis invented historical information in their works. I am by no means an expert on critical fabulation, but it is not a practice about making up historical information.
Please to announce that our little German Streaming TV volume is now available in paperback! @chewschaper.bsky.social @elizabethward.bsky.social @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social @espinoza.bsky.social @bennickl.bsky.social
Let's be clear. What's happening in So'ton is being driven and funded by the global far right online. Brits talking about "DEI", an American term - there's a common UK equivalent but they don't know it. Shows they've no clue about the real situation and are being fed by far right media abroad.
Our final AUSTRO PASS screening, Far From Being Lipizzans (2025), explores questions of identity, belonging, & the social boundaries behind a sense of “we”. Drawing on director Olga Kosanović’s personal experience, the film offers a thoughtful reflection on citizenship and inclusion. Don’t miss it!
And here we go again - please consider signing! c.org/7ntNZsBZ8N
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Open Letter to University of Aberdeen Court
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Full details of the UK screening tour of Das Deutsche Volk now on our website
UK screening tour of prize-winning German documentary Das deutsche Volk [The German People] – German Screen Studies Network
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The University of St. Andrews' OeAD-Lektorin, Verena Latschbacher, is organising a wonderful showcase of Austrian cinema! A particular highlight of the showcase will be the Scottish premiere of Ruth Beckermann’s Favoriten! All screenings are generously supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum.
Today is workshop on Queer Central Europe organized by European History Research Centre/yours truly. Opened by @schuneke.bsky.social keynote on queer women in Nazi Germany
And another petition, sadly 😪 You might be aware that the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University is under threat. More information and to sign the petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
Save LINCS petition
To Principal Richard Williams, the University Executive and Court The Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University is under threat to lose a third of its staff, f...
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Book sale klaxon 🚨 Including my own book, but lots of other great titles in their film paperbacks @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
Berghahn Books@berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe're pleased to offer a 50% #SALE off ALL Paperbacks, eBooks & 2025 #FilmStudies Bestseller Hardbacks on our website! Shop now, no discount code needed: bit.ly/3N54g2F incl. @herrehrig.bsky.social @jsacademia.bsky.social @elizabethward.bsky.social @kyfrack.bsky.social @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social
This is very very well written and meticulously researched. Well worth reading (and available open access).
Dr Kevin Guyan@kevinguyan.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢 This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID. doi.org/10.1080/0958...
It's out!🍾 I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today" It is Open Access! 👇 You can download it here for free. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Interesting reporting on the damage the Republicans are wreaking in my own home turf in Trump country. The piece for the most part surprisingly humane (if you get past sneering descriptions by East Coast journalist who obviously didn't see the beauty of the place..) www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...
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Wir gedenken heute Bahide Arslan, Yeliz Arslan und Ayşe Yılmaz. Sie wurden vor 33 Jahren, in der Nacht vom 22. auf den 23. November 1992, bei den rassistischen Brandanschlägen von #Mölln ermordet. Weitere Mitglieder der Familie wurden zum Teil schwer verletzt. #KeinVergessen
Germany never even made it as far as "bad apples" theories, so dunno why I bother, but this is wild: "Diese Erklärung hinterfragt allerdings nicht, inwieweit Strukturen und der Corpsgeist in Polizei, Bundeswehr und anderen staatlichen Behörden rechte Einstellungen begünstigen" 👀
taz@taz.de · 9mo agoImmer mehr Beschäftigte bei Polizei und Bundeswehr haben Verbindungen zum Rechtsextremismus, zeigt der neue Bericht des Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz.
In response to recent news of the University of Nottingham's devastating plan to cut modern languages degrees, the AGS President (@pdavies.bsky.social) has sent a joint letter of protest to the UoN VC and the Chair of University Council on behalf of the AGS, W+IGS and the GLA. Link to the letter 👇
"Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball" Languages graduates are in high demand and have a lot to offer the economy and society www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
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Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
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Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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Busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket lines on day two of their week long strike to save jobs and oppose compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #NoCompulsoryRedundancies
Read about the traditional ‘Altar de muertos’ in the foyer of Buchanan Building, commemorating the Day of the Dead, largely celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries, especially in Mexico, 2 Nov. The Altar will be displayed from until 5 Nov: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...
