Andre Keil

The guy has a weird obsession with hating on "European" food, it seems... Every 4 years, he writes the same article for the Grauniad.

When Tony Blair Institute wannabe wonks do history and get it wrong... Why not let trained historians do the history writing and analysis?

The next round of @ljmuofficial.bsky.social VC #PhD Scholarships for 2027 is now open. Please reach out if you're considering a PhD in International and/or British, German, or French #history (ideally focusing on politics, security, activism, or social movements). All details are in the link below.

We're not entirely sure what to think about our own @malcolmcraig.bsky.social faking historical documents. Call the History Police?

Delighted that we host this fantastic workshop. All details below.

On October 13th at 5pm, @ljmuhistory.bsky.social are having a little launch event for the 2nd editions of Cold City & Hot War. If you're in the area & fancy coming along, you can register here (primarily so that our security people will let you in the door!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-cityh...

Looks like the BSW fails in both states. That's a good thing. 🙂

Hear me out... the bigger story is the doubling of votes for the Left Party in Berlin, not the entirely predictable rise of the AFD in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Berlin results. Remarkable.

Berlin bleibt stabil!

Tentatively optimistic about the #German local elections today. I have a feeling that results in #SachsenAnhalt two weeks ago were the result of very Sachsen-Anhalt factors and mentalities than being entirely representative for everyone in East Germany. We shall see...

What will happen is that AI will be used to sift through all these (AI-written? Too cynical here?) funding bids. The 5000 or so who survive the first cull will entered into a randon draw. There's no way traditional (human) peer review can cope with this amount.

Sounds a lot like this...

I think the Nazis completely underestimate just how popular and beloved the RNLI is... one of the few British institutions one can be unreservedly proud of.

The blue side of town is now part of the establishment.

Pioneering TV really. If you want to understand what's going on former East Germany today, I thoroughly recommend the German equivalent "Die Kinder von Golzow"... very moving portrayals of East German biographies, particularly the "shock" of 1989 and the dislocations of the 1990s.

The whole Ed Sheeran controversy is basically the music industry re-run of the Michael Jordan "Republicans buy sneakers, too" thing... Am I right?

The AFD line-up of great German historical figures almost looks like the cover my book. And that's not a good thing...

Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)

At the same time, the exit poll reports a clear right —> left shift in voting amongst young men …

Some tentatively good news coming out of Sweden. Looks the extreme-right Sweden Democrats lost some of their vote share. Early days, but encouraging!

Very sad news indeed. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Konrad Jarausch a few years ago in Cambridge. He was an inspiring person, a public intellectual, and, most importantly, one of the most influential historians of modern Germany in the 20th and 21st centuries.

I am really pleased with Geraint Thomas' review of my book. Some fair criticism at the end, but overall a good appraisal of my work.

This is a fairly normal thing in Europe. Kids often stay in their home cities to study if they have a semi-decent university. I worry much more about those who don't have one on their doorstep and who can't afford to move to attend uni.

Hot take: The Hundreds #cricket would be better without the live music. The DJs are fine, but the music acts a bit odd.

Very sad indeed. I knew Don from his time at Northumbria. He was an old-school historian in the best possible sense - and probably one of @ljmuhistory.bsky.social most illustrious alumni. RIP!

Willliam Mulligan has reviewed my book on #emergency powers during #WW1 for the American Historical Review. I think he captured my key argument nicely.

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Hot take: The #TourdeFrance is already decided. Pogačar is just too dominant. And as much as I love watching it on TV, the competition is just one-sided and boring. Clearly, Vingegaard is not up to it, and the Seixas hype was over before it even began.

Thomas Tuchel speaks English like Werner Herzog (no surprise, both are Bavarians). I wonder, though, whether he over-does it a bit...

Graf Mülltonnengesicht

Fully expecting France to give Paraguay a proper thrashing thus adding even more Germany's embarrassment...

We have an 18-month temporary lectureship in early modern British and European history just advertised at Newcastle - closing date 9th July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l... #skystorians

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.

Oyarzabal could also be the name of a dramatic baroque opera.

NEW ARTICLE! "Brexit as Democratic Crisis: Parliament, People and Prophetic Democracy". The crisis of 2016-19 brought Britain's democratic institutions near to breakdown and culminated in an unprecedented assault on Parliament. This article asks why. Free to read! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

If you fancy a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of History at Warwick, do let me know!! 🗃️ Click on the link below to get all relevant details. 👇 👇 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW736/b...

For some reason, the #German national team recorded two "official" songs for the 1994 # WorldCup. This one is just as bad as the other one. And it has distinct MAGA vibes (mostly because of Village People)...

In the long list of terrible #WorldCup songs, this one by the German national team scores very high... Includes rap by Thomas Helmer, Lothar Matthäus, and Maurizio Gaudino.

I am really hooked on this song and the #Bosnian team now... 😅

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