“The study analysed job advertisements across the UK, revealing that German tops the list of in-demand languages, appearing in 25 percent of multilingual job postings. French closely follows at 24 percent, with Spanish rounding out the top three at 15 percent.” Now tell your kids

The good old tale of the benevolent West German paying the Soli but forgetting that all East Germans paid it as well and instead only complain. How does this still get printed? (apart from being the perfect setup for my classes 😎)

When the journey to the AGS annual conference suddenly takes you through the Yorkshire Dales in gorgeous weather 😍

West German arrogance and classism towards the East, the persistent economic disadvantages, mis- and disinformation, and so on and so forth aside, we still haven’t reckoned with the fact that denazification in Germany simply did not work.

The first session of the AGS 2024 lead panel on The Futures of German Studies kicks off with a talk by Louise Earnshaw, Corinne Painter & Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds) on “Un-disciplining German Studies” and a screening of the collaborative film “Ways of Knowing”

Pleased to spot my Berlinale socks on the bottom left 😎

Beautiful day for sharing slides with room of open day visitors to langs & cultures at Glasgow. Baroness Coussins on language positivity, the personal & international case for languages from our own Principal, award winning teachers, social life & our comfy study space #TeamUofG

Now please do that to the rest of #Glasgow tenements and add balconies in the back scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/john-…

„DEFA-Filme ermöglichen einen neuen Blick“ letter-daad.de/de/faszination…

Don’t get complacent on international students, Ivison warns UK: proposed Australian enrolment caps show how quickly policy environment can change, says new The University of Manchester v-c Duncan Ivison, who has just made the switch from Down Under. bit.ly/3Xcg841

✨Hidden Belfast, Forbidden Love!!!✨ A BBC radio drama series based on my research of an almost entirely unknown gay diary begins airing this Saturday! Read on below to learn more about David Strain: a chronicler of everyday gay life in the 1930s... bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

So apparently the new Govan bridge was only open for photo ops yesterday but not in the evening which is a shame cause the light was amazing! Anyway, the new housing looks incredible and the square has nice details (but obviously not enough trees).

Glasgow demolished over 100,000 of its traditional tenements between 1960 and 1990. Around 70,000 are left. We should build many more of them, with sandstone façades and bay windows.

Manchmal strapaziert Eric Gujer sehr die Loyalität von NZZ-Aktionären & Lesern. Im Leitartikel "Ministerpräsident Höcke, na und?" nennt er ihn einen "Rabauken", also laut Duden einen Rüpel, als ob Höckes Problem sei, sich beim Tresen vorzudrängeln. 1/11 nzz.ch/meinung/hoecke…

8 years after the first grant appl and after four months of writing this summer, I can finally say that I’ve submitted the manuscript of my second book today 🥳 Let’s hope for kind reviewers! For now, I’m just very happy it’s finally done 😎 #AcademicSuccess

Literatur über Ostdeutschland. Peter Hintz (Peter Hintz) hat drei Romane gelesen, die sich mit der ostdeutschen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart beschäftigen. 54books.de/selbstmitleid-…

#Explorathon24 is back! Bringing research to life with shows, talks, activities & more. Glasgow’s West End Mum is lending a hand with auditions for exciting activities! The festival takes place at UofGARC - 21 & 22 Sept & Glasgow Club Castlemilk - 27 Sept. Explorathon University of Glasgow Public Engagement

My my! rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag…

Don’t tell Donald Trump about this