Christian Goeschel's Avatar

Christian Goeschel

@drgoeschel.bsky.social

I am a historian of modern Europe, especially of Germany and Italy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Professor of Modern European History at the University of Manchester. https://christiangoeschel.substack.com/?utm_campaign=email-home&r=59pcdi

1,462 Followers  |  330 Following  |  766 Posts  |  Joined: 04.09.2023  |  2.0724

Latest posts by drgoeschel.bsky.social on Bluesky

Very much looking forward to our conference next week at @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social and to discussing post-war times in the (early) modern period with @doctoressa.bsky.social @claudiussittig.bsky.social @andrekrischer.bsky.social @paulinastarski.bsky.social

07.10.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kemi Badenoch - Birkbeck, University of London Professor Kemi Badenoch is Member of Parliament for the Saffron Walden constituency in Essex, winning her seat at the General Election in the summer of 2017.

And Birkbeck were foolish enough to elect her Fellow of the College some years ago. www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/fel...

08.10.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So wrong and ungebildet.

Might the author want to consult the correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch?

And what about Kafkaโ€˜s unsent letter to his father?

07.10.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pray tell us how you did it.

06.10.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you; this is an excellent analysis.

06.10.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would the concept of bureaucratic anarchy be suitable to describe these circumstances?

06.10.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mutuals, have you come across instances of academic imperialism in your fields?

05.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only good thing about Avant trains is the delay compensation.

05.10.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

02.10.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or Merkel?

04.10.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Merkel รผber AfD: โ€žmenschenverachtende Parteiโ€œ Manche fรผhlten sich trotz aller Freiheit nicht ausreichend wahrgenommen, sagt Angela Merkel im ZDF heute journal. Dies sei allerdings โ€žkein Grund eine menschenverachtende Partei zu wรคhlen, wenn man et...

Ich habe heute ein Gesprรคch mit Bundeskanzlerin a.D. Angela Merkel gefรผhrt, zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

02.10.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 655    ๐Ÿ” 140    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Post image

I discuss the genocide concept in my bad German here. Recorded in one take so I could not clean it up. FWIW www.deutschlandfunk.de/genozid-in-g...

03.10.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely. Lisztโ€˜s Annรฉes de pรจlerinage also good for long flights.

03.10.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I recently listened to TS for the first time on a flight from Japan and fell asleep.

03.10.2025 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How dreadful! Wรผnsche eine rasche Rekonvaleszenz.

01.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Goeschel, Christian / Hedinger, Daniel | Mรผnchen 38 Die Welt am Scheideweg. 2026. 978-3-406-83045-7. Mรผnchen 38 steht fรผr Appeasement gegenรผber Aggressoren. Denn auf der Mรผnchner Konferenz gaben Chamโ€ฆ

Watch out for the new book, released in January.

www.chbeck.de/goeschel-hed...

@danielhedinger.bsky.social 2/2

30.09.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

87 years ago today, Britain and France threw Czechoslovakia under the bus and allowed Hitler to annex huge parts of its territory.
The general question remains in the light of ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine: how should Western democracies deal with expansionist dictatorships? 1/2

30.09.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fair enough.

29.09.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. Not impressive.

29.09.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PM Starmer seems to be a manager, rather than a leader. Managers react, leaders set the agenda.

27.09.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Leaving the ECHR wonโ€™t โ€œTake Back Controlโ€ โ€“ it will hand your rights to politicians The myths are seductive, the reality is very different โ€“ without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

โ€œThe ECHR isnโ€™t Brussels meddling. Itโ€™s the foundation that protects you from your own government.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

25.09.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 752    ๐Ÿ” 275    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Preview
Trump's Putin policy is a danger for Europe, historian says Historian Christian Goeschel tells Euronews that Donald Trump's attempts to appease Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine could prove "catastrophic".

www.euronews.com/2025/09/23/t...

23.09.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote a thing.

22.09.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And leading Labour figures would waffle about "legitimate concerns."

22.09.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bonded with a taxi driver who was listening to James O'Brian's programme.

22.09.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Farageโ€™s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.

Rather than dismissing Reformโ€™s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

22.09.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 487    ๐Ÿ” 140    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Typical historical pattern within the European Left.

20.09.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

or play Hamlet?

19.09.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dreadful use of historical analogy. Typical.

18.09.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this a bad joke?

18.09.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@drgoeschel is following 20 prominent accounts