Sonja Kmec

Export Stop! US bookshops (here Wonder Books via ZVAB) and some University Press publishers no longer ship books outside the US! Have you also experienced this? Why??? Not related to ebooks as there is none in both cases! Any explanations?

Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources A Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit will temporarily close for upgrades, sparking concern from some staff over potential changes amid President Trump's review of museums.

Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources - ABC News share.google/NkWUGcFX3nO2...

When I Go, I’m Going Green

When I Go, I’m Going Green www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...

« Pour mes élèves, ce qui relève de l’anecdote, c’est qu’Emilie du Châtelet soit mathématicienne » CHRONIQUE. « L’homme et l’artiste » (9/17). L’histoire de la femme de lettres frappe davantage les jeunes esprits du XXIᵉ siècle par sa mort en couches que par son brillant esprit mathématique.

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Imagine they would do this to the rue de l’Alzette in Esch… there is a canal underneath…

My first post on bsky.
Let's see what comes next 🙂

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

Et pas que chez les étudiant.e.s je parie 😅 www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Just when we thought paper exams were out, they now come back with a vengeance.

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

But even if A.I. becomes the human historian’s collaborator instead of her replacement, it’s easy to see how individual sources would fade into the background, as users trust summaries of enormous troves of texts without much attention to their origins or agendas. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

Of course, even more admin 🤪🤓

Invitation to Soundgardening #LUGA 8 June at 3pm string quintet @Kammerata playing music by #JosefineSchmoll who died 100 years ago, #HelenBuchholtz #LouKoster and world creation by @TatsianaZelianko 🌷🪻🌹🌺🌸 Join us at the Parc municipal, Pergola behind @VillaVauban #mugi.lu

The US government had the greatest collection of knowledge -- human and archived -- in the history of the world. What Trump is doing ... it's like watching the Library of Alexandria on fire.

One day perhaps.....Pope Joan in a procession giving birth

BL Royal 16 G V; Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation; c.1440; France, N. (Rouen); f.120r

Trumps Regime nicht "Faschismus" nennen ist Realitätsverweigerung Unter Experten ist die Debatte, ob Trumps Bewegung "Faschismus" ist, inzwischen vorbei. Unsere Medien sollten die Dinge beim Namen nennen. Die Historikerin Annika Brockschmidt listet etliche Kennzeich...

Mein neuer Text für @volksverpetzer.de - warum wir es in den USA mit Faschismus zu tun haben, was Forschende mit Schwerpunkt Faschismus dazu sagen, welche Kriterien es gibt und teilweiser Realitätsverweigerung in großen deutschen Medien. www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/trum...

Des nazis aux astrocapitalistes : l'histoire anti-écologique de la conquête spatiale.

Dans « Une histoire de la conquête de l’espace », Irénée Régnauld et Arnaud Saint-Martin décortiquent les assauts spatiaux de l’humanité.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/cFV

Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024) Published in Folklore (Vol. 136, No. 1, 2025)

Orbituary for Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024), pioneering scholar of historical anthropology of witchcraft - by Yseult de Blécourt www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dans la bande de Gaza, une inversion orwellienne du langage CHRONIQUE. A propos de l’enclave palestinienne, où Israël mène une guerre dévastatrice, de nombreux termes signifient désormais leur contraire, qu’il s’agisse de « victoire », d’« humanitaire » ou de ...

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Don’t give up!

Letz’ keep the facade (but nothing else)

Ah jo do ass se, nieft den Tulpen

Bereits geöffnet: Der Call for Papers zur 77. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, die vom 6. bis 9. Oktober 2025 an der HfM Weimar stattfinden wird!
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#musikwissenschaft #gfm25

Museums without Men - Audio Learning Tour - National Gallery of Australia

nga.gov.au/audio-learni... - to avoid Trumpitis ruining my weekend

« Femme », « climat »... Trump interdit des mots dans les articles scientifiques Les scientifiques étasuniens doivent désormais bannir tout un lexique environnemental et social de leurs travaux, sous peine de risquer la perte de financements. Un basculement dystopique qu'elles et ...

« Femme », « changement climatique », « justice environnementale »

Trump a interdit l'usage de ces mots dans les travaux des scientifiques américains, sous peine de perdre des financements.

Un basculement dystopique effrayant à lire dans @reporterre.bsky.social

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Lou Koster in good company: Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger and Henriette Bodmans - upcoming concert at #Mudam

The CFP has been extended to the end of Feb so there is still plenty of time to submit a proposal. It's online or in person ☺️

#reformazing #earlymodern #skystorians #churchhistory

#InfoMann series at Luxembourg City train station seeks to liberate men from social expectations

Hi everyone, can you help one of my students with her MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences & ambitions of those who practice history (from professionals to amateurs, paid to hobbyist). Fill in her survey to add your experience (& please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn

a painting of a man with the word voltaire written on the bottom ALT: a painting of a man with the word voltaire written on the bottom

I love that Voltaire is happily smiling in his grave (or wherever) that you are able to write this publicly without any grinning meat or depressing sandwich eating you up, as is happening in so many “illiberal democracries” now!