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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 1h

Die DFG lädt erneut zur Einreichung von Antragsskizzen für Kolleg-Forschungsgruppen in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften ein. Keine thematische Ausrichtung vorgegeben, offene Fragestellungen möglich. Antragsskizzen nach DFG-Beratung bis zum 03.03.2026. Alle Infos:
sohub.io/6moi

Kolleg-Forschungsgruppen in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften

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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 2h

Kenyans enlisting in the Russian army as a form of military migration. A number of new articles in the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation (unfortunately behind paywall, but not expansive to access)
nation.africa/kenya/news/i...

Inside the secret world of Kenyans fighting for Russia

According to diplomatic sources, at least a dozen Kenyans have been traced to Russian or occupied Ukrainian territories.

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Eastleigh Voice @eastleighvoice.bsky.social · 2h

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga dies in India

According to the family, the 80-year-old passed away following a heart attack at Koothattukulam in Ernakulam in India, on Wednesday.

Read more: shorturl.at/UCgj7

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Philipp Eckstein @eckstein.bsky.social · 23h

Migration und das Stadtbild... bemerkenswerte Aussage von #Merz: "Bei der Migration sind wir sehr weit [...] Aber wir haben natürlich immer im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem und deswegen ist der Bundesinnenminister ja auch dabei jetzt in sehr großem Umfang auch Rückführungen zu ermöglichen" 1/x

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 10d

This, from its conclusion, is spot on:

"Integration means weaving loss into individual life stories and collective narratives, making it bearable without trivializing it."

But that narrative integration must be broadened to a global reckoning in which the West is central but no longer centered.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Ustinoffs Hausgeist 🎃 @ustinoff.bsky.social · 3d

Die faszinierende Welt der KI.

5 Karten mit der Verteilung der Körpertemperatur in Deutschland
Lediglich das LLM GPT-4 erkannte, dass die Körpertemperatur unabhängig vom Bundesland bei allen Menschen gleich ist. Andere Modelle hingegen schrieben Ostdeutschen eine niedrigere Körpertemperatur zu, hier in Blau wiedergegeben. (Bild: Kruspe / Stillman)

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Jason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 4d

Making my way through this collection. Appreciate @terrefebiruk.bsky.social's contribution, 'Beyond Polarization:
Rethinking “Multipolarity” in #Ethiopia’s Urban Space'. This is a nice point, in particular, on the limits of state-level units of analysis in a 'multipolar' context.

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 5d

Während in Deutschland ein „Migrationskurs der Härte“ geplant wird, ist dieser in Großbritannien schon Realität. In einem zunehmend politisierten Asylsystem habe ich untersucht, woran „Glaubwürdigkeit“ gemessen wird wenn eine staatenlose Person Asyl beantragt.
#OA Text hier ⬇️
doi.org/10.3167/saas...

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Mediendienst Integration @mediendienst-integration.de · 5d

Der Bundestag hat die Turbo-Einbürgerung wieder abgeschafft. Aufgrund der hohen Hürden gab es nur sehr wenige Fälle: Für 2024 zählte das Statistische Bundesamt weniger als 200 Turbo-Einbürgerungen. Zahlen und Fakten in unserem Dossier: mediendienst-integration.de/en/migration...

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 6d

NEW 📑out “ #Asylum interviews in the UK. The problem of #evidence and the possibility of applied #anthropology”

➡️How does a migrant become a ‘case’?
➡️How is ‘evidence’ generated?
➡️What could be the role of anthropologists as experts?

#statelessness #ethics #expertise #UK
doi.org/10.3167/saas...

a man in a purple suit and white shirt says " i am an expert "

ALT: a man in a purple suit and white shirt says " i am an expert "

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 6d

If you are teaching a class, unit, or workshop about immigration, I have a tremendous amount of multimedia resources, explanatory posts, digestible data, graphics, photographs and more over at austinkocher.substack.com. You might find something useful!

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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 6d

“In 2022, archaeologists working on a cluster of early medieval cemeteries near the southern coast of England found the remains of two individuals with West African ancestry whose burials were dated to the 7th century.”

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...

Investigating Africa's historic links with the Old World: ancient DNA and autobiographical evidence from England.

In 2022, archaeologists working on a cluster of early medieval cemeteries near the southern coast of England found the remains of two individuals with West African ancestry whose burials were dated to...

www.africanhistoryextra.com

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Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · Aug 12

In our - very limited - historical experience of democracy,

(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)

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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · 8d

Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!

Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · 8d

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung

An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!

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Jochen Lingelbach @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

So this is out now:

"Intro: Camp Memories in Africa and beyond"

my intro to a special issue on #memorystudies and the contested memorialization of #camps in #africa and beyond

@histodons
#histodons […]

[Original post on h-net.social]

screenshot of the beginning of the mentioned article. Text: Introduction: Camp memories
in Africa and beyond
Jochen Lingelbach
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Abstract
Introducing the special issue on the memorialization of camps in Africa and beyond, this text discusses key
questions of memory studies and the global history of encampment. Whatever their purpose, all camps
are meant to be exceptional, transitory and temporary. Camps are often connected to contested histories
and memorialization efforts by former inmates or others can lead to controversies and struggles over its
interpretation. Building on a range of empirical examples from Africa and beyond, dealing with camps ranging
from the most coercive to the benevolent and from the beginning of the twentieth century until today, this
special issue invites a comparative, globally entangled and actor-centred view on camp memorialization.

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OL @olcartoon.bsky.social · 12d

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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 12d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

Caravan with the inscription "The difference which is connecting us"

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 29d

🌏💼 What does “retirement” mean when return, care, and labour continue across borders? In her new chapter in Anthropology of Retirement, @meghaamrith.bsky.social examines the futures imagined by ageing migrant domestic workers in Singapore & Hong Kong. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bde79pae

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boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 17d

New on U/C A – Authoritarian Publics: "Authoritarian Publics. Anthropological Perspectives on the New Right in Germany" by Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer, Konstanze N’Guessan & Simone Pfeifer, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

Boasblogs • Authoritarian Publics

In recent years, right-wing politics and discourses have gained substantial traction in Germany, mirroring broader trends across Europe and globally. While anthropological research has focused on far-...

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 12d

I go to conferences to meet friends. This time we even spoke about friendship in an entire panel. So lovely to discuss with everyone - and I was truly surprised by the full room of attendees at 9am!
Let’s reclaim the university as a public space of world-making in the sense Hannah Arendt envisioned.

Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 12d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 13d

There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences

Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...

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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 12d

On how to create a common world when it appears to be shattered, on the difficulties of fraternity based on compassion, on friendship building on equality while acknowledging differences allowing co-existence, and on abandoning truth claims to enable friendship, conversation and a shared world

Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 12d

Great panel today on 'Revisiting Humanity in Dark Times: Anthropological Dialogues With Hannah Arendt', with contributions by Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Jonas Lykke Larsen, Paolo Gaibazzi, @judithbeyer.bsky.social, Ahmad Moradi, Aksana Ismailbekova, Aymon Kreil, Samuli Schielke, and me #dgska2025

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