Stephen G Brown
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Stephen G Brown
@stephengbr.bsky.social
· Apr 16
On 5 June in Paris I will be presenting my research on the involvement of the young Paul Ricoeur in the international ecumenical movement at a Study Day organised by the FondsRicoeur and IRSE Geneva at the IPT
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As an early teenager, Tom Stoppard's TV play Professional Foul made a huge impression on me, not only because of the link to Czech dissidents, but because of the appearance of catastrophe theory- " /2 . www.jstor.org/stable/12080...
Catastrophe Theory in Tom Stoppard's "Professional Foul" on JSTOR
Evelyn Cobley, Tom Stoppard, Catastrophe Theory in Tom Stoppard's "Professional Foul", Contemporary Literature, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring, 1984), pp. 53-65
www.jstor.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As an early teenager, Tom Stoppard's TV play Professional Foul made a huge impression on me, not only because of the link to Czech dissidents, but because of the appearance of catastrophe theory- " /2 . www.jstor.org/stable/12080...
One year to go
It's the 174th anniversary of the 18 Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (the event, not the pamphlet).
But of course it's not relevant to our times: it's impossible nowadays to imagine the President of a large republic subverting the constitution to get around its prohibition on a further term in office.
But of course it's not relevant to our times: it's impossible nowadays to imagine the President of a large republic subverting the constitution to get around its prohibition on a further term in office.
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One year to go
„Es ist mein drittes Weihnachten im Kittchen, aber nehmen Sie es ja nicht tragisch. Ich bin so ruhig und heiter wie immer.“ Rosa Luxemburg, wie sie aus der Haft die Welt betrachtet. Über Mut, Zerrissenheit, Verzweiflung – als haptisch fein gemachte Edition mit Lesebändchen: http://dietzberlin.d...
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Eine Berliner Erfindung, ohne die kaum eine deutsche Stadt auskommt: Das S-Bahn-Logo. Weißes S auf grünem Hintergrund. Anfang Dezember 1930 wurde es eingeführt, um ein starkes Markenzeichen in Abgrenzung zur U-Bahn zu schaffen.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Eine Berliner Erfindung, ohne die kaum eine deutsche Stadt auskommt: Das S-Bahn-Logo. Weißes S auf grünem Hintergrund. Anfang Dezember 1930 wurde es eingeführt, um ein starkes Markenzeichen in Abgrenzung zur U-Bahn zu schaffen.
We are really getting into the area of biblical exegesis here
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are really getting into the area of biblical exegesis here
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I'm really pleased that my paper on evangelical hymns and slavery was accepted for the Reformation Studies Colloquium. At heart, I'm a historian, and that is how and why I engage with the hymn tradition. Being able to present my work in the wider context of Protestant history is a joy
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm really pleased that my paper on evangelical hymns and slavery was accepted for the Reformation Studies Colloquium. At heart, I'm a historian, and that is how and why I engage with the hymn tradition. Being able to present my work in the wider context of Protestant history is a joy
OBR, short for O, Brother
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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In der öffentlichen Diskussion geht die junge Nachwende-Generation oft unter. Was bewegt die ostdeutsche Generation Z? Das Buch „Vereint in Zerrissenheit“ von Nora Zabel zeigt die Herausforderungen dieser Generation, die zwischen zwei Welten steht.
#ostdeutschland
Abbildung: Droemer Verlag
#ostdeutschland
Abbildung: Droemer Verlag
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In der öffentlichen Diskussion geht die junge Nachwende-Generation oft unter. Was bewegt die ostdeutsche Generation Z? Das Buch „Vereint in Zerrissenheit“ von Nora Zabel zeigt die Herausforderungen dieser Generation, die zwischen zwei Welten steht.
#ostdeutschland
Abbildung: Droemer Verlag
#ostdeutschland
Abbildung: Droemer Verlag
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Dietz-Bücher schenken, Tipp 6 🧡 „Walter Rodney, Aktivist und Marxist aus Guyana, war eine zentrale Figur in der Geschichte des Schwarzen Protests, ein Vordenker der Black-Power-Bewegung“ @bafikush.bsky.social. Rodney lesen – ab jetzt zu reduziertem Preis (24 €): dietzberlin.de/dekol...
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Dietz-Bücher schenken, Tipp 6 🧡 „Walter Rodney, Aktivist und Marxist aus Guyana, war eine zentrale Figur in der Geschichte des Schwarzen Protests, ein Vordenker der Black-Power-Bewegung“ @bafikush.bsky.social. Rodney lesen – ab jetzt zu reduziertem Preis (24 €): dietzberlin.de/dekol...
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Happy three month bookaversary!
The German Democratic Republic by @historyned.bsky.social provides a succinct and comprehensive history of East Germany and its people, from its early Cold War foundations to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy three month bookaversary!
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My train was delayed just enough so I was going to miss my connection, but then my connection was delayed, so I can make it. This is German excellence
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My train was delayed just enough so I was going to miss my connection, but then my connection was delayed, so I can make it. This is German excellence
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The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
Intriguing book - a short history of the GDR
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November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Intriguing book - a short history of the GDR
The birth of the "Hamburg Sound"
17 August 1960: the Beatles play in Hamburg for the first time www.ndr.de/geschichte/s... via @ndr.de
Beatles in Hamburg: Weltkarriere der Pilzköpfe begann 1960 im Indra auf St. Pauli, einem Strip-Lokal
Am 17. August 1960 stehen die Beatles erstmals auf einer Hamburger Bühne. Ein Erfolg ist das Konzert im Indra auf St. Pauli nicht - dennoch entwickeln sich die Liverpooler auf dem rauen Kiez zu Weltst...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The birth of the "Hamburg Sound"
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Tucholsky-Museum in Rheinsberg: Rettet Tucholsky! taz.de/Tucholsky-Mu...
Tucholsky-Museum in Rheinsberg: Rettet Tucholsky!
Die Zukunft des Tucholsky-Museums ist durch Sparpläne rechter Politiker bedroht. 13 Autor:innen fordern, dass das Museum eigenständig bleibt. Ein Aufruf.
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August 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tucholsky-Museum in Rheinsberg: Rettet Tucholsky! taz.de/Tucholsky-Mu...
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NEW HISTORY BLOG POST
The first of our posts from our 3rd-year dissertation students. Jacob Canavan on Polish Protestantism, forgotten at home, but influential abroad, contributing to the European enlightenment.
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The first of our posts from our 3rd-year dissertation students. Jacob Canavan on Polish Protestantism, forgotten at home, but influential abroad, contributing to the European enlightenment.
wp.me/P91PlX-c
July 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW HISTORY BLOG POST
The first of our posts from our 3rd-year dissertation students. Jacob Canavan on Polish Protestantism, forgotten at home, but influential abroad, contributing to the European enlightenment.
wp.me/P91PlX-c
The first of our posts from our 3rd-year dissertation students. Jacob Canavan on Polish Protestantism, forgotten at home, but influential abroad, contributing to the European enlightenment.
wp.me/P91PlX-c
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social @samantharhill.bsky.social Thank you for your parts in this fantastic film about Hannah Arendt - but with many uncomfortable harbingers of the present day www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.
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June 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social @samantharhill.bsky.social Thank you for your parts in this fantastic film about Hannah Arendt - but with many uncomfortable harbingers of the present day www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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Restoring the British Library’s manuscript catalogue to the level of detail it had achieved before they were hacked would do far, far more for historical research than any AI chatbot
June 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Restoring the British Library’s manuscript catalogue to the level of detail it had achieved before they were hacked would do far, far more for historical research than any AI chatbot
Post-doctoral position in interreligious studies at the University of Geneva. Deadline for applications 20 June.
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Post-doctorant.e en interreligieux (6328)
Research fellow
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June 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Post-doctoral position in interreligious studies at the University of Geneva. Deadline for applications 20 June.
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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I'm the Paris correspondent for the FT and I'll be posting mostly, but not exclusively, about France. Follow along if you want to read things I have written, things I find interesting and, sometimes, both of those things
May 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm the Paris correspondent for the FT and I'll be posting mostly, but not exclusively, about France. Follow along if you want to read things I have written, things I find interesting and, sometimes, both of those things
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On 5 June in Paris I will be presenting my research on the involvement of the young Paul Ricoeur in the international ecumenical movement at a Study Day organised by the FondsRicoeur and IRSE Geneva at the IPT
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
On 5 June in Paris I will be presenting my research on the involvement of the young Paul Ricoeur in the international ecumenical movement at a Study Day organised by the FondsRicoeur and IRSE Geneva at the IPT
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
Lieber Herr @lukasbormann.bsky.social, ich habe nicht mitbekommen dass sie hier gewechselt sind. Freue mich über die Kontakt. Vielleicht interessiert Sie meinen Recherchen über Paul Ricoeur und wie er (neben Bonhoeffer (natürlich)) eine wichtige Rolle bei der Jugend in Fano hatte.
On 5 June in Paris I will be presenting my research on the involvement of the young Paul Ricoeur in the international ecumenical movement at a Study Day organised by the FondsRicoeur and IRSE Geneva at the IPT
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
ipt-edu.fr/evenement/jo...
May 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Lieber Herr @lukasbormann.bsky.social, ich habe nicht mitbekommen dass sie hier gewechselt sind. Freue mich über die Kontakt. Vielleicht interessiert Sie meinen Recherchen über Paul Ricoeur und wie er (neben Bonhoeffer (natürlich)) eine wichtige Rolle bei der Jugend in Fano hatte.
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The journalist, Charlotte Beradt, used to do Hannah Arendt's hair for her when they arrived in New York in the 1940s. They also talked & thought hard about the psychic limits of totalitarianism & freedom....
Book talk @wienerlibrary.bsky.social June 17
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Book talk @wienerlibrary.bsky.social June 17
wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/hybrid...
Hybrid Book Talk - Totalitarian Dreams and Real Nightmares: Hannah Arendt and Charlotte Beradt - The Wiener Holocaust Library
As part of its New Academic Book Series, The Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to present this Hybrid Book Talk with Historian Lyndsey Stonebridge and Documentary Filmmaker Amanda Rubin who will dis...
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May 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The journalist, Charlotte Beradt, used to do Hannah Arendt's hair for her when they arrived in New York in the 1940s. They also talked & thought hard about the psychic limits of totalitarianism & freedom....
Book talk @wienerlibrary.bsky.social June 17
wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/hybrid...
Book talk @wienerlibrary.bsky.social June 17
wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/hybrid...
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Did you know that data collection and information organisation as we know it today started with printed books and renaissance libraries? Before that? Vacuum. Disregard for medieval past in modern narratives of critical data science is going to come back to bite everyone.
May 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Sadly, this is a lost clause.
May 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sadly, this is a lost clause.