Peter Davies
@pdavies.bsky.social
German Studies, U of Edinburgh. Translation History, Holocaust testimony, archives, interpreters at Holocaust trials. Audio drama and the Holocaust. Occasional Scottish political nonsense. He/him
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Peter Davies
@pdavies.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Book review: Peter Davis, Interpreting at the First Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial. How Is a Witness Heard? - Malgorzata Tryuk, 2026
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Really grateful for this thorough review of my work in Interpreting and Society by the great Małgorzata Tryuk, especially for the moving personal reflection (open access)
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This is just the worst news. Solidarity with languages colleagues there, who have done everything they can to stop this happening and to put forward positive alternatives
'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.'
A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected
Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is just the worst news. Solidarity with languages colleagues there, who have done everything they can to stop this happening and to put forward positive alternatives
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Some thoughts about the importance of language learning and utilising foreign-language resources in research on the far right ⬇️
Thinking locally, thinking globally
I went to a workshop day on the materiality of the far right a couple of weeks ago and in discussing our various projects, the topic of the importance of foreign-language resources was briefly touc…
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October 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Some thoughts about the importance of language learning and utilising foreign-language resources in research on the far right ⬇️
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Heute ist Hieronymustag, der internationale Tag des Übersetzens, und wir Übersetzenden fordern von den Verlagen, dass sich unsere Arbeitsbedingungen endlich ändern. Es reicht. #weilesnichtreicht
September 30, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Heute ist Hieronymustag, der internationale Tag des Übersetzens, und wir Übersetzenden fordern von den Verlagen, dass sich unsere Arbeitsbedingungen endlich ändern. Es reicht. #weilesnichtreicht
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If you teach, or would like to teach, German in your setting our Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) network provides an opportunity to meet with like-minded professionals! Meetings for this session all available to book now! https://loom.ly/SPYauHo #professionalnetwork #german
September 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
If you teach, or would like to teach, German in your setting our Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS) network provides an opportunity to meet with like-minded professionals! Meetings for this session all available to book now! https://loom.ly/SPYauHo #professionalnetwork #german
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The W+IGS Book Prize deadline has been extended until 15 October! Don’t miss out! More information below @wigsblog.bsky.social @helencfinch.bsky.social @katherinestone.bsky.social #GermanStudies
We're super excited to see your proposals for the #BookPrize this year!
A huge thank you to the wonderful @laurelplapp.bsky.social and #PeterLangOxford for championing emerging scholars in #GermanStudies and making this prize possible.
Details below ⬇️
A huge thank you to the wonderful @laurelplapp.bsky.social and #PeterLangOxford for championing emerging scholars in #GermanStudies and making this prize possible.
Details below ⬇️
The Women+ in German Studies Book Prize sponsored by #PeterLangOxford is now open for submissions! Please read more here, deadline 14 September: womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/w... @wigsblog.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The W+IGS Book Prize deadline has been extended until 15 October! Don’t miss out! More information below @wigsblog.bsky.social @helencfinch.bsky.social @katherinestone.bsky.social #GermanStudies
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Wonderful opportunity for PGRS and ECRs -
A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626
A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626
A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
September 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Wonderful opportunity for PGRS and ECRs -
A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626
A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626
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As many of you will be aware, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) awarding body in Northern Ireland is to discontinue GCSE and A-level German.
This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.
This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.
September 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
As many of you will be aware, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) awarding body in Northern Ireland is to discontinue GCSE and A-level German.
This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.
This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.
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Wanted to invite you all to my lecture next week at @greshamcollege.bsky.social gres.hm/queer-shoah
Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History?
Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex desire in the Shoah, that is, queerness among Jews persecuted by the Na...
gres.hm
September 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Wanted to invite you all to my lecture next week at @greshamcollege.bsky.social gres.hm/queer-shoah
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On 23 September, @katarzynaperson.bsky.social and I will discuss writing an inclusive Jewish history of Nazi ghettos, invited by the wonderful colleagues at the Lviv Center for Urban History. Online; register.
www.lvivcenter.org/en/conferenc...
www.lvivcenter.org/en/conferenc...
Overlooked: Online Research Seminars on the History of the Ghettos
www.lvivcenter.org
September 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
On 23 September, @katarzynaperson.bsky.social and I will discuss writing an inclusive Jewish history of Nazi ghettos, invited by the wonderful colleagues at the Lviv Center for Urban History. Online; register.
www.lvivcenter.org/en/conferenc...
www.lvivcenter.org/en/conferenc...
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Anna Saunders & Caroline Summers explore how German unification should be understood not as a single completed event in 1989, but as an ongoing & complex transformation shaped by diverse East German experiences.
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/aTo37qV
#BookSky #SkyStorians
@profannasaunders.bsky.social
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/aTo37qV
#BookSky #SkyStorians
@profannasaunders.bsky.social
Telling New Stories about German Unification
Anna Saunders & Caroline Summers explore how East German perspectives reveal German unification as an unfinished transformation.
boydellandbrewer.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Anna Saunders & Caroline Summers explore how German unification should be understood not as a single completed event in 1989, but as an ongoing & complex transformation shaped by diverse East German experiences.
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/aTo37qV
#BookSky #SkyStorians
@profannasaunders.bsky.social
Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/aTo37qV
#BookSky #SkyStorians
@profannasaunders.bsky.social
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“managed retreat dressed in progressive language” - tough but fair way to describe the funding crisis in Scottish unis. We see results every day in cuts and closures. More protests, interventions from Scottish students against govt policy would really help
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England and Scotland's funding experiments have both failed
Craig Mahoney argues it's time for a conversation about what higher education is worth, who benefits from it, and who should pay
wonkhe.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“managed retreat dressed in progressive language” - tough but fair way to describe the funding crisis in Scottish unis. We see results every day in cuts and closures. More protests, interventions from Scottish students against govt policy would really help
wonkhe.com/blogs/englan...
wonkhe.com/blogs/englan...
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The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.
September 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.
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Some bank holiday / end of summer reading for you all! A blog about a book that’s been a long time coming - and we’re pretty proud of it! Thanks to @profsarajones.bsky.social & Betiel Wasihun for all the hard work and collegiality while writing and for keeping us going when times were tough 🙏🏽🤓
Betiel Wasihun, Tara Talwar Windsor and Sara Jones explore how writers in East Germany acquired, shared & acted on knowledge about the Stasi revealing the role of literary networks in navigating surveillance & secrecy.
Read the blog: buff.ly/JIkaF8a
@profsarajones.bsky.social @ttw1984.bsky.social
Read the blog: buff.ly/JIkaF8a
@profsarajones.bsky.social @ttw1984.bsky.social
August 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Some bank holiday / end of summer reading for you all! A blog about a book that’s been a long time coming - and we’re pretty proud of it! Thanks to @profsarajones.bsky.social & Betiel Wasihun for all the hard work and collegiality while writing and for keeping us going when times were tough 🙏🏽🤓
Worth noting though that not everyone on BlueSky lives in the US and/or cares who Chuck Schumer is
Hard to argue.
August 31, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Worth noting though that not everyone on BlueSky lives in the US and/or cares who Chuck Schumer is
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Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
August 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
Ok folx, any other examples of grammatical forms (any language, present or past) being named, seriously or jokingly, after translators?
Vor 75 Jahren erschien das erste Micky-Maus-Heft in deutscher Sprache. Wie lange es diese Hefte am Kiosk wohl noch geben wird? Und wer hat die Sprechblasen ins Deutsche übersetzt? Das ist das Verdienst von Erika Fuchs. Sie wagte mit stöhn, seufz etc. ein neues Stilmittel. *Freu*.
August 30, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Ok folx, any other examples of grammatical forms (any language, present or past) being named, seriously or jokingly, after translators?
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Chairing the business meeting is one of the last duties of outgoing AGS President Prof Peter Davies (@pdavies.bsky.social). Enormous thanks to Peter for all he’s done for the discipline and especially his thoughtful leadership as President of the association over the last three years!
August 28, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Chairing the business meeting is one of the last duties of outgoing AGS President Prof Peter Davies (@pdavies.bsky.social). Enormous thanks to Peter for all he’s done for the discipline and especially his thoughtful leadership as President of the association over the last three years!
Congrats to Anna and Ben - no one better to take the Association forward!
After three years as Vice-President, Prof Anna Saunders (@profannasaunders.bsky.social) becomes the new President of the AGS today.
We also welcome Dr Benedict Schofield (@benschofield.bsky.social) as Vice-President.
We wish Anna and Ben all the best in their new roles!
We also welcome Dr Benedict Schofield (@benschofield.bsky.social) as Vice-President.
We wish Anna and Ben all the best in their new roles!
August 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Congrats to Anna and Ben - no one better to take the Association forward!
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As the conference draws to a close, let us thank Dr Stephan Ehrig (@herrehrig.bsky.social) and his excellent te am for their meticulous organisation of #AGS2026, which has run like clockwork. Thanks for having us @glasgow.ac.uk! See you all next year in Cambridge for #AGS2027!
August 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
As the conference draws to a close, let us thank Dr Stephan Ehrig (@herrehrig.bsky.social) and his excellent te am for their meticulous organisation of #AGS2026, which has run like clockwork. Thanks for having us @glasgow.ac.uk! See you all next year in Cambridge for #AGS2027!
I learned last night that even a bad Dolly Parton tribute is an excellent Dolly Parton tribute
August 28, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I learned last night that even a bad Dolly Parton tribute is an excellent Dolly Parton tribute
Edinburgh festival notes: Is there anything, literary anything, more annoying than a silent disco?
August 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Edinburgh festival notes: Is there anything, literary anything, more annoying than a silent disco?
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Auch das ist Sachsen-Anhalt.
Heute 10.000 Menschen beim CSD in Magdeburg! 💖
Heute 10.000 Menschen beim CSD in Magdeburg! 💖
August 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Auch das ist Sachsen-Anhalt.
Heute 10.000 Menschen beim CSD in Magdeburg! 💖
Heute 10.000 Menschen beim CSD in Magdeburg! 💖
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It's now less than a week until this year's AGS conference (26-28 Aug), hosted by the University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk)...
The most up-to-date version of the conference programme can be found here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/...
Very much looking forward to seeing lots of you there!
The most up-to-date version of the conference programme can be found here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/...
Very much looking forward to seeing lots of you there!
AGS Conference 2026 – Association German Studies
ags.ac.uk
August 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
It's now less than a week until this year's AGS conference (26-28 Aug), hosted by the University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk)...
The most up-to-date version of the conference programme can be found here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/...
Very much looking forward to seeing lots of you there!
The most up-to-date version of the conference programme can be found here: ags.ac.uk/conferences/...
Very much looking forward to seeing lots of you there!