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Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Please to announce that our little German Streaming TV volume is now available in paperback! @chewschaper.bsky.social @elizabethward.bsky.social @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social @espinoza.bsky.social @bennickl.bsky.social

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Now available as paperback for your private bookshelves 📚

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Check out one of our top titles for publication alerts, a 1 time email with an exclusive #DISCOUNT code! Read more: bit.ly/4sMi1SM authors incl @elizabethward.bsky.social @chewschaper.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social #FilmStudies #TelevisionStudies #MediaStudies #History

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

#SCMS2026 starts today @scmstudies.bsky.social ! Use code SCMS26 for 35% off ALL #FilmStudies books until 17th April: bit.ly/47LcEvu Browse our #OpenAccess books here: bit.ly/41mjzaR #CinemaStudies #TelevisionStudies @elizabethward.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social @chewschaper.bsky.social

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Just signed ✍️ What a shame that we now have to sign these kind of petitions on a regular basis to save our subject(s). c.org/h8R2VTQjZx

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Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

First review of Agency and Author in GSR 📖 Die Beiträger*innen lenken den "Blick auf ein Forschungsgebiet, das immer noch zu wenig beachtet wird—gerade in Zeiten, in denen der Gegenstand dieser Forschung, der Literaturbetrieb, einem radikalen Wandel unterworfen ist." 👇 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Project MUSE - <i>Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List</i> ed. by Rachel J. Halverson and Benjamin D. Schaper (review)

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

NEUBAU ATMOSPHERES: East German Cultural Remediations of Modernist Architecture by Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/3JZJa4a #FilmStudies #LiteraryStudies #History

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Finally managed to read this gem and once again I am regretting that I did not become a Neue Sachlichkeit scholar 📚👨🏻‍🏫

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Meindert Peters @meindertpeters.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

*please share widely* Dear Network, I am looking for temp work: translation/copy-editing German to Dutch and English and English↔️Dutch, as well as fundraising. All leads very welcome! DM or email at meindertpeters @ gmail ☺️🙏

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

For the #SHS2025 (‪@socialhistsoc.bsky.social‬) conference, check out some #History, #CulturalStudies & #Sociology titles. Browse more: bit.ly/4n9XK8l includes @chewschaper.bsky.social @chbrauner.bsky.social @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social @philiphahn.bsky.social @eirinikaramouzi.bsky.social

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Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Check out the programme of the public film festival in Amherst and Northampton, MA, curated by Maria Stehle and myself as part of the SFI, starting Sunday next! #DEFA #GDR #DDR umass.edu/defa/sites/d...

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Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I'm super pleased to share that my upcoming book, Neubau Atmospheres, is now featured on Berghahn's website 📷 It will come out in October but anyone working for a university is already kindly invited to suggest it to their library! berghahnbooks.com/title/EhrigN... #gdr #defa #ddr

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Neubau Atmospheres: East German Cultural Remediations of Modernist Architecture | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Welcome to the German Screen Studies Network official Bluesky page! Here we will share information about interesting events, conference CfPs & news, job advertisements, as well as keep you up to date on our @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social 'Promoting German Studies Networking Grant' activities!

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It's important to advance research & scholarship. In addition to our #OpenAccess titles, we're now offering another FREE #ChapterSampler, bringing key title extracts together in a curated #GermanCinema collection. Download today & enjoy: buff.ly/3EQL6ZW #academicsky #FilmStudies

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🚨 Please sign the petition to save MLANG at @cardiffuni 🖊️ Solidarity with colleagues affected ✊🌹 chng.it/QZXxggtLjh

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🔥off the press 🖨️ Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List out now in @berghahnbooks and @TheGSA Spektrum Series 🎉🍾 DM for 50% discount code valid until 28th February 💸 www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Halver...

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My intermezzo (📖 reference intended) in 🇮🇪 is coming to an end with more than one💧in my 👁️ Particularly ♥️-warming interactions with students have given me so much joy and vigour 🍀 Go raibh maith agat 🙏 #ireland #tcd #germanindublin #germanstudies

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Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

APPLY BY FEBRUARY 10, 2025! The weeklong institute traces cinematic depictions of urban, rural and industrial spaces to examine how East German films address questions of social and environmental justice at moments of crisis or impasse. More info: umass.edu/defa

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This article excellently catches one of the reasons why I quit as Stipendiary Lecturer at Oxford last year 🚫 Whilst it describes the wage-related shortfalls very well 📉, there are other factors involved that leave ECRs in a very precarious situation 🚨 🧵 below 👇 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

After turbulent few months, in which I • moved countries(🇬🇧▶️🇮🇪) • submitted an application for MSCA 🇮🇹🤞 • wrote two book chapters and one article💻 • submitted proofs for an upcoming edited volume📕 I treated myself with a well-deserved afternoon at the Irish Sea 🌊⛵️

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

🥁📣 Delighted to unveil the cover for the book you have all been waiting for ⌛📘 Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List will be available 🔜🎄🎆 Check out details below. Don't forget to recommend the book to libraries 👇🤓✉️ www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Halver...

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Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Today I will be at @UnivAveiro ⛵️for the annual ECR researchers in 🇩🇪 Studies in 🇵🇹 meeting It will be my first time presenting ideas on depictions of Portugal in German literature and film 🇵🇹🤝❤️🇩🇪 Wish me luck ☘️

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Thrilled that my project on loneliness and human-machine interaction got selected for the University of Padua's #MSCA Marathon 😍🤖 Beyond excited to meet the team in Italy next month 🇮🇹

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

Let’s go 🎞️📽️🇵🇱

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

I got mail from Berghahn Film 🎞️📬 Available open access 👇 www.berghahnbooks.com/title/EhrigE...

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Lovely afternoon in Padua 🍷📖🇮🇹

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Over the 🌗 that my article on the lonely nerd in Fincher's "Social Network" and bo Odar's "Who am I" made it into @exchangesjournal.bsky.social's Top 10 downloaded articles of 2023 🪅🎉🥳 If you haven't read it yet 🔜 exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex...

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Back to my roots 🫚 For these past few weeks I had the pleasure to teach 🇩🇪 (and at times cover adventurous lessons in drama 🎭, music🎵, or land and the environment 🌍) at Lord Williams’s School in lovely Thame. Let’s see which adventures the new year will bring 🤞🏼🍀

The town hall in Thame, Oxfordshire, at night.

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

🎉 Some good news 🎉 The contract for my second volume with Berghahn Books is signed 📑🖋 “Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List”, co-edited with Rachel Halverson, will be out late next year 🎊 #Gegenwartsliteratur #Literaturbetrieb

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

With the promise to post more regularly 🤝 The second work I would like to present is my recent article on Marlen Haushofer's Die Wand 🏔🐕🐈🐄 and Thomas von Steinacker's Die Verteidigung des Paradieses in the latest issue of the Journal of 🇦🇹 Studies #loneliness muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

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Project MUSE - Loneliness, Nature, and Technology: Questions of Embodiment in Haushofer's <i>Die Wan...

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Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I find it hard to start a new profile 📱 Not sure how much overlap there is with my community at the other place, so I decided to post previous work in the coming days 📮 First up: My 📘 Poetik und Politik der Lesbarkeit #deutscheliteratur #gegenwartsliteratur www.winter-verlag.de/en/detail/97...

Cover of my monograph "Poetik und Politik der Lesbarkeit in der deutschen Literatur"

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