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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These fragments from a Roman villa in Spain are not from a mosaic but from a fresco. If you look closely you’ll see a grid of lines, many following the contour of the figures, much as tesserae do on mosaics. This trompe-l’oeil technique simulates mosaics. 1/ 🏺 1st-2nd c. Museo de Málaga 📸 me

Fragment of a fresco depicting part of a human face, mostly the eyes. Thin lines form a grid pattern, simulating the edges of tesserae.

Fresco fragment showing a naked torso of a woman, her legs and pubic area covered in a red himation (cloak). Her right hand carries a basket laden with fruit, which look like giant globes of grapes. Grapevine leaves appear in the background. A Dionysian scene. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of the body.

Fresco fragment depicting some sort of half-human creature with wild hair and bare torso, gesturing upwards with his right hand and holding a branched stick with his left. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of his garment and body.

Fresco fragment with the torso of perhaps a god with golden skin, a red himation flowing outwards and partially covering his or her legs. Perhaps Dionysos?

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Friedemann Vogel @friedemann-vogel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Und was mich besonders ärgert: (zu) viele Profs beteiligen sich daran - in der Hoffnung, doch noch was vom Sandkuchen abzubekommen. Ihre hochschulpolitische Kurzsichtigkeit schadet dem gesamten Wissenschaftsstandort. Und: das alles ist schon lange bekannt.

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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Das NNW meldet sich zu Wort und erinnert an die notwendige Kritik des NNW (und anderer) an der Exzellenzstrategie. Wir spoilern etwas die Auskünfte vom 2.11. über die Gewinner und Verlierer der Exzellenzstrategie: In der F.A.Z. von heute.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Everything old is new again. This #SpoliaSunday we're in #Garbatella, built as a working-class suburban quarter of #Rome in the first part of the C20. Atop the Scuola d'Infanzia, the architect Innocenzo Sabbatini set this #sarcophagus. But all is not as it seems. #AncientBluesky 🏺

INNOCENZO SABBATINI.
SARCOPHAGUS OF THE MUSES, 1927-1931, FROM A C2-C3 CE ORIGINAL. CASA DEI BIMBI, GARBATELLA

Here atop a modern building in the working-class district of Garbatella, a surprising sarcophagus looms over the preschool built by the brilliant young architect Innocenzo Sabbatini. It's a sarcophagus of the Muses, a style popular in the C2 and C3, but it's a cast. The school was built around a C16 nucleus, the villa Sergardi, and the two side wings, of Sabbatini's creation, were inventively decorated with classical imagery. The Muses of this sarcophagus weren't chosen by accident: they represent the Fascist regime's desire to give the empire-building spirit back to the Romans, reminding them of the great culture these little children had inherited. The columns on either side and the lintel were meant to evoke the relaxing otium of a Renaissance villa, where the gardens would be full of grape-bearing pergolas. This preschool is a compendium of the only periods the Fascists admired. But it's also beautiful.

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 16/09/2026

At 33 feet wide and 52.5 feet high, the largest Roman mosaic ever excavated is now open to the public. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/larg...

fragments of a conserved ancient Roman mosaic, in situ underground where it was discovered in Rome

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🏛️ Roma Aeterna 🏛️ @romaaeterna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sarcophage représentant les travaux d’Hercule (marbre, vers 160 ap. J.-C.). Le sarcophage est exposé dans la Galerie Borghese à Rome.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For #MosaicMonday, a colossal discovery. This is the Great #Mosaic, which I visited last Tuesday beneath the #BathsofTrajan in #Rome. Though fragmentary, this wall mosaic almost defies comprehension due to its quality and vastness. Let's have a look. #AncientBluesky 🏺🧵

HALL OF THE GREAT MOSAIC, 64-98 CE. MUSEO DELLE TERME DI TRAIANO

A steep downward perspective into a subterranean space beneath heavy brick vaulting. A vast vertical wall dominates the centre, covered in the remains of a monumental mosaic. This hall measures 10 by 15 metres and is 12 metres tall. The ground level has not yet been excavated, and the lower three metres, still buried, were originally faced with marble slabs. At the centre of the long wall, part of a rectangular niche is visible, which must once have contained a statue. It is far too large to be part of a private domus and is built on lands expropriated by Nero for the Domus Aurea, whose main Oppian pavilion is nearby. The gigantic size and high quality of the surviving mosaic suggest an imperial commission, but of what? And was it a Neronian building or a Flavian or Domitianic one? At the very bottom right edge, a modern blue metal railing provides a sense of the staggering scale.

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MaWi - Netzwerk gegen Machtmissbrauch in der Wissenschaft e.V. @netzwerkmawi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

„Bis dahin lohnt es sich, die Debatte nochmals daraufhin zu lesen, welche – genauer: wessen – Wissenschaftsfreiheit in ihr eigentlich verhandelt wurde.“ Ganz große Leseempfehlung für @endemannfabian.bsky.social Text zur HG-Novelle in NRW. #IchbinTina #IchbinReyhan #IchbinHanna #PDprekär #TVStud

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Nadine Böhm-Schnitker @ncbs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wissenschaftler*innen in Deutschland brennen aus 👩‍🎓🚨 Der Grund: Kettenbefristungen. Nun liegt ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vor. Doch der greift zu kurz. ➡️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition von Gewerkschaften und Wissenschaftsverbänden unterzeichnen weact.campact.de/petitions/st...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely love the parallel to garland sarcophagi, never saw it before!

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hello, mother. #SarcophagusSaturday in the #VaticanMuseums brings us this #sarcophagus, famous from the #Renaissance onward, which shows the tragedy of #Orestes as a metaphor for suffering and redemption, with a structural surprise hidden in the #relief. #AncientBluesky 🏺

ORESTES SARCOPHAGUS, C. 140 CE. VATICAN MUSEUMS

This marble sarcophagus front depicts the myth of Orestes carved in high relief. The scene shows the hero avenging his father by slaying his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. Though seemingly too brutal for a tomb, Romans viewed his ultimate absolution as a salvific metaphor for the soul achieving divine purification and peace after earthly suffering. Displayed for centuries in the Aracoeli sacristy before passing to the Barberini and then Clement XIV, its accessible figures deeply influenced Renaissance artists. Beyond the narrative, the composition reveals a sophisticated geometry. The standing figures at the corners and centre act as vertical supports, while the sweeping arcs of drapery and the slumped bodies of the slain form two distinct drooping swags. This underlying structure transforms the scene into a hidden garland sarcophagus, proving how deeply established that rhythmic format was in Roman workshops.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Odd couple. For #ReliefWednesday, a study in divine contrasts in the #VaticanMuseums. #Hercules (virtue and toil) stands beside #Dionysus (ecstasy and leisure). Both gods gaze upward to the right, proving this panel once flanked a massive focal point in a #Roman imperial hall. #AncientBluesky 🏺

ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF HERCULES AND DIONYSUS, 140-180 CE. CORTILE DEL BELVEDERE, VATICAN MUSEUMS

This Antonine relief offers two contrasting paths to divine masculinity. On the left, a muscular Hercules is burdened with an absurd number of attributes, flattery hinting this was made for Commodus who identified himself as the demigod. He clutches his club and a cornucopia featuring fruit and a Pointy Thing. An ox head rests at his feet, while a lyre behind him nods to his role as Hercules Musagetes, "leader of the Muses". He cradles his son Telephus, mythically nursed by an accompanying deer, though this protruding infant is likely a zealous C18 restoration. Beside him, a softer Dionysus models divine ecstasy, leaning languidly on a Silenus with a panther at his feet. Both gods share a deliberate gaze upwards and to the right, suggesting that this panel once flanked a massive focal point, perhaps a statue of Commodus, in a grand imperial hall.

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

His painting of the arch is really lovely too. It appears Svoboda made several of the same subject, with some changes in the foreground.

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've never seen Alexander Svoboda's photos of the Ṭāq Kasrā Sasanian Palace at al-Madāʾin, Iraq. Taken before the 1887–88 collapse of the north half of its east façade. Really spectacular. #Sasanian

View of East façade of the Sasanian palace Ṭāq Kasrā at al-Madāʾin, Iraq. Sepiatone photo with huge central arch flanked by multiple level arched arcades.

View of south side of Sasanian palace Ṭāq Kasrā at al-Madāʾin, Iraq. Sepiatone photo showing with massive barrel vault.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Inside Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto Teutonico, physical recycling matches the geographical. Post-Vatican II altars here are built entirely of ancient #spolia. This first one rests on a pagan Roman funerary altar, its original identity lost save for a lingering "DIS". #NewAltarWhoDis

ROMAN FUNERARY ALTAR, C1-C2 CE, REPURPOSED AS SPOLIA, CAMPOSANTO TEUTONICO

In a dimly-lit chapel, a heavily-carved ancient Roman marble funerary altar has been adapted as the central pillar for a modern Christian altar table. The marble block, originally a non-Christian monument to the dead, is richly decorated in deep relief with heavy garlands, ribbons, and bucrania. Tragically, the central inscription meant to immortalise the deceased has been completely scoured away, leaving only the opening letters "DIS" visible in the top left corner. A small brass crucifix stands on the plain cloth covering the modern slab above it. It is a wonderfully example of theological and architectural recycling. This altar must have been part of the property of the Camposanto. Perhaps it came from the Vatican Necropolis.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

There is a new museum nearby focusing only on the marble plan: www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/content/il-m... I visited it last year and really recommend it!

View of the interior of the Museo della Forma Urbis. Nolli's Rome plan is printed on the floor in which there are glass cases with the original fragments of the marble plan at their correct lication.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just discovered your detail: perhaps the arms are crossed on their lap and the aryballos and strigil are held with the left hand...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I under where you see the Palladion (or other statuette), but I don't quite get how the aryballos and strigil in their right hand fit in...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The typical iconography: heroically naked, but with cloak, the egg-shaped pilos on their heads, the horse. Compare the Dioscuri on the Campidoglio, they look exactly the same (only the lance is missing/lost). They will probably allude to the military career of the deceased, though.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Always learning something new, thanks for sharing! I've visited the sarcophagus, but didn't know the background to its name. I think the two figures flanking the inscription are rather Castor and Pollux, naked and with piloi on their heads.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“'We want critical thinking, not just AI' the financier told the FT." And what do we want? We want universities that fund, not defund the humanities, so we can actually cater to & for humans. You can't have 'critical' without humanities link via @rheinze.myatproto.social futurism.com/future-socie...

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Bosses Horrified as "AI Native" College Graduates Hit the Workplace

"AI native" college graduates are hitting the workplace -- and, as experts warned, bosses are finding their performance disappointing.

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Netzwerk für Gute Arbeit in der Wissenschaft @ngawiss.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Endlich eine Lösung für die krasse Schlechterstellung von Wissenschafter:innen gegenüber allen anderen Arbeitnehmer:innen: Machen wir die Lage aller anderen genauso furchtbar! /s #IchbinHanna

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Philippe Prudent @phprudent.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Dans l'une des salles des musées du Capitole trône l'une des œuvres les plus connues de ses collections : le sublime et émouvant "Galate mourant" (marbre d'époque hellénistique ou copie romaine du Ier siècle av. J.-C.). #HDA

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Just down the road at suburban #Torrenuova, a matching early-C4 villa yielded this charming #Borghese leopard. Executed by an African workshop using a geometric checkerboard for spots, its distinctly human grin transforms a lethal predator into a boast of domestic luxury.

HUNT MOSAIC, C. 320-330 CE. GALLERIA BORGHESE

Here we see a close-up of an early C4 Roman floor mosaic from the Torrenuova estate, excavated in 1834. The star of the show is a stylised leopard standing on a thin ground line, looking directly out at the viewer. Rather than bothering with tedious feline anatomy, the North African craftsmen used a wonderfully graphic, almost Klimt-like checkerboard grid of dark and light stone tesserae to indicate its spots. Most delightfully, the cat features an upturned mouth and wide, soulful eyes that give it a distinctly human, slightly smug grin, making it a perfect piece of ancient interior design meant to show off the owner’s geopolitical connections.

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Dr. Ismail Küpeli @ismail-kuepeli.de · 22/06/2026

"KI-Firmen kaufen Antiquariate leer – und vernichten die Bücher Werden vergriffene Bücher im grossen Stil zu Altpapier vernichtet, konzentriert sich das analoge Erbe unwiederbringlich als exklusive Datenmasse in den Händen weniger Unternehmen –still,systematisch und bisher ohne öffentliche Debatte"

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Jagd auf alte Bücher - KI-Firmen kaufen Antiquariate leer – und vernichten die Bücher

Palettenweise wandern alte Bücher aus Europa in die USA. Dahinter stecken mutmasslich KI-Unternehmen – mit System.

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Sapinuwa @sapinuwa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Reminds me of this very poorly preserved yet fascinating mosaic in İzmir Archaeology Museum

Mosaic depicting "the garden of eden" with birds beasts and a holy grail in a matrix of vivid colored grapevines. The mosaic is very worn, with almost one third of its tesserae missing

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Then it's worth mentioning the Middle Persian word for "giraffe": /uštargāwpalang/ (NP شترگاوپلنگ /šotorgāvpalang/) (camel+cow+leopard)

The word uštargāwpalang ("camel" in Middle Persian) in Latin script and in Pahlavi script. From MacKenzie's dictionary.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

For #ReliefWednesday, an imperial motif with a bourgeois twist. This mid-to-late C3 sardonyx cameo from the catacombs of Cyriaca (Vatican Museums) shows Victory inscribing a shield. It’s a middle-class luxury echo of masterpieces like the bronze Victory of Brescia. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great While now at the Vatican Museums, it originally located at Santa Costanza, believed to be the mausoleum (tomb) of Constantina located outside the walls of Rome.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Let’s help the petition reach 20,000 signatures!!

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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Those students are teaching all of us a lesson. (Our university's branding is all about "critical thinking" and I am happy to see the values in action. If only our university administration was able to see the irony in the way they push for more AI as an "efficiency tool" in times of budget cuts...)

A student's statement motivating why no generative AI tools were used in a term paper:
"I am personally strongly opposed to the usage of AI in many pursuits, the study of humanities being one. I do not believe the technology to be at a level where it would be able to critically analyze and “think” – it is a mere blender or seemingly fitting answers that often end up being grotesquely incorrect. Aside from its unreliability, usage of generative AI comes at a great cost to all life on earth through the extreme pollution and energy demands of the technology."

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Heute ist Offener Campus an der @uni-saarland.de und die Klassische Archäologie ist dabei! Kommt zur hybriden Führung in unsere Sammlung 🏺, informiert euch in einem Vortrag zu digitalen Methoden in unseren Forschungsprojekten 💻 und schaut bei uns am Stand vorbei und probiert eine Toga uvm.!

Programm: 15:30 und 17:00 Uhr Führung in der Sammlung (Gebäude B3.1, Raum 1.28), 16:30 Vortrag (Gebäude B4.1, Raum 0.23), Stand vor Gebäude A2.4

Sharepic der Uni zum Offenen Campus, Freitag, 12. Juni 2026 ab 15:00 Uhr

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A great opportunity to work in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen and contribute to the future installation of the collections! #Archaeology

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#Tübingen! Und heute mal nicht im Schloss. Gleich erzähle ich in der Ringvorlesung "Digital Humanities: Anwendungsbereiche, Möglichkeiten, Werkzeuge" etwas zu digitalen Methoden in der Rekonstruktion antiker Statuen.

Blick von der mit Blumenkästen geschmückten Neckarbrücke auf den Neckar mit Häuserreihe der Altstadt.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📢 Am Donnerstag, 4.6. wird gegen die geplante Schließung des Instituts für #Archäologie an der HU #Berlin demonstriert! Um 10 Uhr geht es los am HU Hauptgebäude Unter den Linden. Außerdem gibt es eine Vortragsreihe. Mehr Infos zur Initiative: www.archaeologie-bleibt.de Kommt vorbei! #Archaeology

Poster mit Terminen der Vorträge: 10.6. Tonio Hölscher, 17.6. Luca Giuliani, 24.6. Alexandra Jeberien, 1.7. Studientag in der Sammlung, 1.7. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, 2.7. Diskussionsforum

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Martina Winkler @martinawinkle14.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

"Es gibt keine Studiengebühren, und der Staat ermöglicht vielen jungen Menschen überhaupt erst ein Studium." Bär sieht Bildung offenbar als großzügiges Geschenk "vom Staat". Die Idee von einer Gesellschaft, die mit Bildungsinfrastruktur in ihre Zukunft investiert, ist ihr fremd.

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Ministerin Dorothee Bär zweifelt an baldiger Bafög-Reform

Die Reform war fest eingeplant – doch sie wird wohl nicht kommen. Forschungsministerin Dorothee Bär verteidigt den möglichen Stopp der Bafög-Erhöhung. Und erklärt Studierenden, es sei kein Drama, nebe...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Diese Woche war wirklich ein Schlag ins Gesicht für die Hochschulbildung in D. Für die Beschäftigten durch einen mehr als underwhelming, verschlimmbesserten RefEntwurf des #WissZeitVG. Und für die Studierenden, die ruhig mal ein bisschen mehr nebenher arbeiten können, statt auf #Bafög zu hoffen.

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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Wir haben den jüngsten Entwurf zum WissZeitVG kommentiert. Viel ist uns nicht eingefallen, denn nichts hier ist neu. Zur Erinnerung: im Mai 2024 (!) schrieben wir zum damaligen Entwurf: "Die Probleme liegen längst auf dem Tisch, die Lösungen ebenfalls. ... was fehlt, ist nur ein wenig Mut auf (2)

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Auch Studienabschlüsse in der Regelstudienzeit als Kennzahl für die Mittelvergabe könnten wir dann jetzt langsam mal streichen...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hierzu bekommen wir gerade zu hören, dass die Verwaltung dieser Studiengänge (also den Teil, den die zentralen Stellen machen) so teuer sei und sie deshalb zusammen gelegt werden müssen...

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Netzwerk für Gute Arbeit in der Wissenschaft @ngawiss.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Vielleicht zeigt der Entwurf aber wengistens, dass das WissZeitVG nicht reformierbar ist: Wir brauchen kein Sonderbefristungsrecht in der Wissenschaft." - Tilman Reitz für uns bei @jmwiarda.bsky.social

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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Mutloser Minimalkompromiss" – "Vereinbarter Rahmen ausgeschöpft" – "Arbeitsverweigerung" Was sagen Regierungsfraktionen und Opposition zum WissZEITVG-Entwurf, was Wissenschaftsrat, HRK und Wissenschaftsinitiativen? Ein Überblick zu den Reaktionen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wer unter 6 J. für die Promotion gebraucht hat, konnte bislang ungenutzte Befristungszeit als Postdoc aufbrauchen. Laut Referentenentwurf soll das nicht mehr möglich sein. Der Anreiz also: Möglichst lange brauchen & 6 Jahre ausreizen. Fehlanreiz für Promovierende, Schaden für Postdocs. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #WissZeitVG

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