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Kerstin Pfeiffer

@kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social
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medievalist, theatre & performance researcher, reader, knitter, hiker, cat servant

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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So apparently it’s #BlackCatAppreciationDay? Nearly missed it. Mr Marple would not approve, I am sure! He is very much appreciated every day though.
A black cat lying on a blue and grey picnic rug
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Not quite awake yet #Caturday #cats #catsky
A black cat sitting in front of a tortoiseshell cat on a wooden chair against a background of very tall garden mint.
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WE HAD A DEAL! Watt happened? HWUCU back on strike today because our employer has signalled they won't keep their side of a deal made in June to protect jobs. No Compulsory Redundancy. @ucu.org.uk @joshpizpom.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theferret.scot @ucuscotland.bsky.social
WE HAD A DEAL banner being hammered by 'worker bee'.
Two people in UCU hats hold a large banner, while a picketer in a bee costume hits the word deal with a mallet.Picketers in front of the Heriot-Watt sign protesting employer double cross.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 01/07/2026
great year for medievalists; first you’ve got a tyrant starting shit with the Pope and now we have a full blown schism
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
General mood today… Image source: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 63r #medieval #medievalart #arthistory
Book illumination showing a grumpy hedgehog against a green background and some text. Typed text above reads: ‘Me too, 15th-century hedgehog. Me too.’
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Creative Ethnology @creativeethnology.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Coming soon: Creative Perspectives on Sustainable Nature-Culture Relationships www.routledge.com/Creative-Per...
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Creative Perspectives on Sustainable Nature-Culture Relationships: Beyond the Anthropocene
Developing a new understanding of the cultural relationships of humans with nature through heritage and tradition, this book examines ways of transforming these relationships sustainably and assesses ...
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And there was me thinking that I was being a bit gloomy about the state of HE in the UK…
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
‘Ey, you! What time do you call this? Breakfast was 2 hours ago!’ #urbanwildlife #squirrel #nature
A grey squirrel on a handrail next to the wall of a house, looking up into the camera.
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This week has been challenging. But being able to take a lunchtime walk on campus that feels like being in the countryside made it just a little bit easier. #nature #photography
A small burn in woodland A small burn in woodland with a fallen tree across the waterClose up of a pink rhododendron flowerCluster of deep pink rhododendron flowers
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This was the most time-consuming project in a long time but I am happy with how it turned out and hope it will cheer up the recipient 😊 #knitting
A knitted duck in yellow wool with orange feet wearing a striped jumper
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Mittagspause 😊 #nature
A patch of grass with red tulips and dandelion flowers and blue sky above
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Easter Monday stroll at Loch Leven. Not the best picture as my camera battery gave up halfway through the walk ( 🙄 lack of prep…) but you get the idea #nature #photography
Loch Leven with a little beach and woodland to the right
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
„Gimme all the nuts and no one gets hurt!“ The squirrels in the Botanics see visitors mainly as ambulatory nut dispensers….
A grey squirrel on grass looking up expectantly 
A grey squirrel standing on its hind legs with its forepaws touching across its belly
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
One of our fabulous LINCS students, Christie, speaking elegantly & fluently about language education at the rally today at Bristo Square. #loveLanguages #loveLINCS 🦩🐸
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Don't Pillage Our Programs #Heriot-Watt #loveLINCS #saveScholarStaff
A viking with a placard highlighting the raid on education
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Universities spend £££ to attract & retain what they allege are the best senior managers who then spend more on paying consultants. Those consultants sell the same solutions to multiple institutions. = cuts to staff who make universities work Spend the money on staff www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b
Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Our Fair deal Flamingo, Worker BEE, and Complusory Chicken might be full of hot air but they are not as inflated as the SSR figures HWU put out this week to justify keeping CR to get rid of a tiny number of staff. No compulsory redundancy No need for compulsory redundancy #Heriot-Watt #ucu
A bright pink flamingo, a bee and a chicken picketOur VP, (left) the rear of flamingo, and the back of a hen
 A big big Bee with thumbs up
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Day 5 on the Pickets. Our employer has nothing new to say & so is not talking. So there is nowhere else we would rather BEE than with our colleagues in the sun. We are indefatigable and INFLATABLE, unlike Heriot-Watt University who have let themselves down. #saveScholar #LoveLincs No CR
A picket line with inflatablesA chicken flanked by solidarity students with signsThe unionised inflatables take their scheduled breaks
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Another EGG-cellent day on the Pickets. Student sign makers out in force. We could not BEE anymore pleased with our RAWRsome inflatables who have done more for staff morale in a few hours than Heriot-Watt has all year. #ucu #loveLINCS #savescholar Protect jobs
A cheery sign filled picketA dinosaur a bee and a chickenInflatables plus placards and picketsScholar staff with a bee next to the Protect Scholar banner
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So, a dinosaur, a chicken, and a bee walked into a picket line.... Don't actually have a punchline but they were Bee-ing a good colleague Saving jobs from extinction Calling out foul play
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Day 2 of strike action and I am not good for much this afternoon except for assembling a small menagerie of rodents against redundancies #UCU
A sketch pad showing a cartoon hamster, a mole and a mouse drawn in felt tip pen. They all look grumpy. The hamster presses its fists into its hips and hold a placard saying “Save Scholar”. The mole looks out of a hole in the ground and says “no compulsory redundancies”. The mouse shakes its right fist in the air and in the left holds a placard saying “no cuts to LINCS”.
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
You got a friend in me You got troubles, I got 'em too. Toy Story understands Solidarity. Join a union and you will always have friends who will go to Solidarity and Beyond #toyStory #solidarity #ucu #Heriot-Watt #Edinburgh #ScotlandStrikes
(An inflatable) Dinosaur and (a picketer dressed as) Woody high five on the picket lineRex & Woody share a coffee
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Staff in Scholar and LINCS at threat of redundancy. Receiving solidarity from from @ucu.org.uk 's most northerly picket line in #Orkney And in #Edinburgh from @katenevens.bsky.social #ScottishGreens Thank you for you support #saveScholarStaff #loveLanguages protect LINCS at Heriot-Watt
Picket in Orkney with a placard, "UCU picket, Save LINCS save SCHOLAR there is strength in a union UCU"Heriot-Watt Edinburgh sign with a banner saying "Protect Scholar at Heriot-Watt. Don't erase decades of digital learning Save our skilled Scholar staff"Staff & students with placards and banners in support of LINCS with Kate Neven and BananamanStaff with placards in support of Scholar,  accompanied by Kate Neven Green candidate. "Scholar already shapes futures" "Don't Devalue Scholar" "Save Scholar Staff"
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HWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
HW UCU out in numbers to tell our employer @heriotwattuni.bsky.social that we will not accept being put under threat of compulsory redundancy We stand together, alongside @ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee UCU, UCU at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and UCU at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social NO CR #SOLIDARITY
A well attended picket in front of the Heriot-Watt sign with many placardsA banner saying NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCY The Heriot-Watt UCU banner : Knowledge is PowerThe Pickets from another angle
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/01/2026
Edinburgh. Aberdeen. Dundee. Strathclyde. Different campuses same reality. Staff are stretched, students lose out. #SaveOurUniversities #UCU #Scotland #HigherEducation
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
2025: setting all the worst records 🔥
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
And something against the general grimness of things at the moment: beautiful cherry blossom in the Botanic Garden in Edinburgh 😊
Close up photo of pink cherry blossom Photo of pink cherry blossom with grass and blue sky in the background
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Reading this over breakfast didn’t make for a great start into the day 😡 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Grim reading on a Friday afternoon : www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Getting cosy on #Caturday
A cat sitting on a knitted scarf on a sofa
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I get the distinct impression he wants me to turn the heating on #cats #catsofbluesky
A black cat looking out of a felted cat cave that is decorated with felted grass and toadstools
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
There is a bit of a theme emerging here today. Different desk, same attitude to (my) work by Marple #cats
A cat lying on a desk and shutting a laptop by pushing the screen down
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Mr Marple making a contribution to my early morning Teams call…#cats
A cat sitting on a laptop, obscuring the entire screen
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Getting ready for advent 😊
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Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Let’s see how blue the sky is over here.
An image of the sea with Newhaven Harbour on the horizon and a small sailing boat where the sea and the blue sky meet
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