Frederik Edsberg

Global Studies at Aarhus university.

[Jacob Shell @JacobAShell]

Favorite cities I've been to in China (I've been to about 16) are Xi'an (below) and Qingdao. I think because these are the cities that come closest to packaging their charm in a "Western" way, i.e. by having an architecturally well-preserved historic core where you learn a lot about the pre-WW2 urban civilizational spatial structure just by walking around.

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus Ridiculous bureaucracy 🤷‍♂️

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus Love me some peat! An industry also grew during ww2 in Denmark, when other fuels became hard to get

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@emubrigadier @JPLindsley I’ve always thought it was the other way around! We have some medieval danish kings named Valdemar (lots of connections with the wends in this period. Just checked and the national dictionary says the root is slavic. https://t.co/D3e9fw7svz. Not sure which is right!

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus I've seen this sticker on a volkswagen polo.

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@avzaagzonunaada I'm from northern Fyn!

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus Also, here's an interview with the marketing firm who did the campaign. Somehow absurd to me that PET hires pr-firms to do "propaganda". This is pretty bad pr for the pr-firm... You gotta know your audience...

https://t.co/U8BMTHG281

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus There was some opposition in Omnibus, but i'm obviously not aware of any internal opposition.
https://t.co/CuBLKJ6t55
https://t.co/5KntVOWByi

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus I got photos of all the posters and web-material btw

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus Did a rhetorics paper on this. Apart from the obvious ethical problems with this campaign, i concluded that it is also bad rhetorics. The posters directly contradict the values of the people they're trying to reach (academics). They are also in violation of AU's stated values :)

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@letopisi_rus @gorod_v_ogne Рекомендую музей Moesgaard в Орхусе. Совсем нет tourist trap, и по моему - самый лучший музей истории, археологии и антропологии.

[Warlockracy🌻 @warlockracy]

Project: Cyrodiil is a collaborative modding effort to recreate the province we saw in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion on the engine of the Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. This is my personal GOTY 2024 it owns so much

Video link: https://t.co/9TtvSOcEwf

[Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ @abhistoria]

The dying humanities at Leiden University.

Arabic has been taught at Leiden since 1586. Leiden holds the oldest continual chair of Arabic in Europe, established in 1613.

Budget cuts from central government combined with faculty deficit (over 5million euros) will batter the humanities at Leiden University in the coming period. Important to note the details below are proposals yet to be ratified by the faculty board.

Starting in 2026-27 academic year, my university, Leiden, end all bachelor degrees in African and Latin studies.

Middle East Studies will also come to an end. This includes all specialisations of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, and Islamic Studies.

Ancient Near Eastern Studies will have to substantially reduce their specialisations (tracks).

Japan studies, China studies, Korea studies, South and South Asian studies will merge into Asian Studies.

German, French, and Italian programmes will merge into European Languages and Cultures degree programme.

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus @ole_waever Samuel Rachlin has also come out to defend https://t.co/4aS1jkbQmd. High profile journalist who was the russia correspondent for a long time. Interesting family history btw, he was born in exile in Siberia, as his family were lithuanian jews deported by NKVD.

[Rasmus Elling @rasmuselling]

Årtiers humaniora-bashing + ustandselige indgreb, “reformer” (spareøvelser), dimensionering og andet crap fra kortsynede, uansvarlige politikere på fører til endnu en sprogmassakre. Vi er åbenbart et fattig lille land uden behov for at forstå verden. https://t.co/exoDtoeyxz

[Omnibus @OmnibusAU]

Studerende på Globale Studier er frustrerede over, at ledelsen på Arts ønsker at lukke deres bacheloruddannelser, og føler sig ekskluderet fra beslutninger, der omhandler dem. #uddpol https://t.co/7kQrZdAc0t

[DM - fagforening @DMfagforening]

AU står overfor at lukke en række sproguddannelser pga. dimensionering og faldende søgning. @BrianArlyJac : Fremover vil der så være en række sprog, man udelukkende kan læse i København. Det er et stort problem https://t.co/l2b5AdrG1V #uddpol #dkpol

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus No wonder my generation is supposedly extra depressed. At the same time as the state paces us to become super-capable and ambitious individuals (so we can contribute back to the benevolent welfare-state), while at the same time making this as difficult as possible. /rant over

[Frederik Edsberg @Fiddmeister1]

@postsocialismus Has to be mentioned, i am from "udkantsdanmark" (and its the same story there with other spheres, not just edu) and my mom is a school-teacher - so i have had particular exposure to this.