The Berlin Review of Books

News and updates from The Berlin Review of Books (est. 2009).

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PSA: Before you move away from Twitter/X, e.g. to BlueSky (as you well should), make sure to unfollow other profiles, as only this will permanently reduce X's network effect. -- You can now find us at
@bluesky
, under the handle of "https://t.co/SBBZTCRKco".

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In light of the decline of Twitter/X, we have decided to move to @bluesky. You can find us there under the handle of https://t.co/SBBZTCRKco

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Die Berliner Universitäten leisten immer wieder Außergewöhnliches, doch die Landesregierung macht es zunichte. Warum Berlin den Exzellenztitel nicht verdient. Von Axel Gelfert https://t.co/wMpzwLcqEN

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'Bhushan and Garfield offer us a glimpse into yet another philosophical vista: [...] to renew and reinvigorate a living Indian philosophical tradition.' - Kirloskar-Steinbach, "Making a Masala Modern Anglophone Indian Philosophy" (BRB, 16 Feb 2018) https://t.co/9bzu8EnDVP

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...ach ja, und weil es einen (englischsprachigen) "Berlin Review of Books" seit November 2009 bereits gibt. (F.A.Z. vom 10.2.2024)
@PBahners

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"One of the dangers of writing disciplinary history is that it becomes too internalistic, [...] without paying much attention to the external factors underlying the practices of making science." https://t.co/a20nfb99px

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Another one from the archives (2011): "The Great Rubber Robbery: How Julius Fromm’s Condom Empire Fell to the Nazis" https://t.co/tzCFWg2mns

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"Democracy in Retreat?" - This BRB article from ten years ago seems as timely as ever (though now, ten years on, one might very well drop the question mark...) https://t.co/JzM1kpsLwj #FromTheArchives #BlastFromThePast #BerlinReviewOfBooks

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As we are shaping up for our relaunch later this year, here is a link to our very first published article (on 9 November 2009): https://t.co/gs6jXtzcm9 #berlinreviewofbooks #blastfromthepast #fromthearchives

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An editor at the Russian state-run network Channel One crashed a news broadcast in protest of the ongoing invasion and ground war in Ukraine. https://t.co/cEE9gYu5aZ

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Gabor Istvan Biro reviews Stephan Moebius' "Sociology in Germany: A History" - https://t.co/2BasojU15X

[Dame Melinda Simmons @MelSimmonsFCDO]

A Russian missile hits the Babyn Yar memorial park in Kyiv where thousands of Jews were murdered by Nazis. In case anyone bought Putin’s “denazification” objective, here’s the stark staring proof of its sickening hollowness.

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Klarere Worte als die diplomatische Phrasendrescherei und staatsmännische Pseudobestürzung der letzten Tage. https://t.co/t5UOp4YDrJ @HeikoMaas @AuswaertigesAmt

[Giovanni Tiso @gtiso]

New rule: every time someone tweets "it's coming home", one artifact from the British Museum shall be return to the place it was stolen.

[Charlotte Knobloch @Cha_Knobloch]

Gewiss, Wahlkampf ist Wahlkampf. Aber die @insm wäre gut beraten, das Thema Religion, von dem sie offensichtlich nichts versteht, anderen zu überlassen. Hier hat sie sich völlig im Ton vergriffen und sollte sichergehen, dass sie nicht mit solchen Darstellungen Vorurteile schürt.

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German Health Minister Jens Spahn has been raising eyebrows with his increasingly erratic decision-making -- but listen for yourself.

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Retweet if the first thing you try to get a better look at is the bookshelf in the back...

[Dr. Jill Biden @DrBiden]

He will be a President for all of our families.

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Amazing: CNN and FoxNews followed our projection! #TrumpTantrum #BidenHarris2020 #YOUREFIRED @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @realDonaldTrump

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Since it seems to be a free-for-all, we are calling this election ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Ruprecht Polenz🇪🇺 @polenz_r]

Servicetweet der ⁦@faznet⁩ für einen Abgeordneten der völkisch-nationalistischen AfD

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Since it seems to be a free-for-all, we are calling this election ¯\_(ツ)_/¯