Kerstin Fest

PhD in English Literature, Project Manager for @EpicurAlliance at @UniFreiburg

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

Ich wollte eigentlich nur das Jazzalbum von Caterina Valente hören.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

The arts may underpin “soft power”. But that isn’t their main justification. Augustus (I aver) didn’t bank roll Virgil’s Aeneid because it was Roman
Soft power but because Poetry was important. Does a culture need poetry ? Yes! That’s why it pays for it!

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

Come on @nytimes ... #nytgames #Connections

[Andi Babler @AndiBabler]

Aufbruch in #Frankreich! Ich gratuliere dem gesamten #NouveauFrontPopulaire Bündnis zum großartigen Ergebnis. Entgegen allen Umfragen hat sich heute einmal mehr gezeigt, dass die Rechte gestoppt werden kann.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

During the past decade, the study of English and history at the collegiate level has fallen by a full third. What’s going on? https://t.co/0hsUU68ry0

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

University snippet: 2 students behind me in the coffee queue.
Student 1 says something about Kant.
Student 2: Nerd at me much?!?

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

Blast from the past: @MXHardt 's, Nicole Falkenhayer's and my musings on posthuman heroes is now also available in English https://t.co/zZEiAPKlmY

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

An der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der @univienna
ist wieder eine Professur ausgeschrieben.
https://t.co/1WmcYuNxhe

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

One of my favourite lines #janeausten #mansfieldpark #danger #haha

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

Sehr gelungener Nachruf:

https://t.co/TFVVi4eN7S

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Erasmus+ achieved some impressive milestones in 2022!

A €4 billion budget, 26,000 projects and more than 1.2 million participating learners and staff.

Read more in the Erasmus+ annual report Erasmus+ achieved some impressive milestones in 2022!

A €4 billion budget, 26,000 projects and more than 1.2 million participating learners and staff.

Read more in the Erasmus+ annual report ↓

[Aarthi Vadde @AarthiVadde]

Happy Public Domain Day to Claude McKay's Home to Harlem, Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, W.E.B. DuBois's Dark Princess, and, of course, that black and white mouse!
https://t.co/LqkJDcvVNL

[Mariya Gabriel @GabrielMariya]

Just over a month left to apply to join the 🇪🇺 university alliances ➡️ https://t.co/WEOSTz4X4A

Here's why
🔹️ to develop intl' institutional cooperation
🔹️ to exchange knowledge &innov'

🇧🇬 universities can contribute w/ traditions, good practices, talent

Good luck!

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

New favourite word: Katomyomachia

[Cornelia Dlabaja @CDlabaja]

Morgen ist es wieder soweit wir gehen auf die Straße für faire Arbeitsbedingungen an Österreichs Unis, gegen die Kettenverträge 💪🚨

Treffpunkt morgen 12:00 Ecke Teinfaltstraße/ Löwelstraße
@UnterbauUniWien
@AmreiBahr #fairstattprekär #ichbinhanna_at #frististfrust #bessereunis

[Martin Grund @GrundMar]

Today, EU member states agreed upon promoting #TenureTrack systems for sustainable and inclusive career progression in academia. Way to go! Looking forward to develop a blueprint for a European tenure-track model with @secure_eu. #IchbinHanna #WissZeitVG https://t.co/647ysIDwk2

[Ian Willoughby @Ian_Willoughby]

Nick Cave sings A Rainy Night in Soho at the funeral of Shane McGowan today — just beautiful 🖤

https://t.co/cTGxFUmj9X

[Kerstin Fest @KerstinFest]

@eva_von_c Congratulations 👏👏🎊🎊