I often read texts that suggest that there is a concept of #Empire that everyone is relating to, but so far no one has bothered to explain to me what this is supposed to be. Apparently, it is more than just a dynastic or multi- or supranational state. Sometimes it is suggested that the concept is related to the Holy Roman Empire and its relation to the #Catholic Church. And that a genuine empire has a claim to the world.
Interesting take: "The #Luna25 effort does not presage the coming of a golden era of exploration for #Russia. Rather, it is more properly seen as the last gasp of a dying #empire."
Our RTG is throwing a July merch raffle exclusive on Mastodon. We are handing out three merch packs which we will ship to the lucky winners in August. To enter the competition, all you need to do is 1) follow us here on Mastodon before the end of July 2023 and 2) boost this post. On August 1st, we will randomly draw the three winners from all participants. Please see below for further information. @empires@dhinamug@dfg_public@unifreiburg#raffle#empire#histodons#histodon#DHinaMug#free
Here’s a bit of painful truth. Seems obvious.
The myth of American Exceptionalism came about while the rest of the world was recovering from WWII.
It’s easy to be exceptional when you’re the only one with un-bombed industrial and agricultural capacity.
Once the rest of the world recovered, the need to compete was ignored by the US, buoyed by the false idea of being exceptional. #americanexceptionalism#empire#wwii#americandream#politics
"When we judge a work of history, or teach students to write papers or theses, do we value and reward only those offering grand and sensational stories? Or do we still care about the basic standards of historical research ... In this age of misinformation, if we allow our desire for the extraordinary to run unchecked, we will soon face a full blown “crisis of competence.”"
We would like to invite you to the movie screening „Der vermessene Mensch“ on July 27th at 8:30 pm, which our RTG is organising in cooperation with the KoKi Freiburg.
Our RTG sponsors the event to provide free entrance.
As a special treat for our Mastodon followers, the first five people who present this post when picking up their tickets will receive a little gift.
So apparently, Antonio Brown bought a football team, the Albany Empire of the National Arena League. Crap has hit the fan, as with all things Brown touches. Apparently, players haven't been paid. When asked why, the acting team president was quick to blame the payroll provider (does this sound familiar). The head coach has walked out due to not being paid, and police were called due to an incident on the bus.
On December 2nd (2 pm), our Research Training Group will welcome the renowned Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov for a literary reading from this book, “The Dead Lake” (=Wunderkind Erjan).
Where: University of Freiburg / Aula
This reading accompanies our second annual conference, “Environmental and Cultural Destruction in Imperial Spaces”.
Biden said Thursday it has taken Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a little longer than I hoped" to meet Biden's request to briefly pause the fighting in Gaza, after saying he doesn't believe a full ceasefire is possible...#Empire..#Israel..#Gaza..#crime..
Finally got some detailed images of my TIE pilot gear - my photographer bailed so I took these with tripod and remote shutter #StarWars#TiePilot#cosplay#Empire
The Research Training Group 2571 Empires is hosting its second annual conference from November 30th to December 2nd. This year's topic is "Environmental and Cultural Destruction in Imperial Spaces”.
"The Romans conquered the world through seriousness, discipline, organisation, continuity of vision and method; through the conviction that they were a superior race, born to command; through the well-considered, methodically calculated use of the most ruthless cruelty, cold perfidy and the most hypocritical propaganda, employed simultaneously or in turn; by an unshakeable resolution to always sacrifice everything to prestige, without ever being sensitive either to peril, or to pity, or to any human respect; by the art of decomposing under terror the very soul of their adversaries, or of putting them to sleep with hope, before enslaving them with arms; finally by such skilful handling of the crudest lie that they have deceived even posterity and are still deceiving us. "
Simone Weil, in "Some reflections on the origins of Hitlerism". @history
The Best Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time (www.empireonline.com)
Empire's list of the 50 greatest science fiction movies of all time, from 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Matrix to Blade Runner.