On friends, imposters and networking as a PhD student

It’s been a week since I have come back from a conference. It was a wonderful conference. After two years of the pandemic, this was the first in-person conference I attended, and as is usually goes: you only know what you have missed when you experience it again! Meeting all those amazing scholars, even in

Why watching The Irregulars was not only the best decision this week …

… but also shows how important new historical research as well as modern adaptions of history in popular culture are. During March I had decided to stop watching series, partly to let my eyes have a good rest after staring at the computer all day, partly because I wanted to listen to more podcasts instead

Masks, the Study of Religion and Digression

Once you have started with feminism, it feels as if you have been put on a pair of glasses through which you see the world in a way that always puts the markers „gender roles,“ „patriarchy,“ or „power“ in front. No, not glasses, you could take them off. Rather, something like a mask that is firmly glued to the face.

Florence Farr — a Modern Woman

Hi to all of you! Maybe you already know me through my Instagram Account. I hope you know that I am so happy about all of your lovely comments and likes. However, pictures only tell one specific part of a story, in my case the story of a beautiful actress living a life in the

Wissenschaftler*innen in die Öffentlichkeit!

Nicht nur die Tatsache, dass ich heute unter anderem Dr. Michael Blume (Hier zum Blog) in einer Podiumsdiskussion sehen und hören durfte, der sich im allgemeinen sehr um die Übersetzung religionswissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen und Problematiken in den gesellschaftlichen Diskurs bemüht; nicht nur der Lesekreis heute Abend, in dem wir uns jeden Mittwoch mit den Denkern (sic!)

Kurzer Kommentar zu einem alten Hut: Frauen, Männer und der Sommer Teil 1

26. Juni, kurz nach 14.00 Uhr. Noch drei Tage bis zur Premiere des Open-Air Theaterstücks. Der Bühnen- und Technikaufbau ist in vollem Gang, die Sonne brennt vom Himmel, es sind mindestens 40° im Schatten. Gut, 40° sind vielleicht übertrieben, aber auf jeden Fall ist es verdammt heiß, alle schleppen schwitzend Scheinwerfer und würden einen leichten