Ten years ago today, I spotted Paul Auster at a Chelsea restaurant where I was having dinner. So I ran to the nearest bookstore, bought a copy of the New York Trilogy, and shyly asked him to sign it.

Gestern ist Lothar Gall im Alter von 87 Jahren verstorben. Liberalismus & Bürgertum waren die bestimmenden Themen seiner Arbeit. Von 1992 bis 1996 stand er dem VHD als Vorsitzender vor. Unser Respekt gilt seinem Wirken, unsere Anteilnahme denen, die ihm nahestanden.

🚨 publication day! 🚨 Automotive Empire is officially available for purchase today with Cornell University Press ! A 🧵 on its key findings and a discount code below! cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150177…

Even at age 84, the 1968er Rainer Langhans is defying bourgeois society by biking on the wrong side of the road.

Having the Annual Self-Evaluation (rye, tart cherry juice, fresh orange juice, absinthe, simple syrup, orange twist) because that's what I'm currently writing.

This is what the gay prof got as a thank you for participating in a faculty panel at the Liberal Arts graduate student orientation.

After so many years (So. Many. Years), thrilled to hold my book in my hands. Thank you to everyone Univ Nebraska Press as well as the many people who have helped me work through the intellectual AND emotional process of writing.

Getting ready to teach about the creation of the German Empire in the appropriate outfit, a Ludwig II of Bavaria hoodie.

Kamala Harris has set up shop at the William Penn Hotel to prep for the upcoming debate while I'm downstairs at the Speakeasy to prep for the weekend.

Ring in the school year with Wigle at our Back to School Cocktail Class on September 18th & 19th from 6-8PM, featuring The Faculty Lounge: A Cocktail Guide for Academics! 😃 Philipp Stelzel #authorevent #cocktailclass #mixology #cocktails

Recently received this letter celebrating my ten years of service to my university, and it goes well with the Presidential Platitude (gin, orange juice, pomegranate juice, grenadine & orange bitters).

Cover reveal.

Getting ready to teach about origins & outbreak of World War I in the appropriate outfit, a Franz Joseph I. of Austria hoodie.

Looking forward to a Faculty Lounge/Back to School cocktail class together with Wigle Whiskey next Wednesday September 18.

Published! My new book is available open access, and you can download the full PDF. “Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-German History” Hardback soon, then paperback Cambridge University Press - History Cambridge University Press GHI Washington German Studies Association cambridge.org/core/books/for…

very happy to see the H-Diplo, with RJISSF review forum published on Natasha Wheatley's extraordinary book, with contributions from A. Getachew, H. Case, Giuliana Chamedes and myself: networks.h-net.org/group/discussi…

What a fun Faculty Lounge cocktail class at Wigle Whiskey earlier this week.