Dr Seán Williams
@WiggishHistory
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Academic & culture writer. Happiest travelling through Europe & trying to travel through time. Day job: Senior Lecturer in German & European Cultural History.
Sheffield, England & elsewhere
Joined January 2015
Let me tell you a #TrueCrime story: Once upon a time, a German celebrity, travelling Italy incognito, was murdered as he stopped in Trieste. Listen to #DeathInTrieste @BBCRadio3 and @BBCSounds tonight and read on for a 🧵on this strange cultural history.
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And this was defo my top research trip! There were archives as well as aperol spritzes, honest.
Amazing Adriatic: the top five places to visit
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@14JUN1995 Gosh, what a surprise! Thanks. I had wanted to write a preface to a book about prefaces about prefaces, but that was too much of an indulgence. I look fwd to your thoughts on prefacing!
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@ACF_London @quadererer @IBC_London @MFA_LI @austriainuk you can read more about #Liechtenstein in @1843mag @TheEconomist here:
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thanks for having me @ACF_London @IBC_London ! & Ben's book is well worth reading. We should write up/record why little #Liechtenstein is key to understanding "German" history 😉🇱🇮
Thanks for joining yesterday’s discussion of Quaderer’s ‘Für immer die Alpen’. Special thanks to Séan Williams & Andrea Capovilla for providing deeper insight into the novel. We were honoured to have Princess Marie-Therese and Princess Adelheid of #Liechtenstein in attendance.
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Ben's book - the great Liechtenstein novel - was picked out by #NewBooksInGerman @newgermanbooks @NBG_sarah & translated by @ShefLanguages students in their exams during lockdown 😁
Reading up on literary #Liechtenstein ready to listen to Benjamin Quaderer tonight @ACF_London @IBC_London been a few years since I was in the microstate, but remember the big false teeth factory 😬
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Reading up on literary #Liechtenstein ready to listen to Benjamin Quaderer tonight @ACF_London @IBC_London been a few years since I was in the microstate, but remember the big false teeth factory 😬
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RT @IBC_London: Really looking forward to an evening with Benjamin Quaderer and Seán Williams @WiggishHistory discussing data theft, Liecht…
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@paulbesleywrite @salthepoet Thank you! I thought of you the other day when I bought your hillcraft book for my father
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Edward Carpenter 🏳️🌈 calling with a German accent 🇩🇪on @BBCRadio3 this Sunday. Had fun presenting & masterly produced by @ElianeGlaser #madeinSheffield @SheffArchives with @salthepoet & expert on #queerhistory Jana Funke.
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Hallo @IMcMillan, #Sheffield calling with a German accent - Edward Carpenter, his German verbs, queer histories & socialist sandals on @BBCRadio3 this Sunday
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Thanks @salthepoet for the lovely chat. Edward Carpenter goes German, was great fun to record!
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Saw Kaspar Hauser in Sheffield last night with our German freshers - engrossing, well-researched, thanks @AnimikiiTheatre @theatredelishef. You can catch it here ⬇️
THE KASPAR HAUSER EXPERIMENT On tour (& streaming) this autumn 🍂 🍁 📅 21 Sep @theatredelishef 📅 22 Sep @LeftBankLeeds 📅 17-21 Oct @SpaceArtsCentre LONDON* ⏰ 7:30pm 💰£8-£16 *Online livestream show 20th Oct 🎟️ Book via link in bio! #Leeds #Sheffield #London
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@simon_beattie @BBCFreeThinking @RoyalOperaHouse @annemcelvoy @DrSabinaDosani @BristolUni @andrew_j_cooper @BBCRadio3 Yup, the picture plates would go nicely on a coffee table next to the Wedgwood teapot of Werther! With a dash of self-irony, obviously.
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@simon_beattie @BBCFreeThinking @RoyalOperaHouse @annemcelvoy @DrSabinaDosani @BristolUni @andrew_j_cooper @BBCRadio3 I live for the day you'll do a catalogue of Werther editions, versions, translations...!
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RT @BBCFreeThinking: Find out more about the book 📖which inspired a craze for yellow 💛waistcoats + Massenet's opera 🎶Werther now @RoyalOper…
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RT @andrew_j_cooper: Tune in to @BBCRadio3 tonight at 10pm - I'll be talking with @annemcelvoy, @WiggishHistory, @DrSabinaDosani, and Sarah…
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