Proof that I am in need of a break: It is the last week of term and I was suddenly not entirely sure anymore whether my lecture (now in its 15th week) was at 2pm or 4pm. #NewProf

Currently sifting through applications f/ a PGR/"wissMit"-position. I got a bunch of applications by very qualified people with fascinating PhD-projects & am already looking forward to meeting some of them. But I can only offer the job to one of them. Sigh, this is hard. #NewProf

Currently sifting through applications f/ a PGR/"wissMit"-position. I got a bunch of applications by very qualified people with fascinating PhD-projects & am already looking forward to meeting some of them. But I can only offer the job to one of them. Sigh, this is hard. #NewProf

Currently sifting through applications for a PGR/"wissMit"-position. I got a bunch of applications by very qualified people with fascinating PhD-projects, but I can only offer the job to one of them. Sigh, this is hard. #NewProf

Still decorating that office! #NewProf

Is today the (Fri)day when the fiction that I have a "research day" (a concept I will defend stubbornly) will eventually become fact? Fingers crossed! (But first: e-mail.) #NewProf #AcademicChatter

Told my 12yo that I am currently writing up my assessment of a PhD thesis (an excellent one!) and she just stared, then said: "It's really weird but also cool that you get to do this!" I guess she's right? #NewProf

I have already taught a class on the history of homosexuality & Will Self's Dorian (with lots of help by student experts) AND had my picture taken for the university magazine, all before my first coffee. How is your day going? #NewProf

I now have a "Bescheinigung über die Rechtsvorschriften der sozialen Sicherheit, die auf den/die Inhaber/in anzuwenden sind" because I am attending a conference in Austria this week. Was told I need to carry it with me at all times & at all costs. Most German thing ever? #NewProf

See when I said yes, ok, I'll teach a class at 8 am what I THOUGHT was I could teach an 8:30 class, but this does not work with Cologne uni schedules. So now I am ACTUALLY teaching a class at 8 am, before coffee & breakfast. In the winter. In the dark. Le weep. #NewProf

I have the bestest friends 🥺 (yes, that's personalised stationery)! #NewProf #StationeryNerd