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Here, I post everything personal. From new publications to talks I give or gave. Also, when something interests me, but does not fit somewhere else, this will be the place.

A Chinese temple mostly in red with a incense altar in front.


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Day 3 in Beijing (3/4)

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2024-11-29

So, in September 2024, I made a trip to China to participate in a conference. Before going to Changchun, where the conference took place, I spent four days in Beijing. This is my report of these four days, divided into four parts. This post is day 3 of my…

A wide-angle view of the Old town of Dubrovnik with countless red roof tops and the Adriatic Sea with the island Lokrum in the background.


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Dubrovnik between Heritage and Game of Thrones

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2024-11-15

A couple weeks ago (after my visit to China), I was visiting Dubrovnik the famous Croatian city (ancient Ragusum). Its old town centre consisting of churches, places, houses, a great city wall, and much much more. Dubrovnik is famous for its listing as an UNESCO world heritage site. It…

A table full of vintage travel gear like a camera, boots, magnifying glasses... Photo by ian dooley on Unsplash


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My personal travel gadgets

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2024-11-08

Lately, I travel a lot and I always try to travel lite. I do this for several reasons: First I do not want to carry too much and second, I feel freer this way. The last couple of years, I spend time to search and actually test some of…

This is a view from the Great Wall of China seeing the length of the wall and how it follows the mountains.


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Day 2 in Beijing (2/4)

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2024-10-25

So in September 2024, I made a trip to China to participate in a conference. Before going to Changchun, where the conference took place, I spent four days in Beijing. This is my report of these four days, divided into four parts. This post is day 2 of my…

The image shows a three-storey round temple in Beijing China, called the Temple of Heaven.


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Day 1 in Beijing (1/4)

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2024-09-27

So in September 2024, I made a trip to China to participate in a conference. Before going to Changchun, where the conference took place, I spent four days in Beijing. This is my report of these four days, divided into four parts. This post is day 1 of my…

An airport waiting hall, totally empty. Photo by Phill Brown on Unsplash


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People at the airport

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2024-09-20

So today I spend a lot of time at the airport waiting for my plane to depart. It occurred to me, that there are certain kinds of people at airports. So naturally, I started a short ethnographic study classifying people going about at an international airport. Let’s begin.

Type 1:…

Part of the cover of the comic "Pfostenloch" by the Avant Verlag.


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Impressions from the Comic Salon Erlangen

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2024-06-07

Today I won’t talk about academia or archaeology, today I want to talk about comics. Every two years, the German city of Erlangen offers the Comic Salon. For four days the Bavarian city transforms into a cultural hub for comic lovers, cosplayers, and many more. I was there for…

A brown envelope on a grey background. Photo by Ryul Davidson on Unsplash


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New wordpress newsletter services

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2024-05-31

This week, I’ll write somewhat of a personal anouncement. As I had a lot of technical difficulties the last months with my former newsletter service, GetResponse, I decided to ditch it and move on. It took a while finding something I need, but I found something neatly integrating with…

A typewriter on an old desk. Photo by Daria Kraplak on Unsplash.


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How to write consistently

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2024-03-22

So I do not see myself as an expert, but I am doing this blog now for more or less exactly three years. Without some minor exceptions, I managed to publish a small article every.single.week. I am pretty proud of that, although I know my articles are not the…

The Twitter and X logo beside each other. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash


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Why I left Twitter

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2023-12-22

Yes, I am calling it Twitter. I discovered the social platform in September 2018 and was very excited entering a network of people who seemed very nice and supportive. I spend a lot of time and energy to build up a small audience, but I fear it was all…

Sebastian Hageneuer
Germany

Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. (Nearly) Every Friday.

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