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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 2d

My good friend Gautam Pemmaraju has written an exciting article about "‘Entangled Agents’: Women, Espionage and Empire from 1920 to 1945" (open access) journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2JHPH...

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · 1d

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas

The sudden decision may mean the IB program is only available in private schools

observer.co.uk

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · 14d

Residents of #Newcastle of all ages sent a clear message today against all those who incite hatred.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17d

Some major personal news:

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Onward. Forward. Steady:

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

steady.page

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · 18d

My review of Andreas Molitor's new biography of Hermann #Göring was published today in the #FAZ. More topical than I initially thought: www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

Der Göring-Mythos

Eine neue Biographie korrigiert das Zerrbild von Hermann Göring als Renaissance-Menschen, entzaubert aber nicht alle Mythen über die Nummer zwei im NS-Staat.

www.faz.net

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 19d

this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses.

www.afr.com/work-and-car...

The net result is the worst of both worlds. Universities invoke the rhetoric of business discipline, but they lack the governance structures that give that discipline bite. They operate without the checks that private ownership provides, yet subject staff and students to the cost-cutting and efficiency drives that profit-maximising firms pursue. The result is waste at the top and insecurity at the bottom.

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Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 27d

www.euronews.com/business/202...

Why a decline in the UK's university sector is a threat to GDP

UK universities face a funding crisis that could cost the overall economy, but mostly impact a few already fragile regions, said Oxford Economics in a recent report.

www.euronews.com

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · 29d

I spoke with "Forward" about why comparions between the murder of Charlie Kirk and the Nazi "martyr" Horst Wessel are problematic in several respects:
forward.com/news/768607/...

Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?

After Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, some corners of the internet drew parallels with the murder of Horst Wessel, a Nazi martyr.

forward.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 3

What’s a big export sector shared by Leicester, Exeter and Newcastle? Award yourself five points if you said higher education

International students are a key driver of the export sector in Exeter and Leicester
Universities as a share of export gross value added
Exeter
Leicester
Newcastle
York
Nottingham
Cardiff
Sheffield
Coventry
Brighton
Leeds
Respective percentages
15.3%
14%
9%
8.4%
8.4%
7.6%
6.9%
6.9%
5.8%
5.7%
Source: Centre for Cities • Data for top 10 cities/towns in England by share of
GVA

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · Sep 4

Of course. Have a great start & à bientôt!

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Daniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, Caroline, that's excellent news - well done!

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s insane what’s going on at the University of Chicago, and this is well worth reading. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump

The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...

www.compactmag.com

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Martha 🇪🇺 @navadis.bsky.social · Aug 7

Polen schafft Deutschland-Beauftragten ab: „Das sind schlechte Nachrichten“
Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.

#Polen #Deutschland

Polen schafft Deutschland-Beauftragten ab: „Das sind schlechte Nachrichten“

Parallel zum Amtsantritt des nationalpopulistischen Präsidenten Nawrocki entlässt die Regierung den vielfach ausgezeichneten Breslauer Historiker Krzysztof Ruchniewicz.

www.tagesspiegel.de

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 22

In her first act as the new President of The British Academy, Professor Susan J Smith FBA has today written to the Prime Minister to warn that cuts and contractions are damaging the UK’s higher education system www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-aca...

New Academy President urges Prime Minister to strengthen and champion UK’s world-leading universities as higher education crisis deepens

In her first act as the new President of The British Academy, Professor Susan J Smith FBA has written to the Prime Minister to warn that cuts and contractions are damaging the UK’s higher education sy...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · Jul 20

Workshop: Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850, 3/4 September 2025, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. With @rhammersley99.bsky.social @ebuchetmann.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social et al. The programme is now online @ www.hab.de/event/transl...

Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850 – HAB

Herzog August Bibliothek

www.hab.de

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Benno Nietzel @bennonietzel.bsky.social · Jul 19

Mein Artikel zur Begriffsgeschichte von #Propaganda für das Projekt "Das 20. Jahrhundert in Grundbegriffen" des ‪@zfl-berlin.bsky.social‬ ist erschienen. Vielen Dank an Barbara Picht, Falko Schmieder und Ernst Müller für die Betreuung!

Die Veröffentlichung ist open access:
doi.org/10.31267/Gru...

Schwabe online

doi.org

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jul 15

‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’

FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!

www.ft.com/content/3162...

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy

Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

www.ft.com

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Jochen Hung @jochenhung.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.

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Newcastle University @newcastleuni.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today we awarded Professor @davidolusoga.bsky.social OBE an honorary degree for his outstanding work as a social historian.

As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.

#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad

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FES history @feshistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

📆 13.-14. November, Düsseldorf

Was ist Kopfarbeit, und wie prägte sie die Geschichte der Arbeit in der Industriemoderne? Diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen widmet sich die Tagung in Kooperation mit der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social.

Alle Infos zu Programm und Anmeldung:

www.boeckler.de/de/a...

Kopfarbeit. Geschichtliche Blicke auf die andere Seite der Arbeit

Die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung ist das Mitbestimmungs-, Forschungs- und Studienförderungswerk des DGB. Sie ist in allen ihren Aufgabenfeldern der Mitbestimmung als Gestaltungsprinzip einer demokratischen Gesellschaft verpflichtet.

www.boeckler.de

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Jun 19

Official release day for my newie 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa'. And I have copies!! Would love to see this in a few libraries. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 17

Massive triumph for the UK on the European research grants front - especially in Humanities and Social Sciences. Don't cut us off at the knees - give us more backing and we'll bring home the cash!

Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is a really hefty win for British institutions in latest @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants

Swept the floor on social sciences and humanities - 25 out of 80 grants went to the UK

Must be a few champagne corks popping

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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DHI Paris @dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 2

1945–2025. War and Post-War(s). Contemporary Perspectives on the Post-WWII World.

📅 June 16–18 | #paris
International #conference Series (Berlin & New York)

🔗 Program: https://t1p.de/zoko1

#theendsofwar #endofwwii #wwii80

@unesco @histodons

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"Black" & "Mieze" @blackundmieze.bsky.social · May 30

Wir blicken auf die "Goldenen Zwanziger" noch heute mit den Augen von Pionierinnen der Fotografie. Susanne Byk, Frieda Riess, "Yva" und Marta Vietz schufen großartige Bilder - bis zur Nazi-Zeit. Herzlichen Dank an die @taz.de, dass ich als Gastautor daran erinnern darf.

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taz.de/Vor-100-Jahr...

Vor 100 Jahren Hauptstadt der Fotografie: Berlinerinnen, die mit Licht und Schatten spielten

Viele Fotostudios wurde in den 1920er Jahren von Frauen geführt. Fotografinnen wie Else Neuländer setzten den Kurfürstendamm & Co. in ein neues Licht.

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Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur @agatumilowicz.bsky.social · May 22

Very shy to share this new text of mine.
Here’s a very personal essay about being an independent scholar, my method, about immigration, cracks in academia and fragments.

I don’t know if people even read this kind of stuff anymore but if you do, enjoy.

aseees.org/newsnet-arti...

On Fragments and Home: Notes from an Independent Scholar | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies

I am an independent scholar; it’s a fancy name for someone who is unemployed in academia, but still has the misfortune of scholarly pursuits, a drive for knowledge and absolutely […]

aseees.org

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