Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh
@ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany | Assistent Professor of Political History, Utrecht University | Second book: Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz | First book: Wilhelm I as German Emperor: Staging the Kaiser (2024)
Pinned
Being an academic comes with many, many happy days - despite the severe headwinds caused by the current political climate - but few will ever equal today: the physical copies of my book arrived this afternoon! So much looking forward now to Thursday, the start of the book tour!
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Wie man Brötchen benennt, mag regional unterschiedlich sein in Deutschland. In Berlin heisst es offiziell im Jahr 1686 noch "Semmel", nicht etwa #Schrippe. *duckt sich weg*
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wie man Brötchen benennt, mag regional unterschiedlich sein in Deutschland. In Berlin heisst es offiziell im Jahr 1686 noch "Semmel", nicht etwa #Schrippe. *duckt sich weg*
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Rez: Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
www.hsozkult.de
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rez: Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
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Reposted by Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh
22 November 2005: Angela Merkel is elected as German Chancellor for the first time #OTD 20 years ago www.ndr.de/geschichte/k... via @ndr.de
"Kohls Mädchen": Angela Merkel wird 2005 erstmals zur Bundeskanzlerin gewählt
Einser-Abiturientin, Physikerin, Karriere in der CDU: Als erste Frau und Ostdeutsche wird Angela Merkel am 22. November 2005 Kanzlerin - und eine der mächtigsten Frauen der Welt. Dass sie das geschaff...
www.ndr.de
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
22 November 2005: Angela Merkel is elected as German Chancellor for the first time #OTD 20 years ago www.ndr.de/geschichte/k... via @ndr.de
Sehr gut von @carlomasala1.bsky.social: 'Es ist ein neues Münchner Abkommen, weil es dem Aggressor Appetit auf mehr machen wird und sogar die Voraussetzungen für künftige Aggression schafft.'
Carlo Masala: Angriffskrieg lohnt sich wieder. Was die USA als Friedensplan für die Ukraine verstehen, ist für Russland ein großer Sieg – auch über die Nato. Die Ukraine kann das nicht akzeptieren. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Friedensplan der USA: Angriffskrieg lohnt sich wieder
Was die USA als Friedensplan für die Ukraine verstehen, ist für Russland ein großer Sieg – auch über die Nato. Die Ukraine kann das nicht akzeptieren.
www.zeit.de
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sehr gut von @carlomasala1.bsky.social: 'Es ist ein neues Münchner Abkommen, weil es dem Aggressor Appetit auf mehr machen wird und sogar die Voraussetzungen für künftige Aggression schafft.'
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Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
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#Buchtipp
Rechter »Rand« und demokratische »Mitte«
@nkrawinkel.bsky.social zeigt, wie extrem rechte Akteure seit 1945 an gesellschaftliche Normen anknüpften, diese radikalisierten und so Einfluss gewannen. Eine historische Analyse von Ideologien, Netzwerken und Gegenkräften.
👉 buff.ly/NLrBY61
Rechter »Rand« und demokratische »Mitte«
@nkrawinkel.bsky.social zeigt, wie extrem rechte Akteure seit 1945 an gesellschaftliche Normen anknüpften, diese radikalisierten und so Einfluss gewannen. Eine historische Analyse von Ideologien, Netzwerken und Gegenkräften.
👉 buff.ly/NLrBY61
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
#Buchtipp
Rechter »Rand« und demokratische »Mitte«
@nkrawinkel.bsky.social zeigt, wie extrem rechte Akteure seit 1945 an gesellschaftliche Normen anknüpften, diese radikalisierten und so Einfluss gewannen. Eine historische Analyse von Ideologien, Netzwerken und Gegenkräften.
👉 buff.ly/NLrBY61
Rechter »Rand« und demokratische »Mitte«
@nkrawinkel.bsky.social zeigt, wie extrem rechte Akteure seit 1945 an gesellschaftliche Normen anknüpften, diese radikalisierten und so Einfluss gewannen. Eine historische Analyse von Ideologien, Netzwerken und Gegenkräften.
👉 buff.ly/NLrBY61
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Last night, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of „playing“ a full house in Bad Homburg, presenting our books on Kaiser and Kaiserin (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, @springernature.com & dunckerhumblot.bsky.social) to an audience of about 100 people.
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Last night, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of „playing“ a full house in Bad Homburg, presenting our books on Kaiser and Kaiserin (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, @springernature.com & dunckerhumblot.bsky.social) to an audience of about 100 people.
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In Germany, historians are wrapping up a 20-year project to investigate the Nazi involvement of postwar West Germany government officials. Samuel Miner writes about what the project did and what future work could include in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
The End of an Era? – AHA
A 20-year project delving into the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts is wrapping up.
www.historians.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In Germany, historians are wrapping up a 20-year project to investigate the Nazi involvement of postwar West Germany government officials. Samuel Miner writes about what the project did and what future work could include in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
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2 Stellen am DHI London: Britische Geschichte und Kolonial-/Globalgeschichte
Job: 2 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Britische Geschichte des späten 18. bis 21. Jahrhunderts" (DHI London)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
2 Stellen am DHI London: Britische Geschichte und Kolonial-/Globalgeschichte
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‘A decade ago, political scientists pointed to maps showing that the legacy of Habsburg rule was still visible in Ukrainians’ electoral preferences.’
Holly Case on how the Habsburg experiment shaped Europe.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on how the Habsburg experiment shaped Europe.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
‘A decade ago, political scientists pointed to maps showing that the legacy of Habsburg rule was still visible in Ukrainians’ electoral preferences.’
Holly Case on how the Habsburg experiment shaped Europe.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on how the Habsburg experiment shaped Europe.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
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One more for the road! Tomorrow evening, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social and I will present our books on Kaiser and Kaiserin with Eckart Conze (@unimarburg.bsky.social) and Jacco Pekelder (@uni-muenster.de) in Bad Homburg.
www.schloesser-hessen.de/de/bewahren/...
www.schloesser-hessen.de/de/bewahren/...
Podiumsdiskussion mit Buchpräsentation im Schloss Bad Homburg: "Wilhelm I. und Augusta – Das erste deutsche Kaiserpaar neu betrachtet" | Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen
www.schloesser-hessen.de
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One more for the road! Tomorrow evening, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social and I will present our books on Kaiser and Kaiserin with Eckart Conze (@unimarburg.bsky.social) and Jacco Pekelder (@uni-muenster.de) in Bad Homburg.
www.schloesser-hessen.de/de/bewahren/...
www.schloesser-hessen.de/de/bewahren/...
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Here it is! 📝
My venture into nationalism studies "Vaterland" is now available open access appearing with German History @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 📄
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
The reviewers were superb--and my greatest thanks to the extraordinary editorial team at Oxford UP.
My venture into nationalism studies "Vaterland" is now available open access appearing with German History @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 📄
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
The reviewers were superb--and my greatest thanks to the extraordinary editorial team at Oxford UP.
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Here it is! 📝
My venture into nationalism studies "Vaterland" is now available open access appearing with German History @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 📄
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
The reviewers were superb--and my greatest thanks to the extraordinary editorial team at Oxford UP.
My venture into nationalism studies "Vaterland" is now available open access appearing with German History @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 📄
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
The reviewers were superb--and my greatest thanks to the extraordinary editorial team at Oxford UP.
Reposted by Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh
Rusland wil graag zijn superioriteit tegenover het vijandige Westen bewijzen, schrijft columnist Beatrice de Graaf. Dat is niets nieuws. Maar hoe weerbaar is het Westen?
Column | De Russen zijn er al, maar waar zijn wij?
Rusland wil graag zijn superioriteit tegenover het vijandige Westen bewijzen. Dat is niets nieuws. Maar hoe weerbaar is het Westen?
www.nrc.nl
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Rusland wil graag zijn superioriteit tegenover het vijandige Westen bewijzen, schrijft columnist Beatrice de Graaf. Dat is niets nieuws. Maar hoe weerbaar is het Westen?
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What is the state and future of cultural history? In February 2026, the book "Cultural History for a Changing World" tries to give answer. Pre-order now: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/cultural-...
Cultural History for a Changing World
This volume explores the changing field of cultural history to map out its new developments and future directions, covering major themes such as environment, (d…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What is the state and future of cultural history? In February 2026, the book "Cultural History for a Changing World" tries to give answer. Pre-order now: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/cultural-...
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Veranstaltungshinweis: Unsere Autorin Susanne Bauer, stellt wieder mit @janmarkert.bsky.social und @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social in einer gemeinsamen Präsentation ihre Bücher vor. Wann? Am 18.11.2025, Wo? Im Schloss Bad Homburg, um Anmeldung wird gebeten unter [email protected]
On the road again! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) will travel to Bad Homburg next week to present our books with the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen and discuss our arguments with
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Veranstaltungshinweis: Unsere Autorin Susanne Bauer, stellt wieder mit @janmarkert.bsky.social und @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social in einer gemeinsamen Präsentation ihre Bücher vor. Wann? Am 18.11.2025, Wo? Im Schloss Bad Homburg, um Anmeldung wird gebeten unter [email protected]
On the road again! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) will travel to Bad Homburg next week to present our books with the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen and discuss our arguments with
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On the road again! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) will travel to Bad Homburg next week to present our books with the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen and discuss our arguments with
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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Rez: S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-151818
S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-151818
S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
www.hsozkult.de
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Rez: S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-151818
S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-151818
S. Förster: Deutsche Militärgeschichte
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De Russen zijn er al. En niet alleen met hun drones. Maar waar zijn wij?
Nieuwe @nrc.nl column!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Nieuwe @nrc.nl column!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Column | De Russen zijn er al, maar waar zijn wij?
Rusland wil graag zijn superioriteit tegenover het vijandige Westen bewijzen. Dat is niets nieuws. Maar hoe weerbaar is het Westen?
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
De Russen zijn er al. En niet alleen met hun drones. Maar waar zijn wij?
Nieuwe @nrc.nl column!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Nieuwe @nrc.nl column!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Very proud and happy with, and humbled by this generous, subtle and nuanced review essay by Ewald Frie (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for @hsozkult.bsky.social of the books of Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) 👇
Rez: Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152111
Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152111
Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
www.hsozkult.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Very proud and happy with, and humbled by this generous, subtle and nuanced review essay by Ewald Frie (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for @hsozkult.bsky.social of the books of Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) 👇
Very proud and happy with, and humbled by this generous, subtle and nuanced review essay by Ewald Frie (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for @hsozkult.bsky.social of the books of Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) 👇
Rez: Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152111
Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152111
Rezensionsessay: Monarchie und Alltag. Preußische und deutsche Geschichte 1840–1890
www.hsozkult.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Very proud and happy with, and humbled by this generous, subtle and nuanced review essay by Ewald Frie (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for @hsozkult.bsky.social of the books of Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) 👇
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"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938