Jochen Hung
@jochenhung.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cultural History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands
https://www.uu.nl/staff/JBHung
https://www.uu.nl/staff/JBHung
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@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
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#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, a council voted against a previously agreed plan to house asylum seekers in an empty office, after a private company had stoked fears in the community. The company, Bergman Assets, offers accommodation for asylum seekers, at 23 times the cost.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, a council voted against a previously agreed plan to house asylum seekers in an empty office, after a private company had stoked fears in the community. The company, Bergman Assets, offers accommodation for asylum seekers, at 23 times the cost.
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#CfP 31st Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
📌 #Seminar at #UCBerkeley | 16/06-18/06/2026 | organised by @cgesgeorgetown.bsky.social and @ghiwashington.bsky.social
📝 Deadline: 31/12/2026
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
📌 #Seminar at #UCBerkeley | 16/06-18/06/2026 | organised by @cgesgeorgetown.bsky.social and @ghiwashington.bsky.social
📝 Deadline: 31/12/2026
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#CfP 31st Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
📌 #Seminar at #UCBerkeley | 16/06-18/06/2026 | organised by @cgesgeorgetown.bsky.social and @ghiwashington.bsky.social
📝 Deadline: 31/12/2026
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
📌 #Seminar at #UCBerkeley | 16/06-18/06/2026 | organised by @cgesgeorgetown.bsky.social and @ghiwashington.bsky.social
📝 Deadline: 31/12/2026
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
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The special issue of New German Critique on "German Memory Politics at a Crossroads," which I co-edited with Andreas Huyssen and the late Anson Rabinbach, is finally starting to look real! It will be out in February 2026.
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The special issue of New German Critique on "German Memory Politics at a Crossroads," which I co-edited with Andreas Huyssen and the late Anson Rabinbach, is finally starting to look real! It will be out in February 2026.
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
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Looking forward to this! Do join us in person or online next Tuesday, 2 December, 5.30pm UK time @uolsbc.bsky.social
📣Join us on 2 Dec, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall' - Please register for in-person or online attendance. Eventbrite links below
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Looking forward to this! Do join us in person or online next Tuesday, 2 December, 5.30pm UK time @uolsbc.bsky.social
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Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
Rechtsextremismus: Wir haben Euch gewarnt
Ein brennendes Haus in Solingen. Eine vierköpfige Familie stirbt in den Flammen. Brandstiftung. Die Schlagzeilen sind nicht von 1993, sondern von jetzt. Schon wieder.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
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A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research has estimated that in the first two years of the war in Gaza, between 99,997 en 125,915 Palestinians have been killed, with 27% of the dead aged under 15
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
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Dodental Gaza veel hoger dan gedacht: meer dan 100.000 Palestijnen gedood door Israël
Uit nieuw onderzoek van het onafhankelijke Max Planck Instituut voor Demografisch Onderzoek blijkt dat de situatie waarschijnlijk een stuk schrijnender is d...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research has estimated that in the first two years of the war in Gaza, between 99,997 en 125,915 Palestinians have been killed, with 27% of the dead aged under 15
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
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Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
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"‘Which is the best university in the world?’ is not a useful question. ‘Which university might be best for me, given that I care about X and Y?’ is a better question — but one for which current measures are unlikely to provide a good answer"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"‘Which is the best university in the world?’ is not a useful question. ‘Which university might be best for me, given that I care about X and Y?’ is a better question — but one for which current measures are unlikely to provide a good answer"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
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Throughout the last 2000 years, only five cities have the right to claim to have been "Europe's largest city". Source: buff.ly/vpchRZk
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Throughout the last 2000 years, only five cities have the right to claim to have been "Europe's largest city". Source: buff.ly/vpchRZk
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Students have lived their lives as learners under a cloud of suspicion that they are cheaters and don't want to do the "boring and hard" work. The majority of students do not cheat (61% of the students in this "experiment" didn't use AI), so this presumption is unfair. I'd argue it's toxic. 4/8
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Students have lived their lives as learners under a cloud of suspicion that they are cheaters and don't want to do the "boring and hard" work. The majority of students do not cheat (61% of the students in this "experiment" didn't use AI), so this presumption is unfair. I'd argue it's toxic. 4/8
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“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History”
This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture.
Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#events #lse
This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture.
Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#events #lse
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History”
This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture.
Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#events #lse
This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture.
Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
#events #lse
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Haben die meisten ja auch, aber Hoeres schon lange nicht mehr und es ist ihm nicht mal peinlich. Er scheint nicht mal mehr den Anspruch zu haben, in der Fachwelt angesehen zu sein. Und da wären wir bei Problemen unseres Wissenschaftssystems, das so etwas nicht mehr sanktioniert, sobald man Prof ist.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Haben die meisten ja auch, aber Hoeres schon lange nicht mehr und es ist ihm nicht mal peinlich. Er scheint nicht mal mehr den Anspruch zu haben, in der Fachwelt angesehen zu sein. Und da wären wir bei Problemen unseres Wissenschaftssystems, das so etwas nicht mehr sanktioniert, sobald man Prof ist.
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We are hiring.
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UZH: Professorship for Africa – Europe in the long 20th Century
The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship for Africa – Europe in the long 20th century (open rank). The position should be filled by 1 August 2027. Depending on the qualificati...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We are hiring.
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Wir bitten um Entschuldigung für das Verhalten von Friedrich Merz:
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Brasilien: Entschuldigung für Friedrich Merz!
Friedrich Merz war nicht einmal 24 Stunden bei der COP. Über seinen Aufenthalt in der Stadt erzählte er:
»Ich habe einige Journalisten, die mit mir in Brasilien waren, letzte Woche gefragt: Wer von e...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Wir bitten um Entschuldigung für das Verhalten von Friedrich Merz:
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On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
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Ob die Psychologen es mittlerweile herausgefunden haben ? (Der Bund, Band 145, Nummer 137, 15. Juni 1994 ) #GameStudies @chludens.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ob die Psychologen es mittlerweile herausgefunden haben ? (Der Bund, Band 145, Nummer 137, 15. Juni 1994 ) #GameStudies @chludens.bsky.social
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Just stumbled over this while cleaning my desk after handing in a manuscript.
20 years ago.
Peak American Empire, when humanitarian intervention was a bipartisan issue.
I cannot shake the feeling that today’s superpower suicide has its roots in that period of imperial - and moral - overstretch.
20 years ago.
Peak American Empire, when humanitarian intervention was a bipartisan issue.
I cannot shake the feeling that today’s superpower suicide has its roots in that period of imperial - and moral - overstretch.
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just stumbled over this while cleaning my desk after handing in a manuscript.
20 years ago.
Peak American Empire, when humanitarian intervention was a bipartisan issue.
I cannot shake the feeling that today’s superpower suicide has its roots in that period of imperial - and moral - overstretch.
20 years ago.
Peak American Empire, when humanitarian intervention was a bipartisan issue.
I cannot shake the feeling that today’s superpower suicide has its roots in that period of imperial - and moral - overstretch.
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Versagen der BRD-deutschen Wirtschafts- & Politeliten, zu begreifen, dass Green Economy & Technology ein knallharter geopolitischer Macht- & Wirtschaftsfaktor sind, was China da treibt & warum das alles direkte Auswirkungen auf das Business Modell DE hat, zusammenhängen. Die kleben stattdessen an
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Versagen der BRD-deutschen Wirtschafts- & Politeliten, zu begreifen, dass Green Economy & Technology ein knallharter geopolitischer Macht- & Wirtschaftsfaktor sind, was China da treibt & warum das alles direkte Auswirkungen auf das Business Modell DE hat, zusammenhängen. Die kleben stattdessen an