Timothy Nunan
@timothynunan.bsky.social
Historian | International history, global development, Cold War and decolonization | Professor at Univ. Regensburg | Author of "Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan," now working on Shi'a Islamism | Views my own.
Happy to announce the CfP for the 2027 Hermann Weber Conference, "Communist Regimes and the World Economy Since the 1970s" (Apr. 22-23, 2027), supported by the Gerda-und-Hermann-Weber-Stiftung in the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/stiftung/...
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy to announce the CfP for the 2027 Hermann Weber Conference, "Communist Regimes and the World Economy Since the 1970s" (Apr. 22-23, 2027), supported by the Gerda-und-Hermann-Weber-Stiftung in the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/stiftung/...
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Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols.
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I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...
Interesting call for papers for historians of global development and US foreign policy from the Journal für Entwicklungspolitik on "The End of USAID": jep-journal.com/call-for-pap.... More information at the link, deadline for proposals is October 31, 2025.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Interesting call for papers for historians of global development and US foreign policy from the Journal für Entwicklungspolitik on "The End of USAID": jep-journal.com/call-for-pap.... More information at the link, deadline for proposals is October 31, 2025.
This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.
Call For Applications: Toynbee First Book Workshop Competition 2025-26 | Toynbee Prize Foundation
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September 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.
My department at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social is hiring for a postdoc in area studies (3 years, with possibility of a 2-year extension). This is a full-time position, open to relevant fields in the humanities & social sciences. Deadline is September 30!
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karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/d...
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (PostDoc) (w/m/d)
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August 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My department at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social is hiring for a postdoc in area studies (3 years, with possibility of a 2-year extension). This is a full-time position, open to relevant fields in the humanities & social sciences. Deadline is September 30!
karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/d...
karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/d...
Interesting fellowship opportunity for postdoctoral researchers at 🇺🇸 institutions (including non-US citizens) to relocate to 🇦🇹 for four years with up to €500K funding: stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi... (Applicants need to be nominated by 🇦🇹 hosts, but there are instructions for how to reach out!)
APART-USA
Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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July 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Interesting fellowship opportunity for postdoctoral researchers at 🇺🇸 institutions (including non-US citizens) to relocate to 🇦🇹 for four years with up to €500K funding: stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi... (Applicants need to be nominated by 🇦🇹 hosts, but there are instructions for how to reach out!)
This online workshop on academic publishing (July 9 at 15:00 GMT) from the Toynbee Prize Foundation and the Journal of Global History, hosted by @emleake.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity for early career #skystorians: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...
Call for registration: JGH x TPF Publishing Workshop II | Toynbee Prize Foundation
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June 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This online workshop on academic publishing (July 9 at 15:00 GMT) from the Toynbee Prize Foundation and the Journal of Global History, hosted by @emleake.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity for early career #skystorians: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...
@uniregensburg.bsky.social is looking to hire a full professor (W3) of Comparative Politics, focusing on 🇪🇺 politics. Please circulate within your networks – I'm not on the search committee, but am happy to provide information about 🇩🇪 job searches & Regensburg: www.uni-regensburg.de/assets/unive...
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May 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@uniregensburg.bsky.social is looking to hire a full professor (W3) of Comparative Politics, focusing on 🇪🇺 politics. Please circulate within your networks – I'm not on the search committee, but am happy to provide information about 🇩🇪 job searches & Regensburg: www.uni-regensburg.de/assets/unive...
"Germany’s direction is clear: a shift away from the pretense of self-reflection, toward a colder and more militarized vision of the German state and identity." @hahauenstein.bsky.social with an excellent, if sobering, overview of German politics in 2025. hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germany-ha...
Germany's New Government Is Scarier Than You Think
Friedrich Merz’s new government marks a shift towards ideological conservatism, with some of its key ministers setting the stage for a more authoritarian direction. Here’s what you need to know.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Germany’s direction is clear: a shift away from the pretense of self-reflection, toward a colder and more militarized vision of the German state and identity." @hahauenstein.bsky.social with an excellent, if sobering, overview of German politics in 2025. hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germany-ha...
"Researchers from around the world have used the archives for projects, and scholars especially value the center’s records of documents from the Cold War era." DOGE's
dismantling of @wilsoncenter.org is a brazen act of vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown
About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Researchers from around the world have used the archives for projects, and scholars especially value the center’s records of documents from the Cold War era." DOGE's
dismantling of @wilsoncenter.org is a brazen act of vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
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Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Assistant Professor of History
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...
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April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
Adam Shatz in @lrb.co.uk: "American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out ‘reforms’ – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz | Submission
There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...
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March 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Adam Shatz in @lrb.co.uk: "American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out ‘reforms’ – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Looking forward to speaking on my current book project this Wednesday, March 12, from 16:15-17:45 at @recetvienna.bsky.social. Thanks to Eva-Maria Muschik for the invitation and the chance to engage in conversations with #skystorians in 🇦🇹! www.recet.at/event-news/e...
Believing Globally: Islamist Internationalism Between the Cold War and Decolonization
How did Shi'a Islamist actors come to hold such grand ambitions for themselves? In this talk, Prof. Dr. Timothy Nunan draws on research in new Persian- and Arabic-language materials to show how decolo...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looking forward to speaking on my current book project this Wednesday, March 12, from 16:15-17:45 at @recetvienna.bsky.social. Thanks to Eva-Maria Muschik for the invitation and the chance to engage in conversations with #skystorians in 🇦🇹! www.recet.at/event-news/e...
An insane decision by the State Department to terminate the Title VIII program, which has allowed American students to study the languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia – all essential for foreign policy, intelligence, the military and not least a better informed citizenry.
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
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Rubio just cancelled all of them
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Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington
Title VIII Fellowships
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February 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
An insane decision by the State Department to terminate the Title VIII program, which has allowed American students to study the languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia – all essential for foreign policy, intelligence, the military and not least a better informed citizenry.
Dt. Hochschulverband: "Die kurz vor Beginn der Erhebung zurückgetretene Bundesministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger wurde von 2.422 Teilnehmenden bewertet. Ihre durchschnittliche Bewertung von 4,82 ist die 'historisch' schlechteste Bewertung für diese Position." www.hochschulverband.de/fileadmin/re...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Dt. Hochschulverband: "Die kurz vor Beginn der Erhebung zurückgetretene Bundesministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger wurde von 2.422 Teilnehmenden bewertet. Ihre durchschnittliche Bewertung von 4,82 ist die 'historisch' schlechteste Bewertung für diese Position." www.hochschulverband.de/fileadmin/re...
Looking forward to checking this out from #skystorians @drichterova.bsky.social, on Czechoslovakia's Cold War intelligence relations with terrorist organizations. Looks like an interesting contribution to work on ties between MENA and Eastern Europe! press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watchin...
February 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Looking forward to checking this out from #skystorians @drichterova.bsky.social, on Czechoslovakia's Cold War intelligence relations with terrorist organizations. Looks like an interesting contribution to work on ties between MENA and Eastern Europe! press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watchin...
"Wo, wenn nicht an einer Universität können kontroverse Debatten geführt werden?" Erstaunlich zynische Worte, mit denen die @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social politischer Einflussnahme nachgibt und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland gefährdet. www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/nach...
FU sagt Vortrag von UN-Berichterstatterin in Präsenz ab
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February 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"Wo, wenn nicht an einer Universität können kontroverse Debatten geführt werden?" Erstaunlich zynische Worte, mit denen die @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social politischer Einflussnahme nachgibt und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland gefährdet. www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/nach...
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JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge
(this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700)
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge
(this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700)
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge
(this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700)
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/
Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge
(this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700)
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/
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🚨I'm thrilled to share that @wadhamoxford, in collaboration with @OxfordHistory Faculty, has established the Koch History Centre, an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The Centre will support 12 junior and senior fellows. This year's theme: "Religion and the State." Please consider applying!
February 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🚨I'm thrilled to share that @wadhamoxford, in collaboration with @OxfordHistory Faculty, has established the Koch History Centre, an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The Centre will support 12 junior and senior fellows. This year's theme: "Religion and the State." Please consider applying!
"Er stand dort für eine an Europa interessierte Forschung, die an Epochen erinnert, in denen Ideologien eine herausragende Rolle im Meinungskampf spielten. Jede Zeile von ihm war informativ." Jürgen Kaube in der @faznet.bsky.social zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach: www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach
Sein Horizont unterlag keiner nationalen Begrenzung: Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach, der die kulturellen und politischen Umstände erforschte, unter denen der Nationalsozialismus aufstieg.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Er stand dort für eine an Europa interessierte Forschung, die an Epochen erinnert, in denen Ideologien eine herausragende Rolle im Meinungskampf spielten. Jede Zeile von ihm war informativ." Jürgen Kaube in der @faznet.bsky.social zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach: www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
I'm saddened to learn about the passing of Anson Rabinbach, who was a wonderful scholar and the most supportive mentor I could have hoped for as an undergraduate student. Colleagues at the University of Wisconsin are collecting memories via the link in @jennifervevans.bsky.social's post.
The great intellectual historian Anson Rabinbach, passed away a few days ago in Rome after a fall. The folks over at the George Mosse Program in Wisconsin have set up an online page to capture memories and reminiscences for friends and family. It is available here:
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February 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm saddened to learn about the passing of Anson Rabinbach, who was a wonderful scholar and the most supportive mentor I could have hoped for as an undergraduate student. Colleagues at the University of Wisconsin are collecting memories via the link in @jennifervevans.bsky.social's post.
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Grad students and recent PhDs: apply for our 2025 summer research grants! $3-4k. Apps due March 9. More info: www.hpeproject.org/grants-cfp
HPE Project 2024 Summer Research Grant CFP — History & Political Economy Project
The History & Political Economy (HPE) Project invites applications from PhD students and early-career scholars for our 2024 summer research grant.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Grad students and recent PhDs: apply for our 2025 summer research grants! $3-4k. Apps due March 9. More info: www.hpeproject.org/grants-cfp
I'm hiring a post-doc working on 🇦🇿🇰🇬🇹🇷🇮🇷🇷🇺 for our new @dfg.de-AHRC project at @uniregensburg.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics." More information here: www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
0,5 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics“ (Univ. Regensburg)
Eine Stelle als wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (Postdoc) im von der DFG und AHRC geförderten Projekt "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics" am Department ...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm hiring a post-doc working on 🇦🇿🇰🇬🇹🇷🇮🇷🇷🇺 for our new @dfg.de-AHRC project at @uniregensburg.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics." More information here: www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
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"Wie soll denn Antisemitismus mit einer Resolution bekämpft werden, der die AfD zustimmen kann?“, fragte Miriam Rürup. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Forscher kritisieren Antisemitismus-Resolution scharf
Der Bundestag hat die Resolution auch mit Zustimmung der AfD verabschiedet. Forscher fürchten durch das Papier einen Ansehensverlust der deutschen Wissenschaft und politische Einflussnahme.
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January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Wie soll denn Antisemitismus mit einer Resolution bekämpft werden, der die AfD zustimmen kann?“, fragte Miriam Rürup. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...