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#TheoryOfHistory | #UniBielefeld
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Next week, #SandraMaß will be our guest on #TheoryColloquiumAsAGuestOf the #ProfilareaGeschichtskulturen. This is also the faculty colloquium. She will speak on the topic of 'Zukünftige Vergangenheiten'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Next week, #SandraMaß will be our guest on #TheoryColloquiumAsAGuestOf the #ProfilareaGeschichtskulturen. This is also the faculty colloquium. She will speak on the topic of 'Zukünftige Vergangenheiten'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
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Mit den Blogs Geschichtstheorie am Werk und dem theorieblog.de haben sich zwei Plattformen etabliert, die sich für eine breite Öffentlichkeit den theoretischen Grundfragen ihrer Fachdisziplinen (Geschichtswissenschaften und Politikwissenschaften) widmen.... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30404
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Mit den Blogs Geschichtstheorie am Werk und dem theorieblog.de haben sich zwei Plattformen etabliert, die sich für eine breite Öffentlichkeit den theoretischen Grundfragen ihrer Fachdisziplinen (Geschichtswissenschaften und Politikwissenschaften) widmen.... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30404
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Our December 2025 "Philology Now" theme issue, edited by Valeria López Fadul and Courtney Weiss Smith, is out!
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Our December 2025 "Philology Now" theme issue, edited by Valeria López Fadul and Courtney Weiss Smith, is out!
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...
The #ZThF is pleased to announce that the second volume of the #BielefeldTheorieTalk series is finally online!
This #micro-monograph is entitled “Virtual History. Perspectives on an expanded concept of history” and was developed as part of the #Koselleck_Lecture with Lucian Hölscher.
This #micro-monograph is entitled “Virtual History. Perspectives on an expanded concept of history” and was developed as part of the #Koselleck_Lecture with Lucian Hölscher.
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The #ZThF is pleased to announce that the second volume of the #BielefeldTheorieTalk series is finally online!
This #micro-monograph is entitled “Virtual History. Perspectives on an expanded concept of history” and was developed as part of the #Koselleck_Lecture with Lucian Hölscher.
This #micro-monograph is entitled “Virtual History. Perspectives on an expanded concept of history” and was developed as part of the #Koselleck_Lecture with Lucian Hölscher.
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🛎️ The second volume of the BiUP Bielefeld Theory Talks series is now out.
It features Lucian Hölscher’s reflections on virtual history, followed by commentaries by Britta Hochkirchen, Chris Lorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social 👇
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It features Lucian Hölscher’s reflections on virtual history, followed by commentaries by Britta Hochkirchen, Chris Lorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social 👇
bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM
🛎️ The second volume of the BiUP Bielefeld Theory Talks series is now out.
It features Lucian Hölscher’s reflections on virtual history, followed by commentaries by Britta Hochkirchen, Chris Lorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social 👇
bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...
It features Lucian Hölscher’s reflections on virtual history, followed by commentaries by Britta Hochkirchen, Chris Lorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social 👇
bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...
#REMINDER We are delighted to announce that #MartinaKessel will be joining us on Thursday for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das exkludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht".
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online! #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online! #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
January 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
#REMINDER We are delighted to announce that #MartinaKessel will be joining us on Thursday for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das exkludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht".
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online! #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online! #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
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Call for Papers: In Zusammenarbeit mit @theorieblog.bsky.social laden wir zu Einreichungen ein, die beide Disziplinen verbinden oder die Texte/Theorien der jeweils anderen Disziplin kritisch untersuchen. Deadline: 12. April 2026.
Mehr hier👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33120
#theoryofhistory #politicaltheory
Mehr hier👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33120
#theoryofhistory #politicaltheory
Call for Papers: Politische Theorien in den Geschichtswissenschaften und Geschichtstheorien in den Politikwissenschaften – eine interdisziplinäre Begegnung
Editorial Board - Ein gemeinsamer Call for Papers der Blogs „Geschichtstheorie am Werk“ und des „theorieblog.de“.
Beitrag in Deutsch Post in English
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January 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Call for Papers: In Zusammenarbeit mit @theorieblog.bsky.social laden wir zu Einreichungen ein, die beide Disziplinen verbinden oder die Texte/Theorien der jeweils anderen Disziplin kritisch untersuchen. Deadline: 12. April 2026.
Mehr hier👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33120
#theoryofhistory #politicaltheory
Mehr hier👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33120
#theoryofhistory #politicaltheory
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Geschichtstheorie am Werk / Theory of History at Work
This blog aims to theorize and reflect on history, which is to say history as both a research object and epistemological practice.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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The editorial board would like to wish you a happy winter break with the final post of the year. 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32899
#theoryhofhistory
gtw.hypotheses.org/32899
#theoryhofhistory
The editorial board has compiled a few reading suggestions for the winter break and wishes you a Merry Think Time!
Editorial Board - The editorial board has compiled a few reading suggestions for the winter break and wishes you a Merry Think Time!
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December 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The editorial board would like to wish you a happy winter break with the final post of the year. 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32899
#theoryhofhistory
gtw.hypotheses.org/32899
#theoryhofhistory
We are delighted to welcome Martina Kessel on January 15, 2026. Her lecture is entitled “Das exludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht”.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online!
#theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online!
#theoryofhistory #genderhistory
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We are delighted to welcome Martina Kessel on January 15, 2026. Her lecture is entitled “Das exludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht”.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online!
#theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online!
#theoryofhistory #genderhistory
#Announcement New Board Member
The Center for Theories in Historical Research is pleased to welcome @martinlutz.bsky.social as a new board member, beginning in January 2026.
We look forward to working with him, and we are excited to see what the future holds.
#zthf #theoryofhistory
The Center for Theories in Historical Research is pleased to welcome @martinlutz.bsky.social as a new board member, beginning in January 2026.
We look forward to working with him, and we are excited to see what the future holds.
#zthf #theoryofhistory
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
#Announcement New Board Member
The Center for Theories in Historical Research is pleased to welcome @martinlutz.bsky.social as a new board member, beginning in January 2026.
We look forward to working with him, and we are excited to see what the future holds.
#zthf #theoryofhistory
The Center for Theories in Historical Research is pleased to welcome @martinlutz.bsky.social as a new board member, beginning in January 2026.
We look forward to working with him, and we are excited to see what the future holds.
#zthf #theoryofhistory
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This week, Clemens Wischermann writes about emotions in research, proposing an empathic difference to avoid misidentification and excessive sympathy.
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32681
#theoryofhistory
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32681
#theoryofhistory
Emotionen in der Forschungserfahrung: Von der Empathie zur „empathischen Differenz“
Clemens Wischermann - Empathie als methodologisches Problem der Beobachter in Forschersituationen ist schon lange ein Thema der Sozialwissenschaften. Aber in den Geschichtswissenschaften findet sich E...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This week, Clemens Wischermann writes about emotions in research, proposing an empathic difference to avoid misidentification and excessive sympathy.
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32681
#theoryofhistory
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32681
#theoryofhistory
#REMINDER We are pleased to announce that Jürgen Renn will be joining us tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-001 or online! #theoryofhistory #Anthropocene
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-001 or online! #theoryofhistory #Anthropocene
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#REMINDER We are pleased to announce that Jürgen Renn will be joining us tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-001 or online! #theoryofhistory #Anthropocene
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-001 or online! #theoryofhistory #Anthropocene
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The best thing that can happen to your book is that a reviewer finds it extremely generative for their own ongoing research –even if it unfolds in a completely different field. 🌈 #intellectualtransfer
For more information, click here: gtw.hypotheses.org/32025
The Monument as a Mirror for the History of Historical Epistemology
Shahzad Bashir - Regazzoni’s purpose in The Episteme of the Gallic Past is to show that, in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe, the term “monument” had a variety of meanings that underwent sign...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The best thing that can happen to your book is that a reviewer finds it extremely generative for their own ongoing research –even if it unfolds in a completely different field. 🌈 #intellectualtransfer
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More #theoryofhistory at gtw.hypotheses.org ! We have a great post from Gion Wallmeyer form the University of Bielefeld on "Are the Times a-Changin‘? Argumentieren mit Zeit und Wandel in der Geschichtswissenschaft"
Read the post here: 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32418
Read the post here: 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32418
Are the Times a-Changin‘? Argumentieren mit Zeit und Wandel in der Geschichtswissenschaft
Gion Wallmeyer - Die moderne Geschichtswissenschaft beschäftigt sich bereits seit ihren Anfängen mit der Frage, wie historischer Wandel rekonstruiert werden kann. In der jüngeren Forschung wird Wande...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
More #theoryofhistory at gtw.hypotheses.org ! We have a great post from Gion Wallmeyer form the University of Bielefeld on "Are the Times a-Changin‘? Argumentieren mit Zeit und Wandel in der Geschichtswissenschaft"
Read the post here: 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32418
Read the post here: 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32418
On 9 December 2025, we will be welcoming Jürgen Renn to present a colloquium entitled 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On 9 December 2025, we will be welcoming Jürgen Renn to present a colloquium entitled 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene
#REMINDER: We welcome Claudia Opitz-Belakhal tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Von der Frauen- zur Geschlechtergeschichte - und zurück? Ergebnisse, Debatten, Perspektiven historischer Geschlechterforschung'.
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#REMINDER: We welcome Claudia Opitz-Belakhal tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Von der Frauen- zur Geschlechtergeschichte - und zurück? Ergebnisse, Debatten, Perspektiven historischer Geschlechterforschung'.
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
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For more information, click here: gtw.hypotheses.org/32025
The Monument as a Mirror for the History of Historical Epistemology
Shahzad Bashir - Regazzoni’s purpose in The Episteme of the Gallic Past is to show that, in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe, the term “monument” had a variety of meanings that underwent sign...
gtw.hypotheses.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For more information, click here: gtw.hypotheses.org/32025
On November 13th from 6-8 pm, Claudia Opitz-Belakhal will speak about "Von der Frauen- zur Geschlechtergeschichte - und zurück? Ereignisse, Debatten, Perspektiven historischer Geschlechterforschung"
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online!
| #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online!
| #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On November 13th from 6-8 pm, Claudia Opitz-Belakhal will speak about "Von der Frauen- zur Geschlechtergeschichte - und zurück? Ereignisse, Debatten, Perspektiven historischer Geschlechterforschung"
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online!
| #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online!
| #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
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A new blogpost from Lisa Regazzoni (@lisaregazzoni.bsky.social): In it she describes her experience visiting the town of Salem and reflects on finding words for the encounter of merging temporal horizons.
Read more about how "1692 is “queerly” alive" here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32090
#theoryofhistory
Read more about how "1692 is “queerly” alive" here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32090
#theoryofhistory
American (Hi)storytelling: Report #1 from a Real Experience. Written by a Theorist of History after a Tourist Visit to Salem, Massachusetts.
Lisa Regazzoni - October 5th, 2025. In Salem, Massachusetts, the temporal horizons seem to merge. In this small town near Boston, the past – specifically the year 1692 – is present in a way I had not...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A new blogpost from Lisa Regazzoni (@lisaregazzoni.bsky.social): In it she describes her experience visiting the town of Salem and reflects on finding words for the encounter of merging temporal horizons.
Read more about how "1692 is “queerly” alive" here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32090
#theoryofhistory
Read more about how "1692 is “queerly” alive" here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32090
#theoryofhistory
#MEMBER-Alert!
Dear Theory Center members,
Our general meeting will take place next Wednesday, October 22, 2025. It will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room X-A2-103 at Bielefeld Univ.
Dear Theory Center members,
Our general meeting will take place next Wednesday, October 22, 2025. It will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room X-A2-103 at Bielefeld Univ.
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#MEMBER-Alert!
Dear Theory Center members,
Our general meeting will take place next Wednesday, October 22, 2025. It will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room X-A2-103 at Bielefeld Univ.
Dear Theory Center members,
Our general meeting will take place next Wednesday, October 22, 2025. It will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room X-A2-103 at Bielefeld Univ.
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My contribution to the Contributions to the History...
On the 'Disempowering Agency' of Reinhart Koselleck’s Figure Collection 👇
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On the 'Disempowering Agency' of Reinhart Koselleck’s Figure Collection 👇
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My contribution to the Contributions to the History...
On the 'Disempowering Agency' of Reinhart Koselleck’s Figure Collection 👇
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
On the 'Disempowering Agency' of Reinhart Koselleck’s Figure Collection 👇
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
#MEMBER ALERT!
Dear #ZThF members,
Yesterday, we published our new #CallforWorkshops for the summer and winter semesters of 2026.
Dear #ZThF members,
Yesterday, we published our new #CallforWorkshops for the summer and winter semesters of 2026.
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#MEMBER ALERT!
Dear #ZThF members,
Yesterday, we published our new #CallforWorkshops for the summer and winter semesters of 2026.
Dear #ZThF members,
Yesterday, we published our new #CallforWorkshops for the summer and winter semesters of 2026.
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With Riley Linebaugh (@rileysline.bsky.social) joining the editorial board of Theory of History at Work, the blog gains valuable expertise on postcolonial justice and the links between archive-making and history-writing! Here is the excellent contribution by Sauda Nabukenya, edited by her 👇
For more information, click here: gtw.hypotheses.org/31635
Court Cases as Epistemology: Reconstructing African History through Legal Archives
Sauda Nabukenya - Can court records be more than legal sources – can they serve as epistemological workshops for reconstructing African history? This essay argues that they can, drawing on more than 1...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
With Riley Linebaugh (@rileysline.bsky.social) joining the editorial board of Theory of History at Work, the blog gains valuable expertise on postcolonial justice and the links between archive-making and history-writing! Here is the excellent contribution by Sauda Nabukenya, edited by her 👇