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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 3d

An alle Kurzentschlossenen — heute Abend werde ich mit ein paar netten Kolleg*innen die Promotionsmöglichkeiten am @eui-history.bsky.social besprechen. Link zur Registrierung unten!

EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 7d

Promovieren in den Geschichtswissenschaften – aber wie?

Am 6 Oktober 2025 findet ein Info-Abend zu Promotionsmöglichkeiten in den Geschichtswisseenschaften am Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, Florenz statt 👉 loom.ly/5MhCuf4

📣 #PhD #Geschichtswissenschaften

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 5d

Had the great honor today of acting as an examiner at Damien De Santis' PhD defense. Congratulations, Damien!

www.ehess.fr/fr/soutenanc...

A mots couverts. Une étude des discours relatifs aux déportations raciales au départ de la France (1941-1945)

www.ehess.fr

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12d

In case you missed it...

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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Case Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by no...

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 13d

Happening now!

EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales @ehess.fr · Jun 17

#SaveTheDate 📅

☀️ Allez Savoir revient du 25 au 28 septembre 2025 à #Marseille.

🤔 Cette année, le #festival de sciences sociales, tout public en entrée libre et gratuite, proposera des débats, projections, rencontres, spectacles, et ateliers ludiques autour du thème "S'informer, vraiment ?!",

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 15d

Excited about the upcoming publication of Izabela Paszko's #INFOCOM book on informal communication in WWII Upper Silesia! Congratulations!

www.routledge.com/Informal-Com...

Informal Communication and Occupation in the Polish Borderlands: Fragmented Worlds in East Upper Silesia, 1939–1945

The book explores the neglected role and social dynamics of informal communication – interpersonal channels not controlled “from above” – in the region of Upper Silesia under the German occupation dur...

www.routledge.com

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to my first full day @ehess.fr @campuscondorcet.bsky.social !

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you 😊 Will do!

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you!

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you so much, dear Daniel! I hope we stay in touch!

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thrilled and profoundly grateful to have joined the faculty @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr this week. I can't wait to meet all my new colleagues and students!

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Caroline Mezger

crh.ehess.fr

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cold War-era nuclear safety notice, as they still hang in most Swiss apartment buildings. (I still remember bunkers packed to the brim with emergency supplies in most Swiss residential buildings well through the '90s)

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 20

What can rumors tell us about the history of the Holocaust? Read my new piece @histknowledge.bsky.social to find out! #INFOCOM

historyofknowledge.hypotheses.org/26203

Rumors of the Holocaust: Expressing an Unspeakable Knowledge

A contribution exploring the role of rumor in the development and articulation of knowledge on the Holocaust as it was unfolding.

historyofknowledge.hypotheses.org

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Institut für Zeitgeschichte München−Berlin @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social · Aug 19

Alles Gute in Paris, liebe @carolinemezger.bsky.social und à bientôt!

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 19

This month marks the end of almost 9 years at the @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who made my time there so special! I will fondly remember working at the Center for Holocaust Studies, leading the INFOCOM Project, and the many fruitful exchanges with colleagues. Auf Wiedersehen!

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 19

Herzlichen Dank!

Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 19

This month marks the end of almost 9 years at the @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who made my time there so special! I will fondly remember working at the Center for Holocaust Studies, leading the INFOCOM Project, and the many fruitful exchanges with colleagues. Auf Wiedersehen!

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Aug 17

So proud of my former PhD student Felix Berge, whose book on informal communication in Nazi Germany is about to come out!

www.beck-shop.de/berge-hoeren...

Berge | Hören und Sprechen im Krieg

Berge, Hören und Sprechen im Krieg, 2025, Buch, Fachbuch, 978-3-11-165574-1. Bücher schnell und portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands.

www.beck-shop.de

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Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Jul 30

All those affected, supporters & interested parties are cordially invited to contact the network. PDs are especially encouraged to join the network. 7/9

Home | PDprekär

Netzwerk PDprekär. Herzlich willkommen auf der Homepage des interdisziplinären Netzwerks PDprekär!

pdprekaer.jimdosite.com

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · Jul 18

I distinctly remember, over a decade ago, how a Russian friend ghasped in utter disbelief that I was watching something like Colbert, and that it was being broadcast on US public TV. That, too, will soon be gone.

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