Revolution ... or evolution?

Read the 🔓 #OpenAccess article (in German) by our Alumnus @denniskoelling.com on the paradoxical relationship between neoliberalism and far-right populism 👉 buff.ly/tJIdEiD

📚 #IntellectualHistory #PoliticalHistory

🔍 Elon Musk doesn’t need to launch the “America party”, he already owns the digital tools to mobilise millions. Is this the future of politics, or its privatisation?

Read more in this @financialtimes.com op-ed by @eui-history.bsky.social Prof. Nicolas Guilhot‬ 👇
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This is my first published academic text in German, and I am truly grateful for the fantastic editing by the Neue Politische Literatur-team!

I am happy to announce that my extensive essay on Quinn Slobodian's latest book is out now in open access! Read my take on how the book details the intellectual origins of the contemporary far-right and engages with an innovative source base below (in German)👇👇👇

History Bubble: Can anyone recommend a good, comprehensive history of the Austrian school of economics not written by actors from within the school? Ideally an intellectual history, history of ideas or concepts, to contextualize theories such as opportunity costs.

I wonder if Elon Musk has ever read Hazlitt.

To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing.

The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A lot of Americans, even liberal ones, underestimate how much anger is building up towards Washington among those British and German social groups who were once the most fervent advocates for the alliance with the United States

@jeremycyoung.bsky.social, director of state and higher education policy at the free expression group PEN America, said senator Ted Cruz's database of “questionable” university research projects creates “a hit list” for higher education research. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Billionaire Trump surrogate and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced the Post’s opinion section will only accept opinions supporting personal liberties and free markets. This decision has been met with glee from conservatives and disgust from everyone else.

Now that Twitter has become close to unbearable, I will probably continue to share my work here. Just in case I flake on that commitment again, I’ve also created a small portfolio website for those interested in my projects. Check it out here: www.denniskoelling.com.

I would love to give more praise than the word limit would ever allow, but I saved that for four pages of acknowledgments. In short, I am genuinely thankful to everyone who supported me in this venture and who contributed to the dissertation in one way or another. 🙏

Two weeks ago, I passed my PhD defense @eui-eu.bsky.social. I'm incredibly grateful for the exceptional guidance and support of my supervisor, Nicolas Guilhot, and the detailed, insightful, and inspiring comments from my examiners, Glenda Sluga, @duncanbell.bsky.social, and @quinnslobodian.com.

Call for Papers: Oxford Centre for Intellectual History Graduate Conference 2025

This year's theme is 'Anachronism and History'. Deadline for applications is 20 April 2025.

Submit an abstract below ⬇️
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.

Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.

Extraordinary.

New(ish) article:

Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought

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🎮 Playing with history

Watch the interview with our #PhD researcher @elisa-chazal.bsky.social on how material culture and historical reconstructions shape our understanding of the past, and on the opportunities offered by digital storytelling 👇

📹 #DigitalHistory #MaterialHistory #skystorians

Wow, this post did not age well. Well, here goes another attempt to finally get away from the madness of Twitter.

Great article about book lovers and how the language of wealth has taken over discussions of reading in the popular imagination.

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Hello world! Recently back to social media and I‘ll give Bluesky a chance, now that Twitter has become a disaster.