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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · 1d

This was an excellent episode
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 2d

Here’s last night’s story about presidential libraries, how they help shape history, the troubling ways they can be used, and – of course – some tasteful conjecture about one president’s undercarriage. youtu.be/dB1-lg-xZWc

Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · 7d

Historian friends, I’m looking for a chair and/or comment to join a panel at the Business History Conference in London in March. The panel examines alcohol marketing in the U.S. mid-20th century. If you know someone, please reach out!

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 8d

Applications for the fall cycle of our short-term doctoral and postdoctoral research fellowships are due October 1. Learn more about the criteria here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – GHI Washington

www.ghi-dc.org

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 7d

SHAFR Election results are here! Congratulations to the newest members of our leadership team.
#SHAFR

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · 20d

I care deeply about this organization (obvi) but you should too! Participation is currently at 29.89%, can we get to 33%?? #SHAFR

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 15

The SHAFR 2025 election is now open! Check your inbox for the ballot.

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Passport @passportshafr.bsky.social · 24d

The September Passport issue is available! Including video games, the US in the Middle East, the Cold War International History Project, French resistance fighter, and 7 Questions about the United Nations: www.shafr.org/passport-sep...

Passport September 2025

www.shafr.org

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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 24d

I was honored to be invited to contribute a piece to the newly published @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Passport Roundtable paying tribute to the Cold War International History Project, formerly at @wilsoncenter.org. CWIHP will thrive elsewhere.

www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 24d

DEADLINE UPDATE: The Bernath Lecture Prize will now be announced with SHAFR's June prizes. The deadline for the 2026 award (delivering the lecture at #SHAFR2027) is February 1, 2026.
#SHAFR #skystorians #diplohistory

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 29d

We'd love to have you. Please consider, apply, & come join us @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University as the next new Mershon Chair in Peace Studies, tenured associate or full professor.🗃️ osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Mershon Peace Chair

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Reminder: Apps due Oct 1!

SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop → Mar 3–4, 2026 @ Singapore Management Univ.
For early/mid-career scholars of U.S. foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific.

Details + CFP: cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-...

#SHAFR #skystorians #intlhistory #academicworkshop #PhDLife

Call for Applications: SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop 2026 | College of Integrative Studies

Call for Applications SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop March 3-4, 2026, Singapore Management University.

cis.smu.edu.sg

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · 28d

My favorite packages to receive in the mail are those with new books written by friends 🙂

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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · Sep 6

CFP: Spring Emerging Scholars Workshop, “New Directions in WWII History.”
@smh-historians.bsky.social
www.nationalww2museum.org/war/jenny-cr...

Call for Papers Emerging Scholars Workshop

The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is pleased to issue this call for papers for its Spring Emerging Scholars Workshop, “New Directions in WWII History....

www.nationalww2museum.org

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 8

📍This year we launched a new digital archive putting significant collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide

For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...

A graphic featuring images from the Eichmann trials collection of the Wiener Holocaust Library

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'll be joining the plenary on teaching presidential history at the @historians.org 2025 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses, Oct 24-25 at UT Dallas. The conference is free to attend. Read more here: www.historians.org/event/2025-t...

2025 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses

The 2025 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses will take place Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at University of Texas at Dallas.

www.historians.org

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great essay by Daniel Chardell on R2P
cc: @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Aug 20

When protection becomes a pretext, sovereignty pays the price.

Israel, the Syrian Druze, and the Ghosts of the “Responsibility to Protect” - War on the Rocks

Though relatively limited in their duration and destruction, Israel’s airstrikes on Syria last month were conspicuous for their rationale. This was no act

warontherocks.com

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Aug 17

Profs with seminar research papers: advice needed. What are you doing to address the impact of AI on student papers? I can't have presentations after papers are turned in, unfortunately. I can grade preliminary assignments like research plans & 1st drafts, though I prefer not to. What are you doing?

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 15

And their postdoctoral fellowships have a deadline of October 15!

www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowshi...

IEG - Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz

Leibniz Institut für europäische Geschichte Mainz

www.ieg-mainz.de

Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 14

😆 my unemployment papers called it “lack of work”

Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 13

"happily invoking the Trump assault on higher education as an excuse to perform actions that they were already planning." Is there a word for faux austerity measures that are really consolidations of power?

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 13

My fellowship at the Leibniz Institute of European History was the BEST. If you or someone you know works on European history, you should apply!! Deadline is Friday 8/15

www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowshi...

#history #fellowships #academic

IEG - Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz

Leibniz Institut für europäische Geschichte Mainz

www.ieg-mainz.de

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

On this day in 1961, the #BerlinWall began construction. We're spotlighting four relevant titles, all currently included in our paperback and ebook sale!

1 bit.ly/4ofe486

2 bit.ly/4m4yH5D

3 bit.ly/45BZobP

4 bit.ly/4fllUZO

#History

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Evidently my Research Affiliate status only lets me access the library’s journals and databases when on campus. In other words it’s useless. 😑 6 weeks post-employment and the uni still finds ways to disappoint me

Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 10

In the home stretch for an article I’ve been dilly dallying with all summer! Today may be the day I see it all buttoned up 😬

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · Aug 6

Wrapping up my site visit at OSU for #SHAFR2026. Had a great time visiting the campus, hanging with our hosts, and catching a Columbus Crew game. Currently trying to find ways to incorporate cartoons, space, Goosebumps, and whiskey into the program!

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