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Moritz von Brescius

@mbrescius.bsky.social

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Professor @unibas.ch, PI of Consolidator Grant Global Social and Economic History, Resources, History of Science, Environmental History and Imperialism, Euro-Asian Entanglements

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you, @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social‬ — it’s been an absolute pleasure teaming up on this. Holding an Anthropocene conference in the middle of yet another heatwave feels almost too on-the-nose… Proof, if any were needed, of just how urgent this work really is!

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Aug 13

With @mbrescius.bsky.social I am very happy to announce the launch of a major new project in #Anthropocene history. The Long Acceleration brings together more than 20 scholars to consider the planetary emergency. Many thanks to Moritz and the Institute for European Global Studies for hosting us.

Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Jun 4

The wonderful Tehila Sasson, Sugata Bose, Zaib un Nisa Aziz, and Sven Beckert during the concluding roundtable of a superb international conference. Vibrant discussions about the field and future of global histories of capitalism & the environment. Thanks to all participants!

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m beyond excited for this conference: “New Global Histories of Capitalism & the Environment”! It also celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard. Stay tuned for the publication

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · May 12

If you're in the Basel area, come to the book launch of Corey Ross's Liquid Empire (Princeton 2024) tonight, in conversation with the wonderful Julia Adeney Thomas. At 6pm in the Orangerie of the Institute for European Global Studies: europa.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles...

Book Launch: «Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World» by Prof. Dr. Corey Ross

Presentation and Discussion with Prof. Dr. Corey Ross, moderated by Prof. Julia Adeney Thomas (University of Notre Dame).

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Apr 28

This looks fantastic, couldn't recommend it more.

Mark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · Mar 18

PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century

If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May

www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Apr 16

Job alert! We're hiring @unibas.ch !
📢 1 fully-funded PhD position (4 years) in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social Consolidator project "The Battle of Materials"! Spread the word:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: PhD Position in History (or related discipline) 100%

SNSF Consolidator Grant project “The Battle of Materials: Commodity 'Research and Propaganda' and the Road to Immoderate Consumption, 1900-1980” The Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Stud...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 15

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Mar 19

Presenting a new project with the wonderful Fredrik A. Jonsson (Chicago U) at the New Anthropocene Centre in Stockholm today -- come along if you're in the area to discuss "The Long Acceleration: Rethinking the Historical Causes of the Planetary Emergency". www.kth.se/anthropocene...

The Long Acceleration: Rethinking the Historical Causes of the Planetary Emergency | KTH

Welcome to a Book Talk presentation of the forthcoming book 'The Long Acceleration: Rethinking the Historical Causes of the Planetary Emergency' with visiting scholars Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Unive...

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very excited about the upcoming conference on "Asian Borderlands: Cross-Border Exchange and Extraction" with a fabulous line-up of speakers from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Taking stock of a dynamic interdisciplinary field and identifying future directions and new departures!

H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Jul 18

Konf: Asian Borderlands: Cross-Border Exchange and Extraction in Modern History

http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-145461

Bern, 02.09.2024-03.09.2024, Dr. Moritz von Brescius

Asian Borderlands: Cross-Border Exchange and Extraction in Modern History

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Nov 8

Intriguing conference in Rio de Janeiro in mid-March 2024: "Rethinking the History of Global Capitalism". Call for papers now open, and scholars from the Global South are especially encouraged to apply: wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/news/call-pa...