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Moritz Mihatsch

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Global historian interested in sovereignty, nationalism & Sudanese political parties — and most recently global histories of historiography. Lecturer & "woke sorcerer" working at @camhistory.bsky.social.

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Mar 13

📘 I am extremely grateful to see the reception which Shifting Sovereignties has received so far. Get your own copy and let me know what you think!

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · Mar 13

“This book helps chart a pathway to a global history of the moment that we are in.”
Jeremy Adelman commenting on Shifting Sovereignties at the Cambridge book launch on March 12.
@camhistory.bsky.social @intellforum.bsky.social @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @dgb-history.bsky.social

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 15d

His whole life, my father has been active collecting money for good causes. If you can, please donate in his memory to the Foundation for Children with Cancer, Regio Basiliensis, in support of bone tumour research. For details, please check the attached notice.

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 15d

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it was beautiful."
My father has selected this quote by Gabriel José García Márquez for his death notice.
Of course, he is right. Still, it will take time until I will be able to fulfil his final wish.

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Sep 9

Word is getting around!

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · Sep 9

Check out this review of Shifting Sovereignties in Italian:
www.albengacorsara.it/2025/09/06/i...

Idee e letture. Sovranità in evoluzione: una storia globale del potere

Sovranità: concetto fluido, globale e storico, tra legittimità, potere e sfide tra stato, impero e governance globale. (Moritz Mihatsch e Michael Mulligan, 2025)

www.albengacorsara.it

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Aug 5

I always knew @xinfan.bsky.social was a prolific writer, but I just learnt from Amazon how incredibly expansive his 2021 monograph is. 😲

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ein guter Artikel von @romandeckert.bsky.social zur Rolle Deutschland's im Sudan:
www.rosalux.de/news/id/5367...

Deutschlands Rolle im Sudan - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Die Bundesrepublik trägt eine historische Verantwortung für den Bürgerkrieg im Sudan – und eine aktuelle: als strategischer Partner des Hauptkriegstreibers. Von Roman Deckert

www.rosalux.de

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Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · Jul 27

📢 As you are all busy preparing your syllabi for next academic year, here's our offer to you: If you are assinging a chapter of Shifting Sovereignties as a class reading, we are happy to join you via Zoom to be part of a lecture or a class discussion.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Jul 22

A new podcast on international students in the UK. The title is brilliant @jasonilagan.com. It was lovely chatting with @heather-rolfe.bsky.social and @bdmabrams.bsky.social. Thank you so much for hosting the conversation @ioe.bsky.social .

jason ilagan @jasonilagan.com · Jul 16

I came up with the episode title, @hendaly.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social @britishfuture.bsky.social @bdmabrams.bsky.social brought the content.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Britain's got (international student) talent - but what do they really think of them? | Research for the Real World

Podcast Episode · IOE insights · 14/07/2025 · 43m

podcasts.apple.com

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jul 22

🇨🇩 I used to show photos of these in class to talk about Lumumba, NAM and the Cold War. I have now gotten the physical artefacts so I can let students look at them instead and also discuss stamps as a historical source.

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jun 8

I wish you all a very happy Eid al Adha.
عيد أضحى مبارك.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Jun 5

Und in hellen Leuchtbuchstaben flimmert „Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz“ über dem neuen deutschen Exil-Campus für Harvard.

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jun 5

Das muss diese »garantierte Wissenschaftsfreiheit« sein, von der Doro Bär spricht.

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jun 5

Na liebe Hannas... fühlt ihr euch schon ausreichend verarscht?
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Ministerin Bär plant »Rundum-sorglos-Paket« für ausländische Forschende

US-Präsident Trump macht ihnen das Forschen schwer, Wissenschaftsministerin Bär will nun Spitzenkräfte von US-Hochschulen nach Deutschland holen. Parteifreund Söder schwärmt bereits von einem »Exilcam...

www.spiegel.de

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Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · Jun 4

4/6/25 - nocturn

small hours
big time

stars through double glazing
a glassy twin of the summer triangle

0234 - a single strand of night shining cloud
very high up - in the direction of Humber

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · May 28

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · May 21

I was waiting for the opportunity to use a Expanse gif in my Shifting Sovereignties posts... I should do that more often 😇

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · May 21

🎓 Roxanne Ruixian Zhua and Jacob Haqq-Misra ask "Can a Referendum Solve Problems of Shared Sovereignty on Mars?"
arxiv.org/pdf/2505.10434

a woman in a black uniform has a badge on her chest that says ' rescue ' on it

ALT: a woman in a black uniform has a badge on her chest that says ' rescue ' on it

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · May 20

It must be rather rare that books get the approval of academics as an academic book & by their 8-year olds thanks to their lavish images and illustrations.
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · May 19

First publication of articles in a book forum about Jens Bartelson’s great book Becoming International.

I was intrigued by the way the book ends with hope that a planetary perspective will enable the creation of an alternative to international relations.

Shadows of Empire: A Reply to My Critics

Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Gareth Austin @gareth-austin.bsky.social · May 19

Cambridge Global Economic History Seminar, 19 May:
Lisbeth Rodrigues (Porto), ‘Beyond almsgiving: The financial role of charitable institutions in early modern Portugal and its empire’. 17:15 UK time in Audit Room, King's College, Cambridge. Or online: subscribe at www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · May 18

To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 17

Lastly, yesterday we announced the election of 337 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members to the Society.

We look forward to meeting and working with them to support history and historians. If you'd like to join them (and us), please do apply bit.ly/45lOzr0 #Skystorians

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Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · May 15

15/5/25 - nocturn

small hours
big time

cut up star fields in three divisions
you sit up all night

listening to Johnny Paycheck
and invent constellations - there, the Horns of the Buffalo

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · May 14

🙏 Thank you for everyone who came to the presentation in Bristol yesterday and especially @allanpang.bsky.social for taking these photos.

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · May 13

🗣️ Today in Bristol!

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · May 6

📅 💬 Join us in Bristol: @mihatsch.bsky.social will speak at the History Department Research Seminar on May 13, 3:30 pm, LR8, Arts Complex, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Clifton Campus. / @uobrishistory.bsky.social