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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · Sep 1

#CfP Transnational Approaches to the Long Nineteenth-Century History of East-Central Europe

📌 Conference in Vilnius | 16.–17.04.2026 | organised by the Nordost-Institut Lüneburg, GHI Warsaw & Lithuanian Institute of History

📝 Deadline: 30/11/2025

🔗 www.maxweberstiftung.de/aktuelles/au...

Ein weißes Blatt Papier, Bleistift und Spitzer.

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Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social · Jul 12

The book’s intro is ready to go…

The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:

“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 3

Winner of the RHS Early Career Article Prize (2025):

Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).

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First page of Michaela Kalcher's article: ‘The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, History Workshop Journal

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SHCY @shcy.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Society for the History of Children and Youth's biennial conference, which is being held on Zoom from June 26-28 2025. To register, click here: tinyurl.com/4ypduv4r

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · Jun 8

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say

African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.

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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · Jun 8

2 postdoc posts in in 19th Century Political History: (Public Opinion and the Crimean War):

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Postdoc Positions in 19th Century Political History: Public Opinion and the Crimean War

The Department of Culture and Language at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions (2 years, full-time), with the possibility of extension within th...

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Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · May 29

Kaffee und Kuchen in Berlin. A very nice spot.

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · May 22

Looking forward to this "Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History" roundtable I organize with @rmgrossmann.bsky.social at @thegsa.bsky.social and supported by @ghiwashington.bsky.social

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · May 16

‘For the last 30 years there has been almost no new scholarship on the German Peasants’ War. After reunification the subject was simply too difficult, because the former East and the former West had diametrically opposed interpretations of it.’

Lyndal Roper on the blog
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Lyndal Roper | How is the German Peasants’ War remembered?

Five hundred years ago this week, the rebels of the German Peasants’ War, or Bauernkrieg, were defeated in a series of...

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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · May 14

Our New Voices blog continues with a post from Emma Flanagan.

Drawn from her PhD research at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Emma explores the links between the communist movement and women's anticolonial resistance in post-war French North Africa.

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“Nous les mamans“: ‘European’ Communism, Cross-Cultural Encounters, and Women’s Anticolonial Resistance in French North Africa « History# « Cambridge Core Blog

Mention the words “women” and “Algeria” and the remarkableness of their role in armed resistance during the War of Independence (1954-1962) will often come to mind. Accounts of women planting bombs an...

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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · May 13

I had loads of fun talking to history students at Warwick. Here’s me ( with way too much caffeine in) having a chat on their super Warwick History podcast. Curious, enthusiastic, fun. The future may be alright! open.spotify.com/episode/43BP...

Migration, Refuge, Response: An Eastern European analysis of Foreign Aid and Humanitarianism with Dr. Doina Anca Cretu.

The Warwick History Hour · Episode

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Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social · May 12

Here is the latest fantastic interview in @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social's series 'New Directions in the History of the Body'. Here, Professor Karen Harvey, @kharveyhistory.bsky.social, discusses her portfolio of work on the body's material history
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New Directions in the History of the Body – Holly Fletcher in Conversation with Karen Harvey

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Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · May 12

Good Morning Historians! I am proposing a sponsored panel for the AHA on utopian hope, protest, and radical futures in German speaking Europe. I am on the lookout for a chair and moderator- if you are available, please reach out!

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · May 12

Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Klopfer, recipient of the 2025 Franz Steiner Prize for her book manuscript “Trade and Taste: French Things in the Making of the American Nation, 1780s–1820s”! We look forward to publishing her book in our Steiner Verlag series “Transatlantic Historical Studies.”

Awarding of the 2025 Franz Steiner Prize, at the annual conference of historians in the German Association for American Studies (DGfA), to Nadine Klopfer (center), with Axel Jansen, deputy director, GHI Washington (left), and Johannes Klemm, Steiner Verlag (right).

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American Historical Association @historians.org · May 12

The AHA offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best published journal article written by an undergraduate student. The article must be published between May 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025. Submit nominations by May 15. 🗃️

Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for Undergraduate Articles – AHA

The AHA offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best article published in a journal written by an undergraduate student.

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · May 8

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Telling his mother’s story | School of Social Ecology

Dos Santos recognized for work on memoir

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · May 8

How Black Germans fight for recognition of Nazi-era crimes p.dw.com/p/4tsHB

How Black Germans fight for recognition of Nazi-era crimes – DW – 05/07/2025

The Nazis targeted Black people living in Germany, excluding them from society through forced sterilization and denial of citizenship. Activists and historians still strive for recognition of these in...

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Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · May 4

Every season is soup season. My take on Potaje de Garbanzos y Espinacas (Spanish chickpea and spinach soup)

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 3

Next Saturday is the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the new exhibition at the Met’s Costume Institute, inspired by Monica L. Miller’s book, "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity." Learn more about the book here!
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Graphic displaying the quote, "The history of black dandyism in the Atlantic diaspora is the story of how and why black people became arbiters of style and how they use clothing and dress to define their identity in different and changing political and cultural contexts," by Monica L. Miller. The quote is surrounded by a yellow banner to its left. On its right is the cover of "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity" by Monica L. Miller.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 3

The #WeeklyRead is "Living and Dying in São Paulo" by Jeffrey Lesser, which focuses on São Paulo’s Bom Retiro neighborhood to examine the competing visions of wellbeing in Brazil among racialized immigrants and policymakers and health officials. Read it now for free!
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Cover of Living and Dying in São Paulo: Immigrants, Health and the Built Environment in Brazil by Jeffrey Lesser. The cover has a green background with off-white title text and orange accents. The upper right-hand features a black sketch of a man carrying a stick laden with rat carcasses. A rat perches atop the man's hat and another rides along in the pocket of his blazer.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · May 2

The International Society for First World War Studies' annual Awards in support of Early Career research excellence are currently open until 1st June 2025.

The Society offers a range of awards to recognise emerging scholars in the field of FIrst World War studies from amongst our members.

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · Feb 21

New article in english : #interview with the US historian Terrence Peterson for its book ‘Revolutionary Warfare, How the Algerian war made modern counterinsurgency.’
#Algeria #France

The astonishing legacy of French counter-insurgency doctrine - Interview

In a book based on extensive archives, US historian Terrence Peterson describes the ‘pacification’ carried out by the French army in Algeria in an attempt to erase the Indochinese disaster of Diên (…)

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Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · Apr 21

Waking up to the news that my article has been officially published is an excellent way to start the final week of classes!

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Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · Apr 21

Importantly, it allows us to trace languages, emotions, and performances of utopian hope during moments of protest and revolution.

Nisrine Rahal @nisriner123.bsky.social · Apr 21

My article “Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s” with Central European History is now available online. I argue that the kindergarten was a space of protest during the revolution of 1848-49 on par with the barricades.

Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s | Central European History | Cambridge Core

Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s

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