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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · 2d

Our colleagues in Bonn are offering a bunch of #fellowships, from PhD level to full prof, for all sorts of disciplines and topics. #skystorians & friends, spread the word!

Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de · 5d

📢 Call for Applications!
The BCDSS is inviting applications for the Heinz Heinen Fellowship Program 2026/2027.

📅 Apply by Jan 10, 2026
📍 Start date: from Oct 1, 2026
👉 Full details here: buff.ly/8aH1Fy0

@unibonn.bsky.social
@dfg.de

A poster calling for application for Heinz Heinen Fellowships for the next academic year 2026/2027
-The deadline is on January 10, 2026

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Association of Caribbean Historians @achconference.bsky.social · Sep 4

The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)

Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians

associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · May 29

Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars!

Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...

Cover image of Journal of Global Slavery

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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · Jun 27

This is all over the Dutch media today: early modern historian @judithpollmann.bsky.social wins the Spinoza Prize, the highest prize in Dutch science!

Many congratulations, Judith, with a well-deserved tribute to your wonderful work.

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Jun 19

Some advertisement for an exciting public lecture by Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck, University of London) in Nijmegen:

Complicity, Conscience & Compassion: History & Morality in Germany Since World War II

Friday 27 June 2025, 5 pm
E2.53 (Erasmusgebouw Radboud Univ.)

Register here: shorturl.at/6IQI7

Image repeats title of lecture, place and time.
Abstract lecture: In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be the moral voice of Europe, welcoming almost one million refugees. At the same time, it pursued a controversially rigid fiscal discipline and made energy deals with a dictator. Many people have asked how Germany descended into the darkness of the Nazis. This lecture asks another vital question: how, and how far, have the Germans since reinvented themselves? To answer this question, the lecture follows the ups and downs of complicity, conscience and compassion. Their mixed history helps explain the difficult present in which the country finds itself today.

Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Helsinki.

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · May 29

Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars!

Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...

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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · May 7

Always exciting to have a book you’ve worked on be honored as a Pulitzer finalist. It’s a remarkable book, drawing new connections between North and South that complicate our understanding of their relationship.

If you buy directly from our site and use the code ROCKMAN30 you can get 30% off.

The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · May 6

Many congratulations to Chicago author Seth Rockman, who was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History for his book PLANTATION GOODS: A Material History of American Slavery: buff.ly/MV1ykbi 👏 🎉

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · May 5

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms.

We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms - A Special Issue of Historical Materialism - Historical Materialism

Guest editors: Anna Beria (Kingston University, London), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London), Giorgi Kobakhidze (Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès), Jiří Růžička (The Institute of Philoso...

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you, Martine! This is so nice!

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Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · Feb 2

The work of Viola Franziska Müller, University of Bonn uk.news.yahoo.com/enslaved-bla...

How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom

Instead of using the secret routes along the Underground Railroad to find freedom in the North, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to free Black communities in Southern slaveholding states.

uk.news.yahoo.com

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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · Apr 28

It's the 10th anniversary of our 'Journal of Global Slavery'
(@journalslavery.bsky.social) 🎉
In this interview led by @vfmueller.bsky.social, the editors reflect on the current state of slavery studies and on the journal's role within the field over the past decade – and look ahead:
tiny.cc/emzh001

Cover of the 'Journal of Global Slavery' featuring a historical world map with faded sepia tones, overlaid with iron shackles.

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History at Wageningen UR @historywur.bsky.social · Mar 17

Wij kijken over grenzen heen🔍🌍
Maak kennis met de bachelor Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies van Wageningen University & Research! Waarom is welzijn ongelijk verdeeld? Hoe kan honger nog bestaan terwijl er genoeg voedsel is? Dit zijn vragen waar je hier mee aan de slag gaat!
youtu.be/qp2zh5VuO84

Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies bij Wageningen University & Research - Ontdek de opleiding!

YouTube video by WURtube

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Journal of Global Slavery @journalslavery.bsky.social · Apr 18

10 Years JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SLAVERY!!!🥳
In our anniversary issue, book review editor @vfmueller.bsky.social interviews founding editor Damian Pargas, current editor Ismael Montana & incoming editor Juliane Schiel about #slavery & #global #history. Access the #interview here:
brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · Apr 17

In addition to our new layout, and fabulous cover, this issue is also remarkable because it is a Special Issue on the “Golden Age” of Social Democracy. To begin, check out the Introduction which is free to the public for the next three months read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...

Workers and the “Golden Age” of Social Democracy? An Introduction

Notions of a “golden age of social democracy” have dominated the historical perspective on the immediate postwar decades, most often envisaged as a period stretching from 1945 to the oil crisis of 197...

read.dukeupress.edu

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Apr 17

For the 10th Anniversary of the #Journal of #Global #Slavery, I interviewed the founding, present & incoming editors, Damian Pargas, Ismael Montana & Juliane Schiel, about the field of slavery studies, the development of global #history & their plans for the future of JGS:

brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Mar 25

Sounds terrific!

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · Mar 20

It's been tough to keep mum about this:
I'm deeply honored that my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery (2026), will help launch @uncpress.bsky.social's new W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint, edited by the incomparable @dgershenowitz.bsky.social.
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Shelf Awareness for Thursday, March 20, 2025

Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...

www.shelf-awareness.com

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Dr. Jim Downs @jimdowns.bsky.social · Mar 10

Historians, if you have undergraduates studying Black History in the c18 & c19, please encourage them to apply for a summer fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia. I am extending the deadline.

librarycompany.org/mellon-schol...

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Mar 8

Did you publish a book on #slavery (in any field or discipline) last year? Consider submitting it for the Paul Lovejoy Prize!

#skystorians

Journal of Global Slavery @journalslavery.bsky.social · Mar 7

Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize 2025:
JGS accepts submissions for monographs on any theme related to #global #slavery published in 2024. The deadline is March 14, 2025.

JGS has just joined Bluesky, so please share widely! Thank you!

For more info, contact the editor or see brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

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J. Connell Stryker @jconnellstryker.bsky.social · Feb 12

Yesterday I couldn't get the link to work, but today I was actually able to look at the site and Y'ALL y'all y'all - this is so cool. So many stories! So many different fields! Women at sea is a very exciting thing to be studying!

hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/rew...

Rewriting Women into Maritime History

The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage & Education Centre explores the history, importance and development of maritime safety through Lloyd's Register's renowned archive, library and expertise.

hec.lrfoundation.org.uk

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Voetnoot -Mark Ponte @voetnoot.bsky.social · Feb 1

#Amsterdam is celebrating its 750th anniversary this year. As I did previously on twitter, this #blackhistorymonth I will post a story from Amsterdam's rich Black history every day. #skyhistorians #blackhistorymonth2025 #amsterdam750

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lees het Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis-themanummer ‘Wie schrijft onze geschiedenis van de slavernij’ in open access: www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (Journal of History) is the only Dutch academic, peer-reviewed history journal that covers the history from antiquity until now, both Dutch and non-Dutch. Tijdschrift voo...

www.aup-online.com

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · Jan 27

Een gouden tip voor mensen met een adres in Nederland (anders werkt het niet): een abonnement bij de Koninklijke Bibliotheek kost slechts €15 per jaar en geeft toegang via "PressReader" tot honderden buitenlandse kranten.

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tom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · Jan 18

My group (Economic & Environmental History at Wageningen) is looking for two new PhDs to work on institutions and deforestation in Southeast Asian history. Pim de Zwart is a true sweetie and would be a gr8 supervisor + the group is such a nice place to do research. Apply! www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

PhD on the History of Malaysian Deforestation

www.wur.nl

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · Jan 17

NEWS!!!

A CFP for our capstone conference, "Medicine, Slavery, and Race in the Atlantic World", King's College London, 15-17 May. A *stellar* roster of confirmed speakers. All expenses paid. Please share with anyone who may be interested.

🗃️ #EarlyModern

CFP: Medicine, Slavery, & Race in the Atlantic World — Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720

www.mmor.co.uk

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