Alexander Engel

@aengel.bsky.social

Economic and global historian at LMU Munich and University of Göttingen. History of markets, exchange, capitalism, colonialism, economic knowledge

A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Guido Goldman Fellowship

Guido Goldman, co-founding director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is…

ces.fas.harvard.edu

Very happy about our Summer School on "Nature, Capitalism, and Empire" - and a bit sad that it's over already. Thanks so much to our colleagues at @ghilondon.bsky.social!

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · last yr.

That's a wrap on our 2025 Summer School! ✅ Thank you to our co-organisers from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social‬ and @globaldiscnct.bsky.social‬, our two distinguished tutors, Samita Sen (Cambridge) and Tirthankar Roy (LSE), and, of course, our brilliant students, 1/2

Congrats and thanks to the editors for putting together such a stimulating volume! Happy that I could contribute a piece on metaphors and historical concepts of capital circulation and capital flows

Cover of Balme, Dogramaci, Welnzhuemer (eds), Dis:connectivity and globalization
global dis:connect@globaldiscnct.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce our first book is out! 🎉 "Dis:connectivity and Globalisation" is now published Open Access and free to download: 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... Sincere thanks 🙏 to all contributors and to the publisher, De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social

Hsozkult Service@hsozkultservice.bsky.social · last yr.

Job: 0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) „Globalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800)“ (Univ. Tübingen) https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042 Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025

80 Jahre nach Kriegsende droht der europäische Schwur "Nie wieder Faschismus!" zu verstummen. Der neue Faschismus steht in vielen europäischen Staaten vor den Toren der Macht. Erinnerung allein wird nicht mehr genügen. "Nie wieder!" ist ein Auftrag zum Handeln. Für jeden einzelnen. An jedem Tag.

The key chart right now: Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers. This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

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Es war abzusehen, dass die AfD die CDU bei der nächsten Gelegenheit umklammern und nicht mehr loslassen wird, um die demokratische Mitte zu zerreißen. Nicht abzusehen war, dass die CDU-Führung ihr diese Möglichkeit so schnell und so großzügig einräumt.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.