CFP: Zurück. Remigrieren zwischen Geschichte und Literatur Tagung in Bern. Über Rückkehrerzählungen und deren gesellschaftliche Bedeutung

H-Soz-Kult@hsozkult.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CFP: Zurück. Remigrieren zwischen Geschichte und Literatur https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-161038 Bern, 08.10.2026-10.10.2026, Agnes Gehbald, Historisches Insitut, Universität Bern / Eva Eßlinger, Literatur-, Kunst- und Medienwissenschaften, Universität Konstanz, Bewerbungsschluss: …

For decades, a cacophony of technological prophets has repeatedly proclaimed the impending end of the paper era. But here we still are, a paper-using humankind. @agnesgehbald.bsky.social and me wrote an article about paper in global book cultures. #paperhistory is #bookhistory, #globalhistory 1/3

My book is now out in paperback! 📘 A Colonial Book Market: Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment bit.ly/3NEXFbA For anyone researching bookbinding, this is a development worth noting; and for those studying book prices: use the discount code LAHIS26

Call for papers 7th Conference on the History of Publishing: Book Censorship and Prohibitions in the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds, June, 17–19, 2026 (Barcelona)

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.

"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

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Since it’s an online event: Tomorrow, I’ll be joining the Online Enlightenment Club to discuss ‘Beyond Voltaire: A Community of Readers across the Atlantic’.

Exhibition review: Agnes Gehbald paints in her review an impressive picture of the art-science exhibition «Naming Natures - Natural History and Colonial Legacy», currently on display in Neuchâtel: www.infoclio.ch/de/node/1901...

Our Special Issue "Atlantic Crossings: Temporary Migration and Labour around 1900" in the journal Comparativ, co-edited by @agnesgehbald.bsky.social, Philipp Horn and me is online! With a coda by @sfahrenthold.bsky.social : www.comparativ.net/v2/issue/vie...

This Friday on port cities as points of passage! See more in the programme: www.hist.unibe.ch/e11168/e5169... With @agnesgehbald.bsky.social

1. Professorin: 1909 war die Philosophin Anna Tumarkin an der Universität Bern weltweit die erste Frau, die zur Professorin ernannt wurde. #unibern Festakt heute Abend und Ausstellungseröffnung zu ihrem 150. Geburtstag www.srf.ch/kultur/gesel...

Anna Tumarkin: In Bern wurde sie erste Professorin der Welt

Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts gab es weltweit keine einzige Professorin – bis sie kam: die Philosophin Anna Tumarkin.

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New article: “Punch-Cutting in Colonial Peru: Printers’ Type, Liberal Reform, and the Freedom of the Press” #BookHistory #Printing The study of printing equipment is at the heart of book history, revealing much about the daily challenges faced by printers in the past. dx.doi.org/10.1353/bh.2...

So @agnesgehbald.bsky.social and me will publish an article titled "Paper Regimes of the Publishing World: A Bird’s Eye View on the Materiality of Global Book History" in the journal Globalgeschichte / Global History, volume 3.2 (2025). More news soon #GlobalBookHistory #GlobalHistory #Paperhistory

New chapter: About women in the printing workshops in colonial Peru. Out soon in the "Gender and the Book Trades" volume. brill.com/edcollchap/b...

Neuerscheinung: Band 64 des Archivs für Sozialgeschichte #AfS mit dem Rahmenthema "Migration in der Moderne. Wege – Orte – Erfahrungen" ist nun erschienen. Die Einleitung von Friedrich Lenger ist hier abrufbar [PDF]: library.fes.de/pdf-f...

For those of you in and around Bern 🇨🇭, I am excited to announce my book launch on 27 February at 17:00 @histunibern. Do come and join our discussion!

first post – first book: a NEW BOOK about books   A Colonial Book Market: Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment bit.ly/3NEXFbA   @cambUP_History #Globalbookhistory #Colonialbookmarket