Christopher Ewing
@christopherewing.bsky.social
Queer historian at Purdue University working on sex/tourism, race, crime in Germany, the US, and lots of other places. Author of The Color of Desire (Cornell 2023). he/him.
Hello Bluesky! I took a peek beyond the nineteenth-century for Pride! niche-canada.org/2026/06/19/c...
Celebrating the Past While Constraining the Present: Queer National Parks in New York City
The National Park Service sanitizes and restructures historic queer spaces like Stonewall and Jacob Riis Park, attempting - and often failing - to suppress modern resistance and joy.
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Had a great time writing on the Black feminist politics of violence in the 90s for this collection and its marvelous editors. Can’t wait to see it out!
Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn@michellelkahn.bsky.social · 2mo agoExcited to share the cover of "Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany," a forthcoming book I co-edited with Lauren Stokes. A history of racism and antiracist activism in East, West, and unified Germany—and why it matters today. 30% off from Cornell UP with code 09BCARD: tinyurl.com/RADGcornell
Had a great time chatting with @hannahva390.bsky.social and @paolamedgonz.bsky.social about queer fascists, sex tourism, and the state of antiracism in Germany. Also Space Lesbians.
Theoryish Podcast@theoryishpodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoCheck your pride on this week's new episode with @christopherewing.bsky.social ! We discuss his book "The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970" Listen on anchor.fm/theoryish
Thursday, April 16, at 10:45am EST, @laurenstokes.bsky.social will be giving the Purdue History Lab inaugural lecture, sponsored by @ces-europe.bsky.social and the Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology! Join us in UNIV 229 or register here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us in 30 min to discuss queer history 🌈🤗
Christopher Ewing@christopherewing.bsky.social · 4mo agoLooking forward to the virtual book launch of Reading Queer Media this Friday at 10:30am EST with @sebboo.bsky.social! Join us for a discussion with authors about new methods in queer history. Zoom registration here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Just got my copy of @schuneke.bsky.social fabulous new book! Important new research on the both disturbing and inspiring history of queer women in Nazi Germany. All the more necessary now.
Looking forward to the virtual book launch of Reading Queer Media this Friday at 10:30am EST with @sebboo.bsky.social! Join us for a discussion with authors about new methods in queer history. Zoom registration here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Excited to share the project that we’ve been working on for the last few years! Join us for virtual the book launch of Reading Queer Media in the German-Speaking World. Registration: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Copies arrived: special issue on "Violence and Social Inequalities" in "Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft" I've edited with Raphael Rössel @ghiwashington.bsky.social - with articles by Sophia Dafinger, Darius Muschiol and @christopherewing.bsky.social metropol-verlag.de/produkt/zeit...
A reminder that I’ll be hosting a virtual discussion with Akane Kanai about her book THE NEW POLITICS OF ONLINE FEMINISM in two weeks. Registration below!
Samuel Huneke@schuneke.bsky.social · 7mo agoSpotted in the wild! Register for a virtual conversation with Akane Kanai about her book THE NEW POLITICS OF ONLINE FEMINISM here: gmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This is going to be an awesome resource for my global queer history class! Really excited to read
Hongwei Bao (he/him)@queercomrades.bsky.social · 6mo ago‘Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere
‘Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere
Excited to see this out! I really enjoyed contributing thoughts racist violence, “gang wars,” and policing in ‘90s Berlin. Thank you @swensteinberg.bsky.social and Raphael Rössel for putting together this important special issue!
Swen Steinberg@swensteinberg.bsky.social · 7mo agoHot off the press: I edited with Raphael Rössel @ghiwashington.bsky.social a special issue on "Violence and Social Inequalities" in "Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft" - with contributions by Sophia Dafinger, Darius Muschiol and @christopherewing.bsky.social metropol-verlag.de/produkt/zeit...
I’m so pleased to see our project now in print! - the result of a beautiful collaboration with the amazing @sebboo.bsky.social
Sébastien Tremblay@sebboo.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis feels a bit tone deaf almost LinkedIn to post about this right now, but @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are extremely happy to share that our volume and the brilliant thoughts of our contributors were published yesterday by Palgrave 👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The conference report by Frederik Doktor about our #Workshop Intimacies on the Move that explored the intersecting #histories of #mobilities, #migration, #gender and #sexuality has just been published. I so much enjoyed meeting everybody and discussing their fascinating research!
H-Soz-Kult@hsozkult.bsky.social · 10mo agoTagber: Intimacy on the Move. Bodies, Economies and Desires across the Long 20th Century https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-158076 Flensburg, 07.07.2025-08.07.2025, Benno Gammerl, EUI Florence; Nikolaos Papadogiannis, University of Stirling; Christiane Reinecke, Europa-Universität …
This volume was the result of over four(!) years of collaboration with @sebboo.bsky.social and the magnificent authors who contributed chapters. I’m so pleased to see it out next month! link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World
This book places print media at the centre of studying queer German history through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Sébastien Tremblay@sebboo.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media
"Boundaries of #Queerness" has gotten its first review! Thanks Douglas Page and @poppublicsphere.bsky.social for the considerate and thorough engagement with the book. Particularly pleased to be in the excellent company of @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social and @christopherewing.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The Politics of Sexual Minorities | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
The Politics of Sexual Minorities
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CES is excited to announce our second annual Tobin Distinguished Lecture! Historian and author Dr. Andrea Rottmann will give a talk entitled "From Weimar to Berlin: Queer Democratic Citizenship through Hilde Radusch's Five Lives" on September 12, 12-1:30 PM in BuTo 225 and over Zoom. See you there!
This very interesting event is forthcoming!
Christopher Ewing@christopherewing.bsky.social · 12mo agoPleased to announce with @npapadogian.bsky.social a new books event series, featuring Maria Alexopoulou discussing her two(!) recent books with @laurenstokes.bsky.social. Virtual event, Monday, September 22, at 12pm EDT. purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Pleased to announce with @npapadogian.bsky.social a new books event series, featuring Maria Alexopoulou discussing her two(!) recent books with @laurenstokes.bsky.social. Virtual event, Monday, September 22, at 12pm EDT. purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Going back to Flensburg just for the Zimstschnecken. Than you for hosting us all, @sebboo.bsky.social, in dem echten Norden!
Sébastien Tremblay@sebboo.bsky.social · last yr.Looking forward to hosting so many known and new faces in the North for the following days. Wind, Zimtschnecken and Seagulls for everyone!
Had a great time chatting with @pinatravels.bsky.social and @podthenorth.bsky.social for Curious Tourism about sex tourism, sex work, and how travelers can think about these issues. Spoiler: it’s complicated! open.spotify.com/episode/0B6O...
Let's Talk About Sex Tourism
Voyascape: Travel Podcast Network · Episode
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Am #CGI der #UniInnsbruck ist zurzeit die Historikerin @tnflorvil.bsky.social als Gastprofessorin tätig. Wir freuen uns sehr über ihren Input, den tollen Vortrag über #MayAyim, über Gespräche mit Studierenden und die Lehrveranstaltung: www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...
US-Historikerin Tiffany N. Florvil als Gastwissenschaftlerin am CGI
Das Center Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterforschung Innsbruck (CGI) durfte im Rahmen der LFUI-Gastprofessuren im Juni 2025 die renommierte Zeithistorikerin und Kulturwissenschaftlerin Tiffany N. Florvi...
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My book 'Empire, Tourism, and Colonial Knowledge' is now up on the Leiden UP website! Coming out on 17 September (if I can finish checking these proofs before that...) Order for your library if so inclined etc etc.
Empire, Tourism, and Colonial Knowledge - Leiden University Press
This book provides students with a solid foundation in the basic frameworks and concepts of International Studies.
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New article on sex tourism, Spartacus International Gay Guide, and why we have to deal with the confusing, uglier sides of queer history. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thank you to @npapadogian.bsky.social, Benno Gammerl, Christiane Reinecke, and Ulrike Schaper for their invaluable guidance!
The trials of John Stamford: gay travel, sexual harm, and Spartacus International Gay Guide
This article argues that, in order to understand the expanding gay travel worlds of the 1970s and 1980s, it is necessary to follow both gay liberation politics and harmful practices. Just as expand...
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In among the madness, I'm delighted to have submitted the manuscript for our forthcoming book Incarcerated: Contemporary Photography from the Victorian Prison to @bluecoatpress.bsky.social. Incarcerated brings together @andyaitchison.bsky.social powerful photographs of HMP Lincoln and Liverpool.
“Sexual Frustrations and Dream Vacations” now available open access in @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social! So excited to see the first result of a six-year collaboration with Ulrike Schaper in print. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Join us for a virtual new books roundtable on 9 Jan at 12pm EST! Featuring @jecfree.bsky.social, @michellelkahn.bsky.social, and Nadja Klopprogge in conversation with Maria Alexopoulou. Register here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
