More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/abusing-a...

"What makes cataloging such a potent political instrument is not just its ability to name but its power to make those naming decisions appear neutral and inevitable". But something can be done about the "invisible violence of metadata".Read through the end scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...

Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen

The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...

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The official invitations to the Napola exhibition opening (and film premiere) in Potsdam have now been sent out! If you'd be interested in attending, please don't hesitate to let me know...

"Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism" begins at @durhamuniversity.bsky.social! All thanks to @benecarnaghi.bsky.social, @drhelenroche.bsky.social , and @durhamhistory.bsky.social. Two days of terrific papers: check out the schedule for today and join us!

Please consider doing this; it is so difficult to get a real sense of all the people who do work in historical game studies (in the myriad ways people can work in this area)

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Some good news in that I've now found a publisher interested in the prosopographical / state of the field work I've been doing on HGS(!). I'll be chasing people up about the questionnaires I've already sent out, but if you'd like to be included, please DM me... #HGS #historygames #gtp #gamingthepast

Here's the schedule for 'Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism', a conference that @drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are organizing on March 28-29 for @durhamhistory.bsky.social. We'll spark fresh conversations about resistance to power—and have a few laughs too! Please join us!

Just received the first draft invitation for the exhibition I'm co-curating, which is opening in Potsdam in May at the Brandenburgische Landeszentrale(!).

Great new post from @curtisdozier.bsky.social on Musk and (sadly no longer alt-)right classicism... pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/01/31/e...

When the Richest Man in the World Loves Classics

Elon Musk is (as of now) not only the richest man in the world but also, thanks to President Trump’s embrace of him, one of the most politically powerful. He also loves Greco-Roman antiquity. That lov...

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Helen Roche @drhelenroche.bsky.social reviews 'Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust', by Mary Fulbrook academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social @uclholocaust.bsky.social

Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, by Mary Fulbrook

In a political landscape where the stability of democracy seems once again to be embattled by the rise of far-right parties (sometimes self-proclaiming as

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Earlier this year, I contributed to the "Real Dictators" podcast series on Mussolini - the first episode has just been released today: www.noiser.com/realdictators - available on BBC Sounds, Apple, Spotify and others... (I also contributed to their previous series, on Hitler's rise and downfall.)

Real Dictators - Noiser Podcasts

Real Dictators is the new podcast series hosted by Paul McGann (Dr Who, Luther, Withnail and I) that explores the hidden lives of history’s tyrants.

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I'm currently planning a meta-analysis of scholars and scholarship related to Historical Game Studies. If you're interested in participating, feel free to reply/DM me! I'm interested in things like people's scholarly background, affiliation/job title, publishers/journals you usually submit to, etc.

Looking for a laugh? Here's the #CFP for ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’, a conference that I'm organizing with my wonderful mentor at @durhamhistory.bsky.social, @drhelenroche.bsky.social (28-29 March 2025 at #DurhamUniversity). Please circulate widely & send proposals by 2 Sept!

Here's a post for any ECRs in Modern European History who might like to join our History Department at Durham: @durhamhistory.bsky.social durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Excellent brief text from the wonderful historian Helen Roche (@drhelenroche.bsky.social) 🗃️ #skystorians: blog.oup.com/2024/03/amer...

American Exchanges: Third Reich’s Elite Schools

In the summer of 1935, an exchange programme between leading American academies and German schools, set up by the International Schoolboy Fellowship (ISF), was hijacked by the Nazi government. The org...

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Finished reading this fascinating book frm @drhelenroche.bsky.social. I’m not an academic however I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book. It shines a light on a little known topic and provides insight into Nazi thinking on reordering the state and people.

STOP PRESS: *The Third Reich's Elite Schools* is now available in an affordable paperback edition!!! Thanks so much to everyone who helped to make this happen... tinyurl.com/46nthem8

The ‘Abusing Antiquity’ symposium at Durham University just started with remarks by Dr Helen Roche. Hope many will join in person and online!