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Open Position: Head of Operations

The Open Book Collective is seeking a highly organised, proactive Head of Operations to help lead the day-to-day running of our growing organisation.

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Decolonial memories of Germany: Excellent new publication by @dependencybonn.de on transnational perspectives of German colonialism from 16th to 21st centuries. Including text by Daniel Bendix @dajoben.bsky.social Open access at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Listen to @clintsmithiii.bsky.social describe his experience on a walking tour of slavery’s history in New York, from his Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class: www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...

How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America

Author and educator Clint Smith discussed the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America, which was adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul. This class was...

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🗣️ We’re looking for a new assistant director of business operations to join our business department! If you’re passionate about social justice and publishing, check our website for all the details and apply! ➡️ buff.ly/HDTXuX0

Started reading this fabulous book by @roopikarisam.bsky.social and it is not only super interesting but also a very pleasant read. #dh #data #empire #accountants

Entstanden im späten 19. Jh, ist der Einfluss der völkischen Weltanschauung bis heute ungebrochen. Florian Hoffmann, Andrea Röpke und Simon Wörz werden am 30. Juli der gefährlichen wie vielgestaltigen völkischen Weltanschauung unserer Zeit auf den Grund gehen. www.nsdoku.de/programm/akt...

Bedrohlich aktuell: Die völkische Weltanschauung - Diskussion am 30.07.2026 19:00h

Die völkische Weltanschauung ist kein historisches Relikt. Sie entstand Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts im Deutschen Kaiserreich als Reaktion auf Modernisierung, Industrialisierung und politische Umbrüche w...

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You just can't make this shit up. Wouldn't be surprised if this was also sponsored by Peter Thiel *taking off my aluminum hat*. Like seriously why is this man still in the government? www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Leihmutterschaft: CDU will an Verbot für Leihmutterschaft festhalten

Der Unionsfraktionschef und sein Ehemann haben mithilfe einer Leihmutter in den USA ein Kind bekommen. In Deutschland ist das verboten, die CDU will dies nicht ändern.

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Registration is now available for our 5th annual conference starting on August 17, 2026 at 6 p.m. EST‼️ Our theme is "Why it Matters: Teaching Empathy, Critical Thinking, and Civil Discourse across Humanities and Social Sciences". #humanities #socialsciences

Today is the final day of our Bavarian American Academy Conference 2026 on free speech. Can't be with us in Munich? Join us online for the YouTube livestream of the keynote by Jacob Mchangama at 11:30 am (CEST). www.youtube.com/live/6x07TEk...

Jacob Mchangama: Free Speech at the Flashpoint: Promise, Recession, and the Transatlantic Rupture

YouTube video by amerikahaus

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Join our #livestream now! Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight on "'Sanctioned Ignorance': The Assaults on Free Speech, Freedom of Thought, and Cultural Institutions in the United States" 📽️ www.youtube.com/live/b4TNq-M... #Munich #baaconference2026

David Blight: The Assaults on Free Speech, Freedom of Thought, and Cultural Institutions in the U.S.

YouTube video by amerikahaus

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Spontaneously went to the #BAA and got reminded why I originally didn't consider going. It's such an important topic and yet so inherently depressing. However, the contributions were inspiring and encouraging @amerikahaus.de @nsdoku.bsky.social #freespeech #democracy #neveragainisnow

Keynote Lecture by Prof. Dr. David Blight (Yale University): 'Sanctioned Ignorance': The Assaults on Free Speech, Freedom of Thought, and Cultural Institutions in the United States 📅 Thu, July 9, 2026, 5:30pm (CEST) 👉 Further Information: lnkd.in/dvM8cd3d 📺 YouTube-Livestream: lnkd.in/dkA6erxP

Lecturer in English Literature (12 Months) Liverpool John Moores University Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSD064/l...

Next week, 24th International BAA-Conference on the topic "Free Speech: Promises, Meanings, Controversies" begins! Join us on Thu, July 9, at 12:45pm, at @amerikahaus.de for the event's opening discussion! 👉 Learn More: t1p.de/free-speech-... 📺 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrrL...

When you have a job interview and it turns out that your understanding of the job and what they actually had in mind are completely the opposite 🤷 Thanks for inviting me, but I think your plan for the position is garbage #phdlife #work #jobinterviews

"Die Überschrift 'Hitler täuschte uns alle!' könnte auch 'Speer täuschte uns alle!' lauten. Noch bis vor Kurzem wurden allerlei Mythen um Hitlers Lieblingsarchitekten und Rüstungsminister nur allzu gern geglaubt." www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...

Im Tagesspiegel vor 80 Jahren: Die Mythen des Rüstungsministers

Um Albert Speer in Nürnberg geht es dieses Mal in der historischen Kolumne. Auch unsere Zeitung fiel auf Hitlers Architekten herein, so dessen Story, er habe seinen „Führer“ umbringen wollen.

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Oh hey look cool! You can get 30% off my book with the code AUFLY30 at the the OUP online store (global.oup.com/academic/pro...)

Morgan Golf-French@zenothankyou.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My book is Online! 🥳🥳🥳 Race, Culture, and Politics in German Historical Thought, 1785–1815 represents the culmination of ten years' work. In it, I try to peel back our assumptions about how historiography worked in the German Enlightenment, situating it between the... academic.oup.com/book/62547

Der Umgang von Marx & Engels mit Rassismus ist heiß umstritten. Waren beide selbst verkappte Rassisten – oder haben sie bereits en passant eine kritische Rassismustheorie entwickelt? Roter Salon: Marx, Engels & der Rassismus ihrer Zeit. 6.7., 18:30 h, Ossietzky-Forum: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=42837

Sehr breites Echo auf unseren Blogartikel zur Erwerbungssituation der Stabi Hamburg. Stark geteilt und diskutiert auf Bluesky und Mastodon. Neben Meldung auf Tagesschau.de und NDR.de auch auf Facebook und Instagram von NDR Hamburg (mit jeweils hoher Kommentierung): www.instagram.com/p/DaFLzm_ltC...

Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.

First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian

How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?

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Neu auf webis: der Fachinformationsdienst Geschlechterforschung/ Gender Studies (FID Gender): wikis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/webis/index....

Part of why Coretta Scott King is marginalized is because of a bipartisan tendency to want to celebrate the Kings IN THE PAST. Focusing directly on Coretta disrupts the view of a movement long since over and provides a sharp rebuke to this country’s war-making and cuts to welfare & education today.

"Seit etwa zwei Jahren beobachten Fachleute die sehr junge radikale Szene. Jugendliche in Krisen sind besonders anfällig für Angebote, die ihnen scheinbar Stärke und Selbstbewusstsein verleihen. Hier muss angesetzt werden." www.fr.de/meinung/komm...

Polizei allein reicht nicht gegen die junge Neonazi-Szene

Eine radikale Neonazi-Szene aus Jugendlichen breitet sich aus. Experten fordern mehr als nur Polizeiarbeit gegen die Radikalisierung.

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Today (Tuesday, June 2, 2026) at 5:15 pm (CEST)/11:15 am (EDT): Join us online for "Half an hour with Sarah Copeland Hanzas." Vermont’s Secretary of State will discuss the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Organized by Verbund Deutsch-Amerikanischer Zentren (VDAZ). www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge...

Half an Hour with... Sarah Copeland Hanzas

On Tuesday, June 02, 2026, at 5:15 p.m., Vermont's Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas will join online in a conversation to discuss the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, possible outcomes as well...

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"Das Gericht folgt der Argumentation, dass die AfD verfassungsfeindlich ist." ➡️ www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

"The legacy of slavery stretches like a shadow over our local, national and global landscape."Naming that is not about blame, but about faithfulness – about recognising that healing begins where truth is spoken." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Church of Scotland apologises for role in slavery

The apology was adopted at the church's General Assembly in Edinburgh on Saturday.

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Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses her new memoir "Backtalker" and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act.

Judicial nominees who cannot answer a question this basic because they are scared of the president have no business serving as judges. The GOP doesn't care, though. Which is why we must vote them out of power in November.

Given the evisceration of the VRA, it's useful to listen to Coretta Scott King: “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it every generation.” She understood nonviolent direct action was "militant" and essential and spent her entire life fighting.

My new article is now online and Open Access! 🥳🥳🥳 In it I trace the history of German thinking about slavery and abolition with a special focus on how German debates about abolition were entwined with Enlightenment ideas about sympathy. In doing so, I hope to... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...