An amazing opportunity for a young int'l historian or political economist: Eva-Maria Muschik is leading an ERC-funded project (with the great name ShockAge) to write a global history of structural adjustment — which is to say, the backstory to contemporary capitalism. ie.univie.ac.at/aktuelles-un...

A quick reminder to #skystorians that the deadline for proposals to the 9th Hermann Weber Conference on "Communist Regimes and the Global Economy Since the 1970s" (April 22–23, 2027) is coming up this February 24, 2026. 🔗 to CfP here: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/sites/defaul...

CfP for a conference on "New Histories of the North-South Conflict" (July 7-9, 2026, deadline January 15, 2026) from my colleague Eva-Maria Muschik at @univie.ac.at. Looks like a great event examining histories of decolonization, the 1970s and 1980s, and IPE! www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Happy to announce the CfP for the 2027 Hermann Weber Conference, "Communist Regimes and the World Economy Since the 1970s" (Apr. 22-23, 2027), supported by the Gerda-und-Hermann-Weber-Stiftung in the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/stiftung/...

Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...

Interesting call for papers for historians of global development and US foreign policy from the Journal für Entwicklungspolitik on "The End of USAID": jep-journal.com/call-for-pap.... More information at the link, deadline for proposals is October 31, 2025.

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

My department at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social is hiring for a postdoc in area studies (3 years, with possibility of a 2-year extension). This is a full-time position, open to relevant fields in the humanities & social sciences. Deadline is September 30! karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/d...

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (PostDoc) (w/m/d)

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Interesting fellowship opportunity for postdoctoral researchers at 🇺🇸 institutions (including non-US citizens) to relocate to 🇦🇹 for four years with up to €500K funding: stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi... (Applicants need to be nominated by 🇦🇹 hosts, but there are instructions for how to reach out!)

This online workshop on academic publishing (July 9 at 15:00 GMT) from the Toynbee Prize Foundation and the Journal of Global History, hosted by @emleake.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity for early career #skystorians: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

@uniregensburg.bsky.social is looking to hire a full professor (W3) of Comparative Politics, focusing on 🇪🇺 politics. Please circulate within your networks – I'm not on the search committee, but am happy to provide information about 🇩🇪 job searches & Regensburg: www.uni-regensburg.de/assets/unive...

"Germany’s direction is clear: a shift away from the pretense of self-reflection, toward a colder and more militarized vision of the German state and identity." @hahauenstein.bsky.social with an excellent, if sobering, overview of German politics in 2025. hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germany-ha...

Germany's New Government Is Scarier Than You Think

Friedrich Merz’s new government marks a shift towards ideological conservatism, with some of its key ministers setting the stage for a more authoritarian direction. Here’s what you need to know.

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"Researchers from around the world have used the archives for projects, and scholars especially value the center’s records of documents from the Cold War era." DOGE's
dismantling of @wilsoncenter.org is a brazen act of vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown

About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.

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Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

Adam Shatz in @lrb.co.uk: "American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out ‘reforms’ – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader." 
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Adam Shatz | Submission

There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...

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Looking forward to speaking on my current book project this Wednesday, March 12, from 16:15-17:45 at @recetvienna.bsky.social. Thanks to Eva-Maria Muschik for the invitation and the chance to engage in conversations with #skystorians in 🇦🇹! www.recet.at/event-news/e...

An insane decision by the State Department to terminate the Title VIII program, which has allowed American students to study the languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia – all essential for foreign policy, intelligence, the military and not least a better informed citizenry.

Rebecca Spang@rlspang.bsky.social · last yr.

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc. Rubio just cancelled all of them languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...

Dt. Hochschulverband: "Die kurz vor Beginn der Erhebung zurückgetretene Bundesministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger wurde von 2.422 Teilnehmenden bewertet. Ihre durchschnittliche Bewertung von 4,82 ist die 'historisch' schlechteste Bewertung für diese Position." www.hochschulverband.de/fileadmin/re...

Looking forward to checking this out from #skystorians @drichterova.bsky.social, on Czechoslovakia's Cold War intelligence relations with terrorist organizations. Looks like an interesting contribution to work on ties between MENA and Eastern Europe! press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watchin...

Daniela Richterova@drichterova.bsky.social · 2y ago

The first copies of #WatchingtheJackals are in hand. Many 🙏 to @Georgetown_UP for their trust & support. Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing sneak peeks & tidbits from the book—stay tuned! 🐺📚 Official release: 2 Jan '25; available for pre-order now. @kcsi.uk @kcl.ac.uk

"Wo, wenn nicht an einer Universität können kontroverse Debatten geführt werden?" Erstaunlich zynische Worte, mit denen die @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social politischer Einflussnahme nachgibt und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland gefährdet. www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/nach...

FU sagt Vortrag von UN-Berichterstatterin in Präsenz ab

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JOB Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge (this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/

🚨I'm thrilled to share that @wadhamoxford, in collaboration with @OxfordHistory Faculty, has established the Koch History Centre, an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The Centre will support 12 junior and senior fellows. This year's theme: "Religion and the State." Please consider applying!

"Er stand dort für eine an Europa interessierte Forschung, die an Epochen erinnert, in denen Ideologien eine herausragende Rolle im Meinungskampf spielten. Jede Zeile von ihm war informativ." Jürgen Kaube in der @faznet.bsky.social zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach: www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach

Sein Horizont unterlag keiner nationalen Begrenzung: Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach, der die kulturellen und politischen Umstände erforschte, unter denen der Nationalsozialismus aufstieg.

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I'm saddened to learn about the passing of Anson Rabinbach, who was a wonderful scholar and the most supportive mentor I could have hoped for as an undergraduate student. Colleagues at the University of Wisconsin are collecting memories via the link in @jennifervevans.bsky.social's post.

Jen Evans@jennifervevans.bsky.social · 2y ago

The great intellectual historian Anson Rabinbach, passed away a few days ago in Rome after a fall. The folks over at the George Mosse Program in Wisconsin have set up an online page to capture memories and reminiscences for friends and family. It is available here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Grad students and recent PhDs: apply for our 2025 summer research grants! $3-4k. Apps due March 9. More info: www.hpeproject.org/grants-cfp

HPE Project 2024 Summer Research Grant CFP — History & Political Economy Project

The History & Political Economy (HPE) Project invites applications from PhD students and early-career scholars for our 2024 summer research grant.

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I'm hiring a post-doc working on 🇦🇿🇰🇬🇹🇷🇮🇷🇷🇺 for our new @dfg.de-AHRC project at @uniregensburg.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics." More information here: www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

"Wie soll denn Antisemitismus mit einer Resolution bekämpft werden, der die AfD zustimmen kann?“, fragte Miriam Rürup. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

Forscher kritisieren Antisemitismus-Resolution scharf

Der Bundestag hat die Resolution auch mit Zustimmung der AfD verabschiedet. Forscher fürchten durch das Papier einen Ansehensverlust der deutschen Wissenschaft und politische Einflussnahme.

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"Der Antrag schafft eine Grauzone für Willkürakte, weil nicht klar ist, was erlaubt und was verboten ist." Gute Einordnung der Hochschulresolution in der @taz.de von Dörthe Engelcke: taz.de/debatte/!606...

"Diese Resolution ist in dieser Form ein Eingriff in die Hochschulautonomie und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit, wie es ihn in der Bundesrepublik noch selten gegeben hat." Gutes Interview der @taz.de mit Historiker Ulrich Herbert zur geplanten Hochschulresolution: taz.de/!6062234&s=R...