🙏🙏 Really delighted to see that the Süddeutsche Zeitung has included 'Wenn das Gestern anklopft: Weimar und die Wiederkehr der Geschichte' in its recommendations for people who feel inspire to learn more, after researching their own families' Nazi involvement. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ns-g...
Drittes Reich: Lesenswerte Bücher zum Nationalsozialismus
Hitler, Drittes Reich und NSDAP: Buchtipps zur NS-Zeit
sueddeutsche.de
Was treibt islamistische Terroristen an? Was glauben Terroristen wirklich? Der @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy Nova-Podcast mit @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social (& Katja Weber) bietet Antworten auf die Fragen, die seit Tagen Deutschland umtreibt: www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/heil...
Terror und das Konzept der radikalen Erlösung
Religion wird bei Betrachtung terroristischer Taten unterschätzt. "Radikale Erlösung" bleibe unbeachtet, meint Sicherheitsexpertin Beatrice de Graaf.
deutschlandfunknova.de
Now that we know the identity of leading figures of Scottish farright protests, we know that Nazi echoes are not accidental. The🏴extreme right is following two playbooks in its attempt to woo the radical ¢re-right right: the European ones of the 1920s &of today: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Scottish far right is copying Nazi playbook, says Hitler expert
Black-clad activists at the Unite the Clans protest did Nazi salutes at police and are becoming bolder and more extreme, Thomas Weber warns
thetimes.com
Mit Religion tun wir uns häufig schwer im Hinblick auf Terrorismus. Und überlassen das Feld damit den Rechtspopulisten. Anbei ein Versuch, die religiöse Dimension des Dschihadismus zu durchdenken. (Auf der Basis meiner 2025 OUP Studie): www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/heil...
Terror und das Konzept der radikalen Erlösung
Religion wird bei Betrachtung terroristischer Taten unterschätzt. "Radikale Erlösung" bleibe unbeachtet, meint Sicherheitsexpertin Beatrice de Graaf.
deutschlandfunknova.de
1/2 The group behind fascist-adjacent 'silent parades' in Scotland now has given itself a name. I see a very dangerous pattern here, as I have explained to The National: www.thenational.scot/news/2641414...
Warning of ‘eerie echoes of early Hitler’ as latest protest targets journalists
THERE are “eerie echoes” of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power playing out in far- and extreme-right protests on the streets of Scotland, an expert…
thenational.scot
Das @spiegel.de-Gespräch über die Zukunft der Demokratie mit Dirk Kurbjuweit und mir hier als Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The first review of Invisible Fatherland is out! Thanks to @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social (Univ. of Amsterdam) for reviewing it. I'm glad his review calls the book a significant contribution and highlights my argument that Weimar was a collective, if vulnerable, democratic project.
Vibrant Republicanism
By MORITZ FÖLLMER | Achilles argues that constitutional patriotism was vibrant in Weimar Germany and that it was embraced both by political leaders in Berlin and by ordinary citizens in small towns…
globaleuropejournal.org
Want more of The Odyssey? The New York Times recommends Hoover Senior Fellow Barry Strauss's The Trojan War: A New History, a book that "draws the line between historical fact and historical fiction in entertaining, accessible prose."
Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next.
Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
nytimes.com
1/2 If your parents or your guidance counsellors tell you not to study History, they are wrong. Here is why: www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
College Majors With The Best Job Prospects In 2026
LinkedIn data reveals which college majors offer the strongest hiring prospects and the flexibility to find jobs across multiple industries.
forbes.com
1/2✨“Every country has an army,either yr own,or a foreign one. We have learned many times in the past that your own comes cheaper in the medium term...We will spend what it takes not to become a 🇷🇺colony again”: @radek-sikorski.bsky.social on ‘Secrets of Statecraft’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxy8...
Radek Sikorski Unleashed | Andrew Roberts | Secrets of Statecraft
YouTube video by Hoover Institution
youtube.com
💥 Come and do a PhD in History with us in beautiful Aberdeen! 🏴 And do apply for the Margaret E.S. Merchant Memorial Scholarship by 15 August, which will provide 💷💷💷 full funding for three years. www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
Margaret E.S. Merchant Memorial Scholarship | The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History | The University of Aberdeen
abdn.ac.uk
Verwacht in oktober bij Just Publishers: mijn nieuwste boek, getiteld 'Mens en dier tijdens Hitlers Holocaust'. Het gaat over de betekenis van dieren voor zowel de slachtoffers als daders van de Holocaust. Dieren waren toen meer verbonden met de mens dan je zou denken, als plaag, vijand en vriend.
1/5✨ Jörg Lau on how "a mutigere Politik in Europa möglich ist" and where Germans should turn for inspiration:
✨ Really intriguing to discuss with experts from the 🧑💻 Tech world the lessons from interwar disinformation & demagoguery for taming today’s digital sphere! Thank you for having me to discuss the insights of 'Wenn das Gestern anklopft' (Herder) bbl-group.eu#about
Brown Bag Lunch Group
The Brown Bag Lunch Group is a multi-disciplinary, creative network of independent experts, entrepreneurs and academics.
bbl-group.eu
"Putin scheint nicht wahnsinnig,aber radikalisiert zu sein. Das ist ein erhebl. Unterschied. In unseren westl. Gesellschaften haben wir diesem Radikalisierungsprozess Putins viel zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt." @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social in her T-Online intervw www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
"Putin bangte wirklich um sein Leben": Historikerin über Russlands Präsidenten
Einst galt Wladimir Putin in westlichen Staaten manchen als Hoffnungsträger, schließlich wurde Russlands Präsident zum Angriffskrieger. Wie hat sich Putin derart radikalisiert? Historikerin Beatrice d...
t-online.de
My Hoover colleague Norman Naimark about men's inhumanity to men: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpqw...
Poland's Agony with Norman Naimark
YouTube video by Hoover Institution
youtube.com
5. Druck erscheint jetzt! Und hier ein Interview zu unserem Putin-Buch (mit Niels Drost zusammen) auf deutsch - wir hoffen noch auf eine deutsche Übersetzung, wer weiss: www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
"Putin bangte wirklich um sein Leben": Historikerin über Russlands Präsidenten
Einst galt Wladimir Putin in westlichen Staaten manchen als Hoffnungsträger, schließlich wurde Russlands Präsident zum Angriffskrieger. Wie hat sich Putin derart radikalisiert? Historikerin Beatrice d...
t-online.de
1/3 🙏Thank you to @neilmackay.bsky.social for picking up my warning, as to why we should be so worried about Blackshirt parades emerging in the cities of Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Welcome to Scotland in 2026 - where Blackshirts parade on our city streets
Far-right extremists dressed all in black are now brazenly marching in Glasgow and Edinburgh. We need to wake up and speak up before it’s too…
heraldscotland.com
Had a great conversation with Hugo Abrial on the urgent and timeless topic of applied history: www.linkedin.com/posts/hugoab...
#appliedhistory #ga | Hugo Abrial
History is essential to understanding the present. As Marc Bloch, who entered the Panthéon in Paris a bit more than a week ago, alongside his wife Simonne, put it in Apologie pour l'histoire ou Méti...
linkedin.com
How concerned should we be about the recent far-right parades that have sprung up in Scotland? BBC Radio Scotland just interviewed me about this Q. The short answer is: Very! There is noting innocent about them! For the interview, listen to 'Drivetime', betw 4 & 5 pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Scotland - Drivetime
Breaking down the day's news and talking points with comment and opinion.
bbc.co.uk
“We must understand Russia! And if we have any illusions about Russia, it is our fault.” - This is one of the many memorable lines from last night's 'Chernobyl Roulette' Lecture by Serhii Plokhii that concluded the visit to Aberdeen by the University of Aberdeen's latest Honorary Doctor of Letters.
1/3 “When shown the videos, Weber said their ‘vibe combined the aura and the feel of the 1930s with that of 21st- century autocracy’.” – Many thanks to The Times for interviewing me about the recent fascistic parades held across Scotland."
Celebrating & honouring Serhii Plokhii's commitment to a universalist conception of freedom and his scholarship. It was such an honour & privilege to serve as the Promoter of the award of Doctor of Letter Honoris Causa to Professor Serhii Plokhii at the University of Aberdeen today.
Tickets for Serhii Plokhii's public lecture in Aberdeen on Wednesday are going fast. But it is still possible to obtain tickets. Please book your tickets now for a chance to attend the event: www.eventbrite.com/e/chernobyl-...
CHERNOBYL ROULETTE: The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Nuclear Threats
Public Lecture by Professor Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University
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1/2 It was really uplifting & heartening to see how many young people showed up at my event at the 🕎Jüdische Woche in Leipzig to discuss how to turn to history, when the clouds are darkening, to take inspiration on how to strengthen and repair democracy and civilization
What is happening to the humanities at British universities? Here is my report, published in today's FAZ:
From the current issue: "The Revolutions that Consolidated Empire: A Reconsideration of 1830" by @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social and Erik de Lange (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
Original und Fälschung - On the trail of the magic of Caspar David Friedrich in Greifswald
🚨Lieve mensen, op Bluesky (en volgens mij ook op X waar ik zelf dus echt niet meer zit) zijn nepaccounts aangemaakt zogenaamd als mij. Willen jullie die rapporteren misschien? (Als onderzoeker vraag ik me af of dat komt door ons Poetin-boek…).
Will Germany’s 5 % electoral threshold rule (Fünfprozenthürde) catapult extremism back into power?
