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Caroline Mezger

@carolinemezger.bsky.social
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Historian & Associate Professor @EHESS in Paris | Group Leader of INFOCOM Project | World War II, National Socialism, Migration, Informal Communication | Currently writing a book on rumors 📚 🖋

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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 10h
Jo Fox kicking off the INFOCOM Final Conference with a brilliant keynote lecture
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Institut für Zeitgeschichte München−Berlin @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mit dem öffentlichen Abendvortrag von Jo Fox endet zugleich unser INFOCOM-Projekt. @carolinemezger.bsky.social, Felix Berge, Izabela Paszko & Manuel Mork haben informelle Informationskanäle in der NS-Zeit untersucht & stellen die Ergebnisse zusammen mit @ehess in einer Abschlusskonferenz am IfZ vor.
Plakat der Vortragsveranstaltung "Whispers of War"
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Le nouveau séminaire en allemand à l'EHESS commence le 16 octobre ! @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr @dhi-paris.fr Inscrivez-vous ici : participations.ehess.fr
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Neuheit an der @ehess.fr! Ab 16. Oktober lehre ich ein deutschsprachiges Seminar im Stil eines Forschungskolloquiums. Thema: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Genaues Programm folgt! Registrierung unter participations.ehess.fr enseignements.ehess.fr/2026-2027/ue...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The INFOCOM Final Conference program is now on H-Soz-Kult! Munich, here we come!! @crh.ehess.fr @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @lmu.de www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The official program for the Final Conference of the INFOCOM Project is finally complete — I'm so excited to meet everyone in Munich @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social next week!
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And so it begins
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So excited about the Final Conference of the INFOCOM Project, which begins in exactly three weeks! Join us for the opening public lecture by the fabulous Jo Fox @newcastleuni.bsky.social on October 7 at 6 pm @lmu.de! @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @crh.ehess.fr
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's just one of those days
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This academic year's courses @ehess.fr are now online and open for registration! I'll be teaching the ones below. Feel free to register under: participations.ehess.fr! enseignements.ehess.fr/2026-2027/in...
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Very sad news. Konrad was a serious, careful, and engaged Doktorvater. He was eternally curious and always enjoyed hearing about the research produced by early career scholars from an incredibly broad range of topics. He took great pride in citing his students.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What a loss! RIP www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Noted UNC history professor drowns in Chapel Hill lake
Chapel Hill police said the call about a missing swimmer came in around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
CfA: The Research Centre Ukraine (RCU) / Max Weber Foundation invites applications for three full-time postdoctoral research positions, offered on fixed-term contracts until April 2030. The positions are based in Lviv, Ukraine, and are expected to commence as soon as possible.
karriere.maxweberstiftung.de
Call for Applications: Three Full-Time Postdoctoral Positions
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Colloques juniors - Appel à projets automne 2026 - Délai 15/9 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇨🇭🇦🇹 Le programme de financement colloque junior permet aux jeunes chercheur.e.s d’organiser une manifestation scientifique de manière autonome tout en bénéficiant d’un suivi personnalisé de la part du CIERA.
ciera.fr
Colloques juniors - Appel à projets automne 2026 | CIERA
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A powerful piece on Harper, Cofnas, and the hideous business of Jason Arday's death. "You and I, who watched...who clicked, and clicked, and told ourselves that reading is not the same as consuming... What the world took in as ‘content’ now documents a man’s last excruciating months on this earth."
thenation.com
The Machine That Came for Jason Arday
It wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This summer, I had the great pleasure of speaking to the journalist Mandoline Rutkowski about rumors, fake news, and National Socialism. Our interview has now appeared with the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung under fluter.de (free access!) 👇 www.fluter.de/geruechte-de...
fluter.de
„Wir befinden uns in einer Zeit, die wie geschaffen ist für Gerüchte“
Hast du schon gehört …? Gerüchte kennen wir alle – aber welche gesellschaftliche Funktion haben sie eigentlich? Die Historikerin Caroline Mezger hat sich das genau angeschaut
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A bit of eclipse magic to round off the summer ☀️
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Really looking forward to tomorrow's event honoring Laura Lee Downs! @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr crh.ehess.fr/index.php?11...
crh.ehess.fr
Laura Lee Downs. L'histoire sociale en mouvement
Organizing committee: Clarisse Berthezène (UPCité), Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel (Sciences Po, CSO, CNRS), Camille Fauroux (UT2J), Christelle Gomis (CURAPP-ESS), Célia Keren (UVSQ), Ariane Mak (UPCité)
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Powerful weekend read www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Jürgen Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening Age
The great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Really appreciate the Parisian radio channel that just played a Christmas song ❄️ #heatwave
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happening today! www.paris.fr/evenements/a...
paris.fr
Assistez à la panthéonisation de Marc Bloch
Historien et résistant de la seconde guerre mondiale, Marc Bloch entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin 2026.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Never thought I'd spend my first June in Paris seeking out climate shelters for my kids🌡🔥 #globalwarming
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thank you for a fabulous conference! @SOCIOBORD @eui-history.bsky.social
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Back in beautiful Florence ✨️
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
RIP, Carlo Ginzburg
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I'm very excited to be joining the fantastic SOCIOBORD #ERC team @eui-history.bsky.social next week for their final conference on social welfare in Europe's borderlands! Those interested in participating online can register below 👇 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
eui.eu
Sociobord Final Conference
The SOCIOBORD Closing Conference offers a unique opportunity to reflect on how borders and welfare systems have shaped people
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
One of my all-time favorites: or, working with German sources
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Since it's that time of year again... I so much prefer reading original texts with grammatical errors and idiosyncrasies rather than any seemingly polished but meaningless AI garble... Why do people do it? Why???
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Impressed by the title options in this German drop-down menu! 👑
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Sneak peek — come join us @ehess.fr on June 30 to celebrate the brilliant Laura Lee Downs!
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Open PhD position for a project on the intersection between Jewish studies and disability studies 👇 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
emploi.cnrs.fr
Portail Emploi CNRS - Job offer - PhD 3-year contract on Disability and Jewish Experts in East-Central Europe in 19th-20th centuries (M/F))
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EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales @ehess.fr · 23/04/2026
#Recrutement 💼 ✍️ Pour l’année universitaire 2026-2027, l’École doctorale de l’EHESS propose au recrutement 41 contrats doctoraux, dont 1 réservé aux seuls candidats et candidates en situation de handicap. 👉 Détails, calendrier et candidatures : urlr.me/yYxt2z #jobs #ESR #VeilleESR
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hot tip - you might also consider studying @ehess.fr 📚 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/w...
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In France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
3 days left 😄
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The @ehess.fr has a fancy new website, including a highly accessible section on its international initiatives and programs — feel free to browse below! ehess.fr/jcms/ehess_2...
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Ehess - Page carrefour
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A photo I took 14 years ago at an anti-Orbán/Fidesz demonstration in Budapest... It is finally done!
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Friendly reminder: applications for the INFOCOM Project's final conference are due in one month! Looking forward to seeing you there @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @crh.ehess.fr @lmu.de www.ehess.fr/fr/appel-com...
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Informal Communication in Nazi Europe:
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Franco-German CIERA network has opened their call for various mobility fellowships for M.A. and Ph.D. students seeking to do research in the German-speaking world. Deadlines in March and April! www.ciera.fr/fr/programme...
ciera.fr
Notre programme d'aides à la mobilité | CIERA
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The @dhi-paris.fr and Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah have launched a new one-year research fellowship on the history of the Holocaust in France/Western Europe! Deadline for this first round of applications: April 1. More details below 👇👇👇 www.dhi-paris.fr/fileadmin/us...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us this Thursday for a doctoral workshop @ehess.fr on images and the ethics of representation! I'll be speaking about my own research experience with working on Nazi images and Holocaust photographry www.ehess.fr/fr/journ%C3%...
ehess.fr
EthiVU - Deuxième demi-journée d'études de l'École doctorale : Image et éthique de la représentation | EHESS
Éthique et la déontologie de la recherche
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking forward to presenting my research @inalco.fr this evening — thank you, @andreasguidi.bsky.social and Katerina Kesa, for inviting me to speak in your seminar! www.inalco.fr/actualites/s...
inalco.fr
Séminaire de master et de recherche Histoire, Politique et Culture en Europe Médiane (HPCEM) 2025-2026 : Mobiliser la collectivité | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The call is now also on H-Soz-Kult! Apply by May 1st for our conference @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social on "Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War" @crh.ehess.fr @ehess.fr www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
hsozkult.de
Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War
Final conference of the Leibniz Junior Research Group Project “‘Man hört, man spricht’: Informal Communication and Information ‘From Below’ in Nazi Europe” (INFOCOM) at the Leibniz Institute for Conte...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thrilled to announce the Final Conference of the INFOCOM Project, October 7-9, 2026 @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social: "Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War" Applications due by May 1! @crh.ehess.fr @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
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So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Just in time for the #INFOCOM Project @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social's final year, the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de has published a portrait of the project and my research on rumors under National Socialism. Stay tuned for the Project's final events! www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/us...
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Not a bad view on my way home from this year's last seminar. Wishing everyone joyous and restful holidays ✨️
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
It's publication day (again)!! #INFOCOM's Felix Berge has published his book on informal communication in wartime Nazi Germany. Congratulations on this accomplishment! 🎊 @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Hören und Sprechen im Krieg
Informal communication shaped German society during World War II. Information could be a source of sovereignty, function as a means of survival, or generate anxiety. Historian Felix Berge examines how...
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Occupation Studies Research Network @occupationstudies.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Hello Bluesky! We are a global, interdisciplinary community of scholars examining military occupations and the ways they shape societies past and present.
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Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
It's publication day! #INFOCOM's Izabela Paszko has published her book on informal communication in Upper Silesia under Nazi rule. Many congratulations! 🎉 @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de www.routledge.com/Informal-Com...
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Informal Communication and Occupation in the Polish Borderlands: Fragmented Worlds in East Upper Silesia, 1939–1945
The book explores the neglected role and social dynamics of informal communication – interpersonal channels not controlled ‘from above’ – in the region of Upper Silesia under the German occupation dur...
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