Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 10hJo Fox kicking off the INFOCOM Final Conference with a brilliant keynote lecture 010
Reposted by Caroline MezgerInstitut für Zeitgeschichte München−Berlin @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mit 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. 031
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Le 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 063
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Neuheit 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... 010
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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... 031
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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! 021
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So 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 033
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This 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... 022
Reposted by Caroline MezgerNed Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Very 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. 1476
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What a loss! RIP www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...newsobserver.comNoted UNC history professor drowns in Chapel Hill lakeChapel Hill police said the call about a missing swimmer came in around 11 a.m. Tuesday. 020
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026CfA: 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.deCall for Applications: Three Full-Time Postdoctoral Positions 034
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Colloques 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.frColloques juniors - Appel à projets automne 2026 | CIERA 021
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A 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.comThe Machine That Came for Jason ArdayIt wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running. 011
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This 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 131
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A bit of eclipse magic to round off the summer ☀️ 020
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Really looking forward to tomorrow's event honoring Laura Lee Downs! @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr crh.ehess.fr/index.php?11...crh.ehess.frLaura Lee Downs. L'histoire sociale en mouvementOrganizing committee: Clarisse Berthezène (UPCité), Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel (Sciences Po, CSO, CNRS), Camille Fauroux (UT2J), Christelle Gomis (CURAPP-ESS), Célia Keren (UVSQ), Ariane Mak (UPCité) 052
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Powerful weekend read www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comJürgen Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening AgeThe great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere. 000
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Really appreciate the Parisian radio channel that just played a Christmas song ❄️ #heatwave 010
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Happening today! www.paris.fr/evenements/a...paris.frAssistez à la panthéonisation de Marc BlochHistorien et résistant de la seconde guerre mondiale, Marc Bloch entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin 2026. 020
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Never thought I'd spend my first June in Paris seeking out climate shelters for my kids🌡🔥 #globalwarming 020
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Thank you for a fabulous conference! @SOCIOBORD @eui-history.bsky.social 021
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I'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.euSociobord Final ConferenceThe SOCIOBORD Closing Conference offers a unique opportunity to reflect on how borders and welfare systems have shaped people 021
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/06/2026One of my all-time favorites: or, working with German sources 040
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Since 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??? 160
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Impressed by the title options in this German drop-down menu! 👑 040
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Sneak peek — come join us @ehess.fr on June 30 to celebrate the brilliant Laura Lee Downs! 053
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Open 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)) 032
Reposted by Caroline MezgerEHESS - 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 01821
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Hot tip - you might also consider studying @ehess.fr 📚 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/w...nytimes.comIn France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era 061
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The @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...ehess.frEhess - Page carrefour 030
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026A photo I took 14 years ago at an anti-Orbán/Fidesz demonstration in Budapest... It is finally done! 0101
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Friendly 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...ehess.frInformal Communication in Nazi Europe: 023
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The 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.frNotre programme d'aides à la mobilité | CIERA 045
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The @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...dhi-paris.fr 0710
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Join 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.frEthiVU - Deuxième demi-journée d'études de l'École doctorale : Image et éthique de la représentation | EHESSÉthique et la déontologie de la recherche 010
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Looking 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.frSéminaire 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 020
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The 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.deInformal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at WarFinal 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... 053
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Thrilled 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 031
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026www.propublica.org/article/ice-...propublica.org“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley FacilityHundreds 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... 000
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...liberalcurrents.comSo, How’s the Occupation Going for You?What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer. 030
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Just 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... 081
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Not a bad view on my way home from this year's last seminar. Wishing everyone joyous and restful holidays ✨️ 061
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025It'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...degruyterbrill.comHören und Sprechen im KriegInformal 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... 060
Reposted by Caroline MezgerOccupation Studies Research Network @occupationstudies.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Hello Bluesky! We are a global, interdisciplinary community of scholars examining military occupations and the ways they shape societies past and present. 121
Caroline Mezger @carolinemezger.bsky.social · 15/12/2025It'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...routledge.comInformal Communication and Occupation in the Polish Borderlands: Fragmented Worlds in East Upper Silesia, 1939–1945The 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... 030