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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

First, @marktkettler.bsky.social reviews Andrew H. Kless's "Broken Ground: Building Germany's Occupation of Poland in the First World War". Kettler highlights that the German occupation was not a systematic colonial project, but rather a confused, improvised bureaucracy.

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We should require all AI generated text to be printed in Comic sans! If you don’t take your writing seriously, I want to know immediately!

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

In "Broken Ground: Building Germany's Occupation of Poland in the First World War", Andrew Kless offers critical reading for historians of German war aims, occupation, or the war in general. Read my full review for First World War Studies. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WRJRH...

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Broken Ground: Building Germany’s Occupation of Poland in the First World War

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Broken Ground: Building Germany’s Occupation of Poland in the First World War

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My school, a top research university, gives us access to an institutional AI bot, HopGPT. As an experiment, I just asked it for the most important *academic* works on WWII. It gave me a list of 8 books. The first was Churchill, followed by David Irving, then Primo Levi. We are so, so screwed

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Historians of Central and Eastern Europe! On this feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, consider submitting a proposal for "Encountering the European 'East'", our seminar at this year's GSA in Phoenix.

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Deadline’s coming up! Proposals must be submitted to the GSA application portal by 18 February. Please circulate widely.

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

ICYMI:📢🚨CFP: "Encountering the European ‘East’: Imagination and Practice." seminar for @thegsa.bsky.social We explore the contradictory ways in which Europeans imagined the ‘East’, and how their encounters with these regions transformed interpretations and projects. www.thegsa.org/blog/cfa-gsa...

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📢 🚨CFP: "Encountering the European ‘East’: Imagination and Practice." a seminar for @thegsa.bsky.social We explore the contradictory ways in which Europeans imagined the ‘East’, and how their encounters with these regions transformed interpretations and projects. www.thegsa.org/blog/cfa-gsa...

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CfA: GSA Seminars 2026 | German Studies Association

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German Studies Association @thegsa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

📢 Now Open: #theGSA2026 Seminars Applications are now open for participation in the GSA 2026 Seminars at our 50th annual conference in Phoenix, AZ! 📝 Apply via the OpenWater submission portal 🗓 Application deadline: February 18, 2026 👉 Seminar topics & full details: thegsa.org/blog/cfa-gsa...

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

On Christmas 2024, Robert Eggers released his adaptation of Nosferatu. What does this latest version of the Dracula story reveal about our dread and the evolving terrors of modernity? www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature...

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A Death of Despair in Wisborg – Senses of Cinema

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We lost something when we stopped adapting classic literature with Muppets. Where is Muppet “Frankenstein”, Muppet “Pride & Prejudice”, Muppet “War and Peace”?

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I'm giving a talk on Monday in Berlin for those around. **** Global History Colloquium: Matt Fitzpatrick (Flinders University) on "The Diplomacy of Colonial Cruelty: German Samoa and the Treatment of Chinese Labourers" *** share.google/s7sxXYD6xJmm...

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E. Hochman @erhochman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I will be teaching my grad seminar on nationalism next semester, and I was wondering if anyone had recommendations on works concerning nationalism and internationalism. I'm open to books or articles on any region/time period. Thanks! 🗃️

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Carl Otto Czeschka's magnificent illustrations for Die Niebelung.

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Folks interested in German colonialism, If you're looking for a sneak peak at my new book, 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa', the introduction is now free to read online for the next month. academic.oup.com/book/60083/c...

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Introduction: German Samoa as Liberal Colony

Abstract. This opening chapter assesses the position of A Pacific Power in the current historiography. It describes its relationship to colonial history, P

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

What can a vampire story tell us about our evolving fears about modern life? Read my new essay with @sensesofcinema.bsky.social, "A Death of Despair in Wisborg" www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature...

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The best book on the subject yet and probably ever

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

What can a vampire story tell us about our evolving fears about modern life? Read my new essay with @sensesofcinema.bsky.social, "A Death of Despair in Wisborg" www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature...

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

All historians know the sinking feeling of tracking an "authoritative" reference back through several generations of writers to an unsourced assertion by someone nobody's ever heard of. Now AI can make up new ones in no time at all.

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I just saw this. It looks like an amazing resource for anybody who teaches on Weimar film. I know I’m going to raid it for the next iteration of “German History through Film”.

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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Well, I finally got around to creating an account. Follow-me if you are interested in modern German History, the First World War in particular.

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