iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Martin Babička

T.N. Kayzel @kaijzel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have a new preprint out with @picharbonnier.bsky.social ! We argue that the history of political thought has not taken the environment seriously enough. We propose a new approach that we call the environmental history of ideas. sciencespo.hal.science/hal-05752562

sciencespo.hal.science

Making sure you're not a bot!

142

Reposted by Martin Babička

Isabel Oakes @isaoak.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Encouraging interested people to apply to this conference on 'narrating eventness' that brings together historical and literary scholarship. It will take place May 2027 at Humboldt University, Berlin. Deadline for applications is September 15, 2026. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

networks.h-net.org

CFP Conference “Narrating Eventness: Economy, Ecology, and the Critical Power of Imagining” | H-Net

Crises and catastrophes, disruptions and disasters, tipping points and turns: this array of terms ignites both the literary and the historical imagination. Today, these terms largely cluster around th...

023

Reposted by Martin Babička

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#CfP 📣 The workshop “Confessions of Bad Taste” aims to explore the historically & culturally shifting relationships between consumption, status, value judgments, and affect that are articulated through performances of guilty pleasures. Submit your ideas! 🗓️ 2-4 June 2027 📍 KWI Essen 👉 urlr.me/AZqwbf

Ausschnitt aus „Der Kampf zwischen Karneval und Fasten“, Pieter Bruegel der Ältere, um 1559, Öl auf Eichenholz (118 × 164,5 cm), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank

11917

Reposted by Martin Babička

Lars Cornelissen @lcornelissen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New publication! Earlier this week, my new paper was published in @mihjournal.bsky.social: 'Fossil Neoliberalism: Towards an Intellectual History of Neoliberal Climate Change Denial' It's Open Access! 1/ doi.org/10.1017/S147...

doi.org

Fossil Neoliberalism: Towards an Intellectual History of Neoliberal Climate Change Denial | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

Fossil Neoliberalism: Towards an Intellectual History of Neoliberal Climate Change Denial

1169

Reposted by Martin Babička

Jokubas Salyga @jokubassalyga.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The new book now has a cover. The Myths of 1989: Origins, Realities, and Alternatives to Neoliberalism in Eastern Europe rethinks the free-market turn through thirteen country case studies uncovering its contested intellectual and political origins. Out early 2027 with Purdue University Press

021

Reposted by Martin Babička

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Today on the #KWIBlog: "Live Not by Post-Truth" Former KWI Fellow @martinbabicka.bsky.social explores the complex connections between the contemporary ‘post truth’ phenomenon and Eastern European socialist historiography. 📖 blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/live-not-by-...

Green graphic with a photo of the author and a short quote from the text

041

Martin Babička @martinbabicka.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

In a few weeks in Erfurt, we'll be looking back at the wild debates of the 1990s Science Wars from a fresh, global perspective–to better understand how science, politics, and public life got so tangled. Check the programme: www.uni-erfurt.de/philosophisc...

042