Reposted by Moritz MihatschCyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/202633 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings. 361604460
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026New article in @iajournal.bsky.social by Scott Malcomson titled "On digital non-alignment" picks up on our notion of a sovereignty regime to discuss digital sovereignty regimes. academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...academic.oup.comOn digital non-alignmentHow can states pursue digital prosperity without deepening digital vulnerability? Using India as its case-study, this article develops digital non-alignmen 031
Reposted by Moritz MihatschMaxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · 11/09/202611/9/26 - nocturn 018928
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Interesting new special issue asking "What was the Cold War?" edited by Silvia Pedraza www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgWhat was the Cold War?What was the Cold War?, an article collection from Social Science History 022
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I always found it funny that Apple weather gives monthly rainfall in millimetres for most cities in Europe but in centimetres for Wenzhou. Normally that is. Since this morning, it gives Wenzhou’s rainfall of the last 30 days in fractions of a meter 😂 000
Reposted by Moritz MihatschMaxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · 29/08/202629/8/26 - nocturn 08713
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026John Iliffe was a giant in the field of African history taking African agency seriously, rather than just writing about the history of white men in Africa. May his books be read and re-read for many years to come! 021
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Ooh... I really like weeping willows 🤨 Wouldnt' have thought that trees can make the air *worse* 000
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026🌞🏖️ Still need some summer reading? 🏊♂️📕 You can get our book with a 40% discount until August 11. 011
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026My clear favourite. It's time to put people on the money and this is the most original design by far. 000
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Casper Andersen and I are really excited that our special issue on history writing after independence has now been published. In the issue, we are looking at how institutional and epistemological factors impacted the process of history writing in the aftermath of independence. 🧵 183
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026⚽️ football meets sovereignty — a little too on the nose... and yes, don't get me started on FIFA... May the better team win tonight... wait... did I say better? I meant Belgian... May the Belgian team win tonight 🇧🇪 041
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My mom passed away a week ago after struggling with cancer for the last year. Over her life she has done many things and played many roles — including creating the architectural design of the wintergarten you can see in the top picture. 100
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Not sure how I missed this news, but if Burnham is already doing another Starmer, he does deserve a serious Green challenge... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies sayExclusive: Greater Manchester mayor understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration 120
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Get the translated copy of Yongle Zhang's "Shifting Boundaries: A Global History of the Monroe Doctrine" and a copy of our book, to start your "Shifting..." book collection. www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/... 173
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Where is reviewer 2 when you need them? I am genuinely baffled how this diatribe of "old man shouting at clouds" could be published in what I considered a reputable journal... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comCorrosive Leftism; From Revolutionary Origins to the Assault on Culture, Education, and Middle East StudiesThis paper traces the evolution of ideological Leftism. It proceeds with this political framework’s origins in the French Revolution and classical Marxist thought, then focuses particularly on the ... 000
Reposted by Moritz MihatschKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...mcsweeneys.netWe’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese... 171410509
Reposted by Moritz MihatschRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2026We are dismayed by news regarding UG History, and other subjects, at Hertfordshire. This follows recent job losses at Essex and elsewhere, and makes clear the crisis in UK HE. The Society is in touch and working with historians at UoH. As ever, we invite contact from others affected #Skystorians 3215101
Reposted by Moritz MihatschMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Be kind to our colleagues. Be canny for our colleagues. Be outraged for our colleagues. Be vocal about our colleagues' plight, which is not of their making. Be there for our colleagues. Be an ally in whatever way we can. 3/3 0759
Reposted by Moritz MihatschMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Teaching in one science department is “now bare-bones, with our pro vice-chancellor using the term ‘minimum viable product’ as the goal”. A politics academic keeps “trying to be positive, but it is exhausting. I moved my whole family here for this job; the guilt is horrendous." 1/3timeshighereducation.com‘HE has given me a good career. But, my word, it’s in a terrible situation now’The second part of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey examines the impact that the waves of layoffs have had on those left behind – and reveals a sector riven by rock-bottom mora... 36533
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Too accurate! I did in fact rescue a cat between steps 16-20 when working on @shiftingsovs.bsky.social 😅 041
Reposted by Moritz MihatschDuncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I'm a historian and my province is the past not the future but this is going to end badly 53412
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I'm excited to have received my Postgrad Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed (PGCTLHE) from Cambridge today & by that to have become a Fellow of the Higher Ed Academy (FHEA). Graduating also meant, that I was finally allowed to take a photo with the @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social horse. 010
Reposted by Moritz MihatschBarnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Good morning and happy National Tea Day! 🫖 Has anyone got a more obscure teapot than us? #NationalTeaDay #TimeForTea 25815
Reposted by Moritz MihatschDuncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Saw a street vendor selling 'The Art of War' to drivers stuck in traffic in Kampala and it is faintly amazing that a book written by a Chinese general 2,500 years ago is still in demand. 161
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Yesterday I had the honour to give the inaugural lecture of a new public lecture series hosted by my university, Wenzhou-Kean University, called Liberal Arts by the Lake, named for the lake in the centre of our campus. 020
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The last article of our special issue has now made it to First View. Check out Adrian Young's "Beachcomber at the Ends of Empire: H. E. Maude, Colonial Futurity, and the Origins of Professional Pacific History" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgBeachcomber at the Ends of Empire: H. E. Maude, Colonial Futurity, and the Origins of Professional Pacific History | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreBeachcomber at the Ends of Empire: H. E. Maude, Colonial Futurity, and the Origins of Professional Pacific History 111
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Looks like the FRUS online documents are down... please tell me this is temporary! 010
Reposted by Moritz MihatschDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Just beautiful elephants of the past, printed by (European) humans who likely have rarely seen an elephant before or were just bad printers. A short 🧵 820360
Reposted by Moritz MihatschMark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Historian? No, you're being rebranded. You're now a 'Retrospective Content Creator'. 3223
Reposted by Moritz MihatschFrederik Frank Sterkenburgh @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Many thanks @mihatsch.bsky.social for your fantastic lecture yesterday @humanitiesuu.bsky.social on your book @shiftingsovs.bsky.social! It was fascinating, thought-provoking and timely! 042
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Brace yourself: the civilisation sovereignty nexus is making a comeback. 132
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Escape the dreary Utrecht weather, and join us for a "cozy" discussion of sovereignty this evening. 021
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026This year the beginning of Ramadan coincides with the Chinese Lunar New Year. And so, I want to wish you at the same time, a Happy Ramadan and a wonderful Year of the Horse. 000
Reposted by Moritz MihatschWilliam Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Yet you still won’t be able to comment on footnotes 07212
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🇳🇱🗣️💬 Come and discuss sovereignty with me in Utrecht on 19 February 2026 at 17:15 (details in the link). www.uu.nl/en/events/le... 001
Reposted by Moritz MihatschShifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🇳🇴 Join us tomorrow! 043
Reposted by Moritz MihatschWilliam Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I have a new article out (open access!) about what the Archaeological Survey of India was doing in Nepal in the 1960s, with thoughts about the global complexity of post-war archaeological knowledge and the categories we use to understand it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comDeveloping Indian pasts? The Archaeological Survey of India, ‘postcolonial’ archaeology, and technical assistance in Nepal - William Carruthers, 2026This article examines archaeological assistance provided to Nepal by the Archaeological Survey of India as part of India’s aid efforts there in the 1960s. It de... 03212
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Soon the special issue is complete. Here comes Andrew Ivaska's "Two African Historiographies in a Decolonising Moment: Dependency Theory, the “Dar School,” and Institutional Politics at the University of Dar es Salaam" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgTwo African Historiographies in a Decolonising Moment: Dependency Theory, the “Dar School,” and Institutional Politics at the University of Dar es Salaam | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreTwo African Historiographies in a Decolonising Moment: Dependency Theory, the “Dar School,” and Institutional Politics at the University of Dar es Salaam 110
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I wish people would do / understand basic source criticism. Person X says Y happened ≠ Y actually happened. What does person X actually know? Who are they talking to and for what purpose? How does that change the reliability of the information or our interpretation? etc. 010
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Next one in the special issue is Carlotta Marchi's wonderful piece on Sanusi history in Libya: "Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgBuilding the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s) | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreBuilding the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s) 110
Reposted by Moritz MihatschBenjamin Goh @bengohstoschool.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Excited that my article (based on my MPhil dissertation that was supervised by @lianachua.bsky.social and @mihatsch.bsky.social ) is out! 031
Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026I'm really excited to announce that the next article of our special issue. @bengohstoschool.bsky.social article titled: “Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s | Itinerario | Cambridge Core“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s 342
Reposted by Moritz MihatschFrederik Frank Sterkenburgh @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026New year, new instalment of the Utrecht Lectures in Political History! On Thursday 19 February 2026, @mihatsch.bsky.social (Wenzhou-Kean University), author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social, will deliver the fifteenth Utrecht Lecture in Political History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social! 195