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Pol Dalmau @poldalmau.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Publication day! Our new book, Iberian Crossroads. A Global History of Modern Spain, is now out with @academic.oup.com! It’s also available in OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1093/9780... More info 👇🏻🧶

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martinrempe.bsky.social @martinrempe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Arbeitsbeginn beim altehrwürdigen Schwabe Verlag | NZZ Libro in Basel, wo ich ab sofort den Programmbereich Zeitgeschichte, Politik, Literatur und Kultur verantworten darf. Ich freue mich sehr auf diese neue Aufgabe und die Zusammenarbeit mit Euch.

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L.I.S.A. @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de · 21/07/2026

Vom Historikertag zum Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft – Mit Antje Flüchter, Marie von Lüneburg, Friedrich Kießling und Romedio Schmitz-Esser blicken wir auf den Bonner Historikertag zurück und voraus auf den ersten Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft. lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/zugastbeilis...

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Vom Historikertag zum Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft | L.I.S.A. Wissenschaftsportal Gerda Henkel Stiftung

„Dynamiken der Macht“ war das Motto des 55. Historikertags, der vom 16. bis 19. September 2025 in Bonn stattfand. Am Rande des Kongresses traf die Mitgliederversammlung des ausrichtenden Verbandes...

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a privilege and pleasure to attend yet another Balzan-FRIAS Masterclass in Global History, this time with the utterly brilliant Prof Patricia Calvin, who came over to Freiburg to talk about "Human Security and the History of Capitalism".

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Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft @historikertag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hinweise zu Sektionseinreichungen für den Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 Der Ausschuss des @vhdonline.bsky.social hat in seiner Sommersitzung beschlossen, die Auswahlkriterien für die Sektionseinreichungen zu veröffentlichen. Alle Infos unter: www.historikerverband.de/aktuelles/me...

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Hinweise zu Sektionseinreichungen für den Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 – VHD

Der Ausschuss hat in seiner Sommersitzung beschlossen, die Auswahlkriterien für die Sektionseinreichungen zu veröffentlichen. Grundlage der Bewertung sind folgende Gesichtspunkte […]

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The Balzan–FRIAS Project in Global History invites applications from early-career researchers for a two-day masterclass and lecture on the history of capitalism from a global perspective featuring Professor Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford), to be held on 16–17 July 2026.

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Teresa Göltl @teresagoeltl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Join us for an engaging discussion with Sue Peabody, who will share insights from her recent book and reflect on the writing process, exploring questions such as: Which narrative style is most effective - #biography, #microhistory, or #fiction? @feverprojecthd.bsky.social

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We are excited to announce the second FEVER lecture series for the summer term 2026, with different talks relating to the history of fevers, medicine, and science. Feel free to join us in person at the Lecture Hall of Heidelberg's history faculty (Grabengasse 3-5)!

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

On 23 March, Stefanie Gänger will give the distinguished lecture "Come a Long Way. The Global Historian's Craft, Twenty Years On" celebrating 20 years of the Journal of Global History. More information about the event below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

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Distinguished Lecture and ECR Workshop: Celebrating 20 Years of the Journal

Celebrating 20 years of the Journal of Global History with an editorial workshop and special lecture featuring Professor Stefanie Gänger.

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🗺️Jürgen Osterhammel (FRIAS Distinguished Fellow) ordnet im Nachrichtenmagazin DER SPIEGEL die US-amerikanische Außenpolitik von US-Präsident Donald Trump aus der Perspektive seiner globalhistorischen Forschung ein. 🔗 Zum Interview: www.spiegel.de/geschichte/n... #Zeitgeschichte #PolitikAnalyse #USA

Auf weißem Hintergrund erscheint in schwarzen Lettern die Headline des Spiegel-Interviews mit Jürgen Osterhammel. Sie lautet: "Jetzt geht es nur noch um die solistische Durchsetzung egoistischer Ziele."

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Just wrapped up another Balzan-FRIAS masterclass, this time with the wonderful Ulinka Rublack, on fashion, material culture and the global in the early modern period.

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

On 22 January, Dr. Mack Zalin gives a talk on From Heidelberg to Baltimore: What Johns Hopkins University Owes the Oldest German University. You can register for the talk following the link: form.jotform.com/253506072131...

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

In diesem Semester werfen auch unsere Kolleg*innen aus der Soziologie wieder einen Blick auf soziale Prozesse - in der Vergangenheit! Das Institutskolloquium findet jeweils mittwochs von 14:14-15:45 Uhr im Campus Bergheim 00.024 statt.

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The Balzan-FRIAS Project in Global History is hosting a masterclass for (post-) doctoral researchers with Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge) on global cultural history, set to take place 22-23 Jan 2026. Spread the word! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

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Balzan-FRIAS Masterclass in Global History

The International Balzan Foundation (Milan/Zurich) is funding a programme in support of early career researchers in the field of Global History.

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GASt e.V. – Gesellschaft für Australienstudien @gast-gafas.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It's time for the 19th Biennial Conference of the German Association for Australian Studies | Gesellschaft für Australienstudien (GASt) ›It's time‹ at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (Germany)! 9-12 Oct | Find the programme and other info here

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GASt Konferenz, 9 – 12 Okt 2025 – Gesellschaft für Australienstudien

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Stefanie Gänger ist gerade (sehr gerne) Referentin beim studentischen Workshop "Geschichte - Nur wie?" über alte und neue Herausforderungen in der Geschichtswissenschaft am (sehr schönen) Münchner Käte Hamburger Kolleg Global Dis:Connect.

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The third blog entry is on the participation of the University of Heidelberg at the World Fair in St. Louis in 1904. If you want to know why it almost came to a clash with the foreign policy at the time, check it out: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/between-s...

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

If you want to know how an elephant from the Zoological Garden in Cologne ended up as a skeleton in the zoological collection of the University of Heidelberg check out the second blog entry on the history of the collections of the university of Heidelberg: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/from-capt...

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

During the semester we delved into the history of the university's collections with our undergraduate students. The result are some exciting blog posts. You can check out the first one here: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/colonial-...

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Our team member @teresagoeltl.bsky.social recently spoke about her academic journey. Recorded by #Africana, a platform hosted by the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, dedicated to showcasing research on Africa and its global connections: africanaens.com/portraits-de... 🎤 youtu.be/s33HUEE4C4E?...

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[#9 PORTRAITS DE CHERCHEUR.SE.S] - Teresa GÖLTL

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Just brought to a close another Balzan-FRIAS masterclass in global history @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social featuring Sebastian Conrad and a group of PhD students working on a range of exciting topics -- from global deforestation to ship ballast.

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Just wrapped up the semester with a brilliant talk by Andrés Bustamante (University of Oxford) on archaeology, the mexican state and sovereignty over the subsoil in the 20th century. A wonderful close to this summer's modern history colloquium!

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:

A quote from the author; this is quoted in full below in the thread

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, H. Glenn Penny (UCLA) will give a lecture at the lecture hall of the Department of History in Heidelberg, titled “Quotidian Interconnections: The Implications of Globalizing German-Chilean Microhistories, 1920s–1940s.” The talk will take place from 4:15 to 5:45 PM.

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Our FEVER Workshop wrapped up on Friday — what a pleasure and privilege it was! Huge thanks to all who joined us, and especially to our wonderful speakers, including Kevin Siena, @wraggem.bsky.social, Chris Hamlin, Margaret DeLacy, and Ricardo Cabral de Freitas.

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Ahead of our FEVER-workshop on 10-11 July, we'll be hosting Kevin Siena's talk "The Foetus is made by Contagion: Pathology and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety", next Wednesday (July 9) at 16:15CET at the lecture hall of Heidelberg's History Faculty or online via zoom (e-mail us for link!).

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Wherever you are in the world, if you want to hear the latest about the ‘Age of Fevers’, 1760-1830, join us online tomorrow, June 27, 14:00 (CET), when Stefanie Gänger will be speaking in the TRANSPACIFIC lecture series, hosted by a fellow ERC project. crossroads-research.net/projects/erc...

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Transpacific Lecture Series - Crossroads Research

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We are thrilled to inaugurate our FEVER blog with a post by Stefanie Gänger, Lea-Marie Trigilia, and Ricardo Castellón on the prevalence of fever-diagnoses in Guatemala's San Juan Hospital in the 18th century: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...

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“…to be Cured of a Fever”: Guatemala, the San Juan Hospital’s Women’s Ward, and a World of Fevers, 1781–5 - Department of History

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Alles andere als Leere gestern bei Achim Landwehrs brilliantem Vortrag über "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen" in der (Vor-) Moderne am Historischen Seminar in Heidelberg!

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Morgen, am 04. Juni, wird Achim Landwehr @achland.bsky.social zu "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen. Zur historischen Bedeutung des Weltmangels" vortragen. Die Veranstaltung beginnt um 16:15 Uhr im Hörsaal des Historischen Seminars. Join us!

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Christina Brauner @chbrauner.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We are looking forward to the book launch of Rethinking Global History (open access) with speakers such as Jeremy Adelman, Jürgen Osterhammel and John-Paul A. Ghobrial, on May 14, 2025, 4:15-5:45pm (CET). Email modern.history@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de to request link.

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

On Wednesday, April 30, our very own Stefanie Gänger will speak about her recent contribution to the volume Rethinking Global History on materiality and material culture history. Join the discussion at the Material Culture Forum at Cambridge University online: mcf.hist.cam.ac.uk/events/frami...

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It was a real pleasure to explore the past and present of fever(s) together with my colleague Ulrich Schwarz from Biophysics yesterday! Thanks to the organisers from InterdisciPlenary Heidelberg for making this event happen!

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Join us for the book launch of Rethinking Global History (open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...), with speakers such as Jeremy Adelman, Jürgen Osterhammel and John-Paul A. Ghobrial, on May 14, 2025, 4:15-5:45pm (CET). Email modern.history@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de to request link. And spread the word!

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Apply now for the Master in Global History at Heidelberg University! Applications accepted until 31 March 2025

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The Balzan-FRIAS Project (directed by our own Stefanie Gänger and Jürgen Osterhammel) will host its next masterclass with Sebastian Conrad 25-26 July 2025 on "Key Concepts in Global History". Applications from PhD students and early postdocs welcome! uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f... Spread the word!

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Call for Applications: Balzan-FRIAS Masterclass – Freiburg Institute for Advanced StudiesText icon 'Universität Freiburg'Text icon 'UFR' standing for University of FreiburgSeal element of the universi...

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modernhisthd.bsky.social @modernhisthd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We are delighted to announce the next talk of the lecture series organized by @feverprojecthd.bsky.social. On Wednesday, December 11 at 16:15, Johanna Johnen will talk about "Syphilis, Tuberkulose, Gicht: Krankheit als Bedeutungsträger geschlechtlicher Identitäten." www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

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FEVER lecture series

We are excited to announce the lecture series “FEVER”, hosted by the ERC CoG Project “FEVER. Global Histories of (a) Disease c. 1750-1840” based at Heidelberg University. While ‘fever’ is, in some sen...

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Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease @feverprojecthd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

For anyone interested in how to write global histories: "Rethinking Global History, ed. by Jürgen Osterhammel and our very own Stefanie Gänger is finally out - open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

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Rethinking Global History

Cambridge Core - Global History - Rethinking Global History

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Teresa Göltl @teresagoeltl.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

I am really happy to be part of the new Special Issue of Slavery & Abolition on #Slavery and #Emotions in the Atlantic World! 🌎 Take a look at the other fantastic contributions: tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/45/1

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