Reposted by Margarete TiessenTheorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Welche geschichtstheoretischen Vorannahmen und Vorstellungen von Geschichtlichkeit und historischen Narrativen haben sich in der Politischen Theorie etabliert und auf welche Weise sind sie wirksam? Und welche politik- und gesellschaftstheoretischen Prämissen... www.theorieblog.de/?p=31110 054
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026📣 Applications for our Visiting Scholars Program are open! Postdoctoral social scientists researching modern Europe are invited to apply by Nov 1. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship application is also open via @daadworldwide.bsky.social until Oct 30. 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie... 024
Reposted by Margarete TiessenHochschulrektorenkonferenz @hrkaktuell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#Stellenanzeige: Die HRK sucht zum nächstmöglichen Termin eine Leitung für das Referat „Hochschulfinanzierung, Hochschulbau, Transformation Nachhaltigkeit“ 📍Dienstort: #Berlin. 📝 #Vollzeit, TV-L West, E 14 📆 Bewerbungsfrist: 4.10.26 ➡️ Zur Stellenausschreibung: www.hrk.de/fileadmin/re... 022
Reposted by Margarete TiessenStiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 04/09/2026🔎 Wir suchen zum 01.11.2026 eine:n Wissenschaftler:in zugleich Projektleiter:in (d/m/w) für das Projekt „Mittlere Mächte“ in Asien / Lateinamerika 📍 Berlin ⏱️ Umfang von 100% & befristet bis zum 30.04.2029 🗓️ Bewerbung bis 18.09.2026 👉 Weitere Infos: www.swp-berlin.org/karriere/ste... 002
Reposted by Margarete TiessenElisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I am hiring another postdoc for BLOCKADE's Freiburg team. A 4-year, full time position to explore the impact of blockades in the Americas in both world wars "from below". Please share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @historians.org @royalhistsoc.org www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...hsozkult.deMaking sure you're not a bot! 11319
Reposted by Margarete TiessenLeibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF) @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🕯️ Das ZZF trauert um seinen früheren Direktor Konrad H. Jarausch (1941-2026), der am gestrigen 1. September verstarb. Mit ihm verliert das Institut eine große Gründerpersönlichkeit. Zum Nachruf: buff.ly/0zXEyiP Foto: Stefanie Eisenhuth 03320
Reposted by Margarete TiessenCentre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A FINAL friendly reminder: TODAY is the deadline for abstracts for our conference "Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences" that will take place in the end of November: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Send in an abstract if you haven't done so yet!philevents.orgLearning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical SciencesCall for Papers: Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences The University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 27-29 November 2026 Confirmed keynote speakers (alphab... 0115
Reposted by Margarete TiessenDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 11/08/2026#ResearchCareer: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our info talk on 31 August. No registration, the meeting link will be published here: 👉 www.dfg.de/en/research-... 01512
Reposted by Margarete TiessenKulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026📣 Work with us! Apply now for our KWI International/Thyssen@KWI Fellowship. Various project formats are possible: spend your time in Essen finishing a book or a special issue, finalising a research proposal, or setting up a research group. ⏰ Apply by Aug 17 🔗 tinyurl.com/ypn2hvpj shorturl.at/ubpFV 1109
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 28/07/2026#CfA: Doctoral & Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 📍#GHIWashington | For doctoral students & postdoctoral scholars researching #GermanHistory, #EuropeanHistory & #NorthAmericanHistory 📅 Apply by 1 October 2026 🔗 www.maxweberstiftung... 034
Reposted by Margarete TiessenEUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 22/07/2026📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history 13549
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMarkus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Wir suchen Verstärkung für die Greifswalder Politikwissenschaft! Die Stelle (E13, unbefristet) umfasst u.a. Lehraufgaben in der Politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte. Bei Fragen gerne bei mir melden. t1p.de/3kgfvuni-greifswald.deWissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Politikwissenschaft 26/ES17Stellenausschreibung - Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 03531
Reposted by Margarete TiessenSven Altenburger @svenaltenburger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Together with Tom Simpson, I’m organising a workshop on Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations. Looking forward to submissions! 🚩Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, 12 – 13 November 2026 📢CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hw4B...drive.google.comCfP Oxford Workshop.pdf 032
Reposted by Margarete TiessenDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 30/06/2026Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft ist eine Grundlage unserer Demokratie. Bei der Festveranstaltung der #DFG-Jahresversammlung rief Präsidentin Katja Becker dazu auf, sie angesichts zunehmender Angriffe auf Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Demokratie entschlossen zu verteidigen. 1/4 23614
Reposted by Margarete TiessenDaniel Siemens @danielsiemens.bsky.social · 24/06/2026What is happening to the humanities at British universities? Here is my report, published in today's FAZ: 47330
Reposted by Margarete TiessenCarolin Amlinger @camlinger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Die Geisteswissenschaften sind auf der Abschussliste: ein schockierender Bericht über die massenhaften Streichungen von Stellen und Fächern an britischen Universitäten zeitung.faz.net/data/863/rea... 17348133
Reposted by Margarete TiessenPatrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Ein Feiertag für alle Historiker: Marc Bloch wird heute symbolisch ins Pantheon überführt. Marius Strubenhoff erläutert die politische Bedeutung der Ehrung und stellt die Biographie von Peter Schöttler vor. www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...faz.netWas Marc Bloch für Frankreich bedeutetPolitische Schwäche muss gesellschaftliche Gründe haben: 1940 nahm der Historiker Marc Bloch diese französische Tradition der Selbstprüfung auf. Auch deshalb hat ihm Präsident Macron einen Platz im Pa... 04315
Reposted by Margarete TiessenChris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Surely we are still caught up in the Very Long Eighteenth Century? 3193
Reposted by Margarete Tiessenpeterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...uni-hamburg.deAusschreibung 12821
Reposted by Margarete TiessenSektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte in der DVPW @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social · 25/05/2026#CfA: Call for Applications - zum 01.10.2026 sucht der Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte der @unigreifswald.bsky.social eine*n neue*n Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in. Die Stelle ist für drei Jahre befristet. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 24.06.2026. 👇 014
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMarkus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🚨Job alert🚨 Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Deadline: 24.06.26 Happy to answer questions via email. Please share widely! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...uni-greifswald.dePostdoctoral Teaching and Research Associate - Professorship for Political Theory and History of Ideas 26/ES02Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 01114
Reposted by Margarete TiessenVictoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The next instalment of the reading group organised by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health #CPEMPH will focus on the philosophy of public health. Schedule here: cpemph.org/2026/04/30/p... - please join us! #philsci #philskycpemph.orgPhilMed RG Schedule (May–October 2026)The group will hold two weekly online meetings to discuss public health texts, accommodating various time zones. Meetings take place on Wednesday at 5pm BST and Thursday at 10am BST. Attendees can … 189
Reposted by Margarete TiessenDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 22/04/2026Interessiert an internationalen Kooperationen? 👉 Unser Webforum am 10. Juni bietet einen kompakten Überblick über Fördermöglichkeiten, DFG-Partnerschaften und den Austausch mit Regionalteams - für alle Antragsberechtigten, Mitarbeitende von Koordinierungsstellen und aktiv Forschende: sohub.io/kzp3 062
Reposted by Margarete TiessenCRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Congratulations to Dr Samuel Garrett Zeitlin (Modern Intellectual History, UCL) who has been selected as Quentin Skinner Fellow 2026 The Quentin Skinner lecture 'Francis Bacon and the Crisis of the Palatinate' will take place on 19 June, details to follow soon With @cam-english-fac.bsky.social 054
Margarete Tiessen @mxtiessen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD900/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Coordinator at UCLDiscover an exciting academic career path as a Research Coordinator at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today! 022
Reposted by Margarete TiessenSoziologiegeschichte @sozioges.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Zum 90. Todestag von Ferdinand Tönnies: Die neu gelaunchte Version der Briefedition des Soziologen ist seit kurzem online. Eine zoombares Kartentool gibt neue Aufschlüsse über sein intellektuelles Netzwerk. 👉 ftbe.de/map #soziologiegeschichte #DigitalHumanitiesftbe.de 064
Reposted by Margarete TiessenVictoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 26/03/2026📚📝 I've published a new paper that thinks through how scarce health research resources ought to be distributed when the aim is to counter health inequalities! #oa #philsky #philsci #SDH academic.oup.com/phe/article/...academic.oup.comOn the Unfairness of the ‘Fair-share Principle’ for Health ResearchAbstract. How ought scarce health research resources be allocated, where health research spans basic, translational, clinical, health systems and public he 0328
Reposted by Margarete TiessenSuhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · 14/03/2026Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben. 501002491
Reposted by Margarete TiessenPaul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Reposting this CfP for fall conference on German Jews and the Right -- deadline approaching fast please help spread the word. #academicsky 🗃️ www.lbi.org/news/confere...lbi.orgCall for Papers - 2026 Conference: The LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conferenceThe LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conference Between Revolution and Reaction: German-Speaking Jews and the Ideas, Politics, and Cultures of the Right 01118
Reposted by Margarete TiessenStella Ghervas @stellaghervas.bsky.social · 25/02/2026📣 Job Opportunity: Weber Postdoctoral Scholar in European History at #UCLA! The UCLA Department of History seeks applicants for a 2-yr Postdoctoral Scholar. Please apply or share with anyone who might be a great fit! 🗓️ Review begins: Apr 1, 2026 🔗Details & application ⬇️ recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10862recruit.apo.ucla.eduWEBER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORYUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 02838
Reposted by Margarete TiessenDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026JOB Assistant Professor of Political Theory University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...cam.ac.ukUniversity Assistant Professor in Political TheoryApplications are invited for an Assistant Professor (Grade 9) in political theory, to be based in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. The post will be 28296
Reposted by Margarete TiessenRebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997philjobs.org PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol - PhilJobs:JFP PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol An international database of jobs for philosophers 1121129
Reposted by Margarete TiessenAnna Meine @meineanna.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Alle praktischen Hinweise zur Frühjahrskonferenz der @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social in Marburg sowie das aktuellste Programm aus ideengeschichtlichen und theoretischen Beiträgen rund um #Bürgerschaft nun zu finden auf @theorieblog.bsky.social. Wir sehen uns in knapp drei Wochen! #citizenship 0118
Reposted by Margarete TiessenResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years. Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comJob losses at research-intensive universities double in two years - Research Professional NewsExclusive: Scale of redundancies revealed branded a “disaster” for UK research capacity 7107125
Reposted by Margarete TiessenTheorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Als Gastherausgeber*innen suchen Dagmar Schulze-Heuling, Christoph Deppe und Gary S. Schaal Beiträge für ein neues Schwerpunktheft der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie zum Thema „Disruption, Bedrohung, Resilienz – Politische Theorie im Angesicht... www.theorieblog.de/?p=30482 013
Reposted by Margarete TiessenJan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Ein Bundesland als Versuchslabor Das durchgesickerte AfD-"Regierungsprogramm" für Sachsen-Anhalt und seine Sprengkraft für Bildung, Forschung und Föderalismus: eine Analyse. Jetzt lesen im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01... 03321
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMartina Winkler @martinawinkle14.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Debatte über die Zukunft der Forschung, im Bundestag, im Livestream, mit einer @frauforschung.bsky.social zum Niederknien. www.bundestag.de/mediathek/livebundestag.deDeutscher Bundestag - Live 2258
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMaria Mäkelä @mariamakela.bsky.social · 19/01/2026A uniquely profiled tenure track (Assistant level) position is now open at KU Leuven, dl for applications is February 19: Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...kuleuven.beTenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)The Literary Studies and Cultural Studies Research Unit of the Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven is seeking a full-time (tenure-track) professor (ZAP) in Cultural and Societal Storytelling. 064
Reposted by Margarete TiessenNicolai von Eggers @nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know. www.au.dk/om/stillinge...au.dk2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling på Aarhus UniversitetLedig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet 15859
Reposted by Margarete TiessenSarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Here we go: long-term fellowships for international mid-career and senior academics in Europe. These are aimed at colleagues wishing to relocate more permanently as most of these (seem to) lead to permanent positions/are "tenure-track", listed in no particular order by country/research foundation 1/ 22017
Margarete Tiessen @mxtiessen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This looks like a very good opportunity at @germancambridge.bsky.social! Permanent position "Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies" from 1 September 2026 (closing date: 9 February) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS629/a...jobs.ac.ukAssistant Professor in Modern German Studies at University of CambridgeAn opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Modern German Studies is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 044
Reposted by Margarete TiessenLSE Department of Government @lsegovernment.bsky.social · 25/11/2025🚨 We're hiring! The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science. Could it be you? 👀 🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...jobs.lse.ac.ukAssistant Professor in Political ScienceAssistant Professor in Political Science, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-ali... 069
Reposted by Margarete TiessenMounir Zahran @mounirzahran.bsky.social · 02/12/2025CfP: Ich organisiere am Theoriekongress Passau (Okt 2026) ein Panel zu Demokratie nach der offenen Zukunft. Was passiert, wenn der Zukunftshorizont als Legitimationsquelle wegfällt? Einreichungen aus Politischer Theorie, Rechts- & Wirtschaftswissenschaft willkommen: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-... 0189
Reposted by Margarete TiessenVictoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Following some rewarding reading group meetings with @michelamassimi.bsky.social and others in the department, a review of Robert Northcott's new book 'Science for a Fragile World' has now come out in @philosophyinreview.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #science journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi...journals.uvic.ca Robert Northcott, 'Science for a Fragile World'. | Philosophy in Review 2187
Reposted by Margarete TiessenUniv.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Moebius @stephanmoebius.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Out now! Sociology in the Weimar Republic. 2 Volumes 🥳🤓 some of the structural problems and crises of Weimar society are very similar today, so that the earlier sociological analyses of these problems still remain relevant… 0158
Reposted by Margarete Tiessentheresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...stellen.uni-hamburg.deResearch Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG 05171