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Philipp Hofmann

@philipphofmann.bsky.social
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Historian | Religion, slavery, and landownership in early modern Angola | Postdoc at International Studies Group, University of the Free State & Affiliated Researcher at Centre for History of the University of Lisbon

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 New Article! How did disease shape African experiences of WWI? Mazimba examines multi-morbidity among African porters in Northern Rhodesia, focusing on dysentery, bubonic plague and jiggers, and the healthcare responses developed by affected communities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Allied troops in pursuit of von Lettow-Vorbeck in November 1918 when he was down to his last 1,300 men in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in his attack on the Allied support lines.
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CATTLEFRONTIERS @cattlefrontiers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are happy to announce our upcoming lecture series Cattle Histories: Regional and Global Perspectives. The first lecture will take place next Tuesday (29 Sept.), online, where William Beinart will talk about 'African Local Knowledge and Livestock Health: Diseases and Treatments in South Africa'.
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CEI-Iscte @cei-iscte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌍 The Call for Panels for ECAS 2027 is still open! 📍 Lisbon | 30 June–3 July 2027 Hosted by CEI-Iscte | Theme: “African Prisms” 📌 Deadline: 27 September 2026 Submit your panel proposal: ecasconference.org/2027/call-fo... #ECAS2027 #AfricanStudies #AfricanPrisms
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This ridiculous number of applications is, in my view, the result of 2 nightmare developments happening concurrently 1.the precariousness of the job market for young PhD graduates which then fuels further: 2.the AI tools enabling overproduction of proposals. #Research #ERC #ResearchFunding #Academia
Just a screenshot with an EU logo saying that the 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted.
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Philipp Hofmann @philipphofmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My first book "Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola: Clergy, Inquisition, and Slavery" will be published by Brill in March 2027. brill.com/display/titl...
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Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola
"Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola" published on 25 Mar 2027 by Brill.
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Philipp Hofmann @philipphofmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My first book "Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola: Clergy, Inquisition, and Slavery" will be published by Brill in March 2027. brill.com/display/titl...
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Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola
"Christianity and Portuguese Rule in Eighteenth-Century Angola" published on 25 Mar 2027 by Brill.
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Anjuli Webster @anjuliwebster.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Was delighted to review @lesothojohn.bsky.social 's wonderful book on the #Lesotho Highlands Water Project for the South African Historical Journal. 50 free eprint copies of the review available via www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IRYBC...
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White Gold and Thirsty Communities: The Cold War, Apartheid, and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Published in South African Historical Journal (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Journal of African Economic History @africaneconhist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Celebrating🥳 our latest issue by highlighting Crislayne Alfagali's, "Seguindo Veias Auríferas, Formas de Trabalho e Trajetórias de Vidas Que Cruzam o Atlântico Sul." It examines 18-19thC gold prospecting in Angola and the role of African workers. It is #OpenAccess here muse.jhu.edu/pub/19/artic...
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 14/08/2026
All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 249 of The Continent São Tomé and Príncipe was ground zero for the transatlantic slave-plantation model. How do you memorialise that? bit.ly/249_TC
The cover of The Continent, Issue 249, dated 15 August 2026.

At the very top is a bright yellow horizontal strip with the text: “AFRICAN JOURNALISM | 15 AUGUST 2026 | ISSUE 249” in black.

Below it, against a pale cream background, the publication’s name, “The Continent”, appears in very large, bold black lettering.

The main headline reads “São Tomé and Príncipe: The difficult work of preserving colonial heritage”, set in large black type on the upper left.

The lower two-thirds of the cover is dominated by a photograph of an old, weathered colonial-era building. It is a large, grey stone or concrete structure with an ornate, symmetrical façade. A broad staircase rises to a central entrance, flanked by curved balustrades. The upper level has a rounded balcony supported by several slender columns, with arched openings behind it. The building appears badly weathered, with dark staining and crumbling surfaces.

There is green grass and tropical vegetation, including banana plants, around the building. A narrow dirt path leads from the foreground towards the staircase.

The photograph is credited to Inês Gonçalves in small white text at the bottom right.A poster with a warm cream background features the words "Reading is resistance." in large, bold black lettering at the top.

Below the text is a colourful illustration of a person lying on their stomach reading a newspaper. Their elbows rest on the pages while their head is propped up in their hands. They wear a pink shirt and a cap, with a pair of shoes on their raised feet behind them.

The reader is sheltered beneath a roof made from the open pages of a giant book. The book is supported by two oversized upright books on either side, creating the shape of a small house or tent. The books are illustrated in soft blues, purples, greens and yellow, giving the image a warm, inviting feel.

At the bottom, the poster invites people to subscribe to The Continent for free by messaging a South African phone number on WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram, or by emailing read@thecontinent.org. The Continent appears in bold black type at the very bottom.
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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Really enjoyed editing this article. It answered a question that I've been thinking about ever since I was doing my own (unrelated) research and wondering why there were so many eucalyptus plantations in the Angolan highlands.
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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It wasn't the most exciting place in the world back when I lived there but these repeat entries in the Rand Mines archive catalogue are a bit harsh.
List of archive files from a catalogue. Several entries read "Free State boring"
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Journal of Early Modern History @earlymodhistory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Next, we have an article by Philipp Hofmann entitled "The Jesuits and the Lisbon Inquisition in Angola, 1681–1760." brill.com/view/journal...
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CATTLEFRONTIERS @cattlefrontiers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We have a new blog post up on our website where team member Paulo Matos talks about some of his experiences conducting fieldwork in Angola earlier this year: cattlefrontiers.eu/paulo-matos-...
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Paulo Matos - Snapshots from the Field
Paulo Matos - Snapshots from the Field
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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Read the new #OA article by João Vicente Melo on the early colonial elites of #Luanda. #CentralAfrica #AtlanticWorld #Angola #Portugal #Eurafricans #microhistory cup.org/4naBY4L
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A reminder about this! Please do share with any students and ECRs working on Christian Missions, 1500-2000 with your networks.
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Journal of African Economic History @africaneconhist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In "The Two Quilengues and the Baculamento Taxation System," @soashistory.bsky.social's Esteban Salas traces the entanglements of two African chiefdoms with the expansion of Portuguese colonialism, slavery and taxation in 18th c Angola. Read the #openaccess article here: muse.jhu.edu/article/986544
A close up headshot of historian Dr. Esteban Salas. He is wearing a black shirt and broad smile.
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Journal of African Economic History @africaneconhist.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our new issue 53.2 is out🥳 We will be highlighting the articles and celebrating the authors in our upcoming posts!!!
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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This issue contains a chilling account of the latest disaster at Rubaya Mine in DRC: Ombeni*, a survivor of previous Rubaya landslides, said the site had become a burial ground. “Some bosses don’t want the victims to be pulled out of the rubble for fear of having to pay for their funerals”
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John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Bloemfontein! Book launch at UoFS for my book on the history of the #Lesotho Highlands Water Project! 2 March. Hope to see you there! Virtual link here if you need it: journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jc...
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Southern Journal for Contemporary History Southern Journal for Contemporary History
The Southern Journal for Contemporary History is published by the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State. It is a national, academic and accredited journal which publishes academically outstanding articles of a contemporary historical or political nature.
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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I wrote about enslaved people in Hamburg, flight attempts, and the city's free-soil law of 1837. It's an open-access publication: 🗃️
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No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840 | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840
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EASLCE @easlce.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#CFP: "Cattle Commodification in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empire". International Workshop, Ghent University, 3-5 June 2026. Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2026 Info: cattlefrontiers.eu/workshop-cat... #envhum #envhist #agriculture #environment #hstm #histsci
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Cattle Commodification in Global History - International Workshop
Call for Papers - CATTLEFRONTIERS International Workshop, 3-5 June, Ghent University
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Philipp Hofmann @philipphofmann.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I have a new article in the Journal of Early Modern History about the Jesuits and their role as agents of the Inquisition in Angola. It is now available as an advance article: brill.com/view/journal...
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Journal of African Economic History @africaneconhist.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
African Economic History publishes scholarly essays in English, French, and Portuguese on the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present. Send us your work! aeh.uwpress.org
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 15/08/2025
All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 209 of The Continent The war in Sudan is more than numbers and labels — it’s a war about everything. Five Sudanese writers share stories from the ground, revealing its real contours and what it’s truly about. Get your copy here: bit.ly/TC_209
This cover of The Continent (16 August 2025, Issue 209) has a headline that reads:
“The war about everything in Sudan” in dark grey text on the left side.
The artwork filling most of the page is an abstract, cubist-style drawing of a human face made up of many geometric patterns and shapes. The face is black and grey with sections of checkerboard, stripes, and intricate line designs. The lips are deep red. The figure has two large pointed ear-like shapes on top of the head, long dark arms raised upward on either side, and several eyes scattered within the fragmented face design.
At the top, the page “The Continent” is printed in large, dark blue letters with a small red circle (like a sun) above the head in the middle. A gold strip runs along the top edge with the text: African Journalism | 16 August 2025 | Issue 209.
The artist is Khalid Shatta.
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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I reviewed Chrislayne Alfagali's brilliant _Blacksmiths of Ilamba_ for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Renaissance Quarterly. Highly recommend Alfagali's book to anyone interested in histories of technology and early modern Africa: doi.org/10.1017/rqx....
first paragraph of the book review
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Pedro Eduardo Ribeiro @pedroeduribeiro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Acabar com a FCT. Eu receava que as coisas fossem piorar, mas isto é o descalabro. A FCT tem muitos problemas, certo, mas ainda faz algo pela Ciência em Portugal e permite que algo se faça pela Ciência. Agora, Ciência vai ser só Engenharias e ciências ditas exatas? E o resto da sociedade? Asqueroso.
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Reforma do Estado: Governo reduz de 18 para 7 as entidades sob alçada do Ministério da Educação. FCT extinta
O Governo anunciou esta quinta-feira, 31 de julho, uma profunda reorganização do Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação (MECI), que inclui a extinção da Fun
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/07/2025
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’ Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action. Online early from our next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 11/07/2025
Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. www.historyworkshop....
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Don't get me wrong, I'm a ball of fears and frustrations -- am currently writing a book, after all -- but I reject attempts to frame historians' dislike of LLMs as fear/anxiety about their own skills, and not as a concern about what doing history -- the method, the ethos -- is.
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Despite a few critical remarks, Germany’s stance on Israel hasn’t changed. From Gaza to Tehran, its backing of war and genocide continues. Read the full article on my Substack. hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germanys-p...
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Why Germany’s “Paradigm Shift” on Israel Is a Lie
Despite some critical remarks, Germany hasn’t shifted its stance on Israel-Palestine. From Gaza to Tehran, its support for genocide and war persists – while Staatsräson is being rebranded.
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