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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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Understanding how authoritarianism/fascism/ populism works means thinking about how social and intellectual life is re-organized to serve the state. /1 www.do-g.de/dog/aktuelle...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hot off the press: together with Susanne Quitmann @globaldiscnct.bsky.social I wrote the migration chapter for "Kindheitsgeschichte. Ein Handbuch" [Childhood History: A Handbook], the #OpenAccess volume came out today with @transcript-verlag.bsky.social - www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/08...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Coming soon, please share in your networks: the call deadline for our 2027 "Family Archives in / of Global Transit" workshop @tu-braunschweig.de is approaching (July 31)

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Great conversation today with Dorit Visbeck-Liebers, president of the German Ornithologists' Society, about examining the society’s Nazi past and collaboration. This builds on my 2018 paper on former president Günther Niethammer, an SS guard at Auschwitz who studied birds there tinyurl.com/58ufthae

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Last year I joined the HIC Editors-in-Chief team of this "International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society" @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, after serving on the Advisory Board since 2021. Vol 5 is coming this Fall, with a thematic section on “Technology and the Making of History” tinyurl.com/frrdzjrp

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Five years ago, we - students @queenshistory.bsky.social, librarians, and archivists @quarchives.bsky.social - created “Queen’s Refuge." On #WorldRefugeeDay, these stories still remind us of resilience and solidarity—and the role universities play virtual-exhibits.library.queensu.ca/queens-refug...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Robert Grötzsch’s "Tormann Bobby" (1938), written in exile, follows a young footballer amid tensions of capitalism, belonging, and fascism. Republished this summer @fesonline.bsky.social with my intro on refugees, soccer and social justice. Podcast interview: pivoundklobasa.de/36-das-abent...

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#36 - Robert Grötzsch: Schriftsteller, Fußballfan, Exilant - Pivo und Klobása

Mit dem Historiker Swen Steinberg werfen wir einen Blick in die Vergangenheit und auf die anstehende Fußball-WM. Der fast in der Vergessenheit geratene Autor Robert Grötzsch verbrachte große Teile sei...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today, I received the first-time Czech translation of "Our Quest for a Homeland: A Novel of Emigration." The book was written by German Social Democrat, journalist, and refugee Robert Grötzsch, who fled to Czechoslovakia in March 1933.

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Just got a picture of Heather and me putting the final touches on the exhibition

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Gave a guest lecture this week on “Flight to Canada? Immigration, Internment & Transit, Memory” in Simone Lässig’s course “Life in Transit” at @tu-braunschweig.de. Two weeks ago, I talked about Czechoslovakia, Borderland Networks, Resistance, and Memory. Grateful for the chance to share my research

De Gruyter Brill History @dgb-history.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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If you want to learn more about the issue and topic before the event, follow the link to get to the #openaccess version: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @lunduniversity.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @swensteinberg.bsky.social

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Looking forward to @thegsa.bsky.social annual conference in Phoenix #GSA2026 this Fall. Together with Simone Lässig @tu-braunschweig.de, Jennifer Rodgers #CIERA and Frank Mecklenburg #LBI New York | Berlin I've organized the two panel session "Family Archives in/of Global Transit"

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Congrats to Queen's @acs.org Student Chapter for organizing the Historic Chemical Landmark honoring refugee chemist Alfred Bader. Glad to contribute research insights, speak at the ceremony, and presenting “A Journey in 15 Objects” with Heather Home @quarchives.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrzubfbr

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From refugee to innovator: Queen’s alumnus Alfred Bader honoured with rare landmark designation

More than eight decades after arriving at Queen’s University, Alfred Bader returned in spirit Friday as the institution unveiled a rare international scientific honour recognizing a life that reshaped...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Great news: the UK will rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027. As former Erasmus coordinator in History at @tudresden.bsky.social (2010–18), I especially valued our partnership with @exeter.ac.uk. After the Brexit uncertainty in 2016, its encouraging to see academic exchange opening up again tinyurl.com/mr2b99us

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Yesterday and today, more Stolpersteine / stumbling blocs were laid in Dresden to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution. I initiated having this art and memorial project there in 2008; in 2009, the first five blocs were installed. And yesterday marked the 400th! Grateful this work continues!

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The CfA deadline for the 2027 volume of "History of Intellectual Culture: International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society" is coming tomorrow - please share and apply

Global Affairs Canada @globalaffairs.canada.ca · 05/05/2026

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Looking forward to marking the 75th anniversary of Canada-Germany bilateral relations at this event! Learn more about #Canada - #Germany relations ⬇️ www.international.gc.ca/country-pays...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Fantastic presentation + discussion with Dolores Augustine (St. John's University) and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Technische Universität Berlin) today in our "In Global Transit" working group @tu-braunschweig.de Stay tuned: transit.hypotheses.org Upcoming call: www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Looking forward to this "75 Years Canada-Germany Diplomatic Relations" event in June @uottawa.ca, organized by @cepi-cips.bsky.social @germanyincanada.bsky.social @globalaffairs.canada.ca and @daadworldwide.bsky.social www.cips-cepi.ca/event/75-yea...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Looking forward to this online talk (in German), “Max Sachs: Life and Work – Crime and Accountability – Reckoning and Remembrance,” on May 9 at Chemnitzer Museumsnacht, where I will discuss my 2024 book on this Jewish journalist and Social Democrat tinyurl.com/k4wsswbc Book: tinyurl.com/4jsnm4h4

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Please sign this open letter supporting the Köpenick Blood Week Memorial (Berlin), commemorating SA terror (June 20–24, 1933). Hundreds were abducted and tortured; at least 23 murdered. A stark reminder how fast hate turns into violence. Sign: innn.it/rettet-die-g... #rettetdiegedenkstaette

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Nice prep at Queen's Archives today, Heather Home @quarchives.bsky.social and I @queenshistory.bsky.social picked objects for a exhibition about refugee-chemist Alfred Bader for the International Historic Chemical Landmark Ceremony at Queen’s on May 8 qacsstudentchapter.wixsite.com/q-acs/bader-...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Reminder - register & attend - and share ...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Great conversation today at the "Critical Issues in Global Historiography" online conference of the Global History Initiative @queenshistory.bsky.social, looking forward to the next two days www.queensu.ca/ghi/critical...

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Nice screening and discussion today of the 1993 movie "The Joy Luck Club" at The Screening Room, presented by @queenshistory.bsky.social

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Coming soon: "Diaspora, Gender & Generation in 'The Joy Luck Club'" - screening & history talk - secure your ticket & spread the word March 28, 2026 3:30 – 6:00 PM The Screening Room Movie Theatre 120 Princess Street, Kingston Tickets: www.screeningroomkingston.com/movie/the-jo...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Looking forward to the upcoming Queen's-BSIA International Migrations and Mobilities Graduate Symposium on "Borders, and (Un)Bordering: Analyzing Migration and (Im)Mobility In An Era Of 'Polycrisis'" - March 20 & 21, 2026 www.queensu.ca/mobilities-m...

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE – May 5, 6:30-7:30PM (Central European) – online presentation + discussion with Dolores Augustine (St. John's University) and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Technische Universität Berlin) I co-organized with "In Global Transit" @tu-braunschweig.de socialhistoryportal.org/news/article...

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Glad that I could participate online yesterday in an event in Waldheim / Saxony and talk about my 2015 dissertation on Christian corporate cultures and the industrialization in rural regions of 19th/20th Central Germany, the book is now available open access: slub.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Last year, I joined the Editors-in-Chief team of "History of Intellectual Culture: International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society" (peer-reviewed, open access), after serving on the Advisory Board since 2021. Please share the CfP for Volume 6 (2027) - newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/03/12/c...

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CfP: History of Intellectual Culture vol. 6

The editors of the scholarly yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (De Gruyter) invite contributions to Vol. 6, to be published in autumn 2027. All contributions will be peer reviewed and availa…

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Save the date - and your ticket: on March 28, I will present and discuss "The Joy Luck Club" from 1993 at The Screening Room in Kingston and as part of my seminar on diaspora and migration @queenshistory.bsky.social - open to the public, share widely! www.screeningroomkingston.com/movie/the-jo...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Nice turnout & discussion today with Thorsten Faas @utoronto.ca @daadworldwide.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social at @queensucsdd.bsky.social today, many thanks for sharing your research on young voters

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Room change: because of the expected turnout, we switched this @queensucsdd.bsky.social event to the bigger D 201 room at Mackintosh-Corry Hall

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Copies arrived: special issue on "Violence and Social Inequalities" in "Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft" I've edited with Raphael Rössel @ghiwashington.bsky.social - with articles by Sophia Dafinger, Darius Muschiol and @christopherewing.bsky.social metropol-verlag.de/produkt/zeit...

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

What influence do young people have on politics today? And how does social media influence them? I invited Thorsten Faas @utoronto.ca @daadworldwide.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to discuss these questions @queensucsdd.bsky.social - mark your calendar for Mar 2, 1-2.30pm, MackCorry A309

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#OTD 1945, allied forces bombed Dresden. Years ago, I've published a text about the Heidefriedhof as a main place of commemoration - and instrumentalization of history until today, confusing victims and perpetrators abolishcommemoration.org/steinberg.html www.verbrecherverlag.de/wp-content/u...

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

New on our Migrant Knowledge blog @ghiwashington.bsky.social: Nicolas Blumenthal @unifr.bsky.social wrote about "Challenging 'Racelessness:' Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland" migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179

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Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland

Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II

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Christopher Ewing @christopherewing.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Excited to see this out! I really enjoyed contributing thoughts racist violence, “gang wars,” and policing in ‘90s Berlin. Thank you @swensteinberg.bsky.social and Raphael Rössel for putting together this important special issue!

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Nice conversation today with @matthiasecke.bsky.social @europarl.europa.eu, many thanks to the @fesonline.bsky.social regional office in Saxony for organizing this

Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Looking forward to the conversation (in German) with @matthias-ecke.eu @europarl.europa.eu next week about transatlantic perspectives on Greenland and the US, organized by @fesonline.bsky.social. Join us online: www.fes.de/veranstaltun...