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Thomas Cauvin

@thomascauvin.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Public history at C2DH at University of Luxembourg. International Federation for Public History. Co-production, citizen science. #publichistory #Citizenscience www.uni.lu/en/person/NTAwMzk5NTZfX1…

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us for 2 months? Applications for 2027 visiting fellowship at @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu are open until 31 October 4 axes are encouraged Contemporary History of Luxembourg Public History and Outreach Contemporary History of Europe Digital History and Historiography www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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C²DH Visiting Researcher Fellowships 2027
The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is the University of Luxembourg’s third interdisciplinary research centre, focusing on
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scholar at risk short term fellowship offered at the @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu Thanks for sharing The Centre previously welcomed Dr. Hanan Alawna who works on digital testimonies from Palestine and Ezzeldin Hajjaj from Sudan who works on museums, heritage and reconciliation www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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Scholar at risk fellowship 2027
The C²DH offers one short-term fellowship (two months) for a scholar at risk in 2027. The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Teaching public history or interested in looking at some public history training approaches?  Just created a Zotero bank of syllabi on public history teaching. Join, look or share syllabus. @ncph.bsky.social @ifphexplorers.bsky.social www.zotero.org/groups/66798...
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Zotero | Groups > Public History Syllabus
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"How can the histories of slavery and colonialism be mobilized not only for remembrance but also for healing, unity, and development?" Event anchored in the development of the Museum of Healing and Reconciliation in Northern Ghana www.deyaangamuseum.org/events.html
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Events — Museum of Healing and Reconciliation
Upcoming and past events hosted by the Museum of Healing and Reconciliation — convenings, symposia, and community dialogues on memory, healing, and the African diaspora.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Job: Heritage Collection Registrar. @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Collections Registrar
Take your next step. Be part of a vibrant heritage collections environment at the University of Edinburgh. As Collections Registrar you will provide the registrarial activity and expertise for the Uni...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The book is out and available, in full open access with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 🚨 Thank you to the @c2dh.uni.lu for the open access. 11 chapters about the public fabric of history in Europe. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @ncph.bsky.social @ifphexplorers.bsky.social
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Please help update the map of university public history courses and master programmes. Do you know of new courses or programmes that are not yet on the map? P.S: U.S entries are not listed on the map www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
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Public History Courses, Programmes, Labs - Google My Maps
List of University Public History Centers, Programmes and project. If you want to add your infos... send an email to Thomas.cauvin@uni.lu Please send the title, a location, and a URL (link) for the pr...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The programme of the 2026 International Federation for Public History conference is available. It will take place in Lisbon in September. The conference website: in2past.org/wp-content/u... @ncph.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Students online seminar on Public History in Global Perspectives is today. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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Public History in Global Perspectives
An International Public History Online Seminar for Students.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Very proud of our students who organised this international seminar. Join us online this Tuesday (16 June) for a full day about Public History in Global Perspectives. Check the programme and the keynote lecture in the link www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... @uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social #PublicHistory
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Keynote lecture of the student-led Public History seminar on June 16. Writer, Film-maker and Art Historian Nana Oforiatta Ayim will talk in the context of "Public History in Global Perspectives". The whole seminar is online www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Cultural digital reclamation of heritage in Africa: an act of refusal? On June 9, (12pm CET) Mutanu Kyany'a (African Digital Heritage Foundation) at the @c2dh.uni.lu Online attendance is possible www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... @uni.lu @fnr.lu
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
« Public History and Societal Demands » Call for Participation. 12 & 13 November 2026 in Brussels (Belgium) Annual conference of the European network of Masters in Public History (EUMAPH)) www.arts.kuleuven.be/cultuurgesch...
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Call for Participation - EUMAPH-conferentie 2026
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Cut the crap" Open access article from Myriam Dalal on radical moves in public history and the humanities www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Cut the Crap: Reclaiming History Needs a Revolution Not a Public History Project | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Cut the Crap: Reclaiming History Needs a Revolution Not a Public History Project - Volume 2
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Public History Summer School in Wroclaw (June 15-19, Poland) is also accessible online. Check the programme. Registration by June 15. publichistorysummerschool.wordpress.com
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Postdoctoral position at @uni.lu ‼️ My colleague Marten Düring is hiring for a postdoctoral position in Digital History. The candidate will contribute to the fantastic Impresso — Media Monitoring of the Past project. Apply before July 1 www.uni.lu/en/jobs/post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital/Computational History
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
‘Asylum: Refugees and Mental Health’ : Join us (hybrid format) on June 9 to listen to Jozefien De Bock about the link between history, mental health, refugees, and medical data. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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Working with privacy-sensitive medical data in a public history project
In this workshop, Dr. Jozefien De Bock will briefly present the project ‘Asylum’ and take a closer look at the sources we use and the questions they raise.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Call for application: Public History Graduate Conference Application by July 11, Conference September 11 Organised by students of the public history programme and Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) at University of York Information and application here bit.ly/3QXehAI
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Public History Graduate Conference 2026: Call for Papers
The Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) invites submissions for the fifth annual Public History Graduate Student Conference. This year's theme is Embodied Histories, Performed Me...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Today and tomorrow (May 11&12) online: Panel 1: Collaborative Practices in Digital History Panel 2: Citizen Engagement, Heritage, and Disputes Panel 3: Community Practices, Activism, and Historical Knowledge Panel 4: Participatory Research and Territorial Practices www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past
The conference "Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past" at the University of Luxembourg examines the processes, methodologies, and collaborations through which citizen historians engag...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Still one month to apply to this 2-year postdoctoral position at @c2dh.uni.lu Public history in global perspective. Works and activities on public history, memory, heritage, archives and museums, decolonisation, are particularly relevant www.uni.lu/en/jobs/post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Public History
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
All but "amateur": when citizens preserve and produce history. Join us on site or online for the 2 day conference organised by Natália Gonçalves at @uni.lu www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... @ncph.bsky.social @aaslh.org #PublicHistory
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Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past
The conference "Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past" at the University of Luxembourg examines the processes, methodologies, and collaborations through which citizen historians engag...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Artificial Intelligence and History? (June 15) A joint event (online attendance possible) to discuss: AI in research Decolonizing AI and marginalized archives Ethics and critical AI practices You can check the two days of presentation in the programme below. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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AI through History, History through AI
Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted at the University of Luxembourg.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Looking into the Future: Sites of Conscience as Spaces for Truth, Justice and Healing (May 6, 15h) By Ereshnee Naidu (International Coalition of Sites of Conscience) You can join us online for the lecture by at the @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... #Memory #PublicHistory
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Looking into the Future: Sites of Conscience as Spaces for Truth, Justice and Healing
As part of her visit to the C²DH Dr. Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman will present the mission, work, and activities of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/04/2026
I have a chapter in this excellent new collection, exploring half a millennium of public historical practice on the roads to Rome (and took the photo on the cover).
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Look what is coming out in full open access very soon ‼️ Doing history in, for, with or among the public is nothing new. Thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and @c2dh.uni.lu to make this book full open access www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb... #PublicHistory @ncph.bsky.social
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
One week left for students to apply for the 2026 online international seminar organised by the students of the Master in Digital and Public History at the @uni.lu www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news... @ncph.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social @pubhistvienna.bsky.social @masterhistpublique.bsky.social
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CfP - Public History in Global Perspectives: an International Online Seminar for Students
The online seminar ‘Public History in Global Perspectives’ is organised by the first-year students of the Master in Digital and Public History (MADiPH) at the University of Luxembourg on Tuesday, 16 J...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“I’m Still Alive”: Palestinian Women’s Digital Testimony and Feminist Resistance in Contemporary Media (May 7) Join us for the lecture of Dr. Hanan Alawna, visiting researcher at the @c2dh.uni.lu www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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“I’m Still Alive”: Palestinian Women’s Digital Testimony and Feminist Resistance in Contemporary Media
This talk by Dr Hanan Alawna examines how Palestinian women use digital platforms to produce political testimony and feminist knowledge under conditions of ongoing war and displacement.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
4 PhD funded positions at Swansea University on history, heritage, archives and museums. #PublicHistory #Museums #Archives #Heritage www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Open post-doctoral position ‼️ I’m recruiting a post-doctoral researcher (2 years) to help explore and develop public history frameworks in a global context. Join us at @uni.lu www.uni.lu/en/jobs/post... #PublicHistory #Global @ncph.bsky.social
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Public history, participatory research, community archiving in Africa A partnership between the African Digital Heritage and the @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu africandigitalheritage.org/the-historie...
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The Histories We Tell - Lessons in Public and Participatory History from Africa
What does it mean to make history public, participatory, and grounded in the communities to whom it belongs? The Histories We Tell: Lessons from Africa convenes scholars, archivists, artists, journ...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
PhD Position ‼️ Check this awesome job under the supervision of my colleague Sandra Camarda at @c2dh.uni.lu www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Building an Ecosystem of Participation. After 6 years, our project is reaching an end but will also continue supporting participatory projects. Check them on and join us on April 23. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...
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PHACS: Building an Ecosystem of Participation
Closing event of the Public History as the New Citizen Science of the Past (PHACS) project.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Public History in Global Perspectives Call for Presentation. Student-led online international seminar. Organised entirely by the students of the Master in Digital and Public History at the Université du Luxembourg, FOR students and WITH students. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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CfP - Public History in Global Perspectives: an International Online Seminar for Students
The online seminar ‘Public History in Global Perspectives’ is organised by the first-year students of the Master in Digital and Public History (MADiPH) at the University of Luxembourg on Tuesday, 16 J...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Looking forward to welcoming Dr. Hanan Alawna for her project "Digital Resistance: Palestinian Women’s Activism in Online Spaces" as 2026 @c2dh.uni.lu Scholar at Risk Fellow Dr. Alawna works at the intersection of Memory Studies, Archives, Journalism, and Gender Studies www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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C²DH Scholar at Risk Fellowship 2026 – Dr. Hanan Alawna
The C²DH is looking forward to welcoming Dr. Hanan Alawna as Scholar at Risk Fellow in 2026.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Call for Participation to the conference: AI through History, History through AI (deadline for application March 1 ; Conference will take place in Luxembourg on June 15, 2026) @uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu #AI #Digital #History www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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CfP: AI through History, History through AI
The Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted by the C²DH in Belval will revolve around Artificial Intelligence in the historical disciplines.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New (hybrid) event in the History@Play series led by Sandra Camarda Erik Champion will explore "how #digital technologies such as #virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, together with semi-serious #games, are transforming cultural #heritage visualization." www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... @c2dh.uni.lu
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Critically Historical 3D
History@Play lectiure by Erik Champion entitled "Critically Historical 3D".
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Book launch (online) Scripting Genocide Wednesday February 11. www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... Plus, the book is in FULL open access through our Book Series "Public History in European Perspectives" with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social Details in the link below. #WWII #Genocide #Television #PublicHistory
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Scripting Genocide : Book Launch with author Nicholas K. Johnson
Launch of the book 'Scripting Genocide' with the author Nicholas K. Johnson.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Best gift ever. Love my colleagues at @c2dh.uni.lu
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A new Pub museum? Helping Charo Havermans in her quest to make, preserve and share histories of Pubs. @ncph.bsky.social @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu #Pub #Beer #London www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
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New PHACS Collaboration in the United Kingdom: The Pub Museum Pilot
The Public History as a New Citizen Science of the Past (PHACS) project has the pleasure to announce a new collaboration with Charo Havermans, public historian and historic pub tour guide in London, t...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Community archiving in #Shubra (#Egypt). Everyday people in #PublicHistory www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/arti...
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Community Archiving in Egypt and the Challenge of Getting the “Everyday People” Involved
Status check of the partnership between the University of Luxembourg and Shubra's Archive in Cairo.
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Scripting Genocide by Nicholas K. Johnson. First review of the 3rd volume of our collection "Public History in European Perspectives" with @dgb-history.bsky.social www.hsozkult.de/publicationr... Reminder that all our books are in full open access. #PublicHistory #Genocide #Media #WWII
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Beyond ‘Authority’: Collaborative Resistance to Revisionism in Japan. #Japan #PublicHistory @emitozawa.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Navigating Public History: In Contestation with Japan’s Historical Revisionism
In this article, we examine the phenomenon of ‘historical revisionism’ (HR), a movement to construct a ‘bright’ historical narrative of Japan often by denying and minimizing its wrongdoings under Impe...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Irish as first slaves in America? Read about the work of a #PublicHistory student from @qubhistory.bsky.social publichistoryonline.org/january-proj... @ncph.bsky.social @aaslh.org @olwenpurdue.bsky.social #Slavery #Irish
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Open access article on the consequences of rising nationalism on historical narratives and heritage in India. @sharmashalini.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #India #PublicHistory #Memory #Nationalism @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Call for Participation Cross-Border Dialogues in Digital Humanities × Public History Symposium in Tokyo on March 2 with keynote from Andreas Fickers. @c2dh.uni.lu #PublicHistory #DigitalHumanities #Japan www.nijl.ac.jp/news/9720/?f...
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ポスターセッション報告者募集のお知らせ“Cross-Border Dialogues in Digital Humanities × Public History― Doing Digital Public History & Public-Facing Digital Humanities ―” | 国文学研究資料館
国文学研究資料館は、国内各地の日本文学とその関連資料を大規模に集積し、日本文学をはじめとする様々な分野の研究者の利用に供するとともに、それらに基づく先進的な共同研究を推進する日本文学の基盤的な総合研究機関です。
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Conservative #PublicHistory? Open access article by Caroline Silveira Bauer, Tunde Decker, Jerome de Groot, and Jimena Perry with examples from North and South America, Europe, Asia... #Conservatism #FarRight @ncph.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Conservative Public History: Special Section Introduction
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#Job Professorship in #PublicHistory at @au.dk Aarhus University Deadline for application December 9. international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Open Archives, Accessible Research, and Public History. November 18, 2025, 13:00 to 17:00 CET on ZOOM (lu-se.zoom.us/j/64779939772) #PublicHistory #Archives @c2dh.uni.lu
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
New book on international public history www.routledge.com/Public-Histo...
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Public History in Mexico: Memories, Displacements, and Intimacies
This collection of chapters explores how history is created, shared, and contested in urban and marginalized spaces by examining memory, displacement, resilience, and community-driven historical inter...
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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Want to join the Steering Committee of the International Federation for Public History? The call is open until November 22. #PublicHistory ifph.hypotheses.org/6812
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Call for Nomination
DELEGATE | PRESIDENT | SECRETARY IFPH Steering Committee The International Federation for Public History (IFPH) invites nominations for three open positions on the Steering Committee of the IFPH,...
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