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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The cover and the webpage for my book, "Faith in Revolution: Islamist Internationalism in a Decolonizing World", are officially live at @columbiaup.bsky.social! 📚🎉 Publication in February 2027—more updates to come throughout this autumn and winter. 🔗 cup.columbia.edu/book/faith-i...

Book cover for "Faith in Revolution: Islamist Internationalism in a Decolonizing World" by Timothy Nunan. The background is a dark teal. The title "Faith in Revolution" is set in a large, bold, all-caps, cream-colored sans-serif font occupying the left side of the cover and broken up into "Faith," "In," "Revo" and "Lution." To the right, the subtitle and author name are set in a lower-case version of the same typeface.

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

An amazing opportunity for a young int'l historian or political economist: Eva-Maria Muschik is leading an ERC-funded project (with the great name ShockAge) to write a global history of structural adjustment — which is to say, the backstory to contemporary capitalism. ie.univie.ac.at/aktuelles-un...

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Call for Applications: 1 PhD + 2 postdoc positions

in ERC research project ShockAge

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A quick reminder to #skystorians that the deadline for proposals to the 9th Hermann Weber Conference on "Communist Regimes and the Global Economy Since the 1970s" (April 22–23, 2027) is coming up this February 24, 2026. 🔗 to CfP here: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/sites/defaul...

An advertisement for the 1989 Leipzig Trade Fair composed of a globe covered in individual flags. The flags of socialist countries like the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Vietnam feature prominently alongside countries like France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Japan.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

CfP for a conference on "New Histories of the North-South Conflict" (July 7-9, 2026, deadline January 15, 2026) from my colleague Eva-Maria Muschik at @univie.ac.at. Looks like a great event examining histories of decolonization, the 1970s and 1980s, and IPE! www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

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New Histories of the “North-South Conflict”

Call for Papers for a conference on New Histories of the “North-South Conflict”, to be held from July 7-9, 2026 at the University of Vienna

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Happy to announce the CfP for the 2027 Hermann Weber Conference, "Communist Regimes and the World Economy Since the 1970s" (Apr. 22-23, 2027), supported by the Gerda-und-Hermann-Weber-Stiftung in the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/stiftung/...

A hemisphere of the world featuring various flags, centered around the flag of the GDR and the Soviet Union and socialist countries, but also including numerous capitalist countries.

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Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Interesting call for papers for historians of global development and US foreign policy from the Journal für Entwicklungspolitik on "The End of USAID": jep-journal.com/call-for-pap.... More information at the link, deadline for proposals is October 31, 2025.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

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Call For Applications: Toynbee First Book Workshop Competition 2025-26 | Toynbee Prize Foundation

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

My department at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social is hiring for a postdoc in area studies (3 years, with possibility of a 2-year extension). This is a full-time position, open to relevant fields in the humanities & social sciences. Deadline is September 30! karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/d...

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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (PostDoc) (w/m/d)

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Interesting fellowship opportunity for postdoctoral researchers at 🇺🇸 institutions (including non-US citizens) to relocate to 🇦🇹 for four years with up to €500K funding: stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi... (Applicants need to be nominated by 🇦🇹 hosts, but there are instructions for how to reach out!)

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APART-USA

Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This online workshop on academic publishing (July 9 at 15:00 GMT) from the Toynbee Prize Foundation and the Journal of Global History, hosted by @emleake.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social looks like a great opportunity for early career #skystorians: toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

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Call for registration: JGH x TPF Publishing Workshop II | Toynbee Prize Foundation

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

@uniregensburg.bsky.social is looking to hire a full professor (W3) of Comparative Politics, focusing on 🇪🇺 politics. Please circulate within your networks – I'm not on the search committee, but am happy to provide information about 🇩🇪 job searches & Regensburg: www.uni-regensburg.de/assets/unive...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Germany’s direction is clear: a shift away from the pretense of self-reflection, toward a colder and more militarized vision of the German state and identity." @hahauenstein.bsky.social with an excellent, if sobering, overview of German politics in 2025. hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germany-ha...

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Germany's New Government Is Scarier Than You Think

Friedrich Merz’s new government marks a shift towards ideological conservatism, with some of its key ministers setting the stage for a more authoritarian direction. Here’s what you need to know.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Researchers from around the world have used the archives for projects, and scholars especially value the center’s records of documents from the Cold War era." DOGE's dismantling of @wilsoncenter.org is a brazen act of vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

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Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown

About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

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Assistant Professor of History

Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Adam Shatz in @lrb.co.uk: "American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out ‘reforms’ – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader."  www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

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Adam Shatz | Submission

There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

An insane decision by the State Department to terminate the Title VIII program, which has allowed American students to study the languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia – all essential for foreign policy, intelligence, the military and not least a better informed citizenry.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Dt. Hochschulverband: "Die kurz vor Beginn der Erhebung zurückgetretene Bundesministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger wurde von 2.422 Teilnehmenden bewertet. Ihre durchschnittliche Bewertung von 4,82 ist die 'historisch' schlechteste Bewertung für diese Position." www.hochschulverband.de/fileadmin/re...

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Looking forward to checking this out from #skystorians @drichterova.bsky.social, on Czechoslovakia's Cold War intelligence relations with terrorist organizations. Looks like an interesting contribution to work on ties between MENA and Eastern Europe! press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watchin...

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Watching the Jackals

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Wo, wenn nicht an einer Universität können kontroverse Debatten geführt werden?" Erstaunlich zynische Worte, mit denen die @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social politischer Einflussnahme nachgibt und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland gefährdet. www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/nach...

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FU sagt Vortrag von UN-Berichterstatterin in Präsenz ab

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

JOB Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge (this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/

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Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.

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Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

🚨I'm thrilled to share that @wadhamoxford, in collaboration with @OxfordHistory Faculty, has established the Koch History Centre, an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The Centre will support 12 junior and senior fellows. This year's theme: "Religion and the State." Please consider applying!

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"Er stand dort für eine an Europa interessierte Forschung, die an Epochen erinnert, in denen Ideologien eine herausragende Rolle im Meinungskampf spielten. Jede Zeile von ihm war informativ." Jürgen Kaube in der @faznet.bsky.social zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach: www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

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Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach

Sein Horizont unterlag keiner nationalen Begrenzung: Zum Tod des Historikers Anson Rabinbach, der die kulturellen und politischen Umstände erforschte, unter denen der Nationalsozialismus aufstieg.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I'm saddened to learn about the passing of Anson Rabinbach, who was a wonderful scholar and the most supportive mentor I could have hoped for as an undergraduate student. Colleagues at the University of Wisconsin are collecting memories via the link in @jennifervevans.bsky.social's post.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

"Der Antrag schafft eine Grauzone für Willkürakte, weil nicht klar ist, was erlaubt und was verboten ist." Gute Einordnung der Hochschulresolution in der @taz.de von Dörthe Engelcke: taz.de/debatte/!606...

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Gefährdete Diskursräume

Die Antisemitismus-Resolution ist gut gemeint, aber nicht in jedem Fall gut gemacht. Sie schränkt die Debatten- und Wissenschaftsfreiheit ein

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Diese Resolution ist in dieser Form ein Eingriff in die Hochschulautonomie und die Wissenschaftsfreiheit, wie es ihn in der Bundesrepublik noch selten gegeben hat." Gutes Interview der @taz.de mit Historiker Ulrich Herbert zur geplanten Hochschulresolution: taz.de/!6062234&s=R...

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„Das ist Zensur“

Der Bundestag wendet sich in einer Resolution gegen Antisemitismus an Hochschulen. Das mag gut gemeint sein – ist aber ein Angriff auf Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Kritiker der israelischen Politik, so d...

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If this executive order is allowed to stand, it means that the American constitutional system — which rests on concept of co-equal branches of government checking and balancing each other, with Congress granted the power of the purse — has collapsed. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"Der Antragstext stößt bei Studierenden und Lehrenden auf Widerstände [...] Eine staatliche Intervention, um diesen Diskurs zu steuern, sei nicht zulässig." Eine wichtige Einordnung der @taz.de zur geplanten Bundestagsresolution und Wissenschaftsfreiheit in 🇩🇪. taz.de/Protest-gege...

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Protest gegen Hochschulresolution: „Rechtlicher Blödsinn“

Vor der FU fordert das Palästinakomitee das Aus für die Resolution des Bundestags gegen „Antisemitismus und Israelfeindlichkeit an Hochschulen“.

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carolyn taratko @carotaratko.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Interested in pursuing a PhD in Germany with a focus on the int’l/ transnational history of technology, medicine, and environment? Come work with me @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social ! I’m looking to fill 2 PhD positions (for 4 years), details below and inquiries very welcome zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...

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Two PhD Positions | zzf-potsdam.de

Stellenausschreibung The German Research Council (DFG) funded Emmy Noether Research Group “Cooling the Global South: Technology, Society, and Thermal Regulation in the 20th Century” at the Leibniz Cen...

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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Job in Economic Geography! Come join us as either Doc or Postdoc if you are interested in critical, heterodox and spatial takes on the economy. #geo #geosky #econsky #geography www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-...

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Job advertisement: University of Bayreuth

Research Assiociate (m/f/d) (Ph.D. student or post-doc for habilitation)

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I'm looking forward to attending the 2025 Pierre du Bois Annual Conference on "The Cold War in the Middle East" at @gvagrad.bsky.social 🇨🇭 later this month! Information about speakers, program, and registration available here: www.fondation-pierredubois.ch/2025-the-col...

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The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2025 - Fondation Pierre du Bois

The Cold War in the Middle East and North Africa 20-21 January 2025 The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘The Cold War in the Middle East and North Africa’ is organised by the Graduate Institute in ...

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · 09/01/2025

„Eine Zeitung hat im Idealfall keine Meinung. Sie hat Meinungen. Eine Uni genauso. Was man hier sucht, suchen sollte, um daran zu wachsen, ist die Konfrontation, die Reibung. Und sei es nur, um zu begreifen, wie Menschen zu ihrer Gegenmeinung kommen.“ - @ronensteinke.bsky.social in der SZ

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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Call for proposals for a new Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism, deadline 1 March 2025. Looking forward to your proposals! More info here: csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...

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Call for Proposals: Bloomsbury Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism — Centre for the Study of Internationalism

We invite contributions to a new handbook on the Histories of Internationalism, to be published by Bloomsbury.

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Ronen Steinke @ronensteinke.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

„Wer eingebürgerte Deutsche gegenüber geborenen Deutschen rechtl. abwertet, beeinträchtigt die freiheitl. demokr. Grundordnung. Dies hat das Bundesverfassungsgerichts 2017 in seinem NPD-Urteil festgestellt. Wohl auch deshalb hat sich die AfD in diesem Punkt gemäßigt.“ Einordnung von Christian Rath:

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Rassismus der CDU: Merz will Doppelstaatler ausbürgern

Menschen mit zwei Pässen sollen den deutschen verlieren, wenn sie straffällig werden. Davon träumt der CDU-Chef. Doch SPD, Grüne und FDP lehnen das ab.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Looking forward to following @efdavies.bsky.social's new Substack on Eastern Europe. Franziska has been one of the best voices in Germany debunking pro-Russian pseudo-scholarship and explaining how the history of 🇩🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺🇵🇱 relations impacts the present. Check out her writing (her Substack is in English)!

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I have not been involved in the AHA for several years, but I am glad to see this resolution pass. American historians should stand up against the destruction of universities, libraries, bookstores and archives, not least when fueled by American weapons. www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

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American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza

The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...

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Patricia Hswe @pmhswe.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

@mellonfoundation.bsky.social, via the Public Knowledge program, is launching another round of open calls for proposals from community-based archives, this time for general operating support funding. Read the solicitation here: www.mellon.org/article/call...

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Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

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Past & Present Fellowships

Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.

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Global Histories @globalhistories.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

ATTENTION! 📢 #CfP for the 2025 Global History Student Conference is open. Students of #globalhistory are welcome to show their work in Berlin. Applications due January 31, 2025. Travel funding available APPLY NOW: globalhistorystudentconference.wordpress.com/application/ #GHSC2025 #studenthistorians

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Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Prepublication online version of my new co-authored (with Kate Tietzen-Wisdom) article is out in Diplomatic History. “Iraqi Archives and post-Cold War Continuity: A View from the Global South” academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a... It looks at the post-Cold War through Iraqi archives. It is ... 1/

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Iraqi Archives and post-Cold War Continuity: A View from the Global South

The transition from Cold War to post-Cold War is one of the more significant events in international history over the past fifty years. At least, that is h

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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." Please share widely.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The Leibniz ScienceCampus "Europe and America in the Modern World" here in Regensburg has announced a one-year post-doctoral position (deadline: January 12, 2025, position runs from April 2025-March 2026). Feel free to write to me with questions: europeamerica.de/news-and-eve...

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The ScienceCampus has a fixed-term, one year early-stage postdoctoral researcher position available. Deadline: 12 January 2025 Apply via the IOS application portal

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