Congratulations to Nikhil Malik, who successfully defended his thesis "Manufacturing Utopia: Refugees, Labour, and the Making of the New Industrial Township Faridabad, 1947-1960" for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD) @UiO - Det humanistiske fakultet.

A great journey reaches a milestone. www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...

www.gnm.de/your-museum-... Warmly recommended if you pass my hometown Nürnberg and want more than gingerbread - or eat gingerbread with fuller awareness for its global dimension. #nürnberg #germanischesnationalmuseum

www.gnm.de/your-museum-... Warmly recommended if you pass my hometown Nürnberg and want more than gingerbread - or eat gingerbread with fuller awareness for its global dimension. #nürnberg #germanischesnationalmuseum

When Algorithms Undermine Democracy: Europe's Wake-Up Call www.socialeurope.eu/when-algorit...

At @uio.no we have almost reached the end of this fall's teaching period. What has stood out for me was “Man-Machine-Work”, a course for a mixed cross-disciplinary crowd of Norwegian and int. BA and MA students on the historical relationship between humans and technology in the workplace.

Das war alles eine ganz runde Sache! Mögen die Feierlichkeiten nicht enden!!

Wir erleben jetzt also nach den Testballons bei der Migration den Frontalangriff der Unionsparteien auf den Sozialstaat samt der Verweigerung einer Debatte um Steuererhöhungen für Besserverdienende. Lässt sich ein Programm zur Stärkung der #noafd eigentlich auf einen einfacheren Nenner bringen?

Just discovered two fresh reviews of my Politics of Service book on Quaker humanitarianism by Allan Austin in Church History and Marina Pérez de Arcos in European History Quarterly. journals.sagepub.com/.../10.1177/... www.cambridge.org/.../0A091020....

🕊In Memoriam: Wulf Kansteiner With great sadness, the MSA shares the news that Wulf Kansteiner passed away on 8 August. Read the full tribute on our website: bit.ly/3UZB0Lb

Wieder ein sieg für die noafd. Wann begreift vor allem die spd, dass es hier absolut nichts zu gewinnen gibt. Diese Grausamkeiten führen doch nur in eine weitere Verrohung der Diskussion und Praxis. So falsch wie fantasielos. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund...

Allein längere #Arbeitszeiten ≠ mehr Wirtschaftswachstum oder Produktivität. Eher: Mehr Überlastung, erhöhte Fehlzeiten & #Burnout. Besser: ➡️ Wahl-Arbeitszeiten ➡️ Verlängerung der Elterngeld-Partnermonate ➡️ Anerkennung und Wertschätzung von #Sorgearbeit Mehr: 🎧 www.boeckler.de/de/podcasts-...

Right now at the ILO: Valerio di Stefano on Social Europe:Shaping the Future of Digital Work: A Bold Proposal for Platform Worker Rights www.socialeurope.eu/shaping-the-...

Das ist zentral: Die Rückabwicklung von Bürgerrechten geschieht zwar vor aller Augen, wird aber von den künftig selbst betroffenen Bürgern toleriert, da Politik die geplante Rückabwicklung stets an marginalisierten Bevölkerungsgruppen vornimmt. Wer dazu schweigt, legt die Axt an eigene Rechte an.

More interesting stuff to read : "The Politics of Famine in European History and Memory" edited by Ingrid de Zwarte and Miguel Ángel Del Arco Blanco is now out with Routledge in open access. www.routledge.com/The-Politics...

For those who happen to be in the Trento region. On the 26 May I will present my book on Quaker humanitarianism at the University of Trento. eventi.unitn.it/it/american-...

For the second time I had the chance to present the history of the #ILO to a group of trade unionists from the Nordic countries preparing to visit this year's #ilc. This Geneva school has a long tradition reaching back into the 1920s.

Thank you so much, Julia! It means a lot.

What a wonderful surprise to learn about @juliairwin.bsky.social most generous review of my book on Quaker humanitarianism in Diplomatic History. academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a... #Quakerhistory #humanitarian #skytorians #humanitarianaid #quaker #historians

For a lecture on the history of decolonization, I used the story of Sumé, a Greenlandic rockband from the 1970s. Gave me an opportunity to revisit the wonderful documentary "Sumé. The sound of a revolution" (2014) Highly recommended! www.thesoundofarevolution.com

Diese Dinge drohen derzeit im allgemeinen Getöse unterzugehen. Die SPD muss hier in den Verhandlungen klare rote Linien ziehen. Was die Union betreibt verschiebt die Grenzen sonst immer weiter in Richtung einer Orbanisierung des politischen Diskurses. Es geht schlicht um Einschüchterung!

I agree with almost everything which is said here, except for the obvious discount of the kind of politics a CDU-led government will pursue on the domestic level. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

6 days to go until the German elections and the prospectives are pretty bleak - at least from my view. We are heading towards a situation in which there are a much-strengthened far-right and at the same time the prospect of a return/reinforcement of policies by a CDU-led government

Ich war wirklich dankbar für diesen Artikel von @pbahners.bsky.social in der FAZ, der Heinrich August Winklers Thesen und die Debatte um den Asylparagraphen wie ich finde sehr präzise und gleichzeitig fair seziert.

Last October I had the pleasure of being interviewed by our wonderful Oslo-based student-run history magazine Fortid and to talk about my research and my teaching. As their website is still down, I have gained permission to share it. Anyone interested in a pdf of the full interview, let me know.

#humanitarianism #humanitarianhistory #quaker #skytorians

The urgency of the situation created by the recent assault on USAID conveyed through this statement by the AFSC, a Quaker organization which throughout its long history (founded in 1917) has often acted as a critical observer and participant in official US aid efforts. afsc.org/news/shuttin...

Ich möchte nur noch schreien angesichts der schieren Niedertracht. Biggest German tabloid baselessly suggests that pre-election mass demonstrations where hundreds of thousands of people have been marching for democracy and against normalizing the far right are orchestrated by government agencies.

www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde... sorry, ich habe es einfach immer noch nicht verstanden. Unter keinen Umständen mit den rechtsextremen zusammenzuarbeiten - war das nicht im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch "die Brandmauer" sprechen wir hier von einer anderen?

Ich warte eigentlich minütlich darauf, dass der Wahlkampf sich vom Migrationsthema auf Fragen der sozialen Gerechtigkeit, der Klimapolitik, der Infrastruktur, der Sicherung des Rechtsstaats gegen Rechts, künstliche Intelligenz, Wohnungsbau, Bildung verlagert. Wann geht's los?

Berlin. 200.000 on the street to defend the #brandmauer

Berlin. 200.000 on the street to defend the #brandmauer

Deutschland ist ein Einwanderungsland. Die DGB-Gewerkschaften haben selbst viele Mitglieder mit Migrationshintergrund, darunter auch viele Geflüchtete. WIR LASSEN UNS NICHT SPALTEN. WIR STEHEN ZUSAMMEN FÜR DEMOKRATIE! #BlueKita #BlueLZ #BTW25

Tag der Schande. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

Fantastic thread, very happy to hear that there is so much enthusiasm for the history of technology — absolutely essential for critical approaches to tech

With all the exciting things recently going on on this platform I thought I'd quickly (re-) introduce myself to all new followers: I am a German-Norwegian #skystorians working as a professor of modern and contemporary history @uio.no www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...

Bleak beauty. Beams of light and a happy 2025 from frozen Franconia.

Join us in Oslo. My department at @uio.no has announced three openings for ph.d positions in history. Applicants should address at least one the following research Fields: • Democracy • Knowledge • Migration • Rights Please share generously! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

www.nybooks.com/online/2024/... A very good historically grounded analysis by Ernesto Semán of the recent developments in Argentina with cross-references to among others Quinn Slobodian's book "crack-up capitalism"

Since we're on this topic, I wrote about Band Aid / Live Aid as populist humanitarianism and the kind of intervention it created here: amzn.eu/d/bu3sJ7r. I also mention Bryan Adams, AC/DC *and* Céline Dion in a single paragraph... 🗃️

Great initiative!

"If we can't unionise at Amazon, we have no future": The film [co-directed by Antipode Foundation trustee Brett Story!] about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

Happy to announce that my book on “The Politics of Service. American Quakers and the Emergence of International Humanitarian Aid 1917-1945” has been published. Want to know more? Want me to tell it all? Just dm or email me! (2 "promotional" chapters available). www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Come work with us in the Greenhouse! A fantastic #envhist #energyhistory opportunity. The PhD student will collaborate with the new Energy Lives! project, so lots of opportunities for exciting work.

Leseempfehlung!

My first time that I am testing crowd knowledge here and a question particularly for historians: Does anyone have a good introductory text (bachelor level) on the historical relationship of humans and technology -from the stone ages to AI or on a more narrow time frame. Any suggestion welcome!

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/m... Very sad to learn about Paul Auster's passing today. He has been a constant literary presence in my life ever after being introduced to his New York trilogy at the age of 18. During more than 30 years he has always been there and now no longer...

I had two great days contributing to this year's Geneva school at Runö. Geneveskola is an amazing institution, having prepared young trade unionists from the Nordic countries since 1931 (!) to interact with the ILO. Highly rewarding to talk to enthusiastic people about the ILO's history and future.

Only two months to go for the third meeting of our "History of Work in the Cultural Economy" network. This time the turn is on us Oslo people to host a great line-up of speakers on "Getting a Fair Share? Cultural Work under Intellectual Property Regimes".

Wonderful news! "Cu Li Never Cries" a beautifully poetic movie from Vietnam wins the Berlinale's best first feature award. Congratulations to everyone involved in this piece of art and a very warm and proud special hurrah for my wife Verona Meier, who co-produced it!