This week, Clemens Wischermann writes about emotions in research, proposing an empathic difference to avoid misidentification and excessive sympathy. Read more here 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/32681 #theoryofhistory

More #theoryofhistory at gtw.hypotheses.org ! We have a great post from Gion Wallmeyer form the University of Bielefeld on "Are the Times a-Changin‘? Argumentieren mit Zeit und Wandel in der Geschichtswissenschaft" Read the post here: 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/32418

Thanksgiving or Thinksgiving?

⁉️ ... Is the work and suffering of the enslaved people about to be rendered in vain? #legacyresponsibility

Nigerian epic thrillers, Chimamanda Adichie’s books, and more culture and entertainment recommendations from Toluse Olorunnipa in the Sunday Daily:

The best thing that can happen to your book is that a reviewer finds it extremely generative for their own ongoing research –even if it unfolds in a completely different field. 🌈 #intellectualtransfer

If the world is supplied with 100% renewable energy, 50% of the global shipping traffic will be eliminated, coal oil and gas no longer needs to be transported #endfossilfuels #oilkills #COP30

COP30 ohne Ausstieg für Fossile. Ganz traurig: Die fossile Lobby und Klimakrise Leugner feiern. www.n-tv.de/politik/Klim...

Signs of wear after close reading... A matter for #historians and not historians

High school teacher Katharina Matro explains how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️

Reposting, for obvious reasons: "If we expect the public to trust us, we "must be able to show that [our] ethical compasses are not deflected by the magnetism of money.” Evidently, at Harvard, compasses were deflected, indeed. www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff... #epstein #Harvard #summers

Call for Papers for Early-Career Research Workshop „History of Political Thought, Cambridge Contextualism and Political Theory: Judgment, Normativity, and Crisis“ with Prof. John Dunn (Cambridge) and PD Dr. Martin Baesler (Freiburg) on Saturday, January... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30186

The AHA recognizes that our colleagues in the federal govt. are facing unprecedented workforce reductions & furloughs & has compiled resources in support. We are offering one year of free membership in the AHA to former employees of the federal govt. who have been terminated or resigned since 1/20.🗃️

So much food for thought for the theorists of history – the words of the elected mayor: "Thank you to the next generations of New Yorkers who refuse to accept that the promise of a better future was a relic of the past." www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdU...

My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ArticleSnapshot 📸: Martin Jay's "Can History Absolve? Can History Judge?" examines the notion of the judgment of history as well as the relationship between, and the implications of, "divine judgment" and "historical judgment." Read it #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1111/hith...

It is not that everything "has" a history, but that history "is" now - and everywhere! A matter for all #historians, @dehypotheses.bsky.social , @histandtheojrnl.bsky.social

📢 Our September 2025 issue is out now! Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...

Out now: brill.com/view/journal...

Words that make the difference…

250 years after the Revolution, the American project remains unfinished and troubled, but “a project worth pursuing,” Jeffrey Goldberg argues in The Atlantic’s new issue: https://theatln.tc/VWUMm7iQ

A question about #Historiography&democracy I posed too implicitly in my review of Stefan Jordan’s book: Does Jordan conceive the decision about what counts as historical reality, albeit implicitly, in analogy to a democratic decision-making process, as depending on majority consensus?

My contribution to the Contributions to the History... On the 'Disempowering Agency' of Reinhart Koselleck’s Figure Collection 👇 www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

With Riley Linebaugh (@rileysline.bsky.social) joining the editorial board of Theory of History at Work, the blog gains valuable expertise on postcolonial justice and the links between archive-making and history-writing! Here is the excellent contribution by Sauda Nabukenya, edited by her 👇

Sad story. The University of Chicago is, or was?, a unique institution. In related news, their program in history of science has just paused accepting new graduate students. Maybe they should make some spots available for studying the recent history of the University of Chicago?

The oldest surviving book owned by English speakers was a book made in North Africa. In this article from our archive, Alison Hudson traces how these radical fragments reveal that immigrants and cultural exchange have always been fundamental to Britain.

🛎️ The "Theory of History at Work" Blog is back from the summer break and ready to dive in again! We’re picking up the thread of our reflections with a piece by Christian Wachter on multimediality in history, inspired by the workshop he organized at the @zthf.bsky.social , Bielefeld University 👇

Our newest #OneMoreThing... post is out now! Read "The Eastern West Meets the Far East: Dialogues on Historical Theory—A Conversation between Ewa Domańska and Zhang Zuocheng 张作成" on our website: historyandtheory.org/omt/2025-ewa...

We are pleased to announce that the first part of our #BielefeldTheoryTalks series has been published. It is a micro-monograph entitled "Temporal Vectors and the Compass of History. Politics and Ethics at the End-time" by @ethankleinberg.bsky.social.

Did you know that you can also become a associated #member of the #ZThF? To qualify for membership, you must demonstrate a clear research interest in #philosophyofhistory, #historicaltheory and/or #theoriesinhistoricalresearch, as well as a willingness to work with the #ZThF on a long-term basis.

Bald wieder in München, auf der Suche nach offenen Formen, gemeinsam mit @sinasteglich.bsky.social , @achland.bsky.social , Iryna Klymenko, @modomodo.bsky.social , @michaelwildt.bsky.social‬, @susannequitmann.bsky.social und Fernando Esposito 👇

The AI takeover of the classroom is just getting started, @lilashroff.bsky.social reports. “Once schools go all in, there’s no turning back.”

A new future for utopias?

Love it!!!

🎉 The first volume of the Bielefeld Theory Talks series , edited by the ZThF, has just been published by BiUP: Ethan Kleinberg's Temporal Vectors and the Compass of History, with commentaries by Berber Bevernage, Kristin Platt, Lisa Regazzoni. bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...

I am delighted to share that a 4-year postdoctoral position is now open at Bielefeld University, as part of my project "Towards a Material-Oriented Theory of History", generously funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. I encourage interested candidates to apply uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/432...

In today's blog post, Daria Novgorodova discusses traces in material objects within Russia's first public mineral collection. She asks how these polysemantic objects accumulate layers of meaning over time and leave traces. Read more here 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/31242 #theoryofhistory #blogtheblog

Vor der Sommerpause schon Vorfreude auf nach der Sommerpause, mit Freude an - neuen, anderen, fließenden, kreativen - Formen! Geschichte schreiben im 21. Jahrhundert mit @achland.bsky.social @susannequitmann.bsky.social @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @modomodo.bsky.social @michaelwildt.bsky.social ua

Already looking forward to this one! More on „Scales“ with @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social

It's #blogtheblog Tuesday! In her blogpost, Agnes Piekacz asks how historians link the messiness of the objects they encounter to the past they aim to access and reconstruct. Read the post here: 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org?p=30994

We are ready for the summer semester @lmumuenchen.bsky.social with lots of great intellectual encounters, including @martinlutz.bsky.social @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social @achland.bsky.social !

DOMINO-TALK: We are happy to announce a #dominotalk between @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social and Shahzad Bashir, which will take place next Thursday, the fifth of June. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online! #theoryofhistory | #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History

On today's #blogtheblog Tuesday, Dietmar Schenk re-reads Karl-Georg Faber's 'Theorie der Geschichtswissenschaft'. Read more here 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/30877 #theoryofhistory

Some thoughts on the ontological hiatus between sources and interpretation, explored through things, matter and interfaces. A #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History for #historians, #philosophers, and #theoristsofhistory. #materiality #historytheory #ontology

📣The inspiring contribution by Thibault Sauzaret on Vergès’s post-museum is now available in English translation. Enjoy the reading!

A very warm welcome to @gwu-bielefeld.bsky.social @ Uni Bielefeld Research on historical interactions between nature and society Members: @birtefoerster.bsky.social, @czumbragel.bsky.social, Peter Kramper, Franz Mauelshagen, Carsten Reinhardt, Eleonora Rohland, Vito Gironda shorturl.at/qyXpQ

New UVM president reflects on what she learned at her previous job: "What I learned is that when people disagree, if you have the courage to walk toward that conflict, the incredible work of higher education can be so transformative to the conversation." www.chronicle.com/article/have...

Really looking forward to the conversations on the production of historical knowledge at this year’s annual conference, organized by the Geschichte+Theorie network at ZiF (@zif-bielefeld.bsky.social) from March 27 to 29. Take a look at the program: geschichte-und-theorie.de/tagungen/ges...

Today sees the publication of a new post from @marcuswystub.bsky.social! In “Randgänge in der Geschichtstheorie”, he seeks to understand the practice of theorizing as an activity on the edge of a text and, in certain parallels, also of philosophizing. gtw.hypotheses.org/30292

Heute gibt es einen neuen Beitrag von @marcuswystub.bsky.social! In "Randgänge in der Geschichtstheorie" geht es ihm darum, die Praxis des Theoretisierens als eine Tätigkeit am Rande eines Textes und in gewissen Parallelen auch zum Philosophieren zu begreifen. gtw.hypotheses.org/30292