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?

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🎉 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

Warum nennen wir den Tisch Tisch? Warum nicht Bett? Oder Teppich? Am Tisch ist ja nichts Tischiges, es ist schlicht eine Konvention. Und was passiert, wenn man sich nicht daran hält? Das zeigt Peter Bichsel † in seiner Geschichte „Ein Tisch ist ein Tisch“. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/so-klang-pet...

Spring is finally here!

Every time Roberto Benigni appears on television, editors tremble because the artist is unpredictable and can say very uncomfortable things. Last night on Rai 1, he did not. Instead, he delivered a moving, uninterrupted one-hour-and-fifty-minute hymn of praise for a Federated European Republic...

The Explanatory Power of Materiality: What could the accumulated dust on the history theory books in the X History Library at Y University reveal about the significance of theory in the discipline of history?

CFP: Mineralogie und Macht. Extraktivismus zwischen Forschungspraxis und Expansionspolitik (1920er-1950er) https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-153835 Bielefeld, 08.09.2025-09.09.2025, Angela Strauß; Vivian Yurdakul; Martin Lutz, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.05.2025

How to decolonise history in the museums of former colonised countries? Here is Thibault Sauzaret's inspiring contribution on Vergé's radical proposal: a museum WITHOUT objects! #decolonisinghistory

Lucky to have you with us @caslmu.bsky.social: Welcome @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social www.cas.lmu.de/de/personen-...

📣The second part of @ggangl.bsky.social contribution “Knowledge and Responsibility” is out now. The article addresses fundamental questions that were discussed at the 5th INTH-conference. Part I: gtw.hypotheses.org/29548 Part II: gtw.hypotheses.org/29846

REMINDER: On the 12th of February 2025 the #workshop "Uncertain History. To what extent the distinction between past and present still navigates historical experience" will be directed by Andrey Oleynikov. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X B2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory | #uncertainhistory

📣 New on our blog today!! The first part of Georg Gangl’s ( @ggangl.bsky.social ) reflections on the relationship between historiography and morality, inspired by discussions at the 5th INTH Conference. 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/29548

Plus d'informations ici : gtw.hypotheses.org/29482

#WORKSHOP: On 12 February 2025, the workshop "Uncertain History. To what extent the distinction between the past and the present still navigates the historical experience" will be chaired by Andrey Oleynikov. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X B2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory | #uncertainhistory

Auch wir machen den #eXit und verlassen zum #TagderBildung25 gemeinsam mit @MaxWeberStiftung und @dehypotheses Twitter/X. Hetze, Hass und Desinformation prägen diese Plattform, die dadurch nicht mit unseren Werten vereinbar ist. Vielen Dank an unsere […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

Yes, here we are – finally kicking things off!

Das #Anthropozän als Herausforderung für die Geschichtswissenschaft: Sandra Maß (Univ. Bochum) im nächsten #Jeudi-Vortrag über "Zukünftige Vergangenheiten" mit Kommentar von Grégory Quenet (Univ. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) & Moderation von […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

Sie haben unsere letzten »Jeudis« verpasst? Kein Problem, Sie können die Vorträge von Stephanie Zehnle zur kolonialen Raubkunst und von Felix Stalder zum Generativen der KI auf unserer Webseite (nach)hören. ➡️ https://www.dhi-paris.fr/publikationen/audio-und-videomitschnitte.html

"Dear German friend". So began #PrimoLevi’s letters to his translator, Heinz Reidt. Now, their correspondence has been published by Einaudi: 472 pp. of dialogue about translating Italian into the language of the perpetrators, and about the dream of a better Europe. www.repubblica.it/cultura/2024...

In diesem Jahr wäre Claude Lefort 100 Jahre alt geworden. Anlässlich dessen wird es auf dem Theorieblog einen Schwerpunkt rund um sein Denken geben. Als Denker des Politischen ist Lefort, durch seine Auseinandersetzungen mit der Demokratie und dem... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=28272

Repost with (emphatic) variation: No #history without #theory

Thrilled to share my dive into the 'epistemic thing’ called ‘monument’ and the quest for the Gallic past in 18th-century France, now accessible in English! A heartfelt thanks to the brilliant John N. Dillon for his masterful and nuanced translation.... www.routledge.com/The-Episteme...