My essay on Europe in English: www.freiheitmachtpolitik.de/en/essays/eu... and in German: www.freiheitmachtpolitik.de/essays/europ...

I presented at a Film & Talk this week (sold out!). If you want to learn more about propaganda, check out this documentary...

My new podcast interview on the history of media & politics on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast series: newbooksnetwork.com/politicians-... (also available on Spotify etc.) A big thank you to Miranda Melcher for having me on the show!

Mijn essay over Europa in De Standaard vandaag: archive.is/wt3lg

My podcast interview on 'Publicity Politicians, Public Opinion, and the Birth of Media Politics' on the SOCIAL MEDIA & POLITICS podcast: socialmediaandpolitics.org/media-histor... Also on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4jyl... Many thanks to Michael Bossetta for hosting me on the show!

Vacancies: Post-doc in Disinformation & European Democracy: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... Ass. Prof European Political History since 1900: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... Ass. Prof Political and Social Philosophy: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...

My new book is now out in print: POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I. www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

A short blog article about my research: DEMOCRACY EXPANDED OR ERODED? ‘Publicity Politicians’ and the Transnational Media Politics of Empire cambridgeblog.org/2025/10/demo...

My new article on political broadcasting, available on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../10.1111/...

discount code for my new book

‘The Communication of Fame’, a chapter I wrote for our new book A Cultural History of Fame in the Age of Revolution, edited by Eva Giloi: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... If anyone would like a digital copy, let me know 😊

my new book on Politicians and Mass Media in the Age of Empire: www.cambridge.org/core/books/p... #history #politicalhistory #mediahistory #twitterstorians

Bsky friends! With colleagues I run the WOinActie Limburg bsky page. We are striking today to protest devastating cuts to higher ed totalling over 1 billion euro. It's part of the global onslaught on higher ed. Help us out; give the page a follow and repost to spread awareness. In solidarity! 🟥

Vandaag staakt Maastricht! Aujourdhui, Maastricht en grève! Heute streikt Maastricht! Today Maastricht is on strike! ✊ #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...

Disinformation isn’t new—it’s just evolved🏛️📜 Democracy was never about ‘pure truth’ but about competing worldviews. The real battle? Who controls the narrative📰⚖️ Read the interview with Betto van Waarden about the relationship between #democracy and #disinformation 👉 tinyurl.com/2wv3wvaz