Had a wonderful time at our little gathering in Berkeley! Exciting discussions, a wonderful group of people, and a tremendously interesting place to hold a seminar. Many thanks to the organizers, and to all the other participants!

This weekend I received from @sfhs.bsky.social a copy of my contribution to the latest issue of French Historical Studies. This article is based on the discovery of a memoir written in 1807 by Alexandre-Joseph Lambert, colonial sub-inspector in Guadeloupe, preserved (...)

This is quite funny. In his district (which happens to be most of my family’s district), Lindner got fewer votes than the FDP.

Ihr wisst schon, dass Friedrich Merz diese ganze Apokalypse im Bundestag letzte Woche angerichtet hat, weil ihn ausgerechnet Trumps Show beeindruckt hatte, wie der Executive Orders vor einem aufgeheizten Mob unterschreibt? Der Faschismus verfing – natürlich bei Merz und der CDU.

I had the joy of being a guest on Wendy Aris' impressive podcast project "Dis a fi mi History" on the history of the Caribbean recently. We are talking about refugees from the Haitian Revolution in Jamaica, and the relevance of this history for Jamaicans today. You can listen to my ramblings here 👇

2/ A key #OpenAccess publication, together with @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social, is “Exiled,” a blog series exploring concepts of exile around 1800: ageofrevolutions.com/category/exi.... Contributions by @annikabaerwald.bsky.social, Sarah Chambers, Sibylle Fourcaud, @jkeindorf.bsky.social,...

Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/

📢New publication, out in #OpenAccess: "'A Sanctuary to Crime'? Enslaved Fugitives, Antislavery, and the Law in the Caribbean, 1819–1833" by Jan C. Jansen in @csshjournal.bsky.social. Access here: doi.org/10.1017/S001.... Short abstract👇 in 🧵.

Die CDU versucht 3D-Schach zu spielen und glaubt dafür gewählt zu werden. Was Wähler_innen hören: die AfD hat recht und alle anderen Parteien sollten es genauso machen wie die AfD. Wähle die AfD, sie hat es verstanden. Sauber. Was für eine Selbstentleibung.