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Open for Applications till March 31, 2026: Moore Research Fellowship 2026-2027 The #Fellowship promotes research using the resources of the Friends Historical Library and/or the Swarthmore College #peace Collection @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social More here: www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...

How have economic warfare and sanctions been applied in modern history? 📅 On Thurs 19th Feb leading economic historians Stephen Broadberry and @mark4harrison.bsky.social will be launching their new book covering three centuries of global history at the British Academy. 👉 Register your place:

It is out, everyone! 🎉 My book "The Making of Modern Eating" is out with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social and the @ghiwashington.bsky.social! The digital versions are free—so download, share and enjoy! 📚 @thegsa.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social

Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.

Zwischen den Kriegstrümmern begann vor 80 Jahren die unerwartete Erfolgsgeschichte, die Deutschland lange geprägt hat. Entscheidend war damals das Wohlwollen der Amerikaner, die sich davon großen Nutzen versprachen.

"Perhaps most dispiriting for many Europeans was realising the French had been right all along." www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

8 Days left to apply for this Post-Doc Position here in Freiburg:

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We are advertising another two postdoctoral positions as part of our ERC Synergy Project BLOCKADE! The positions will be at Hamburg University, working with (the truly amazing) Alan Kramer - pls share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @conteurohistory.bsky.social

Super excited to be hosting @juliairwin.bsky.social one week from today for a timely talk on US foreign relations and humanitarianism. If you're in the area, please join us! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

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No. 1 Best? The Marshall Plan. Just sit with that for a moment. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...

Eine andere Frage wäre, ob es das „alte Amerika“ so jemals gab …

Thank you for including my monograph "Why They Gave" on CARE and US aid in postwar Germany in your exhibit at #AHA26. I hope you had a great time. Wish I could have been there. For anyone who is interested, you can download the open-access ebook right here: www.steiner-verlag.de/Why-They-Gav....

Getting ready to discuss @jgiesber.bsky.social's fantastic new book with my newsletter book group.

📆 #Venezuela und #Kolumbien: Menschenrechte oder Machtrechte? Am 19. Januar, 18 Uhr sprechen Indira Murillo und Stefan Peters an der @uni-freiburg.de zu politischen, sozialen, und humanitären Folgen internationaler Interventionen in Lateinamerika. Mehr: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/veranstaltun...

CFP: Gender, Authority, and Trust in the United States https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159640 Heidelberg, 10.07.2026-11.07.2026, Research Training Group Authority and Trust, Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.01.2026 “Gender, Authority, and Trust in the United …

Die Wiederbelebung der Monroe-Doktrin offenbart weniger Stärke als vielmehr die Unsicherheit einer schwindenden Vormacht. Simon Gerards Iglesias mit einem historischen Hintergrundartikel über die neue National Security Strategy der USA in Lateinamerika. geschichtedergegenwart.ch/imperiale-wi...

Glad to have been part of this roundtable review of Tammy Proctor's excellent book "Saving Europe"

⏰ 12 HOURS TO GO 👀 When the new year begins, so does #PublicDomainDay2026. At 12:00 a.m. ET, iconic books, films, and music move into the public domain—and we’ll be sharing highlights #here all night long. 🔔 Set your reminder ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

I love phenomena that have very specific, sometimes surprising or mythical names in multiple languages such as the week between Christmas and New Year's: Germans call those days 'Rauhnächte', Americans apparently call it 'dead week' and Norwegians call it, my favourite, 'romjul' - are there more?

On the Nazi plunder of church bells and the 'sonic gap' left in the postwar period #postwar www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...

We are pleased to say that our latest Special Issue, titled Gender and Segregation, is out! This Special Issue explores the ways in which a gendered analysis illuminates histories of segregation. Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424...

The majority of archival material out there has NOT been digitized. So if you really want to figure something out, odds are that you have to go to an archive and dig. Historians are trained to dig.

We are seeking to hire two full-time Research Fellows in the field of modern and contemporary history, with an anticipated start date of June 2026. Applications are due on January 11; for more details visit: www.ghi-dc.org/news-...

Today three years of work come to fruition with publication of Steve Broadberry's and my book, Economic Warfare and Sanctions since 1688 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @cepr.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org 1/4

I would like to re-up this as there are 4 more weeks to hand in an application for this PhD position on the "hunger blockade" @uni-freiburg.de

#CfA Pre-Dissertation Fellowship For Doctoral Students in German and European #History at North-American West Coast Universities 📌 Two Summer #Fellowships | for enrolled doctoral #students | organised by @ghiwashington.bsky.social 📝Deadline: 31 January 2026 🔗www.maxweberstiftung...

New article out in print with @conteurohistory.bsky.social How exciting! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Job: 2 years Post-Doc Fellowship at the University of Bayreuth, on the history and sociology of USAID

Hungrig, insolvent und dann auch noch schlechtes Wetter! Darum soll es bei unserem Workshop zum Schreiben in Zeiten des Mangels in der frühen Neuzeit im kommenden Herbst gehen. Hier findet ihr unser CfP: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

An der Professur für Wirtschafts-, Sozial- u. Umweltgeschichte des Historischen Seminars @uni-freiburg.de ist eine Stelle als Akad. Rätin auf Zeit zu besetzen. Ein ganz sympathisches Team und bei einer meiner liebsten und klügsten Kolleginnen - gerne teilen! uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

An der Professur für Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte im schönen Freiburg ist eine 3+3 Postdocstelle ausgeschrieben: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

#CfA Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellowship 📌 #Forschungsaufenthalte am Wissenschaftsstandort #Paris | 1-4 Wochen | vergeben vom @dhi-paris.fr | #Archiv- und #Bibliotheksforschung, #Manuskriptarbeit etc. | für #Professor*innen, #Dozierende und mehr 📝 15.02/15.09.2026 🔗www.maxweberstiftung...

#CfA Two #ResearchFellow Positions in Modern and Contemporary #History 📌 Start: June 1, 2026 | for at least 3 years | at @ghiwashington.bsky.social | for applicants with a doctoral degree working towards an #habilitation 📝 Deadline: 11/01/2026 🔗 www.maxweberstiftung...#CfA

#CfA Fellowship at the Horner Library 📌 2-4 Fellowships | between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2026 | in #Philadelphia | organised by @ghiwashington.bsky.social and #GermanSocietyOfPennsylvania | for PhD and M.A. students and advanced scholars 📝 Deadline: 1 March, 2026 🔗www.maxweberstiftung...

Druckfrisch: Wir werfen einen neuen historischen Blick auf Henry Kissinger! @nomosverlag.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @unibibkoeln.bsky.social @akhf-v.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @unicologne-d7.bsky.social @mdeuerlein.bsky.social www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/henry-k...

I have a new article out in the Journal of Contemporary History: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... It examines Soviet humanitarianism by focusing on Soviet Red Cross hospitals in Tehran, Addis Ababa, and Phnom Penh. 📷 Soviet Red Cross hospital in Addis Ababa, ICRC Audiovisual Archives

Very interesting #postwar

Thrilled to share our new open-access article, co-authored with Robin J. C. Adams, for @conteurohistory.bsky.social - this time focusing on #Poland in the aftermath of #WW1. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Two Post-doc positions are advertized at the GHI Washington which is now also establishing a new research focus on „Empires and their legacies“.

Vlt von Interesse, Elternzeitvertretung: Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Geschichte des Spätmittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit"

The newest issue of our Bulletin has just been published! The contents cover the full range of our research interests, from early modern German history to interwar Jewish history to 20th-century international history. Find the complete issue online: ghi-dc.org/publication/...

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford! We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History. This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance” Deadline: 17 Dec 2025 Please share widely!

💻💬Transatlantische Brückenprofessuren: Online-Sprechstunde für gastgebende Institutionen am 9.12., 10 Uhr Mit dem neuen #Förderprogramm möchte die Stiftung renommierte Forschende aus den #USA enger mit deutschen Hochschulen vernetzen. #Demokratie #Grundrechte #Wissenschaftsfreiheit Alle Infos 👇

It is with great joy that I share the news of the publication of "At the Periphery of a World War?," a collective book that I coordinate with Ana Paula Pires and Jan Schmidt, under @Campusverlag More info at www.campus.de/buecher-camp...