Ab jetzt gibt es Informationen zum Projekt und den beteiligten Personen auf unserer Website unter www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/queerdem. Wir berichten dort auch aus den einzelnen Projekten und von aktuellen Veranstaltungen - schaut also regelmäßig vorbei!

Ottawans, my research group is excited to announce this important public talk October 30th at 6pm at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre. Please join us to hear @milleridriss.bsky.social on her latest book on misogyny and far right extremism. Register below👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/man-up-the...

Really great conference opportujnity in Bergen, Norway by the Queerdom research initiative. www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Such an important contribution. And now available in English and with a nice 30% discount for folks in the UK and EU. Congratulations @ankahajkova.bsky.social So glad to have played a small role.

Wrote something a few days back.

This is such an important book. Available now for pre-order at 30% off with the code E26JCMGZ www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...

After 5 lockdowns in Melbourne, Andrew Ravenko decided to chronicle his daughter's fascination with space. He made a paper maché helmet and took photos within their 5km mandated travel limit. Here are some of the images from what came to be known as The Rocketgirl Chronicles. archive.is/QrS32

A book that still has me going back all these years later.

Amid growing legal uncertainty and rising anti-LGBTQI+ policies in the United States, many individuals are considering seeking asylum in Canada. This toolkit supports LGBTQI+ individuals who are exploring the possibility of entering Canada from the U.S. haven.utsc.utoronto.ca/index.php/a-...

Not to be missed! Sarah Casteel (Professor of English, Carleton University), November 6th, 4:15pm EST. Holocaust Studies From the Outside In: Art and Relational Thinking in Times of Crisis clarku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

During a visit to Tokyo, David Mixner LGBTQ+ fellow Edric Huang discovered the contemporary queer artists challenging the pressures of conservative Japanese society, which still offers few protections to queer people: www.icwa.org/queer-japane...

My friend, writer, memoirist, curator Kenny Fries has endowed a literary award to support the next generation of disabled and/or deaf writers. If anyone wanted to support it, here's the link. The first award will be announced on his 65th birthday, September 22nd. www.kennyfries.com/award

The Smith Art Gallery currently has an exhibition dedicated to the fascinating Lea Grundig. scma.smith.edu/blog/fightin...

Honoured to have been elected by my peers a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. (A wee bit embarrassed at what the research office wrote about me in the nomination - but nice to know this is what they think!)

Gift link: lovely appreciation of the astonishingly talented Tina Modotti (1896-1942) by Grace Linden for the NYT. #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Over 13 years of civil war in Syria, the Assad government and its proxies forcibly disappeared around 100,000 people, more than any regime since the Nazis. Among the missing are thousands of children. This is one family's story. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/m...

Important to remember, as hard as it is most days. “When too much cynicism threatens to engulf us, it is buoying to remember how pervasive goodness is.” — Carl Sagan

Confederate statues are “history” but a rainbow crosswalk dedicated to victims of a mass shooting is “political.”

Wistful, captivating. There is something indelibly human about the postwar worlds photographers made in the shadow of catastrophe. www.artnet.com/artists/will...

The fabulous Casa Susanna photos, first on display at the AGO in Toronto, now on view in New York. readfoyer.com/article/bets...

Thrilled to be teaming up with the amazing @drkowert.bsky.social on a grant application on video games and radicalization. Give her a follow for evidenced base analysis delivered with verve.

"Violent attacks at Pride celebrations are on the rise, and right-wing parties are gaining votes with anti-queer slogans. How can we behave in our social environments and in our everyday lives?" Insight from front line education workers in Saxony. www.l-mag.de/news-1010/ti...

First of three grant applications away.

Turns out, angry indie break up songs are perfect for my cycling playlists. Who knew? I've replaced our loving with loathing There's no turning back now we're just too broken The Cliffords, If The Shoe Fits t.co/apxqQG9jei

The cuts to Berlin's queer institutions are deepening, first Schwuz and now the iconic Sonntags-Club, founded during GDR times. The impact is huge. archive.is/x78Z5

This summer in Cairo, I had the pleasure of meeting Barry Iverson to talk about his friend Leon Boyadjian. One of the highlights was walking through the district of Bulaq to what remained of his studio. Barry's photo captures some of its charm. www.saatchiart.com/art/Photogra...

Thinking of Suleika Aldini on this European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma, which commemorates the 500,000 men, women, and children who were imprisoned, tortured, and killed leading up to and during the Second World War. /1

Taking a moment to recognize my colleagues who in their different ways and with their varying positions are trying to do right by a very complex, increasingly tragic situation.

Der Rosa Winkel als Hamas-Symbol. Happy Pride, @polizeiberlin.bsky.social.

Hot off the presses: a new forum in German History reappraising Magnus Hirschfeld. doi.org/10.1093/gerh...

Incredibly productive meeting today on the challenge of far-right extremism and how these ideas migrate into the mainstream. With @germanambcanada.bsky.social, Jordan Leichnitz of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and our SSHRC project researchers @swensteinberg.bsky.social and David Clement.

I love the smaller exhibitions in the Bezirksämter in Berlin. Like this one featuring the photography of Anno Wilms. www.berlin.de/ba-charlotte...

One year ago today I was in Stuttgart, looking at Tina Glamor's incredible collection. Taking inspiration from Angie Stardust to help get through these very dark days: "don't give up the ship."

Was fun contributing to this @bbcnews.bsky.social story on dating rituals and secret writing. archive.is/HIsZd

Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature. newfascismsyllabus.com

Grateful to receive funding from Canada's Social Science Humanities Research Council for a workshop on hate, conspiracy theories, and the threat to democracy. Which includes a public talk by @milleridriss.bsky.social on October 30th on The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.

To live in the UK is to be gaslighted daily. We are told that the biggest threat to free speech is from trans rights activists on the day that Palestine Action will be banned and offences for up to 14 years imprisonment can be incurred for expressing support for them.

Some very good news. The Arbeitsbereich Didaktik der Geschichte was recognized with the Margherita von Brentano Preis by the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. For years now, Martin Lücke and team have vigorously supported queer and trans history writing in Germany. www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...

Important new special issue just went live at Rethinking History on queer intimacies on the move. Check it out👇 www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/fmi/bereic...

For the German speaking followers interested in memory culture, Helmut Smith will be giving a talk on his book project July 2nd in Stuttgart. It will also be streamed online at 7pm CET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30vz...

9 years ago we queered German History.

Word in from Andrea Peto that Budapest Pride drew 360k people. Photo to prove it! #BudapestPride #takethatOrban

Why we write queer history, why we organize for queer and trans rights, why we support each other in our writing, why we work with community. Sending strength and courage to those marching in Budapest today. Making our Horizon Europe application all the more urgent and necessary.

Today I think of the brave, beautiful people in Budapest marching for queer rights. This is not about Hungary, this is about a horrible tendency that is spreading.

Sat down with @sourcephoto.bsky.social to talk about fascist and photography and the lessons from the past.

There are certain songs that just land. This one, by Montreal's Patrick Watson, written about photographer Vivian Meier, does it for me. Love, home, connectedness, understanding - all there for me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1F...

The first of two different events I attended in that very same lecture hall in the esteemed @humboldtuni.bsky.social and both were overwhelmingly oriented around men and men's voices.

Looking forward to taking the ladies to @leuphana.bsky.social next week!

A little light in the darkness. The Finnish Research Council has funded a four year study of Queer/Trans Visual History. I'm thrilled to be a part. Congratulations Tuula Juvonen and gang for shepherding this through.