Where to?

terror. pure terror.

Job at Emory: Associate or Full Professor in Native American and Indigenous Studies - due date Feb. 28 apply.interfolio.com/180222

I realize y'all's attention is torn in all sorts of directions, but the war's still on. In Ukraine. Find a way to support. Here or elsewhere. Thanks!

listen

whoa

The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere. Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration. I lay it out in my latest post. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...

Worth listening to. “What ICE is doing, what the administration is pushing, is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country.” www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

@eseh.bsky.social #envhum #envhist Job in Freiburg www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Every now and then you need a good summary of how terrifying things have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well. I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III. (Gifted.) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

CFP 📢 Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9. #envhist #histsci #animalhist #conservationhumanities

very proud of an undergrad who published his paper from an entry-level course in the _Central Europe Yearbook_. It’s a review of Agnieszka Holland’s film “Green Border.” Go Rafi! pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ce...

on point.

If you want to keep up with news on Iran, I recommend following @yal-da.bsky.social

This Bellingcat analysis is profoundly disturbing to watch. The phone should be subpoenaed. Oh wait, FBI does not want to cooperate with MN police...

Hot times for historians of Greenland.

Just launched: @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social's new blog featuring the projects of recipients of its annual research & travel grants. Check it out: tinyurl.com/2afay4ct . PS: Applications for the 2026 grants are still being accepted until January 15 (tinyurl.com/695jr4cm). Apply now!

For the (historical) record

Jahresrückblickstool

We will soon be conferencing alone. This is not just an issue for the tourism industry but also for academic associations. Another blow to scientific internationalism. @historians.org @thegsa.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

PhD and recent postdocs in Central European History, CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications until December 1, 2025 for its Emerging Scholar Program. This year's program will support panels for the 2027 AHA Meeting in New Orleans. Details at: tinyurl.com/4y6n4rhz

junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford

Suspended in midair

On this All-Saints’ Day, I remember the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) to which I have no particular relation. It’s just that this subspecies of the Iberian wild goats went extinct. The last of this subspecies – the endling – was called Celia.

And so it continues (gift article). In 2-3 years, this generation will hit college. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

It breaks my heart that the annual fall migration of cranes (grus grus) in Germany turns into a mass extinction due to the bird flu outbreak. The pictures in this news clip (in German) are nauseating. www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

Central Europeanists, Mikkel is here! @mikkeldack.bsky.social

If Harvard sneezes....

beyond words.

Interesting teaching day so far. An "incident".

Eigentlich muss ich Unterricht vorbereiten, aber für die Laudatio von Katja Petrowskaja und die Dankesrede von Karl Schlögel muss unbedingt Zeit sein. Hier der Mitschnitt. www.zdf.de/play/intervi...

High praise by @marcusrediker.bsky.social for a book on the ship that I thought was called "The Zong". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b... (gift article)

Job at Univ. Jena (Germany) in Global Environmental History (due Dec. 11 // work start Fall 2027) - German language skills required for teaching #EnvHist #EnvHum www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/VAADIN/dynam...

In case anyone needs it today.

Your weekly summary.

She tried to teach us humans something important. #JaneGoodall www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

PSA

Sounds like y'all want some more details authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Very cool

For ATL peeps (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...

The anatomical theater (1660s) at the Gustavianum at University of Uppsala #ESEH2025 @eseh.bsky.social

The Uppsala #ESEH2025 conference hare hops to the next session @eseh.bsky.social

Spectacular meeting space this morning #ESEH

First impressions of Uppsala are very favorable -- gorgeous weather surely plays a role! @eseh.bsky.social

wie traurig. @thegsa.bsky.social FYI

Well, someone has to pay for the nuclear plant, unit by unit.