And the winner is... for the CEHS's @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social 2025 Annelise Thimme Article Prize: Spencer Weinreich @harvard.edu, "Why Early Modern Mass Incarceration Matters", Journal of Social History @academic.oup.com (2023). Congratulations, Spencer!!

And the winner is... for the CEHS's @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social 2025 Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for the best book in Central European History: James Brophy @udelaware.bsky.social, Print Markets and Political Dissent (2025, @academic.oup.com ). Congratulations, Jim!!

The @thegsa.bsky.social is looking for a new editor for its flagship journal, the German Studies Review; anticipated started date: June 1, 2026. Further details about the position and applications/nominations are available here: tinyurl.com/ypfxpkdr

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

PhD students and recent PhDs in history: CEHS @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is accepting applications for its short-term research and travel grants (travel in 2026). Max award $4000; deadline January 15, 2026. For eligibility and application information, visit: tinyurl.com/695jr4cm.

If you (or one of your students) finished or will finish a dissertation on German history at a North American university in 2025, consider nominating it (or having it nominated) for the Fritz Stern dissertation prize of the Friends of the GHI. Details at: tinyurl.com/4z9xsw6r

Spread the word! The @thegsa.bsky.social has extended the deadline for nominations to its annual prize for the best graduate student essay in German Studies (now May 23, 2025). All students with prize-worthy essays should be encouraged to submit them. Details at: www.thegsa.org/prizes/gradu...

On May 27, 6-8 pm EDT, plan to attend or watch the livestream of @ghiwashington.bsky.social's upcoming panel discussion on "Resilience and Resistance in Fragile Democracies: Historical Perspectives from Germany, Hungary, and Poland." Details available at: www.ghi-dc.org/events/.

@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social endorses the @historians.org statement defending the @nehgov.bsky.social and American public culture. More information at www.centraleuropeanhistory.org?p=1088

Howard Louthan, Director of the Center for Austrian Studies, resigns over the University of Minnesota's unilateral decision to remove information from the Center's website regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read his letter of resignation: www.centraleuropeanhistory.org/wp-content/u...

@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for its biennial Annelise Thimme Article Prize, awarded to the best article on Central European history published in 2023 or 2024. Deadline is June 15. More info on eligibility and procedure at: www.centraleuropeanhistory.org?page_id=123

@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for its annual Hans Rosenberg Book Prize, awarded to the best book on Central European history published in 2024. Deadline is June 2. More info on eligibility and procedure at: www.centraleuropeanhistory.org?page_id=123