🛎️ The "Theory of History at Work" Blog is back from the summer break and ready to dive in again! We’re picking up the thread of our reflections with a piece by Christian Wachter on multimediality in history, inspired by the workshop he organized at the @zthf.bsky.social , Bielefeld University 👇

The #ZThF cordially invites you to participate in its events in the coming winter semester. The complete program can be found on our website, with information on colloquia and workshops.

Our newest #OneMoreThing... post is out now! Read "The Eastern West Meets the Far East: Dialogues on Historical Theory—A Conversation between Ewa Domańska and Zhang Zuocheng 张作成" on our website: historyandtheory.org/omt/2025-ewa...

Did you know that you can also become a associated #member of the #ZThF? To qualify for membership, you must demonstrate a clear research interest in #philosophyofhistory, #historicaltheory and/or #theoriesinhistoricalresearch, as well as a willingness to work with the #ZThF on a long-term basis.

We are pleased to announce that the first part of our #BielefeldTheoryTalks series has been published. It is a micro-monograph entitled "Temporal Vectors and the Compass of History. Politics and Ethics at the End-time" by @ethankleinberg.bsky.social.

🎉 The first volume of the Bielefeld Theory Talks series , edited by the ZThF, has just been published by BiUP: Ethan Kleinberg's Temporal Vectors and the Compass of History, with commentaries by Berber Bevernage, Kristin Platt, Lisa Regazzoni. bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...

Plus d’informations ici : gtw.hypotheses.org/31408

We are pleased to announce that the Theory Center can now also be found on #LinkedIn. There we post mainly in German and announce important events. We would be delighted if you followed our page there:

This blog post is based on a paper presented at the workshop 'Trace on Trace. Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives', organised by the focus area 'Materiality between Past and Future' at the Center for Theories in Historical Research and convened by Agnes Piekacz in November 2024.

REMINDER: We welcome Stefan Haas tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Nach der Narrativität. Warum für die Geschichtswissenschaft eine eigene Argumentationstheorie essentiell ist?'. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #narrativity

On July 10th, Stefan Haas will speak about "Nach der Narrativität. Warum für die Geschichtswissenschaft eine eigene Argumentationstheorie essentiell ist?" Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online! | #theoryofhistory #Narrativity

Heute, 12 Uhr c.t. präsentiert Lisa Regazzoni @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social (Bielefeld) ihre Forschungen zu einer „relationalen Geschichtswissenschaft". Sie ist derzeit Visiting Fellow im Rahmen des #CASSchwerpunktes „Maßstäbe". @sinasteglich.bsky.social @spoerhase.bsky.social

A new addition to Theory on the Edge is out now and we ask: What does the collection of books on theories of history look like in your academic/university library? Please comment here 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/31101 #theoryofhistory #blogtheblog

Already looking forward to this one! More on „Scales“ with @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social

It's #blogtheblog Tuesday! In her blogpost, Agnes Piekacz asks how historians link the messiness of the objects they encounter to the past they aim to access and reconstruct. Read the post here: 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org?p=30994

REMINDER: There are only two more days until @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social and Shahzad Bashir will be having their #dominotalk about Lisa's book 'The Episteme of the Gallic Past'. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online! #theoryofhistory | #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History

DOMINO-TALK: We are happy to announce a #dominotalk between @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social and Shahzad Bashir, which will take place next Thursday, the fifth of June. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online! #theoryofhistory | #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History

On today's #blogtheblog Tuesday, Dietmar Schenk re-reads Karl-Georg Faber's 'Theorie der Geschichtswissenschaft'. Read more here 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/30877 #theoryofhistory

ANNOUNCEMENT: Last November, we welcomed Karin Tybjerg to Bielefeld Univ, where she gave a #lecture on 'Anamnesis: History in Medicine and History of Medicine' at the #Theorycolloquium as a guest of the colloquium culture/history. You can now watch the entire colloquium on our YouTube channel:

Some thoughts on the ontological hiatus between sources and interpretation, explored through things, matter and interfaces. A #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History for #historians, #philosophers, and #theoristsofhistory. #materiality #historytheory #ontology

It's Tuesday, and Lisa Regazzoni (@lisaregazzoni.bsky.social) #blogstheblog dealing with the existence of an ‘ontological in-between’.👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/30653 #theoryofhistory

Developing the cube of multimodal competencies in (digital) history - thanks for another round with the splendid builders crew: Christian Wachter, @dielindada.bsky.social, and @sschwandt.bsky.social at @zthf.bsky.social!

REMINDER: On 9 May 2025 the #workshop "Multimodal History. New Perspectives on the Interplay of Text and Image in Historical Research" will be chaired by Christian Wachter. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room UHG S1-146) or online! #theoryofhistory | #multimodalhistory

We are looking forward to Christian Wachter's workshop on "Multimodal History: New Perspectives on the Interplay of Text and Image in Historical Scholarship" on 9 May 2025. Join us at Bielefeld Univ! | #theoryofhistory #multimodalhistory

Congratulations @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @zthf.bsky.social !

Today's #blogtheblog Tuesday features a post by Dietmar Schenk! In his post “What do archives have to do with historical theory?”, he reflects on the practice of historical archives and builds a bridge between archival science and historical theory. gtw.hypotheses.org/30545

REMINDER: Tomorrow we welcome Marian Füssel for a KOSELLECK-LECTURE on 'Der Historiker auf dem Schlachtfeld: Überlegungen zur historischen Epistemologie des Ereignisses vor und nach Reinhart Koselleck'. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X-E0-001) or online! #theoryofhistory

KOSELLECK_LECTURE: On 16 April 2025 we welcome Marian Füssel for a Koselleck Lecture on 'Der Historiker auf dem Schlachtfeld: Überlegungen zur historischen Epistemologie des Ereignisses vor und nach Reinhart Koselleck'. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-001) or online! #theoryofhistory

We are pleased to announce that the History + Theory network's event on the production of historical knowledge at ZiF ( @zif-bielefeld.bsky.social ), in which our director @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social will participate, starts today and runs until Saturday. Find more information here:

Today sees the publication of a new post from @marcuswystub.bsky.social! In “Randgänge in der Geschichtstheorie”, he seeks to understand the practice of theorizing as an activity on the edge of a text and, in certain parallels, also of philosophizing. gtw.hypotheses.org/30292

The Explanatory Power of Materiality: What could the accumulated dust on the history theory books in the X History Library at Y University reveal about the significance of theory in the discipline of history?

📣The second part of @ggangl.bsky.social contribution “Knowledge and Responsibility” is out now. The article addresses fundamental questions that were discussed at the 5th INTH-conference. Part I: gtw.hypotheses.org/29548 Part II: gtw.hypotheses.org/29846

📣 New on our blog today!! The first part of Georg Gangl’s ( @ggangl.bsky.social ) reflections on the relationship between historiography and morality, inspired by discussions at the 5th INTH Conference. 👇 gtw.hypotheses.org/29548

REMINDER: On the 12th of February 2025 the #workshop "Uncertain History. To what extent the distinction between past and present still navigates historical experience" will be directed by Andrey Oleynikov. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X B2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory | #uncertainhistory

Plus d'informations ici : gtw.hypotheses.org/29482

#WORKSHOP: On 12 February 2025, the workshop "Uncertain History. To what extent the distinction between the past and the present still navigates the historical experience" will be chaired by Andrey Oleynikov. Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X B2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory | #uncertainhistory

Yes, here we are – finally kicking things off!

REMINDER#COLLOQUIUM: Tomorrow, Rüdiger Graf will present his talk " Quantifizierbar und universell. Die Geschichte des Energiebegriffes und seine Bedeutung für die Geschichtsschreibung der Great Acceleration" Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X A2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory

#COLLOQUIUM: On January 14th, Rüdiger Graf will speak about "Quantifizierbar und universell. Die Geschichte des Energiebegriffs und seine Bedeutung für die Geschichtsschreibung der Great Acceleration" Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X A2-103) or online! #theoryofhistory

Are you already a fan of our YouTube channel? We would be delighted if you took a look. | #TheoryofHistory www.youtube.com/channel/UCna...

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Zachary Conn's #HistoryAndEthics contribution is titled "A House with Exposed Beams: Inquiry-Based Learning and Historians' Ethical Responsibilities as Scholar-Teachers." Read it #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1111/hith...

"Dear German friend". So began #PrimoLevi’s letters to his translator, Heinz Reidt. Now, their correspondence has been published by Einaudi: 472 pp. of dialogue about translating Italian into the language of the perpetrators, and about the dream of a better Europe. www.repubblica.it/cultura/2024...

Die Populismusforschung hat sich in den letzten 20 Jahren stark entwickelt und inzwischen als eigenständiger Forschungszweig etabliert. Vier Theorieansätze sind hier von Interesse: der minimale Ansatz (Mudde 2004; Mudde u. Rovira Kaltwasser 2019); der... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=28334

In diesem Jahr wäre Claude Lefort 100 Jahre alt geworden. Anlässlich dessen wird es auf dem Theorieblog einen Schwerpunkt rund um sein Denken geben. Als Denker des Politischen ist Lefort, durch seine Auseinandersetzungen mit der Demokratie und dem... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=28272

Does #history need #theory? Yes!!! A very warm welcome to the Zentrum für Theorien in der historischen Forschung @ Bielefeld University @zthf.bsky.social @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social

Thrilled to share my dive into the 'epistemic thing’ called ‘monument’ and the quest for the Gallic past in 18th-century France, now accessible in English! A heartfelt thanks to the brilliant John N. Dillon for his masterful and nuanced translation.... www.routledge.com/The-Episteme...

WORKSHOP: "Trace on Trace: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Traces on Objects" #Workshop by Lisa Regazzoni and Agnes Piekacz on 29-30 November 2024. Join us at #UniBielefeld (Room X-B2-103) or online! t.co/IHr1cRpBav

WORKSHOP: “Exploring Postsecularism in Contemporary Historical and Political Theory” On 19 October, Ewa Domańska and Lisa Regazzoni will explore how the post-secular turn affects historical theory and the legitimacy of a return to religion. aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/event/worksh... #TheoryOfHistory