🔴 GIS mapping. OCR digitization. Big data. @susangrunewald.bsky.social  explores how digital humanities methods are reshaping research. Read more ⬇️ https://www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/big-data-digital-research-methods-and-circumnavigating-archival-challenges

FYI Team #MilitaryHistory! Praise for @susangrunewald.bsky.social's book: an "important contribution to our understanding of WWII, the Soviet postwar recovery, the penal system(s) of the Soviet Union, & the Cold War" AND "a noteworthy piece of scholarship." www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

🔴 The Long View #009 German Prisoners of War in World War II A conversation with historian @susangrunewald.bsky.social on captivity, repatriation, and postwar memory. February 5, 2026 | 11:00 AM ET RSVP Now ⬇️ zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I think it's safe to assume that Microsoft's AI isn't going to create Skynet given the design suggestions from PowerPoint. I can't tell which is a worse suggestion, Mount Rushmore or a Saturn V rocket.

I'm looking forward to this today. come join us and ask questions!

Take a break from the awfulness of present events and join @susangrunewald.bsky.social, @ww2tv.bsky.social, and myself tomorrow to discuss the German-Soviet war. We'll look at the interaction between ideology & economics in both Nazi & Soviet practices during the war. www.youtube.com/live/KYdsGJ_...

If you haven't gotten a copy of my book yet, now is your chance. 50% off!

I was very excited to get my author's copy of this exciting volume. I can't wait to read the other chapters.

I'm very pleased to announce that my book From Incarceration to Repatriation won a 2024 DH Award for Best DH Data Visualization. If you took the time to vote, thank you very much! dhawards.org/dhawards2024...

Made it to SMH and took my book and my editor @bethanywasik.bsky.social on an excursion to the USS Alabama. This is how one does military history, yes?

I may not have made it to SMH, but my book did! (Thanks to @bethanywasik.bsky.social!)

Fun fact: Recently published #Battlegrounds books love being out in the wild! On battleships! They're also great fans of your bookshelves. Find out how to introduce them all at the @cornellupress.bsky.social #SMH2025 virtual booth with 40% off (09EXP40): www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/our-smh-2025...

Who is going to SMH in Mobile these next few days? If you're around, I would love to see you in person.

My book From Incarceration to Repatriation has been nominated for a DH Award. If you liked it, you can vote for it here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I have accepted an in-person position in European History at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU).

We have more Baltic-focused posts for you courtesy of the @balticbasees.bsky.social. Check out Hanna Maria Aunin's exploration of changing representations of Soviet Deportations in Estonian cinema www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/overloo...

There's still two days left to submit your abstracts for the 'Migration, Mobilities and Borders in Eurasia' workshop at the University of Manchester on 5th March. Feel free to DM with any questions!

We have a new post up from Kateryna Budz on the Christmas celebrations of the underground Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church throughout the Soviet period www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/a-banne...

Happy New Year! Our first post for 2025 is an author interview with @dacretu.bsky.social, whose wonderful book 'Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal' was published last month. www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/foreign...

I failed at the local mall Barnes and Noble yesterday, but my brother succeeded at the one in Manhattan. He was super excited to run there on his way home from work yesterday. Holding a paper copy of the review of my book is wild. I can't wait to bring a copy to my Dad today.

I am definitely not that cool, but I truly appreciate the kind words and support.

Read more praise from FA about her book here: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/inca... But wait, there's more information on her spectacular book, its membership in the #Battlegrounds series, and how to get your copy at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

So the superb @susangrunewald.bsky.social is new to #BlueSkyStorians (!) and to celebrate, @foreignaffairs.com shares that she "significantly enhances understandings of the fate of Germans captured by the Soviet Union during World War II" in her award-winning @cornellupress.bsky.social book... (1/2)