📣 New article online! 'The Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980–2010', by Helen McCarthy | @historianhelen.bsky.social Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New article online! 'Redemptive Recovery: The Ruhr, Reconstruction and Repatriation to Poland in the Early Post–Second World War Period', by Nikolas Weyland Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ever dreamed of a sun-soaked retirement overseas? Plenty of older Britons chased that fantasy in the late 20th century as my new article in @conteurohistory.bsky.social reveals. But retirement migration was also a space of racialisation and postcolonial anxieties. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣 New article online! 'Forks in the ‘Mother Tongue’: UNESCO and the Transnational Renewal of Bilingual Education after 1945' by Diana Lemberg Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New article online! '‘Domesticating’ China Through Economics? The Logic of West Germany’s China Policy 1974–1990', by Lili Li Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our article prize for PGRs and ECRs opens soon! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

📣 New article online! 'The International Political Thought of Luigi Sturzo in the United States', by Or Rosenboim Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This will be followed by a 'Publishing in journals' workshop led by @eldrclaire.bsky.social & @siobhanhearne.bsky.social (@frenchhistory.bsky.social @conteurohistory.bsky.social). All welcome! Full info here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣 New article online! 'Disillusionment in the Schlaraffenland: German Soldiers in the Occupied Channel Islands, 1940–1945', by Laura K. Noller Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New #OpenAccess article online! 'Claiming the Skies: The Politics and Practices of Diplomacy in Early Global Aviation', by Andreas Greiner www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 Read now on Firstview! 'The Limits of Economic Liberalism under Thatcher: The Cases of Aerospace and Defence Procurement', by Tom Kelsey | @tomkelsey.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📑New publication, available now: Research Fellow Andreas Greiner's article "Claiming the Skies: The Politics and Practices of Diplomacy in Early Global Aviation," forthcoming in @conteurohistory.bsky.social

📣 New #OpenAccess article online! 'Unveiling Hidden Russophilia or Paradoxical Pragmatism? Slovak–Soviet Relations Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact', by Anton Hruboň www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In my new article, ‘The Limits of Economic Liberalism under Thatcher: The Cases of Aerospace and Defence Procurement,’ published in @conteurohistory.bsky.social, I revisit these areas of policy using newly available state records.

New article out on @conteurohistory.bsky.social: "The Left-Wing Case for Austerity: Planning and Consumption Restraint in 1970s Europe" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Very honored that my book is a finalist for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize! The book is available open access, and you can download the PDF at the link in the comments. 👇

📣 New Voices returns with a blog from Clément Ferrier, @clementferrier.bsky.social Clément's blog explores Rexism and the reworking of fascism in interwar Belgium. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Advertising 2 more positions (doc/postdoc) as part of BLOCKADE. PhD cand to examine the heroization of blockade runners in the era of the world wars; postdoc to explore the transatlantic dimension of blockades. 4 year positions in beautiful Freiburg. Please SHARE! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

That's it. I've checked the very last proofs of the book and it's now off to the printers. I hope it will reach Hobsbawm fans, Hobsbawm sceptics, and anyone curious about the intellectual life of the left in the 20th century! Publication: 18 Aug (US), 4 Sept (UK) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

📣 New article online! 'Far Right and HIV/AIDS in Italy (1980s–1990s)', by Marco Rovinello Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just seeing this 6 months on, but very happy to see @michellelkahn.bsky.social 's words on my article in the CEH digest - and discovering so many new articles to read!

Say hello to this fabulous group of Contemporary European Historians (by @conteurohistory.bsky.social )! Please follow all 👇 go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb

📣 New article online! '"Crypto-Communist" Priests? The "Progressive" Clerical Movements Under Debate in the Holy Office in 1955', by András Fejérdy. Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

For more on this development, you can read this article I wrote a while back in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. In it, I talk a bit about someone the new Carcassonais RN mayor Barthès admires, Henri Escortell, the founder of the FN section in Carcassonne: doi.org/10.1017/S096...

📣 New article online! 'The Revolution Consumed: The Revolts of 1968, Consumerism and Advertising in Western Europe', by Ben Mercer | @mercerb77.bsky.social Read #OpenAcess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@giotonolo.bsky.social “Anatomy of Aid: The EEC Hospital in Mogadishu (1958–1970)”, is now available open access — check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @conteurohistory.bsky.social

The debate on East German identities and subjectivities needs a historical perspective. You want to know more about my thoughts on that? Check my new review article in @conteurohistory.bsky.social, published in Open Access 👇 #EastGermany #GermanHistory #GDR

First Publication in 2026 🥳 Für @conteurohistory.bsky.social habe ich fünf neuere Bücher zur DDR-Geschichte besprochen und einige Gedanken zur Historisierung von Subjektivitäten und Identitäten in Ostdeutschland vor 1989/90 formuliert 👇

📣 New article online! 'Active Voices of the Past: The Role of Political Prisoners’ Organisations in the Development of Memory Laws in the Czech Republic and Germany after 1989', by Klára Pinerová. Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New article online! 'Blood Knows No Borders: Blood Donation and Transfusion Systems in Yugoslavia', by Ivan Simic | @ivansimic.bsky.social 📖 Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📖 New article online! 'The Return of the Renaissance on the Eve of the Maastricht Treaty: The European Community Pavilion at Expo 92', by Anastasia Remes | @eui-eu.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 CEH is now on LinkedIn! Head on over and give us a follow for the journal's latest updates and long-form posts! 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/cont...

📣 New article online! 'Out of Bounds: Israel, European Football, and the Making of Continental Belonging', by Daniel Mahla www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I've got an article for that! This 2020 article from @conteurohistory.bsky.social explored the process as it was practiced in the south: ‘Uprooting identity: European Integration, political realignment, and the wine of the Languedoc (1984-2014)’ doi.org/10.1017/S096... #skystorians 🗃️

📣 New Spotlight essay, now online: 'Europe as Scaffolding: On the Future of Holocaust History', by Jan Burzlaff www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are you an emerging scholar seeking to share your research with a wider audience? @conteurohistory.bsky.social has a new blog called "New Voices" that highlights research by advanced grad students + early career on European history 1914-present. Submit your work! tinyurl.com/2s45996j

🧵CEH's second digest is out now, detailing our latest special issues, journal news, and more. And once again our six editors have each highlighted a recent article they've enjoyed - read on to see which ones they picked, and why! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ [1/7] www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

We at @conteurohistory.bsky.social have just published our latest editorial digest for Jul-Dec 2025, including details of new special issues + our favourite articles. Give it a read! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Calling our early career historians of contemporary Europe - submit blog posts for the journal’a New Voices blog!

Are you an emerging scholar excited to share info about your research? @conteurohistory.bsky.social has a new blog called "New Voices" highlighting research by advanced grad students + early career on any aspect of European history 1914-today. Submit your work! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/ta...

Check out the latest @conteurohistory.bsky.social digest for journal news and editors' picks. I chose Elena Serina's excellent article on transnational Catholic humanitarianism and the making of postwar Europe. Hot off the press & a must read for historians of humanitarianism! tinyurl.com/mbu92vx2

My review essay on "The Work That Never Ends" has been published open access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It reviews an edited volume on #emotions and #work, two books on #NS concepts of work and a monograpgh on a #GDR enterprise. Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians

We are advertising another two postdoctoral positions as part of our ERC Synergy Project BLOCKADE! The positions will be at Hamburg University, working with (the truly amazing) Alan Kramer - pls share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @conteurohistory.bsky.social

New Year, New Voices! 📣 Get your research out there in 2026 with the help of CEH's blog. New Voices offers a platform for postgrads and ECRs in our field to engage a wider audience with their work. Here's a reminder of everything we published in 2025 (contact details at the end!) [1/7] ⬇️⬇️⬇️

📖 Out on FirstView! 'Performing (Gender) in 1930s Spain: La Barraca, University Theatre and Women’s History', by Maria Bastianes www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📖 New article online! 'Decadents and Saboteurs: Homosexuals on Trial in Post-War Socialist Yugoslavia', by Franko Dota www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The special issue of @conteurohistory.bsky.social on "Navigating Post-Imperial Transitions after the First World War" ed. by @ajeross.bsky.social and Jeam-Michel Johnston is finally published. Happy to have provided an article on the imperial afterlives of Woermann: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📘 Our latest issue is out now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New article out in print with @conteurohistory.bsky.social How exciting! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...