Dr. Marie Huber
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Researcher. Writer: History, Economics, Africa | co-founder
@metoohistory.bsky.social
Entrepreneurial expectations guide decisions in moments when information is incomplete and the future feels open. We
@nkleinoeder.bsky.social
+ Jonathan Krautter use 2 examples: German colonial 🚂 and the post-independence ✈️ Air Afrique to examine how these expectations.
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Without exaggeration, one of the most intense years of my life. Reduced workload, research stay in the US, job-market uncertainty — and somehow also a fellowship and €2m+ in research funding. Stepping back from social media for a while. 2026: finish the book, run a half marathon, take a real break.
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Welcome to Serious Journeys 🌍✍️ My first post turned out to be personal 🧠📚, after reading an article on gender equality in German academia
#seriousmarie
#womeninacademia
#ichbinhanna
#academia
#academicmotherhood
#singlemoms
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
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Airlines are political. Across the
#GlobalSouth
, national carriers became symbols of sovereignty, shaped by colonial ties,
#ColdWar
strategy, and uneven access to
#technology
. ✈️📝👇
about 1 month ago
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Writing an article on German tax legislation and FDI, and it's a new experience, and one that makes me sad compared to most of my other research: I can so easily add biographical information because of 20+ actors, every single person in the story is a man and has his own Wikipedia article.
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Centre Marc Bloch
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Gewinn des ERC Starting Grant,
@mariehuber.bsky.social
! 💐 Die Wirtschaftshistorikerin an der Uni Marburg und am CMB erhält 1,5 Mio Euro Förderung vom
@erc.europa.eu
für ihr Projekt „Manufacturing Modernity in Africa“ (MAGIC). 🔗
cmb.hu-berlin.de/zentrum/neui...
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This week my 7 yo will have his first lock down drill in a US elementary school. He has never heard of attacks on schools of any kind until now. How would one best talk about this beforehand, to prepare?
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Kleiner Kommentar von mir im Artikel von Otto Wöhrbach und Natalie Ille (im Tagesspiegel) zur Equal-Earth-Karte und zur "correct the map" Initiative:
www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/die-a...
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Sometimes the impossible becomes possible ✓ My project "Manufacturing Modernity in Africa" (MAGIC) just won a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant - Europe's most competitive early-career research funding. I'll be investigating Bata shoe factories in Kenya, Malawi & Zimbabwe from the 1940s to 2000s.
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We made it! Arrived two weeks ago in DC to start my Smithsonian NASM Fellowship. Adventure starts now! - office view: not bad - DC commute upgrade - Smithsonian researcher mode: ON - for the nerds: 80s cargo planes hit different - exploring DC and American life (strange times)
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Spoke on “Flying White Elephants?” at a civil aviation history conference earlier this year, inside Lufthansa HQ, with runway views & the hum of business around us. African airlines after independence weren’t just prestige projects - some reshaped economies & global aviation deals.
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Daniel Leising
7 months ago
Die Universität Würzburg bietet jetzt zum ersten Mal ein Zertifikatsprogramm zum Thema "Machtmissbrauch erkennen und verhindern" (MEV) an. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Im Verlauf eines Jahres werden Wissens- und Handlungskompetenzen in diesem Bereich vermittelt (jeweils 1 Modul).
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I am currently looking for a (remote) research assistant for about 60 h. of work in total (literature research, fact-checking, and data analysis—Excel skills required). A background in 20th-century international history, technology, and transport would be ideal. Please share with interested people!
7 months ago
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Picture puzzle announcement
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How I present myself in grant applications vs. interviews for a faculty position
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Moritz Hürtgen
9 months ago
Ich kann Amerikas Spitzenforschern leider nur ein Praktikum in meinem Social-Media-Team anbieten. Aber vielleicht erst einmal gut zum Ankommen? Gehalt gibt’s keines, aber exposure durch Auftritte in meinen Reels
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Dustin Voss
10 months ago
*Call for Applications* We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! Link to the conference website:
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social
@palmapolyak.bsky.social
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Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
https://www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025-max-planck-summer-school-women-political-economy
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Die besten Geschenke im Leben kommen unerwartet:
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Q. Pheevr
almost 2 years ago
Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
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Kleine Frage an die deutsche Wissenschafts-Bubble: wie definiert ihr
#firstgen
? Mein Vater: Landwirt, meine Mutter: spät (mit 38, ich war schon Teenager) studiert und ein Uni Diplom. Mein Opa + seine 2. Frau (es gab wenig Kontakt): FH Professor und Lehrerin. Bin ich aus einer Akademikerfamilie?
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VG Wort Metis - online Texte melden, ultimative Kurzanleitung: 1. Melden kann man in dieser Kategorie zB > e-Versionen von Zeitschriftenartikeln > jede Seite, auf der ein open access e-books zum Download steht, auch Buchhändler > e-versionen von Dissertationen bei Univerlagen meine Meldungen:
11 months ago
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Kein Video aber ich schreibe hier nachher gleich mal eine einfache Anleitung rein, wie ich es gemacht habe.
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Dr. Stephanie Seul
11 months ago
Meldungen zu Online-Texten nicht vergessen - muss jedes Jahr neu gemeldet werden. Pro Meldung/Domain gab es letztes Jahr 12 Euro!
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carolyn taratko
12 months ago
Interested in pursuing a PhD in Germany with a focus on the int’l/ transnational history of technology, medicine, and environment? Come work with me
@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social
! I’m looking to fill 2 PhD positions (for 4 years), details below and inquiries very welcome
zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...
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Two PhD Positions | zzf-potsdam.de
Stellenausschreibung The German Research Council (DFG) funded Emmy Noether Research Group “Cooling the Global South: Technology, Society, and Thermal Regulation in the 20th Century” at the Leibniz Cen...
https://zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/job-opportunities/zwei-wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiterinnen-wmd-zur-promotion
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Paul Franke
12 months ago
If you are into urban history, history of consumption, or gambling, check out my book "Feeling Lucky - The Production of Gambling Experiences in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas"! A story about casinos, capitalism, and consumers in the 19th and 20th century
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Samuël Coghe
12 months ago
We just launched the website of our ERC project CATTLEFRONTIERS. Have a look at
www.cattlefrontiers.eu
With 5 historians at different career levels and supporting staff, we will be studying the transformations of cattle production in (post)colonial Africa until well into 2028...
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(Post)Colonial Cattle Frontiers
This project explores the transformations in cattle production in Southern and Central Africa during the colonial and early postcolonial period.
https://www.cattlefrontiers.eu
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
about 2 years ago
There are no gifs on this app, but everything‘s still shit, so here, once again, is Ted Lasso as academic life:
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Eva Bischoff
about 1 year ago
Good morning skystorians! 🗃️ I am curating a research blog connecting local spaces and networks with
#globalhistory
and the history of
#colonialism
. The current series of articles focusses on 19th- and 20th-century colonial history of the city my university is located in:
trierglobal.hypotheses.org
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Beziehungsweise Trier – Globalgeschichte in der Region
https://trierglobal.hypotheses.org/
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Franziska Davies
12 months ago
Ich danke ganz besonders
@leising.bsky.social
, der sich so engangiert gegen Machtmissbrauch einsetzt und die Mechanismen, die diesen ermöglichen so gut erklären kann. Ich bin froh meine Mitstreiterinnen von
@metoohistory.bsky.social
gefunden zu haben und danke auch ihnen für ihren Einsatz! 3/3
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6 1/2 years ago Fintan O‘Toole published this article and I have to think about it a lot in the past weeks:
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fint...
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Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
Babies in cages were no ‘mistake’ by Trump but test-marketing for barbarism
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-trial-runs-for-fascism-are-in-full-flow-1.3543375
about 1 year ago
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Berit Glanz
about 1 year ago
Mein jährlicher Service-Post für alle, die es betrifft: Es ist Januar. Das bedeutet: Bald ist die VG Wort Frist!
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about 1 year ago
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12 years into my academic career, here’s my list of goals for the next year
#ichbinhanna
#skystorians
about 1 year ago
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Heute im
@table.media
Africa Briefing: mein Standpunkt zur Luftfahrt in Afrika
table.media
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Table.Briefings von Table.Media
Sie können besser entscheiden, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Mit dem Informationsvorsprung zum Wettbewerbsvorteil.
https://table.media/
about 1 year ago
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Scenario Planning with Infinite Unknowns: a workshop for senior postdocs on the job market -> I would visit ? -> I will sell for a modest fee of 5000 € to universities ?
about 1 year ago
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LWL-Institut für westfälische Regionalgeschichte
about 1 year ago
Job! Wir suchen eine:n Wiss. Redakteur:in bei uns am LWL-Institut. Wir bieten eine unbefristete Vollzeitstelle (EG 14) und ein tolles Team, mit dem Ihr Regionalgeschichte des 19., 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts weiterentwickelt. Bewerbungsfrist: 6.1.25 Interesse? 👇👇👇
recruiting.lwl.org/r/z029ab8qk9...
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LWL-Haupt- und Personalabteilung -- wissenschaftliche:n Referent:in (w/m/d)
wissenschaftliche:n Referent:in (w/m/d)
https://recruiting.lwl.org/r/z029ab8qk9u1rpl/wissenschaftliche%3An+Referent%3Ain+wmd/48147/M%C3%BCnster
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Laura Davulis
about 1 year ago
I’m kind of wary of telling women (and nonbinary people) to do more stuff because I am also a woman and I understand being existentially tired, but: if you are going back and forth on whether to reach out to a publisher, you should go ahead and do it. Judging from the numbers, the dudes are!
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Andrew Popp
about 1 year ago
And the second for a conference on "Companies and the Colonial Past" to be held in October of next year.
www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
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Companies and the colonial past
For its 48th Academic Symposium on "Companies and the colonial past", the Society for Business History (Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte) invites scholars of all career stages and contributions...
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-150387
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An open-ended thread with some (unpolished) advice for
#skystorians
As I am editing chapters of a forthcoming volume in economic/business history, I thought I would share my most frequently occurring writing rules and tips for historical texts:
about 1 year ago
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Ian Carrillo
about 1 year ago
In this book chapter, some of the women used auto-ethnographic methods to describe the experience. Santos tried to have the book retracted.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The walls spoke when no one else would: Autoethnographic notes on sexual-power gatekeeping within avant-garde academia
PDF | To our readers: thanks for considering to support this Open Letter to Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group: Academic censorship on sexual misconduct... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368860052_The_walls_spoke_when_no_one_else_would_Autoethnographic_notes_on_sexual-power_gatekeeping_within_avant-garde_academia
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Ian Carrillo
about 1 year ago
Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos has stepped down from his position, following accusations by more than a dozen women of sexual assault, harassment, and intellectual theft.
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Andrew Popp
about 1 year ago
Enterprise and Society: the International Journal of Business History can now be here
@entandsoc.bsky.social
- please spread the word (and let's hope it does better in attracting followers than I have!)
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So this is probably a bit niche but I just found out that
awesometapes.com/blog/
is opening a store/learning center in my neighborhood in Berlin and this is unreal and I am so excited about this 🤩🤩🤩
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Blog - Awesome Tapes From Africa
African music blog fulfills your crave for best music ever made. When it comes to music, it is called as food of soul or the best remedy for pains. But only in Africa music is not just the food of sou...
https://awesometapes.com/blog/
about 1 year ago
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Redaktion Merkur
about 1 year ago
Interessante ökonomische Analyse von einem, der sich auskennt, zum Newsletter-Anbieter Substack. Der ist sehr erfolgreich, aber die Zahlen gehen ungefähr so wenig auf wie bei Musks-Twitter-Kauf. Was die Frage aufwirft, wohin sich das Ganze entwickelt.
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Amrei Bahr
about 1 year ago
„Wir werden [als Wissenschaftler_innen] auf Plattformen jenseits unserer Komfortzonen unterwegs sein müssen“: HRK-Präsent Rosenthal, der Social Media selber nur vom Hörensagen kennt, sich bei „wir“ nicht mitmeint & keinen Plan hat, wovon er da spricht. Sollte z.B. mal 1 Frau im Internet fragen, s.u.
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Mutti zeigt sich stabil 😍😍😍
about 1 year ago
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Gibt kaum eine treffendere Art die Arbeitsituation in der Wissenschaft in D zu beschreiben!
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Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
Whenever we make ourselves smaller for them, they just shrink our box again.
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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft
about 1 year ago
Heute in der FAZ: Unsere Kritik der Exzellenzstrategie, als Blick hinter die Fassade der Potemkinschen Dörfer, die für die Gutachtenden und Geldgeber errichtet werden. Wir wissen, wovon wir reden, denn wir arbeiten dort. Text ist online noch nicht verfügbar, deshalb erst mal ein screenshot.
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