Three more months until People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust comes out @uoftpress.bsky.social and translated @williamrossjones.bsky.social you can preorder below. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. Available now as an Ebook! (print copies will start shipping in a month)

I am still on my social media hiatus but logging in to share the response of my friend @hpollingalay.bsky.social to the Omer Bartov NYT piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...

Today I think of the brave, beautiful people in Budapest marching for queer rights. This is not about Hungary, this is about a horrible tendency that is spreading.

This would be far more restrictive than Russian archival policy, if it's what people are speculating it might be.

🗃️ Re: forthcoming restrictions on access to National Archives at College Park: Is it possible for @historians.org @oah.org @iehs.bsky.social and other associations to do the same as @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social👇🏽? Oh: and also file a lawsuit?

Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.

Hey all— New edited volume just appeared, “Socialist Subjectivities: Queering East Germany under Honecker”. The editors, Katharine White and Scott Harrison are hosting a virtual book launch this Thursday 4 pm ET. I’ll be moderating (and I wrote the conclusion!!!). Please join! Link is below ⬇️

🧪 ICYMI: $25,000 bridge funding for terminated NSF grants. Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix. Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.

That was fast: HALF THE BIG TEN IS READY TO FORM A BIG TEN COMPACT! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Rutgers Nebraska Indiana Michigan State Michigan Washington Ohio State Maryland Minnesota 1) Share widely. 2) Contact presidents at the above saying: implement! 3) Contact your own univ/colleges saying: pass a compact!

Nice. This is a big domino.

This is potentially hopeful and important. Is UMich senate talking about this??

Das Mannheimer Aufenthaltsstipendium in Gedenken an Roger Willemsen startet in die zweite Ausgabe. Kunstschaffende (aller Sparten) aus Mannheim können sich ab sofort für das Stipendium bewerben. ❗Einsendeschluss ist der 30. April 2025 Weitere Infos: www.mannheim.de/roger-willemsen-stipendium

Arbeitsstipendien für deutschsprachige Literatur von in Berlin lebenden Schriftsteller*innen zu vergeben! ❗Die Antragsfrist endet am 06.05.2025 um 11.00 Uhr Alle Informationen hier: www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/f... #BitteTeilen #SharingIsCaring

A few tips for NEH grantees: 1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP. 2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

This is really the scary scenario. Brain Drain from the US. Before the Nazis, US academics looked up to European academia. We’re headed back there.

I think this is a real problem. It isn't that military history is 'dead' - it isn't - but that it is so uneven in its distribution in the broader field. Some departments have a lot; many have nothing. Some grad students get a background in it; many get nothing.

Damn right. Slava Ukraini.

Once again, the rise of the AfD and its relatively greater popularity in the East has led to yet another round of discussion around the legacy of the GDR and contemporary German politics. A short thread:

Want to be part of a fantastic, dedicated, brilliant team in grantmaking in #Holocaust research, education, and documentation? Look no further than the Program Officer position at @claims-conference.bsky.social! Come work with me! claimscon.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...

Fascinating!!!

Dang. Didn’t get the NEH. Only 7% of applicants got it. Thought I had a shot, there’s only a handful of grants available at this stage of my career. Congratulations to any of you who got one!

Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!

Hey Germanists! Came across the term “Sinnierkugel” but can’t find a translation anywhere. Context is a memoir of a survivor of the 27.2.45 bombing of Leipzig. Anyone know what this was????

Heyyyy does anyone here have some experience with app design? I’m looking to build an app as part of a #digitalhistory project.

If you’re following this guy or using his starter pack, you need to read this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Anyb...

I’ve been SAYING this. In fact I’d say that every administrator needs a minimum of 4 semesters as an instructor somewhere prior to become Ass Dean. Those that have are usually better deans etc.

Military historians!!! I need a really good reference or just source about all the different kinds of ordinances used in air raids over Germany & their effects, mechanisms, all the details. Can anyone recommend a good source? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I’m so glad this has a name. I absolutely cannot stand quiddlers and when I catch myself quiddling I’m just 🤬at myself

Alright so BlueSky has no algorithms but has a feature whereby you can create your own custom algorithmic feed, which it here’s can use too, lets say “Germany history and studies”… problem is you need to go to GitHub and write the code yourself and I’m useless at that. Can anyone help me??? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😁🤔

Pro tip— please have a bio and photo when you follow people… otherwise it’s hard to know whom to follow back! :)

Periodic reminder that WE ARE HIRING 3 full-time positions in Games and Animation at U of Cincinnati. Review starts Jan 1. Here are the 3 positions: Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna... Educator, Game Design: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna... Educator, Animation: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

Reading Anne Berg’s new book “Empire of Rags and Bones: Waste and War in Nazi Germany” and holy crap is it good. This is one of the best books I’ve read on German History in a while. I’ll do a longer thread about it soon but damn. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Very cool

Hey everyone! Glad be over here now. Is there a starter pack for Germanists specifically?

Hey everyone!!! I’m here now! Whose around and what’s going ON?