We are excited to announce that our updated volume on Weimar Germany, edited by Erik Jensen, has just been published: germanhistorydocs.org/en/weimar-ge... We are grateful to @dfg.de and Zeit Stiftung Bucerius for their generous support of our project!
#GermanHistory #primarysources #EdResources
Calling all historians, we might have a purposeful skill for the folks over at the @newberrylibrary.bsky.social - transcribing handwritten texts in their collection. It could make for an excellent assignment I should think.
www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
I wrote a China in 1989 unit for an ambitious, classroom-oriented @historians.org project on authoritarianism www.historians.org/news-publica... --the case studies are open access & intended to have relevance to varied times & places, other contributors include Louise Young & Barbara Weinstein
We need historians because evidence doesn’t explain itself.
Context does not simply exist. It is built through research, interpretation, and critical analysis.
What stories have you uncovered in the historical record?
#TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️
Growing up in Germany, Katharina Matro “was confronted with my country’s history without mercy. It’s made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” 🗃️
Graphic banner with the text “Call For Applications” centered inside a large pale circle. On the left are overlapping abstract shapes in red and yellow with a dotted pattern. On the right is a circular photo showing a carved stone relief of two figures set into a wall.
#CfA #Masterclass with Bryan Ward-Perkins: “The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity database"
📌 8 May 2026 | in #Yerevan, Georgia | organised by #MWSGeorgiaBranchOffice | for students from #Armenia and #SouthCaucasus
📅 Deadline: 17 April 2026
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![Poster for "Soccer: The Beautiful Game," the German Historical Institute Washington Spring Lecture Series for 2026
The poster lists the three events in the series:
* March 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm ET: "Popularizing Soccer – Soccer in the United States before 1950: The First Golden Age?" presented by Brian D. Bunk, University of Massachusetts Amherst, moderated by Andreas Greiner (GHI Washington)
* May 13, 2026, 6:00 pm ET: "Globalizing Soccer – Clubs, Leagues, and Fan Culture between the Local and the World," with Dee Kundra (FC Bayern Americas) and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports); moderated by Samuel Jackisch (ARD – German Media Washington Bureau)
* June 4, 2026, 6:00 pm ET: "Paying for Soccer – The Financial Hole in the Beautiful Game," with Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan), moderated by Árpád von Klimó (Catholic University of America)
For more information and registration, please visit
www.ghi-dc.org/2026-spring-series
Image credit: Goshen College Soccer player kicking ball, undated [enhanced using Photoshop Firefly generative AI]. Goshen College Information Services Audiovisual Materials, 1958-1974.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vny6rfv7ic24qx3depkrx2dy/bafkreidhjg3h2quzgeo2337y7memodhsgcxapdxhzuwdqbi6dpif7otuqy)
Poster for "Soccer: The Beautiful Game," the German Historical Institute Washington Spring Lecture Series for 2026 The poster lists the three events in the series: * March 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm ET: "Popularizing Soccer – Soccer in the United States before 1950: The First Golden Age?" presented by Brian D. Bunk, University of Massachusetts Amherst, moderated by Andreas Greiner (GHI Washington) * May 13, 2026, 6:00 pm ET: "Globalizing Soccer – Clubs, Leagues, and Fan Culture between the Local and the World," with Dee Kundra (FC Bayern Americas) and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports); moderated by Samuel Jackisch (ARD – German Media Washington Bureau) * June 4, 2026, 6:00 pm ET: "Paying for Soccer – The Financial Hole in the Beautiful Game," with Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan), moderated by Árpád von Klimó (Catholic University of America) For more information and registration, please visit www.ghi-dc.org/2026-spring-series Image credit: Goshen College Soccer player kicking ball, undated [enhanced using Photoshop Firefly generative AI]. Goshen College Information Services Audiovisual Materials, 1958-1974.
"Soccer: The Beautiful Game," our 2026 Spring Lecture Series, kicks off this week! Check out the poster for our events on March 26, May 13, and June 4, and learn more about registering to attend by visiting www.ghi-dc.org/2026-spring-...
Poster for a summer school titled “Diversity and Marginality in the Black Sea Region.” At the top is a historical black-and-white illustration showing a busy scene with people, animals, and market activity. Below are the details: dates July 12–19, 2026; venue Labour Institute, Zimbrului 10 Street, Chișinău, Moldova; application deadline April 1, 2026.
#CfA Summer School "Diversity and Marginality in the Black Sea Region"
📌 July 12-19 2026 | at Labour Institute Moldova | for postgraduate students, early-career scholars and practitioners | organised by @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social, @unisg.ch and more
📅 1 April 2026
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung...
Check out Now & Here, a website featuring nearly 100 projects created by @usaconservation.bsky.social Mellon #Humanities Postdoctoral Fellows and their partners. You’ll find stories of our collective past and user-friendly resources at https://nowandhere.org/
Graphic reads: "Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film"
NEWS: The Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation are accepting entries for the eighth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film through May 3. newsroom.loc.gov/news/submiss...
Submit nominations for the AHA’s awards and prizes by May 15. The AHA recognizes outstanding historical work of many types, including exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring, film, and digital projects and resources.
Versatile, adaptable, and ready to step into many roles. In #AHAPerspectives, AHA director of teaching and learning Brendan Gillis argues that history majors are the utility infielders of the workforce baseball team. 🗃️
Global #EnvHist community, don't miss our Verena Winiwarter Prize for the best article that contributes to global environmental history, focusing on comparisons and connections between different parts of the world or on areas outside mainstream scholarship in the field.
Deadline: 15 August 2026
Explore the AHA’s Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more. 🗃️
A British historian has uncovered a Europe-wide programme in the 1930s and 1940s in which restorers repaired and cleaned historic church and civil records, making them legible so that the Nazis could detect anyone with Jewish ancestry. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... via @theguardian.com
Interested in learning about the Freedman’s Bank, the 26th Amendment, or the foundations of the Supreme Court? If so, apply for NHD’s Revolutionary Ideals webinar series!
2 teachers will be selected to participate & can earn graduate credits or professional development hours. Apps close on 2/27. 🗃️
Now available in paperback: “Citizens into Dishonored Felons” by Timon de Groot, part of our @berghahnbooks.bsky.social Studies in German History book series!
National Jewish Book Award Winner! @ankahajkova.bsky.social 's impressive book (and excellent translation from the German by Will Jones) is deeply researched, eminently readable, and perfect for teaching. I was honoured to write the foreward.
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Unser Programm für die Tagung "Mehr #Demokratie wagen! #Museen und #Gedenkstätten als historisch-politische Begegnungsorte" ist draußen. Wir freuen uns über Anmeldungen! www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
Am 16.2., 18.00 Uhr, spricht Martin Clemens Winter im DÖW über die Hugo Schneider AG (HASAG), in der NS-Zeit einer der größten Rüstungsproduzenten und radikaler Profiteur von Zwangsarbeit im Deutschen Reich und im besetzten Polen. Die Teilnahme ist auch online möglich. events.ceu.edu/2026-02-16/n...
2026 Joint Conference. September 16-19. Providence, Rhode Island. The Work of Revolution. American Association for State and Local History. National Council on Public History. Call for Posters Now Open. Submit by Monday, March 30.
The Call for Posters for our 2026 joint conference with @aaslh.org this September in Providence, Rhode Island is now open! Submit a poster for consideration by Monday, March 30. #WorkOfRevolution ncph.org/conference/2026-annual-m...
Careers for History Majors, revamped and updated for 2026, conveys the value of the undergraduate study of history through clear graphs and informal prose. Readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions from students and their parents. 🗃️
Bildnachweis: Adenauer am Telefon, © C. H. Beck
Der nächste Divan historique : Norbert Frei über seine #Adenauer Biographie, Westbindung, deutsch-französische Aussöhnung, aber auch fehlende Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Deutschland.
Eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Corine Defrance & Ulrich Pfeil.
16.02. | 18:30 | DHIP | DT-FR
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
Das Gebäude des DHI Rom.
📣 #Praktikum | Ab Mitte August bis zum Jahresende vergibt das @dhiroma.bsky.social sechswöchige Praktika im Bereich #Geschichte, #Musikwissenschaft und #DigitalHumanities
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 15.03.2026
🔗 Link: www.maxweberstiftung...
#Auslandspraktikum #Italien #WeltweitForschen #MWS
Die Bibliothek des DHI Rom.
📣 #Stipendium | Das @dhiroma.bsky.social vergibt ab Herbst 2026 #Stipendien im Bereich #Musikwissenschaft und #Geschichte sowie für #Reisen und #Forschungsaufenthalte
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 19.04.2026
🔗 Link zur Ausschreibung: www.maxweberstiftung...
#DHIRom #Italien #Rom #WeltweitForschen #MWS
Blick in die Bibliothek des DHI Paris © Sebastian Borda
📣 #Promotionsstelle am @dhi-paris.fr
📌 ab dem 01. September 2026 | 24 Std./Woche | #Konzeption und #Durchführung eines #Promotionsprojektes oder dessen Abschluss
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 25.05.2026
🔗 Link zur Ausschreibung: karriere.maxwebersti...
#Promotion #Frankreich #DHIParis #Paris
Join us in two weeks for the opening lecture of our Spring Series given by Professor Eve Rosenhaft (University of Liverpool) on “How to be a Roma Invader: Unpicking a Media Spectacle (1906)”.
📅 24 February, 5:30pm (GMT)
📍 Pushkin House, with an option to join on Zoom
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Nouveau voyage aux îles de l’Amérique, Tome 1 page 331, 1722 - Labat BnF.
Karten, Reiseberichte & Botanik: Wie "Naturgeschichten" das Wissen der Ureinwohner in den Dienst von Imperien stellten & warum diese Wissenschaften #dekolonisiert werden müssen: Der nächste #Jeudi mit Susanne Lachenicht – Universität Bayreuth
12.02 | 18:00 | DHIP & Zoom
www.dhi-paris.fr/de/...
Job at Emory: Associate or Full Professor in Native American and Indigenous Studies - due date Feb. 28
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APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the 2026 GHS Postgraduate Essay Prize!
Head to the website to find out more: www.germanhistorysoc...