2023 begann man in über sexuellen Mißbrauch in der Geschichtswissenschaft zu diskutieren. #metoohistory veränderte den Diskurs. Andreas Kohring musste gehen. Ein weiterer Prof der HU muss sich vor Gericht verantworten, die Uni stellte ihn außer Dienst.
ABER:
forbetterscience.com/2026/01/23/s...
As I sit in the library of the Schwules Museum about to have gone through the full run of the gay magazine Du & Ich (1969–2000), I confirm that the demise of gay culture and sexual politics is inversely proportional to the growth of “health” and “fitness” discourse, and ads for tacky underwear.
The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
“My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” writes Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. “I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.”
Envision a world where the writings of #KarlHeinrichUlrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld are available in your language. English translations give us access to their works. #LGBTQhistory #MagnusHirschfeld #TransgenderStudies of the Early #GermanGayMovement
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I had a lovely time to chatting to @franziskalamp.bsky.social about my work.
Listen here to me talking about Anglo-Polish relations, teaching Polish history to undergrads, and researching queer histories of displacement 😊
Had to go to a bank to verify my ID yesterday. They hadn't asked for proof of doctorate, and my passport/DL say "miss" (because, cba to change it/money).
Banker: "don't you have your PhD with you??"
Me: "... the scroll?"
Banker: "yes! Don't you just have it in your pocket?"
Pocket. POCKET!
WOO!! Congratulations 🎊 👏 🥳
Copies of The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State by Ned Richardson-Little (Bloomsbury, 2025)
It’s here!
CfP for conferencing on refugees /migrants in the always-fabulous Prague. Dates: 19-20 Nov. 2025.
Ah, yeah. I will not go for work - I've redrafted funding bids to stay in Europe when the UN archives in NYC would have been my 1st option.
This trip is to finally take Andy's elderly dad to America - probably our last chance before his chest gets worse 🤞
Cancelling isn't really an option for us, so we will just have to see what happens.
We, unfortunately, booked in August last year for September - so... this will be interesting
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This is fantastic.
On the left, a person — me — with mauve hair and square glasses, wearing a rainbow patchwork coat. On the right, another — Sam — wearing a rainbow scarf and with bisexual-coloured hair. Both are smiling.
It’s been a really busy week but *what* a week! Days of queer history, including spending time with some of my fave people (pictured here: the outrageously brilliant @lgmsam.bsky.social).
Farvel til København. Indtil næste gang!
That combo of colours 🔥
Picture of 6 lovely academics next to a river in Copenhagen.
What's the collective noun for a bunch of academics? A fabulousness?
@manwithoutatan.bsky.social @queerstorian.bsky.social
Poster for Queer Pasts conference - "what's queer in queer history?". May 21st to 23rd. 2025. Image is an androgynous person wearing a lovely bowtie. Pink and red background.
I had such a great time at the Queer Pasts conference in Copenhagen. Wonderful papers. Excellent city. Thanks to the organisers and every participant 💜
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Ah ha! Excellent. You and your new wolf friend will have an excellent time... don't lose the hand!
Passport control may take an hour 😕
GSA graduate student essay prize for an article-length 2024 manuscript written with a focus on German, Austrian, + Swiss history, literature, culture studies, political science, + economics). Share! More details here: www.thegsa.org/prizes/gradu... @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social @thegsa.bsky.social
A timely essay by Prof. Wendy Webster on Polish perspectives around VE Day:
theconversation.com/by-ve-day-in...
Welcome to my customary and super-random report from my hometown’s biannual antique market. It’s that time of the year various old and less-old objects almost come alive and swarm the city in a symphony of idiosyncrasies.
Let’s see what was there this year.
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A useful reminder that understanding verifiable sources, building plausible arguments and interpreting varied information about human experiences - the bread and butter of the Humanities, and certainly of History - is more necessary than ever.
When your bff is in town, you MUST have an obligatory selfie in front of the ugliest building in Warsaw! @lgmsam.bsky.social
#historianBFFs #Warsaw #StalinsPenis #PalaceOfScienceandCulture
A French lithograph of the First World War entitled La Tradition. It shows a French WWI soldier embracing a soldier of the French revolutionary wars. René Georges Hermann-Paul La Tradition, c.1918 Hand-coloured woodcut Art.IWM BUTE 290
Delighted to announce an exciting collaborative PhD studentship at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and the Imperial War Museum in London.
The project is entitled "Lithographs of the First World War: printmaking, propaganda and mobilisation" and funded by the AHRC.
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warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
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Excellent conference on counter-hegemonic internationalisms at @northumbriauni.bsky.social thanks to the whole team on the AHRC curiosity project @riakapoor.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social, and particularly Daniel Laqua for allowing me to attend w/out a paper! 🥳
The introduction pretty much always gets rewritten. It'll be great!