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.
I heard that too but how the hell could that be based on the wording of that release? I’m still worried too.
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?
Definitely file a lawsuit.
Seriously. @historians.org we do expect you to do something for real.
Very bad. Seems like if ever there were a legitimate role for the AHA it would be to sue over this.
Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.
Yes that’s the one— supposedly the oldest in Berlin. 700 yrs old?
There’s also the tree along the Ludwig Jahn Sportpark which is where the first Sammlung that led to the 1848 uprising. And the oldest is I think in the Tegeler Wald?
I love the history of Berlin trees which have seen everything come and go. One of the oldest is near the Neue Stastsbibliothek, withstood Speer’s demolitions and bombing and intense combat! I think it dates back to the time of the Great Elector
Part of the idea is to showcase some of the newest research from newer voices in the field, but also to provide a bookend to Kathy Pence and Paul Betts’ 2008 “Socialist Modern”. Two of the contributors, Bri Smith & Tom Smith (no relation) will be at the launch to talk on their research on the GDR.
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 ⬇️
Thanks for this and please thank him for his work. Somehow a lot of this isn’t coming through in standard media reporting.
🧪 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!
Hi this is incorrect. The editors of CEH are Ben Marschke and Jared Poley. The book review editors are myself and Michael Sauter. Please update your information.
Good times and good memories!
Nice. This is a big domino.
This is potentially hopeful and important. Is UMich senate talking about this??
Looks lovely!!
Following— I’m going try Italian archives next year too!
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