Historian of modern Germany, interested in histories of the Left, Cold War, decolonization and social theory. He/him. https://xitter.cf/t.co/XXLDzEYshy
Cambridge, MA
Joined August 2009
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So let me say a few words about my own article "Signal Strength Excellent in West Germany: Radio Tirana, European Maoist Internationalism and its Disintegration in the Global Seventies."
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If you’re in Boston, consider joining us at the @CloughCenterBC today to talk about the German Federal Elections, their international context, the surge of the far Right, and Germany‘s principle and practice of Defensive Democracy. bc.edu/content/bc-web/center…
Absolutely delighted to welcome @MichelleLKahn and hear her talk about transatlantic white supremacy at @EuropeAtHarvard today. Comments by Peter Gordon. Come join the conversation at 4pm!
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Does anyone have recommendations for short stories set or about Cold War Europe?
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We are glad to welcome Michelle Lynn Kahn via Zoom and discuss her work on the transatlantic connections of Neo-Nazis since 1945 - guests are warmly welcome! Tuesday, 23 July 6.15 pm (CEST) @m_deuerlein @ifp_tuebingen @KatSe34849179 @pablo_delhierro @BarbaraManthe @uni_tue
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So cool: @MoishePostoneLP has started digitizing some of Moishe Postone's notes on major works of social theory he taught in the @UChicagoCollege Core sequence "Self, Culture, and Society." Can't wait to check out more at UChicago Special Collections! moishepostone.org/postone-no…
The Moishe Postone Legacy Project is pleased to announce the launch of its website: moishepostone.org
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I'm really excited about the presentations we have lined up for our conference on "Asian Borderlands: Cross-Border Exchange and Extraction in Modern History" @unibern/@GlobHistHarvard, September 2/3, 2024. Check out the program, it's 🔥🔥🔥
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Berlin has officially renamed one of its streets for the late activist, scholar and writer Audre Lorde. She was a regular visitor to the city and unleashed the anti-racism debate in Germany. dw.com/en/berlin-celebrates-…
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In German - @DieVilla4 on why we should re-visit Klaus Theweleit's classic book Männerphantasien (1977, 78) in light of the far-right's fixation with gender. @dlfkultur
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Very much looking forward to presenting my current book project to the @zzfpotsdam this Thursday at 10:15am. Come join us if you'd like! (The talk will be in English).
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...wir bleiben dran an der 'neuen Geschichte' - oder den 'neuen Geschichten'`? - das wird sich zeigen, die Publikation ist in Vorbereitung! @GatzkaClaudia @zzfpotsdam @laurenstokes @marcboc83 @dspreen
Tagber: Sehepunkte im Wandel – Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Geschichte der Bundesrepublik? ift.tt/FlU7gt6
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Looking forward to a day of discussion about cultural restitution on May 3rd with this wonderful group. Schedule and registration: humanrights.uchicago.edu/eve…
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It was an honor to host @bundesbank President Nagel and show our parallel art collections @Harvard. Special thanks to @dspreen @BelindaJDavis1 & Greg Williams for insights on German abstract art & all who joined our opening! 🎨
See the exhibit thru 5/31: ces.fas.harvard.edu/exhibits…
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“So liegt der Frauenanteil auf Ebene der Professur nun bei 28 Prozent.” ⬅️ Bekanntmachung für die Kollegen, die sich ständig über ihre angebliche Benachteiligung als Männer und Gleichberechtigungsmaßnahmen überhaupt beschweren
The #DFG published its annual #GenderEquality Monitoring with detailed #figures on proposal submissions, peer reviews and committee activity on the part of researchers. Our english website also provides a range of illustrations from this report in English:
dfg.de/en/news/news-topics/a…
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4/15- Last Global History Seminar of the semester- "The Workingman's Paradise': Migration, White Laborism, and the Borders of Socialist Solidarity, 1893-1919" with Natalie Behrends @nbehrends2 wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event… @Harvard_History @HarvardWCFIA
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My book will be out May 14!! pennpress.org/9781512825343/…
Absolutely delighted to welcome @BelindaJDavis1 and Gregory H. Williams for a discussion of Art, History, and Politics in the Cold War Germanies on Tuesday 4/16 4pm @EuropeAtHarvard! Stop by and join us!
🖼️Art Opening 4/16 @ 4pm. Join us for a new exhibit of German abstract #art from the collections of CES & @bundesbank ft. Karl Otto Götz, Ida Kerkovius, Heinz Kreutz & Bernard Schultze. Explore their discovery of artistic expression after WWII🎨@dspreen
🔗ces.fas.harvard.edu/exhibits…
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Fall 2024 we are excited to offer History of Global Capitalism (H2955A) taught by @Sven_Beckert and @BondioliLorenzo. An opportunity to look at global capitalism on a broad canvas & discuss cutting edge work. Course registration is open. history.fas.harvard.edu/clas…
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It’s official! So excited to share the news that I’ll be starting a 6-year Emmy Noether-Program research group on “Cooling the Global South: Technology, Society and Thermal Regulation in the 20th Ce” funded by @dfg_public at @zzfpotsdam ! Thanks to @IsabellaLoehr & others
Absolutely thrilled to talk to @tnflorvil about her current project, a history of May Ayim's intellectual orbit. Come join the conversation at @EuropeAtHarvard tomorrow (March 20) at 4pm. ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2…
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Many thanks to our panelists and all those who attended the @ToynbeePrize #AHA24 panel on "What is Global History Now." @joguldi @llchristyll @ZaibunNisaAziz @adenknaap.
