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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 10h

Ein Anlass, sich die ausgezeichnete und bedrückende Trilogie „Wohin und Zurück“/„Welcome in Vienna“ wieder einmal anzusehen, die teilweise auf den Erlebnissen Trollers beruht (und bezeichnender Weise in Österreich recht unbekannt geblieben ist)

Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 18h

"Einer der letzten Wiener Literaten in der Nachfolge von Polgar und Kraus": In Paris wurde der im Alter von 103 Jahren verstorbene Publizist und Filmemacher Georg Stefan #Troller zu Grabe getragen – inklusive einer prominenten Gesangseinlage via WhatsApp. Mein kleiner Text über einen Großen.

Abschied vom Jahrhundertmenschen: Bestattung von Georg Stefan Troller in Paris

"Einer der letzten Wiener Literaten in der Nachfolge von Polgar und Kraus": In Paris wird der im Alter von 103 Jahren verstorbene Publizist und Filmemacher zu Grabe getragen – inklusive einer prominen...

www.derstandard.de

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 10h

Immigration open to Europeans who oppose migration. You can‘t make that stuff up.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program and give preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration. nyti.ms/4qjRk8b

Donald Trump wears a blue jacket and red tie. A headline reads: "Trump Considers Overhaul Of Refugee System That Would Favor White People." Photo credit: Doug Mills/ The New York Times.

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Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 18h

"Einer der letzten Wiener Literaten in der Nachfolge von Polgar und Kraus": In Paris wurde der im Alter von 103 Jahren verstorbene Publizist und Filmemacher Georg Stefan #Troller zu Grabe getragen – inklusive einer prominenten Gesangseinlage via WhatsApp. Mein kleiner Text über einen Großen.

Abschied vom Jahrhundertmenschen: Bestattung von Georg Stefan Troller in Paris

"Einer der letzten Wiener Literaten in der Nachfolge von Polgar und Kraus": In Paris wird der im Alter von 103 Jahren verstorbene Publizist und Filmemacher zu Grabe getragen – inklusive einer prominen...

www.derstandard.de

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 1d

The entire special issue is now also on project muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55723

Project MUSE - Histoire sociale / Social History-Volume 58, Numéro/Number 119, Mai/May 2025

muse.jhu.edu

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

How do we make sense of the fact that a humanitarian organization - the German Sea Rescue Society - thrived under the Nazi regime? In a new article in HSSH, as part of my wider research interest into the historical connections between voluntary sea rescue societies & the state, I argue that... (1/4)

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

The collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of our co-contributor, Sam Jones, who tragically passed away last year.

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

It is part of the spec. issue "Social Imaginaries of Emergency Situations at Sea since 1800" ed. by Trüper et al. - like my article part of the now-concluded @erc.europa.eu project "Archipelagic Imperatives" at @zfl-berlin.bsky.social The other contributions can be found here shorturl.at/YxW4c (4/4)

Vol. 58 No. 119 (2025): Special Issue: "Social Imaginaries of Emergency Situations at Sea since 1800" | Histoire sociale / Social History

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

Part of the article also touches on the Gleichschaltung and engineering of the Nazi charity market, perhaps a broader reminder of what can happen to humanitarianism under fascism...If you'd like to know more, the article is OA on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1734... (& soon on project muse) (3/4)

Rescuing the National Body? The Role and Imaginary of Maritime Lifesaving in the Nazi State

The Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS) is a German maritime rescue organization founded in 1865 and based on humanitarian principles to save shipwrecked persons regardless of na...

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

...maritime lifesaving not only served a certain function for the Nazi state, amplified within the context of WWII, but that idioms of rescue also resonated w/ the social imaginaries of humanitarianism & Nazism. (2/4)

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Lukas Schemper @lukasschemper.bsky.social · 2d

How do we make sense of the fact that a humanitarian organization - the German Sea Rescue Society - thrived under the Nazi regime? In a new article in HSSH, as part of my wider research interest into the historical connections between voluntary sea rescue societies & the state, I argue that... (1/4)

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 6d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

academic.oup.com

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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 19d

New job:

Professor of History

The Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien)

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69197

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10d

Gino Severini, Red Cross Train Passing a Village, 1915
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137947

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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The Dial @thedialmag.bsky.social · 14d

Over the 1990s, Washington transformed Guantánamo Bay into a theater of extraterritorial mass incarceration to hold tens of thousands of Haitian and Cuban asylum-seekers fleeing political violence and economic collapse. Miriam Pensack reports on this little-known history.

Guantánamo's Secret History — The Dial

Trump isn't the first president to use the military base for the U.S.'s dirty secrets

www.thedial.world

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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 29d

I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction

www.cambridge.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 14

Rising Nato military spending to cause huge spike in emissions, report warns

Pollution could be on par with annual emissions generated by Brazil as experts warn of climate effects of war A planned expansion of military spending by Nato countries could generate an additional 1,320m tonnes of planet-heating pollution over the next decade – on a par with the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated by Brazil, the fifth largest emitter in the world, according to a new report. Military activity is fossil-fuel intensive, yet official country data on military emissions is patchy or non-existent. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alfred Landecker Foundation @alfredlandecker.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢 Call for applications: @chlcologne.bsky.social is offering 2 positions in a research project exploring how the 1990s reshaped global governance & human security.

👉 PhD Position: bit.ly/46vKCnp
👉 Postdoc Research Position: bit.ly/46ufZ1D

Apply now!

PhD & Postdoc
Research Positions
Konrad Adenauer Synergy Research Project
"Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security: What lessons can we learn from the pivotal decade of the 1990s?"
Apply until 12 October 2025

Part-Time PhD Position
Open to students who hold an excellent Master's degree in modern history or international history.
Key responsibilities:
• Conduct independent, original PhD research related to the project
• Support the organisation of academic workshops and conferences
• Present your research findings at events
• Work collaboratively with the research team under supervision

Full-Time Postdoc
Research Position
Open to researchers with (or near completion of) a PhD/DPhil in modern history or international history.
Key responsibilities:
• Conduct independent, original research related to the project
• Organize academic workshops and conferences
• Present research findings at events
• Collaborate closely with the project team

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bleak

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Cologne Center for Advanced Studies in International History and Law (CHL) is hiring for two positions with the Synergy Research Project: Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security in the 1990s.

Info on the PhD position: tinyurl.com/4azzjuxu
Info on the Postdoc: tinyurl.com/5n73343s

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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · Sep 1

📘From our latest Special Issue

Sarah Knoll (@sarahmknoll.bsky.social) (@uni-graz.at) on 'Hungarian Refugees in the United States between Cold War Politics, Economic Growth, and Labour Demands, 1956–1958'

#ColdWar #Emigration #Religion 20thc 🗃️

👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Sarah Knoll @sarahmknoll.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Neuerscheinung Elisabeth Röhrlich und ich haben sich in einem neuen Band zur österr. Neutralität mit dem neutralen Österreich als Sitz internationaler Organisationen auseinandersetzen - Open Access!
@transcript-verlag.bsky.social @fopolab.bsky.social
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Österreichs Neutralität

Zeit, Farbe zu bekennen? Wesen und Wert der politischen Neutralität Österreichs angesichts fundamentaler Umwälzungen in der europäischen und globalen Ordnung.

www.transcript-verlag.de

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Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social · Aug 26

📣 what a great way to start the new term! This paper has been long in the making, and combines years of research from the two of us, but we couldn’t have done it without the support of our research Group, @sechistnetwork.bsky.social 📣

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

On advance access: "The Revolutions that Consolidated Empire: A Reconsideration of 1830"

by @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social‬ and Erik de Lange (‪@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social‬)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

The Revolutions that Consolidated Empire: A Reconsideration of 1830*

Abstract. There is a world of imperial connections and consequences of the revolutions of 1830 that historians hardly ever mention. The relationship betwee

doi.org

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Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gut gemacht.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jul 23

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

www.theguardian.com

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Bernhard Schmitt @patchcritics.bsky.social · Jul 18

Ich bin ja nicht immer einer Meinung mit #IchBinHanna , aber
"verpflichtende Titellehre"
musste ich erst mal nachschlagen.
So etwas Groteskes kann wirklich nur ein feudales System wie der deutsche akademische Betrieb hervorbringen.

Jennifer S. Henke @jenniferhenke.bsky.social · Jul 17

Die Statusgruppe der PDs muss endlich mehr Gehör in der öffentlichen Debatte um prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft finden. Vor allem müssen sich PDs untereinander besser vernetzen! Wir – @juliahauser.bsky.social, @joergsternagel.bsky.social & ich – haben deshalb 1 Netzwerk gegründet: 1/3

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