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Moritz Föllmer

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Historian of Twentieth-Century Germany and Europe at the University of Amsterdam https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/f/o/m.foellmer/m.foellmer.html new book: The Quest for Individual Freedom: A Twentieth-Century European History https://www.cambridge.org/nl/u .. more

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · Apr 5

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · 4d

excellent article, Kieran!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23d

Dénes's new article is available free Open Access, as is all content published in Transactions bit.ly/486BF5d

The journal's editors welcome submission of research articles and comment pieces, on historical practice and debate, from historians working within and outside education 2/2 #Skystorians

Cover of the latest volume of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yes, it has been very useful!

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Jochen Hung @jochenhung.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · Jul 10

What does p. 99 say or not say about a book? I applied this test to my own one and incidentally tried to make a broader point on the relationship between social democracy and individual freedom.

page99test.blogspot.com/2025/07/mori...

Moritz Föllmer's "The Quest for Individual Freedom"

Moritz Föllmer is Associate Professor of Modern History at the University of Amsterdam. He has particular interests in Weimar and Nazi Germ...

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Theo Jung @theojung.bsky.social · Jul 4

I'm very happy to see my 'second book' on the uses and meanings of silence in 19th century politics now officially published.

Many thanks to all who made this moment possible.

More information on the publisher's website: www.droste-verlag.de/buecher/tite...

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Dr Claudia Kreklau @claudiakreklau.bsky.social · Jun 19

Everyone: we have a cover. I repeat--the cover has landed, and it is glorious!

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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · Jun 9

Five questions you were absolutely desperate to ask but now don't have to because your friends at @uchicagopress.bsky.social got there first -

Five Questions with Neil Gregor, Author of “The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany” – The Chicago Blog

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · May 25

You certainly demonstrated the required perseverance!

Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · May 19

Hi Tom, Christine Brocks is excellent, very experienced and thorough. Has PhD in history. [email protected]. Best Moritz

Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · May 9

This essay summarises the approach and key arguments of my recently published book The Quest for Individual Freedom. It also argues for the usefulness of Isaiah Berlin's famous concept of negative freedom, but in the plural rather than the singular.

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Negative Freedoms in Twentieth-Century Europe

How can individual freedom be historicised in the context of twentieth-century Europe? When setting out to answer this question I found myself grappling with the following problem: on the one hand, co...

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · Apr 9

Danke! Exemplar wird bald bei Dir eintrudeln.

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · Apr 6

Guter Text!

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