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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · 3d

There will be significant improvements to rail travel between Denmark and Central Europe: new DSB talgo train sets on the CPH-HH route and the ČD Railjet connection CPH-Prague. Too bad DSB won't offer good onward connections from Kolding to North Jutland, i.e. to DK's 2nd and 4th largest cities.

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · 8d

Danke für den Tip, die liegt hier gerade neben mir und der Hafen von Aarhus interessiert mich sehr.

Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · 8d

That is sad news.

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 11d

CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!

Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL

Deadline: 4 January 2026

#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist

Entire call and information ⤵

www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...

Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026

» Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026 | Research network on history, technology and Europe

www.tensionsofeurope.eu

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jun 26

Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Application deadline is August 7.

Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇

Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger

Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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jhokjournal.bsky.social @jhokjournal.bsky.social · Jun 15

📣 Job opportunity! 📣

🏛️ Lund University is looking for an international researcher to build and lead a research group in the field of Global History of Knowledge.

⏳ Last application date: 17 August, 2025.

🔗 For more information about this excellent opportunity, see: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Joint Faculties of Humanities & Theology, Lund University

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University.

lu.varbi.com

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Climainfo @climainfo.org.br · Jun 9

Com o mundo em contagem regressiva para a #COP30, a União Europeia ainda não apresentou sua nova Contribuição Nacionalmente Determinada (NDC) — o plano climático atualizado que deveria ter sido submetido até fevereiro.

O atraso não é técnico: é político. E é também moralmente inaceitável. 🧵

Lula discursa em um palanque, com a sua mão esquerda levantada e apontando com o dedo indicador. Sua boca está levemente aberta e a cabeça virada para seu lado esquerdo. Texto do card diz, em destaque amarelo: "chega!", seguido do título mais abaixo, na cor branca: "Lula não pode sair da França sem cobrar a Europa por sua omissão climática".

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thanks to a field trip grant from the Carlsberg Foundation I am carrying out archival research in Bogotá, and I can tell I have been enjoying my daily walk to work.

View of a street in the historical La Candelaria district of Bogotá with the mountain range in the back.

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Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · May 22

📢 New on First View!

Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core

Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America

doi.org

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · May 15

Deforestation risk benchmarking under the EUDR soon to be linked to UN/EU sanctions. I guess we are seeing the geopoliticization of supply chain due dilligence.
www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

EU to blacklist just four countries under deforestation law - Euractiv

One diplomat described the countries on the list – Belarus, North Korea, Myanmar, and Russia – as “The real baddies”.

www.euractiv.com

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Ernst Langthaler @elangthaler.bsky.social · May 6

go.bsky.app/TUr8XdE

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Apr 30

wow, I did not know about it, now I am curious

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Apr 24

Deutsche Bahn-Mitarbeiter:innen waren schon immer toll, aber in letzter Zeit werden sie immer freundlicher, charmanter, geistreicher. Wo soll das noch hinführen?

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hist4dem @hist4dem.bsky.social · Apr 7

Hallo BlueSky, wir sind hist4dem, die Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft! Wir finden: es ist Zeit aktiv zu werden. Daher setzen wir mit unserem Netzwerk ein klares Zeichen für demokratische Werte und gegen Ausgrenzung. Ihr wollt mehr wissen? Hier geht's zu unserem Positionspapier:

Positionspapier – Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft

hist4dem.de

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Mar 21

Bin einerseits subtil gekränkt, weil Meta nur ein paar Artikel von mir geklaut hat, andererseits verstört ob der Forschungsthemen meiner Namensvetter

Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · Mar 21

Das ist arg: Meta hat einfach Millionen von Bücher (in einer raubkopierten Version) ohne Einverständnis der Autor:innen oder Verlage genommen, um ihr KI-Modells LLama 3 damit zu trainieren

In dieser raubkopierten Datenbank, die Meta benutzte, sind zB auch 3 meiner Bücher enthalten. Diese hier 👇

Enthaltene Bücher: Einspruch, Lügen im Netz, Hass im Netz

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · Mar 19

Vielleicht wäre es cleverer gewesen, die Autobahn instand zu halten, statt sie zu verlängern, aber ist nur so ein Gefühl.
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...

Ringbahnbrücke der A100 wird wegen Riss komplett gesperrt

Schon jetzt ist die A100 ein Nadelöhr - täglich fahren Tausende Autos über die Autobahnbrücke in der Nähe des Berliner Messegeländes. Wegen eines Risses war sie zuletzt nur einspurig befahrbar. Jetzt ...

www.rbb24.de

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Mar 13

I teach a course on the European Union's climate and biodiversity policies in global context. I want to dedicate 2 sessions to current disruptions in int politics and how they might affect the EU's environmental policy strategies. Can anyone recommend good, up-to-date analyses for our reading list?

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Dr. Helle Strandgaard Jensen (she/her) @sesamescholar.bsky.social · Feb 24

Are you the new Assistant Professor in Digital History on my #ERCCoG project WEB CHILD 'Changing Childhoods in the Early Era of the WWW'?

Please have a look and consider applying. And do contact me if you have any questions.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Assistant Professorship in Digital History, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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carolyn taratko @carotaratko.bsky.social · Jan 24

Interested in pursuing a PhD in Germany with a focus on the int’l/ transnational history of technology, medicine, and environment? Come work with me @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social ! I’m looking to fill 2 PhD positions (for 4 years), details below and inquiries very welcome

zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...

Two PhD Positions | zzf-potsdam.de

Stellenausschreibung The German Research Council (DFG) funded Emmy Noether Research Group “Cooling the Global South: Technology, Society, and Thermal Regulation in the 20th Century” at the Leibniz Cen...

zzf-potsdam.de

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Feb 12

Schickes Stellenangebot: Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in (w/m/d) mit einem Schwerpunkt in der Geschichte Lateinamerikas am Pazifikbüro des DHI Washington in Berkeley. www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/wi...

News - Show – GHI WashingtonGHI_Logo_Bild_RGB_GHI_Logo_Bild_RGB_

www.ghi-dc.org

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Feb 3

"Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the 20th Century" (2023, eds. Heinrich Hartmann & Julia Tischler) now has open access. It includes my chapter on Agrarian Colonization and Indigenous 'Integration' in 1950s Bolivia. www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hartma...

Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the Twentieth Century | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

www.berghahnbooks.com

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Martin Lutz @martinlutz.bsky.social · Jan 31

Wir stellen ein am Arbeitsbereich Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften an der Uni Bielefeld! 3 Jahre Post-Doc-Stelle (Vollzeit). Gewünschter Forschungsfokus Energiegeschichte / energy humanities. Bitte weiterleiten!!
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/382...

#energy #history #hiring

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Arbe...

Zum 1. April 2025 ist im Arbeitsbereich Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften (Prof. Martin Lutz) an der Abteilung Geschichtswissenschaft, Fakultät für...

uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org

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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · Dec 19

Great opportunity for historians of science ⤵️

Junior Professorship for ‘History of Science’ (W1) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

Junior Professorship for ‘History of Science’ (W1)

haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de

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Georg Fischer @gfisch2000.bsky.social · Dec 11

voltou!

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