Caroline Sharples
@carolinesharples.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton specialising in C20th German history. Rock music and tennis fan.
Very pleased to see that the first media feature pertaining to my forthcoming book is out now with @bigissue.com! Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to talk about why Hitler has had such a "long death": www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
Why has Hitler taken so long to die?
The way that Hitler died is fundamentally unique in the history of 20th century dictators. But does that explain his cultural afterlife?
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February 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Very pleased to see that the first media feature pertaining to my forthcoming book is out now with @bigissue.com! Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to talk about why Hitler has had such a "long death": www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
Reposting to tag @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social in this time!
Join us this Weds for the IHR Modern German History PhD Showcase! It features Lisa Dudek speaking on diplomatic strategy during the Cold War; & Lucy McCormick on Anglo-German relations and sensory experiences in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Details: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Modern German History
The Modern German History seminar focuses on the history of the German-speaking lands since the nineteenth century
www.history.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Reposting to tag @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social in this time!
Join us this Weds for the IHR Modern German History PhD Showcase! It features Lisa Dudek speaking on diplomatic strategy during the Cold War; & Lucy McCormick on Anglo-German relations and sensory experiences in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Details: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Modern German History
The Modern German History seminar focuses on the history of the German-speaking lands since the nineteenth century
www.history.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Join us this Weds for the IHR Modern German History PhD Showcase! It features Lisa Dudek speaking on diplomatic strategy during the Cold War; & Lucy McCormick on Anglo-German relations and sensory experiences in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Details: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
First photo of the proud author holding her latest book! 😊 Thank you so much, Sally - and the whole @yalebooks.bsky.social team for the warm welcome & excellent questions!
Busy office day at @yalebooks.bsky.social including a fascinating lunchtime lecture from author @carolinesharples.bsky.social about her upcoming book The Long Death of Adolf Hitler
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
First photo of the proud author holding her latest book! 😊 Thank you so much, Sally - and the whole @yalebooks.bsky.social team for the warm welcome & excellent questions!
Spotted not quite in the wild, but at least on the edge of release! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my new book today & for all your brilliant work during the publishing process. #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is out 10 March! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Spotted not quite in the wild, but at least on the edge of release! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my new book today & for all your brilliant work during the publishing process. #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is out 10 March! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
The amazing & incredibly generous @carolinepennock.bsky.social has beaten me to it! My book launch is coming soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social. All welcome!
My lovely friend @carolinesharples.bsky.social has a fantastic book with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social, & an exciting launch in March @wienerlibrary.bsky.social. You should definitely all order it and go to hear her talk if you're in the vicinity. I'm off to preorder it now :-)
Book Launch: The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Caroline Sharples's new book constitutes the first cultural history exploration of Hitler's fate, setting out how the Nazi dictator's demise was anticipated by Allied audiences during the Second World...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The amazing & incredibly generous @carolinepennock.bsky.social has beaten me to it! My book launch is coming soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social. All welcome!
The latest episode in our Glimpses of German History series is now available!
Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The latest episode in our Glimpses of German History series is now available!
Delighted to see the launch of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History'. If you're a History teacher, do consider using these films with your students as a prompt for entering the GHS Creative Research Contest. Details: www.germanhistorysociety.org/2025/09/17/c...
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Delighted to see the launch of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History'. If you're a History teacher, do consider using these films with your students as a prompt for entering the GHS Creative Research Contest. Details: www.germanhistorysociety.org/2025/09/17/c...
📢 New series of the @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 'Glimpses of German History' videos coming soon! Featuring (among other things) denazification forms, stained glass windows & a samovar - all with their curious stories to tell about the past. youtu.be/qFinubQvf60?...
Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer
YouTube video by German History Society
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September 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 New series of the @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 'Glimpses of German History' videos coming soon! Featuring (among other things) denazification forms, stained glass windows & a samovar - all with their curious stories to tell about the past. youtu.be/qFinubQvf60?...
Exactly what I thought when I first saw the cover design!
Man, there are metaphors and then there are Metaphors.
Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
July 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Exactly what I thought when I first saw the cover design!
Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - Yale University Press London
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficie...
yalebooks.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
Just ahead of the 80th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler, I've been delighted to contribute to this feature for BBC Mundo: www.bbc.com/mundo/articl.... The vivid headline comes from a postwar testimony from a former bodyguard & also features in my forthcoming monograph...
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April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just ahead of the 80th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler, I've been delighted to contribute to this feature for BBC Mundo: www.bbc.com/mundo/articl.... The vivid headline comes from a postwar testimony from a former bodyguard & also features in my forthcoming monograph...
Reposted by Caroline Sharples
Join us for IHR@Sheffield!
Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"
The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm.
Save the date, more details to follow
Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"
The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm.
Save the date, more details to follow
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Join us for IHR@Sheffield!
Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"
The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm.
Save the date, more details to follow
Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"
The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm.
Save the date, more details to follow
Really pleased to share news of this AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between @uni-roehampton.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on colonial POWs, British Democracy & Laws of War: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM400/p...
PhD Opportunity in International Law/History: Empire’s Other Captives: Colonial Prisoners of War, British Diplomacy, and the Laws of War 1872—1977 at University of Roehampton
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Really pleased to share news of this AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between @uni-roehampton.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on colonial POWs, British Democracy & Laws of War: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM400/p...
Reposted by Caroline Sharples
If you read the Where do you bury a Nazi NYT article (or didn’t for reasons but this interests you), check out the great work @carolinesharples.bsky.social has done on this topic 🗃️
Bonus if you check out this book: a chapter on sport during the occupation….
Bonus if you check out this book: a chapter on sport during the occupation….
Thanks for posting. This is fascinating stuff. I've published a couple of pieces on burying executed war criminals (www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transform...) - and should have a new monograph on topic coming soon(ish)!
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March 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you read the Where do you bury a Nazi NYT article (or didn’t for reasons but this interests you), check out the great work @carolinesharples.bsky.social has done on this topic 🗃️
Bonus if you check out this book: a chapter on sport during the occupation….
Bonus if you check out this book: a chapter on sport during the occupation….
Enormous thanks to @tlgrady68.bsky.social for a fascinating paper @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social last night - and delighted to finally get my hands on a copy of his amazing new book. It's been an absolute privilege to watch this take shape over the past couple of years.
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Enormous thanks to @tlgrady68.bsky.social for a fascinating paper @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social last night - and delighted to finally get my hands on a copy of his amazing new book. It's been an absolute privilege to watch this take shape over the past couple of years.
Had a very productive & enjoyable site visit to IWM Duxford today. Some exciting research-informed activities coming soon... 👀
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Had a very productive & enjoyable site visit to IWM Duxford today. Some exciting research-informed activities coming soon... 👀
Reposted by Caroline Sharples
PhD candidates! We still welcome applications for our PhD showcase until 13 Dec.
Come and present your project to the wider German history crowd at a seminar on 29 Jan 2025
More details here:
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
Come and present your project to the wider German history crowd at a seminar on 29 Jan 2025
More details here:
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
Modern German History
The Modern German History seminar draws scholars from all around the UK, Europe, and the wider world.
www.history.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 11:27 PM
PhD candidates! We still welcome applications for our PhD showcase until 13 Dec.
Come and present your project to the wider German history crowd at a seminar on 29 Jan 2025
More details here:
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
Come and present your project to the wider German history crowd at a seminar on 29 Jan 2025
More details here:
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
Privileged to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on campus today with a talk for colleagues & students from Anne Wolfe-Skinner who came to the UK in 1939 on the Kindertransport.
January 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Privileged to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on campus today with a talk for colleagues & students from Anne Wolfe-Skinner who came to the UK in 1939 on the Kindertransport.
Reposted by Caroline Sharples
Very much looking forward to the next IHR Modern German History seminar (15 Nov, 5:30 GMT). Dr Jane Freeland will be talking about "Gender Regimes and Divided German History: Rethinking Asymmetry and Entanglement"
It's an in-person seminar, but there is an option to join online. Sign up here:
It's an in-person seminar, but there is an option to join online. Sign up here:
Modern German History
The Modern German History seminar draws scholars from all around the UK, Europe, and the wider world.
www.history.ac.uk
November 10, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Very much looking forward to the next IHR Modern German History seminar (15 Nov, 5:30 GMT). Dr Jane Freeland will be talking about "Gender Regimes and Divided German History: Rethinking Asymmetry and Entanglement"
It's an in-person seminar, but there is an option to join online. Sign up here:
It's an in-person seminar, but there is an option to join online. Sign up here:
Very pleased to welcome Jeff Bowersox to speak @ Roehampton University today as part of our Enhancement Week & Black History Month. Jeff gave a fabulous paper on 'Listening through the silences of the archive' - a case study of music hall star Josephine Morcashani.
October 23, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Very pleased to welcome Jeff Bowersox to speak @ Roehampton University today as part of our Enhancement Week & Black History Month. Jeff gave a fabulous paper on 'Listening through the silences of the archive' - a case study of music hall star Josephine Morcashani.
Lovely to be back at the University of Sussex today as an Isaacsohn & André Families' Research Fellow on the Sussex Digital Holocaust Education Project. Looking forward to exploring Mass Observation archive materials!
October 13, 2023 at 9:09 AM
Lovely to be back at the University of Sussex today as an Isaacsohn & André Families' Research Fellow on the Sussex Digital Holocaust Education Project. Looking forward to exploring Mass Observation archive materials!
Better plug something quickly while I'm here. New series of the IHR Modern German History Seminar launches next Wednesday with a paper from yours truly: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod... Join us in person or online!
October 12, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Better plug something quickly while I'm here. New series of the IHR Modern German History Seminar launches next Wednesday with a paper from yours truly: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod... Join us in person or online!
Finally checking out this space. Thanks @historyandrew.bsky.social for the invite!
October 12, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Finally checking out this space. Thanks @historyandrew.bsky.social for the invite!