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Elisabeth Piller
@elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof of Transatlantic and North American History @uni-freiburg.de; US food aid | blockades | postwar
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elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
Looks amazing!
selenadaly.bsky.social Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 3d
An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...
royalhistsoc.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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joeycrozier.bsky.social
CALL FOR PAPERS!

Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).

Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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juliairwin.bsky.social
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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joursouhist.bsky.social
NEW in NOV: A Journal of Southern History special issue, for those who teach about the South, in the South and beyond #openaccess

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697
Forum: Teaching about the South intro
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
Incredible!!!

4 new ERC Synergy Grants @uni-freiburg.de !!!
and one more for the local Fraunhofer #INATECH

5 out of 66 @erc.europa.eu projects !!!

uni-freiburg.de/vier-erc-syn...
Vier ERC Synergy Grants für Forschende der Universität Freiburg – Universität Freiburg
uni-freiburg.de
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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maartjeabb.bsky.social
Here's the preview of the book cover... it's not out yet, but you can now pre-order The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, 1850-1950
The Dum-Dum Bullet | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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dijtokyo.org
#CfA "Mobility Fellowships - Global Indo-Pacific" to conduct research for 1-2 months at @arinus.bsky.social @dijtokyo.org @ghilondon.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @ghiwashington.bsky.social or IAAS @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Details ➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/7...
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
OMG, how amazing can a conference calls for papers be? This looks amazing!
cjapieters.bsky.social Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 24d
I'm so pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference on Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries, organised with my colleagues Chris Batten and @rfhodge.bsky.social, kindly supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Submissions to [email protected] by 22/12/25!
CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com. CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com.
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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klosem.bsky.social
Übermorgen ist es soweit! Alle historisch arbeitenden Menschen in und um Freiburg sind herzlich eingeladen. Wer es nicht schafft, kann sich gerne auch auf der Website (hist4dem.de) und hier @hist4dem.bsky.social über das Netzwerk informieren.

#Freiburg #hist4dem #Demokratie #Geschichte
leoniewer.bsky.social Leonie Werle @leoniewer.bsky.social · 26d
Wir machen eine Infoveranstaltung zum Netzwerk @hist4dem.bsky.social in Freiburg! Max und ich stellen das Netzwerk vor und wie ihr euch beteiligen könnt.
Kommt gerne vorbei, es sind alle Interessierten willkommen. Wir freuen uns auf euch! 🎉
@klosem.bsky.social
#hist4dem #Freiburg
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
This story is so incredibly upsetting. It will haunt me. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
there's a (very) small party going on here in Freiburg :-)
ghiwashington.bsky.social German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 26d
Congratulations to @klosem.bsky.social, author of “Why They Gave,” and @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social, author of “Selling Weimar,” whose books in our THS book series have been shortlisted for the Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Big news! 🎉 Six incredible works have been shortlisted for the first-ever Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! Each one offers a unique look at how culture, curiosity… | ...
Big news! 🎉 Six incredible works have been shortlisted for the first-ever Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! Each one offers a unique look at how culture, curiosity, an...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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ghiwashington.bsky.social
Congratulations to @klosem.bsky.social, author of “Why They Gave,” and @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social, author of “Selling Weimar,” whose books in our THS book series have been shortlisted for the Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Big news! 🎉 Six incredible works have been shortlisted for the first-ever Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! Each one offers a unique look at how culture, curiosity… | ...
Big news! 🎉 Six incredible works have been shortlisted for the first-ever Richard T. Arndt Prize for Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy! Each one offers a unique look at how culture, curiosity, an...
www.linkedin.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
Love when US soldiers' 'souvenirs' ('loot'?) just turn up randomly eighty years later. Such as this ancient Roman headstone which turned up in a New Orleans' backyard this week www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter
Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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uni-freiburg.de
Die #UniFreiburg bringt #Wissenschaft in die Stadt: Morgen startet die Vortragsreihe „Samstags-Uni“ unter dem Titel: Freiburg en détail – eine Kulturgeschichte in Objekten. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen. Wann: 18.11.2026, um 11:15 Uhr. Wo: HS 1010 (KG I). uni-freiburg.link/samstagsuni
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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glasmanjo.bsky.social
Call for Application: Full Professor of Modern and Contemporary History @unibayreuth.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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manuelaboatca.bsky.social
🔔 Save the dates! Our GRK lecture series “Temporality of Imperial Violence” starts next week!
🗓️ Every Thursday, leading scholars will examine how imperial violence unfolds, persists & is remembered across time and space and will explore the temporal logics of empire in diverse historical contexts.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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andrekrischer.bsky.social
Starting at 2pm CET: @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social -Conference "The Aftermath. Postwar Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions – Re-Writings – Re-Orderings", if you want to join by uni-freiburg.zoom-x.de/j/6797163684...
Meeting-ID: 679 7163 6844
Kenncode: vBMB85iiG 👇
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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boydvandijk.bsky.social
Looking forward to joining @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social and others in Freiburg next week to rethink postwar-isms - in my case through the lens of the post-1944 laws of war.

uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...
The Aftermath. Postwar Times in Modernity and Premodernity – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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andrekrischer.bsky.social
Es geht wieder los! Herzliche Einladung zum Semesterauftakt des Historischen Seminars der @uni-freiburg.de mit einer hochrelevanten Podiumsdiskussion.
October 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to our conference next week at @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social and to discussing post-war times in the (early) modern period with @doctoressa.bsky.social @claudiussittig.bsky.social @andrekrischer.bsky.social @paulinastarski.bsky.social
friasunifreiburg.bsky.social Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Oct 7
Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...
Poster der Universität Freiburg für die internationale Konferenz “The Aftermath – Post-War Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions | Re-Writings | Re-Orderings”, organisiert vom FRIAS Project Group Post-War Periods. Im Hintergrund ist ein historisches Gemälde der zerstörten Kreuzkirche in Dresden (1765) von Bernardo Bellotto zu sehen. Das Poster zeigt die Logos der Universität Freiburg und des FRIAS, Konferenzdaten (16–18 October 2025, FRIAS seminar room, Albertstraße 19), beteiligte Fachbereiche und Kontaktinformationen.
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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susancolbourn.net
Applications are now open for the 2026-27 predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships with the America in the World Consortium!

Applicants from all disciplines whose research bears directly on American grand strategy, broadly defined, are welcome to apply.

Deadline: December 1
AWC Pre- and Post- Doctoral Fellowships 2025-2026
The America in the World Consortium at Duke University, Johns Hopkins SAIS, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Florida seeks applications from current Ph.D. students for its Pred...
www.awconsortium.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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hsozkult.bsky.social
CFA: Moral Alienation and Emotions During Wars and Conflicts

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157736

Gdańsk, 30.09.2025-31.01.2026, Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM