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1) I slacked a little bit, but here is the third post in my no-shame-presenting-my-work-to-new-followers series. It is about a fairly old paper of mine, co-authored with Matt Hitchens, on prioritarianism. 🧵 Paper here: heinonline.org/HOL/Page?col...

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#HistIR

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Paid commission (£2,500 per commissioned paper, paid in 2 instalments). Papers to be written for a practitioner/policy-maker audience, c. 4,000 words (5,000 max). Deadline for this 2nd call is 14 April 2025. If you're informed about global order & disorder, this commission might be for you.

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A systemic disaster. In a world of machine-generated fakes and hallucinations, small group instruction and robust assessment are what universities can offer. But instead of more teachers and unseen exams we’re going to get a pointless ‘AI’ arms race. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Once again, the rise of the AfD and its relatively greater popularity in the East has led to yet another round of discussion around the legacy of the GDR and contemporary German politics. A short thread:

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Incredible East-West divide. The trend has been there for long, so it's not surprising - but still shocking.

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Current estimates. Let’s see what coalition talks will bring, but it’s clear a Merz government will try to emulate AfD on immigration & deregulate an already crumbling welfare state. “Anti-bureaucracy” has won

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The story of this election really is BSW and Linke. When Sahra Wagenknecht finally split off in 2023, the Linke was thought to be dead. In line with every pundit's favorite narrative, the new left-authoritarian version (BSW) would do well, while the left-progressive Linke that remained was doomed 1/

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Excited to listen to another episode of the fantastic Anti-Dystopians podcast! Another one of interest to the #HistIR crowd 👇

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Incredible East-West divide. The trend has been there for long, so it's not surprising - but still shocking.

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In Germany, a far right party has the best result since WWII. 75% of AfD voters say they are very worried that prices are rising so much that they can’t pay their bills. Inflation once more fueled the extreme right.

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Current estimates. Let’s see what coalition talks will bring, but it’s clear a Merz government will try to emulate AfD on immigration & deregulate an already crumbling welfare state. “Anti-bureaucracy” has won

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We've created a new Starter Pack of #History institutes and research centres in the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3F3Eo2M Please do share. There will be gaps and recommendations are welcome. We hope this pack helps you keep in touch with work by and for historians in the UK & Ireland #Skystorians.

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Petition Wahlrecht für Deutsche im Ausland👇 www.euronews.com/2025/02/21/g...

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Mit Friedrich Merz droht radikale Deregulierung zu Lasten der Menschen und des Klimas. In den USA und Argentinien sehen wir das bereits in extremer Form. Dagegen braucht es eine progressive Wirtschaftsagenda und nicht das Nacheifern von Bürokratieabbau.

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Vented my frustration about this over here: www.euronews.com/2025/02/21/g...

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Congratulations @qbruneau.bsky.social! Well-deserved award for an incredibly fascinating book! #HistIR👇

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incredible that Western politicians are appealing to a supposedly extant 'rules-based order'; deserves the same response that Gandhi apparently gave when asked about western civilisation: 'I think it would be a good idea'.

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#OpenAccess from our new issue - Law, time, and (in)justice after empire: Germany's objection to colonial reparations and the chronopolitics of deflection - cup.org/4fTQhFy - Sinja Graf

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'Inherent to du Châtelet’s rejection of disciples and followers was a suspicion of male geniuses.' Geertje Bol on a philosopher dismissed by men as Voltaire’s mistress

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Folks at the dangerously Marxist and pro-bureaucracy magazine The Economist should be proud that they made the top spot.

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What sort of animal would you prefer to receive as a gift if you were a state leader? Panda, platypus, puppy? Yours truly with the story (via BBC):

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As this worked so well last time: Is there an up-to-date timeline on countries pursuing a feminist foreign policy, including announcing their intention & then (quietly or not) abandoning it? So far, I have 🇸🇪(dropped)🇨🇦🇫🇷🇲🇽🇪🇸🇱🇺🇩🇪🇳🇱🇨🇱🇨🇴🇱🇷 & 🇦🇷🇱🇾 (abandoned intention). Thanks!

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Thanks to the incredibly slow speed of postal services in the 21st century, I probably can't vote in the upcoming German elections. I guess selling out basic infrastructure does make it harder to vote against those responsible for the sale ...

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A piece I wrote for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A new article by Changing Global Orders co-director Louise Fawcett (@politicsoxford.bsky.social & @oxmartinschool.bsky.social) on the role of regions in security governance over the long term 👇 #HistIR www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Did Mitchell's term 'economentality' take off? Any good articles/books out there that put it to use? Paging @aaronjakes.bsky.social, @quinnslobodian.com, @epopppp.bsky.social, @asociologist.bsky.social . Thanks!

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Great review by Geertje Bol @thetls.bsky.social of a new book about Émilie du Châtelet www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/h...

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The Netherlands is now coming for HE possibly even more brutally than the UK - entire research groups summarily fired (from one day to the next during term!) at Twente. Researching nanotech no less! Here again the increasingly less rare combo of worrying and stupid: www.utoday.nl/news/75196/d...

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Mit diesem "Dossier" ist die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung nun vollends im rechten Kulturkampf angekommen. Wissenschaftlich nicht ernst zu nehmen wegen der selektiven "Quellenarbeit", von der fehlenden wiss. Expertise der meisten Beitragenden gar nicht zu sprechen. www.kas.de/de/web/gesch...

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Great review by Geertje Bol @thetls.bsky.social of a new book about Émilie du Châtelet www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/h...

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Fascinating piece on Jean Ziegler, a singular and single-minded man who has made it his life's mission to expose the hypocrisy of Swiss #banking and of #capitalism more generally... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

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#HistIR

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This CfP looks great! 👇

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CfP: New Global Histories of Language, organized by Valeska Huber @globaldiscnct.bsky.social. Deadline for proposals 28 Feb: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...

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This forthcoming book sounds timely … “You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius.” The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis www.penguin.co.uk/books/442983...

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New issue of International Theory available now! Articles on colonial reparation, state shame, norm weaving, indigenous decolonial theory, and ontological insecurity. @internatltheory.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Just published on APSR First View: "Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere" by Elsa Kugelberg. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/dating-apps-and-the-digital-sexual-sphere/2F83AAEFB7DEA94FA4179369A004CEEC

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UK academics "must bear the brunt of Westminster’s cumulative mistakes, in the form of acute job insecurity, insufficient resources, pressures from panicked managers and increasingly untenable workloads." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This new article looks fascinating 👇

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Associate Professorship or Professorship of Ancient Philosophy- University of Oxford - Faculty of Philosophy #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU592/a...

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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... "More than 100 respondents, many of whom came to the UK from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia and other parts of Africa, as well as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Brazil and Indonesia, paid between £5,000 and £20,000 in fees."

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New on advance access: "The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era" by Andrew Denning (@kuhistorydept.bsky.social) and Heidi J S Tworek (University of British Columbia) doi.org/10.1093/past...

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Fascinating read so far - The Hidden Globe by @atossaaraxia.bsky.social

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