Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
@cmarkthiesen.bsky.social
Historian of Africa / the Globe: socioeconomic, cultures of knowledge, media. #Digital History. Advisory Editorial Board Journal of African History.
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
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Happy to see this in print:
💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
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Find the full issue here:
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💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Find the full issue here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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So has become the great responsibility shifter for the most privileged
The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
www.historians.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So has become the great responsibility shifter for the most privileged
This winter semester I’ll be taking over as interim professor for Transregional Cultures of Knowledge (Vertretungsprofessor für Transregionale Wissenskulturen) at #DIMAS, University of Regensburg.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This winter semester I’ll be taking over as interim professor for Transregional Cultures of Knowledge (Vertretungsprofessor für Transregionale Wissenskulturen) at #DIMAS, University of Regensburg.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
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📢The #CallForPanels for the #SGAS-VAD-2026 conference is now open.
🌍Theme: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"
‼️Deadline for submissions: 31 Jul 2025
📅Conference date: 26-28 Aug 2026
📍Location: Basel, Switzerland
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#CfP #AfricanStudies #VAD #SGAS #SSEA
🌍Theme: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"
‼️Deadline for submissions: 31 Jul 2025
📅Conference date: 26-28 Aug 2026
📍Location: Basel, Switzerland
zasb.unibas.ch/en/news/news...
#CfP #AfricanStudies #VAD #SGAS #SSEA
April 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📢The #CallForPanels for the #SGAS-VAD-2026 conference is now open.
🌍Theme: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"
‼️Deadline for submissions: 31 Jul 2025
📅Conference date: 26-28 Aug 2026
📍Location: Basel, Switzerland
zasb.unibas.ch/en/news/news...
#CfP #AfricanStudies #VAD #SGAS #SSEA
🌍Theme: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"
‼️Deadline for submissions: 31 Jul 2025
📅Conference date: 26-28 Aug 2026
📍Location: Basel, Switzerland
zasb.unibas.ch/en/news/news...
#CfP #AfricanStudies #VAD #SGAS #SSEA
CfP
Basel, 26-28.08.2026
Joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD) hosted by the ZASB Research Network Africa at the University of Basel.
www.sagw.ch/africa/aktue...
Basel, 26-28.08.2026
Joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD) hosted by the ZASB Research Network Africa at the University of Basel.
www.sagw.ch/africa/aktue...
Call of panels: African Perspectives on Global Transformations (Basel, 26-28.08.2026)
Joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD) hosted by the ZASB Research Network Africa at the University of Base...
www.sagw.ch
April 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
CfP
Basel, 26-28.08.2026
Joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD) hosted by the ZASB Research Network Africa at the University of Basel.
www.sagw.ch/africa/aktue...
Basel, 26-28.08.2026
Joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD) hosted by the ZASB Research Network Africa at the University of Basel.
www.sagw.ch/africa/aktue...
Happy to see this in print:
💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Find the full issue here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Find the full issue here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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March 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Happy to see this in print:
💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Find the full issue here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
💽"What is Digital Global History Now?"
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2025), 1–19.
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Find the full issue here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Excellent piece by two dear friends @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social & @themorningsnows.bsky.social about the cyber truck & its uncanny similarities to the Casspir, the tank by which the Apartheid regime brutalized Black south Africans during Elon's childhood. 1/
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Elon Musk Wanted the Cybertruck to Look Like “the Future.” But It Reminds Us of One Particular Past.
Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.
slate.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Excellent piece by two dear friends @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social & @themorningsnows.bsky.social about the cyber truck & its uncanny similarities to the Casspir, the tank by which the Apartheid regime brutalized Black south Africans during Elon's childhood. 1/
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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It is worth reading the 4 pages of Columbia's enthusiastic over-compliance to federal threats to get a sense of what's coming down the pipeline for other universities: Expanded commitments to disciplining + policing speech, protest, and intellectual life
president.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
president.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
March 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It is worth reading the 4 pages of Columbia's enthusiastic over-compliance to federal threats to get a sense of what's coming down the pipeline for other universities: Expanded commitments to disciplining + policing speech, protest, and intellectual life
president.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
president.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
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Avec Giulia Bonacci nous lançons un appel à articles autour des retours en Afrique. Propositions attendues au plus tard le 15 mai.
🔴🔴 Appel à contributions - n° 11. Retour(s) en Afrique
Appel à propositions pour la revue Sources. Matériaux & terrains en études africaines et RHCA Coordination : Giulia Bonacci (IRD) Céline Labrune-Badiane (ITEM)🔴🔴 @clr-nicolas.bsky.social @kramondy.bsky.social oap.unige.ch/journals/rhc...
Appel à propositions pour la revue Sources. Matériaux & terrains en études africaines et RHCA Coordination : Giulia Bonacci (IRD) Céline Labrune-Badiane (ITEM)🔴🔴 @clr-nicolas.bsky.social @kramondy.bsky.social oap.unige.ch/journals/rhc...
Appel à contributions - n° 11. Retour(s) en Afrique
| Revue d'histoire contemporaine de l'Afrique
oap.unige.ch
March 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Avec Giulia Bonacci nous lançons un appel à articles autour des retours en Afrique. Propositions attendues au plus tard le 15 mai.
Interested in plantation studies? American empire? Globalization? Liberia? I wrote a review of Gregg Mitman‘s book „Empire of Rubber.“
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March 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Interested in plantation studies? American empire? Globalization? Liberia? I wrote a review of Gregg Mitman‘s book „Empire of Rubber.“
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Welcome to our Bluesky! We are a research platform based in #Regensburg, #Germany, exploring interconnections and frictions between regions of #Europe and the #Americas Check out our Open Call for Contributions: #Transatlantic Ruptures and Transformations
frictions.europeamerica.de#open-call-tr...
frictions.europeamerica.de#open-call-tr...
Frictions: Europe, America and global Transformations
Frictions is a blogjournal – a hybrid format of blog and e-journal – discussing Europe and the Americas in the context of global transformations.
frictions.europeamerica.de
February 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Welcome to our Bluesky! We are a research platform based in #Regensburg, #Germany, exploring interconnections and frictions between regions of #Europe and the #Americas Check out our Open Call for Contributions: #Transatlantic Ruptures and Transformations
frictions.europeamerica.de#open-call-tr...
frictions.europeamerica.de#open-call-tr...
On Valetine‘s Day we held a public viewing of lost & found tv & film in and on Liberia (prewar, 70s/80s) in collaboration with Liberian filmmaker Artina Michelle. We were joined by some former anchors, current members of the movie union, school teachers, and many students.
#Watchshowlib2025
#Watchshowlib2025
February 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On Valetine‘s Day we held a public viewing of lost & found tv & film in and on Liberia (prewar, 70s/80s) in collaboration with Liberian filmmaker Artina Michelle. We were joined by some former anchors, current members of the movie union, school teachers, and many students.
#Watchshowlib2025
#Watchshowlib2025
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Public history in Africa: Let's map and support existing projects.
If you have (or know of) PH projects in Africa, please add it in the comment section here. You can see some projects such as the fantastic African Digital Heritage Foundation
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
#PublicHistory #Africa
If you have (or know of) PH projects in Africa, please add it in the comment section here. You can see some projects such as the fantastic African Digital Heritage Foundation
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
#PublicHistory #Africa
Public history projects - Google My Maps
Each entry should include: 1 ) a name of the project, 2 ) A few lines of description, 3 ) at least 2 keywords on the practice (for instance Oral History, Migration), 4 ) a link to a website and contac...
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January 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Public history in Africa: Let's map and support existing projects.
If you have (or know of) PH projects in Africa, please add it in the comment section here. You can see some projects such as the fantastic African Digital Heritage Foundation
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
#PublicHistory #Africa
If you have (or know of) PH projects in Africa, please add it in the comment section here. You can see some projects such as the fantastic African Digital Heritage Foundation
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
#PublicHistory #Africa
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December 30, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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Come work with me 😊
Successful candidates will be required to register for full time study in February 2025.
Successful candidates will be required to register for full time study in February 2025.
December 6, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Come work with me 😊
Successful candidates will be required to register for full time study in February 2025.
Successful candidates will be required to register for full time study in February 2025.
L. Schulte Nordholt, N. Nkealah, and R. Bod have edited a special issue of History of Humanities dealing with Classics in the History of the African Humanities.
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
December 17, 2024 at 7:52 AM
L. Schulte Nordholt, N. Nkealah, and R. Bod have edited a special issue of History of Humanities dealing with Classics in the History of the African Humanities.
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
„Could a new ‘religious turn’ in society be one unexpected, counter-intuitive impact of the rise of Artificial Intelligence? What might that mean for our institutions and communities – and for public policy.“
Today we launch our Advent Calendar with a daily offering from our website. We start with a new article by our @ihr.bsky.social colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social who asks whether the rise of AI will lead us to reconsider the “spooky stuff” in our natures. www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
December 1, 2024 at 5:18 PM
„Could a new ‘religious turn’ in society be one unexpected, counter-intuitive impact of the rise of Artificial Intelligence? What might that mean for our institutions and communities – and for public policy.“
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💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." Please share widely.
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." Please share widely.
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Liberia's notorious rebel-turned-senator Prince Yormie Johnson dies. Johnson was one of the key figures in the country’s civil war, in which 250,000 people died many survivors from sexual assault and other attacks were left permanently scarred /1
November 28, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Liberia's notorious rebel-turned-senator Prince Yormie Johnson dies. Johnson was one of the key figures in the country’s civil war, in which 250,000 people died many survivors from sexual assault and other attacks were left permanently scarred /1
New open access article: „Black American Agricultural Experts and the Vernacularization of American Science in Liberia Prior to Decolonization in Africa“. muse.jhu.edu/pub/26/artic....
November 21, 2024 at 5:48 AM
New open access article: „Black American Agricultural Experts and the Vernacularization of American Science in Liberia Prior to Decolonization in Africa“. muse.jhu.edu/pub/26/artic....
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Amazing job opportunity: news editor at
@thecontinent.bsky.social
@thecontinent.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Amazing job opportunity: news editor at
@thecontinent.bsky.social
@thecontinent.bsky.social
More on my chapter: „Written in Water: the Legon School of History and the Publication of the Past“.
link.growkudos.com/1f1filuje2o
link.growkudos.com/1f1filuje2o
A study of the history and institutional memory of the Historical Society of Ghana.
This chapter explores the possibilities and limitations of historiography and memory as it explores the past of the Historical Society of Ghana.
link.growkudos.com
September 2, 2024 at 2:43 PM
More on my chapter: „Written in Water: the Legon School of History and the Publication of the Past“.
link.growkudos.com/1f1filuje2o
link.growkudos.com/1f1filuje2o
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As of 21 August 2024, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is a fully open-access journal! #skystorians will be able to reach a much wider audience and there are no charges to individual authors for publishing OA. Come and publish with the RHS!
Society’s journal ‘Transactions’ now fully Open Access | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
August 22, 2024 at 10:39 AM
As of 21 August 2024, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is a fully open-access journal! #skystorians will be able to reach a much wider audience and there are no charges to individual authors for publishing OA. Come and publish with the RHS!
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Originally reported that Taylor and Francis @tandfonline.bsky.social were only making 10 million off of #selling #scholars' work to AI firms
Wrong! - Turns out it is #75million in 2024 thus far, and that doesn't include a deal w/ @microsoftincel.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/taylor-...
Wrong! - Turns out it is #75million in 2024 thus far, and that doesn't include a deal w/ @microsoftincel.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/taylor-...
Taylor & Francis set to make £58m from AI in 2024 as it reveals second partnership
The parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis has revealed it expects to earn £58m ($75m) from Artificial Intelligence (AI) partnerships in 2024 and that it has a second AI technology part...
www.thebookseller.com
July 25, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Originally reported that Taylor and Francis @tandfonline.bsky.social were only making 10 million off of #selling #scholars' work to AI firms
Wrong! - Turns out it is #75million in 2024 thus far, and that doesn't include a deal w/ @microsoftincel.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/taylor-...
Wrong! - Turns out it is #75million in 2024 thus far, and that doesn't include a deal w/ @microsoftincel.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/taylor-...
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Opportunity 👀
Apply for a fellowship or become an artist in residence at global dis:connect for up to 12 months and explore the complex relationships of global interconntectedness and disentanglement in the context of globalisation with us. www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...
Apply for a fellowship or become an artist in residence at global dis:connect for up to 12 months and explore the complex relationships of global interconntectedness and disentanglement in the context of globalisation with us. www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...
www.globaldisconnect.org
July 8, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Opportunity 👀
Apply for a fellowship or become an artist in residence at global dis:connect for up to 12 months and explore the complex relationships of global interconntectedness and disentanglement in the context of globalisation with us. www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...
Apply for a fellowship or become an artist in residence at global dis:connect for up to 12 months and explore the complex relationships of global interconntectedness and disentanglement in the context of globalisation with us. www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...