David Spreen
@davidspreen.com
Historian of modern Germany, interested in histories of the Left, Cold War, decolonization and social theory. He/him.
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Delighted to announce the program of our Global History Colloquium @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, which I co-convene with Isabella Löhr and Sebastian Conrad this summer. All welcome.
March 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Delighted to announce the program of our Global History Colloquium @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, which I co-convene with Isabella Löhr and Sebastian Conrad this summer. All welcome.
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What a wonderful book launch Rachel and I had at the University of Glasgow!
Reimagining Citizenship in Cold War Europe just came out last month. It features cutting-edge research from twelve brilliant scholars and is available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Reimagining Citizenship in Cold War Europe just came out last month. It features cutting-edge research from twelve brilliant scholars and is available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
March 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a wonderful book launch Rachel and I had at the University of Glasgow!
Reimagining Citizenship in Cold War Europe just came out last month. It features cutting-edge research from twelve brilliant scholars and is available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Reimagining Citizenship in Cold War Europe just came out last month. It features cutting-edge research from twelve brilliant scholars and is available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Winston Churchill visiting the White House in 1942. Not wearing a suit. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Winston Churchill visiting the White House in 1942. Not wearing a suit. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
If you’re in Boston, consider joining us today to talk about the German Federal Elections, their international context, the surge of the far Right, and Germany‘s principle and practice of Defensive Democracy.
Questions, comments, concerns about today’s federal elections in Germany? Please join us for an evening of conversation at Boston College this Thursday: www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
February 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you’re in Boston, consider joining us today to talk about the German Federal Elections, their international context, the surge of the far Right, and Germany‘s principle and practice of Defensive Democracy.
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Find more praise, interviews, and how to get your copy of this important book at @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
More great news - Thanks to support from TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), this important book is available as Open Access.
More great news - Thanks to support from TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), this important book is available as Open Access.
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Find more praise, interviews, and how to get your copy of this important book at @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
More great news - Thanks to support from TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), this important book is available as Open Access.
More great news - Thanks to support from TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), this important book is available as Open Access.
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The proofs are here! I can't wait to see my article out - a deep-dive into travelogues about Africa, written by women from state socialist Hungary (1960s-1980s).
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February 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The proofs are here! I can't wait to see my article out - a deep-dive into travelogues about Africa, written by women from state socialist Hungary (1960s-1980s).
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Heute Abend um 19 Uhr im Clubheim: Gespräch mit Dr. Patrice Poutrus über das aktuelle Wahlergebnis und die Ursachen, die Dauerdebatten über das Thema Asyl sowie Rassismus in Deutschland.
#fcsp
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#fcsp
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Im Clubheim des FC St. Pauli: Veranstaltung mit Patrice Poutrus - FC St. Pauli
Der Historiker und Publizist Patrice Poutrus ist zu Gast im Clubheim. ☠ Er spricht am Di. (25.2.) über die aktuellen Asylrechtsdebatten. ▶ Hier alle Infos!
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February 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Heute Abend um 19 Uhr im Clubheim: Gespräch mit Dr. Patrice Poutrus über das aktuelle Wahlergebnis und die Ursachen, die Dauerdebatten über das Thema Asyl sowie Rassismus in Deutschland.
#fcsp
www.fcstpauli.com/news/patrice...
#fcsp
www.fcstpauli.com/news/patrice...
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The deadline for applications for 2 PhD positions in my research group @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social is approaching fast! Apply by Friday, Feb. 28
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
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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...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The deadline for applications for 2 PhD positions in my research group @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social is approaching fast! Apply by Friday, Feb. 28
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We've already received several submissions and even more expressions of interest! Keep 'em coming. We love hearing about your work.
It is launch day!!! We can finally announce the new book series with @manchesterup.bsky.social on Queer and Trans Histories. Help spread the word!
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Queer and Trans Histories - Manchester University Press
The Queer and Trans Histories series aims to serve as a go-to place for cutting-edge stories on earlier and existing LGBTQ+ formations, and encourages work on queer and trans lives that challenge iden...
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February 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We've already received several submissions and even more expressions of interest! Keep 'em coming. We love hearing about your work.
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📖 New article online!
'Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s', by Benjamin Brendel
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'Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s', by Benjamin Brendel
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Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s
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February 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📖 New article online!
'Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s', by Benjamin Brendel
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
'Toxic Exports, ‘Third World’ Hunger and Pesticide Politics: International Pesticide Trade and Perception in West Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s', by Benjamin Brendel
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What are the repercussions of today's elections in Germany? How are we to understand the earth-shattering success of the AfD, 80 years after the perpetration of the Holocaust? Please join some colleagues and me at this roundtable @Princeton next Tuesday. All are welcome
Reactions to the German Elections
A round table of experts will reflect on the German election results: Will the outcome be a significant rightward shift? What does that mean for German democracy, for the European Union and for German...
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February 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What are the repercussions of today's elections in Germany? How are we to understand the earth-shattering success of the AfD, 80 years after the perpetration of the Holocaust? Please join some colleagues and me at this roundtable @Princeton next Tuesday. All are welcome
Questions, comments, concerns about today’s federal elections in Germany? Please join us for an evening of conversation at Boston College this Thursday: www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
February 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Questions, comments, concerns about today’s federal elections in Germany? Please join us for an evening of conversation at Boston College this Thursday: www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
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Genau, Schwester!
February 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Genau, Schwester!
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“There won’t be endless chances for the democratic centrist parties to come together and keep the AfD out,” Omas Gegen Rechts said. “I hope they seize it.”
German voters head to polls today facing world of change as far right waits in the wings. Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroads www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings
Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroads
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“There won’t be endless chances for the democratic centrist parties to come together and keep the AfD out,” Omas Gegen Rechts said. “I hope they seize it.”
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Wir - die wir uns nach #Hanau persönlich angegriffen sahen und weder Hilfe noch Schutz von diesem Staat erwarten können - wir sollten uns fragen, ob wir es uns leisten können zu warten, bis hierzulande wieder die #Freiheit zur Menschenjagd Bürgerpflicht sein wird. GEHT WÄHLEN! #HanauIstÜberall
February 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wir - die wir uns nach #Hanau persönlich angegriffen sahen und weder Hilfe noch Schutz von diesem Staat erwarten können - wir sollten uns fragen, ob wir es uns leisten können zu warten, bis hierzulande wieder die #Freiheit zur Menschenjagd Bürgerpflicht sein wird. GEHT WÄHLEN! #HanauIstÜberall
Absolutely delighted to welcome @michellelkahn.bsky.social and hear her talk about transatlantic white supremacy at @europeatharvard.bsky.social today. Comments by Peter Gordon. Come join the conversation at 4pm!
January 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Absolutely delighted to welcome @michellelkahn.bsky.social and hear her talk about transatlantic white supremacy at @europeatharvard.bsky.social today. Comments by Peter Gordon. Come join the conversation at 4pm!
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Schlüsselsatz von #Lindner bei @CarenMiosga: “Wir müssen mehr Milei und Musk wagen”
Das ist das, was Lindner will: Autoritärer Libertarismus.
Das ist das, was Lindner will: Autoritärer Libertarismus.
December 1, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Schlüsselsatz von #Lindner bei @CarenMiosga: “Wir müssen mehr Milei und Musk wagen”
Das ist das, was Lindner will: Autoritärer Libertarismus.
Das ist das, was Lindner will: Autoritärer Libertarismus.
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Never encountered a group of students who were not visibly horrified by the most basic factual description of the demise of Patrice Lumumba.
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Never encountered a group of students who were not visibly horrified by the most basic factual description of the demise of Patrice Lumumba.
This looks fantastic.
As we in German Studies, brows furrowed, re-contemplate the early 1930s, I have published a micro-game "Berliner U-Bahn, 1932" with the FREE Roll For Learning collection.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:20 AM
This looks fantastic.
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Looking for help by fellow historians!
In his famous "Antisemitism and National Scoialism" article, Moishe Postone mentiones a propaganda poster:
"A graphic example of this vision is provided by a Nazi poster which depicts Germany - represented as a strong, honest worker - 1/2
In his famous "Antisemitism and National Scoialism" article, Moishe Postone mentiones a propaganda poster:
"A graphic example of this vision is provided by a Nazi poster which depicts Germany - represented as a strong, honest worker - 1/2
November 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Looking for help by fellow historians!
In his famous "Antisemitism and National Scoialism" article, Moishe Postone mentiones a propaganda poster:
"A graphic example of this vision is provided by a Nazi poster which depicts Germany - represented as a strong, honest worker - 1/2
In his famous "Antisemitism and National Scoialism" article, Moishe Postone mentiones a propaganda poster:
"A graphic example of this vision is provided by a Nazi poster which depicts Germany - represented as a strong, honest worker - 1/2
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Job: TT at Yale - Modern Western Europe with ability to teach Europe since the eighteenth century, incl the history of European empire apply.interfolio.com/149163
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July 23, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Job: TT at Yale - Modern Western Europe with ability to teach Europe since the eighteenth century, incl the history of European empire apply.interfolio.com/149163
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#20Juli #Widerstand
Der Versuch, #Hitler am 20. Juli 1944 zu töten, ist aller Ehren wert. Er erinnert aber auch, dass (später) Widerstand gegen Hitler und Mitwirkung am #Holocaust und #Vernichtungskrieg 'im Osten' Hand in Hand gehen konnten. Man sollte beidem gedenken!
Der Versuch, #Hitler am 20. Juli 1944 zu töten, ist aller Ehren wert. Er erinnert aber auch, dass (später) Widerstand gegen Hitler und Mitwirkung am #Holocaust und #Vernichtungskrieg 'im Osten' Hand in Hand gehen konnten. Man sollte beidem gedenken!
July 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
#20Juli #Widerstand
Der Versuch, #Hitler am 20. Juli 1944 zu töten, ist aller Ehren wert. Er erinnert aber auch, dass (später) Widerstand gegen Hitler und Mitwirkung am #Holocaust und #Vernichtungskrieg 'im Osten' Hand in Hand gehen konnten. Man sollte beidem gedenken!
Der Versuch, #Hitler am 20. Juli 1944 zu töten, ist aller Ehren wert. Er erinnert aber auch, dass (später) Widerstand gegen Hitler und Mitwirkung am #Holocaust und #Vernichtungskrieg 'im Osten' Hand in Hand gehen konnten. Man sollte beidem gedenken!
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Blogpost by Kate R. Stanton on "Forgetting and Remembering the East German Women’s Movement". #GenderHist #GDRHist
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Forgetting and Remembering the East German Women’s Movement – Genderblog
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July 19, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Blogpost by Kate R. Stanton on "Forgetting and Remembering the East German Women’s Movement". #GenderHist #GDRHist
genderblog.hu-berlin.de/forgetting-a...
genderblog.hu-berlin.de/forgetting-a...
Per Jonathon Catlin on Twitter: some of my mentor Moishe Postone’s notes on University of Chicago’s core sequence “Self, Culture, and Society” are now available on the Moishe Postone Legacy Project at www.moishepostone.org/postone-note...!
Archival Documents — Moishe Postone Legacy Project (MPLP)
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July 16, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Per Jonathon Catlin on Twitter: some of my mentor Moishe Postone’s notes on University of Chicago’s core sequence “Self, Culture, and Society” are now available on the Moishe Postone Legacy Project at www.moishepostone.org/postone-note...!
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🚨The CEH Prize 2024 is now open for submissions!
The winning article by a PhD or early-career researcher will be published in the journal, and the author will receive £400 worth of @CambridgeUP books. The deadline is 6 Sept 2024.
Full details here:
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The winning article by a PhD or early-career researcher will be published in the journal, and the author will receive £400 worth of @CambridgeUP books. The deadline is 6 Sept 2024.
Full details here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Contemporary European History Prize
A prize aimed at encouraging, recognizing and promoting high-quality research among postgraduate and early career historians.
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July 15, 2024 at 3:27 PM
🚨The CEH Prize 2024 is now open for submissions!
The winning article by a PhD or early-career researcher will be published in the journal, and the author will receive £400 worth of @CambridgeUP books. The deadline is 6 Sept 2024.
Full details here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The winning article by a PhD or early-career researcher will be published in the journal, and the author will receive £400 worth of @CambridgeUP books. The deadline is 6 Sept 2024.
Full details here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...