Daniel Badenhorst
@dbadenhorst.bsky.social
Intellectual History | Historiography | Hegel | Soviet Intellectual Life | Fanon & Anti-Colonialism
MA Fanon & Hegel, MPhil Young Hegel, PhDing on...
Other half: @marxologist.bsky.social
MA Fanon & Hegel, MPhil Young Hegel, PhDing on...
Other half: @marxologist.bsky.social
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My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
press.princeton.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
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Very interesting talk and cool overall project and a great listen for the holidays, imho. Happy holidays!
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Reading in Historiography and Iterative Measurement: Atheism, Forgery, Cannibalism and Deification" that Fons Dewulf gave in our joint research seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7acs....
Happy watching and holidays, everyone!
Happy watching and holidays, everyone!
Fons Dewulf "Reading in Historiography and Iterative Measurement: Atheism, Forgery, Cannibalism"
YouTube video by Centre for Philosophical Studies of History
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December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Very interesting talk and cool overall project and a great listen for the holidays, imho. Happy holidays!
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2/2 🧵 ✨ The entire Frantz Fanon special issue is available to read and download for free — the perfect festive deep dive 🎄🔥
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2/2 🧵 ✨ The entire Frantz Fanon special issue is available to read and download for free — the perfect festive deep dive 🎄🔥
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN
💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal.
#Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
When you're trying to outdo your neighbours during the mid-autumn festival...
一份絕妙的中秋節禮物!
一份絕妙的中秋節禮物!
What looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
When you're trying to outdo your neighbours during the mid-autumn festival...
一份絕妙的中秋節禮物!
一份絕妙的中秋節禮物!
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Coming next spring!
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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@profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Coming next spring!
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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@profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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@profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social
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My review article on R Bourke’s and Q Skinner’s anthology ”History in the Humanities and Social Sciences” is included in the latest issue of @global-ih.bsky.social. Open access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My review article on R Bourke’s and Q Skinner’s anthology ”History in the Humanities and Social Sciences” is included in the latest issue of @global-ih.bsky.social. Open access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A special issue that I edited on "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (2025) by Patricia Owens has gone to production – I look forward to seeing the collection published @global-ih.bsky.social! It includes five review articles and a reply article by @whitproject.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A special issue that I edited on "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (2025) by Patricia Owens has gone to production – I look forward to seeing the collection published @global-ih.bsky.social! It includes five review articles and a reply article by @whitproject.bsky.social
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Oh look! Now it has a cover
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Oh look! Now it has a cover
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The ISS will be deorbited in 2031, handing over space station operations to private companies.
How befitting for NASA to have paid SpaceX almost $1 billion to develop a vehicle that will strike the final death blow, dumping the ISS back into Earth.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
How befitting for NASA to have paid SpaceX almost $1 billion to develop a vehicle that will strike the final death blow, dumping the ISS back into Earth.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
After a Quarter-Century of Hosting Humans, the International Space Station Is Approaching Its End. What Comes Next?
Humans have been in space onboard the ISS continuously for 25 years. As the station nears its end, new commercial habitats are lining up to take its place
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November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The ISS will be deorbited in 2031, handing over space station operations to private companies.
How befitting for NASA to have paid SpaceX almost $1 billion to develop a vehicle that will strike the final death blow, dumping the ISS back into Earth.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
How befitting for NASA to have paid SpaceX almost $1 billion to develop a vehicle that will strike the final death blow, dumping the ISS back into Earth.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
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#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Open access book on material aspects of ancient philosophy:
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
brill.com/display/titl...
#philsky #philosophy #ancientphilosophy #openaccess
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Now online! Laura André Lombard (Université Panthéon Assas) reviews "The Political Thought of Anacharsis Cloots: A Proponent of Cosmopolitan Republicanism in the French Revolution (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2023) by @fepoulsen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Now online! Laura André Lombard (Université Panthéon Assas) reviews "The Political Thought of Anacharsis Cloots: A Proponent of Cosmopolitan Republicanism in the French Revolution (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2023) by @fepoulsen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Congratulations to Gavin McDowell on his new book The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity, which is available open access
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity
Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE) is most famous for introducing into rabbinic tradition several legends about biblical figures not found in the classical rabbinic corpus of Talmud and Midrash. Modern…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Congratulations to Gavin McDowell on his new book The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity, which is available open access
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Next Tuesday (5 November 2025, 17:00-18:30): A talk on "The Specificity of the Political: Georg Lukács’s Political Thought in the Post-Stalinist Ferment of Ideas (1956-1971)" @uni-konstanz.de Colloquium of Modern History.
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Next Tuesday (5 November 2025, 17:00-18:30): A talk on "The Specificity of the Political: Georg Lukács’s Political Thought in the Post-Stalinist Ferment of Ideas (1956-1971)" @uni-konstanz.de Colloquium of Modern History.
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“If human beings would learn to stop insisting on their distinction from animals, perhaps they would no longer need to humble themselves so before the angels.” —Adorno (1944)
October 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“If human beings would learn to stop insisting on their distinction from animals, perhaps they would no longer need to humble themselves so before the angels.” —Adorno (1944)
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35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Couldn't ask for a better person to undertake this adventure with 🥰
A few weeks into our one year of funded Mandarin language study in Taiwan!
We feel extremely blessed to be given the chance to learn a language that we've yearned to acquire, all while living and breathing it in a very special place.
To a year of Chinese, tea, and badminton!
We feel extremely blessed to be given the chance to learn a language that we've yearned to acquire, all while living and breathing it in a very special place.
To a year of Chinese, tea, and badminton!
September 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Couldn't ask for a better person to undertake this adventure with 🥰
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[1] This study by Fabian Goldmann, presented in the Jacobin article below, analysed 4,853 German headlines on Gaza and Israel (Oct 7, 2023 – Jan 19, 2025). The sourcing imbalance is staggering — and has arguably contributed to distorting how the German public understands the war.
Palestinian journalists, rescue workers, and eyewitnesses offer a devastating and detailed picture of Israel’s crimes.
Yet only 5 percent of German media headlines about Gaza draw on these sources, while almost half rely on Israeli ones.
Yet only 5 percent of German media headlines about Gaza draw on these sources, while almost half rely on Israeli ones.
Proving the German Media Bias Against Palestinians
German reporting on the Middle East has long been criticized as one-sided. Our exclusive analysis of 5,000 headlines from leading German media outlets since October 7 shows the bias is even worse than suspected.
jacobin.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
[1] This study by Fabian Goldmann, presented in the Jacobin article below, analysed 4,853 German headlines on Gaza and Israel (Oct 7, 2023 – Jan 19, 2025). The sourcing imbalance is staggering — and has arguably contributed to distorting how the German public understands the war.
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Forthcoming De Gruyter Release –
"Already her correspondence shows that Du Châtelet was at the very center of the scientific movements in Germany and of the intellectual elites of France and Europe."
"Already her correspondence shows that Du Châtelet was at the very center of the scientific movements in Germany and of the intellectual elites of France and Europe."
August 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Forthcoming De Gruyter Release –
"Already her correspondence shows that Du Châtelet was at the very center of the scientific movements in Germany and of the intellectual elites of France and Europe."
"Already her correspondence shows that Du Châtelet was at the very center of the scientific movements in Germany and of the intellectual elites of France and Europe."
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“A magician was expelled from his city. He froze time in it and decided that the city shall not be allowed to return to life until its youth destroyed its ancient ramparts.”
—Kanafani, “Man & Principle” (mid-1950’s)
—Kanafani, “Man & Principle” (mid-1950’s)
we’ve been quiet because we’ve been working on this for a minute—see you in just over a week for the first session on Kanafani’s “On Zionist Literature”!
August 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“A magician was expelled from his city. He froze time in it and decided that the city shall not be allowed to return to life until its youth destroyed its ancient ramparts.”
—Kanafani, “Man & Principle” (mid-1950’s)
—Kanafani, “Man & Principle” (mid-1950’s)
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The German Democratic Republic by @historyned.bsky.social provides a succinct and comprehensive history of East Germany and its people, from its early Cold War foundations to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
August 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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1/9 Reminder, we do medieval history! "Violence and Order: Past and Present", a SI edited by Warren C. Brown (Caltech), @rorycox.bsky.social (St Andrews), & Jennifer Jahner (Caltech), explores medieval "meanings of and relationships between violence and order" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
1/9 Reminder, we do medieval history! "Violence and Order: Past and Present", a SI edited by Warren C. Brown (Caltech), @rorycox.bsky.social (St Andrews), & Jennifer Jahner (Caltech), explores medieval "meanings of and relationships between violence and order" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@hernandez-sau.bsky.social (CHAM – Universidade Nova de Lisboa) reviews "Gender and Cultural Mediation in the Long Eighteenth Century: Women across Borders" (Palgrave, 2024) edited by @mboluferp.bsky.social, Laura Guinot-Ferri, & Carolina Blutrach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@hernandez-sau.bsky.social (CHAM – Universidade Nova de Lisboa) reviews "Gender and Cultural Mediation in the Long Eighteenth Century: Women across Borders" (Palgrave, 2024) edited by @mboluferp.bsky.social, Laura Guinot-Ferri, & Carolina Blutrach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Congratulations to Rosemary Sweet and @RichardJAnsell! Their #OpenAccess book No Country for Travellers? published today. Read & download free at: bit.ly/4kJYgIl #TravelWriting #EighteenthCentury #Spain #Portugal
No Country for Travellers?
No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of British travel to Spain and Portugal between 1760 and 1820, across a region that is conventionally overlooked in studies of British travel to Europe. Drawing on extensive archival and printed sources left by travellers in the period, Rosemary Sweet and Richard Ansell reveal the unheralded […]
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August 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Congratulations to Rosemary Sweet and @RichardJAnsell! Their #OpenAccess book No Country for Travellers? published today. Read & download free at: bit.ly/4kJYgIl #TravelWriting #EighteenthCentury #Spain #Portugal