Eli Rubin
@erubin.bsky.social
Historian @ Western Michigan University. GDR, WWII, material culture, consumption, design, Plattenbau, destruction, urban space. Chicago and sort of Michigan sports fanatic. Father of five!!!
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Three more months until People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust comes out @uoftpress.bsky.social and translated @williamrossjones.bsky.social
you can preorder below.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
you can preorder below.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
July 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Three more months until People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust comes out @uoftpress.bsky.social and translated @williamrossjones.bsky.social
you can preorder below.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
you can preorder below.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. Available now as an Ebook! (print copies will start shipping in a month)
July 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. Available now as an Ebook! (print copies will start shipping in a month)
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I am still on my social media hiatus but logging in to share the response of my friend @hpollingalay.bsky.social to the Omer Bartov NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
Opinion | Israel and Gaza: Is It Genocide?
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I am still on my social media hiatus but logging in to share the response of my friend @hpollingalay.bsky.social to the Omer Bartov NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
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Today I think of the brave, beautiful people in Budapest marching for queer rights. This is not about Hungary, this is about a horrible tendency that is spreading.
June 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Today I think of the brave, beautiful people in Budapest marching for queer rights. This is not about Hungary, this is about a horrible tendency that is spreading.
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This would be far more restrictive than Russian archival policy, if it's what people are speculating it might be.
Downright Orwellian. If you can't destroy the documents, remove access from anyone who might challenge official #history
A legitimate BUSINESS need.
Not academic or research.
BUSINESS.
Not academic or research.
BUSINESS.
June 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This would be far more restrictive than Russian archival policy, if it's what people are speculating it might be.
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🗃️ Re: forthcoming restrictions on access to National Archives at College Park:
Is it possible for @historians.org @oah.org @iehs.bsky.social and other associations to do the same as @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social👇🏽?
Oh: and also file a lawsuit?
Is it possible for @historians.org @oah.org @iehs.bsky.social and other associations to do the same as @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social👇🏽?
Oh: and also file a lawsuit?
I have just written NARA2 on behalf of the American Journalism Historians Association to inquire whom this policy seeks to exclude, ask what problems 8t seeks to solve, and ask if historians and other researchers will continue to have access to its holdings.
June 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🗃️ Re: forthcoming restrictions on access to National Archives at College Park:
Is it possible for @historians.org @oah.org @iehs.bsky.social and other associations to do the same as @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social👇🏽?
Oh: and also file a lawsuit?
Is it possible for @historians.org @oah.org @iehs.bsky.social and other associations to do the same as @mjfuhlhage.bsky.social👇🏽?
Oh: and also file a lawsuit?
Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.
June 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.
Hey all— New edited volume just appeared, “Socialist Subjectivities: Queering East Germany under Honecker”. The editors, Katharine White and Scott Harrison are hosting a virtual book launch this Thursday 4 pm ET. I’ll be moderating (and I wrote the conclusion!!!). Please join! Link is below ⬇️
June 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hey all— New edited volume just appeared, “Socialist Subjectivities: Queering East Germany under Honecker”. The editors, Katharine White and Scott Harrison are hosting a virtual book launch this Thursday 4 pm ET. I’ll be moderating (and I wrote the conclusion!!!). Please join! Link is below ⬇️
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🧪 ICYMI: $25,000 bridge funding for terminated NSF grants.
Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix.
Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.
Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix.
Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🧪 ICYMI: $25,000 bridge funding for terminated NSF grants.
Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix.
Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.
Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix.
Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.
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That was fast: HALF THE BIG TEN IS READY TO FORM A BIG TEN COMPACT! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Maryland
Minnesota
1) Share widely.
2) Contact presidents at the above saying: implement!
3) Contact your own univ/colleges saying: pass a compact!
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Maryland
Minnesota
1) Share widely.
2) Contact presidents at the above saying: implement!
3) Contact your own univ/colleges saying: pass a compact!
Now *7* of 18 Big Ten senates have adopted MADC resolutions:
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Minnesota & Oregon are getting close, which would make HALF OF THE BIG TEN READY TO FORM A COMPACT. Administrations, take heed!
Plus UMass-Amherst and CUNY's Hunter!
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Minnesota & Oregon are getting close, which would make HALF OF THE BIG TEN READY TO FORM A COMPACT. Administrations, take heed!
Plus UMass-Amherst and CUNY's Hunter!
That makes 5 of 18 Big Ten senates who've adopted MADCs:
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
And also UMass-Amherst. CUNY's Hunter College votes on Wednesday.
Add YOUR faculty senate to the list, and DM me if I can help you with connections, advice, or anything! Share widely!!
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
And also UMass-Amherst. CUNY's Hunter College votes on Wednesday.
Add YOUR faculty senate to the list, and DM me if I can help you with connections, advice, or anything! Share widely!!
April 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
That was fast: HALF THE BIG TEN IS READY TO FORM A BIG TEN COMPACT! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Maryland
Minnesota
1) Share widely.
2) Contact presidents at the above saying: implement!
3) Contact your own univ/colleges saying: pass a compact!
Rutgers
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan
Washington
Ohio State
Maryland
Minnesota
1) Share widely.
2) Contact presidents at the above saying: implement!
3) Contact your own univ/colleges saying: pass a compact!
Nice. This is a big domino.
University of Michigan votes on the resolution next Thursday!
Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nice. This is a big domino.
This is potentially hopeful and important. Is UMich senate talking about this??
A few thoughts on today's fascinating Rutgers Senate meeting about their academic defense compact resolution 🧵
1) Just having the meeting and opening it up to the public was so valuable. Rutgers President Holloway was there, and so were folks from other Big 10 and beyond institutions, including me.
1) Just having the meeting and opening it up to the public was so valuable. Rutgers President Holloway was there, and so were folks from other Big 10 and beyond institutions, including me.
Meeting is public. The Senate meeting link is here - senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
Please join us at Noon April 10. Esp hope Big 10 colleagues will join.
Please join us at Noon April 10. Esp hope Big 10 colleagues will join.
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is potentially hopeful and important. Is UMich senate talking about this??
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Das Mannheimer Aufenthaltsstipendium in Gedenken an Roger Willemsen startet in die zweite Ausgabe. Kunstschaffende (aller Sparten) aus Mannheim können sich ab sofort für das Stipendium bewerben.
❗Einsendeschluss ist der 30. April 2025
Weitere Infos:
www.mannheim.de/roger-willemsen-stipendium
❗Einsendeschluss ist der 30. April 2025
Weitere Infos:
www.mannheim.de/roger-willemsen-stipendium
Mannheimer Stipendium — in Gedenken an Roger Willemsen
www.mannheim.de
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Das Mannheimer Aufenthaltsstipendium in Gedenken an Roger Willemsen startet in die zweite Ausgabe. Kunstschaffende (aller Sparten) aus Mannheim können sich ab sofort für das Stipendium bewerben.
❗Einsendeschluss ist der 30. April 2025
Weitere Infos:
www.mannheim.de/roger-willemsen-stipendium
❗Einsendeschluss ist der 30. April 2025
Weitere Infos:
www.mannheim.de/roger-willemsen-stipendium
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Arbeitsstipendien für deutschsprachige Literatur von in Berlin lebenden Schriftsteller*innen zu vergeben!
❗Die Antragsfrist endet am 06.05.2025 um 11.00 Uhr
Alle Informationen hier:
www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/f...
#BitteTeilen #SharingIsCaring
❗Die Antragsfrist endet am 06.05.2025 um 11.00 Uhr
Alle Informationen hier:
www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/f...
#BitteTeilen #SharingIsCaring
Arbeitsstipendien für deutschsprachige Literatur - Berlin.de
Die Stipendien sind für die künstlerische Entwicklung von professionell arbeitenden Autorinnen und Autoren bestimmt.
www.berlin.de
April 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Arbeitsstipendien für deutschsprachige Literatur von in Berlin lebenden Schriftsteller*innen zu vergeben!
❗Die Antragsfrist endet am 06.05.2025 um 11.00 Uhr
Alle Informationen hier:
www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/f...
#BitteTeilen #SharingIsCaring
❗Die Antragsfrist endet am 06.05.2025 um 11.00 Uhr
Alle Informationen hier:
www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/f...
#BitteTeilen #SharingIsCaring
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
This is really the scary scenario. Brain Drain from the US. Before the Nazis, US academics looked up to European academia. We’re headed back there.
Habe nun mit mehreren WissenschaftlerInnen gesprochen, die Fachkonferenzen in den USA lieber auslassen, weil die Lage so unklar ist. Die, die doch hinfahren, besorgen dafür eigens neue Laptops und Handys. Surreal. Die breite Öffentlichkeit realisiert noch immer zu wenig, wie ernst die Lage ist.
March 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is really the scary scenario. Brain Drain from the US. Before the Nazis, US academics looked up to European academia. We’re headed back there.
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I think this is a real problem. It isn't that military history is 'dead' - it isn't - but that it is so uneven in its distribution in the broader field. Some departments have a lot; many have nothing.
Some grad students get a background in it; many get nothing.
Some grad students get a background in it; many get nothing.
It was something that drove me bonkers in grad school was the complete absence of any sort of curriculum invoking military history or theory. How are people supposed to make decision about war and peace if they don’t understand it as a social, political, and technical phenomena?
March 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I think this is a real problem. It isn't that military history is 'dead' - it isn't - but that it is so uneven in its distribution in the broader field. Some departments have a lot; many have nothing.
Some grad students get a background in it; many get nothing.
Some grad students get a background in it; many get nothing.
Damn right. Slava Ukraini.
"Boots on the ground and planes in the air"
this is leadership, this is spine, this is doing the right thing!
www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
this is leadership, this is spine, this is doing the right thing!
www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
Zelensky-Starmer latest: Starmer announces European four-point plan to reach peace and defend Ukraine
www.bbc.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Damn right. Slava Ukraini.
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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:
February 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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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Want to be part of a fantastic, dedicated, brilliant team in grantmaking in #Holocaust research, education, and documentation? Look no further than the Program Officer position at @claims-conference.bsky.social! Come work with me! claimscon.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...
Program Officer Research Education and Documentation - Careers At Claims Conference
The Claims Conference is looking for a dynamic Program Officer to join our RED Research Education and Documentation team in our New York office We are looking for a diligent detail oriented and proact...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Want to be part of a fantastic, dedicated, brilliant team in grantmaking in #Holocaust research, education, and documentation? Look no further than the Program Officer position at @claims-conference.bsky.social! Come work with me! claimscon.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...
Fascinating!!!
I am part of the 2nd generation born in the so-called "Recovered Territories"– formerly German lands that are now part of Poland.
In the spirit of Lower Silesian pride, I'd like to give you an idea of what it means to live surrounded by traces of a foreign population.
🧵🗃️
In the spirit of Lower Silesian pride, I'd like to give you an idea of what it means to live surrounded by traces of a foreign population.
🧵🗃️
December 20, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Fascinating!!!
Dang. Didn’t get the NEH. Only 7% of applicants got it. Thought I had a shot, there’s only a handful of grants available at this stage of my career. Congratulations to any of you who got one!
December 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Dang. Didn’t get the NEH. Only 7% of applicants got it. Thought I had a shot, there’s only a handful of grants available at this stage of my career. Congratulations to any of you who got one!
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Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!
December 18, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!