Kirsten Kamphuis
@kirstorian.bsky.social
Historian of gender, empire and decolonization, Indonesia. ❤️ queer and lesbian history & (Dutch/Indonesian) literature 🏳️🌈 PhD from EUI, postdoc at Münster University.
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Kirsten Kamphuis
@kirstorian.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Hi everyone! I'm a feminist historian of gender, empire and decolonization, with a focus on the Netherlands and Indonesia. My new obsession = leftist women & their postcolonial activism. I look forward to not feeling dread every time I log in to social media!
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Soeharto being granted the title of National hero in Indonesia is a betrayal of all those killed by his regime. His actions & that of the forces under his control caused death & suffering all across Indonesia & beyond.
Whitewashing history by the gov't.
#SoehartoBukanPahlawan
Whitewashing history by the gov't.
#SoehartoBukanPahlawan
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Soeharto being granted the title of National hero in Indonesia is a betrayal of all those killed by his regime. His actions & that of the forces under his control caused death & suffering all across Indonesia & beyond.
Whitewashing history by the gov't.
#SoehartoBukanPahlawan
Whitewashing history by the gov't.
#SoehartoBukanPahlawan
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CfP: "Feminism and the making of the built environment: from past to present".
The YWH is now accepting submissions for issue #44 about feminist architectural practices! yearbookwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/c... #skystorians #architecture #feministarchitecture #academia #CfP
The YWH is now accepting submissions for issue #44 about feminist architectural practices! yearbookwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/c... #skystorians #architecture #feministarchitecture #academia #CfP
CfP #44: Feminism and the making of the built environment: from past to present
Gender theorists and activists often highlight the historical notion that “cities are made by men.” But is this entirely true? Or does this perspective omit and erase critical aspects of history? T…
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February 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
CfP: "Feminism and the making of the built environment: from past to present".
The YWH is now accepting submissions for issue #44 about feminist architectural practices! yearbookwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/c... #skystorians #architecture #feministarchitecture #academia #CfP
The YWH is now accepting submissions for issue #44 about feminist architectural practices! yearbookwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/c... #skystorians #architecture #feministarchitecture #academia #CfP
The Centre for Empire Studies at the University of Muenster is now offering 6-month fellowships to PhD candidates and postdocs! You'll work on your own project, application deadline is 31 March. #bluestorians
www.uni-muenster.de/Geschichte/e...
www.uni-muenster.de/Geschichte/e...
Fellowship at CES: Call for applications
The Centre for Empire Studies: (Post)Colonial Histories and Global Entanglements (CES) at the University of Münster welcomes applications for fellowships for a period of up to six months starting 1 Oc...
www.uni-muenster.de
February 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The Centre for Empire Studies at the University of Muenster is now offering 6-month fellowships to PhD candidates and postdocs! You'll work on your own project, application deadline is 31 March. #bluestorians
www.uni-muenster.de/Geschichte/e...
www.uni-muenster.de/Geschichte/e...
In 1913, suffragettes used this poster to protest the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act'. Under this Act, weakened hunger-strikers were let out of prison, only to be arrested again once they had regained their strenghts. Awesome and terrifying all at once!
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In 1913, suffragettes used this poster to protest the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act'. Under this Act, weakened hunger-strikers were let out of prison, only to be arrested again once they had regained their strenghts. Awesome and terrifying all at once!
Reposted by Kirsten Kamphuis
Work with me and Karen Hiestand! This Bloomsbury Colleges Doctoral Studentship is the 1st collaboration between Birkbeck humanities & the Royal Veterinary College. A great opportunity for candidates interested in innovative approaches to human-animal relations! bloomsbury.ac.uk/2025-project...
Who cares? The rise of veterinary specialist care in twenty-first century Britain
Principal Supervisor: Professor Heike Bauer (Head of Research Innovation & Knowledge Exchange – Faculty of HSS, Humanities and Social Sciences Central, Birkbeck, University of London) Co-…
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February 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Work with me and Karen Hiestand! This Bloomsbury Colleges Doctoral Studentship is the 1st collaboration between Birkbeck humanities & the Royal Veterinary College. A great opportunity for candidates interested in innovative approaches to human-animal relations! bloomsbury.ac.uk/2025-project...
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📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
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January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
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Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
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Berlin has an abundance of notable twentieth-century coats of arms.
Like the coat of arms of the East Berlin borough of Hohenschönhausen that was in use from 1987 to 1993 and reflects how central the GDR's Plattenbauten are for the borough.
Like the coat of arms of the East Berlin borough of Hohenschönhausen that was in use from 1987 to 1993 and reflects how central the GDR's Plattenbauten are for the borough.
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Berlin has an abundance of notable twentieth-century coats of arms.
Like the coat of arms of the East Berlin borough of Hohenschönhausen that was in use from 1987 to 1993 and reflects how central the GDR's Plattenbauten are for the borough.
Like the coat of arms of the East Berlin borough of Hohenschönhausen that was in use from 1987 to 1993 and reflects how central the GDR's Plattenbauten are for the borough.
Reposted by Kirsten Kamphuis
Het KNHG, de beroepsvereniging van historici in Nederland, bracht een handig dossier uit voor mensen die het CABR-archief willen raadplegen. Het dossier is een aanvulling op de website Oorlog voor de rechter en heeft speciale aandacht voor de historische onderzoeksmethode: knhg.nl/dossier-oorl...
Dossier Oorlog voor de Rechter - Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap
Het KNHG, de beroepsvereniging van historici in Nederland, heeft dit dossier gemaakt om u te helpen bij het bekijken van de dossiers uit het Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR), bijvoorbe...
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January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Het KNHG, de beroepsvereniging van historici in Nederland, bracht een handig dossier uit voor mensen die het CABR-archief willen raadplegen. Het dossier is een aanvulling op de website Oorlog voor de rechter en heeft speciale aandacht voor de historische onderzoeksmethode: knhg.nl/dossier-oorl...
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Found this gem in my files — a Third World feminist power-troika at the UN: Artati Marzuki (Indonesia), Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan) and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (India) engaging in discussions at the 7th Session of the UN General Assembly, 1st October 1952.
Credit: Alamy photos
Credit: Alamy photos
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Found this gem in my files — a Third World feminist power-troika at the UN: Artati Marzuki (Indonesia), Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan) and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (India) engaging in discussions at the 7th Session of the UN General Assembly, 1st October 1952.
Credit: Alamy photos
Credit: Alamy photos
Tune in to the inaugural lecture of Matthias van Rossem at RU on global histories of labour and colonialism! Fits well with our new @womenshistory.bsky.social Yearbook on women and ports, too. We'll have stevedores, labour activists, fisherwomen and more!
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Inaugural lecture professor Matthias van Rossum | Radboud University
Professor of Global Histories of Labour and Colonialism at Radboud University, Faculty of Arts will deliver an inaugural lecture (in Dutch) in an academic session on Friday, January 24, 2025 at 3.45 p...
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January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tune in to the inaugural lecture of Matthias van Rossem at RU on global histories of labour and colonialism! Fits well with our new @womenshistory.bsky.social Yearbook on women and ports, too. We'll have stevedores, labour activists, fisherwomen and more!
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
The best book on communist family life in NL: 'Mama las Marx' by Elke Weesjes. Also available in English, with an additional focus on the UK. Amazing source material, like communist children's mags! And that cover 😍
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
Mama las Marx
Tijdens de Koude Oorlog was de Nederlandse communistische partij een echte familieaangelegenheid en had, naar Sovjet-voorbeeld, een recept voor alle aspecten van het bestaan. Historicus Elke Weesjes i...
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January 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The best book on communist family life in NL: 'Mama las Marx' by Elke Weesjes. Also available in English, with an additional focus on the UK. Amazing source material, like communist children's mags! And that cover 😍
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
Out now: 'Verbotene Beziehungen: 'Forbidden Relationships: female Homosexuality in National-Socialist Austria' by Dr. Natascha Bobrowsky. Great to see new attention for queer history in national-socialism recently, eg. @ankahajkova.bsky.social and others.
www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/nata...
www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/nata...
Verbotene Beziehungen
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January 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Out now: 'Verbotene Beziehungen: 'Forbidden Relationships: female Homosexuality in National-Socialist Austria' by Dr. Natascha Bobrowsky. Great to see new attention for queer history in national-socialism recently, eg. @ankahajkova.bsky.social and others.
www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/nata...
www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/nata...
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Submit a proposal in Queer Studies - calling all emerging scholars and especially Germanists! The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group at Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2025 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Queer Studies. www.peterlang.com/2025-emergin...
2025 Emerging Scholars Competition - Peter Lang
Enter the 2025 Emerging Scholars Competition in Queer Studies for the chance to win a publishing contract with Gold Open Access.
www.peterlang.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Submit a proposal in Queer Studies - calling all emerging scholars and especially Germanists! The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group at Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2025 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Queer Studies. www.peterlang.com/2025-emergin...
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While the lower back tattoo or the barbed wire on the bicep may feel like recent trends, women have been getting inked for centuries.
From initials to butterflies, Nastasha Sartore explores Victorian women's tattoo choices. ✊🗃️
www.historyworkshop....
From initials to butterflies, Nastasha Sartore explores Victorian women's tattoo choices. ✊🗃️
www.historyworkshop....
Victorian Women's Tattoos
From initials to butterflies, Nastasha Sartore explores Victorian women's tattoo choices.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:17 AM
While the lower back tattoo or the barbed wire on the bicep may feel like recent trends, women have been getting inked for centuries.
From initials to butterflies, Nastasha Sartore explores Victorian women's tattoo choices. ✊🗃️
www.historyworkshop....
From initials to butterflies, Nastasha Sartore explores Victorian women's tattoo choices. ✊🗃️
www.historyworkshop....
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So, liebe #IchBinHanna, jetzt musst Du Dich entscheiden!
Willst Du (a) die Professur als einzig respektable Position in der dt. Wissenschaft
oder (b) Dich völlig ambitionslos gemütlich im Mittelbau #einkuscheln, wo die Arbeit auf Dauerstellen nur was zählt, wenn Du weiterhin Prof werden willst?
Willst Du (a) die Professur als einzig respektable Position in der dt. Wissenschaft
oder (b) Dich völlig ambitionslos gemütlich im Mittelbau #einkuscheln, wo die Arbeit auf Dauerstellen nur was zählt, wenn Du weiterhin Prof werden willst?
December 11, 2024 at 10:50 PM
So, liebe #IchBinHanna, jetzt musst Du Dich entscheiden!
Willst Du (a) die Professur als einzig respektable Position in der dt. Wissenschaft
oder (b) Dich völlig ambitionslos gemütlich im Mittelbau #einkuscheln, wo die Arbeit auf Dauerstellen nur was zählt, wenn Du weiterhin Prof werden willst?
Willst Du (a) die Professur als einzig respektable Position in der dt. Wissenschaft
oder (b) Dich völlig ambitionslos gemütlich im Mittelbau #einkuscheln, wo die Arbeit auf Dauerstellen nur was zählt, wenn Du weiterhin Prof werden willst?
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The allure of Presses universitaires de France books in the late 80s/early 90s 🗃️
December 11, 2024 at 9:10 AM
The allure of Presses universitaires de France books in the late 80s/early 90s 🗃️
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"To better understand denialism’s transnational nature, it is important first to contextualize this phenomenon as a continuation of the imperial project itself."
Sean Carleton, Alan Lester, Adele Perry, and Omeasoo Wahpasiw's essay is live today.
activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12...
Sean Carleton, Alan Lester, Adele Perry, and Omeasoo Wahpasiw's essay is live today.
activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12...
Exposing Residential School Denialism’s Transnational Network
Residential school denialism may have its origins in Canada, but it is increasingly circulating and being used around the world as part of a wider matrix of imperial apologetics – a transnational n…
activehistory.ca
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
"To better understand denialism’s transnational nature, it is important first to contextualize this phenomenon as a continuation of the imperial project itself."
Sean Carleton, Alan Lester, Adele Perry, and Omeasoo Wahpasiw's essay is live today.
activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12...
Sean Carleton, Alan Lester, Adele Perry, and Omeasoo Wahpasiw's essay is live today.
activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12...
Liebe Kolleg*Innen, was wird an der Uni eigentlicht gemeint mit der mysteriösen Phrase "Ihre Bewerbung mit den üblichen Unterlagen"? Klar, Lebenslauf und Anschreiben, aber sonst? Referenzen, Projektvorschlag, Katzenfotos? 🤔
@isalischewski.bsky.social @renggli.bsky.social, weisst ihr Bescheid?
@isalischewski.bsky.social @renggli.bsky.social, weisst ihr Bescheid?
December 9, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Liebe Kolleg*Innen, was wird an der Uni eigentlicht gemeint mit der mysteriösen Phrase "Ihre Bewerbung mit den üblichen Unterlagen"? Klar, Lebenslauf und Anschreiben, aber sonst? Referenzen, Projektvorschlag, Katzenfotos? 🤔
@isalischewski.bsky.social @renggli.bsky.social, weisst ihr Bescheid?
@isalischewski.bsky.social @renggli.bsky.social, weisst ihr Bescheid?
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"Mijn normen en waarden kunnen niet hard genoeg botsen met die van de huidige coalitie, die zonder schaamte de wetenschap afbreekt, de onafhankelijke rechtspraak bedreigt en de aanval op de vrije pers heeft ingezet."
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Column | Gegijzeld in het hokje ‘buitenstaander’
ColumnHassnae Bouazza
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December 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
"Mijn normen en waarden kunnen niet hard genoeg botsen met die van de huidige coalitie, die zonder schaamte de wetenschap afbreekt, de onafhankelijke rechtspraak bedreigt en de aanval op de vrije pers heeft ingezet."
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Fingers crossed for my research proposal on the Cold War contacts between leftist activists in the GDR and Indonesia. Yes - they existed and were even INTENSIVE 🙂
Marwani Pardede, vice-president of the Indonesian leftist women's org Gerwani, speaking at the VII. Bundeskongress of the Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands (DFD) in East Berlin, 1960. suedostasien.net/indonesien-f...
December 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Fingers crossed for my research proposal on the Cold War contacts between leftist activists in the GDR and Indonesia. Yes - they existed and were even INTENSIVE 🙂
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Willen jullie er mee voor zorgen dat "transitiespijt" niet woord van het jaar wordt? Fuck transphobes (maar dan niet op de fijne manier) woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl/nl?fbclid=PA...
Stem op het Van Dale Woord van het Jaar 2024!
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December 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Willen jullie er mee voor zorgen dat "transitiespijt" niet woord van het jaar wordt? Fuck transphobes (maar dan niet op de fijne manier) woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl/nl?fbclid=PA...
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Women in the History of Political Thought Conference 2025 in Ghent's Call for Papers is here!
womeninhpt.com/call-for-pap...
womeninhpt.com/call-for-pap...
Call for papers
womeninhpt.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Women in the History of Political Thought Conference 2025 in Ghent's Call for Papers is here!
womeninhpt.com/call-for-pap...
womeninhpt.com/call-for-pap...
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Extreemrechtse #Georgescu is bevoordeeld door #TikTok, zeggen Roemeense veiligheidsdiensten
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... in @nrc.nl
Extreemrechtse Georgescu is bevoordeeld door TikTok, zeggen Roemeense veiligheidsdiensten
Verkiezingen Roemenië: Vrijgegeven documenten bevestigen dat de omstreden Roemeense presidentskandidaat Calin Georgescu werd gesteund door een georganiseerde operatie op sociale media. Europarlementar...
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December 5, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Extreemrechtse #Georgescu is bevoordeeld door #TikTok, zeggen Roemeense veiligheidsdiensten
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... in @nrc.nl
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New on Digital Childhoods: an interview with Chiara Candaele about her SHCY award-winning dissertation, "Exceptional Childhood: Legitimising Transnational Adoption in Postcolonial Belgium": shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/transnat...
Stories and Histories of Transnational Adoption - Digital Childhoods
Chiara Candaele shares her research into the personal and political history of transnational adoption in Belgium.
shcydigitalchildhoods.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
New on Digital Childhoods: an interview with Chiara Candaele about her SHCY award-winning dissertation, "Exceptional Childhood: Legitimising Transnational Adoption in Postcolonial Belgium": shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/transnat...