Nisrine Rahal
@nisriner123.bsky.social
Historian of modern Europe and Germany. Writing on and thinking about the politics of children's education, revolution, protest, and emotions. Assistant professor at Wake Forest University
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#CfP Transnational Approaches to the Long Nineteenth-Century History of East-Central Europe
📌 Conference in Vilnius | 16.–17.04.2026 | organised by the Nordost-Institut Lüneburg, GHI Warsaw & Lithuanian Institute of History
📝 Deadline: 30/11/2025
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📌 Conference in Vilnius | 16.–17.04.2026 | organised by the Nordost-Institut Lüneburg, GHI Warsaw & Lithuanian Institute of History
📝 Deadline: 30/11/2025
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung.de/aktuelles/au...
September 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#CfP Transnational Approaches to the Long Nineteenth-Century History of East-Central Europe
📌 Conference in Vilnius | 16.–17.04.2026 | organised by the Nordost-Institut Lüneburg, GHI Warsaw & Lithuanian Institute of History
📝 Deadline: 30/11/2025
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung.de/aktuelles/au...
📌 Conference in Vilnius | 16.–17.04.2026 | organised by the Nordost-Institut Lüneburg, GHI Warsaw & Lithuanian Institute of History
📝 Deadline: 30/11/2025
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung.de/aktuelles/au...
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The book’s intro is ready to go…
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
July 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The book’s intro is ready to go…
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
The final title might still change slightly, but for now it’s:
“Uncertain Knowledge: The Science of Making Relevance between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe”
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Winner of the RHS Early Career Article Prize (2025):
Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).
bit.ly/4ljXySE 1/2 #Skystorians
Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).
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July 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Winner of the RHS Early Career Article Prize (2025):
Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).
bit.ly/4ljXySE 1/2 #Skystorians
Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).
bit.ly/4ljXySE 1/2 #Skystorians
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We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Society for the History of Children and Youth's biennial conference, which is being held on Zoom from June 26-28 2025. To register, click here: tinyurl.com/4ypduv4r
June 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Society for the History of Children and Youth's biennial conference, which is being held on Zoom from June 26-28 2025. To register, click here: tinyurl.com/4ypduv4r
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
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2 postdoc posts in in 19th Century Political History: (Public Opinion and the Crimean War):
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Postdoc Positions in 19th Century Political History: Public Opinion and the Crimean War
The Department of Culture and Language at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions (2 years, full-time), with the possibility of extension within th...
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June 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
2 postdoc posts in in 19th Century Political History: (Public Opinion and the Crimean War):
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Kaffee und Kuchen in Berlin. A very nice spot.
May 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Kaffee und Kuchen in Berlin. A very nice spot.
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Looking forward to this "Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History" roundtable I organize with @rmgrossmann.bsky.social at @thegsa.bsky.social and supported by @ghiwashington.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Looking forward to this "Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History" roundtable I organize with @rmgrossmann.bsky.social at @thegsa.bsky.social and supported by @ghiwashington.bsky.social
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‘For the last 30 years there has been almost no new scholarship on the German Peasants’ War. After reunification the subject was simply too difficult, because the former East and the former West had diametrically opposed interpretations of it.’
Lyndal Roper on the blog
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Lyndal Roper on the blog
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Lyndal Roper | How is the German Peasants’ War remembered?
Five hundred years ago this week, the rebels of the German Peasants’ War, or Bauernkrieg, were defeated in a series of...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
‘For the last 30 years there has been almost no new scholarship on the German Peasants’ War. After reunification the subject was simply too difficult, because the former East and the former West had diametrically opposed interpretations of it.’
Lyndal Roper on the blog
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Lyndal Roper on the blog
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
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Our New Voices blog continues with a post from Emma Flanagan.
Drawn from her PhD research at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Emma explores the links between the communist movement and women's anticolonial resistance in post-war French North Africa.
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Drawn from her PhD research at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Emma explores the links between the communist movement and women's anticolonial resistance in post-war French North Africa.
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“Nous les mamans“: ‘European’ Communism, Cross-Cultural Encounters, and Women’s Anticolonial Resistance in French North Africa « History# « Cambridge Core Blog
Mention the words “women” and “Algeria” and the remarkableness of their role in armed resistance during the War of Independence (1954-1962) will often come to mind. Accounts of women planting bombs an...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our New Voices blog continues with a post from Emma Flanagan.
Drawn from her PhD research at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Emma explores the links between the communist movement and women's anticolonial resistance in post-war French North Africa.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Drawn from her PhD research at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Emma explores the links between the communist movement and women's anticolonial resistance in post-war French North Africa.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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I had loads of fun talking to history students at Warwick. Here’s me ( with way too much caffeine in) having a chat on their super Warwick History podcast. Curious, enthusiastic, fun. The future may be alright! open.spotify.com/episode/43BP...
Migration, Refuge, Response: An Eastern European analysis of Foreign Aid and Humanitarianism with Dr. Doina Anca Cretu.
The Warwick History Hour · Episode
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May 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I had loads of fun talking to history students at Warwick. Here’s me ( with way too much caffeine in) having a chat on their super Warwick History podcast. Curious, enthusiastic, fun. The future may be alright! open.spotify.com/episode/43BP...
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Here is the latest fantastic interview in @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social's series 'New Directions in the History of the Body'. Here, Professor Karen Harvey, @kharveyhistory.bsky.social, discusses her portfolio of work on the body's material history
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New Directions in the History of the Body – Holly Fletcher in Conversation with Karen Harvey
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May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Here is the latest fantastic interview in @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social's series 'New Directions in the History of the Body'. Here, Professor Karen Harvey, @kharveyhistory.bsky.social, discusses her portfolio of work on the body's material history
sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emoti...
Good Morning Historians! I am proposing a sponsored panel for the AHA on utopian hope, protest, and radical futures in German speaking Europe. I am on the lookout for a chair and moderator- if you are available, please reach out!
May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good Morning Historians! I am proposing a sponsored panel for the AHA on utopian hope, protest, and radical futures in German speaking Europe. I am on the lookout for a chair and moderator- if you are available, please reach out!
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Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Klopfer, recipient of the 2025 Franz Steiner Prize for her book manuscript “Trade and Taste: French Things in the Making of the American Nation, 1780s–1820s”! We look forward to publishing her book in our Steiner Verlag series “Transatlantic Historical Studies.”
May 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Klopfer, recipient of the 2025 Franz Steiner Prize for her book manuscript “Trade and Taste: French Things in the Making of the American Nation, 1780s–1820s”! We look forward to publishing her book in our Steiner Verlag series “Transatlantic Historical Studies.”
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The AHA offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best published journal article written by an undergraduate student. The article must be published between May 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025. Submit nominations by May 15. 🗃️
Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for Undergraduate Articles – AHA
The AHA offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best article published in a journal written by an undergraduate student.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The AHA offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best published journal article written by an undergraduate student. The article must be published between May 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025. Submit nominations by May 15. 🗃️
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How Black Germans fight for recognition of Nazi-era crimes p.dw.com/p/4tsHB
How Black Germans fight for recognition of Nazi-era crimes – DW – 05/07/2025
The Nazis targeted Black people living in Germany, excluding them from society through forced sterilization and denial of citizenship. Activists and historians still strive for recognition of these in...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
How Black Germans fight for recognition of Nazi-era crimes p.dw.com/p/4tsHB
Every season is soup season. My take on Potaje de Garbanzos y Espinacas (Spanish chickpea and spinach soup)
May 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every season is soup season. My take on Potaje de Garbanzos y Espinacas (Spanish chickpea and spinach soup)
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Next Saturday is the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the new exhibition at the Met’s Costume Institute, inspired by Monica L. Miller’s book, "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity." Learn more about the book here!
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May 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Next Saturday is the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the new exhibition at the Met’s Costume Institute, inspired by Monica L. Miller’s book, "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity." Learn more about the book here!
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The #WeeklyRead is "Living and Dying in São Paulo" by Jeffrey Lesser, which focuses on São Paulo’s Bom Retiro neighborhood to examine the competing visions of wellbeing in Brazil among racialized immigrants and policymakers and health officials. Read it now for free!
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May 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The #WeeklyRead is "Living and Dying in São Paulo" by Jeffrey Lesser, which focuses on São Paulo’s Bom Retiro neighborhood to examine the competing visions of wellbeing in Brazil among racialized immigrants and policymakers and health officials. Read it now for free!
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The International Society for First World War Studies' annual Awards in support of Early Career research excellence are currently open until 1st June 2025.
The Society offers a range of awards to recognise emerging scholars in the field of FIrst World War studies from amongst our members.
The Society offers a range of awards to recognise emerging scholars in the field of FIrst World War studies from amongst our members.
May 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The International Society for First World War Studies' annual Awards in support of Early Career research excellence are currently open until 1st June 2025.
The Society offers a range of awards to recognise emerging scholars in the field of FIrst World War studies from amongst our members.
The Society offers a range of awards to recognise emerging scholars in the field of FIrst World War studies from amongst our members.
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New article in english : #interview with the US historian Terrence Peterson for its book ‘Revolutionary Warfare, How the Algerian war made modern counterinsurgency.’
#Algeria #France
#Algeria #France
The astonishing legacy of French counter-insurgency doctrine - Interview
In a book based on extensive archives, US historian Terrence Peterson describes the ‘pacification’ carried out by the French army in Algeria in an attempt to erase the Indochinese disaster of Diên (…)
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February 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New article in english : #interview with the US historian Terrence Peterson for its book ‘Revolutionary Warfare, How the Algerian war made modern counterinsurgency.’
#Algeria #France
#Algeria #France
Waking up to the news that my article has been officially published is an excellent way to start the final week of classes!
April 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Waking up to the news that my article has been officially published is an excellent way to start the final week of classes!
My article “Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s” with Central European History is now available online. I argue that the kindergarten was a space of protest during the revolution of 1848-49 on par with the barricades.
Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s | Central European History | Cambridge Core
Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s
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April 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My article “Working for Utopia: Women's Gendered Labor, Activism, and the Kindergarten during the Revolutionary 1840s” with Central European History is now available online. I argue that the kindergarten was a space of protest during the revolution of 1848-49 on par with the barricades.
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#Archive30: Our approx. 200,000 digitised Prussian teachers' files contain many #HiddenHistories, maybe even about your family history, but also about the lives of famous teachers like K. Duden: in 1880 he compiled the first & most renowned complete orthographic dictionary of the German language.
April 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#Archive30: Our approx. 200,000 digitised Prussian teachers' files contain many #HiddenHistories, maybe even about your family history, but also about the lives of famous teachers like K. Duden: in 1880 he compiled the first & most renowned complete orthographic dictionary of the German language.