Adam A. Blackler
@adamblackler.bsky.social
Historian of Germany, particularly of colonialism, genocide studies, and the Weimar Republic. Associate Professor and proud cat dad.
https://www.uwyo.edu/history/people/faculty/blackler.html
https://www.uwyo.edu/history/people/faculty/blackler.html
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Hi everyone - I am a historian of German colonialism, genocide studies, and the Weimar Republic. I am currently writing a book on Germany's imperial afterlife in the wake of WWI. My first book explores how Africans confronted colonial rule in Namibia (1842-1919). I also love Berlin and my cats.
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Had a fabulous time at the University of Wyoming, meeting with students and giving a talk. Many thanks to everyone there, the great faculty, engaged students, and especially the generous hosting of my friend @adamblackler.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Had a fabulous time at the University of Wyoming, meeting with students and giving a talk. Many thanks to everyone there, the great faculty, engaged students, and especially the generous hosting of my friend @adamblackler.bsky.social
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Noch bis zum 23. November könnt Ihr im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin die spannende Ausstellung "Gewalt ausstellen" über frühe Ausstellungen über die NS-Besatzung in Europa, u.a. in Paris, Liberec und Warschau, anschauen. Ich war gerade dort, große Empfehlung.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Noch bis zum 23. November könnt Ihr im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin die spannende Ausstellung "Gewalt ausstellen" über frühe Ausstellungen über die NS-Besatzung in Europa, u.a. in Paris, Liberec und Warschau, anschauen. Ich war gerade dort, große Empfehlung.
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It's a great honour to have been invited to speak about my book in Berlin again, this time in German, and this time at the @topographie.de - Topographie des Terrors - on 10 December. Details here - do come along if you are in Berlin!
www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...
www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...
Das Sinfoniekonzert im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland
www.topographie.de
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's a great honour to have been invited to speak about my book in Berlin again, this time in German, and this time at the @topographie.de - Topographie des Terrors - on 10 December. Details here - do come along if you are in Berlin!
www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...
www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...
Waffles hates paying the mortgage
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Waffles hates paying the mortgage
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
Eight Famous Poems Rewritten by Your Asshole Cat
“This is Just to Say” I have eaten the eggs that were on the counter which you were probably saving for breakfast. They weren’t moist or savory lik...
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
I am looking forward to welcoming @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social on 11 November.
"Law vs. Authoritarianism: How Hans Litten Tried to Use the Courts to Stop Hitler"
University of Wyoming, Business Auditorium (4-5:30 p.m)
Please join us!
"Law vs. Authoritarianism: How Hans Litten Tried to Use the Courts to Stop Hitler"
University of Wyoming, Business Auditorium (4-5:30 p.m)
Please join us!
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I am looking forward to welcoming @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social on 11 November.
"Law vs. Authoritarianism: How Hans Litten Tried to Use the Courts to Stop Hitler"
University of Wyoming, Business Auditorium (4-5:30 p.m)
Please join us!
"Law vs. Authoritarianism: How Hans Litten Tried to Use the Courts to Stop Hitler"
University of Wyoming, Business Auditorium (4-5:30 p.m)
Please join us!
Nazi bullshit all over my campus. I am so angry.
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nazi bullshit all over my campus. I am so angry.
My research assistant has called it a day.
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My research assistant has called it a day.
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In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Nice start to the new living room layout. I just love Jeanne Mammen’s work from the Weimar era.
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Nice start to the new living room layout. I just love Jeanne Mammen’s work from the Weimar era.
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I am THRILLED to announce that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is officially published with @dukepress.bsky.social! For those who would like to order the book, you can get 30% off using coupon code E25GRBNR at this link: www.dukeupress.edu/archival-irr...
Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica
www.dukeupress.edu
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I am THRILLED to announce that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is officially published with @dukepress.bsky.social! For those who would like to order the book, you can get 30% off using coupon code E25GRBNR at this link: www.dukeupress.edu/archival-irr...
A new addition to the kitchen.
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A new addition to the kitchen.
My editor has seen enough.
October 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My editor has seen enough.
Quite the resemblance 😂
October 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Quite the resemblance 😂
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Call for Applications: “8th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: German History at the Crossroads? New Narratives, Perspectives and Approaches,” hosted at @colorado.edu and taking place March 2026. Further info here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call for Applications: “8th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: German History at the Crossroads? New Narratives, Perspectives and Approaches,” hosted at @colorado.edu and taking place March 2026. Further info here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
"As you work, remind us that you cook for your family. Family is so important. Real, good families, just like yours.
Smile."
Smile."
How to Make Strudel Like Magda Goebbels
“My grandfather used to say ‘and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel’ and I never knew what it meant until after he died my grandmother explained s...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"As you work, remind us that you cook for your family. Family is so important. Real, good families, just like yours.
Smile."
Smile."
“That doesn’t look like writing to me.”
September 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“That doesn’t look like writing to me.”
You’re drunk, Strudel!
September 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You’re drunk, Strudel!
"How hysterical all the words and deeds of the government are! The endless threatening of the death sentence, the arrest of hostages, the search for subversive couriers and pamphlets throughout Germany."
Victor Klemperer, Diary, 28 July 1933
Victor Klemperer, Diary, 28 July 1933
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"How hysterical all the words and deeds of the government are! The endless threatening of the death sentence, the arrest of hostages, the search for subversive couriers and pamphlets throughout Germany."
Victor Klemperer, Diary, 28 July 1933
Victor Klemperer, Diary, 28 July 1933
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My new article on Anglo-German relations prior to 1914 (the introduction to a special issue) has just come out online for the journal 'German History'. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
A Farewell to the Thucydides Trap: The ‘Anglo-German Antagonism’ as History and International Relations Paradigm*
Abstract. Prefacing a series of articles in the Special Issue examining the imperial and colonial dimensions of Anglo-German relations prior to and during
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July 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My new article on Anglo-German relations prior to 1914 (the introduction to a special issue) has just come out online for the journal 'German History'. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
Waffles and Strudel for breakfast
August 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Waffles and Strudel for breakfast
This video never stops being relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett
YouTube video by Browser Ballett
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August 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This video never stops being relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
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This Sunday, Historians At The Movies talks about Nazi Germany, resistance, and swing. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, August 31 at 8pm eastern for SWING KIDS.
Keep #HATM dancing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM dancing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
August 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This Sunday, Historians At The Movies talks about Nazi Germany, resistance, and swing. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, August 31 at 8pm eastern for SWING KIDS.
Keep #HATM dancing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM dancing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Enjoying my coffee.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Enjoying my coffee.