Almuth Ebke
@almuthebke.bsky.social
historian at the University of Mannheim. Wrote a book on the intellectual history of #Britishness. Now: the bible, #secularism, and #modernity in the 19th/early 20th cent.
Das hat Spaß gemacht! Vielen herzlichen Dank für die Einladung ☺️
Wir eröffnen das Semester in unserem #Kolloquium direkt mit einem Gastvortrag: @almuthebke.bsky.social spricht am Donnerstag um 16 Uhr mit uns über "Gott und die Welt. Die Inspiration der Bibel und das Konzept der Moderne, ca. 1860–1960". Bei Interesse gerne Mail an nng@uni-bonn.de. Wir freuen uns!
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Das hat Spaß gemacht! Vielen herzlichen Dank für die Einladung ☺️
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Sending out a random request to the universe —
If there are any Borges scholars in my network, or if anyone has a connection to a Borges scholar and could DM me their name, I would love to find such people.
If there are any Borges scholars in my network, or if anyone has a connection to a Borges scholar and could DM me their name, I would love to find such people.
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sending out a random request to the universe —
If there are any Borges scholars in my network, or if anyone has a connection to a Borges scholar and could DM me their name, I would love to find such people.
If there are any Borges scholars in my network, or if anyone has a connection to a Borges scholar and could DM me their name, I would love to find such people.
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JOB
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 @ University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 @ University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 @ University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 @ University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
"But the rejections remain hidden, forming a shadow CV of declined manuscripts, unfunded proposals, and invitations that never came. Rejection, however, isn’t the exception in this profession. It’s the norm." 👇👇👇
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"But the rejections remain hidden, forming a shadow CV of declined manuscripts, unfunded proposals, and invitations that never came. Rejection, however, isn’t the exception in this profession. It’s the norm." 👇👇👇
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New on the GHIL #Podcast!
Coinciding with tonight's #ThyssenLecture, our latest episode is a recording of the fifth lecture in our series in collaboration with the Fritz Thyssen Foundation on 'Science, Knowledge, and the Legacy of Empire', given by Gudrun Krämer (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)
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Coinciding with tonight's #ThyssenLecture, our latest episode is a recording of the fifth lecture in our series in collaboration with the Fritz Thyssen Foundation on 'Science, Knowledge, and the Legacy of Empire', given by Gudrun Krämer (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)
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October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New on the GHIL #Podcast!
Coinciding with tonight's #ThyssenLecture, our latest episode is a recording of the fifth lecture in our series in collaboration with the Fritz Thyssen Foundation on 'Science, Knowledge, and the Legacy of Empire', given by Gudrun Krämer (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)
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Coinciding with tonight's #ThyssenLecture, our latest episode is a recording of the fifth lecture in our series in collaboration with the Fritz Thyssen Foundation on 'Science, Knowledge, and the Legacy of Empire', given by Gudrun Krämer (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)
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We are excited to welcome this year's Medieval History Seminar participants tomorrow! 📣
The seminar will bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2024/2025) in medieval history from American, Canadian, British, Irish, and
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The seminar will bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2024/2025) in medieval history from American, Canadian, British, Irish, and
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October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We are excited to welcome this year's Medieval History Seminar participants tomorrow! 📣
The seminar will bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2024/2025) in medieval history from American, Canadian, British, Irish, and
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The seminar will bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2024/2025) in medieval history from American, Canadian, British, Irish, and
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Cool job opportunity 🕵🕵️♂️ PhD in Modern History, Political Science, or International Relations or related field required.
Historian
Job Opportunity: The International Spy Museum is searching for a Historian & Curator to join our Exhibitions and Collections team. Our new museum is located at L’Enfant Plaza.
www.spymuseum.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Cool job opportunity 🕵🕵️♂️ PhD in Modern History, Political Science, or International Relations or related field required.
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Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.
📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.
📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
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#Joboffer in Innsbruck: The Institute for Diversity in Medicine looks for a postdoc in the field of Sex/Gender and Diversity-sensitive Medicine: www.i-med.ac.at/karriere/job...
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#Joboffer in Innsbruck: The Institute for Diversity in Medicine looks for a postdoc in the field of Sex/Gender and Diversity-sensitive Medicine: www.i-med.ac.at/karriere/job...
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Call for applications! 📣
The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
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Booktok Kanonbildung, da lacht mein kleines LitWiss Herz
Establishing a BookTok Canon
Which books work and how
romancingthephone.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Booktok Kanonbildung, da lacht mein kleines LitWiss Herz
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Wenn jetzt jede Jahreszeit ihre Romance-Bestseller bekommt, dann freue ich mich irgendwie schon drauf, wenn der deutsche Buchmarkt Karneval entdeckt.
Nach einem persönlichen Trauma tritt [x] den Funkenmariechen bei und trifft dort auf den brooding Karnevalsprinz ihrer Träume.
Nach einem persönlichen Trauma tritt [x] den Funkenmariechen bei und trifft dort auf den brooding Karnevalsprinz ihrer Träume.
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wenn jetzt jede Jahreszeit ihre Romance-Bestseller bekommt, dann freue ich mich irgendwie schon drauf, wenn der deutsche Buchmarkt Karneval entdeckt.
Nach einem persönlichen Trauma tritt [x] den Funkenmariechen bei und trifft dort auf den brooding Karnevalsprinz ihrer Träume.
Nach einem persönlichen Trauma tritt [x] den Funkenmariechen bei und trifft dort auf den brooding Karnevalsprinz ihrer Träume.
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📣 Apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London!
🎓 It is awarded annually for an outstanding #PhD thesis on
- German history (submitted to a British or Irish university),
- British history or British colonial history (submitted to a German university),
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🎓 It is awarded annually for an outstanding #PhD thesis on
- German history (submitted to a British or Irish university),
- British history or British colonial history (submitted to a German university),
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July 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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We are looking forward to this special event tomorrow!
There is still time to sign up and join us - either in person or online:
www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
There is still time to sign up and join us - either in person or online:
www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us for a special event on 13 May at 5.30pm (BST)! 📣
"London – Images as Evidence | Bilder als Beweise"
with Janina Struk (independent scholar), Paul Betts (University of Oxford) and James Bulgin (Imperial War Museums)
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"London – Images as Evidence | Bilder als Beweise"
with Janina Struk (independent scholar), Paul Betts (University of Oxford) and James Bulgin (Imperial War Museums)
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May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We are looking forward to this special event tomorrow!
There is still time to sign up and join us - either in person or online:
www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
There is still time to sign up and join us - either in person or online:
www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
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Expert guidance on using, and getting the most from, the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History', from @ihr.bsky.social. Booking now available. #skystorians
Join us and @brepols.bsky.social for a webinar introducing the new Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) interface.
Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Time: 17:00 (Brussels) / 11:00 (Eastern Time, USA) / 16:00 (London, UK)
Duration: 15 minutes, followed by a Q&A
More info: bit.ly/BBIHwebinar
Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Time: 17:00 (Brussels) / 11:00 (Eastern Time, USA) / 16:00 (London, UK)
Duration: 15 minutes, followed by a Q&A
More info: bit.ly/BBIHwebinar
April 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Expert guidance on using, and getting the most from, the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History', from @ihr.bsky.social. Booking now available. #skystorians
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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I don't think I've laughed as hard since Four Seasons Landscaping :-)
April 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I don't think I've laughed as hard since Four Seasons Landscaping :-)
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‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex
March 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex
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Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by its index.
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by its index.
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
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Join us on 27.2. at 5:30pm for a GHIL Lecture in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) given by Maren Röger (Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa - GWZO) on '(Cold) War Games: Scenarios on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain'!
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February 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us on 27.2. at 5:30pm for a GHIL Lecture in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) given by Maren Röger (Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa - GWZO) on '(Cold) War Games: Scenarios on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain'!
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PSA: VG Wort Meldefrist ist der 31. Januar.
January 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
PSA: VG Wort Meldefrist ist der 31. Januar.
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Every 19th century German academic: after Abitur at the age of 16 they defended their thesis (17 pages, 3 footnotes) on Hegel at 23 in Tübingen, followed by a habilitation on Roman History at 25 in Marburg. Then held the chair of medicine at the Karl-Justus-Heinrich-Wilhelm-Universität for 55 years.
December 10, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Every 19th century German academic: after Abitur at the age of 16 they defended their thesis (17 pages, 3 footnotes) on Hegel at 23 in Tübingen, followed by a habilitation on Roman History at 25 in Marburg. Then held the chair of medicine at the Karl-Justus-Heinrich-Wilhelm-Universität for 55 years.
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Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today: