Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh
@ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany | Assistent Professor of Political History, Utrecht University | Second book: Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz | First book: Wilhelm I as German Emperor: Staging the Kaiser (2024)
On the road again! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) will travel to Bad Homburg next week to present our books with the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen and discuss our arguments with
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On the road again! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) will travel to Bad Homburg next week to present our books with the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen and discuss our arguments with
What a truly fantastic day yesterday at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social! Thank you to those who were on the stage with me: Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social),
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What a truly fantastic day yesterday at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social! Thank you to those who were on the stage with me: Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social),
Happening today at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social - new perspectives on Prussian history in the 19th century, with Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social), Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social),
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Happening today at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social - new perspectives on Prussian history in the 19th century, with Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social), Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social),
Two more days to go until these four books are presented at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social! Join Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social, Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social), @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social,
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Two more days to go until these four books are presented at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social! Join Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social), @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social, Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social), @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social,
Four books, two events and one day in October: join us next week Wednesday @humanitiesuu.bsky.social for a whole day on new perspectives on Prussian and German history in the nineteenth century!
For more information and signing up, please visit 👇 forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
For more information and signing up, please visit 👇 forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Four books, two events and one day in October: join us next week Wednesday @humanitiesuu.bsky.social for a whole day on new perspectives on Prussian and German history in the nineteenth century!
For more information and signing up, please visit 👇 forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
For more information and signing up, please visit 👇 forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
In the evening, Christopher Clark will present his new book, ‘A Scandal in Königsberg, 1835-1842’, published by @penguinpress.bsky.social, with a response from @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social, moderation by Beatrice de Graaf and taking place in the Academiegebouw of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In the evening, Christopher Clark will present his new book, ‘A Scandal in Königsberg, 1835-1842’, published by @penguinpress.bsky.social, with a response from @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social, moderation by Beatrice de Graaf and taking place in the Academiegebouw of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social.
In the afternoon, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social), with responses from @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social, Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social) and Frans Willem Lantink.
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In the afternoon, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social), with responses from @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social, Christopher Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social) and Frans Willem Lantink.
📢 CHANGED DATE AND TIMES! RE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED 📢
Our combined book presentations, will now take place on 15 October 2025 – conveniently all in one day!
Please re-register by scanning the QR-code on the posters or fill in the new registration link: forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
Our combined book presentations, will now take place on 15 October 2025 – conveniently all in one day!
Please re-register by scanning the QR-code on the posters or fill in the new registration link: forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📢 CHANGED DATE AND TIMES! RE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED 📢
Our combined book presentations, will now take place on 15 October 2025 – conveniently all in one day!
Please re-register by scanning the QR-code on the posters or fill in the new registration link: forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
Our combined book presentations, will now take place on 15 October 2025 – conveniently all in one day!
Please re-register by scanning the QR-code on the posters or fill in the new registration link: forms.office.com/e/wDziGHi7Yi
Did not do push-ups either, won a war nonetheless.
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Did not do push-ups either, won a war nonetheless.
Ook Pedro T. Magalhães heeft op basis van het werk van Max Weber al betoogd waarom democratieën charismatische leiders nodig zijn; zie: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ook Pedro T. Magalhães heeft op basis van het werk van Max Weber al betoogd waarom democratieën charismatische leiders nodig zijn; zie: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Join us on 14 and 15 October @humanitiesuu.bsky.social, for the book launch event 'Prussia at Crossroads', presenting the new books of Sir Christopher Clark, Susanne Bauer, @janmarkert.bsky.social and @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social
Registration details below - all welcome!
Registration details below - all welcome!
September 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Join us on 14 and 15 October @humanitiesuu.bsky.social, for the book launch event 'Prussia at Crossroads', presenting the new books of Sir Christopher Clark, Susanne Bauer, @janmarkert.bsky.social and @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social
Registration details below - all welcome!
Registration details below - all welcome!
Apt prelude to the @historikertag.bsky.social: my train passed the statue of Wilhelm I in Köln on the road to Bonn! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) are excited for our panel on Thursday.
September 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Apt prelude to the @historikertag.bsky.social: my train passed the statue of Wilhelm I in Köln on the road to Bonn! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), @janmarkert.bsky.social (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) are excited for our panel on Thursday.
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Two weeks more weeks until the start of the @historikertag.bsky.social! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), Jan Markert (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) are looking forward to discussing our books at the bieannial conference of the @vhdonline.bsky.social!
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Two weeks more weeks until the start of the @historikertag.bsky.social! Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), Jan Markert (@unitrier.bsky.social) and I (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) are looking forward to discussing our books at the bieannial conference of the @vhdonline.bsky.social!
NEW PUBLICATION OUT!
For a new volume on the continuities of German history and as part of my current book project, titled ‘Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz’, I have written a chapter which argues that distinct continuities existed
For a new volume on the continuities of German history and as part of my current book project, titled ‘Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz’, I have written a chapter which argues that distinct continuities existed
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NEW PUBLICATION OUT!
For a new volume on the continuities of German history and as part of my current book project, titled ‘Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz’, I have written a chapter which argues that distinct continuities existed
For a new volume on the continuities of German history and as part of my current book project, titled ‘Chancellors and Crises: Democratic Leadership from Konrad Adenauer to Olaf Scholz’, I have written a chapter which argues that distinct continuities existed
‚Tod oder Leben - Krankheit, Gesundheit - Geist und Natur. Sind das wohl Widersprüche? Ich frage: sind das Fragen? Nein, es sind keine Fragen, und auch die Frage nach ihrer Vornehmheit ist keine.‘
Der Zauberberg (1924)
Thomas Mann, heute vor siebzig Jahren gestorben
Der Zauberberg (1924)
Thomas Mann, heute vor siebzig Jahren gestorben
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
‚Tod oder Leben - Krankheit, Gesundheit - Geist und Natur. Sind das wohl Widersprüche? Ich frage: sind das Fragen? Nein, es sind keine Fragen, und auch die Frage nach ihrer Vornehmheit ist keine.‘
Der Zauberberg (1924)
Thomas Mann, heute vor siebzig Jahren gestorben
Der Zauberberg (1924)
Thomas Mann, heute vor siebzig Jahren gestorben
Thank you to @dirkmoses.bsky.social (@cuny.edu) for your lecture and to all who attended today @humanitiesuu.bsky.social / @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social!
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you to @dirkmoses.bsky.social (@cuny.edu) for your lecture and to all who attended today @humanitiesuu.bsky.social / @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social!
The Utrecht Lectures in Political History continue! We are very pleased to have @dirkmoses.bsky.social (@cuny.edu) with
us at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social next Tuesday to speak on 'How Genocide Became Distinguished from Genocidal Warfare’. Full details, including how to sign up, below. All welcome!
us at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social next Tuesday to speak on 'How Genocide Became Distinguished from Genocidal Warfare’. Full details, including how to sign up, below. All welcome!
June 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Utrecht Lectures in Political History continue! We are very pleased to have @dirkmoses.bsky.social (@cuny.edu) with
us at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social next Tuesday to speak on 'How Genocide Became Distinguished from Genocidal Warfare’. Full details, including how to sign up, below. All welcome!
us at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social next Tuesday to speak on 'How Genocide Became Distinguished from Genocidal Warfare’. Full details, including how to sign up, below. All welcome!
‚Ein bürgerliches Menschentum, das sich im Überklassenmäßig-Künstlerischen ironisch bewährt, ist unfähig der Renitenz gegen das sich verjüngende Leben. Aber ebensowenig ist es fähig, aus Feigheit und Anschlußangst an das Neue seine Wurzeln und Herkunft, seine tausendjährige Überlieferung, (...)
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
‚Ein bürgerliches Menschentum, das sich im Überklassenmäßig-Künstlerischen ironisch bewährt, ist unfähig der Renitenz gegen das sich verjüngende Leben. Aber ebensowenig ist es fähig, aus Feigheit und Anschlußangst an das Neue seine Wurzeln und Herkunft, seine tausendjährige Überlieferung, (...)
NEW PUBLICATION OUT!
Proud to announce that @springernature.com has published 'Modernizing Europe’s Imperial Monarchies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in the Nineteenth Century', edited by Heidi Hein-Kircher (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social).
Proud to announce that @springernature.com has published 'Modernizing Europe’s Imperial Monarchies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in the Nineteenth Century', edited by Heidi Hein-Kircher (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social).
May 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NEW PUBLICATION OUT!
Proud to announce that @springernature.com has published 'Modernizing Europe’s Imperial Monarchies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in the Nineteenth Century', edited by Heidi Hein-Kircher (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social).
Proud to announce that @springernature.com has published 'Modernizing Europe’s Imperial Monarchies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in the Nineteenth Century', edited by Heidi Hein-Kircher (@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and myself (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social).
Happening today! All welcome at 5:15 PM at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social for Frank Bösch's lecture on 'Dealing with Dictatorships: German Relations to Autocracies since the 1950s'!
May 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Happening today! All welcome at 5:15 PM at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social for Frank Bösch's lecture on 'Dealing with Dictatorships: German Relations to Autocracies since the 1950s'!
Hoe kijken Nederlandse historici naar de breuken en constanten in de Duitse geschiedenis? Hierover gaat het in deze bundel, die binnenkort verschijnt bij @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, met daarin mijn bijdrage over continuïteiten van de Kanzlerdemokratie van Konrad Adenauer tot Olaf Scholz!
April 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hoe kijken Nederlandse historici naar de breuken en constanten in de Duitse geschiedenis? Hierover gaat het in deze bundel, die binnenkort verschijnt bij @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, met daarin mijn bijdrage over continuïteiten van de Kanzlerdemokratie van Konrad Adenauer tot Olaf Scholz!
Now looking forward to our next book presentation, next month in Potsdam's Marmorpalais, jointly organised by the @unipotsdam.bsky.social and the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg!
April 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Now looking forward to our next book presentation, next month in Potsdam's Marmorpalais, jointly organised by the @unipotsdam.bsky.social and the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg!
Thank you to all who attended Friday's book presentation in Berlin! Bärbel Holtz and Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), Jan Markert (@unitrier.bsky.social), I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) and Daniel Stienen (@bismarckstiftung.bsky.social) had a fantastic evening!
April 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you to all who attended Friday's book presentation in Berlin! Bärbel Holtz and Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), Jan Markert (@unitrier.bsky.social), I (@humanitiesuu.bsky.social) and Daniel Stienen (@bismarckstiftung.bsky.social) had a fantastic evening!