Georg Fischer
@gfisch2000.bsky.social
Historian | working mostly on Brazil/Latin America | agriculture, mining, science, infrastructure, global, 19th and 20th centuries | Dep. of Global Studies @ Aarhus University | Berlin
https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/fischer%40cas.au.dk
https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/fischer%40cas.au.dk
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Please help us spread the call for proposals for the 2029 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. So far the congress has taken place in Denmark, Portugal, Brazil, and Finland. Where in the world will we meet next time?
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
Call for Proposals for the 2029 World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO
ICEHO invites bids for the next World Congress of Environmental History.
www.iceho.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Please help us spread the call for proposals for the 2029 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. So far the congress has taken place in Denmark, Portugal, Brazil, and Finland. Where in the world will we meet next time?
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
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📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Bürokratieabbau"
Union und AfD stimmen im EU-Parlament zusammen ab, um das Lieferkettengesetz zu schwächen. Das könnte auch Auswirkungen auf die Bundespolitik haben.
EU-Parlament schwächt Lieferkettengesetz: In Brüssel bricht die Brandmauer
Union und AfD stimmen im EU-Parlament zusammen ab, um das Lieferkettengesetz zu schwächen. Das könnte auch Auswirkungen auf die Bundespolitik haben.
taz.de
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Bürokratieabbau"
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Hello! Tudo bem? We are the Center for Brazilian and Global Affairs at Aarhus University, Denmark. We are a new initiative that seeks to develop research, community outreach, and teaching. Our distinctive approach is to foster debate and knowledge production on global issues using Brazil as a lens.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hello! Tudo bem? We are the Center for Brazilian and Global Affairs at Aarhus University, Denmark. We are a new initiative that seeks to develop research, community outreach, and teaching. Our distinctive approach is to foster debate and knowledge production on global issues using Brazil as a lens.
There will be significant improvements to rail travel between Denmark and Central Europe: new DSB talgo train sets on the CPH-HH route and the ČD Railjet connection CPH-Prague. Too bad DSB won't offer good onward connections from Kolding to North Jutland, i.e. to DK's 2nd and 4th largest cities.
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
There will be significant improvements to rail travel between Denmark and Central Europe: new DSB talgo train sets on the CPH-HH route and the ČD Railjet connection CPH-Prague. Too bad DSB won't offer good onward connections from Kolding to North Jutland, i.e. to DK's 2nd and 4th largest cities.
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CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026
» Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026 | Research network on history, technology and Europe
www.tensionsofeurope.eu
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
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Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
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📣 Job opportunity! 📣
🏛️ Lund University is looking for an international researcher to build and lead a research group in the field of Global History of Knowledge.
⏳ Last application date: 17 August, 2025.
🔗 For more information about this excellent opportunity, see: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🏛️ Lund University is looking for an international researcher to build and lead a research group in the field of Global History of Knowledge.
⏳ Last application date: 17 August, 2025.
🔗 For more information about this excellent opportunity, see: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) at the Joint Faculties of Humanities & Theology, Lund University
We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University.
lu.varbi.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📣 Job opportunity! 📣
🏛️ Lund University is looking for an international researcher to build and lead a research group in the field of Global History of Knowledge.
⏳ Last application date: 17 August, 2025.
🔗 For more information about this excellent opportunity, see: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🏛️ Lund University is looking for an international researcher to build and lead a research group in the field of Global History of Knowledge.
⏳ Last application date: 17 August, 2025.
🔗 For more information about this excellent opportunity, see: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Com o mundo em contagem regressiva para a #COP30, a União Europeia ainda não apresentou sua nova Contribuição Nacionalmente Determinada (NDC) — o plano climático atualizado que deveria ter sido submetido até fevereiro.
O atraso não é técnico: é político. E é também moralmente inaceitável. 🧵
O atraso não é técnico: é político. E é também moralmente inaceitável. 🧵
June 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Com o mundo em contagem regressiva para a #COP30, a União Europeia ainda não apresentou sua nova Contribuição Nacionalmente Determinada (NDC) — o plano climático atualizado que deveria ter sido submetido até fevereiro.
O atraso não é técnico: é político. E é também moralmente inaceitável. 🧵
O atraso não é técnico: é político. E é também moralmente inaceitável. 🧵
Thanks to a field trip grant from the Carlsberg Foundation I am carrying out archival research in Bogotá, and I can tell I have been enjoying my daily walk to work.
June 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thanks to a field trip grant from the Carlsberg Foundation I am carrying out archival research in Bogotá, and I can tell I have been enjoying my daily walk to work.
Reposted by Georg Fischer
📢 New on First View!
Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America
doi.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📢 New on First View!
Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Deforestation risk benchmarking under the EUDR soon to be linked to UN/EU sanctions. I guess we are seeing the geopoliticization of supply chain due dilligence.
www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
EU to blacklist just four countries under deforestation law - Euractiv
One diplomat described the countries on the list – Belarus, North Korea, Myanmar, and Russia – as “The real baddies”.
www.euractiv.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Deforestation risk benchmarking under the EUDR soon to be linked to UN/EU sanctions. I guess we are seeing the geopoliticization of supply chain due dilligence.
www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Deutsche Bahn-Mitarbeiter:innen waren schon immer toll, aber in letzter Zeit werden sie immer freundlicher, charmanter, geistreicher. Wo soll das noch hinführen?
April 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Deutsche Bahn-Mitarbeiter:innen waren schon immer toll, aber in letzter Zeit werden sie immer freundlicher, charmanter, geistreicher. Wo soll das noch hinführen?
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Hallo BlueSky, wir sind hist4dem, die Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft! Wir finden: es ist Zeit aktiv zu werden. Daher setzen wir mit unserem Netzwerk ein klares Zeichen für demokratische Werte und gegen Ausgrenzung. Ihr wollt mehr wissen? Hier geht's zu unserem Positionspapier:
Positionspapier – Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft
hist4dem.de
April 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Hallo BlueSky, wir sind hist4dem, die Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft! Wir finden: es ist Zeit aktiv zu werden. Daher setzen wir mit unserem Netzwerk ein klares Zeichen für demokratische Werte und gegen Ausgrenzung. Ihr wollt mehr wissen? Hier geht's zu unserem Positionspapier:
Bin einerseits subtil gekränkt, weil Meta nur ein paar Artikel von mir geklaut hat, andererseits verstört ob der Forschungsthemen meiner Namensvetter
Das ist arg: Meta hat einfach Millionen von Bücher (in einer raubkopierten Version) ohne Einverständnis der Autor:innen oder Verlage genommen, um ihr KI-Modells LLama 3 damit zu trainieren
In dieser raubkopierten Datenbank, die Meta benutzte, sind zB auch 3 meiner Bücher enthalten. Diese hier 👇
In dieser raubkopierten Datenbank, die Meta benutzte, sind zB auch 3 meiner Bücher enthalten. Diese hier 👇
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Bin einerseits subtil gekränkt, weil Meta nur ein paar Artikel von mir geklaut hat, andererseits verstört ob der Forschungsthemen meiner Namensvetter
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Vielleicht wäre es cleverer gewesen, die Autobahn instand zu halten, statt sie zu verlängern, aber ist nur so ein Gefühl.
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
Ringbahnbrücke der A100 wird wegen Riss komplett gesperrt
Schon jetzt ist die A100 ein Nadelöhr - täglich fahren Tausende Autos über die Autobahnbrücke in der Nähe des Berliner Messegeländes. Wegen eines Risses war sie zuletzt nur einspurig befahrbar. Jetzt ...
www.rbb24.de
March 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Vielleicht wäre es cleverer gewesen, die Autobahn instand zu halten, statt sie zu verlängern, aber ist nur so ein Gefühl.
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
I teach a course on the European Union's climate and biodiversity policies in global context. I want to dedicate 2 sessions to current disruptions in int politics and how they might affect the EU's environmental policy strategies. Can anyone recommend good, up-to-date analyses for our reading list?
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I teach a course on the European Union's climate and biodiversity policies in global context. I want to dedicate 2 sessions to current disruptions in int politics and how they might affect the EU's environmental policy strategies. Can anyone recommend good, up-to-date analyses for our reading list?
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Are you the new Assistant Professor in Digital History on my #ERCCoG project WEB CHILD 'Changing Childhoods in the Early Era of the WWW'?
Please have a look and consider applying. And do contact me if you have any questions.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please have a look and consider applying. And do contact me if you have any questions.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professorship in Digital History, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Are you the new Assistant Professor in Digital History on my #ERCCoG project WEB CHILD 'Changing Childhoods in the Early Era of the WWW'?
Please have a look and consider applying. And do contact me if you have any questions.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please have a look and consider applying. And do contact me if you have any questions.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Interested in pursuing a PhD in Germany with a focus on the int’l/ transnational history of technology, medicine, and environment? Come work with me @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social ! I’m looking to fill 2 PhD positions (for 4 years), details below and inquiries very welcome
zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...
zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...
Two PhD Positions | zzf-potsdam.de
Stellenausschreibung The German Research Council (DFG) funded Emmy Noether Research Group “Cooling the Global South: Technology, Society, and Thermal Regulation in the 20th Century” at the Leibniz Cen...
zzf-potsdam.de
January 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Interested in pursuing a PhD in Germany with a focus on the int’l/ transnational history of technology, medicine, and environment? Come work with me @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social ! I’m looking to fill 2 PhD positions (for 4 years), details below and inquiries very welcome
zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...
zzf-potsdam.de/en/chances/j...
Schickes Stellenangebot: Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in (w/m/d) mit einem Schwerpunkt in der Geschichte Lateinamerikas am Pazifikbüro des DHI Washington in Berkeley. www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/wi...
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www.ghi-dc.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Schickes Stellenangebot: Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in (w/m/d) mit einem Schwerpunkt in der Geschichte Lateinamerikas am Pazifikbüro des DHI Washington in Berkeley. www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/wi...
"Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the 20th Century" (2023, eds. Heinrich Hartmann & Julia Tischler) now has open access. It includes my chapter on Agrarian Colonization and Indigenous 'Integration' in 1950s Bolivia. www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hartma...
Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the Twentieth Century | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the 20th Century" (2023, eds. Heinrich Hartmann & Julia Tischler) now has open access. It includes my chapter on Agrarian Colonization and Indigenous 'Integration' in 1950s Bolivia. www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hartma...
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Wir stellen ein am Arbeitsbereich Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften an der Uni Bielefeld! 3 Jahre Post-Doc-Stelle (Vollzeit). Gewünschter Forschungsfokus Energiegeschichte / energy humanities. Bitte weiterleiten!!
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/382...
#energy #history #hiring
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/382...
#energy #history #hiring
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Arbe...
Zum 1. April 2025 ist im Arbeitsbereich Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften (Prof. Martin Lutz) an der Abteilung Geschichtswissenschaft, Fakultät für...
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wir stellen ein am Arbeitsbereich Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften an der Uni Bielefeld! 3 Jahre Post-Doc-Stelle (Vollzeit). Gewünschter Forschungsfokus Energiegeschichte / energy humanities. Bitte weiterleiten!!
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/382...
#energy #history #hiring
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/382...
#energy #history #hiring